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NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Registered Office of the Company, Queen's Building, Hong Kong, on Tuesday, Octo- ber 4, 1949, at 11.30 am. for
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1949.
The
ECAFE To Meet In A British Colony
Singapore, Septembar ‘11. · bustling colony of Singapore is being spruced up for the first major conference of the United Nations over to be held in a Crown Colony,
the purpose of receiving and Delegates from the importanty ›0000000 considering the Directors' Re-Asian countries will gather here port and Statement of Acon October 20 for the Afth counts for
year ended plenary session of the Economic
the
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Resignation Of Paraguay President
SAVE MONEY
BY STOCKING
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Dr.
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Asuncion, Beptember 11, Paraguay's President, Felipa Molar Lopez, has re- jalgned, naming the Foreign
Minister, Dr. Frederica Chavez, as the interim Pres. dent.
Dr. Chavez is President of the National Assembly.
Dr. Lopez's resignation, which has been accepted, wa offered to into an inter
specially sum. moned sesalon of Parliament with the knowledge that his
Colorado Party,
Party, withdrawn its support and confidence:
Ad
In all, the Shgapore authori
will ties estimate, they
spend The Party proposed Dr. Chavez for the Presidency, |·£250,000 on the conference.
Dr. turned
Lopez
the WRI The theatre has been
only into a typing pool, a
candidate In the Presidential bank, 4 post offler, airline
efections fæst April. He solz- agonėles, a eable ferpatch centre and a exfe,
ed power in February in a four-hour revolution, Pura- anet
bars licensed
have been
guay's seventh and quietost in 14 months-Reuter.
installed.
An army of Chinese, Indians, Malayan, Britons, Pakistanis, Befklan has Europeans and [been recrafted in Singapore for
the conference staff.
01
The proceedings will open with a
12-day conference the International Labour Or. ganisation on September 12 and the regional conference of the Food and Agricultural Organi- sation will hold a two-day con. ference starting on September
There will
be a joint FAO- ECAFE meeting from October to 3 and other conferences will
27.
Trade
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Fantastic American Proposal
New York, September 11. Britain should be forced to put up its fleet of
super-ilners for
new United
any
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include those of the Inland Hecurity Transport Committee from Oclo-States Toan, suggested John David ber 5 to 10, and the Corashitien Grifin, editor of the "New York au lodustry and
Kuquirer". October 12 10 17.
In a letter to the Secretary of The conference of the Economie Treasury. John Snyder, today Commission for Asta and the Far
Str. Grin urged that Britain bo East will have the forinblable
compelled to provide such col- economic lateral the task or shaping future of 1,000 million Astans→→
as un initial test of Britain's good faith. about half of the human race,
He suggested that the Cunard Reuter.
White Star Line's luxury liners,
the including
Queen Mary and Elizabeth, and possibly thong of other British
companies, be held In escrow by the United States and distributed for operation un der the American flag, among several of the larger American shipping companies.
Kwangtung Defence
(Continued From Page 1)
Whenever Britain liquidates the Nationalist Guerillas
loan which appears to be in pro- Communist despatches from xpwet the liners should be return- Hofel, North Anhwel trouble| ed hut none of the profits which spot, said today that "Nation may have accumulated by the allet guerillas" now hold Tapi American shipping companies as Mountain areas along the a result of this plan shall revert Hupeh Honan-Annwel border, to the British companies involv adds Associated Press in a re-ad, he said.
om Shanghal. port from
This plan would also give the Th despatches sald these "Na United States sufficient tonnage to tionalist guerillas", also included make American transport facili bandits. The "North Anhwe ties capable of meeting thy do
recently called on Commands for the first or second Dally munials for a general mobilisa-
years of possible war with Rus- on against bandits who raid vilesia, he said,United Press. Inges and farms, interrupt gathering and harass communiens tions to keep vast rural areas in (urmoil.
crop
A despatch to the "Liberation Daily from Hotel maid one ban.
SYNTHETIC RICE
Madras, September 12.
The Madras Government is ex-
dit stronghold in the mountain perimenting with the production hamlet of Kingkiaisi was cap-of synthetic rico se moans of over- tured by Red troops and 80 pri- coming the rice shortage in this
India province, toners were taken.
