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Price Control Order Revoked By Government
Anti-Smallpox Campaign
A campaign to vaccinale the entire population of the Colony against small-pox is about to be launched by the Urban Council,
Free vaccinations are avait- able at all Government clin- ics hoepitals, health centres and Chinese dispensaries.
Reminders
Today.
The Price Control (General) Order 1949, which
had the effect of prohibiting any increase in prices" beyond the levels prevailing on Sep- tember 17, has been revoked by a notifica tion in yesterday's Government Gazette. The freezing order was imposed to prevent the first impact of the devaluation of sterling from resulting in an immediate and unwar- ranted rise in prices. It was not intended to keep it in force for long.
The revocation of the order
$82, 450—17 S SAL-
TINNED COODS
1 22 135, 5.55–16 ZZ $56, 5.75–16 coincides with some additions 5 $64, 6.0055--16 22 571, 6.40/625–16 to the list of goods which are subject to statutory price con- Smarron's Fricase of Chicken $2.48 trol, and this week's Gazetteer 1 h tin: Vacola Slierd Beetroot $1.35 Lalso contains notification of per 30- tie: Vocals Split Carrota "*1.66-
feductions the madness to the
Braba Sproate $1.00 per så où tin: Boston Brand controlled prices of certain peetroot is. Vinegar Sliced, and Pickled, other goods.
$1.35 pre 30 or tin; Boston Brand Diced Government intends to watch Carroca $1.30 per 30 on tin, the movement of prices closely
PATENT & OTHER MEDICINES Alira & Hanbara's Lid: Allesbury'a
Kowloon-Gramophone---Socier and any tendency to increase
classical Concert" Diocesan prices without justification will att & 00-130 per 1 Ib' botil. $4.3
Boys' School, 8.15 p.m.
Dewali Festival celebrations by India Association, Dianer Party, Roc Garden, Hong Kong, Hotel, 8 pm.-----
Race Meeting. Race
Happy Valley, 2 pm.
Course,
Garrison Players present The Shop at Siy Corner". Set. men's Mission Theatre, 8.30
surd
per 2 Dan bottle: Edme Mal: Extrees with God Liver Oil $20 per 2 The Jar: Chardez Tablet per kox 1150: Kolla Travel Bickmen Tableta $1.50 per tube; Digestif Beanie Pastille-125% $1.00 per large size 15.90 pkt, 55 cta Dep small aise pit: Digest
result in the immediate extension of the scope of statutory price control.
BUTTER-FRESH Colorado Cold Butter (USA) per b, pkg.
BUTTER-TINNED Allowrie Drund Choler Salted 11.5 TT 1A on tin: Abowrie Brand Pare Creamy Butler Chokest Brand $5.00 per 16 m tin:, Q.8.3 Brand 12.90 per
16 of dr
CHEESE
Beanie 10 Boit__.per. 10% ani; fem Putiler Stuns per pkt: Bile Beans Batter$25 per large size: Painkiller. 1 on
$1.40; Eye-Mo' DFC-655 $325; Pine T and Kaney DF0109 ELOS per jar :. Gicatoria
SP! 12:3: Stearn's Chocolax Tablets 105 $1.70: Calif. 2 ox $1.90; Be Sea, Sall $1.05: Zamlituk Suppositories $1.45; Zem. Certified American Chena (USA) | Pak Gíatment-larme akte 3215: Irving's J819.50 per both boat Exam - Checks, Test-Vite Tablet-20% a5 cta per amali Bullsbad Brand, 100% Quality $2.30 per ale 50% 15.30 per medium size: Wood'a
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, - OCTOBER · 22, – 1949.
Beating The Retreat
The Band of the Royal Marines parading on the Hong Kong Cricket Club ground yesterday
in the ceremony of Beating the Retreat, in commemoration of Trafalgar Day. ["China Mall”
photo).
Chinese Gets Five-
Years
For Demanding.
Trafalgar Day
Money With Menaces Observed
Royal Marine Association, annual .; Seevita Brand Preci Cheese Crest Peppertalt Cure $1.75 per popolar The penalty of five years' hard labour for demond-
meting, China Fleet Club, 40 Ft 1156 per 100 grama sin. 6.30 p.m.
