Pamphlets Air-Dropped On NT Urging Farmers To Grow More Vegetables
Reminders
Today
*** [While the Government initiated exploratory talks with vegetable dealers on the feasibility of importing and stocking vagetables from Aus- tralia and other places, in the event of cur- rent sources of supply being cut off it urged: New Territorios farmers to increase produc- tion. Government chartered aircraft yesterday showered thousands of pamphlets on New Territories _forms_urging the peasants to exert their utmost to grow more vegetables as the Colony's population depended on them.
Tor Clubs meeting, 50. Mac-
donnel Roud, 8.30 pm, 11K Amateur Radio Transmitting Society, meeting of China Fleet Club Theatre, 5.30 pañ, -Mahjong Lessons- End-charge-for-
Servicemen), European YMCA. 25 p.m.
Hong Photographle Sariety of
JIK
Kong, monthly etinner. Cafe Wiseman, Cine show by Mr. Fung Ping-fan, 7 p.m. Art Club, monthly exhibition, St. John's Cathedral Hall,
Domialon Rubber Campany, Limited, amittal meng
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More pamphlets will be dropped today. Some will be chopped with an officini seal. of the Holders
chupped pamphlets will be qualified to droya free ration of fertilis-and onions,
-G01-und-Marina-HouRIS, 12 Piloted by Mr. A.S. Hall of
noon.
Flag Whost,
Jumble Sale,
inello!
Once, 12 noon. Ston-British Cuth Orchestra, 10- hearsal, Costar Clubs, 6 pm.
Coming Events
Far
over
Eastern Flying and The
Ryan Trainer Section, Training School, a European YMCA, I am.
Government chartered by the Publie Relations Wholesale Vegetable Marketing
Hew
Tsun Organisation, Wan and Un Long districts you- [terday afterisoon, bombarding the crens with colourful pamphleta.
Acteypanying Mr. Halls in this mission Was Mr. CUT, Large of the Deputy Officer-in-chargs Mach,
vcaniation.
to encouragi With
view farmers to increase their vege- table output, the paniphlets read as follows:
TOMORROW
HK Art Club, Monthly Exchtbluon,
Si John's Cathed
100 pt
Kowloon Rotary
Club
(closed Hotel,
meetin;!> Penlonula 12.30 p.m. Barnstormer European YMCA,
8 p.m. (Jolly Variety Show for Troops).
Y's Men's Club, luncheon, at Rust
Garden, HK Hole), 12,45 pom
FRIDAY
HK Light Oreberta, Slagerd re-
hearst, St Julay' Cathedral Ital, T
D..
SATURDAY
Victoria Recreation Club swim- miing Gula in honour of Sir Arthur Morse, at VRC" pool, 0.30 pm.
BROKERS FINED
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for
"Dear respectful farmer! Coldea Age of vegetallen 1840-s now at hand.
"Dwing the part three although
vegetabl the unl production hix reaso _ ጓነ ; fler your, there is still no sige of an excess in supply over de- mand,
"Two million people are re- lying on on you for vegetable supplies and with the increase of vegetable prices your profit arn securely supported.
Aiding ProductionTM
for
"Futhermore, the Wholesale Market
alding is continuously Three local brokers were
you in productim and planning given sentences by Mr. 1lin-
20 am to stabilise the vegetable shing Lo at Central yesterday (chemand and prevent any sign of in connection with the overa
a slump in the price of crops tion
telecommunications which #f
will be disastrous and
radio communications farmers. without licence. The
tele- "Please do not let go this one phone and radio sets found on opportunity but
exert every The premises were ordered to effort in rowing vegetables. be confiscated.
The Increase Production Move- Publicity Squad of The Shree brokers were Hin, aged 30, Leung Hing, #geleng Kong Wholesale Vegetable 25, and Cheung Chung, Red 25 Marketing Organisation, 1940."
