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Iranian Govt ·
To Crack Down On Communists
Teheran, Apr. 24.
The Iranian government has decided to crack down, on the Communists, who have become in- creasingly active during the past few months, a high-ranking official said today.
The source said that Government Ministers 'decided on counter-mensures against the Reds at a meeting at the Foreign Ministry after receiving information that the Communist-led,.outlawed Tudeh Party planned a mammoth demonstration m May Day.
Egypt Replies To Proposals
Cairo, Apr. 24.
today to Egypt replied the British proposals for
1936 the
Anglo-Egyptian Pact, a 20-year-old pact which Egypt wants to have modified.
De'alls were not disclosed but it was understood that the reply considered the previous British proposals unsatisfactory inade counter-proposnis.
and
the
reaching Information Government said that the Tudeb Party, banned in February 1940 following i abortive attempt
atsarginate Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, planned to plaster the elty with posters demand- ng reinstatement of the party and eading
on Iranians to demonstrate parade
Teheran.
The nature
man's
płatned
jn
of the Guvern- counter-men- sures was not disclosed, but the thee sald the Ministers of War Interior, the Chief of and Police, the Army Chief of Staff and the deputy Foreign Minis- had formed a "National ter Security Council" to act against been the Reds
The Communists had under cover for about a year, but became active again as the and Iran got on they terms. Recently Soviet Union better have been acting under the cloak as the organisations f such "National Association for strug-
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Communits have been of control. They gelling out exploited every means of creal- ing disorder.The Government to put a stop to now is going
"United Press.
The Foreign Minister, Moham-le against the Anglo-Iranian med Saleh El Dia Bey, handed Oil Company." The source said:
the British An- the reply to bassador, Sir Ralph Stevenson,
reports said that these proposals provided for Britain's gradua) évuetation of the Suez Canuj Zone but return im- of or an - on an outbreak
Unofficial
mihence of war.
Egypt wants British troops cut of her country,
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Among 60 guests who celebrated the 62nd birthday of Charlie Chaplin at the Savoy were David Farrar, his seven-year-old daughter, Barbara, who cut the cake, and Rosamund Johns. But Chaplin himself was 7,000 miles away in the United States. And no one at the party had met him personally. Host was a film exccu- tive.--London Express Service,
Today's Trials In
MADE FALSE Canton
REPORT
Angolo Oscar,
22.
of
36
Observers in Ladon believed that the new proposals deat more with the security of the
Catchick Street, second hoor, was Middle East. The Sudon is nor mally tindler Anglo-Egyptianned $50 or one week rule but Egypt wants it under latimes at Central this morning her sovereignty, While Britain for causing a pubite mischief,
pido
their own future..
eypt has been seeking.a.rc-
a
by
Ging
Today is
"Denunciation
Big Gold
Bars Seizure
$1,000,000 Worth
Confiscated
Day" In Canton and is to be marked with a mass meet. Mring at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, in which
More than $1,000,000 thousands of people in all
expected worth of gold bars were walks of life are to be present, according to ordered to be confiscated to the Crown by Mr Winter at a Chinese press report.
The repon further says that Kowloon this morning. The this rally is held by the come bars totalling 3,600 taels
who mon request of the people,
were found on six persons reactionary wish to see that all cut of the each carrying 600 taels, clements are weeded out
of police province and Justice done to when a party those who suffered Injustice at
Sub-Insp. W. M. Sudanese maintains that the should be given a chames to de-prosecuting said that at abou:
10.50 lam night, defendant
rang from Blake Pier report- "999" 2872 ing-the-he-had-lost his wallet. When
Police party
under arrived, Sub-Ing.
Gingles telendant was not to be located. Later upon his return to the pier, defendant denied having used the telephone and having lost his wallet.
vision of the 1936 Treaty ever mere rigorous slice the war. The treaty governs both presence of B
Egypt and the status Sudan
It was
Stre
troops B
of the
understood at the
10
weekend that Egypt wanted
both these questions zettled together.-Reuter,
be
Defendant pleading guilty to the charge said that he was under the influence of liquor.
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the hands of the landlords and vislied the my Glenartney Government officials during the anchored at A2 buoy yester-
day. reign of the Nationalists.
