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TIENTSIN UNDER STERN RED
A DEAD CITY
RED RULE
Town Hall Meeting Of The Air
A British merchant navy officer who returned to Hong Kong from Tientsin yesterday, said that Tiontsin was a commercially dead city. The officer is Mr. Arthur Reeve, second engineer
in the British ship, Lady Wolmer.
Mr. Reeve said that he made. two trips to Tientsin quritg
CORRESPONDENCE
Sir-August 15 is a Rest-Letter Day in the history of India's struggle for freedom. On Uls day two years ago' ended a century old ruggle by India for the achievement of a goal-Re In- dependence.
The Editor takes no responsibility for views expressed in letters by correspondents, and by no means necessarily aprect with them, Indian Independence these diseases. Some said that dog, torturous slaughter of thele com- meat was a tonic and that it in-panlons. In the same place parily decomposed dog meat was found creased their virile powers.
Of course thero are no seient-ready to be lawkcod in the Co- fic derma which caure
grounds for Buch beliefs,lony. But according to law, the diseases in only, offences the accused com- humans are rarely dangerous to mitted were for the illegal possen- animals of lower evolutionary slon of four dogs and for having stage. For instance pigs, cuts and dogs without a licence! rls do not get certain human
M. D. India had been under British disenses such as cholerp, although rie for over a century and these mats plek up and eat re- half, but during the last 30 years fuse and filth which would ser- or 10, cùn mencing from the days lously affect the health, if not of Inding Mutiny of 1857, she hai cuuse the death, of humans, been showing, off and on, in one form of the other, signs of rest- Jessness to free herself. South-Enst
the last three months, and th Personalia
the Communist control of the, city was totalitarian.
lle added. "In order to get pass to yo ashoro, I had to be authorised by the Military Police Tientsin
An air travelling group of some 30 Amerlains made up of United States news editora, statemen and intellectual heads will be passing through | Harbour, the Colony on the foul lap of Police Cparison Commander til ther round the world trip by the Travel Authorities. Pan American World Airways.
ystem.
The group. ~known as th Town Hall Hfeeling of the Air, are travelling through the capital elties of the world.
At every point, the group holds ro open forum with the local ad- ministrators, discussing imme-
dinte problems and exchanging views. Broadcasts are made nf] the meetings "which are recorded, translated and rejoyed,
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revealed by Mr. Pascal Cowen, Manager of the department of Publie Relations for Pan American in San Fran-) Cisco.
to the
Mr. Cowen arrived in the Co- lony on Sunday on a special mis- tion to meet the Town Hall group and accompany it back United States,
Mr. Cowen will leave the afternoon for Calcutta where he group to will travel with the Bangkok, pausing at Hong Kann Tokyo, before proceeding to Manila and Honolulu on the trip back to the United States,
No Meeting Here
Cowen sain.) The group. Mr. will not be holding a meeting hete
lout four finya.
iptication for a 'pass was In both English and Russian, shi we hall to provide two photo- graphs cach.
J
Traffic Problems Mr. Celestino Jutan, President of Y'a Mon's Club and Deputy
This does not mean that these Sir, The efforts of the Polles Chief of Police in Manila arrived
animals have protective bodies and P.W.D. during the last few here yesterday in transit to Bang-
attend the
and, consequently, we immune days to Improve the flow of tramc kok te
Thus, India thưnge under for- but rather that they are insus- at the junction of Stubba Rood Astin Y.M.CA. conference.
eign rule demasstrated to ceptible, because the composition and Queen's Road Bust and Gap Arriving with Mr. Juan from
Noud are certainly + deserving world that she had no necepfer of their blood or gastric julces or
of Manila was Mr. Domingo Bascarn,
Y.M.C.A.