FISX
ale: Lace Cod Liver Oil Emalion, 14
or $3.60; Velocíam 17's 60 et par uranil
Ala Finckaya Salmon $1.10 per 1 tallaite, 26' 31.50 per large size: Owbridge Beating the Retreat, at the tacetin: Dunish Brisling Sardines in Tomato Lang Tonk $1 per small betle: Barcla
Course, 6.30 p.m.
Coming Events
2 cents per 43% tin: Danish Brisline | Glycerine Tromel-24 oz $1.35, 12 $125 Sarcines in Oll 50 centa, per 4thing Barrio Aspirin: Phenacetin Caffiine Tablets,
n: Danish Mackerel Filets in Tomato 30 $130 for 1 of tin: Paner Cohoe Sal
Monda Amigen Solution 5, 1000 mcmar Ft Brand $4.19 per 1's tali 818.30: Dextri Maltose No. 1 $4.55 per 18: La Fancy Cohoe. Salmon-tr First Chanc, $1/3 ca 16,35: Oinc, 1 15 68,65, Eranc $2.20 per 5% x tis: Supreme Palodrine: Paindrine Hydrochloride || Tablets—in Cellophane Burip 40 cia each Toe Classical Concert 50,Brand Finard Fab cents & or tin.
JAN
Jately of 10% Macdonnell Road, 8.40 p.m.
TOMORROW
4
LX.L. Brand Aprico 11.05, per 24 o HK'Art Club, sketching Party,un: 1XL. Brand Marmalade $1.00 per
members 10 assemble atlu c Queen's Pier, 10,30 am. (fur~ ther details from Mr. Nobbins, Tel: 30709).
MARGARINE
per ko:
Tinned Man Chris Brand carine $1.63 per ib. tin: Exunit Brand
FOODSTUFFS Buster-Tinned: Allowrie Brand Choice Salted Butter #310 per Ih tia: Pineapple Brand $3.05 per Ib tin.
tin: Kraft Brand $1.45 per 12 os tin
Kargarine: Hine Hand imported) $1.55
-: Siradow-Lea Brand Table Mer
marine 33.05 per t the tia: Durkee's Mar Igazine 12.05 per Ib parket.
ing money with menaces was meted out to Lau Chi-sun, 21-year-old former electrica! engineer, at the Criminal Sessions yesterday. The youth, whose mother and sister was present in Court, had pleaded guilty on Wednesday to writing two letters purporting to come from the self-styled "Communist Group Citizens' Welfare Association".
killing
of latter
Beating the Retreat,, tradi- tional annual ceremony in ob- servance of Trafalgar Day, was held at the Hong Kong Cricket Club ground yesterday afternoon.
Taking part in the ceremony were the Royal Marine Bands from HMS Belfast and 3 Commando Brigade, R.M., and a guard parad-
Sentence was deferred until family, but the type of lettered from HMS Belfast, whose pre yesterday, when Mr. A Jin which there were references cision marches aroused the ad- Cheese: Allowrie Brand $1.53 per 12 oz Clifford, instructed by Mr. A. 10 Brings Brand Tabe Margarine 13.35
off capitalists and miration of the large number of Y. Han, made a plea of mitiga-so on was the type tion on Lau's behalf.
which did not come from kind-spectators watching the parade.
Heading the list of spectators Mr. A. Hooton, Crown Countess he declared:
The Puisne Judge further were the Governor, Sir Alexander sel, was for the Crot.
stated that
he was satisfied Lau Grantham, and Lady Grantham. The prisoner, on August 17 and had been in the Colony long Others present included Lieuten- 18 lat sent the two letters in
Sir E C. Robert type were treated with very Mausergh. Eoan Hoang nest question to Tam Shit-yee, of enough to know that offences. ant. General Carence Terrace, West Point this
severe penalties. The usual pen-GOC-in-C: Vice Admiral A. C. G. letters! The
but Semanding
he would Madden, Commander-in-Chief of take into
MEAT-CANNED
Européen YMCA Armchair Group marine 11.30 Der the: Emait Brand
meeting, talk on "The Con-Marine to it sold locke tribution of the Negro.. to American Life" by Mr. Orrin Magill, 8.30 p.m.