Twenty-three persons, alleg
un-
ed to be Nationalist agents and The police first arrested three landlords, will be arraigned be-
men, Ho Hon, 20, unemployed, fore Hung I-ping, the Military giving his address as room 200, Tribunal Judge at the Memorial Sing Kwong Hotel, Nathan Hall this afternoon.
Road, Ting Hon, 30, unemploy- Among
them are, Chen Chia-ed, is Fa Yuen Street, ground ching, charged with the murder floor and Teang Sei, 38, of General Yang Chich in Hong- employed, residing at 39, Ferry kong and Chow Tung, charged Street, ground floor. They were with arson and murder of the taken into custody in the smok- Soviet Consulate stoff in Can-
during the split between ing room of the vessel. the Kuemingtang and Commu- nists in 1927.
ton
The report adds that the trial will be broadcast and can be province
heard in the entire and Macao,
CHEVALIER IS
PEEVED
Quotes, Apr. 24. The French actor, Maurice here Chevaler, who errived today, said that the United States dld him "an immense injustice" in denying him entry because he signed the Stockholm. peace
pl Chevalter, who came in the
M
Empress of Canada, admitted that he had signed the petition but added, Yes, I did it, but in good faith. Thousands of Frenchmen have signed it."
20,000-ton liner
M. Chevalier said, "Scmeone came around.asking. I was against the atomic bomb 110 matter who used it and well, nobody likes the atomic bomb."
Who viss was refused to the acte: by the Amerkan Embassy In Parks Router.
Youthful Divan Keepor
An 18-year-old youth, Chan Yik, was arrested for keeping an opium divan on the roof of 559, Canton Road. He was died: $500 by Mr Winter, at
Some time later three other men, Pang Wah,, 40, of 22, Yee Wall Street, 1st floor, La Wah, 30, seaman, 47, Cheung
Sha Wan Road, ground. Roor and Wong Pul, 37, seaman. Nanking Street, 1st floor, they arrested when were came on board..
3,
the six men This morning
Mr failed to appear before Winter to answer the charge of illegal export of gold and their bail of $100 each were or- dered to be estreated.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1951.
KIDNAPPING TRIAL
Accused Man Gives Evidence
The case for the defence three the trial of in Northern Chinese who are accused of the kidnapping of Д 12-year-old schoolboy, Stephen Ha, in Kowloon on January 30 last was con- tinued this morning before the Senior Puisne Judge, Mr at the Cri- Justice Gould, minal Sessions. The boy cave on was detained in Lion Rock for two days and nights,
Kowloon this morning and two
·Stor:
6. Structures, or ponirivantes oplum addicts were each fined serving to treat the foros
lot waves and protect: « harbour,"
further
The accused charged were Wong Sau-po, alias Ting Sau- po, 39, Toul Ngai-man, alias Au
And 32
Cheung Yeung-wab,
The first and second Min, 42. accused
were
additionally charged with ultering a letter demanding $40,000 with menaces from Mrs Ha Yeung Hak-sung, mother of the schoolboy, while third tecused was charged with the robbery ol wrist watch from the boy. being 19
con- The Prosecution ducted by Mr 3. Reynolds by Counsel), assisted (Crown
The Det-inp. T. Kavanagh.
their conducting accused are own defence.
Testifying in the witness- box, second accused denied his He alias was Au Young-wah, raid he had formerly been a and journalist Nonking prior to his arrest was working He a local magazine.
the denied all knowledge of kidnapping of the boy or of the attering of a threatening letter. He
only came to know of the uf- e declared, ter his crrest. peated allegations had made earlier that statements he had made to the Police had been obtained from him under duress.
for
m
He
TC-
he
Cross-examined by Crown Counsel, accused admitted that
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HARDOON BUILDING ACTION
Cross-Examination Of The Defendant
This
Morning
The only property he ever sold out of the estates left to him by his adopted mother, which were valued at CNC$120 million in 1941, was a small piece of vacant land in Hardoon Gardens, David George Hardoon told the Hon. Leo d'Almada, KC, Counsel for the plaintiff, in cross-examination, when the Hardoon Building action continued be- fore the Chief Justice, Sir Gerard Howe, in the Supreme Court this morning.
sold for US$15,000 to Jen Dao
This land was Chen, plaintiff, in final settlement US$26,542, Hardoon said.
