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SHANGHAI TODAY IS A GHOST TOWN
1
Provisions Store Swindled
Man Passes Forged US$100 Note
The proprietor of the Ah Yick Store at No. 10 Wong
US$100 note.
Two Charged With Armed Robbery
Captured by Police on September 17 in a gun Ma Kok Road, Stanley, was battle in which two of their confederates were victimised yesterday by akilled, Chan Ning and Cheung On, two unemployed "prospective" customer who purchased $100 worth of men, came before Mr Wicks at Kowloon this canned goods and success-morning on an armed robbery charge. fully uttered a forged The two men were alleged reported that the lust money to be members of a gang of and jewellery to a total value three who robbed a village of $2,887, At about 4.30 p.m. П man house at No. 8 To Yuen Wal,
told the Court in the dressed in Chinese military uni-Lam T Village in Ping Shan, committal proceedings against form went into the shop
the two accused this morning made a purchase of provisions bery, a woman,
that she got up from bed to He also to the value of $80.
nurse her younger son at. 2 a.m. on September 16 and in move. On looking she realised that she was facing the
and N. T. The victim of the rob- Chan Lal-ho,
gave an order for fresh milk to
be delivered to his residence which he claimed to be No:18
Beach Rond, Stanley. After the Son Refuses
goods had been packed, the cus- tomer produced a US$100 note and received HK$500 in change. Immediately he got the cash
the from the proprietor changed his mind and told one of the shop fokis to deliver the goods to his house.
man
Mother's Offer
She
intruder warned her not to
up
point of a gun held by a man he identified as the second accused, Cheung On, while an- other armed man demanded her keys and then ransacked the cubicle. She realised, also, БОТСОЛО was searching other parts of the house.
Business Dead, Says
Old Resident
"LOWER CLASSES LIVING
FOOL'S PARADISE"
Prosecuting. Insp. Hidden When the goods were deliver-
When a young Chinese wo said that the two men were. ed to the address given it was discovered that no such person man appeared at Kowloon Court members of a gang of four who charged with offered armed resistance to the lived there. Mr Li Yick, the this morning
In proprietor, took a second look stealing $7,000, jewellery and Police on September 17.
her mother-in-the gun battle fought in a at the US$100 note and found clothing from
low's junk, the mother-in-law clearing above Chuk Yuen something peculiar about it.
offered to stand surety for her--Village, Castle Peak, two gun- He immediately reported the but the young woman's husband men were killed while the two matter to Stanley Police Station. fused.
accused were captured. The The banknote was later found
Police found the first accused, to be a genuine US$10 note Many junk mistresses crowd-Chan Ning, wearing a gold which had been neatly altered into the court to hear the ring identified by the woman, by the swindler into $100. These against 23-year-old Leung Chan as her property lost
Sam, who told the court: "I had the hold-up. The woman also no intention of stealing so much. Identified one of the two $500 I never expected to find so much notes which were found on one in the junk.".
Police are conducting enquiries.
To Present
Indian Drama
The
or
Inspector Cheng Ta Chung Faid that at 9.30 am, on Sunday morning the mother-in-law, Yip Tai-so, found that a tin box in her tunk, moored in the Yamauti newly formed Indian Typhoon Shelter,
had been Dramatic Society will be pre-opened and $7,000, two palm of senting their first short drama gold bangles and
two sults of titled "Sonehri Rakh"
the Hindi women's clothing were missing. "Golden Ashes" in dialogue on Thursday, Novem- She told the Police, who found ber 9. at 8.30 p.m. as part of Lung Sam. She admitted tak- the Deepawali Celebrations to Ing the missing things and be held at the Sikh Temple. showed where she had put them
The play is directed by M. Sin the junk. Wasan and written by Jagdish Verma and Pritam Singh, The leading role as "Ghleoo Ki Ma" will also be played by Jagdish Verma.
All Indian are cordially in-
vited to attend.
It pays to
buy the
Korea. Mystery
IN
Shanghai, once the riotous, gay, fourth largest city in the world, is now a tottering ghost town. The life span of the Grand Theatre, the Playground and the Bund has passed, and instead it is a city of workers' marches, red rallies and empty cashboxos.