thnt domination submissively their temperature is not suitable come commendation. All too often but that Indians were straggling for the development of retain Secretary general of
The publle tend to criticise the to free their counts Therefore it does hat matter how offers, but rarely do they praise
Zerms which who is also going to attend this
affect humans authorities when the opportunity inesting. The
of Young conference, which is to
piration
tion on the part Indians might have taken a re-nuch dog neat a man ents-he when a few words of commends- "When we left the whip, sid
I when
we returned, 15 or 18 begin on August 19, wil last for
volutionary form and might have will not acquire the strong gastriction might eventually bring many fen days.
more benefits to the year-old Commubles
pubile In soldier:
resulted in a violent and blooty Juices or the higher temperatur:
all tho words of of a dog Consequently the be- general than searched u
warfare, Week-end departures from the
as has happened
lief that dog meat can cure dis-frequently undeserved: criticisnt. ly, they had been so Peninsula Hotel included Mr. int
But the many countries,
for-
cases brenure dogs do not get the The little schone at the bottom completely indoctrinated
with Mrs. EM. Grimm, Mr. and Mrs. tunto arrival on the peene of the
has obviously hatred of Europeans, that they E.G. Way Mr. and Mrs. C.D.
same disease is completely lerro of Stubbs Road Intions struggle of freedom of
neolts.
been imprevised with paint and treated us contemptuously." Whittckiend, Messrs. C.M. Wong. man, at mce, a saint and a soge.
As regards the bellet that do old concrete blocks at practically when he first cs Mr. Recce raid
Wong, LE, Driscoll, A.
and a patriot of high order, whe
ment has aphrodisiac qualities no cost, yet it is a great improve- went to Tentsin in 1934, it was Shalom, V. Shalaw, K.K. Mao, feeling the pulse of the nation
this also has no scientific basis ment in ensuring the easy ow beautiful and prosperous clity. R.M. Jerram, P. Platte-Martin, fearing, that if no outlet waand any such effect imagined by of tafle at a three-way Junction:
EL. McAllister, HH, Tsal, M.Y. LOV
provided for the energy the dog enters is purely paycho- it is scheme that could be bene- Drew, A.W. Long, K.H. Fin, younger generation of Indians es logical, That the erroneous ideas ficially extended as far as Wan- R.M. Mollelt, and G.K. Hills,
piring for freedom, a great up of some ignorant, selfish and chal Market in Queen's Road East braval might take place whien misguided individuals should lead and down to Happy Valley at might result in
to the torturous death of noble Gap Road; similar schemes could unfold misery and bloodshed, to the detriment and Inithful friends of man is Introduced at several other of The interests of both the especially tragic.
Intersections on the Island and ruler and the ruled,
considerable Intleed, the slaughter of dogs in Kowloon with prevent ed this.
fur sight
does not eufice
dog meal benefli to motorints and Increased
Shops Closed
and nn
Among the new week-end ar-
1 neded that on his last two trips, more than 90 per cent of the shops were closed,
rivals at the Peninsula Hotel were foreign banks were operating.
Mr. Reeve raid. "The Commun. Mrs. W.D. Bizony, Mr. and Mrs. JW. McCabe. Messrs. N. Ying. ists have had eil the first and F.L. Lee, P. Lobato, P. Cowim, seerad class cents ripped out of W. Arnott, S.F. Lin, Y. TOTE the trains, and now everyone sits. Wanamaker, C.Y. Wu, and F. on wooden boards Inside the ears. They have refused to allow taxir to operate, because they are sym- bolle of corrupt capitalism.
Prices are high; bread
costs nesi 25 a pound, cugar is 2.50 pound and a bottle of beer is six
While in Hong Kong, the Pun rullars, but actually, the people American executive held. Ing
discussiong with the company's
in Tientsin lave sn #ittle money
lucul manager, Mr. Jerry O'Don-that most of the buying and geil-
all. Insperting the local PAA Ing is done by bartering organisation.
Asked about Pan American's
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with
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糖益道
there
that be
"The cargo werkers got an introduction of Stratoerulsem average of two and-a-half pounds the Pacific-Alaska rice a day, it isn't dieult service into
to figure out how little they could sald Division, Mr. Cowen
buy, nirerati
Soon may in Tokyo and Manila.