Plaintif claims that by an agreement entered into between him and defendant on February 28 het year, the Hardcan Build- ing situated at the corner of Nanking Rond and Honan Road, was sold to him for
ATK 200
He is seeking a from the Court that
declaration had agreed to seli
the
of a loan of
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ALICA, Europe, p.m., 8.0.A.C.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 27 By Air Canada, U.9.À., 8.30 a.m., C.P.A.L.
Formosa, 10 a.m., C.A.T. US Mission To
+
Formosa
Washington, Apr. 24. Deputy Defence Secretary Robert Lovelt safd today 300 be assigned to the
the property at that price, and for canveyance of the property.
Datendant claims that the men may transaction was a mortgage loan and not a sale or my agreement for sale and in the alternative, that if the transaction were a sole or an agreement for sale, it was unfair and should not be enforced.
Last week, his Lordship held that the Count had jurisdiction to hear the case. The question hud raised by Counsel for the been Defence.
Appearing for the plaintiff are
of
military mission 10 Formosa.
The departure of the initial
Formos group for nouneed last week.
was on-
Mr Lovell told a news con- ference the size of the mission may be increased by 400 to 500 meti, but derlined to elaborate on the reasons.
via
Indo-China, France. French North Great Britain, 10
& West Africa,
a.m.. Air France.
Slain,
Burma, India, Pakistan, Middle East. Africa, Europe,
p.m., B.Q.A.C.
Malaya, Indonesia Ceylon, B.N. Bomeo, Australia, New
4 p.m., Q.E.A.
Zealand,
Formosa, 5 p.m., H.K. Alewaya. "
By Burtaco Macho, 8 a.m.; 4.30 p.m.. sg Yu Men/Tak Shing
9.30
Chino, People's Republic, a.m. train via Canton.
Philippines, 10 a.m., as Holmla-
Miloya, 2 p.m., 19 Anking.
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H.K.T.
4.00, Programme Summary: 6.07, Stories from World History "Magel ban" (BBCTS): 0.2, "strictly From He said the purpose of the Dixie": 0.40, Carlos Nunes and His US mission is to irain, equip Cocoanulgrove Serenaders (Studio); the Hon. Leo d'Almada, KC, and
and advise the Chinese Na- 7.00, "Lucky Dip" Variety Requests Pouline Spence Mr Brook A. Bernacchi, instructtionalist forces. He declined to resented
(Studio); 8.00, World News and News ed by Mr M. A. da Silva comment when reporters asked Analyals (London Relay): 0.15, An Drtendant is represented by Mr whether the Nationalists might Interview with Major-Genera Basil Coad, CBE, DSO (Studio): 8.30, ""Take John McNeill, KC, instructed by receive equipment and training From Hore" with Joy Nichole, Dick Mr
B. N. Casper, of Messte
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and Jiminy Edwards Wilkinson and Grist.
the mainland of China-Asso- (BECTS1; 9.00, "From The Editorials" The
(Relay Recorded): D.11, "Services ciated Press.
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Goodnight Music: 1129, Weather Report; God Save The King; 11.30, Close Down.
crass-examination defendant which yesterday
commenced Was resumed this
he previously lived in a fiat in moramo told
1.
Canton Road but had moved to a boarding-house on Febraury It was purely a coincidence, he asserted, that it happened to be the same day that first accused was arrested. He denied he had written articles
the pen- name of
Auth. He moved to the boarding-house be- cause he wanted better accom- medation and because he had received a gift of $380 from a clansman named Tsui Wah.A
made to statement he had
the
Police was done at the sugges- Kavanagh, he tion of Ing.
porate alleged, who told him to incor- something about the with anti-Com- kidnapping munist activities.
A REFUGEE Third accused said he was a refugee and lived at Junk Bay. He came to the Colony last De- cember. Four or five days be--
incident
Mr d'Almada that he wits not in a position
to place any value on his pro- SPANIARDS
perties in December 1949. He did not think their values had
been seriously affected by the DEFY Communists' entry.
