Shanghai British Evacuees Leaving For UK Today In Empire Halladale
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Twenty-seven inmates of the Chatham Road camp
are leaving for the United Kingdom in the Mao Statement
troopship Empire Halladóle this morning. Most of them are old residents of Shanghai who were air-lifted out of that city just before the Communist occupation.
Reminders
Today
Whint Delve, European YMCA,
8.30 p.m.
The evacuees will leave the camp at 9 o'clock this morn- ing and they will be ferried to the troopship by lighters.. However, for the convenience of the passengers. negotiations were being held yesterday for the troopship to be tied along- side a whart.
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On Policy
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During the fighting in down- town Shanghai, Broadway Mon- sions was one of half a dozen Nation- buldings in which the plists barricaded themselves and tried to hold the Soochow Creek line from the incoming Reds. Exorbitant Demands By Labour
Both Chinese still foreign em- Many of the departing evacuees players of labour are complain- the toke-over in are dependants of Shanghai mering that since
have sent their Shinghal Inbow, feeling that any chants who
demand it makes will be approved Stunities.. to Hong Kong
Among those travelling by the by the authorities. In making de- are five missionary mands which few employers can
nel. families from Western Chung,
Crown Land Sate, PWD once,
3 p.m. Annual meetings of Sumagage
Rubber Co., Ltd., Alma Estropship Lotes, Lid, at 601-600 Marine House. 12 noon. European YMCA, Ladies Com-
milice meeting, 10.45 am. St. Andrew's Church Women's Guild meeting at Vicurage, 11
D.II.
Coming Events
TOMORROW
Bridge Drive, European YMCA,
8.30 p.m.
IIK
Roof
12.30 p.m. Urban Council meeting,
Bulding. 4.15 p.m.
One departing evacuee said that she has spent 13 years in Shang- hai and is now returning to Eng hand with her two sons. Her hus- band is it present sUl) in Shoy-
ial,
Already a number of business and a few factories have closed down, although Diis may be a taclic since permanent pour
A demand Plosure may produce
into for severance pay running many months, The Communists in some areas, ut least have approved heavy severance pay.
editorial
To Join Husband Expected to be reunited with ber husband in England is 2
The American owned: "Shang- theatrical
is one cons member of Shanghai
apicuous example of business shut world, Mrs. M. litter said that hai Evening Post" Khe is very pleased to be return-
lown by labour demands which oning home. Her husband is a very
Inve reached the paint where the talk
not run the Club, Rotary "Forestry" by Mr. Tamwerth, well known planist in London,
Apart from the 27 from Chat-mployees wouki
presses because of an Hotel, Garden, HK
paper.. moncomment in the Road camp, 10 bam
The "Post" attracted consider- GPO evacuees are from the Sea
Mission. Some of them (arrived tre on May 2 by the Dutch fanerable attention, but as an employer s. Boissevain and others Hown here on May 12.
10 1/ All those returning
are doing United Kingdom under a Government scheme and agrecurnt pro- have signed un mising to refund the rest of the Government are, which is about £84, on ar- rival or when the requests It.
WEDNESDAY
Tor H
Talbot Club meeting, House 50, Macdonnell Road, 8.30 p.ru. IIK Ainateur Radio Transmitting meeting, Society. onnunt China Fleet Club theatre, 5.30
p.in,
THURSDAY
Wern
case. of labour,
# minor
rotinu Chinese-owned Several mills, one large Chinese bank and une world-wide oil comaxury have been subjected to unprecedented treatment by workers for a re- owned "North China Daily British. When these vision of their wage scales." Ene de- News" mands were not immediately met. tactics involving the lock-up of the management, denial of meals
be-
Chatham Road refugees told the China Mail yesterday that they
to key inen, and arrogant want to thank Mr. J. Small andhaviour were utilised to compel which acceptance of the terms Y'a Men's Club, talk on "Edura-
tion" by
Mr. Lim Hay-jun, Mica Spence of the Red Cross for Roof Garden, HK Hotel, 12.45l the nice things the refugees sooner or later would exhaust the resources of the industries con- have received during their stay in the camp.
p.m.
Kowloon Rotary Club, luncheon,
Peninsula Hotel, 12.30 p.m. RAF Association, luncheon, Jaco- bean Room, HK Hotel 12.45 p.m.
Italian Approach To Tito
re-
Rome, June 18. According to unconfirmed ports here today, the Italian Go- vernment is attempting to open Yugo- direct negotiations with slavia on the Trieste problem.
The reports follow yesterday's Cabinet announcement that Italy has drawn the attention of uit friendly governments to her rea- diness to grant Yugoslavia liberal the Trieste economic rights in area-p "Free Territory"-if it is
Italian sovereignty, restored
The Italian Foreign Ofee re- fused all further comment on the subject.
