NANKING BLUEPRINT
FOR COUNTRYWIDE
RAILWAY NETWORK
Railway transportation across the entire length and breadth of the China mainland-from the remote western wartime capital of Chungking to Shanghai, and from the southern metropolis of Canton to north Manchuria's "Russianised" Harbinis to be made possible for the first time under a new five-year railway rehabilitation, mader- nisation and expansion plan drawn up by the Ministry of Commualcations in Nanking, says a Reuter report.
some
communien-
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1946.
Robert Adams, the well-known West Indian actor of stage, spreen And radio. He
frequently takes part in British Broadcasting. Cor.
Born in British Guiana, Robert Adams passed with honoure the
necessary examinations
and became A schoolmaster Ira the government's scrvice, but, after winning prizes for singing, he decided to study voice production.
This blueprint lays emphasis grebuilding and modernising of the -on China's undeveloped south. Capton-Jankow, Rallway. west and north-west, which are £15,000,000 and three years' work
It It estimated that rich in natural resources,
-will be required to make the line Of 34 new lines, aggregating comparable with any in Europe er 12,230 kilometres,*
planned, the United States,
In the development about 20 will be constructed in ions in the south-west, Szechuan-poration sound and television pro Szechuan, Kweichow, Ninghsin, China's main wood all
grammes. producing Chinghai and Sikang provinces, centre--will be the focal point. Only three short branch rall- ways are provide for the whole of North China and Manchuria. It is believed that the highest possible priority will be given to the plan, as the few existing lines, "covering only one-eighth of the vast territory of China," are described as "absolutely inadequate to meet the rieeds of the country."
Com
However, the Ministry of munications makes it clear that be fore any new construction can be undertaken it must repair damaged
lines.
2121 the
be
Eight lines are scheduled to id down in this province alone, the provincial capital stretching out in all directions, with Chengtu hub. These, when
com- pleted, will enable the province's commodities and produce to reach the coast for shipment abrond with
minimum of delay.
Although not included in the five- Your plan, the constriction of a rallway around Hainan Island, at an estimated
cost reported to have been decided
of £7,650,000 is the authorities.
of Britain Imports
In this connection, it is revealed that
of the 30,205 kilometres railways in China at present, 7,000 have been damaged by Communists within the past few months. in North China alone, Chinese Reds-- who are generally blamed for having caused more dumnge in this respect than the Japanese are alleged have destroyed 147 railway stations, 217 bridges, 140,542 lines, 163,357 sleepern and 74 locomotives.
Foreign Capital
to
For the repairing of at least one line, foreign copiat is being sought, According to an unconfirmed Chinese press report, the Canton authorities are negotiating with an American consortium for a big loan" for the
NANKING BAN ON RICKSHAWS
Following
the recent withdrawal of some 2,00 rwxsnaws from snang- hal by drawing lots, the Social Affairs Bureau of that city received a sul of ou sesions just per muad by the Social
Affairs
Ministry in Nanking, announcing details for the disposui of these vehicles.
The
Ministry's
regulations
IC-
quired, first of all, complete data of
all rickshaws and pullers, to be sub-
Salmon, Throws
by
RICE SUPPLY
MAY BE NORMAL
IN 3 YEARS
In three years' time the Far East will be producing its pre- war supplies of rice, Mr Somer- bined Slam Rice Commission, told the press in Singapore,
Own Fish Away set Butler, chief of the Com-
There Is Do much Ash being raught in England now that the people are having to throw it away. Kenneth Drury, Canadian editor, told a to the Vancouver Central Lions Club.
common
working men in
"But even that inay nol be enough,"
Mr Buller said. "The population of India is increasing by 3,000,000 ench year and the minimum amount of rice which these people will need will be 500,000 tons annually."
Asked why Malayo's rice ration
Wis
less than
India's, Mr Butler-
SMALLER AMERICAN
FAMILIES
CO-OPERATIVE STORES FOR SOVIET RUSSIA
The average American family
S. Khokhlov, president of the shrank to its smallest size in Soviet Central Union of Co- history during the war, and operative Societies, said the though returning servicemen are Government's new decree or- adding to its stature, it pro-ganising "rotailed trade through. bably will never be the same, out the Soviet Union" would the Washington Census Bureau introduco "healthy competition" reports.