The wireless aftelton,
Chu
new urens to each flight
the
which According to Mr. Halls, the was railed by the police on July pump for about a week with
dropping flights will b 18, was located # 6 Queen's carried on Road East
Mr. J. Stewart, representing Describing yesterday's
night. defendants, asked for leniency Mr. Halls said that when He said that defendants were in buzzed his aircraft over the main streets of Tsum Wan and Un Long bad reonomic condition and in hand henith.
keeping his altitude at about 100 feet, he could
fee crowds and
The first defendant was given the option of the tue of $1,500. rowels of anxious farmers gaz- at his fast-moving aircraft or four months, the second de-in fendant, $2,500, or six months, and stretching out their hands for and the third defendant, $2,000, or four months.
glon of raw opium.
he colourful pamphlets,
Today the pamphlet droppie light will be over Shaun, Pulper: and Fanling areas.
Imports Discussed
Exploratory
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from
Due 10 the cutting off of vegetable Imports from North China, there has been a marked
In Importations increase abroad of such items as potatoes It was hoped that more of these could be brought in from Australia,
Vegetable merchiantanter
"Ching Mail" viewed by the expressed doubt that any large icale importation of vegetables from
ер America Australia would be economical, as they floured that price would be about three times the normal local rates.
Daly in an extreme emergency. such as a blockade, would people may such high prives, they said.
Refrigerated Space
Jack ut refrigerated space on Arts on the Austridian run was handrap, they pointed out, and only the tes perishable items muki be brought in,
of US
· THE 'CHIIA · MAIL: WEINESDAY, JULY 27, -1949.
Small Fir In Spitfire
While being towed to its parking place by a a vehicle, a Royal Air Féme Spitäre rudenly caught fire "ai Kai Tak airport yesterday aflse.
noon,
The fire which werted-from the fighter's engine, was im mediately put out by a firs enging from the airport's fire. brigeds.
Siight damage was caused by the fire but no one Wa injured.
Kwangtung Flood Relief
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A total of HK$162,663.39 has been spent on food relief in Kwangtung during the past twee weeks.
This announcement was made Mr. Choy Sing-ham. Chuic man of the Tung Wah Flood Re- lief Committee, who presided at a meeting of rollef organisations hall yesterday at the Hospital evening.
of this sum, HK$40,000
was borrowed funds which would be replaced when adequate subscrip- tions came in Broin to various organisations.
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Lowell Thomas, Noted U.S. Radio Commentator, On Visit To Hong Kong
"Today_the_radio and Press in the United States. are concentrating more on subjects concern- ing Hong Kong as the Colony' is now the centre of European interest in. the Far East," said Mr. Lowell Thomas, well known nows. commentator of the Columbia Broadcasting. System, Now York, as he arrived here yes- terday in a Pon American Airways aircraft from the U.S. via Tokyo.
Mr. Thomas, who paid 24 -brief-visit-to-Tokyo,-said-that- he found the Japanese have mado rapid improvements and that they are very hard work- iniz.
Mr. Thomas who is on his vacation, is a transient here and is departing for Calcutta on Thursday. From Calcutta he will make his way to the Himalaya Mountains where he had been some 20 year ugo,
also as u vacationist.
Mr.
Thanas la
expert mountaineer who has more than experience behind 20 years of hini.
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he la เยฟ
Mr. LOWELL THOMAS
During his short stay in the Colony, the well known common- talor is preparing to broadcast to the U. S. some interesting fea- turcs about the Colony. His tiks
Welcomed at the airport by Mr. will be broadenst through Radlo
L. da Rocha of the Mucao Radio Hong Kong yesterday The moeting
Club, the American radio official | Although called to discuss ways wid means
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in expected in Mueno to aid in of intensifying the fund-raising from als post in the U.S. Ur
radio broadenst- new now in its American commentator said that setting up a campaign which is
ing station there. his second week.
programme will not be
Mr. Dunham said that he ob- temporarily stopped beenuse, re-tained "a leave of absence" with corded material
which he will Kuther during his vacation in the Far East and is expecting to re- the NBC In order to come to For East will be
turn to his post in the U. S. uftor the CRS.
