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Sudden Collapse
Of 'More-Food'
German
Strike
Hanover, May 15.
The fortnight-old Hanover food strike collapsed
suddenly today.
The last of the strikers-12,000 chemical workers decided to return to work next Tuesday, only a few days after 87 per cent of them had voted in favour of continuing the strike.
HIROSHIMA GOVERNOR QUESTIONED
Tokyo, May 16.
31 Killed
In Crash
Brussels, May 15.
Stage Club
AUSTRALIA 721 Ends Second
AGAINST ESSEX
...
Southend, May 15.
Australia scared the enormous total of 721 runs in their first innings' today' against Essex before' a röcord ̋crowd of spectators.
A crowd of 15,000 was entertained with some bright and entertaining cricket during the afternoon, the Australions scoring 292 runs. in the two hours' play between lunch and tea. They saw Bradman score his third century of the tour and Brown obtain his second suc- cessive three figure score.
Twenty-four passengers and The Essex fielding reached a the full crew of seven lost their very high standard but their lives in the crash of a Belgian tuck did not worry the Sabena DC-4 (Skymaster) air-tourists, whore batsmen ap- Iner about 20 miles south of
the Libenge (Belgian Congo) peared to score as they liked.
nirport on Thursday, May 13,
Bredman wel every sort of
Sabena announced ព a com- atreke.
munique this afternoon.
The only survivor of the crash was Egyptian-born Mr. Moutas, naturalised Belgian. The
When 14 in trying to hook he was struck on the left side by a ball from Ray Smith but he did not appear to be seri- ously hurt and soon resumed.
The second wicket stand be
SCOTLAND TO MEET SWITZERLAND
Season
The Hong Kong Stage Club has now come to the end of its second season and can look back with some "satis- faction on a series of plays of mixed appeal which have received the support of an ever growing number people.
of
Als Excellency the Governor has recently honoured the Stage Club by graciously consenting to became Its officluí Patron, and it is, hoped that this encouragement will prove very Fruitful in the next season which opens in October.
Although the theatrical work of the Club is now ceasing for the summer months, thore will. |continue to be fortnightly playe breadcast from the studios of
Ginsgow, May 16. Scotland's Football Association Z.B.W. and notices of casting has chosen a strong International
was completely wrecked, tween Brown and Bradmon real-team to play Switzerland on May, icefings for these will be an-
plane added the communique, which gave no further details. ***
the
20 fours.
They are:
nounced in the press regularly. 17 and France in Paris on May New members are, of course, al- ised. 210 runs in 90 minutes be- fore Bailey had Brown caught at 23.
ways welcome. The strike began when Seventeen Belgians, four Bri-mic
mild-on and followed by ир- Fourteen players will make metal workers came out ints, two Belgian Congo nationala
rooting
Miller's off stump with the continent trip.
On Wednesday at 0-30 p.m. in the next ball. Brown batted Cowen (Morton), Govan (Hiber the Missions to Seamen
11 General protest against the food ration and one Swede comprised
who were killed, and it spread rapidly. At its Passengers
passenger list three hours for his 153 and hit nian), Shaw (Hibernian), Cox Meeting will be hold to which all stated a revised 100,000 workers
(Glasgow height, over
Rangers),
Macaulay who are interested in the work Issued by Sabena. were idle in the Harover arep
Joined by Hamence, the Aus- (Arsenal), Rutherford (Glasgow of the Club are cordially invited.
Smith continued to Rangers),
(libernian), The muoting will hear reports on caplain tralian and 8,000 in Bavaria.
(Hibernian). Johnstone the 'year's work and on the punish the Essex bowlers, tak-Combe
over. (Clyde), Steel (Derby County).[finances of the Club, and will ing 20 off Price in one With his score ut 180 and the Turnbully (Hibernian), Duncan elect a Committee for the year total at 410, he lofted an
(East Fife).---Associated Pross. 1948-1040. drive but Dodd's fielding on the boundary did not shape well and the chance was missed.