Mr. D. Neelmeyer is a Dutchman. He went out to Shanghai in 1917 and has spent the last 33 years building up a business. He liked the city and, if he had had his way, he would have spent many more years there. But he has had to leave. It wouldn't be true to say he was driven out-his visa went through 12 different departments before he got out-but he had to leave.
between
Why? Because Shanghai business is dead. Trade and commerce, he told the China. Mail today, pre practically non-existent. Rules and regulations and literal red tape would soon hinder any shipping firms contemplating a resumption of trade Shanghai and the rest of the world. Even 'if, they overcame these, the taxes and fines would stop them.
Real estate is non-existent, are reckoned to number five or and so is business in banks. The x thousand. They are all utility companies are all operat-quartered in Hungjao and kept ing under deficits which rum behind barbed wire. No one is into millions of dollars. The allowed in this area, Communists want to take them These Russians are over for themselves within two handsomely by the years,
Government-anything Shanghai's biggest hotel, the $3500. Cathay, is closed. In the Metro- pole five rooms are occupied and the Park Hotel is partly occupied with Chines
now
Nationalist Government.
by
Dancing Came To A Stop
A large paper poster in black and red Chinese characters on pald the wall outside House No. 87, Peking Queen's Road Central attracted up to a large crowd shortly after 8
p.m. last night.
Once or twice a month the
run
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The poster, assuring patrons
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A Prince's, Greeting
Prince Charles, son of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh, stands on the wall of his home, Clarence House, and waves na his grandparents, the King and Queen, drive down the Mall for the State opening of Parliament last week-AP Picture.
Defence
Hongkong
Force Orders
of the Annual Training, Serial No. 45. Orders' by Co-earness
L:"D. lonel L. T. Ride, CBE, ED,
Rangahrance: Bunday · No- Commandant,. Hongkong De-vember 1, The Elegient
detachments on this fence Force. Dated November provide two
day as follows:-'A' Company do- 7, 1960,
tachment (leut. O, C. Hamli- Cobo FORCE HEADQUARTERS
ton, oüicer in charge) for H.K.D.F. 333. Holiday.
Head-
taph Bervica. 'R' Company (Leut Lower Albert Road, wil P. M. Nolasco da Sliva)—for Clut», quarters, be closed on Monday November 13, de hocrelo Service, A CompNDIAN
defachment will comply with of 1939.
Depo-Qualification Course | tail given in porca Order No. 936 Mids-10 yds Bange. The following | AbOVO. Separate instructions have recruits dred this course on Sun bean fanted for ' Company's de-
tachment. day November 8. and schloved the results shown against their names: Recruits E. F. Gower 20, 16, (45) 2nd class shot, E. M. Bouza 20, 16, 3 (23) 2nd class shot
08 A
Russians sweep down to the city a night of enjoyable dancing at In cars but only for shopping, a minimum cost and promising They are never seen in bars or attactive tady instructors of the dead bandits.
Members of the Race Club cinemas or restaurants, They tutors. also attracted the atten-
limited to Chlef Insp. D. B. Smith who are
a very small buy the best clothes and shoes tion of the Police authorities. conducted an
front building.at dozens at a time. They identification portion of the
When people were soen going is occupied by theure escorted in these expeditions in and out of the premises, the parade at Ping Shan Police The rest
ori September
the reby a Chinese guard who sees to Police carried out a raid on the Station
22, Communist Army. In related that Chan positively creation club grounds are four. It that nobody talks to the flat. Crowded inside were come identified the second accused, big anti-aircraft
80 odd couples dancing to music guns. The Russians.
POLITICAL ADVISERS Cheung On, as the man who Foreign YMCA is now a Chinese
supplied by a radiogram, YMCA, Most of the clubs are
On held a gun at her.
Soviet political advisers
being questioned, the The case is proceeding.
for Chinese, except the the ones that really the patrons admitted that each Soviet Club which is installed in Chinese Communists. Each and them had to pay $3 as admission the largest house and grounds every law, rule or regulation fees while lady guests were formally occupied
the has the Soviet stamp on it, free of charge.