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Vuestioned as to whether Pan
Auicricon will be operating into Singapore, Mr. Cowen stated that server does come if the ser the route will be direct Manita to Singapore.
He declined to comment upon PAA's resumption of service to Shanghai, mentioning that it was to quilleult a subject to be dis- ensed by him and very involved. PAA's office in Shanghat is stil being maintained.
One Newspaper
Villa Franca.
scen.
Industrial Lots Sold By Auction
With a
he
for
alrected the energy of Young lovers: the dogs must be stretched rafely to all trufle and pedes
in
whilst alive and then slowly trians.
India, panting for Bberty, to u
Now that is improvised Meas movement in the year 1910 beaten to death! The slow (denth
scheme has proved itself so suc» of a type unknown to the world and the agony of the dogs is sup- Lefore, al
lenst
cessful it is to be hoped that the qualities and improve the taste of Treasury will make the necessary revolution known' non-violent r
recently a case funds available for something of a the meat. Only Indian history
history as the Nou
was reported in the Press when a more permument nature; Hong violent Non-co-operation move stolen dog, which was being slow- Kong motorists are contributing ment,
which he contiuced on the ly battered to death, was rescued close on a millon and a half dol- principles of Satya (Truth) and by the police; however it had to tors to the revenue of the Colony Auman non-violence).
Sento, in direct license fees and a great be destroyed by the
in recent history-
Loposed to increase the spurious
He
between the junction of Wongnel-
of was no less a person than Veterinary Surgeon as the poor deal more than that in the way Two industrial lots of land Mahatma Gandhi, the father of animal laci multiple fractures in- taxation on petrol; the Treasur
the Indian Nation. Though this cluding those of the skull and should not be parsimonious about in the Castle Peak Road area
movement foiled in achieving its juw.
making grants for safety men- were sold by auction at the
Immedinte object freedom, it sue- An eye-witness described theres of this kind. afternoon cecdoú yesterday
brilliantly In rousing riaughter of a large Alsation dug Whilst on the subject of safety PWD when some brisk bidding was Young Indians to the conscious-the dog was held captive by a measures in this area, it is notice- Both lots were finally ness of the value of independence man with a bamboo pole, with auble that at night it is at present knocked down well beyond the and of the necessity of eliminat-oop attached and, us he struggled one of the worst lit ronds in town. to get away, two other men were Recently considerable extension to upset prices to the original ing, foreign rule,
Then again under the leader beating him on the head with the street lighting has been applicant...
the dog was effected along certain out-of- Mr. Reeve said that there was The two lots adjoin each other ship of this great patriot, Saint other poles; when
of Sabarmati and Apostle of non-ultimately stunned he was strung town roads, such as Stubbs Road Shun Ning abon, only one newspaper published in
and ure situated in
violence there were struggles on up by his hind legs and then from Tientsin: called the "Liberation," Houd between Camp Street and
Muss scale in the year 1930, slowly beaten to deathl
cheong Cap Road and Wanchal It is printed hall in Chinese ano Kui Klang Street. In both cases
then In 1932, and lastly, again in But the dog meat lovers are not Gap, which do not appear to have half in English.
the leases stipulated that they
the year 1942, when he conducted even logical in their belief in the been extremely recessary as they He cald that the newspaper could only be used for industrial
the "Quit India" campaign usk- magic qualities of dog meat. ore litle frequented at night, but which was published sporadic-purposes and no domestic build-
ing Britain to quit Indin. There, Dauze
qualities vary
the the
stretch of rond extending afly, was violently political, anse ings are to be exccted except with
colour of the from the Wanchal Market in condemned the Americans and the permission of the Director of re many aspects of this struggle, "inoon" and the
beenusu Britain, America arati
ucgl Thus binck dogs are sup- Queen's Rood East past the Anti- British In every Issue.
