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HONG KONG, SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1948.

GERMANY CURRENCY CHANGE PICTURE OF THE DAY New Notes For Western Zones On Sunday The Ruins

Contribution. Each

For Mother

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An anonymore well wisher has sent $10 to the "China Mall" to be hanted to Leung 01, 34.your.cid married woman now in gast on charge of attempted murder. The benefactor read that the woman. who is said to have jumped into the har. bour on Tuesday with a six- year-old child in her armu,

had been remanded In aus tody for A week. Ho im. mediately wrote to the Editor:

"It occurred, to me that her act may be due to advarsity, and enclose $10 to be hand. ed over to her, if you would oblige

British Whalers' Fears

in

London, June 18. Commercial whaling circles)

London tolay expressed great disappointment over the that General Dongfas news MarArthur, Supreme Cum- mander in Japan, had orderenti

Person To Kwangtung

Have 60 Marks

“Fränkfurt, June' 18.

A currency reform for the three Western · Zones of Germany will go into effect on Sunday, June 20. The Western sectors of Berlin are not, for the time boing, included in the new monetary changeover.

The promulgating ordinance issued tonight pro-

Special Currency?

Nanking, June 18.

A proposal for the creation of a special currency for ctr- culation in South China was

Yuan during a heated discus-

vides-that- each-inhabitant-of-the-Western-introduced in the Legislative Zones will be poid 60 of the new Deutsche marks against an equal amount of the old currency..

Payment to euch Western German presessity; am identity.

and ration ened will be made

to

Two instalments

with 49

mworks in the first instalment

to be pail on Sunday, and the

remainin

Inter.

20 marks as masth

Catholic

Mission

Flock To Banks Party Safe

The proclination released far- night is the best of three frizmat Jaw tel LUETUILES

will bis published,

No mentio of the rate of

accounta for bank Conversion

I sion on Chinese currency re-

forms today.

Legislator Li Shiu-feng sug- rester a new stable special cur- Dimple reserven for rency with circulation in the provinces of Kwangtung and Futkien will en courage resalttmices from Chinese whose families mostly

resale in these areas,

The rezolution pointed out that the two provinces are comporn- tively free from Communist dis- urbances and are being aided in the seconsuuction with American eatts For these reasons, it said, fit, would be relatively Lasy to maintain stability of the special currency

for study.

Tientsin. June A Twenty-two Catholic sisters H Chinese an eight for

Lowrinters decided to refer the eigners, including one British

one Catholic father and two opal to the finance committee brothers arrived here safely

There

rent paesent two In- Jast night from the large dependient currencies outside the Catholic mission at Hsienshlen fapi-they are the Taiwan cur- central reney which is pegged to CN$477, Communist-held Hopel, where they have been and the North-east currency for

is pegged pust few Manchuria

CA$10,--United Pitss.

A Nun In

A Catholic nun working in the ruins of Berlin's famous "Hedwigskirch" following an appeal by Cardinal Graf von Men and women, including nuns,

are helping to clear up the ruins of the Cathedral after their normal working day.

in marks was given. It will be withheld until the third and final currier

Preusing. reform law is Bustiered at a later date."

finans freken to bank their a third Japanese whaling ex-ney traing is excitement and pedition.

tension morited Berlin before

In

marooned

months,

for the

Five of the foreign sisters are Amerkam Conshferable anxiety

be as fate with currency differs been, felt for the safety of neys separating the Russian from the members

uf

the mission,

It had been haped that, follow tonight, angret and the ing diplomutle representations and one more Tuik between by Britain mud Norway to the

Fast aktet Wis United Sites State Departinent,

Berlin wanderce what would # Japanese whaling Expedit bani would be allowed to take part in the next whaling season,

the other sex fois of the capital, which is situated about 50 miles Hopei pro- spokesinun for the industry said.

