THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JULY 18, 1948.
OVERSEAS BOXERS INVADING BRITAIN
PASSENGER WOUNDED BY GUARD
A passenger, Wong Shing, who claims to be a travelling truder, was wounded in the chest when a shot was fired at him by the ship's guard of the my. Shihniten, which was on the way to Hong Kong on Saturday.
The vessel
prived here from Gaston yesterday morning, when
(By JIMMY WILDE,
Former World Flyweight Champion)
Britain's boxers die being threatened with the loss of purse money. Foos they would normally receive are being diverted to a growing army of "invaders" from overseas.
More and more boxers are coming, particularly , from the Commonwealth, inspired by the tales (possibly exaggerated) they hear back home of huge purses being paid here. There's plenty of money, but only for those good enough to earn it. I have long advocated stepping-up
گروه
a who for years have been drawing Internationalthe crowds into the Australian fite wonder trian was inediates contests. But aren't we goin: boxing stadiums,
ly sent to the Kowloon Hospital, Ja little too IRT with this Waure de Taurito vzemiekentrai seholesale-invasivard-Wew be eritient.
come worthy new opposition.
A party poltre, i atal Two but why not give some of our unknown provincial boxers a chance?
, police launches, were
the beepe savo aler the vessel ur- rives).
It was safel Tant id adion 11 pan, on Saturday. the poloetiger went in to the adup's dedit, acting in a supelons doors. A guard was on duty ww for hund
A tanz who may be champion In his men csontry is nôt necess Partly good emawh Sor we can provide heje.“
Lant
In recent months we have seen me from many countries in the Clennowen]th, Sme, but hul
The cate Sing poetum. might be a tort, the quiet hakl asted him fot, tast de tot, juo hobiew of the warning The phoni fall, have justified the chanan, azul
then turned a chot at luna
Bevan Says "No" To Coalition
Bienpeth, Mua Untonda i land,
July 16
dre... deft.
Mr. Aneurin Bevan, stiu fer ef Health, who is resportdeel aan der of the anti-Congaum-t wing within the Labor Party, tu- stay de protzaren alt eggs bene af s Later-Cleaner vodiyn
$t." Coalition.
Money's Worth
th
"What "the" "Australians are go ing to do about it is their own conred)). In only anxious see that the British crowds get their inoney's worth,
la my travels round the smail- er shows I have come nervas sever- a boxers who would not disgrace File theuire or enterprising willing to take a chance
with them on a big
A week or two ago i saw n Welsh feather-weight, Пnydn Jones (Tir-y-Berth, who boxed really cleverly and put up ene of ider
I have seen until and left him-
the money given them. Australians are due
Two more
to fight al
le becaree
| Newcastle tomorrow, al Ele Erbuk t
| Canslinsis mate Their
| Olympla next week,
Line Must Be Drawn
1
Test releas
vil open for a kirekont.
Reminders
Today
Picture shows Hong Kong's poor classes getting their food Jyingpun-Refugez, Centre.—"China Mall" photo,
Welfare Centre
Feeds 400 Poor
Having aw, prosembly, learn- Crown Land Auction, PWD office. The Soiyingpun Wolfare Centre, one of six simi-
ed his lose the hard way, I am prepared to see bin make PL- if given Bar
Billy Rastony, the Bandee wet- right also going on the
chasey.
I've nothing nggunard any thom personalig und shosate like to see them nanke" the prade. line at drawn somewhere.. We cannot always go abroad for chters and wegieet the day on
can own die step.
1 auspect that bayers abroad are (beginning to look upon Britam as an easy hunting ground with big parson to be plucked mut of the air for litle ellørt. An old friend Jack Parnell, writing from Syd- samy, tells me of a leating Aus
Adthressing thomanik, of guinea
Ma 12
worker: here,
"There not the slightest pre-tralian light-weight who hail “guñe pest of the flam Party Bong arotul threatening in go la Euge- foolish enough Jogin to allow any fand, where he rich gut of its leader to ender o pat ship with
Totes Government is Patronver
fight."
arve to
torce
£2,000 A
I understand that a number of Austarlinn, have been making re- "A Coilaian may be necessary marks like this for some time. to fight emmar to the Apparently there is a concerted it is no ase to faen the probiere
ant in sick. The Labour Party ha
up prives never Den ste pesulvod to meet purses.
General opining in boxing er the present chilieulins møder its own leadership and to arcept see there is that Jack Solomuns seduction from any quarter what has started something by the at- tractive purses sald have been patel to Dave Sands. One result He clded, for 1949 i give you! work Bhat, indepenstenve seruulis that there are the makings of in large-scale exodus of the men and Socialism thard"-Reuter.
VOL."
DROBNY AND CERNIK CONFIRM WORST FEARS
Ostaad, July 16.
Jaroslav Drobny and Vladimir Cernik, the run- away Czech tennis players, confirmed the worst fears of the Communist Propaganda Minister in Prague today.
They worked their way into the doubles finals of the Swiss international tennis tournament and will face the German doubles team of Rolf Goopfert and Werner Beuthner in the finals tomorrow.
