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The King Visited Too Generous
By His
Doctors
LONG TREATMENT LIKELY
London, Sept. 19.
an-
Some of the King's doctors visited him in Buckingham Palace today following their nouncement last night that structural changes had developed in His Majesty's lungs,
They stayed for an hour.
Palace officials, however, would not identify the specialists.
Scales
Louisville, Kentucky,
Sept. 10.
Grocer Ben Kelman wIS Aned $20 in a municipal court for using scales which the customers too KATE much for their money.
City Weight inspectors sald Reiman's scales were off one ounce in favour of the customer. They said -the law ties that scales "must be correct."—United Press
Five Years
The Evening News suggested
the King's 15 years of that
relentices and selfless devotion tha!
to duty" may have led to a condition "In which mental and causes have visiblz spiritual and bodily effects." Associated Press.
A London lung specialist said tha the announcement's careful wording suggested
the Royal doctor were stil not sure wha was the lung trouble. The specialist said that there were many diseases of the lung and that the bulletin gave no hints. Treatment of he King's Jliness was
was likely to bo Jong hy Groups of people slood around
outside Buckingham Palace all DEATH OF MR
day today. They taw Princess Elizabeth, the King's heiress. drive in during the afternoon to visit her father.
H.E. MORRIS
Messages of sympathy from Shanghai Owner Of
Derby Winner
For Of
Contempt
Court
New York; Sept. 19. Judge Samuel Leibowitz dis- missed the bribery and conspiracy indictment against 18 former
New York policemen on Wednes-
day and sentenced the book- maker Harry Gross to ve years in gaol for contempt of court when he refused to name the defendants as protectors $20,000,000 per empire.
The climax to the mass con-
trial
when the esme
of his year gambling
many par's of the world reach- ed the King today following lant night's announcement.
News was received in Hong-piracy are still going Arrangemen's ahead fer the Royal tour of long by private telegram this dapper bookmaker sat in silence Australia and New Zealand next morning of the death last night on the witness stand. He was year-Router.
of Mr H. E. Morris, joint pro-he State's key witness against prietor of the former North the suspended or retired pallec- China Daily News, and for many men.
WAVE OF CONCERN
London, Sept. 20.
Several London newspapers on Wednesday demanded that the King's subjects be told more about his iness.
A wave of concern swept the on the of a medical bulletin from the King's decors, reporting cryptically that "struet ural changes have occurred in cne of his lungs.
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Tories Confident Of Winning
THE CHALLENGER
WINSTON CHURCHILL
years one of Shanghai's leading Grass action followed a 20- TYPHOON
and most successful race-pony month Investigation by Brooklyn Distriot Attorney Miles Mc- overs,
besit.
from
Mr Morris died from throm- Donald into an alleged link be- fween corruption and law en- of forcement officials in New York. His face flushed with emotion, Mr McDonald stood before the bench in the King's County Court and moved for dismissal of the eald IL Was indictment. He "futile to go on!"-United Press.
Shanghai's most prominent for sign citizens, Mr Morris eamed fame as being the owner of Manna, winner of the English no public Derby and the 2,000 Guineas in The King had
of Marna in crgagements today, but was re-1925. The rider
the late Steve ported to be up and around at both events was Buckingham Palace. Outside, a Donoghue, small crowd millod throughout the day.
The Evening Star sald " is The 38-storey temple is to be to be hoped" that the doctors | completed in time for the "will continue to keep us la-academic year which Marls in formed as fully as possible on the Autumn of 1952-United his progress.".
COMMENT OF THE DAY
Press,
U.S. Physicist Missing
Washington, Sept. 19.
The physicist, Milton Pugh, 30, has not been heard from since he left his home in nearby Arlington, Virginia, en route to his job at Jacobs Instrument Company, Bethesda, Maryland.
-United Press.
TO MISS
COLONY
Expected To Pass
Well South-
is expected to The typhoon pass 100 to 150 mlies south of
he Colony this evening,
It is warned However,
Oct. 25 Election
CHURCHILL SUMMONS "SHADOW CABINET"
Party Conference To Be Postponed
London, Oct. 19.
