JAPANESE RETURN SHIP TO PANAMA OWNERS IN KOWLOON BAY CEREMONY
Reminders
Today
Bridze Drive fus civilians am
Servicemen) Buropean YMCA, 8 p.m.
(By Our Harbour. Reporter)
In Kowloon Bay yesterday aboard the ss, Ramona an informal ceremony took place to mark, the official handing over of the 3,445-ton Pana- manian freighter, to the Republic of Panama by the Japanese Government.
Mr. Jose Isauro H. Mojico, Vice Consul of the Panamanian Consulate, Hong Kong, and of the Isedo, master Captain Takeshi
Liberation Day Concert Day, at Farmero YNGA, 1 pm. Mid- diesex Regiment Band (Ser- : virem free admission
Ramona, represented their Governments, res- pectively.
ing Club Chektail Party in The newly-overhauled cargo The ss. Zori
Filipino
dus to reach
1 te
hanour of new Consul Dr.steamer arrived liere in ballast tac to be returned
on Sunday with an all-Japan-Chinese National Government to- むなむ crew. She is
V. Rodriguez, 11.30 ..
Rec 1hr Hev. 1, K. Wijsm
Naval Dockyard Church, HMIS Tamara, 10 am.
HK Light Orchestia & Stogen
Rehears), Piske Hall 3.45;
p.m.
Coming Events
TOMORROW
HK Stage Club Casting Meeting
The Tupasrtance of belny Earned" Thestre, 1.30 pan. tichan Convit meeting GPO
building, 415 p.m. Mahjong Lessons Servicemen free) European YMCA, 8
33815
Legkir, sve Comme mechng 2,30
of day. She is one the two re-
Jeised (1:6s noahli.
ond
30 ships now undergoing res ut Japanese shipyards pairs
to. being returned prior their owners.
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The ships were seized by the Japanese during the Pacific War. Many were bombed and sunk by Allied aircraft. They were tal- vest from Japanese waters mat over mulei,
The personnel of the Ramona wil be chipped to Japan early next month, Meanwhile, they will remain aboard the Ramona, No more leave is parainted by the tent authorities.
Rameni came in Japanese hands some time in 1945 when
theas seized at Stangirai and taken to Hiroshima. She was
1 THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, August 30, 1949.
Seen here are some of the the all-Jaganiese personnel of the freighter Ramona, which
Captain was officially handed over to the Republic of Panama yesterday.
-Takeshi Janda (third from left in front row) represented the Japanese Gavernstent. ("China Mall" Photo).
Soldiers Fined After
Battle In BarTM
bombed by American hembers in Two privates of the First Battalion, Argyle and
August and sank.
The Japanese Goverment mai- Ivaged her in 1847 and sent her to the itachi Shipyards to be re-
Stockholders Do Not Approve Marsman Loans Editors' note: The United Freas cocktail party in hours 10. yesterday received the following July and left Japanese waters
communication from Mr. C.C. Blake, Bon Seeretary, Association of Hong Kong Starkholders Muraman operated Philippine Gold Min".)
Douglas Steamship Company
Hal Meng, 0,30 pan,
Kowloon
THURSDAY
Club Rotary
lunch Peninsula Hotel, 12.30 p.m. Y's Men's luncheon, Roof Garden.
HK Hotel, 12.45 pats, The Barnstormers variety show for Forze, European YMCA,
8 p.m.
Blackmailer Sentenced
Leung Kwan, aged 21, was sentenced to 18 months hard Jabour and banishment for life al Kowloon yesterday charge of blackmailing,
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In using entner, Mr. Blair- Kerr aid to defendant; "Black- mail is a serious offence, and this is one of the worst ensos i bave had to deal with for some time." The prosecution said that dem fendant, claiming himself to be
* podler inforquer, attempted to blackmail $0 Trom Li Pak, who smoked upinu
in
Your Manila Office has quoted
at great length a reply by Mr.
paired. She look to water again on August 21 bound for Hong) Kont
Japanese Captain Hending the all-Japanese crew. have A. L. Vell. Secretary of Mars-practiently all of whom
never seen Hong Kong before, is man and Company, as spokesman
Captain Iserin, for Marsman and Company, con.-soft-spoken
graduate the Tokyo Nautical menting on the complaints
College (193)).
Hong Kong Stockholders nod shall be glad if you eng sex your
The 42-year-old Captain was way to transmit the views of the here lest in January, 1941, when Association of Hong Kong Stock-he brught in the Wales Maru. holders in Marsman-operated During the Pacifir War he was Philippine Gold Mines:
Sutherland Highlanders were charged before Mr. James Wicks at Kowloon yesterday with disorderly conduct.