With dong serue at the banks, uthust of Panting. These representations, he achi-

leposits

vincial capital, especially after, a. ceko te ule street ed, were Bestly, that, the Internationally ate anti eixarettes vanished from a charge the mission with

nude on the ground, lock ricet nawkers of choro-spokesman of the "Central Hop

War Area Army Headquarters" agreed tumber of whales (the

that usual bavos.

The Frankbusi units) could easily be caught close

Beurse wilengaging next season without any help from

for de linite peraid spimage". Japan, the four

when the curetey geform is au มิส OX

the jr:sI#{I Finonve pressed that the Japanese might need, break the International ende

Ministry strid today. whating, for example, by catch- Ing undersized whales.

equivalent of 18,000 blue whale

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"General"""""STRTArthur" has given an undertaking that the Japan-

["Protective

ese-expendition will be closely Measures'

supervised, to ensure that it does

tolog the International prefer, it was tenrned in authorl- iative e insters.

in "infernational

one

to

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LONDON PORT CRIPPLED BY WALKOUT OF 13,200 STRIKERS DEFY UNION LEADERS

London, June 18.

Angry strikers shouted down their union leaders

today and broke up the mass meeting called. to urge dock workers to abandon their un- official walkout already threatening Britain's meagre food rations.

With 102 ships idle, 55 of them food ships and

some 13,200 port workers out, officials of the Transport and General Workers Union' sum- moned a mass meeting in Victoria Park.

Sky "Tides" Chartered

RC-

Only, 1,000 dockmen showed up under the eyes of the police and detectives from Scotland. Yard's Special Branch which deals with subversive tivities. And thesc were London, June 18.

angry and belligerent over electric what they consider failure by The tides of the "sens", 130 miles above the the union to protest the prin- earth have now been chartered ciple of "guarantee money"

100 ver by radar with

cent for unloading certain cargoes. |-improvement over pre-war in Before they could be addressed

the Fround

world wireless by Tom Condon, union secretary, ley began shouting "This is a transmissions.

phony meeting." They said in- notice of the meeting unclent had been given and it was not, representative.

Seus of electrified particles have a tidal movement produced like ocean-tides by the drug moon and the sun.

Stornis and upheavals occur periodically and scientists can now explain and predict them. They have also discovered that the curious things that open) to radio trausinissions crossing the Equator are due to magnetic by the north effects controlled and south poles.

As a result of this work, radio engineers can have an almanac u tell them how best to "navig- uto" their messages according to the best tidal

condition of any time.

Radio Telephones For Launches, Tugs 2 Serious

Exclusive to the "China Mail" milestone in the Colony's rehabilitation will be marked shortly, whon commercial marine craft will be equipped with radio telephones for the first time in Hong Kong shipping annals,

The spokesman's statement. Another which absolved 11 foreign sisters from the charge was broadcast by the Communist Hsinhua radio islation as a ready to the request made by the American Consul- | Ceneral" in Peiping, Mr. O, E.

Clabb, to the Hsienhalen author-Several

ities to assist in the evacuation of the sisters,,

Accidents

Two serious motor accidents were reported from the Ping Shan district. New Territor

es, yesterday afternoon.

One of the victims is in a eri- tical condition in Kowloon HoL- pital from serious Internal injur-

les

London provisione whole exters axprcased concern their inability to get quantities bacon, butter, egga and cheese conalnged to them on the docks.

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The Ministry of Food and la- hour chiefs had representatives at the abortive mass meeting.

Schedules Disrupted

Police Told “Shoot On Sight"

Nanking, June 18.

The police in Nanking, China's wartime capital, have been ordered 10 shoot on ⚫ight AK the Municipal authorities proclaimed amor- ganoy action today to quell Further rica riots,

Ana disciplinary measure, 23 of the 200 rice (ootors -arrested 48-hourg--ago,—wili- .be executed by order of the

Mayor, Chinese reports said. Despatches today said that the rice rioting which began on

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Chung King proper

arent.

Wednesday, spread to subur- Despite police precautions, rice footing con- tinued yesterday, Reuter. AAP.

