Captain Gammans To Investigate China Situation
Captain L. D. Gammans, Conservativo MP for Horn-
say, in a broadcast ovor Radio Hong Kong last night, said he come hero to learn peoplofs vióws and try to make up his mind as to what was likely to happen in this part of the World as a result of Communist victorios în China, "I want to get a clear picture of what's going to hop- pen to China, now that the Communists have advanced up to the Yangtse and might in due. course probably come further South," he said.
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"What's likely to happen”. *Wein- Hurope believe tha
Move To Clear Russia, frustrated in Europe Squatter Huts
Further steps to clear the urban Arcan of aquaiters colonien were taken by the local authorities yesterday,
An arder by the Deputy Colonial Secretary, MF. K.M.A. Barnett, has defined two more areas in which the
potico, the Month Depart-
ment and the Public Worka Department can act against squatter huts.
One of the defined areas is to the Bouth of Boundary Street, Kowtoon. It is bound.
on the North by Boundary Street, en the East by Em- bankment Road, on the South by Prince Edward Road, and on the West by Bal Yeung Chol Street.
The other area, In Wan- chal, is bounded on the North East by O'Brien Road, on the Bouth by Hennessy Road, and on the West by Arsenat Street.
It was learned yeaterady that action against the squat- ter calonins in the two areas will be deferred until after the Chinese New Year holl.
PETITION FOR REVISION
A petition for revision of the Debtor-Creditor Ordinance was presented by the Chinese) Chamber of Commerce to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs yesterday for transmission to Government.
The three main points in the
• petition were thai Decupation perlod Interest should be waived, the ratio between the miitury yeu and wartime repayments reely- ad and neknowledged by creditors or their legal representatives. should be treated as valbi.
The petition was the result of re- commendations of the Chamber's Rub-committee appointeel nome sta months are to examine the whole question of wartime repayments of debts. The recommendations were submitted to a general meet. ing of the Chamber about a month ago, and were unanimously proved.
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for the time being at least, ir turning her attention to Asin
And
"There arc two schools of thought about events in China. There are those who believe tha! thé, pattern of Chinese life culture is so strong that no for- eign ideology can possibly affect thein in the long run. Any new Government will be Chinese Arsi and Communist recond. In othe words things will be very much illte what they were before, or possibly better.
shy Com-
"The other school
unlam is a new factor in the world. While their number san be very small in a community perhaps not more than 5 per cen of the population, yet they can dominate the whole country, ne
· THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29,- 1049.
CNAC VILLAGE
A settlement of itraw mat sheds, and canvas tenta for accommodating staff, from Shẳng,” hal has been set up by the China National Aviation Corporation near Diamond Hill at Kal Tak. CNAC plane to construct a permanent conceète building near Kal Tak for staff quarterm and offices. Meanwhile, the staff, balwaan 300 and 500, arë baing housed in the temporary ahedo and tents. The settlement has been named the "CNAG VIllage."-Kung Sheung Yat Po
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U.S. ADVISORS. THROUGH IN CHINA
Washington, Januarý 28.
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may be seen in Poland and othe The State Department has confirmed that the work
countries in Eastern Europe. If that has happened in Europe, the same thing can happen here.
Curtain In China
"And so there will be a curtain set up in China separating her from the outside world. It may not be an iron curtain; It may be only a bamboo curtain or a rubber curtain under which you can peep or probably crawl, or it may be a curtain of Chinese muslin..
"It's all very difficult 10 sec what's likely to be the right on- Swin
of the American military advisers in China has been suspended.
The Advisory Group had been working with the Chin- ese General Staff of Nanking. Their future movements were not known here.
The Department said the sub- pension was "duc simply to the fact that under the present eir- cumstances. the group Cannot arry out its Chinese function, which is that of assisting and ad-
Earlier in his talk Captain Gammans gave his Impression avising the Chinese Ceylon and Malaya.
a Arst
Cevlon, he said, hnd class adninistrative machine, The people wera, July-educated a extremely intelllcent. The level of the public services, hospitals. and schools, was very high. parlinumentary government did not work in Cevlon I would not work In any other country.
Guvernment
on staff level with respect to gen- ral organisation matters and procedure in such felds us mill- organisation, training and Lary supply."--Reuter.
Correspondence
done vast damage to the rubber In Malaya the Communists hort industry which was just getting bark on its feet. Malava's ex- sort of rubber and tin last year The Editor takes no rEADOR- exceeded in dollar returns the
sibility for views expressed in total UK dollar exports, so it was
etters by correspondents, and by easy to see why the Communists
no means necessarily agrees with them. were so anxious to sabotage these two Industries,
...