The "Gomale titolin" suld that attempts to open direct con- tact with the Tho regime have been going on for some time.
It suggests that in return for Italy's announcement of readiness to trant concessions to Yugoslvain, the friendly governments, parti- France, Britain cularly
and
practical should decide to give axecution to their repeated aster- tions that Trieste should be hand- ed back to Italy-Reuter.
'JEWISH PATROL
AMBUSHED
Jerusalem, June 19.
cerned."
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1049,
Moroccan Princess Marries
Princess Lai-La Fatima, daughter of the former Sultan Abd El-Aziz, smiles as her page boy, the son of the Spanish High Commissioner in Spanish Mi rocco, kisses her hand after her marriage to Caliph Muley Haseen of Spanish Morocco, in Madrid. With her are the dailph's mather (left) and Bonora de Varela, wife of the High Commisioner (centre). (AP Photo).
Revised Economy Hard On
Japanese
Philadelphia, June 19.
The "Saturday Evening Post" says America is giving Japan "Democracy" but the Japanese cannot carn a living in their revised economy.
In an article written by Helen Mears, who was re- cently in Japan for four months as a member of a labour advisory committee, the "Post"
says:
Waited Fifteen Months For A Doctor's Licence
Macho, June 19.
A licence was granted today to Dr. Ming Hing-min, well known Chinese medical practi- toner here. He appiled for a
doctors licence in March, 1948.
The Health Service authorities here held that a doctor's licence cannot be granted it the applicant is unable to produce his diploma. Dr. Ming said his original diploma province inundation. was lost during the Shanglung Dr. Ming is the former sub- Kiang the Chinens director of Wu Hospital here and had work-
for about two
years. misunderstanding with
there cá
1,750,000,000 Yen, including costs la Directors of their armed services. ΟΙ
Due to the present situation in doctors, many Chinese dentists and midwives have op- plled for licences to practice here.
Our Own Correspondent
"Japanese Government budgets "In Japan we have on our
During the carly After hands, and are responsible for. during the occupation have been
bankrupt nation of more phenomenal. than 90,000,000 people, which 30's a typical budget was around the Directors Committee, he left
Their can support only a fraction of its population and is existing latest announced budget is 704,- semi-starvation000,000,000 Yen, which is around today at a
US$2,000,000,000. These huge level on a dole from us.
largely
due to the "We have given these people a budgets are new constitution guaranteeing the very high cost of the occupation utmost in individual liberty. We and our reforma programmes.
A Mystery brand new have given them Labour Ministry, a new protec-
"Where the Government will Russian Womon Fined tive labour standarde law con-
Russian
were siderably more liberal than even Five fined a total of 60,000 Jen Min our own Wagner Act. We have on broken up their big business cor- is conducting an anti-Jewish and Flao by the People's Court
charges of assault on a beggar boyporations and enforced a system anti-Moslem campaign.
for redistributing land ownership,
RUSSIA DENIES ALLEGATION
Lake Success, June 18.
The Soviet Union denied today
in the United Nations that she
The North-China Daily News" that said the few organisations submitted to the demands are now puying their workers the highest wages in Shanghai history. Others are inoperative.
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Swiss Leave World Union
Berne, June 10.
The Swiss Trade Union Com- mission today voted, with imme- liale effect, to withdraw.from
Unions.
at the revenue to keep going Is mystery. "Traditionally Japan has sup- and run her Government by pro- perted around half her population 12- and a passer-by and of insulting | We have revised their educational Ats from foreign trade, overseas
.and India's delegate on the
services like enterprises, compulsory Sub-Commission on the pre- behaviour towards an officer of
shipping Allled policy has de-he World Federation of Trade man sub
vention
and the People's Liberation Army on system, raised the discrimination of
Describing the WFTU as a branchi stroyed all these sources of in- police school term to nine years, to
given the women the vote. protection of minorities, Mr. M. June 13, according R. Masani, had several reports sources, reports Reuter,.
ordered • . The only thing that is wrong.
"Early in the occupation Gen- of the Cominform, the Swiss They were also nileging that Russia had engaged
Japanese that our policles were absolutely necessary to maintain
close collaboration between no longer carn even a pre-war eral Douglas MacArthur told the Commission declared that it is in anti-Moslem and anti-Jewish apologise formally to the People's is that these liberated people can
Intenced to promote the dignity national trade union mayement
of purge since the end of the War. Liberation Army by inserting a
American also referred to re- note of apology in the "Liberation standard of living."