When it was known that Mr Attlee had fixed October 25 as the date for new general elections, a spokesman at Conservative Party head- quarters said he expected a clear majority of 26. or over for his Party in the 625-seat House of Commons.
Immediately after Mr Winston Churchill and Mr. Clement Davies, the Liberal leader, had received letters from the Prime Minister announc- ing his intention to dissolve Parliament, Mr Churchill summoned his "Shadow Cabinet" to talk over election tactics.
Recent public opinion polle on an election--a usually reliable index of political trends in Britain-have indicated that over 50per cent of the electors con- sulted declared they would vote Conservative,
In-
An eltetlen on October 25 | a year-100,000 more than La-, soon as their official, engage. will enable the Socialists to bour has been able to erect. ments are finished, They hold their annual Party cont The Conservatives are pledged | elude the Foreign Secretary, fcrence, opening at Scarborough | to de-nationalise the iron and Mr Herbert Morrison. Mr Hugh on October 1. But instead of steel industry which was trans Galtakell, the Chancellor of the running for five days it wiil ferred to public ownership last Exchequer, and Defence
the new end on October 3.
Minister, Mr Emanuel Shinwell who are all at Ottawa for the the North Atlantic Treaty talks. Mr
Relations Cammonwealth
'Minis-
Inw.
should
year.
Patrick
Gordon-Walker,
the
of the Board of Trade is at a tariff conference in Geneva.. —
way
THE DEFENDER
CLEMENT ATTLEE
COMMONWEALTH SUPPLY TALKS
Hongkong To Be Represented
(Our Own Correspondent)
London, Sept. 19% Mr
E. G. A. Grimwood, Director of the Hongkong Government Office in Lon- don, will represent the Colony on a panel of experts which will advise and assist the Minister of State for the Colonies, Mr John ̈Dugdale, during the Commonwealth' supply conference which opens here on Monday,
If it went beyond that date They might also modify it would cut into the statutory present Stafe control of road period of three weeks required transport. But they are unlike- for the election campaign. ly to repeat the nationalisation Unless the storm changes
the Bank of England, the ter, and the Colonial Secretary, The Conservatives.could then of
Mr. James Grimths are: its track to a more northerly insist that the conference cut- coal mines, gas and electricity r
St
·RED STAR OVER
direction, Hongkong will not lays Lord Beaverbrook'y mass clr-
be 'included intervices, civil airways or wire-Africa for talks there s
Shawcross, President MOSCOW
election Expenses- less and telegraph communica-Hartley culation Evening Standard de-
experience typhoon winds, oficial
limited by tions, clared in an editorial that f'more
Moscow, Sept. 19.
'Police in epecific information should be
Steeplejacks
Bast Coast States according to an official Royal which are strictly began climbing carried on
All these have been taken Reuter. released as soon D5 possible"
an intensive search Observatory statement is- of Moscow Univer today for
The Conservativo Party's con-
over by the Stale since Labour about what is wrong with the the spire
WASHINGTON REACTS sity', now King.
1,050-foot "Temple since Monday is missing sued at 11 o'clock this
came into power in 1945. from his work on morning.
ference, due to follow at Sear- "Rumour feeds on ignorance," of Learning today to put in special instruments for the De
borough about a week later,
The Conservatives will not
Washington, Sept. 10, 12-ton ruby-studded
fence Department,
the will have to be cancelled. Enid the Standard. "The Bri- place a
Interfere with
national Firs! reaction
in political tish peoples all over the world five-point Soviet red star on its
By choosing October 25, Mr health and social security ser-quarters here to the announce top. should be told the facts."
Clement Attlec, the Prime vices under which the Britishment of British elections that Minister, give his
Labour get free medical and dental one of satisfaction because of local winds will increase in in- Forty the propaganda advantage treatment, and Increased pen-the hope that it would give one tensity during today and will of a conference which may heal, | ɛlon.'
Party or
The panel will meet under the other in Britain
the chairmanship of Mr Dugdale probably-reach-gale force...this a least temporarily. present.
afler each daily session of the evening and tonight.
breaches between Labour Right "The Labour and Conservative good working majority.