Goepfert and Beuthner de- and Fritz Weisz of Austria feated Earl Cochell of the 8-3, 0-2. Drobny will also United States and Pedro Mas-play Cochell for the singles sip of Spain B-3, 1-6, 6-3 in title. the semi-finals while the It was the presence of the two Czech exiles were eliminating Germans in the tournament which Franjo Puncee, Yugoslav exile, caused the Czech Government to order the two Czech home, thu: making up their minds not to re- turn under the present regime.
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HEALTHY WELL-GROOMED HAIR.MASSAGE YOUR SCALP
Rejects Communist Idea Drobny, did not want to talk much about tomorrow's match al- though he completely rejects the Communist idea that tennis mat- ches
hes are political events,
"You have to remember," Drobny
my said, "that the Germans were in our country for six yours. could not play tennis durlant that period knowing what an oc cupation is like. We Czech are
li by bling" franquently. Mon- nis Reed, Luturaster flyweight, another goodd boy I have zeen pe eensly.
Ex-Railmen Arrested In Japan
were
Tokyo, July 17. Two Red ex-railmen arrested by the police at 5 pan, local time today on war- rants issued yesterday by the, Procurator's Office in connee- tion with the empty "murder express disaster which killed six and injured a dozen per- sons on Friday evening at Tukyo's Western suburban station.
Mitaka,
The action came after apparent hesitation on the part of the police and amidst strong protests from the Communis against the re- ported issuance of warrants for the arrest of Shichiza Iida, aged
L 1*11 Kyuichi Yamamoto, aget 45. both former Cominunist officers of the local railmen's union who were fired on June 10 following the rail strike early in June.
The move was taken to indicate the authorities' determination to Aght the Communists as the ar- rests were made just an hour be- fore the three Communist mem- bers of the Lower House of
Japan's legislature visited police headquarters to like a protes! against the reported police de- visions to probe a possible Com- munist background of the "mur- der express" case.--United Press.
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Presentation and Inspection, Chen-
içal Pire Balgaste, 8:30 aan, Whist Drive for Civilians and Servicemen, Emopean YMCA, 8 p. Europe YMCA Lubes Section, Comunitive meeting. 10.45 21.107.
Club de Recreio Luty Subsribers meeting, King's Park, #15
,វ,
SI Andrea's Church Women's
Gulkt meeting.
at Vicarage. 10 a.m. Teachers' Summer School open- ing by. Mr. T, R. Recwell, at Regional Seminary, Aberrione, 1.771.
Coming Events
findi
TOMORROW
Bridge Drive for Civilians.
Serviceinen, Europeun YMCA. Rotary Club luncheon, Hoef
HK
8 p.m.
Garden, HK Hotel, 12.30 1. Urban Council Meeting, GPO
Building, 4.15 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Mahjong
Lessons (Servicemen admission free), European YMCA. 8 p.m.
Tor II Club meeting, Talbol House, 50, Macdonnell Rond, 8.30 p.m.
THURSDAY
Kowloon Rotary Club luncheon,
talk on "The Cause, Trent- meni, and Prevention of Cancar" by Dr. Woo Kai-fas Peninsula Hotel, 12.30 p.m. Men's Club luncheon, Roo!
HK Hotel, 12.45
p.m
Y's
The
lar centres in the colony, was visited by a "China Mail" reporter yesterday.
for
The centre at Salyingpun is sists of 1/2 ounce of canned ment, Įloented in the old St. Peter's (3 12 ounces of vegetables, and
Church in Des Voeux Rond 12 ounces of rice. West, next to No. 7 Police The Social Welfare Department, Station, 1 in taking care of (which ran the centre, has also
a e-operative more than 480 nten, women, established and children food to them.
by distributing wasting clothes, and employs 13
women refugees for the job.
After 7 o'clock each evening, Very few of the recipients are met, for culy men more than 55 Hong Kong Street Sleeper Sheller Sveicly uses the same years of age are eligable for ne ceptense by the centre, dust of building to house more than 40 the women and children getting homeless women and children. toon there every day are from ĮMO
the familes of coolles, who fre not able to provide enough food jbe a huge fanilly.
'There are now 70 children who slepend on the centre for food. A sefioul is also, provider for those children.
learn realing and writing, and In the school, the children
kel two meals each day? a meal of, noedies at noon, and another meal of meal, rice, and vegetables at 3 p
For aclulis one meal only LA provided, at 3 pun. This meal con-
Late Newsman
Urges U.S. To Battle Reds
New York, July 10. H. R. Knickerbocker, veteran foreign correspondent, who died
last in a plane crash Tuesday. waid in his last brondcast that World War III inevitable unless the U.S. goes all out against Com- munism in Asia.
Garormers, variety enter- looks
ment, for Troops, European YMCA. 8 p.m.