Between 1940 and 1043, the size dropped fron na average of 3.75 to 24 members. The bureau
expects 't to level off to about 3.6 by July. 1017, and graduate downward to 3.1 by 1000.
The abrupt decline, in spile of high wartime birth rates, occurred largely because the number of men armed forces · was taken into the greater than the natural increase, the Jureau said.
In a survey on what happened to the American family between 1940 and V-E Day, 1045, the Bureau also found that the number of farm families was sliced by almost 12 per cent. It was the greatest drop_re corded. The Bureau attributed 31 to the call of the draft and higher
pay in war Industries,
into the commercial life of the average Russian.
The new programme, permitting co-operative stores to invade com- munity trading press 'which were previously the exclusive preserves of the late commercial stores, is ex- pected to result in an increase pf consumer goods, according to United Press.
Khokhlov said the decree would expand co-operative societies and permit them to open retail stores. He said co-operative factories would increase production of consumer goods next year couples to a level 50 percent higher than this year.
by 2,000,000,000
Ho paid. "Co-operatives will organise peddling and other trade at market priers but not above the prices established for state commer- cial trado." were and
Healthy Competition
Although many familles broken up during tha war others doubled up, war marriages ratacd the total almost 2,300,000 to He added that this would accen- 37.450.000 in 1945. Now familles tuale the new competition of co- and the off-the-farm crowded cities with more than 3,-time will invade city and town areas movement operative stores, which for the first 000,000 additional familles.
where the commercial stores viously existed alone.
pre-
More Women Wear Pants
"The absence of healthy competi Press, close to 3,000,000 more wonen trade in the city is hindering de- At the same Lime, saya United tion between stalo and co-operative took over that venerable lustituton velopment of trade in agricultural --the pants in the family--when products and consumer goods," their men went off to war. That said. brought the tolat of familien headed by women in the home to 8,200,000 over 20 per cent of the total
creases
he
any
"The high priority given the new co-operatives by the government was However, the Bureau reassured, by
indicated by the decree, which de- "And yet B. C. salmon is still
now "the number of female heads (of
income taxes, eliminates wing shipped to Britain, when
'turnover' tux, and prohibits familica) hos undoubtedly declined other government organisation from people can not buy it here.
The
and the number of male heads in-commandeering their creased correspondingly.
buildings or England can't buy salmon, though.nld: "If the amount of foodstuffs
personnel." it is going into high-priced cocktails," that the average Indian cats
The two-person family remained wRg Mr Drury describe the diets in with the calorife value of a worker's s
in calories and compared
the most popular, spreading
from around. 25 to 20 per cent of all Englund as "very grim." When he rations was there as a delegate to the Empire
The in Mainys, there would be families.
percentage of small Press Union meeting, the egg ration
differences. The ration familles one to four members-in- little Wha one per person per month. It
is worked out on a calorie system creased about 15 per cent and large
families-flve takes into account other food-amille had to be delivered personally
more-decreased people in hotels.
which
about 17 per cent stuffs which may be available."
Chinese Piano Prodigies.
San Francisco's
.
to
Chino Town is
Osacased
very
for
any
These
ог
A ton. of
of rice in Slum is worth The Bureau found that nearly 35, but in Mainya
rice is 1,000,000 more familles were hend same rice worth £200, Mr Buller cald. "Isn't cd by persona 65 years of age and that Incentive
clough
over, bringing a 1945 total of 5.700,- smugler? Slam has a long coastline 000,
increases, the Eureau And It is difficult to Police. Res said, "reflect in part the improved cently the Siamese Government employment opportunities of older people....and in part the greater average length of life as a result of improved bwith faellilies."
passed legislation which empowered the authorities to sentence smugglers of rice to life bnprisonment and con- mitted to the Ministry for Inspection.
scate the shin concerned." All municipalities in the country preparing to welene, three Chinese
"Pipeline" Supply shall immediately stop the manu-plane predigies arriving for a natien-|
Detailing the manner in which facturing of new rickshaws. At the wide tour for the benefit of Chinese rice is collected and shipped. satno time the
Mr cltles are asked to child weltre, says United Press! turn their atention to manufactur- dispatch,
Butler said: "We are given the exportable rice other vehicles and means of
Siamese ing
by the Government ex-rice mills in Bang- transportation.