The Macao station is installed sometime in October,
Asked whether the new station will be linked with the NBC, Mr. Dunham said that only a part of the American radio programme might be broadcast by the Macno
Dollar Drive
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broadcast by
Various suggestions were put forward by those utlending the As for inertations. from the mering, and the one which re-
Macao Radio United States, the big problem ceived general approval was
Another American radio cm- was the absence of ofBelal exdollar subscription drive. where-
cial visiting the Colony yesterday change. Emily if Government by each individual would sub-
from the U. S. was Mr. Edwin would give importers the necen- scribe at least one dollar to the Duhem, Programine Director of
ary allocation
dollars fund, a call which would not be the National Brondeusting Com- would it be worth their while to too big a strain to the vast ma-
pany. ony large scala ime | jority of the population,
Pru TER importers said.
Another
suggestion that car- speets of any such flloration were
owners be asked to contribute $10 very remote.
or $20 was put forward by a
the Importers gave it as their view
representative of
Kowloon thal
unless a real emergency General Chamber of Commerce.
ht arose, they would
more in-
A representative of the Chiness efined to depend upon kavad sup- Restaurants Association suggested phes and supplies Cream places
a 10 per cent surcharge near at
for hand,
reasons of
meals for a given number of Pronomy.
WEN
PICKPOCKET
SENTENCED
Chan So, aged 30, unemployed, sentenced to two months' imprisonment and banishment for! ten years by Mr. Hin-shing Le: at Central for attempted larceny from person.
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sition.
William Courtenay To Visit Hong Kong
days, for the benent of the relief Mr. William Courtenay, representative of the London
fund.
The efforts of the Hawkers" Guild in organising charity andes af vegatables and donating all
proceeds t
the fund were up-
"Daily Graphic" and the Kemsley newspapers,
is duo here from Japan on August 19 from Tokyo by PAL. He will stay in the Colony until August 23,
plauded when the Guild's chair- man, Mr. Li Ying, addressed the Generally regarded, as an outstanding British meeting.
Church Cteo
Hong
authority on General Douglas MacArthur's Pacific campaigns, Mr. Courtenay will screen some of the historic colour films taken by him during the Pacific War.
The Canton-Hong Kong-Macao Church Committee for Flood fle- lief in Kwangtung Province was The prosecution fold the court formed on July 24 by Christian that when complainas Tan organisations in
Canton, Kwan-man, was boarding a tram Kong and Macao. This commit- The story of the Pacific War in Johnston Road near Wanchai tee
was sponsored by the with its lessons of the use of Read on July 25, he had a feeling Kwangtung Chapter of the Na-air power will also be told to that iL hand was touching his tional Christian Council, the rear pocket. He then turned Canton Christian Church Federn- around, and saw defendant with- drawing a hand from his pocket tion, the Canton YMCA and the for relief and Complainant had $430 in cash on CA service to the
to the great number of
flood victims of the worst Kwangtung Province in years.
in a brown wallet in his rear pocket.
Defendant pleaded guilty.
WIDOW FINED
IN GOLD CASE
Conton YWCA
in
the British Forces in Hong
Kong by Mr. Courtenay dur- ing a series of talks.
He last vlaited Japan and Koren in November and Decem- ber 1947, when he was asked to Besides electing officials it was give tactical addresses on the decided to invite Bishop R. O. Pacific operations for General Hall, Mr. Nau Wing Kin, Mr. He
„* | Tung and others as advisers, The Committee's office will be at the the Bund. Canton.
MacArthur's staff.
Mr. Courtenay has on
in from the Governor at Singapore to visit him but doubt;
A gold bor weighing approxi- (Canton YMUZ relief programme i ho will be able to at this into
Plans for
for this mately live tuels was ordered to
returned to a 56-year-old are now in progress. Messrs. Y.
he
Advance Party Of Commandos Arrive In HK
(Continued from Page 1)
There were several serious soldiers who declared "It's quite obvious we're here to protect this littlo Island."
The majority are bachelors. The married ones sald
they would apply here to local nu-
to Hong Kong.