HOME GUARD · especially during the
The Police also found Inst threo
that
843. Trudging Thursday Nover- The three big öll companies
They are the exact the premises were used months.
ber 18. Programane Squad Drill by would like to
motions. Parada 6.30 p.m. Drift close down, but copy of the Soviet system in barber's shop during the day
Murray Parade : Ground. Moscow to
935 Depot Training Week End- Sheds smallest
detall, and converted into a dance hall og November u Squad M4~ | Drew_Clean Tatiguo Overalls, they are not allowed to. They | have no rights to sell their Lately many
Miniature different foreign at night.
Range, wispshooting. ILE WOMEN'S VOLUNTEER PWT. 5. Beepshooting and Rapid
FORCE Within a few hours the train have largo staffs arid in order to do and some have not been ay
potrol and oil. These companies nationals have been picked up. In
In consequence, Ho Ming-
Thing. Squad-4-Rapid Firing MI. Armistico Parada Bunday! custody ex-communi-
of 419 Hennes FWT. .
Members of Baapsbeoting and Rapid❘ November 1,
the was covered with chalk eigns
and Nursing them every pay
Road,
BQURD A10-ftigger con- EKWVF (Army month the cado
third floor, wasg. fured, so Leung was remanded Attlee's Flying Circus, etc.
Scotsman," "Flying Dying
trol. Firing & shoś,
[...・ | Branch), delafled" to take party/bu arms are selling part of their brought to trial for 6-7 months, charged before Mr Heynolds at
Bemembrance Sunday No.1 the parade and who are bot at. On the troopship I began to real estate properties. There
report to HC are Central this morning and fined vimber 11.- Units of HIKDY will tanding camp will --- wonder if the British
soldier are, of course, sold at um unable to find out the reason for $100 or four weeks for opera provide the follooring detainments KDF 3.30pm. meras The Police simply Ing a dancing hall without a one acer
for this parado service: HKRNVR | vember 53. ALL EKYTP: Deminer had lost his sense of humour believable loss to the Commu- the arrest.
nist Government.
say that "your husband is not licence. but that train journey showed
arrested, we only wish to ques- По "HOSTAGES" It was still there.
tion
pleaded guilty to the him." When the wife final- charge, but It was the same with the Department managers of fixme : 919 others who made the journey are allowed to go home, but they has full proof that her hus-running a dancing school not a
is already by road convoy. They left the two or three Executives must famous treaty lodged in the dance hall,
Road Gool” for some, time and again inquires this happens," from the Police what sentence
The mother-in-law said that Leung had been a good girl and was willing to standt surety for But the girl's husband re-
her,
"'il tomorrow.
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after it with his trousers over
his arm
Its
Even nearest relatives
ship still grumbling about being stay in Shanghal, unless re-tem called from the Reserve but placed."When
35,
claimed he was
two days on the Korean roads, maid Mr Neelmeyer, "it is he has received, they still tell Dance Hostess
the 'soldiers they really are... London Exprem Service.
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In Trouble
smells and occasional sniping nothing more than an exchang" her: "your husband is not son- from the hills turned them into of hostages.”
All these restrictions, held tenced yet he is being re- educated' and will after that be are made with one aim: to make tried and judged by 'the the foreign businesman give up People's Court and go home, but not before he
A shop fok, and" a' dancing This re-education may go on hostess were How beon dehydrated of any for year and should the "Peo-
Intercepted by possessions ho might have.
ple's
temporarily in
Radio Hongkong
प्र
is released but, in the mean- a parade time he was imprisoned for a
and Road by Jonathan 85, (Studio);
From the mitoris (Lobo his fingers are already touch- given by a Soviet citizen.
Bequests. Plucky w
of the Argr Highlanders (Relay from
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and twenty reiings, will return to camp afɩre the parag HK Best-1 - oficer "and" 20 other in time for lunches
EKAAF-1 officer "K4=20 10 445.0g "Training" members Not At- airmen, HWVT-=(8) Naval "Der | sening Camp There will be (50 tachment 1. offyer and "19. ratings | training
ac
(6) Army Detachment 1 pilous Likw
10 other ranky; (0) Air Force De=| Brunats mirtil, the return from dem3. tachment à ofiber and 10 Airwomen. Next parade, Monday, Novenber Xf. Meat. G. C colmen HERNVIL | 5.20 pin. at 30 BADE) will not as Detachment Commander Vers." "Norslag - Bection and Clacks
as detalled by services,
Force Hej, 9.30 diwana Burys
Yember
Marker.