The youngsters-George Wei, 8. kal and his sisters, Madeline, 10, and
kok. They are scattered
fren all over Efforts should be made to turn un-Sophie, 12-are accompauled by their carry the rice
the place and it is necessary to employed rickshaw men to
down to a
point lines of work. On the other.hand no
other mother and are under the manage where
it can be transferred to two former ment of
American lighters and taken out to scapoint municipality is allowed to list soldiers, M W. Hiddie, ex-manager of ships. The whole transport takes rickshaw ncences among its major re-he Armed Forces redio station In between seven and 14 days
and Shanghai, and Jack N. Anderson, averages parts and accessories of with former Army newspaper correspon- have always got this pipeline_of 10 days. Therefore, wo drawn rickshaws should be utilised in-dent,
rice in transit." or bicycles, but they are under no circumstances to
It would be quite possible to send be used for repairing or
rlee from Slam by rail, he said, rickshaws.
building pedicabs
making
CANADA BIRTH RATE UP
Midnight Father And Cocktail Mother Hit
I doubt if half of it would even
Chinese Pressure On Koreans
Peiping. Dec. 2. Korean High
quarters to-day accused the Chinese authorities of bringing pressure to bear on 95,000 Koreans in Nationalist-held Man- churia to accept repatriation whether or not they desired to return to Korea.
Korcan
quarters
charged tho Chinese authorities were actually treating Koreans as Japanese sub-
Ceyton Tea Trade-eets and trying to force as many
Not Pessimistic
Colombo, Dec. 3: Mr Annesley de Sliva, Ceylon's trade representative in India, who is now in Colombo for consultations, said in an interview to-day that there was no reason for pessimism 25 regards the future of Ceylon ten and rubber.
The general impression in India was that tea prices would reach high levels next year when free auctions are resumed, he said, adding, "11 is
of them as possible to leave China and Manchuria. One reason given for present efforts to speed up the departure of Koreans is that Ainert-
Ls can shipping, which helping Ching to complete repatriation, will month. terminate its job at the end of this
Investigation revealed that actual repatriation of Koreans from Na- tionalist Manchurin could not possibly start until about December 10, so there will not be much time left
for the use nt American shipping-United Press.
Control Of Kore
Lake Success, Des. 2. Well-informed sources fold the that Dr Synighman Rhee had not the alightest chance of securing United Nations action this session in forcing the withdrawal of occupying, troops in Korea,
believed in well-informed circles United Press
very
for
get to Malaya. The train would pinss through areas of great shortage and a great deal of the rice would undoubtedly be
be looted.
that Ceylon's tea trade 19 "There is plenty of shipping, and powerful bargaining weapon it is difficult to transfer large procurement of her essential sup- The "midnight father and the cock-quantities of rice by rall, sa shipping plies, such as food and clothing."
would
to tall mother" ure
appear be to blame for the
way of getting rice to Malaya."
the most suitable | Associated Press. rising tide of juvenile delinquency,
It would not be possible to bring railway for shipment to
Canada's birth rate is on the up- lagher, S.J., head of the Sociology Dr-Slam swing with 0,858 live births during partment of Loyola University of Malaya. the fourth quarer of 1948 compared America. with 06,00% during the same period in 104, he min Statistics reported.
uccording to the Rev. Ralph A. Gal-rice from Burma via the Burg State Agency, Not Gaol. Įmocratic Counell, during the
Berc
Deaths during the quarter totalled 28,642, ngains. 20.583 in
"The children
Imitate adult life
ef about them and they are confused and scandalised by their elders," he said "They are rotbed of their birth- the last right-35,000,000 children between quarter of 1944. There were 28,476 eight and 18 have no religion. Their marriages against 25,009 In corresponding period of 1944.
the parents, movies, comic books and the radio have conspired against them."
SIDE GLANCES
By Galbraith
“I'm taking the pharmacy course what got me intere calod in the carcer is my craving fox ice cream19
Started From Scratch
CX- TC-
"In comparing Burma's rice orts with Siam's, it must be membered that when we went back to Burma in May, 1945, full plans had been made to rehabilitate the rice-growing lands and we got to work right away. There are no such plans made for Sinm and we had to start from scratch"
Mr Butler sold that there bound to be a shortfall on Siam's full rice promise of 1,200,000 tons by Aprit next, but the true position would not be known until the now harvest came in December, according to Reuter.