This was election machines, have
reflected in Here is the text of the Royal wing and Left-wingers now de-
the Commonwealth Ministers, They Observatory statement:
geared up for months past for comment of various persons, will review the day's work and At 9 o'clock Hongkong time manding arms cuis.
including Representative Chris-advise the Minister of State on At the same time, he will the coming struggle.
concerning the this morning the typhoch was probably deprive the Oppoaljon As soon as Mr Attice mode his tian Herior, who fathered the any subject
220 miles st:uated
southeast of of its chance of a real election
Marshall Plan in Congress. broadcast, party organisers Hongkong moving west at 10 to send-off.
It is belleved the panel may swung into action, arranging
Mr Herter said: "The election nominate three of their, mem- 12 kacts, and was passing about! A Emneral election will be 50 miles south of Pratas wher: held on October 25, it was off rusted propagand country call is an excellent thing. In bers to attend the daily meet-
house canvassing country-view of the small working winds of 50 to 60 knots have claily announced tonight.
ings af Ministers to ensure wide meetligs,
imajerity the Labour Party has that been reported for some hours.
and Parliament meets on October
Colonial interests the rift within on its 4 and will
had and If the storm continues
be dissolved
viewpaims are represent-
fully I present truck It will pass from Ocleber 6,
good thing ranks, it is a 100 to 150 miles south of Hong-
Eed during the talks. The Liberals, who hold almost have showdown, now After the
the elretion Members of
One of the questions of kong this evening.
Parliament will re-assemble on
a balancing position in the pre- whichever Party wits there can sent
specific interest to Hongkong Parilament "stalemate"
be a solid working majority.
which Wednesday, October 31.
be rated during with their nine members, may
"To us is not to importen: the talks is the problem of critically, affect the outcome, of the election.
which Porty wins. as that they crsuring adequate supplies of for the Colony's ship- zhould be able to work efficient-sicel
and have
ef building ly
a feeling
and
ship-repairing industrica. security."-United Press.
The Development Fund LEGISLATIVE Council action was
or
taken yesterday to give practical cffect to the forecast made by Sir Geoffrey Follows when he presented his Budget last March that a Development Fund would be created from profits which have accrued from the trading and financing operations of the Depart- ment of Commerce. There will be general satisfaction with the decision to give reality to the proposal. The profits which Government has derived from its post-war trading activities must be regarded as a windfall and therefore something apart from general revenue. Government has decided to make use of these funds by allocating them for undertakings which benefit all, substantial sections of the community, and there can be no complaint about this as a general principle. The decision to finance the whole of the Tai Lum Chung reservoir scheme may cause some eyebrow-raising. An undertaking such as this normally becomes a charge against current revenue or loan, and it might fairly be argued that the pro- ject should be financed accordingly. On the other hand the Tai Lum Chung reservoir is undoubtedly n development scheme which, it is promised, will bring considerable benefit to the whole of the Colony in that it will enable a full supply of water for domestic consumption irrespective of a drought or near drought. On the score of doing the greatest good for
..the. greatest number, the new reservoir project qualifies for financial assistance from the Development Fund. It is, expected that the Fund will start off" *with a capital of $59 million. The Tal Lum Chung undertaking will require $40 millions, leaving an Immediate balance of $10 million. It is observed/ with satisfaction, that Government does not nropose to allow this money to remain idle. First call on it will be a $2 million loan to the Hongkong Housing Society to enable the construc
tion of model flats for workers. This has been described as a pilot scheme, the expectation being that it will prove sufficiently 'successful to justify expansion. If such prove to be the case, a further $18 million in the Development Fund are earmarked for the purpose. When the suggestion was made a little more than a year ago for the construction of workers' flats on a non-profit basis it received wide public approval, and Government, apprecluting that here was a first-class scheme for helping to alleviate the accommodation problem confronting the lower strata, immediately identifled itself with tho project. Government's interest is now to take a practical form, and few, if any, will deny that the Development Fund monies allocated and reserved for the building scheme will be well spent. Wo believe Government has shown wisdom in - giving financial aid to this pro- gressive and much-needed undertaking. How much more money will become available in the future for non-recurrent development schemes obviously depends on how much longer the Department of Commerce continues its trading and. financing and can realise a profit from such
due activities. In
course, presumably, these operations will cease because they will become unnecessary; wherefore the Development Fund cannot -indefinitely continue to be "sweetened" allocations... Nevertheless by new accumulations will be forthcoming for time and the Fund might well financo developments such as additional public gardens and recreation grounds in Kowloon and Hongkong. The proposed sports stadium might also well qualify for an allocation. This is a fund that should be used, not allowed to llo fallow.. in investment, and there are public amenities in plenty which the Colony requires and which morit the financial. backing of the Development Fund,
Winds at Hongkong are ex- pected 40 Increase gradually, prebably reaching gale force this evening and tonight.