Facts
U.S. Will Aid Britain
(Continued from Page 11
"But the free nations did not let this happen. We went ahead with our recovery programMGA,
a result
An
greatly in ion has rien
defendants danger against
"Men and women there have jobs, food and belief in the fu Private A. Lorimer and Private W. McDougael,
ture. They know that the e both 21 years of age, were additionally charg-
mocratic way is the way of lape." ed with assaulting a police officer.
Mr. Truman continued, free nations have overcome the of Immediate post-war were that on Saturday even-collapse, but we have not yet ine. Inspector H. Danbrowsky, achieved the sound, expanding who was off duty and in plain world economy that is necessary clothes, was called by a foki
feir Insting prosperity and peace. of the Red Lion Inn in Han- kow Road.
Court Brevities
On the application of Revenue Inspector Humphreys, 16 ozs. of unmanifested and unclaimed sil
•
He
"This larger task is the one that now confronts its. The free The loki said that two soldiers notions have the resources
and were behaving in a disorderly means to accomplish this task.
"We shall be concerned in the
Best manner in the kitchen.
Insperter Danbrowsky went to months immediately ahead with
found both certain speciul and urgent p
identilled blems arising out of the present unbalanced sipte of world trade. Representatives of the United Kingdom and Canada wil soon be here to discuss some of thes" problems. We look upon thess talks os
discussions
friends among about problems which affect us and in the solution of which we all have a common interest.
ver bars found on the junk, Chun the testourant. On, were ordered to be contiscat-tlefendants there. He ed to the Crown by Mr. Hin-himself and told defendants to leave the kitchen and coase malt- "Hong Kong St.ckholders have ferrying supplies from Japanese Shing Lost Central yesterday.
ing a nuisance of themselves, Philippines. not been consulted and positive-rts to the military buses in the y do not approve nor agree to the loans by Itogen, Coca- I was in 1943, or one of his
United Paracule Grove and
trips, that Captain Iseda encoun- tered his only "war experience."
either Marsman and Co. Inc., or Bs other subsidiaries, and will scek protection of their interests with the Securities and Exchange Commissioner nual such other Authorities which
Philippine
exist for this purpose,
Maintenance Charges "Since the end of the War, none
of these Mines have been
Li Pak took the witness stand | operation and Mr. Vellita statui
in court yesterday, and said that I. quote
"the mining properties
anticited and maintained s
defondant had obtained money are from him since July 20,
He then reported the matter to the police. When defendant made
money,
A seaman, Surn Fu-wing. fail- ed at Central yesterday to answer a charge of Importing gold with out a licence.
the
At this point two other identified soldiers turned up and a free for all broke out,
During the
of the night one four soldiers threw a bottle at the police officer etusing a sight in-all jury to the Inspector's neck.
Shirt Torn
The inspector's shirt, valued at about $20, was torn during the fight.
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"The people of this country Bra well aware of what was meant to Great Britain and of the atrocess and strains which British upon the were laid people in recent years. Repre sentatives of the United King dom will find here a warm and “personal "welcome and may b assured that theas mutual pro blems will be examined by us in a
of friendliness and
His bail of $10 was estreater and 10 faels of gold found in his Recalling his narrow escape
possession near the Jardine the Japanete skipper said Wharf ordered to be
confiscated. was about 10 p.m. when he was all Luzon
submarine that a
When Chan Wei, merchant of torpedoed his ship, Takegawa 07B,
Central, Des Veoux Road Maru, whloß was fully loaded ground flood, was charged before
Lieutenant D. S. Ross informed with bupplies for the military Mr. Hin-Shing Lo at Central yes-
the court that defenciants had at Manila.
terday with exporting two cases
been with him for the past three of prohibited butter, the prosecu The ship was struck amidshipating Officer, II Humphreys, EK-ears. In his knowledge Licu
tenant Ross snid, they had a good few minutes. Jed the and sank within
magistrate to lake a But no life was lost. The crew serious view of the case in view military record and no clvil con-
victions. of eventual rehabili-
swam for four hours in pitch of the shortage of butter in
First defendant laid the court taition"
that he had had too many drinks. blank sea before another merchant Colony. the management Mar
ment Marsma
RI Humphreys said that the
Mr. Truman sakl: "In our dis- in unquote. For this ser-
goods were described as rubber He said that he was not the one and Co Inc have been hurghavy freighter picked them up.
solution on the export declartion, who had caused most of the dam-cussions with the representatives of the United Kingdom and $450 and age. Imposing a fine of
"In fact," he continued," I care Canada, as in our approach to the ordering the goods to be coulis-
worst one. I got problems with other nations, we cated, the magistrate remarked cut to be the
must keep clearly in mind the that the maximum penally tur kicked."