Fire Hazards
After describing te deulty of eliminating the Communists in
Sir. The morning papers are ull of pictures and the story of Malaya, who numbered only about 5.000. Captain Gammans sald the he another fire in squatter huts only solution of the trouble wash Kowloon. It would seem that force.
his is the fourth such fire in the
weeks-perhaps just. inother-
-normal- -course-of aware vents. That Government
dangers involved is shown by the report that various danger spota are to bo rld of squatters who are supposed to then move to
Except for a very smalt section last few-the-
of the population, the vast ma- the people, Inrity of
Chinese, Malays, Indians and Europeans were dead against Communism and against the bandits,
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SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL
This year, the Hong Kong University Arts Association's .choice for t play production is Sheridan's “Å School for Scan- dal
The show will be presented at the Eu Tang Sen, gymnasium on February 6, al ̈8,30 p.m. and the performance, will be repeated for the following two days.
Producing School for Scand}" tion to the local amateur, theatre as a hember of the Stage Club. tils previous production for the Univerally was Benard Shaw's "Atms and the Man" which' was
· staged · Jost, year. gen
Abtors from the "Armk" cust! taking part, in this forthcoming proditation am, Elizabeth Ride as. Lady Tenzle, the leading role, and Valerio Beeching as Mics, Condoux, There are Af members in all, most of whom are newcomers to the stage, Valerie Beeching is asalat-i ing in the productión.
Bookings for. "School for Schadal" are now. open and tleketa may be obtained from Moutrio's.
Shows on the production floor by other local amàtèur groups aré The Guinea Pig," "Flare Path," mda “Arsenio— md. Bld. Laco,” and
"Quiet. Week-end."
Personalia
Miss LL. Armentrout, Miss E.
Johnson, Miss M. Findlay, Miss NE Wilson, Mrs. L.M... Mor rison, Messra. · B. Bulajewski, N.P. Fox. D.W. Gillian, D. McGavin, CJ. Tito, and
the Reverend Mr. L.W. Smith arrived In the Colony yesterday by the ss. Wusuch.
Departures from the Peninsula
AMENDMENTS Hotel on Thursday included Miss
The Air Navigation (Colonics, Protectorates and Mandated Territories) Order, 1927, has been fur, ther amended. The amended Order was pub- lished in yesterday's Gov- ernment Gazette,
The amendments minke provisions for regulating the conditions under which noise and vibration may be caused by aircraft and on licensed airfields government airfields.
include.
They also further amend the provisions governing the registration of air- new .craft;
schedulo containing a re- vised codé of Rules of the Air and Air Traffle Cón- trol; and a view schedule containing a revised list of the territóties to wilch the Order applies.
POLICE AWARDS
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A number of awards to Polico personnel have been authorised designated areas.
in by the Governor. No news
Inspector R. F. Oliver has been given as to what type of hut can
e erected or what plan of build-awarded the First Bar to the Long Service ng la to be followed.
Colonial Police Medal, effective from August 3, Among the other awards. re erected quickly by using lime, effective from the dates shown luy, nand etc. in certain
pro-in brackets, were: portions-largest cont of such Colonial Police Long Service bellding being the labour. The Medal: Inspector D. Clark
In the adjacent country of China 1948, one Auds that very cheap houses
Connie Howell, Miss..G. Stendle, Mr. A. Yourleff. Messis. P.. Ho, Y.K. Wu, W.L. Bond, Walter Guggenheim, RE. Kelly, H.A. O'Neal, W.J. Tucker, and R.C. Toppings.
Among the new arrivals at the Peninsula Hotel on Thursday were Miss B. Cechar, Mrs. ER. Main, Mr. and Mrs. Jacobson, Mr. VII.
W.V.. Liu, Messrs. Blewett, W.R. New, A.M. Scott, W.S. Blogg, M. Meldon, W. King, P.W. Hewett, H. Deane, A.A. Shearer, K.-Bumstead, K. Cole- Rate, H.M. Snow, J. Mansel- Smith, and J.L. Wel.
"Guinea Pig" will be presented by the Stage Club about the mid- dle of February Production is by Phillipa Coombes-working, up-
Kai Tak's ADC "Flare Path
and
a new The Garrison Players, who Sroup, had so for, been doing, redio playı mostly have arranged. to put on the popular American comedy, "Arsenic and Old Lace."
The European YMCA is plan. ning for "ülét” Week-end" to be presented during March.
Insufficient Revenue
Little rovenue has been col- lected by the two Chinese Customs stations at West Point and Youmati, as shippers chose to pay duties on arrival in China instead of Hong Kong, due to the depreciating Chin- esc currency.