Mr Roll-Armour Biar Brand $1.90 per lb tin: Camp Piebampion Brand 9ũ eta per 12 o tin: Corned Beef-Cha-
sion Brand 31.66 per 14 og tin: Meat Gas
Jam: XL Brand Strawberry $1.90 per
of ti
Meal-Canned:
Frend $6.30 er eins (Planet
MONDAY
| lastine-Champion Brand 30 cia per 12 oc (Brand) #9.per ko tin; Vienza Szmazes Crown Land Sale, PWD offre, us: Minced Corned Beet with Cereal (Planet Brand: $2.55 per 1 ko tin: Half per 12 of tin: Denish Hai-Golögn. Dene | Hama. (Planet Brand) $0.10 per kilo tin; 3. p.m.
$200.
threatened the recipient with ajalty wasntion Lau's the British Far East Fleet: A-
What Drive, European YMCA Brand, 14.05 per 1b tin tis 12/16 The Lis, Corned Beef (Swift Brand) $1.55 per bullet for each and every one of youth, his good character, and Commodore A. D. Davies, Air
Danish Ham-Golden Dane Brand, 1920
12 oz tin
he did not comply his family
lastly, the fam that he demanded Officer Commanding. Hong Heat-Fresh: Mild Cored Ham (Austra with the demand.
to only $200, as compared with the Rear-Admiral T. H. Binford of the lany: Contower Brand 12.15 per
The letters, purporting
United States Navy; MIK-Powdered: Cowiac Fellcream come from the self-styled "Con- usual demand for thousands.
Powdered Milk, 1660. pus, & de sin Florist Group Citizens-Welfare ser 12 on tin: Comise Malter Milk Powder Asso [317C per 14 oz tis.
also mentioned that Association, Tara
was a wealthy man who did Vegelte: Kraft Vegemite $1.40 per 4 oz not work, and that he would
PATENT & OTHER MEDICINES be spared if he acceded Andrew's Liver Salt, & or size #1-30; Lou was caught after a trap Aspro pkt of 5's 20 ets, pki of 17's 1. had been laid by the police when
Äßen & Hanserý: Lid.: Baliborange--they were notified by
Tam
jar, 75 eta per 2 on Janu
(for Civilians and Services).per 2 De in: Danish. Fake Han- HK Women's International Club, Golden Dane Brand $110 per ib tin 8/24 Club Night for Services per- iba tin): Pranfurt Santage--Golden Dare sonnel
Brand $2.36 per lh disi: Luncheon Bausage European YMCA, Women's Sec (Chopped Ham--Coldes, Dane Brand 16.60 per • the tin: Salatil Sainates with/with. tion meeting. 10.45 am. Zoological Society, meeting at the out Onions-Golden Dase Brand $5.16 per I to Vienne Sausages-Griderí DEDA Public Relation Office Lecture | Bend 12.35 per b in: Beer Sausages
Roum, 520 p.m.
Imperial Brand $1.90 per 16 ve sin; Bose. Kiddin Bucon-Cornkower Brand 22.25 per 1: Bacon Bone-lo Middies~~- Ceradower Brand 2 per b: Lunch
per as bottle $2.55, per 10 oz bottła 24.16 :: Mr. Clifford pleaded in mitiga- Mest-Spam (USA) 13.30 per 12 of t; Glycerine & Black Currant Pastilles-81.05tion yesterday that the story of Hormel Quarter Ham (USA) $20 per 2 1
Dee 2 or tin, 57 per 4 oz tin: Eno's Freit of the prisoner was one of stupi &os Lin; Hortsel Davilled Ham (USA) Belt Household size $3, Handy size $1dity and pride. He was not cf 19130, per 3 o tin: Hormel Liverspra Evans Throat Pastilles $1.50 per 215 ox
(USA) per 3 or tin; Certified Secali bottle: Edine Malt Extract with codes the criminal type, having worked Vieta Samaris (USA) $1.50 per 4.0011 0.25 pes jar: Erunchen Salts $1.70: hard for three years in an elec- tia: Certified South American Corned Beef Mead's Desiri-Mattone No. 2 14.55 per th;trical firm. He gave every periny } (USA) 12.30 per 12 as.da;” Vienna Sau Dettol Likud Antiseptic-No. 4 $155 per to his mother.