no cx-
Typhoon winds are proted unless a change of track |
to a mere northerly direction
occurs.
The local No. 1 typhoon signal
remains up.
STILL TÅKING
SECOND PLACE
on
King George will hold a State opening of the new Parliament on Tuesday, November 6,
1
THE LIBERALS
been
Despite their poor represen- PREMIER'S BROADCAST
tation in the House of Com- In a special broadcast conight mons, they are several millions the Prime Minister, Mr Clement strong in the country. In the Atlee, aald, "For 18 months the last election they put forward Government has carried on the over 470 candidates, but this affairs of the
time they are expected to have nulih a country very small
majority in the House many fewer, In that case much of Commons,
of the Liberal vote is likely to be divided between Conserva- "I consider that the time besives and Labour.
now come to ask the electors
for a renewal of confidence in
The Communist Party an- the Government and to give itnounced tonight that it would adequate Parliamentary support put up 25 candidates, all but in order to deal with the im-
Washington, Sept. 10. The State Department today dented a Press report that Indo portant issues with which the one of whom had been chosen,
Country ia faced at home and They will oppose Mr Herbert China probably would get equal | abroad." proud.
Morrison, Mr John Strachey, priority in arms shipments with Mr Winston Churchill, leader Mr James Griffiths, Mr Hecor the United States forces In
of the Conservatives, who is McNeill, Mr. George Isaacs and Korea.
tipped to win the elections, is Mr W. J. Edwards, all of whom The Department's spokesman, believed to have his Cabinet are Ministers.. Mr. Lincoln White, questioned already planned about the New York newspaper | The policy on which the report, said. "There has been no Labour Party is likely to fight change in the priority rating set the election includes: by the Joint Chiefs of Staff
French Last Spring, when the
1-An appeal for a working | to the majority in Parliament. Government appealed United States for quick delivery
of
.
Mr Churchill and Mr Robert Boothby; another. Conservative, will also have Communist, op. ponents..
In the last election the Com- munis.s lost the two seats they
2-Full support for the had previously held. to help the French and three-year arms programme. mms Indo-Chinese forces ztem a
The present state of the par- Vietminh offensive, the joint -A world plan for mutual ties in Parliament is as follows: Chiefs of Staff had put a No. 2 aid for under-developed coun- Labour priority on such shipments- to Indo-China. Korea had a No. 1 rling-Reuter.
Russia Seeking
Persian Oil
tries
313
Conservatives and ibeir
Allies
206
4-Break up of mon-polles. Liberals
6. Price and profit controls Independen;
Speaker (Chairman)
to keep prices down, garish Nationalis:s
B-State control of fruit, vegetable and fish distribution. Three sea's are vacant.
On the other hand, the Con- If the Labour Party keeps to Teheran, Sept. 10, mervatives will stress the noed schedule and holds its Scar- Tussia, has asked for Persian for high production with priority borough bonference on Ctober all, a Persian Finance Ministry given to remement
1, the programme will be source, bald here today and higher Hving costs can only
They will claim that drillation drastically changed to avoid The Boviet Ambarrador M. Ivan Sadchikov, was also has be checked by fresnic industry controversial issues spiliting the
Party into Government ported to be calling on Dr. from some of the proent Gov- Mohammed Mowading, the ernment restrictiune perters vertus Devallen Persians Prander, before lony They would aim at alleviating
Many Cabinet Mfrlabora Dre
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