on
This information was disclosed to the "China Mail" Yosterday by an official, of the Chiffese Customs. Under the Customs Agreement
Ween Hong Kong, S
Chinn. stations were not up.. November 1 to facilitate the entry of goods Into, China by enabling The wedding took place yes-merchants to bay, their duties in terday at the Supreme Court Hong Konk. Registrar's Ofee of Mr. George Payment was, however, optional, Bombs Mills, Prison Omeer, of and merchants could, pay on er- Victoria Remond Prison, and Miss | rival in China, if they go wished. Natalia Nilovna Kuzmina, shup Vensels of under, 200 tons must assistant, of 31 Kimberley Road,hetraver, oblain "nd objection" in the presence of Mr. A.D. papers from those stations before Venables and Mrs. S.A. Ellery. they are given clearance by the
Odle Hong Kong Harbour
Since the setting up of the sta Professor W. Simon will ad-tone they have cleared a dally dress the Hong Kong Rotary average of 20 vessels for Canton. Club on Tuesday at the Root
Taling, Kongmoon,
S-buo, Pino Garden Hong Kong Hotel. His hol,
on ** subject "wifi" "be":"Some Thoughts | Kwangtung"· coastline app on Learning n Foreigh Lan- Movement of goods has been guage." The Hong Kong Rotary normal, and there has been little Club meets at 12.30 p.m. every change from what it was before Tuesday at the Hong-Kong Hotel. the setting up of the two stations.
Messrs. Hou Chung-scu and 1. Á. concert of recorded · music. Dy Chuy-plo arrived here from will be presented, to-morrow at Manila yesterday by CPA.
Talbot House 50,... Macdonnell Road, Hong Kong commen
commencing at
1
Hong
Messrs. J. Bell, Tan Rafaela She and Ang Kim left Hong Kong for Manila by CPA yesterday's
Messrs. RE, Shea, M.
5.30
the programme Will Include Francesca da Rimini Tehál kovsky: Sonata, No. 4. in D. (play- ed by Yehudi Menuhin)Handel, a Concerto in A minor (played by:
Dame Myra Hess)-Schumann,
results are, fairly fireproof and (27.3.48), J.. MeW Forrest Motto, Chau Hicn-taon and Mr.
an be much better looking (af (27.2.48), G. Fryer (16.848), A. and Mrs. M. Rueff lett Hong and Symphony in C minor, No. some care is used in the planning) Soutar (10.5.48), R. B. Davies Kong yesterday for Salgon by 95 Haydn: than the usual run of aduatter (13.6.48), H. J. Baldwin (13.6.48), Air France. sfforts which one sees on overy F. Roberts (20.6.48), W. E. n.
•
vida when going around the Howell (19.8.48) T. Pilkington Lieutenant-Colonel, AT. House
A. (10.9.46).
E.. G. Wheeler was among the passengers who (25.9.48), arrived here from Manila yester-
Colony,
J.
One, of course, must realise [49.8.§.h-Inspectors A; I. day by CPA CARA
thot the sacred regulations (which like the Inws of the
A Kriloff,
Bfedes and Efremoff, A Price, G. Robinson,
the Parsians are just and cannot V. U. Stepanoff, V. L. Veriga,
Messrs.R.N. Dippy, wis. Tichy, W.R. Now,
be altered) may be slightly violat. S.G. Koordiamoff, F. M. Zadorin, Blogg. 3.
G. C. Rousakoff. and Sherevera Llang Bênh tung, Mr: ER.
ed if one were to actually lay out 25.5.48).
el
an area properly, provide the
may be Hot Wei and Indian contingents but fireproof structuron erected according to some simple have also been granted awards. plan especially if the area is The full lat was published in the Fagricultural" and where the visit Government Gazette.yesterday.
Chinese in building, anyway
materials from which such cheap Members of the Cantonese, we
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without permit. There would be the additional advantage of mak- ing sure of some sanitary, ar- rangements of which the present squatter stitionents
scom.a
singular Lyfree.
With the pot chosen,
ILLEGAL POSTERS
alogans:
Main, Miss, CE. Mala, and, Mrs.
Leg Tan Sweo-lien left by CPA yesterday for Bangkok Singapore
BRANDY -SEIZED
and
·--A--party--01-Revenue-Officers headed by Mr W.G. Humphreys raided the, Suq. Wah Compradore Shop at No: Stanley Street, ground Bourbo・・ Thursday and seized 32 bottles French
of Brundy. Posters hut-sites Jaid out in orderly long, as we fight, we get our was charged botoro Mr. Hih
The manager, Wong, Man-kļu, fashion,
of hut which munt
victory,"
Workers are the shing Lo at Central yesterday with be followed innd erected from
The brandy was were found in the pos- paying duty,
rs of the Imported from Haiphong
Prosecuting. Mr, Humphreys re- Yang Textile Factory. ⠀⠀
plan
materials provided which must be holicst" and other of a similar possesion of the brandy without
used, one might possibly expect
a result better in.all respects than Békét DL5WOWDERY SA
the present blots on the landscape. quipped with bicyclen -dnil) quested the, magistrate to, taką ‘a
The obvious objection. Is that balls of batter, the meitware serious view of the case and de- some money would be involved. It found on Thursday posting the fendent was fined $400 and the costs money to fight fires. It costs notices on the wall of, Bailey's brandy was ordered to be con- money to dght a plague of discose. Shipyard. Many others were sten
aschted. The conts of this plan, would be on, walls in the district, fap
to provido cheap bitilding materials
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in COLOURSQU squatter as ho, does at the present went on strike recently.
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