Model Centre For Orphan Children
PIb-bottle of 160° 14.30; Cascara Ees
Murder Trial Adjourned
After Leung Kau, the last accused at the Ticket Scalper murder. trial, had made.
a
sages Libby Brand (UBA) 51.50 per & ox bottle, No. & $2.75 për botik, No. 16 $1.0 Shortly before the events con- statement from the dock in his Hong Kong may shortly have tin: Skies Sausages-Palethorpes Brande hattle: The Rose Pilla, 56's $135:cerned were committed, the ac- own defence yesterday, hear- Palodrine Hydrochloride Tablets $35 per cused lost his job. However, being was adjourned until Mon- a first-class Model Centre for 1.5 per 15 oz-iik: Meat Roll-Palethorper Orphan Children, to operate on Brand $1.50 per 16 os ila; Pork Sapsare 100's in Uns: Parke Davis & Co.: Alephen was too stupid and proud to let day,
-Plane Brad 12.35 DE X kilo in;
his mother know about this. He the cottage plan and to train Lunch TongPlanet Brand $5.25 per canta 57: Cascara Sigrada Extract went off and pretended he was with the murder of a ticket seal- Jointly charged with four others child welfare workers, if planski un, $450 per i klio tis; Pork in Tablets 5 E-bossle of 100 15.still at work- now being discussed mater Nature! JuicePlanet Brand 2.90 per 11⁄2 Halivero Capsules 19-bottle of 25 34.35:
per, Chan Hoi, in front of the kilo un': Oz Toaquis-Plaart Brand #1121 | Hallverall Liquid=15cz sise- $440, -510
China Theatre. on the night of ialise.
per kilo in Vienna Sausages-Pizze, $19.10: Halivero!! Capsules 196 100
May 7. Leung denied having taken Brand $5.10 per kilo Uni Fresh Sausage } $1290; Irmadoi=="A"-72 en 16.85, 44 c
part in the attack in question. $15,40; Melatone-bollia of 15 x 5635; Counsel, went on to say that | **** KEAT-FRESH
Like the others, Leung said that MIK of Magnesia 1 os botile $2.65:
after pawning everything he he had been beaten by the police had. Lau hit upon the idea of during interrogation.
get money.
The project is being promotedand Brand (Frozen) $1,80 per b by the American-Oriental Friend-
ship Association, Incorporated. Mild Cared Ham (Australian); Mayfair | Myrosol Liquid-bottle of 50cc $270: The centre would be co-ordin-Brand Tropical Cured Salt Packed Hams | Palatoi Plain—12 os sie 1505; Palatol ated with existing agencies for $2.50 per the the relief of homeless or needy
children, and would put into operation the best methods for caring for the dependent child
Dr. J. R. Saunders, Director of the Association, will speak "Caring for the Dependent Child":
at a meeting at which films will
TINNED MILE---SWEETENED
Com-17 oz site $6.60; Takazyme-bottle of 2 of 44: Vibef Liquid-bottle of 4 cs Golden Fish Brand Skimmed MIX 25 26 | 1455; Standardised Cod Liver Of, I plat [8.10; Philip's Mix Magnacia-12.30 per 3:2 grams tin.
Der 12 o bocile, $1.60 per bottle Mayfair Brand Lard $2.26 per ♬ tin: Boost & Browne: Scott Emulsion-large White Cloud Brand Vegetable Lard $3.25 size $4.00, amall size $2.45; Streptomycin per 2 lbs 19%; All other brands,$2,30 per 151 per vial of 1 gram.
LARD
= q tin, $1.40 per 1 Tb ta..
BOUF
Mock Turtle Soap-kemist Star Brand
be shown at 5.30 p.m. on Monday ; es ets pre 10 os tin; Oxtall Epap-Armou
at the Hoof Garden. The public
is cordially invited to attend
FISH PRICES
Fresh fab average prices realised at
Pawned Everything
crime in order
It would be cruel to
the prisoner as an example for such types of criminals, declared Mr. Clifford. He pointed out that La admitted everything to the police upon his detention, and frank about it.