FRENCH "WARNING STRIKE"

Paris, June 18. Communist labour leaders

today renewed their attack on the French Government with

A tribunal yesterday reduced an order to an advance guard the sentence imposed on the 11 of some 5,000,000 workers to workers who refused to unload a start 13 general one-hour "dirty" cargo, reducing from 13 "warning strike" at 5 p.m. to two weeks the period during The one-hour sirike WEB which they would be deprived of originally called for 11 am, on guaranteed pay.

Saturday

The strike lenders told their:

The new orele issued by the followers they were fighting for General Confederation of Labour the called on those workers who are principle and whether sentence was for 13 or two off on Saturday to start the strike wooks it stijf was an "attack." Some cargoes, including 350 ons of tomatoes, nre lying on the docks and are in danger of

on Friday.

A dispatch from Clermont rand said sentences ranging from 45 days to three months in prison were imposed it, the past two nough meat to supply Britain's days on five demonstrators at ration needs for a fortnight lay rested for provoking public dis- In the ships in the Royal group order.

of docks about 35,000 tons. For

The court slapped four months tunately the ships are refrigerat suspendect cenfences Сп two ed.

|others. Thirty-three others were The strike has set back Brl-held for further questioning.

-More-trinis-are-set-för Monday: Hain's-export-programme and has

thrown delivery and shipping-United Press. schedules out of Press..

line.-United

(Early Cable on Page 5)

STRIKE SCHEME REJECTED

private firms have drawn up plans to operate their respective launches and tugs by Berishers are expecting fur

RUG. the teletions by the

wireless communications. Among them is The party. which travelled

The first accident"""occurred slan on movement between the

about 2 p.m. at the 22-mila post, Zones-and-porality-a-complete partly by truck...and partly by

"Our main object-în plan= unuation on big riches, all when Lorry No. 0393 bound closing of the frontier hetween B, was met in south Tientsin

modern felds and plantations, tug boats from Un Long to Kowloon, theSoylet Zong and the West

yesterday by American consularning to instal the

transmitting/re-aus genral docks rid harbours trying to avold a lorry coming official, who previously had con- lightweight Zones. that

wir ntrol and soroniunkallon, No details were known of the tacled the Communists by letter|-ceiving-equipment- is_to_suve tercemazzication-between-x./n the opposite direction, ran off

and radio-Reuter.

Mr. Kam. Pang, secretary, folded and mobile Erifs on railways the-road and turn-turtle downturned to Moscow from England mittee by 28 votes to 23.

He has also agree to send only two factory slips--the same -pentenkinstend_of_the_three.

propose i enrlier.

Belts officials

consider

this is the maximum concession

er

to be expected from General "protective measure which So-

MacArthur.-Reuter.

Support For Bao

_____Salcon,_June_i§.

Het Zone political leaders have aid would immediately fallow he currency reform in the West, ut it was generally bulleved that hey would cousin of a stamplar

ir perforation of all the olf mark les circulating in the Eastern Bone to prevent devalued notes Jooding in.

According to usually-well-in-

Ba Vien deputy commander of formedades. the vict pre- the fih Vietminh (Indochina nu- tonomny movement) army in Co-parations for a thorough going surrendered monetary reform in the Eastern

chin-China, today

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his force of between 5,000 2,000 men, French headquarters announeed here.

Da Vien snid that he would support Bao, Dai, the former

ruler of the Indo-Chinese states of Tonkin and Annair, the new Central Vietnamese Government and the French Union.

Dr. Ho Chi Minh, lender of the

Indochina autonomy

muvement

are nest fur erough

acl-

.

Meeting To Oppose Jap Aid

sime, labour and expense,

the "China Mail."

utilised most

the embankment,

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Brighton, Sussex, June 17, ANOTHER RED

Proposals to strike for higher wages, made on behalf of 2,750,- WIFE FLEES

000 workers of the Amalgamated Moscow June 18.