Second defendant said that he basic underlying principles upon of the such an offence is a ine of $10,- 000 and one year's imprisonment was so drunk that he could not which the economic policy
nationals must be based.”—Asso- remember a thing In addition to confiscation.
On the disorderly conduct clated Press, charge, Orst defendant deret to pay a fine of $10. ¡He BRITISH CLOSING
$15 for assault. was also aned The court also ordered him to SWATOW CONSULATE-
un apnintment with him at the Fook Hing Tea House at 4pm.cuch of the five Companies the sum of 1's28,800.00 only, a total August 5 to receive
Fee of P.144,000.00 two police detectives arrested des Service
a year, Zendant.
for the past few years, Defendant claimed that he had besides which Management and Administration charges are cot-
neted as a police informer on sected from each Company. These veral previous Deensions.........
charges will gradually absorb the present and future Assets of each
Big Fine For Possession Of Opium
A fine of $11,500 was imposed on a woman, Cham Yuk-yin, by Mr. F. X. d'Almada at Central yesterday for the possession of six taels of uplum drosa, 20 taels ow jopiuni and two taels of prepared sptum. Failing to meet
Company.
aurice
"The Oficial price of Gold is US$35.00 per oz. but the World- Free
around price for Gold is US$45.00 per bz, and no one ex- pects the P.I. Mines to sell their present high cost of production,.
Gold, at newly mined lower than the open market price for Gold
Furthermore ali P.I. Gold Mining Companies as per their Halance Sheets
published since 1040 show the production value based at
oz.
US$35.00 per 02. The the defendant is to go to pri- and the actual payment received son for nine months.
for the Gold when it is sold in According to the prosecution |
"our hours Inter aller we were rescued, the Nitatsu Maru was also torpedoed and sunk," Captain Iseda recollected.
Five men were killed this time. by a Japanese Navy sloop.
The survivors were picked up
Merchant Navy
PRIVATE FINED
On the rehabilitation of the Japanese merchant navy, Captain Iseda said it would be a very Hotel, long time before it can regain its pre-war size.
"Two or three ships are built in a year. At present, there are only 1,000,000 grosa tons avall. able. But only a quarter of this pool are in operation in the Intra-lelande trade," ha dia. closed.
The others are laid up because of lack of cargo.
"Before the Pacifle War, Japan
the premises, 264 Queen's Hond the open market. Please refer had more than 8,000,000 gross tons
Central third floor, were raided o August 24 and defendant was antested with the opium in her possession.
Another woman, Leung Ying- choi, was fined $0,000 or four months for the possession of raw oplum and opiùm tiross.
The premises, 266 Queen's Road Central, were raided on August 24 and the oplum found in her posse,"alon,
of
SOLDIER CHARGED
F Atok-Bigwodge, Benguet-Balates, Jndanao Mothe
Motherlode
ode and Bulance
i hor merchant navy, All of these were sunk by the Allies, Consolidated,
"During the
Japanese war, Sheets for the year 1948.
shipyards were releasing 1,000,000 "Instead of borrowing money
Most were gross tons per year. from these Companies to finance
other Undertakings, the bombed and sunk. their
"Japan came out of the war should have selected with the war-built vesels, With the best prospects of resuming operations success-gregating 1,000,000 ross tons," fully and loaning the money the skipper stated. from the other two Companies
managemen
one
The ships were built in a hurry
to it. By this means at least one and though new they are poorly.
Company could be operating again. United Press.
DANGEROUS BLASTING
Keith Ian Bobes, aged 21, cor- poral of the First Battalion, the Middlesex Reglement, was charged sat Kowloon yesterday with simple
"You know that there have alternative charge larceny and an
becn fatal cases caused by attempted larceny. Nobes war also charged with blasting without due care, Intoring in the, Star Ferry rickremarked Mr. F. X. d'Almada show stand on August 26, and yesterday at Central when he behaving in a disorderly manner imposed a fine of $1,000 or the charge roan of the Taim three months on a foreman, Sha Taai police station.
Chan Fat, on a charge of dan- The prosecution alleged that do-
gerous blasting. fendant had stolet$11 from a rickshaw in the stand.