The strikers demanded that Lettons
lower Saxony
be brought up to the level of other western German provinces. This has been met only partially bý yesterday's Increase in the bread
The Governor of roshima Prefecture in the latest highrank ng Japanese offetal to be ques-ration for May.
oned about black market ac-
near
The crew of seven were all Belgians,-Associated Press,
10 Die In S. Africa
Johannesburg, May 15, Five passengers and five crew members
are believed to have been killed when a Mercury Air- ways airliner crashed Into a 1,000-foot mountain 01 Vretic, Orange Free State, today.
The plane had left Durbon for Johannesburg en route to Lon-
New strike threats, Involv ing 4,500 other German work “ኽነብ Hiroshima Prosecutor'a
ers, were reported today from Bee said the Governor would
Hease in the United Stater zone. ire called within the next few
Industrial Workers days to answer questions reluting
Mint and rain mode to the blackmarketing of large Nearly 3,000 workers in fourdon.
visibility bad at the time of the plants quantities of
heavy industrial rayon.
decided to crash. have prosecution Wiesbaden According to "nie"
of The
Included passengers authorities, the Governor and strike against the shorloges
and Brigadier W. G. H. Cough of Cey- work clothing and shoes, other civic leaders in the com-
the German Ad-on-Associated Press. mmunity, in a conspiracy with the the failure of managers of an association, al-ministration to deliver their full legedly soki, at blackmarket food rations. priver, tuyon gust sent to the prefecture as incentive goods for farmers from May to August last your. Reuter,
INDIANS TO EVACUATE
Ministry off- Hessing Labour cials will meet worker's repre-
Train Crash
sentatives on Tuesday to try to In New Jersey
prevent a walkout at the Fulda works, where 1,500 metal work-
Bradman Bowled
on-
After scoring 187 out of 307 In two hours and five minutes, Bradman with the total at 452 was clean bowled by one Peter Smith's spinners. Bat- ting without restraint, he had with flashing strokes and do. lleste touches collected no lase than 32 boundaries and five. tive.
ona
After tea, Hamence fell to the Smith cousins at 498 but then and Saggers came to- Loxton gether and agnin the Essex bowling was flogged. The sixth wicket pair added 188 in 05 min- utes before Loxton was caught behind the wicket off Vigar.
He hit one six and 14 fours in
20 minutes,
Peter Smith then disposed of Ion Johnson and Ring cheaply
Hoboken, New Jersey, demanded extra holidays yes-
May 10. down terday and threatened to
Two.crewmen were reported tools if the demand is not grant-drawned or crushed to death carlyle innings of 120, completed in ed. Batavia, Muy 15.
today when the engine and one Still out on atriko are 4,400
car of the Hoboken-Buffalo mail The Dutch authorities have sp proved the evacuation of 70 In-workers at Nuremberg but trade train plunged down an embank but Saggers renched his century dim soldiers to India, who fought on leaders believe that they ment into the Delaware River. with the Republicans in Indone will return to work after Whit-
the sin, an olltent of
Indian Con-sun-Reuter. sulate-General amoumeel today.
They had been members of the International Brigade in the. In donesian Republic. The new lett The British-Indian forces in Juvu
Tientsin, May 10. News-of-two-Catholic priests, After the war to join the Reich
and were inter discharged who stumbled Into Communisi the Indian Army,
hands in Inner Mongolia and re- After their evacuation, they ported good treatment
during will be free to return
their seven-day detention,
reached
homes
mission circles here today,
to
MISSIONARIES ESCAPE
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High Scoring In
Whitsun
Cricket
London, May 15. The Whitsun county cricket chompionship matches —mostly, between traditional `rivals at this holiday season--began in" glorious sunshine and, on hard and fast wickets, scoring was high with conturios by Brian Valentine (Kont), Jack Robertson and Bill Edrich (Middlesex), Cyril Washbrook (Lancashire), M. R. Barton (Surrey), J. Cropp (Gloucester- shire), H. Dallery (Warwickshire) and V. Jackson (Leicestershire).