Public Work.
their Allies were nt that time en-posed to be especially good for Tuberculosis Clinic at the foot of Hengsted: "Even with oui New K.I/L.Ne. 3509, with an
uned by a con- gaged in World War Two, which maturia and nit owners of black Mount Parrish is in Sun passes, sign Mr. Cawen's office
signed by five differenres of 6,000 square feet, and an
ended, fortunately, in the Victory chow
Colony dogs in the
can, Unual stream of truffle indby manages all organisations, Francisco and he
the skipper Wo annual rental of $220, was of the Allies in August 1945. It confirm how difficult it is to keep crowds of pedestriate yet, partly PAA's publicity for the Pacific-picked up by the police in Tien- Mr. H. Pun-kan, of No. 253 Yu
may be mentioned here, that It | Black chow dogs, from being due to the fact that there are no Ainska Division, and the "Clip-isin during on Brst visit there Chow Street, ground flood, Shan-
Thy upset this World War II, the Indin stolen (and slaughtered), It is buildings on this sixtion of road, Fer" periodical-dealing mainly and detained ni police headquar. shiupo, for 41,000.
leadership had no tragle to think but for these it is in complete darktiess. It is to The special Congress
whatsoever with PAA's activities and person-ters for six hours, though all hir price was $30,000.
with supersthlons
beliefs
the
Cube hoped that funds will soon be published under his papers were in cider.
cordilloma of sale stipulated the sympathy nels
enomies of the Alles.
tomers of black dog meat could available for this very necessary buyer must spend $190,000 in management.
And two years later in August be so easily cured of mantaria! section of street lighting to be "When we retained from Tien-
rateable improvements within 18
1047, Britain parted with power It might be argued that the installed, tsin to where 21 ship was on-
months.
in India and handed over the con chored, about 40les away, we
The second lat, New K.LL. No,
to preserve the tent supply of to the accredited leaders of the the Colony-this assumption how- journey, but we were told exactly feet and an annual rental of $184,
Indian Nation, Let me bero-state ever can be completely disrc- what train we could ride on, and went to Mr. Li Kim, of No. 151
that this action on the part of regarded. It is estimated that op Kwellin Street, Shamshulpoo, for no other,"
the British Government, of part-proximately
30 dogs are killed. Mr. Reeve said that the har-$36,000, $11,000 above the upset
ing with power so gracefully, in daily in Hong Kong-in com- bour was like a vacuum, and the price. The buyer has to spond
accord with the pledges gives parison with the enormous num- to Indly from time to linie by An action at the Supreme People were in desperate econo- $150,000 in rateable improvements
bers of cattle and plgs slaughtered within 18 months.
responsible
of Eng daily for statesman
human consumption, Courl
which plaintiffs
According to the buyers, both and, was He added: "Most of the Chinese
stroke of a master IGC- claimed that defendants did I talked to all were waiting for intend building hardware
allplomacy and for-sighted wis this amount of dog meat is quite completely not pay up
for the day that the foreign conces-tories on the sites.
dom which completely brought negligible. The lease for both lots are for
On the other hand, these dogs to and end that bitterness against work done, and in which de- sions wouki come back to Tien-
danger to 75 years with option of renewal
The owner of a Trading Junk. in present a real existed Englishmen which the work tak fendants claimed
Chan, aged 30 was fined for another 75 years. The buyer India, for over a century,
health of the Colony as the main Tam
the dog was not completely done, was
also are required to certain
Today Britain is popular with sources of supply for heard before the acting Puisne city under the Communista,"
charge of posses- 'portion of the sites.
yesterday India as she never was before market are (a) stolen dogs 15 by Mr. J. Wicks at Kowloon
(often useful and even expensive ston of arms. Judge, Mr. Justice Scholes,
Indeed, the British deserve STE
Defendant watchdogs), (b) dogs brought in
who Was owner credit for their wisdom and and from Chinese Territory (where of a trading junk 2094H was ar- Following are the latest donations to for-sightedness in gracefully quit rohies is widespread) and (c) rested by Sub Inspector Hartenm
Action Over Payment For Work
in
not only led to get a pass for the 3570, with an area of 5,000 square reins of the Government of India Consumption of dog meat serves
mic condition.