The Communist News Agency claimed Red armies, had wiped out 5.477 guerillus and buridis pround Pingklang, Yoyang, Lin
heleng, Linyang atul Sianying in
Bynthetic rice is a mixturo of flours of tapleca, sweet
potac3, dried basianak and de-oiled groundnut. This mixture is made to simulate rice by chemical pro- cesses and then impregnated with vitamin B. Food officials claim synthetle rice has three times the caloric value of natural rice.— Associated Press.
Hunan Province.
It noted that five artillery pieces, 63 machine guns were seized. The despatch Bai this was accomplishell in a series [of actions since early August.
These
points are bil around Communist-hold Chungann
and nearly 3,000 small arms the
the
Another Communist despatch Bldg.described the wiping out of 3,000 guerillas in the Kian area of Central Kiangsi,, along with the seizure of 6.000 small arms.
Unless
Communists can qutekly win this war within a the effect could be dias- trous. Big as their armies are they cannot afford to scatter them all over the conquered areas while the Nationalists continue to hang n in the South and blockade the coastline from Taiwan.
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It is the same old double-edge that supped Japan's strength In World War II and undermined Nationalist strength afterwards. Reuter Our Own Correspondent and As- *cciated Press,
KID GAVILAN STABBED IN STREET FIGHT
New York, September, 11. Kid Gavllan.. 23-year-old Cuban welterweight, was stab- bed in the neck today in a |Harlem street fight with three
Negroes.
He was not „seriously....... hurt, though five stitches were necas sary. Gavilan in July Unsuccess fully tought Bugar, Ray Robinson
rithe world welterweight, tille.
# såld, that a Gavilan
which thres
houted
bres Negros had hailed, blocked his Gonna Thi
pulled Gávilari 10m car. He
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1950 EDITION
CARNIVÁL
By Dick Turner
„BURN & BOSTE
BROKERS
4:20
; M. REG, U, O. TAT, OFF,
"What's all this excitement about cotton and wool-how”
about mink?"
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE By Shepard Barclay
*The Authorlly on Authorities"
EXACT HOLDING KNOWN If you pause for a brief mo- ment of thinking 01 a crucial sage, you may realize that you
know the exact opponent
Sometime
Q, the K setting his contract..
At another table, where some- what similar bidding, developed, East made that contract by means holding of an Di simple thinking. First, ho suit, realized that North had the heart. In a particular
you can be sure he K since South led the A. Second, has a certain honour and that it with South surely holding about is now a singleton. Acting upon Heven cards of his sult for such deДnite knowledge of that kind will occasionally show you the absolutely certain way to make or beat a contract and save you from plays that risk failure.
5 10 7 4 3
HAU
3ל
S.K J 9 5 2 H K 5 DK J5 2
C# G
pre-emptive overcall, North could not have more than the un- guarded K left.
So, after winning the second trick with the spade A and clear- ing trumps in two rounds, East led the heart 9 and russed it in fell
the dummy. When Ug K on this, the Q was established. Easi used that honour then to dis- card one of the monds. and
dummy's dia- then ruffed one of his own, after losing a single diamond finesse. Ho therefore
without sub-
hazard of a
Kecond diamond- Bresse,
SAQ
0 0
Q 10
J7
WED
S
13
5 4
8 2.
made his contract
8 8 0
jecting it to the
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3
DD 74
Ca
(Deuler: nerubie.)
East. East-West vul-
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SAJ 1 HQ 10
DÀ 76 · CK B
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East South West North IC
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HA 654 South, after scoring the heart. D KQ10 A and seeing the dummy'a ain- gleton, switched to the spade B. the K forcing the A. East, a plny-" er with the habli of trying promptly the first method which promises a chance to make a contract, drew trumps in two rounds and then finessed the din- mond 10. Ile saw that success ncrabic.) with either of two diamond in- cases would make his contract.
SK QB
D 0 8 2
(Dealer: North. Both sides vul-
Can you imagine any circum- After the first finesse lost to the stances under which North can J and the spade 5 was returned get into 3-No Trumps and make to, the Q. he finessed the diamond the contract?
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