CONVICTED ON OPIUM CHARGE
talks have takeu Ting Tom, nged 38, a woman, place between Government and and Ho Yuen-woo, aged 33, were vegetable importers in the Colony widow, Cheng Ini-mui, by Mr. Lee, Yee-ton Wang, Hung
nghis itinerary as he is anximus 10 convicted by Mr. Blair-Kery at
stay as many days as possible at Kowloon yesterday when they the practicability of import Blair-Kerr at Kowlons yesterday. Chen Pul, and Wu Yik Wan were
vegetables from Australia or the were jointly charged with posses-United States in the event of any porting gold without a permit. A and Maceo to arrange for funds
Cheng was charged with ex-elected to proceed to Hong Kong Hong Kong in view of the fronttorities to bring their furnilles Une position of the island today. "My family is anxious to join erious shortage, the
China
line of $20 was imposed. " has been informed.
and to organise
He will bring to Hong Kong me here, but although there is F. Fowler, mittees.
the historic colour movies which a slight chance, I'll try to apolv Revenue Inspector The talks so far have been in prosecuting, said that he is not
he look of the island landing in as soon as I've settled myself formal, and the merchants have pressing the case against defen-
the Pacific war, including scenes here," a Buff with two children dant. He stated that defendant
of air-talls over the South China declared. was searched by a Maritime Cus-
Seas and Hong Kong in early toms' searcher at the Kowloon.
1945. Centon Railway on July 25.
Ting was fined $1,000 or four
montlis' Imprisonment. A line of
3500 or two months was imposed
on Ho.
Whe
ust been sounded for their reac- It was stated by the prosecu- tion that a search was carried out has been given them that Gov- lion to the proposal. An assurance
by.
Maritline Customs rearchers at the Kowloon-Canton ernment would afford every 8- Railway on July 25, Thirty tuels stance in the way of arranging of raw
found on
shipping space and making con- oplumn wpre fing's person. Ho had 15 tacks urts abroad.
coreentext in a biscuit in.
WOMAN DIES FROM FALL
A Chinese woman died 05 A result of a fall from a second floor verandah at about 9.30 Inst night white collecting her laundry from the verandah.
The womun, A Young Kwel,
Defendant fold the Court that she did not know she had to got a permit.
Warship's Attack On Fishermen
Tokyo, July 25.
aged 64, who lived at 183 Lock The survivors of a worship's attack on a Japanese
shirt Road, died on her way to
the Queen Mary Hospital...
GIFT STATIONERY
fishing boat in the East China Soa returned home yesterday with harrowing accounts of thair experience and the belief that other boats may have met a similar fate.
branch
com-
Typhoon Hits Shanghai
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The Whangpoo Alver was out of its banks but there was not much damage La river craft. This is partly due to the fact no important shipping is left on the river. The British
Anchises postponed sailing for Kobe until tomorrow.
An unusual gure among the group is veteran S. Balley, who Arrangements are being made standing five feet high is the for him to screen some of the shortest man in the unit. Bailey, ilms here daily from August 19 who has a child back
Home, proudly wears his ribbons for to 23.
They are amatour flims not services in France and Germany. available to the general public Ho was in Internment camp for but of high strategie value to five years in Germany and was the Colony at the present time. interned not vary from the in-
famous Belsen Camp, War Experience
Olympic Runner
Private Tom O'Brien was a runner-up in the 1848 Olymple 100-metre track event, when ke
the Buff
Tho only other ex-POW is A. ||Starr, who spent three and a hajt in Japanieso compa In Business
Mr. Courtenay has conatdorable years came to a complete standstill. Practically no offices war experience. He was a Ter- Singapore.
Cheshire opened. All trams and buses ritorial soldier of stopped. There was no rail Regiment at his home in 1913; trame in or out of Shanghai. served at Gallipoli and in Pales- tine as soldier and RFC and RAF "Haster's" Course
pilot from 1914 to 192015, and for Okinawa, still suffering from 20 years between the two wars the buffeting it received in the has been one of London's leading represented Brita tootball team typhoon "Gloria" learned with aeronautical correspondents, rellef today that a second
ile returned to the Auxiliary ore L Lace, left winger, G. Mit- For TEENAGERS and adulte tha
typhoon, "Hester", moving North Air Force (Balloon Barrage) in thell, inside right, and A, Lincoln. folipwing gift Items - would be
Inside left. Goalkeeper F. Sur- North West with winds up to 75 August, 1999; was mobiilsed, had vory appropriate on any occasion: Shimonosetti. Yamaguchi Pre-killed outright, another was morant chain.
per hour, Wilt miles
bypass the served in the defence of London, [ling ja, a stalwart defender.