Czech Church-State War
(Continued from Page 1)
The organ of the Hungarian Most observers here agree that | Workers Party, Szabad Nep, in
the decree is far from n "death an article headed: "The Vatican blow" to Communism in Italy. is cursing," said that the Vatican The Immediate political effects did not threaten Hitler, Mussolini are likely to be a sharpening of or France excommunication, tension between the Christian Democratic majority
It declared that the Holy See and the Communiat
was always the most determined, opposition, a strong- thening of the Centre parties dangerous and stubborn cnomy of and non-Communist lett, a new progress, freedom and peace. In wave of anti-clericaliam similar the past it resisted Martin Luther to that which swept Italy after and Gallien und now It conspires with the American Imperialists the war, and Increased conflict
against the peace and freedom of between Catholic and Commun- ixt workers in the country's United Press and Reuter,
people. Associated Press, ready strife torn labour field. BELGRADE:
The Vatican decree will sharpen the existing "nerve wer" against naturally not 100 enthusiastic Catholic priests who do not about the Germans but tennis 15 wholeheartedly accept the Tito regime, necording to observers here."
a game, not politics."
Drobny just shrugged when told about the Communist press re- ports that he had “deserted de- mocratie sport" · and was now playing tennis for the capitalist imperialists.
Sports And Politics
"We knew that was coming."
e said, "They are mixing sports and politics in Czechoslovakla DAILY WITH now and that is why we wanted
Vansteere
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Morning Misery
25 @ Pléosam-fosilny," sparkling-Alko-
Seltzer brides you gylch relím! „from the atteivellschs of late hours,lnik. aver: Induladoca, in food and drink)
Alka Egber
to slay in Ostand. We play tennis for the love of the game."
Marchal Tito's dispute with the Cominform has done nothing to mitigate the nerve war or modify his militant Communist polley against the Catholic Church, which clakne atout half of Yugoslavia's tolal church-goers, mainly Croatia and Slovenia.
PARIS:
A furlous wave of anti-clerica- tiam in France may be the effect Drobny and Cemnik appeared of the Vatican pronouncement, completely relaxed atter. their according to M. Louis Martin- brush with th Czoch Government, Chauffer, left wing Catholic wri- although they are not happy about ter and journalist. their families still in Czechoslava- kia. Drobny had, bath his aged parents there and Cernik has his wife and 3-year-old son, George Drobny's Job In Prajue was in the office of the nationalised Bata ahoo plant. Cernik worked in the the nationalised steel
He said: "A whole campaign, dictated by passions and interests which have nothing spiritual about them, bus, been started in France and elsewhere, to exploit the text of the decree by a tendentious interpretation and to present it as condemnation of all the faithful who, while proclaiming publicy Although he is now cut off from the incompatibility between the his homeland. Drobny received a Christian and Marxist doctrines, telephone call from a friend. In have, nevertheless, not broken the Prague through the Communist links with the Communista,” consors last night The censor BUDAPEST: apparently wanted to know what
office industry.
he would say Družiny said.
Drobny waldy that and the fral reaction to the decree Few top in predominantly Catholid HUN – notch athletes left in Czechoslary came today when all Sunday Avalia nowa Ona, exception; la pápers published – edilirias cón- “Zapolak, the long golajancer rim. demning the Vatican action, nướn
Miley, Nepas dia čine; Army?=A896« | with the omicial announcement of
the
(More news on the Church- State struggle on page 10)
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Nunciature
Employee Detained
Prague, July 16.
A Czech citizen en the staff of Papal Nunciature in Prague was Laken from his home by security police lost night but released midday to- day, it was learned.
The
Dobes, employee, Josef had been chauffeur to Monsignor Gerrard Veroling, the Nunciature's Charge l'Affaires, who left Pra- gue on transfer last Wednesday.
A Secretary to the Nunciature, Fr. Ludwig Smazlik, the young Czech priest who was
arrested on July 7 after saying mass at in convent in Prague, was still
detained today.
The Nunciature had been given to underslond earlier this week that his release was imminent.
Monsignor Veroling hud pro- Mr. Knickerbocker was one of tested to the Czech Foreign 13 American newsmen killed in Ministry about Fr. Smozlik's ar- the crash of a Dutch artiner nearreat before he left. Bombay.
The broadcast, released tonight at Mr. Knickerbocker's regular programme time, was recorded in Singapore before the crash..
"Communism is moving so fast! that within a few years Moscow may feel itself strong enough to challenge the power of the United States, Mr. Knickerbocker said.
He said the U. S. should in- mediately appoint a high-calibre official to co-ordinate the battle for its interests in Asin.
"We can still stop Communism
Monsigno, Vernling himself has come under fire from Government
epokesmen since his departure.
The Minister of Justice, Dr. Alexei Cepickn
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crusade. The Vatican's representatives, Dr. Cepicka charged, came to to spread disruption, Prague chaos and unrest.
Although his office said that
in Asin," he said, "but to do it Monsignor Veroling's transfer had will require a greater effort on been prepared for some time, Dr. that the Vatican the part of the United States thon Cepict said we have exerted to stop Con had been unable to defend him muniam in Europe. What should and hind been forced to with- our investiènt in United States draw him, #reurity be? The answer should
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