Nobes was remanded for seven days in millary custody..
XMAS GIFT FOOD PARCELS
Continuing Mr. d'Almada said that this kind of offence must be be stopped. "All that is in your mind is to get the job over and you never pay any attention to the safely of the public” conclud- the magistrate," dat
Inspector H, B. Dewar told the We despach to the Uxited Kingdom and vibur-compatties gift purusis" of court that on Saturday defendant Sandekulla na. suzur., Jon, ham, sews, was in charge of a blasting opera- tlased meat, dried fruits, fark, wetlon Inland Road near Re- Karate excellent packing grymal pulse Bay.. derpatch and Bheel' quality consente
The only precaution taken by --Thače in no pasizfction on the nssibir of defendant to prevent fragements horenia which may be, went, "and phone | of pock from flying about was to Fame Malirered - duty stroke-way muse small bundles of shrubs to
starting channen mine, il airmative rather, with ploces of rock placed
BANG ROUT PARCELA SECTION,
HAVEEN BHARAT CO. (1);
Los top.
As a result, fragments of rock were burled 100 yards away from the spot whey the blasti place and
the
sönded
constructed with inferior mater-
he remarked. ials,
The averago tonnage is about 800 tons.
pay Inspector compensatie.rt
For maliciously damaging a show window at the Kowloon a private, R. L. W. Mann, was fined $7 by Mr.shirt. James Wicks at Kowloon yes-
terday.
was or
helpfulness."**
Danbrowsky $15
Canton. August 20. for the damaged The British Consulate in Swo- tow will be officially closed on Second defendant was caution- August 31.
He ed for disorderly conduct.
Mr. George Rothery, Vice-Con- Mann was also ordered to pay was also fined $5 for assaulting sul in charge, will leave Swatow the hotel management $25 com-nnd another 65 to be paid the shortly after that date. Reuter-
police officer as compensation. {AAP. pensation.
Facts against Mans were that evening defendant jon Saturday
who, it was stated was a little drunk, was refused entrance to the hotel.
.:
Later he walked into the hole! and Bhed a window.
When he was arrested and brought to the police station, he collapsed.
Reds Manoeuvre For Advance On Canton
at Nan-
So
оп
·who la mayor of "Nanking, was
welcome. not in that sity to Madame
Yat-sen Bun
whan
.On she passed through thera August 27
hor way to Paiping -on the Invitation of Mao Ta tung the Communist chief The Communist Radio in Pel- ping this morning claimed tan the entire Southern pocket. in Klangai is in their hands, although Nationalist reports denied this
Reds in South.
the are retreating to Observers here are bewildered -nan lin: Bouth Kiangal into Mo- by the turn of events in Hunan
ping, border-town-{ns Kwang-
(Continued from Page 1), Lieutenant D.S. Ross told the
Government forces court that defendant's military.hsiung and Shackwan in North wore rushed to conduct was good and that to the had had no civil conviction. officer's knowledge, defendant Kwangtung
strengthen the outer perimeter of Jenhua, East of the Canton-Hall- kow Railway. The Reds attack- ed here and there in truly hide! REDS EXECUTE
and seek manner. The object Isi YUNNAN MAYOR
to attack unprotected points Canton, August 28. as to exhaust the Nationalists. This public execution of the
Red Guerillas Nationallat Mayor was the Brst
Reorganised "Last year saw only 20,000 action of the Communist irregu- gross tons being produced by the lars who last month seized the shipyards," he added.
town of Lichang in North Western Japan had already returned 15 Yunnan, a delayed foreign report ships, seized during the war.
stated.
It said the town's new bosses Another ship is expected to reach Hong Kong in September, fined every person who did not tung, where the Red-queriilas where to the West and along the
are being reorganised, probably were in.retreat, white, other Re
Canton-Markow Rallway the Reds Her identity, however. could attend the execution four silver, not be determined.
dollars.Associated Press.
by Liu himself. "General Llu, units pressed on Kwangtung from the Hunan-Klangal „border. -The abservers
wondered ·whether Generals Blu Po-cheng and Lin Plao conducted the push in co- ordination or separately.
One "unconfirmed report said
and
that General Liu Ro-chong's ge; the '
forass-penetrated from Chien-
Frigate Arrives In Hong Kong
„during
Natiphallat reports sald the Reds in West Hunan are demor- aled' and' 'consist, mostly of Lan willing-conscripts and pebsauls. This is sald-to-be the main reason for the retreat of Liu Plao's met to North" "Hunan-Reuter, United Press and Qur Own Correspon dentizen
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