will detail one marker to report to
the Parade R at the Scorper
15%
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for Paputya Cura
Hooto
Camp Relativén hoped to hold pusti
sttending HD:: (periodim. Bal Kung) "übbel hall, Sachin on Noviesbur Caturdag) NOTUDENT
of the Cenotaph 10 wiarąg Bunday | bela'amara) mering of ins” Zone- November 12. Skeleton Rehearsal || kong · Defence Force - OfilEWES, Friday November 10. The detown on Wednesday Novembe Ing personnel wilk e report any kin«: Ante dermansor, z・ Desechmanki, EDMOGETTO" report to the ** y** The lower classes are Hving | Court" find him not guilty. police at Parkes Street for being Adjutant on Murray Parade Ground
drunk and disorderly.
10.10 1.30.. HKENVR Marker-to
H.K.T.
While the girl was being taken report to the Parade HEM si 258. "Hongkong Caming." Profool's paradise. Often they are year because he was “innocent" to a police station, by: Bubof Cenotaph at 10.18 8: HONGKONG REGIMENT gramme Bumine; by "Jazz for the called up for a parade through
Prescotad
to People wishing John
leave Inspector Gillard, the Loki went at Dutierky work del coding, 26. Wering (Studio): 0.30, Concerto in the city, and this happens every Shanghai must apply for to the girl's assistance and a Taschee-112 Ordarty ollowing the werk-Lieut. R.E.K. Crichton, Orchestes; 140, few days, rain or shine. They exit-visu. If in any other saulted the police officer.
WIKI 20 duty-kleut Armando Santon and Hy South Sea Berenaders.) (#tudio); World are happy about this, because country you receive this
The couple, Law King, aged Onderty Sergeant of the week BK. REIZINIER visa New News Ausyse (London parade means double pay and your troubles are over and you 25, and Lam Ol-ning, 21, dance, 56. Cheung Next for ditz- Orders Lorite li me men
BitB Thompson, proENTEROL FINA Cando can Bouk be taken, Relay); TAB. Seevious Quit. Con-
can go. Not in China!
ing hostess of the Peninsula cuated by Pober Benon (Baudio); an extra ration of rice.
Battalion with
the ReglenFETA This double pay, however, 135, Oponë. Grejpo. (Vločki) and He
Unquestionably reliable sourcom Dancing Academy, faced Mr H. vandr
Tuesday November bossed on the quinide and boung 1.45, Bariat Story: comes out of the pockets of state that the anal O.K. for X, D'Almada at Kowloon Company
DE COOH with my ribbonized a Regimesisi of the 2" Writion the forefna businessman--arid jan exit-permit from Shanghai is | morning on separate charges of pony, Tydal King.
November 14. Pro que. An insert show. "Dhoti- assaulting a police officer ands (1) Fitting" is Equipment, each lot, the, Hongkong Vorantwort 41) Talk on Camp., Parade -8.30 on parade in 1651, The post, of. 10% Italy) 6.10.
Diving the lining. But the happy
THEY, PAID, UP
bo'ng drunk and disorderly.
Parade card will be 85 DAN PRES. pm. Drill Bheda Murray After 10 months of Communist Mr D'Almada told Law that round Company, to Visioon. Canteen of sine Volanser Centre Cleen Fatigue precipen sard le on view in the Эрепев, (Bouatio): Souththarated by the end aides this, as far as he's con rule, the Shanghal well-to-do he had no excuse for assaulting to Mortar Platoon ordery should be her to cry
"Bervices parader never stops to con
9.0. HQ Butherland corned this can go on for ever. Chinese were told they should a police officer. He ained Lawmp-dat
B. A. B¢6«
alreak to the Fourth .or: MR. tion Spanialias Cadro). Monday N.A.A.FI. Kowloon); 9.30, Third
Third The boss doesn't, count; he just show more patriotism by buying $50 or three weeks.
Narember. 153. Navision. 6.30. pm.