Engineering Union, were tonight Another Soviet wife who re- rejected by their National Com-

appealed-in-tho-Pravdo for re- The Union's annual conference The equipment conrirts of two

Lau Fat (36) one of two pasmaining Russian girls in London, is meeting in Brighton and will sets, one lathway, while tho e | sengers on the lorry, suffered

to return home.

tomorrow discuss recommendo- radio other can be curried about from severe internal injuries and had "We will

equlp with

She promised returning wivestions for an The mobile unit to be hospitalised.

immediate oficial will pluce to place

Up to a late which 8 telephones tugs

would receive they

excellent court of enquiry on wages.-Reu- works on battery and is tuned to hour last night he was still in a instructions Wo supervise under

treatment and would not be deter. radioed from head office our 18 the main unit by crystal control critical condition.

to 'Siberia. ported to on a standard frequency.

Ling Man (30) the other pas- lighters," he explained.

The letter

by was written This modern equipment is be-senger, got off with only super-Natalla Golovanova who quarelled

Singapore, June 18. An advertisement in a Kuala at every delat injuries,

night Lumpur newspaper today offer- English port. It is used by the The driver, who also was only with her husband the

she arrived in London In 1945 d. "For sulo, a 303—light= Companies in conjunction slightly injured, was detained at will radar to direct launches Ping Chan Police Station for en-She left him the next morning weight sporting rife with an

Land returned to Moscow a month |munition, sustable-for-game-or. across the harbours or rivers quiry. through fops.

in the second accident, which later-United Press.

the 22-mile Hong Kong will be one of the also occurred near first Far Eastern parts to utilize post, near Un Long, at 8.30 pm, radio telephones, and with their lust night, private motor car No. ran headlong into a Installation the colony will have No. 9054 schleved one more step towards¦tree. regaining completely its pre-war The driver, Wong Chuen-sman, importance as a port.

33, was hurt in the leg, while the fother five occupants, all women members of a family surnamed INDIAN ENVOY

Luk, received various degrees of Injuries. TO U.S. Washington, June 17.

"Permission

to operate our ing feet by this modern facility is under favourable consideration by the authorities and we houve A representative meeting of to set the ball rolling some time vanced to be put into effect im-Chinese commercial, industrial in August."

and

cultural organisations, Mr. Kom also mentioned that mediately enter,

sponsored by the Chinese the company's 12 trucks will be Manufacturers Union, will be furnished with radio telephones like the held at the Kam Ling Restaur-und they will operate

Police Radia. Patrols. ant at 1 pm. today to approve a draft petition for transmis- sion to the UNO, SCAP, and the Chinese,, American and

Guardhouses On Border

Canton, June 18.

(Vietminh), urged his followers. Fortified guardhouses, with British Governments.

from 'Hanoi.

He was broadcasting' on the 1,000th day of their aght against the Erench-Router

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Results Excellent Initial experiments were con- tinued last week and the results wern excellent. The tests under

the

to increase sabotage in areas or watch towers, are to be con- The meeting has been called local conditions proved very suc cupled by French troops and to structed at strategic points primarily to express opposition cessful. It was discovered that "fire upon the coloniallats," the along the Sino-British border

the American Bil-Japan qutument Brunided complete Sir B. Rama Rao, Indian Minis- French Press Agency reported on the mainland to afford pro- policy which local Chinese bust-harbour co,orate from all points ter Plenipotentiary in Toko, is to men and industrialists con-on, the isled and mainland. Re- become Acting Indian Ambassa- tend IN adversely affecting the ception was good and there was dor to the United States, accord- Colony's factories.

no falling in signals at any time ing to a high Indian diplomatie -Chinese-manufactures are con during the experiments. cerned over the recent influx of Radio telephones have been The source stated, however, that Japanese products in the Colony applied to communication be the announcement of the appoint- and have been, clamouring

units fetween police mobile

and ment would have to be confirmed measures to prohibit import of lendua ers, sest fire preven- by the New Delhi Government. Japanese-made articles,

tion, home to outstation' com-Reuter,

JUST A REPRINT

tection to Chinese Maritime carrying Customs officers in out their anti-smuggling duties, according to a report reaching Canton from Shumchun, the border town.