There was a huge crowd At Lecds; Yorkshire v Lan- First reports said the train-wasthe fourth of the innings-In
75 minutes and was undefeated at Leeds for the "Battle of the cashire: Lancashire 331 for four, around sharp curve rouring
with 104, which included nine Roses" in which professional (Washbrook 170, E.H, Edrich not near Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania,
Frank Smailes captainted York-out 76).
At Southampton: Hampshire v when the engine and the baggage tours.
The crowd, which had by now shire as Norman Yardley was car went off the rails, dropped
Kent 258 (Valentine 104, Her- risen to a record 10,000, acclaim- still suffering from lumbago. into the river and overturned.
the
A dropped catch proved costly four for 62), "Hampshire 77 The engine crow of two were ed the Australians outside
for i reported to be killed. Aram pavilion at the finish and hun in this match: Washbrook, mist
Nottingham- At Nottingham; dreds of spectators clamoured when at 22, went on, with bulance doctor from Stroudsburg who returned from the scene two for autographa as the players supreme disdain for all the bowl shire v Surrey, Surrey 419 (Fish- of five hours, his lock 70, Hartan 132, Mentyro ing. for a total hours after
accident said: went, in: tho
chief hits being 18 fours. "There is no hope of saving the
men."--United Press.
BAKERS STRIKE
70
Scores
Australia-tat Innga Barneshit, wicket b. Ray
Smith Brown c. Horsfall b. Bailey 153 Bradman
b. Peter Smith Miller
b. Bailey
Smith
India. May 2 has been tentatively
Father Superior Alphorise Van fixed as the date of their em-
Buggenhout of the Belgian Mis- barkation from Batavia. They sion in Talung, said in a are at present in a camp in Sura- that he and Father Albert Van
Dublin, May 16. Dublin's~1,500-bakery-workers Hamence-e.P_Smlih_b__Ray karia, central Java, with a large Pelt were released-after- -ques- number of soldiers from Pakis
tloning by the local Communist struck on Friday night to en- tan.-Reuter,
commander.
He said that they force their demands for pay in-Loxton c. Rist b. Vigar were fed thrice dally and were creases. The Government su Saggers not out were
to Talung, but escorted
were pended bread and flour rationing lan Johnson, stumped Rist b. treated roughly by Red troops when the strike appeared im-
Peter Smith when travelling by truck from minent to allow housewives
Ring.c. Vigor b. Peter Smith Kalgan to Tatung.-United Press, lay in supplies.-United Press.
Bill Johnston b. Vlgar......... Toshack c. Vigar b. Peler
Smith
BRITISH SHARE
OF. U.S. AID
Lundon, May 15. The United States-tentatively. has fixed Britain's share of the
Marshall Plan aid at $300,000,000 STEPS TO
us a "grant" for "commodities and services" plus a maximum of $100,000,000 in loans for the first quarter of the programine's opera-
The allocation was listed in
letter from Paul Hostman, Ameri- can Economle Co-operation Add- ministrator, to the British Am- bassador in Washington.
The first quarter covers the period from April 3 to June 30.
Associated Press.
Reminders
REFUGEES
to
DEAL WITH DEMANDED
Shanghai, May 16.
The Kuomintang-supervised newspaper, Shun Pao, demanded in an editorial that the National Government take stops to cope with the hun- dreds of thousands of refugees from civil war- torn areas of China who are rapidly becoming a national menace to law and order through no fault of their own.
Extras
Total
54).
Kent recovered from early At Taunton: Somersetshire
Gloucestershire hecks at Southampton, after Gloucestershire: asing three wickets for 40 runa 518 for nine (Emmet 71, Barnett gainat Warwickshire, and their 83, Allen 54, Crapp 127).
At Leicester Leicestershire v
Leicestershire - of Northamptonshire:
349 (Jackson 170), Northampton-
187 caplain, Brian Valentine, scorod
sparkling century, powerful driving and cutting,
0
2
40
Gloucesterentre's batsmen had shire 0 for 0: 120 a great time
at the expense of
At Derby: Derbyshire v War-
104 the unimpressive Somerset at-wickshire: Warwickshire 307 for
721
Wickets fell at: 1-145 2-364, 3.564, 4-452, 5-1008-004, 7-638, 6-92 and 0-716.