·Cautioning. the girl, Progyammie dy the Series Presented dishes out, the money for noth-orly bouds. They did. They
Mr Driti shoda, Murray Parade Ground. by the Brish Council. (Studio);
should pay extra ́ taxes for the | D'Almada told her: "Now Thursday November for Advanced PC's Condition 10, Radio Nawa Best London Re- lug because Stalin, says so.
They While I was in Shanghai," conforts of the army.
Inten: don't drink if you can- by): 10.13. Worther Report: 10.10.
Drill Sheds Murray Parade Ground. "Orchestral of, the, Work"
pay not hold your drink," The said Mr Neelmeyer," they held did. They should even
129. -- Andrus)" CARD--Instructions.. Concertgebouw
The following /sub-units will mov% Oh nonster parades through the tax on undeveloped land and
to camp at Bal Kung on Friday: property. They did,They paid Album: 11, Late Americanule city for three continuous days allahis, through the nose and LETTERS TO
November 2010. A”, Donipany, MG The condition - of the poliom Xavier Cugat ud His Orchestra at the beginning October
· of
Platoon (oce motions), Morinj, PIN- 11.10, "Goodnight
who was wounded Music: 115.
"kicked about it openly
toon, ст detachment Bignals Constable Weather Report: God Save to All traffic was stopped, and so
the Communists
Patoon, ON HO, Biants deslled during n shooting affray in King: 11.50, "Clase down.
the thousands of workers on told them: You Can't play
“by Adjutant); *Paradi"" 0 m2 1 Boundary Street on Monday the tram bures pot dehle mahjong, you can't have more
Pay Platfor persoonal Victória side. MORE TETRAHEDRA: Dar for three days for doing than one, wife, you can't have
Brett, Min. nothing.
than SOLUTION
fiving Ko three dishes
Road-for personnel în a more NO DIVIDENDS
has regained consciousness. Dress==YMO, (eteak; helmets |- strapped on valina)wdsrvice: Unde Things like this cost • the in cabarets. -
was thớt ár the back while Note. Volunteers from woarching businessmen huge sums of This did got their backs up. SirEver since the amal-.tom 0.G.
maspecte vi after other compagits - who are attaquig money, and it is no wonder that They'd paid through the pose gamation
your esteemed Camp with A Company will, tom Chinese couple had been robbed they owe the Communist Gov. before but no one had ever in- Paper, I have to spend Gets a pia with dipesava mntructions by two men, one armed with in
ferfered with their leisure time. day in order to pick up all the
Cirining 1 Alūmsaky are 39: revolver, The
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THE EDITOR
Improves :-
shown. Improvement, to Capt. night
Cantos serceding toy the Kowloon
loon side, Report to ROM We a. Hospital. restaurant, you can't go dancing Don Iddon's Diary: Ka
bsen
RELATER
Of
and
rooving to camp
(remont ́pevéraky billion · "Red Rots have deled it and dimmembered parts of "my old/unded that they, must be up to
dollars.
Foreign shareholder won't what are the resultat They've favourite, the origiant Chind before movies teen "get a nickel's worth of divid=
ignored. Up to today Mail. And now, much to my hours. All onda from
the Communists as they are still playing mahjong bitterness and disappointment, been heard who like showing t
keeping long s they ́are, In power and dancing and
I have found the most important parle la pordon De Should the few Kemaining
* part (10 10304.
it-the Den of types of Neelmeyer
types of dress to are contained foreign technical manager position like this: Except for shall be very, very much wonderin
up the Iddon's Diary-missing.
100%"Drew: =Regulations", dong the leave, the whole utility structhe coolle class and a few obliged if you will be so kind ranks of Corporal
whichgae: Paark landed down £6, tón ture would collapse Inside misdirected students, no other as to tell me when and where empang This CHECK TOUR KNOWLEDGE three months The Communists Chinese wants Communism, and
know that, so they won't let me Soviet Rupin itsgif, whether it will never appear and demited.
this article will appear; 'or
collega?? - Compens Ser-the technical men leared they are that Chine should #gain:
November - 8.SKLADE Bel-Rae another/mich die be independent but they agree Thanking you in anticipation, poliation
Kayen more) that to change to
PAT COMO, the "Don, Iddon's 11kry will be res
turnin" to the new China: Mall and
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