Under
encourage and well-being and happiness Mr. Masni also
in democratic countries. Japanese the individun)." ports from the Moscow press in Daily."
mmt, she says, "Before they were released on
Representatives of most of the our policles have "Up to now, which those who advocated world
the WFTU are to government in the Soviet Union Friday afternoon, the fwe Rus-formed labour unions, and wages
"But the situation for Japanese conspicuously failed to do this national unions which have with-
that General MacArthur finally drawn from had been referred to as homeless sian women, two of them holding rose with phenomenal rapidity. cosmopolitans.
Soviet passports and the other emigrants,
labour is worse than ever before issued another statement in which meet in Geneva on June 25, en an invitation of the British Trades The Russian representative, Mthree White Russian
pail and Why? Because there has been, and
we do not is, such a drastic shortage of all ho told the Japanese that when Union Congress, to discuss the establishment of another Interna- said that all charges were requested to A. Borisov, of discrimination against minori-sign a written state..ent of re- ties in the Soviet Union are palpentance.
This is the first case involving of a calumnious campaign of the United States press whoce pur-foreigners since the People's Gov- pose it is to prepare for war."ernment took over the, control of
the city last month. Reuter,
Parties Merge In Africa
Windhoek, June 18.
The incident occurred on June 13 in the evening when the five women, after drinking at one of the Avenue Joffre bars, were irritated by a beggar boy who demanded alms.
the
Of Aine 40,000 Jen Min Piao was given to the beggar boy while Negotiation for P merger of the remaining 20,000 was given to the passer-by-United Frees, the Nationalist Party of South West, Africa and the Afrikaner Associated Press and Reuter. Party of South West Africa were completed today.
TERRORISTS IN
the
consumer goods and raw materials we say Democracyd of living.onal organisation.-Reuter.
Liberation The Hard Way
the
General said, is a Democracy, that there has been a wildcat in-can a decent Alution.
apleliual commodity' that 'springs hip, struggle and toll. from hardship. Maybe the General is right, but We cannot expect the Communists not to laugh their heads off."nam Associated Press.
"In 1943 an average family of four could live comfortably by Japanosa standards. on. 50. Yen neod Today they month, 12,000 Yen. a month just to get by. This is being liberated the hard way.
E
programmes
Utopia
pla is expensive.
our
reform
Japanese
To run the ta Government had'
The
Culver City, Californis,
June 18.
HICUPPING GIRL
Paris: June 13.
the
A 20-day dark room cire has been prescribed for a French school girl, aged 14, of En- Charente, Westem France, who three has been hlcupping for
A building contractor, James weeks at the rate of 52 a minute, Her parents, a farmer and his Dickason, who committed suicida
received letters of a note reading: wife, have last night, left
"I lost $400,000 garbling. Gam-advice from all over France, but
so far all attempted cures failed-Router.
DIAWARD
create and staff new departments. bling is a malignant disease."...
Government also had to United Press. hundreds of payroll put on its The decision to effect a merger
thousands of Japanese who was taken after discussions bat-
directly aa occupation protecte ween Mr. Nicolas Havenga, South
and MALAYA BURN BUS as servants or construction work- African Finance Minister
ers. for housing and, airfields. Re- Singapore, June 18.
take to Iernal authorities said an Islender of the Afrikaner Party,
cently,
we ordered them
crats off the raeli Atmy patrol was ambushed Mr. Ocal, the Party's chairman,
A gang of 50 terrorists attacked
out one of Kusla some of the bureaucrats by Arabs on Saturday and an Is and J. A. Cronle, Chairman of the
and burned
a plan
diamiss. to raeli soldier was killed and two Afrikaner Party of South West Lumpy's two double decker buses payroll, and the Government has Since there are wounded. The ambush occurred Africa.
around 700,000, in the Judeant hills North East ne
The Nationalist Party of South last night, four, and a half miles announced
The driver, conductor and two no other jobs for most of 'then, West Africa, which is entirely outside the Federal capital.
some sort of rollef programme clashes have separate from the Nationalist Par- been more frequent of late in the ty in the Union of South Africa, passengers were unhurt "no-man's land" batween Arab has undertaken not to dlsaril and Israell lines, but this was the nate against any member of the was the first in which casualties Afrikaner Party-Reuter, were suffered. The Israeli sources wald the umbush took place with Er tracti territoryAssociated Progs.
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RUSSIA RETURNS RNSHIPS
Oslo, June 18.)
Dipèrs,” 4 Tewal Data\In['Two Brish destroyers lent to
to Russia in 1914 arrived in Der gen today on their,,Way{
THE EVERGREEN Furth of Borth to be hands over
to the Royal Navy.、
The are expected to play at Bargan "until-Monday, and abouıld reach Britain'omija :
In North Porak, bang 'ts fired will have to be set up. Another is
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