ût
was
FINAL SETTLEMENT
piece of land out The only of the properties which he in- herited from his mother in *1941, which were then valued
anillion, CNC$120 vacant plot in the Hardoon Gardens. This was cold for US$15,000 to plaintiff, and was to be treated as final settlement of a loan he obtained from him for US$26,542.
GOVT.
San Sebastian, Spain, Apr, 24. Thousands of Spanish workers defed government threats of dis- missal from their jobs -- on Tuesday to go on strike against high cost of living across the industrial and commercial life of two northern provinces,
Estimates of the number of
strikers in Guipuzcoa and
Hardoon sald that a pro-Vizcaya provinces ranged up to missory note for HK$25,000 300,000, and the strikes were given to plaintiff, which he spreading.
redeemed, had subsequently
Scores of suspected contained a statement that the waters were arrested, but deeds of the Hardoon violence was reported.
tille
Building
ged
013
man
van accused he met a named Tsui and another man named Wu In Kowloon, He was introduced to Wu whom he was told would be able to arrange a 10 Talwan, passage for him where he wished to go. He met Wu again another day and Wu told him to meet him at Wong Tol Sin, Kowloon City, in three days' time. On January 30, accused was on his way to stay with a friend at Wong Tai Sin when he met Wu who was ac- companied by a child, Wu fold him there was some frouble in the child's family and asked ae- cused to look ofler him, in the Accused meantime.
was told to take the child up a
hill, and Wu then left. Wu returned the food following morning with and added that the trouble in the child's family was still un- settled and that the child must remain with him, (accused),
Third-accused denied ho had. robbed the boy of a watch. Ho sald he had the boy's consent to use his wrist watch as he wanted to keep dime. It was not true, he declared, that he had matched the watch away from the boy. ·
The trial is proceeding,
WARNING
TO
FISHERMEN
for
the
strike
no
Bustamente--In- Trouble Again
Kingston, Jamaica, Apr, 24. Mr William Alexander Busta- mente, Jamaican Communica- Minister and Jabour tions leader, was fined £15 for acts calculated to cause disobedience the and dissatisfaction among police.
Mr Bustamente is the senior of five members elected by. had been pled-
security
Strikens prolonged the work the Jamaica House of Repre
the Governor's loon. He said I was unfor-toppage into the second day sentatives to tunate that this note had either despite stern warning from the Executive Council.
sivil governments ce both pro- heen lost or destroyed.
In re-examination, Hardoon vinces to return to work at 7 a.m. told his Counsel that if tax in ar face being fired.-United Shanghai was not paid on due Press. date, there would be heavy penalties. He declared that his
a
A
office in Shanghat never asked SIDE GLANCES him to
to remit money for the
of
paying tax. purpose
T. Suen of Prince's Building sold that he was member of
property valua tion committee in Shanghal, under the Kuomintang both Government and the present Suve
un official He held regime. appointment to value property. of the opinion Witness was that the vale an Hardoon Building, situated at the commer of Nanking Road and Hoлan of about Road, with un area 2.7 mow, was about US$240,000 in January and February, 1850.
Hearing is proceeding."
"Nye" Witholds Opposition
London, Apr. 24..
The House of Commons to- night agreed to the general principle of a bill to legalise the charge of half price for States spectacles and dentures, one of the causes of the resigna Hon of Mr Aneurin Bevan and, following him, of 'Mr Harold Wilson
as the Conservatives favoured the charge there was no vote.
A directive has been issued by Mr Bevan did not today push the Chinese, Communist Naval his opposition to a division and Headquaters in Carlton, warning all fishing boats not to come into prohibited waters in the Outer and Inner Lintings and Manshan groups of Islands, anys a Chinese press report
Any veral ignoring" the' order! will to' frock an
Hilary Marquand the Health, Minister, told the House that the charges need not be regarded as permanent,
About half a dozen Labour The report adds that Com- Member of Parliament, imumlet patrol boats are out ating a dentist and an optician, night watching for trespassere. criticised the charges Reuter.
includTM |
On hearing the decision, Mr Bustamente jumped up and de- clared, "This is a plece of con- spiracy"-Reuter.
By Galbraith
DOP: 1941 BE A SERVICE, ING. T. WE RED, SE'N PAT, OFFĄ,
John doesn't change him any more! He stuck himself with a pin, and I'll see that Jackle never toamna such