In August, 1941, he was gent In the ring, A. Pare-is lighte Tees, alionery: Breezy brista focture, today said that of the tally wounded and a fourth was If "Healer continued its course, to America to relato a tactical weight champ of the unit, D.
12 fishermen on board the Aku blasted into the sea. The boat however, the American
army account of the "Battle of Britain" Payne is the heavyweight ship shi Maru, a 75-ton fishing boat, sank.
weather officials warned that the to some 180 meetings largely of and R. Alsop Is "the middio
phoon would strike South the American Army Air Corps weight champ
They be and Navy then preparing for Western Japan again.
The Buffs have some good swimmers who need careful the
and Gos. Mall, with cheery and height,cartoons and catchy phrases. Pastalla Stationery'
A Kyodo
despatch fromter and a crew member
wore
when It was attacked by an The eight survivors bulit a unidentified worship on June 0, raft" from the wreckage and only four survived.
howeve
Kyodo ob-clung to it, but sharks gathered oved that it would be allowing the Pearl Harbour' watching he rival lagras in Large gift boxes of fine stationery /tained from them the following and only four men managed 10 time on Friday, but said that attack on December 7, 1941, helStroud, G. Pegg, Ji Andrews, P.
.(Boxes In ultyse and`Groen ör Bilver and white) In varlota
AL
tho
on the raft,
account of their harrowing, un-climb out of reach
storm may stil change its course explained experiences.
they told Kyodo,
before reaching Japan.
war nocredited by the United P. O'Connell and G. Gray, men An hour before · midnight on
Alier more than 10 hours Okinawa is now believed to be States War Department us British who have shone in inter-unit June 9, the Akashi Maru halled adrift an the raft, the Thür out of danger and the all olear war correspondent to the first
were plaked up by the Pana-signal has been
meets. shoi Thed· by Dovely Gift Paper for Birthdays, in response to
given by Iwo American forces formed for the Weddings, Bhowers (baby and the warship, that time
The trip via the Sues Cang Cristobal at 11.16 manian ship
Jima, which was swept by 50 Pacing war.
and
„the Strelts who à “hát gna.“ brido), etc.
boat was within the Ingal aren pm. on June 10.
mile per hour winds and għats
In this capacity he sailed with The soldier said they underwent designated for Japanese fishing The four were taken to Hong of 20 miles per hour during last thein to Australia in Februars a terrific, heat wave in the Red Gift, ribbons, to up your boats at: 27.30 North and 124.10 Kong and carried to Kobe by night and early this morning. 1942; related the story of the Sea, Singapore "was "nise" bad.
parcels,
of Britain”, throughout
rihane is cool," Formosa and West. of the Ryuk-19. They arrived at Shimonoseki
Make this infiernoon thất Albums and Sgrapbooks-Auto», w
the majority saldy nost 120 miles West
Of course in from Kobe
De was prosent at 18- Inndings. graph, Beôka
The warship fook, the dahing
Bald, on hearing, at Chichi Walanda Omdala-das- and took part 4" 20 air
in"
missions. He also marched with the yuri athan, the they, mopped their gara THE EVERGREEN in tow. back 14m that soyaal moes dahing boss cribed the Erphoon as relatively
the next day.
of Shimanoklare jobs wrong or mon
apdaingning slowly, at, thp ] trilläni over the Owen" Btäfleg | spiring browing Windrush seda) Dewantist fred, ansatto rounds overdue, that it is probable ther ent mats. They warned, how, mountaink of New Guinan," and The Emplim
for thella and neveral hundruck mat. a. similar i tale, the mig dif.
a fi duld, barlang on Anally rider is Janah air. Atust formerly for Hose, I hubie rounda “of machine-gun?” bullets | ferenée being the absence of any
Prest 30 *1940, "serving"" there and in 1" ship for the Germany
Kören until 1944)
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