Was
While admitting that he was present looking at cinema plc. tures at the China Theatre on the fatal night, the accused told, the Court, he Immediately left the
when a fight began
nearby. The other four accused are Mr. Justice Williams, senior chuen, Kwan Hung and Li Wing
Chan Kam-chuen, Chan Kang- Pulsne Judge, in imposing sen-
In his statement from the dock, remarked that it seemed
said he worked at en to him the accused had used the Leung Pirst quailty Avernas same language in the letters as opium divan. On the night of May that used in this type of oftence. 7, be was told by one of his mas- would appear to be the ters to transport some money to a
Star Brand 70 cts per 10 or tin: Vegetable the Hong Kong Fish Wholesale Marketence, rema Soup Armour Star Brand 55 sia per 30 | Kennedy Town, yesterday follow:--
os Will Tomato Soop-Armete Star Brand
·Type of Pla
Mr. Lam Chi Fung, Treasurer 18 ets per 10 or tin: Scotch Broth Soop-
China of the South
Christian Armoter· Star Brand Så els per 10 oɛ tim.
· WINES & EPIRIT
Yellow Crocker Association for Homeless Child.
Scotch Whisky $15 per bottle: Beolch Mad Grouper ren, will preside at the meeting.
White Pondres (large) The films to be shown are "Letter Liqueur Whisky 120 per bottle.
DUNLOP BUBEER TYRES ¿
Macao Sole (large) .. 1.52 from China",
Tabes 6.00-14 18.30, 35.75—18 $6.14, Marso Sole (mais.. time work, half-time study of the 6.00-16 1473, 625-16 $6.75 4.09-16 Golden Threa
Casida”, Home", in which the two | 3,40, 456–17 $6,650–15 $10, $50—
Conger Pike- organisations
depicting the half-
ordinary
it was wel of letter, and that certain place in Causeway Bay
pries
price
* GROUP
calty
$1.49
$142
4.14
4.12
$.45
135
1.20
be added.
GE
1.80
.3.70
106
*T
20/24 x 7.320: Core: 5.00--14 ETD $43. Red Res" Bream "(large) 197
3.78
7,48
05
per and "Destication Chung-425-30 570 $42.56, 5.06-15 STD $15. Red Best Bram (awal) 1.20
a colour Clim by Mrs. 6-18 5TD $32, 6,00–16 STD 872, 4.30-- Saunders,
which was recently 17 STD 50, 65015 POST $94, 6.00.....
given
an excellent review in the 14 FORT #2, 720-2/34 x 7 Truck $250,
ae, "Movie Make
magazize
MICHELIN TIRES
Tube: 613 ·ZZ' $ID LTG-36" 22
| 1926, 6.00–16 22 $1.50, 525-35 27 $3.50,
"Destination Chungking" show - 8 $3.50, 60/1.16 ZZ B the desperate need among bome-806/825-16 8 18 450-17-8 $9.25: less children in the post-war Covers: 8.50-15 22 395, 476-16 22 $30,
the
Children's
Chungiding.com former summer
din atmosphere
and vividly
DEWLY-
of the
Village
the site
capital.
of the
Here, in
DONATIONS ACKNOWLEDGED
Anti-Tuberculosis
of freedlohr and The Hong Kon natural beauty, street walls and Association sysically acizarsledam the under-privileged children from 14 Dollowing donations provinces in China are being Previously acknowladaad $1,296,199.02. opportunity through the Mr. Cheung Kwan Pal $100, Masses, Tung co-operation of the Methodist Mow Hides and Leather Co. F150, Mass. Church
the American Wah Hins and. Co. $166, Mr. Boop Tat and
given an
Oriental Friendship Association. Dollar Motors 8100, Wise On Life Assur To the 165 children alrendy Lens Tai Tsu 1100,, Mera Tu Tong accepted in the first year of the Tal Lad $100. T On. Marine and Fire In- Vilager victims of the terriblearance Cor 1:08. The National Casa Ke- Chungiding fire, far worse than later Co. 6160, Mr. Ho To Wing $100, wartime disaster the Mr. Wo. You Lane $100, Anonymous ́words" " of~ Mrs Saunders- are 100 PAL 1200, HK - Metal Merchanto being accepted as funds are sedation: $100,- Mapira, Ben Checa
ilable.
Fedori ta, mà là Tổ Chức (14) Mosers: Chan Greg Place Goods Co A campaign for the work of the 400, M., Kan, Chị Nam $100. Märkes-
JUST ARRIVED!
at a
He
time other On the way, he stopped at a than on the spur of the moment,"
ent" cinema to look at pictures, when a fight broke out nearby. Mr. Williams went on to recall left framediately after it started, counsel's stress that kindness was he added,
one of Lau's characteristics. It: The trial continues at 10 am Imight be that he was kind to his on Monday.
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