"Tientsin is a very
unhappy
BOAT MISTRESS CAUTIONED
DONATIONS
The 31. Appeal
Juhn's Cathedri
Centenary
Plaintiffs, the Peacock Decora-) tion and Furniture Company of 147 Jufe Rond, who dained $1.050 from the 1-Feng Company Limited, of 93 Bonham Strand East, as being the balance due for
A 60-year-old boat mistress was Co. 1405, Mr. O.H. Ladd $200, Biaff of work done and material supplied
ut the Marine Court Chartered Bank of India, Australia and awarded charged under contract, were
Mr. W... Judgment, order that the sun yesterday with mooring her funk, China $15; Forelen Blaff of Natiuni Cly Cooper $20, Camdr, B.A.C. Beeching $120, sued for could be done so under licenced 079V, outside five other Dank of New York $165,
junks. Summary Jurisdiction.
M.A., Mr. J.W, Dark 100, Mesars. Defendant, who was cautioned Cathay Pacific Aleways, Lu, 200, Mux S.M. Swift $100, The Bun Co. 14. 80 and discharged, was arrested on
on board her M. ILA. Lammert #26, Mr. P. Daiko #2, Sunday morning Class Two sailing junk lying Mr. L.F. Staked $20. Mr, A.D. Tuskie, alongalds the ss. President Madi- 110, Miss B. Cairns $19, Colonel and MM.
EJR. Mitchell $100, son at buoy A$0.
Mr. B. N. Cooper, of Wilkinson and Grist, appeared on behalf of the plaintiffs. The defendants were not legally represented,
ASSAULTED POLICEMAN
Siu Shoung-kwan, aged 25, was charged before Mr. Hin- shing Lo at Central yesterday with acting in a disorderly manner and assaulting a polich officer.
ling India. The result is that to day
the
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V. E. FERRIER,
Hon. Secretory,
Ilong Kong Automobile
Association.
Court Brevities
•
on a
Oversee Staff of Rinndard-Vacuum 01 | india is friendly to England, 199gs bred for this purpose in sube, on August 18 of Stonecutters Is-
urban or rural villages in Hong in und spite of being on the
Kong. There latter two classes lund. A cannon and six catties threshold of declaration as *
and of native gunpowder were found cre especially dangerous Republic, India has chosen
probably mainly responsible for on the junk. continue to be a member of the the existence of rabies in Hong Commonwealth.
Kong.
Ho Chuen, aged 25, was fined Thus since August 15, 1947,
rables-Infected} Unfortunately India is a free and independent dogs are infectious for a few days $25 for the possession of one can- nailon, taking its proper place before any definite signs become non and two pounds of gunpow in the community of nations. apparent and persons handling order by Mr. J. Wicks at Rowloch. During the two years she has coming into contact with such made wonderful progress in spite animals run a most serious risic. A spinster, So Sul-ying, nged of several difficulties and domestic Persons handling of slaughtering 20 was yesterday remanded for problems which are engaging her these dogs are liable to be sent three days on a charge of an at-
en with attentich, but
confidence
nice chod or bitten and, even wOTEC,
Reds Warn Customs Officials In Amoy
Chinose underground Communists have warned the Chinese Maritime Customs officials at Amoy that they must not destroy Customs records or leave Amoy, the "China "Mail" learned yesterday.
Mr.