Peter Smith Ray Smith Vigar
Bailey Price
BOWLING
37
tack at Taunton,
(Ord 07, Dollery not out
At Worcester: Worcestershire v Glamorgan: Worcestershire.
264......
the first men seven all hitting fifties, and J. Gropp 150). 1 scored his Becond successive
century.
Ed. for eight (Copper 91)-Router.
Jack Robertson and Bill 4 rich were both in England form
for Middicsex against Sussex at; Lords
4
V. M. A. W.
0 103 37 2 100
.1 Co 120
20 ☐ 150 Byes 7, no-balla..2.Reuter.
AUSTRIA REFUSES SOVIET DEMAND
Vienna, May '18. The Austrian Government has
The paper pointed out seve-China wilch country folk view ral instances of riots by stary-from a distance much as amali communities in, America ing refugees who ran wild town
look to New York. It is, they through villages stealing any hope, a elty of opportunity. The refused to surrender to the So- thing they could, to assure
Authorities 0 paper pointed out that it is also viet Occupation [themselves against starvation.
former high official of Austria's hard city of starvation in con-
Ways.
Today
It also pointed out the frequent crete gutters and marble door Communist-controlled economic Whitsun Race Meeling (second incidents in Shanghai of refugees,
police, Cabinet sources said-to- Day), Happy Valley, 12 noon. goaded by hunger and exposure, Roman Catholic Cathedral, First simply taking even private pro- Government is already heavily demanded that Ralph
Recognising that the
Central day.
The official said the Russians Siegert, Communion and Confirmation,perty and holding tenaciously to burdened by war- expenditures 7.80 a.m.
against efforts of the police 10 which leave little money for any former deputy chief of the cto- JILK. Singers Rehearsal, St. remove them.
thing else,
it' suggested that U.S.nomic police, arrested last month John's Cathedral, 5.30 p.m. Such things, the paper said,
relief kupplies
be made available by state police on embezzlement Whist Drive, European YMCA, are particularly had in a country to the refugees and that proceeds charges, be turned over to them. where social unrest is present be- from the sales of American-sup-because "weapons were found in cause of the stifling effect of the pied rice be used for this pur- his flat in the Soviet sector, of
West Lounge, 8 p.m.
Coming Events
TUESDAYS
Lecture on "The Romance of
Culonlój Lkersture," at Por-} tugiless Institute, Clube Lusi
House Street, tano, Ice
Rotary Club Closed Meeling for Members, Roof Garden, Hong Kong Hotel, 18.30 p.m.
civil war on the economic and social lives of the people,
"It is not Impossible," the papar said, "form "ariall spark
load
zarlow quences."
to
to
Floe To Shanghòi- The majority of the refugees from war areas flee to Shanghai,
pose-United Press.
CZECH MAJOR SENTENCED
Kowloon Union Church Women's the fabulous, big rich city at today that General Staff Malor
Guild meeting, 10 am:
Y's Men
THURSDAY
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Prague, May 18. An official communique sald dusch Kosit was sentenced to death for attempting to fico, the country to work nation in a foreign
Vienna.”—United Press,
20 INDIANS KILLED
Calcutta, May 16. At Igust 20 were killed and 10 injured when a train was derailed and overturned "near "Dhanbro, a from Calcutta, today at mak coal mining centre 150 miles
Officials Investigating “ Kalda tength; of Una had been torn upc ow at the place, where the train, Jumped the raile Associatcul yester
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Scoreboard
Close of play scores:--
Philadelphia, May 15.
South African golfer 'Bobby Looke went into the lead in the Philadelphia Inquirer US$15,000
At Lords: Middlesex v Sussex. invitation golf tourney by adding Middlesex 192 for five declared | an 'even par 72 to his 60 of vos-- (Robertson 147, WJ, Edrich not terday for a tolat score of 141.— out 128), Sussex 22 for one. Associated Press.
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