The decision to conduct, the posts followed the recent attacks The recently circularised tariff on Customs stationis by "bandity** rates for freight to Mediterraneag and smuggiers. poris are not new rates but ä A further protective measure reprint of the old tariff, the is reported to be the withdrawal "China Mall" was authoritatively of Customs'

in remote officera informed yesterday.

arena,

It is'n practice of the Far Ear- These isolated stations, it is tem (Hong Kong area) Freight sinted, will in future le patroll- Conference to periodically reprinted by troops.-Reuter, Old tariff rates with minór allora.. tions.

On Other Pages

1,000 WANT TO

source here.

OPENING INLAND WATERS

Nanking, June, 18.

One of them, Luk Chi-heung (20) was detained in Kowloon hospital with injuries to the eye.

The Weather

A wenk belt of high pressurei extends from Schuen deros Central Chine and the Eastern Bes to the Facific east of

North Hansłu.

The PaciЛla anticrtione extends BW to the Philippleen and Inka with a feeble { high pressure sien över -Borneo,

Separating these two'westeme a trough extenda· from a shallow, azon of low prossure vouth of Halsen through the Formova Brexita to the Bonina, and then NE

Thần trough, is vigorous NE of Porziona.. An extenales depression covers Tume |--Mangalia-and-Manaburing s

Today's Forecast:-Light variable winds. Fair.

Yesterday's Weatheri

Preliminary arrangements have been made to opan China's inland waters to United States vessels, carrying aid supplies to China, an official “of the "Ministry of Communications' navigation section stated today.

· BE CABIN-BOYS The official said that, 'How- According to preliminary transportation of United Stater

are expected, Maximums 82.4 deg. Fah. More than 1,000 applicants ever, permission for American agreement, only American mer-old supplies which

Minimum: 11.9 deg. Fah, for cabin-boy jobs were regis-ships to sail up the Yangtse chantmen carrying aid supplies to total 100,000 tons.

Numbines D.2 hour! tered at the local office of the tions "which do not infringe ports will be permitted to call at river is granted under condi- and coming direct from foreign.

Meanwhile, apprehension is Rainfall: 80.3 mm. 1.19 la Tofal alsee i

Jan, 1–786.0 mm,#31.AT." 108,-/ DI China Merchants Steam Navi-

being felt in Chinese, shipping |:" China's inland

the two ports. These ships, on

Kesinst an sterare " ́of 8:27 mm.m navigation gation Company yesterday.

circles over what is described their return voyago, will be al

[8135_[na. company is recruiting rights" which have been so lowed to carry only export arli- es an undesirable” precedant In

*** Readingu, al* ', crews in Hong Kong for its six jealously defended against eles specially to foreign countries.

allowing American" ships to an- | Baro¬st"mk21008, 2009, € m.b.~ trợ? Karl Carroll Air Crash Victim, new 10.080-tons, ships expected foreign shipping since the con-without stopping at Chinese, ports ter China's Inland waters.

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Fear Is expressed, in these cirel. Humidity les that Britain, which is reDew Point ported to have unsuccessfully

"Page Two

Bank Clerks Bentenced.

Page Three

.

Cinquest on Dynamite Tragedy, Page Four

In Palles Emergency

Eight

W. Moforing Page..

Pagh: Fourteen g

The

in Hong Kong from Amerien in All August.

Nine of the company's chips, held up in Shangahi since May 24 because of lack of fuel, loft the Chinese port- yesterday, the

last night.-

Northanta Beaten By Austra: Company told the "China" Mall" 1:

***llan / Crioketers.

* British Mova?

clusion of the war, non route.

role was further stated that such special-privileges, - waço granted only for a temporary perfod of alx months, or one -year and the ports of 'call sea Jimited to Nanking, and, Han

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ught to obtain the same pri- Wind Force vilege may repeat the, request, Mah At the same time, the Chinese which the Chinese Government, authorities have arranged for will no longer have valid reasons Chinese ships-to-share in the fox. refusing Reuter-AAP...

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