M. Wout, who has just retired from the Mari- time Customs after 24 years' service, said that about three weeks ago warning letters to Customs officials were slipped underneath the office doors.-.-
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sho marches on and has made the Ivory fact that the dogs are tempted larceny by trick of 17
slaughtered and their carcasas cis Watches. herself felt as a strong and posed of eliminate any possibility IBefore Mr. J. Wicks at Kow- powerful nation. May she grow of a correct diagonosis being made
looti, *defendant was chairge
with the atteinbted
in strength and wisdom.
I pray to the
by the veterinary or health au
Almighty that thorities! In the last case of hun with three others ubt in
this fellowship between India man- rabies reported the victim Inceny of the watches on August and Effglund may grow stronger was alleged to have been hitten 13 at the Tak Chuen Watch and stronger, for it has always by six weeks old puppy which Dealers Shop at 147 Shanghai been my belief that India and was taken into Chinal
Street ground floor. England united in any common Most people in Hong Kong ara cause are capable of producing familiar with the sight of many marvellous résults. The world starving female dogs rummaging Norman Francis Wagner, RASC today needs peace and security for food in garbage, ate. These motor driver Victoria: Batracks convicted by Mr. F. X. and I have no doubt in my mind dogs seem to be specially kept for was that India
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The prosecution told the court that at 9.80 p.m. on Sunday, de- dis- fendant was behaving in a orderly manner before a crowd of people at the junction of Teli Tak Street and Sing Wo Street. When PC. No. 2222 Li Ying-lin
and England co the purpose of broeding dogs for 'Almada at Central yesterday on attempted to arrest him, He - saulted him, and caused damage
operating with each other will tood and, as they are not fod by charges of stealing four wind Surely to a revolver, lanyard, the pro-
ructood in bringing peace their owselves and thus tuppies screen wipers and unlawful Do- and security, not only to for their session them.
Inspector. Howlett, prosecuting, perty of the Goverment.
that he Defendant admited
selves but to all the pooples ofthus disseminating "fith and
disenso.
told the court that defendant was the world. Vandemataram, had been drinking, but refused to
Whereas all the cattle and pigs soen by detectives taking two H. M.
PARWANI. his havo
.blood or urine
are inspected before laughter in wipers froin private car No. 7942 examined.
Governinent Slaughter - houses at Pedder Street" on "August 13. He added: "It is amcult at. She added: "It costs HK$5 for a Defendant
given the
Slaughter Of Dogs "and "the"meat ther properly in Four others were found in the ption of a fins of 360 or 14 days Amoy now. Foreigners there do pound of bread, HK$4.50 for a
spocted and distributed, dogs are, vehicle which defendant Was not dare speak, polities-oven to pound of pork, HK$17, for a pound Imprisonment. He was ordered
SirAfter reading in the pa-alaughtered in private (and prob; } driving. their friends because no one of Lipton tea, and HK$2.20 for
"Wigner pleaded gulity and was to pay $1.20 damage to the Gov farows who is 4, Communist, of American cigarettes.
per that in Hong Kong dogs are ably most unhygienie) premises eramorit, and to be bound over Communist ampa
American dollar sets the slaughtered for food, Timide end the dog meat stored anyhow and Andd 140 or bwo weeks inaarison- with 3200 in good behaviour for
Barche ure quteles en Co. what find of bone treatment on a and of Mr. Wout
inrencies the. #.
In: Amor, American purchased dog ment and why composed inte. dould licen doljars are being sold on the they were willing to past more to reonii a case tried, in de Kow-
up market to tive to three medpork for the favourite on Marley de
EARNS SILA
Wnx
Kwan Kit, aged 18, hawkat,
33 Po Tak Street, was yes
given the option of fine, or one monthis. intprinth
'Mr. Hin=shing La-
selling five Upper: Circ
Poff this STWOR
Defendant wES DA
times value.” katan
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MEA Wout #aid that the Dutch learned that the customer Consulatent a letter to him for dog meat balangod
Bviking him and his wife to leave
the addle Clais uver byla its rior
titious section de wh
Pozdrowing, Bi cat but of the doorway, and inflcling -- LIEFLINGAR
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