Proposed for Drunks
The United Nations learned that efforts of Miss Louise Yim, repre- sentative of the South Korean De- past six weeks to find a sponsor for the Korean case had been stymied by: United States and Sovlet
prezaure
on other nations.-United Press.
A stole agency to which local law enforcement agencies may commli habitual drunkards has been pro- CANADIAN FUR ANIMALS posed by a California legislative cam mitee after investigating city county, gaols throughout the state.
and
crowded conditions in many of the The committee repor es that over-
was Suola were due to a great and to an
"Slam made two separate rice agreements. The flrat between Britain and Siam ends in April, and under: it the Siamese undertook to supply 1,200,000 tons of rice. The Jocond in the tripartite agreement between the United States, Britain and Slam. That originally term- Inated in August, but has been ex- tended by two six-monthly periods. If supplies were better by August next the Rice Commission might be dissolved. If not a fresh agreement would have to be drawn up between the three governments, Mr Butler sald.
100 POISONED AT WEDDING
drunkenness. By taking the habl-
uriates off the hands of the local authorities, the prop
departments could devote more time and expense to serious crime detection.
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MILLS * BRADFIELD:
IVE DIVE
AT DAWN
Truth Drug Saves Man Who Forgot
WHEN Private Clarence Paxton, a 30-year-old Canadian soldier, walked out of a court martial at Thursley Camp, Surrey, recently, a free man, he linked up the old story of Rip-van-Winkle with the latest In scientific
romance.
over He
to
He went to Rome and then Naples, where he was arrested by the milltary police. They thought him Italian and sent him back to Viochi naturo. There the Italian police ar rested him.
He had lost his memory in the Italian campaign and not discovered the war was Stockholm, Dec 2. until January this year. desirability of Sweden's was proved to have.told the importing pastel inink and pearl blue truth by his answers when Major 3. F. Cawthorpe, a psychia [oxes from Lanjut to enrich the county's fur stock,
given the "truth drug" (sodium trist, sald that under the influence of is stressed iwo Swedish furriers, Mr amytel) in a Canadian military sodium amytal Faxton revealed all ho Ero Soderstrom and Mr
John hospital.
did before and after his blackout. Ericsson, who are on a stuar tour in Paxton's story, fully-confirmed by rucic the vehicle behi
He said as he was about to board the Canada
behind almost hla own unconscious testimony under crushed him the truth drug, was this:
my opinion," said the doctor, On November 12, 1045, he woke od with terror that he suffered a "Paxton at-bat moment was so all. up five minutes before his unit left genuino hysterical amnesia.” the hill village of Viochinaturo, fung
They any that Canada like Sweden finas a decreasing demand for long- Qurcu furs/tcu.er.
SIAM AND PHILIPPINES
Bangkok, Dec. 3,
on his uniform and ran down the came to be acquitted of
And that is how Private Paxton street after the convoy.
He remembers grabbing the tail-without leave for 393 days. board of a truck and from that
mament his conscious mind is blank until January 16, 1940.
thozo
ctime
absenco.
Harbour Enquiry
New York, Des. 2. Concluding the general debate on the International Children's Emer- gency Fund, the Social, Humanitarian | · and Cultural
The Siamese verument con-him, looked after him all Commitico's Sub- templates esabiisipg formal dip months. When his memory
The villagers, who know and Liked Principles Of Pearl committee to-day heard the Soviet tomatic relations with the Philippines. Back he travelled up and down the statement that in view of the almost total lack of immediately was learned to-day. Preliminary available resources, the USSR felt negouations are now going on be Adriale coast but there were no obliged to abstain from participating ween the Governments. Nai Direk Canadians in Italy any longer. In the establishment of scch fund. Chalyanama, the Siamese Foreign In view of Soviet non-support, the iner, told the House of Repro sub-committee adjourned without a
sentatives ---United Press, final decision-Central News.
SMUTS SEES TRUMAN
Washington, Dec. 2. South Africa's Premier, Marshal
SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT FOR REPARATIONS,
Washington, Doçi, 2.5
On the eve of the sixth annivar- sary of the: Pearl Harbour 'attack, SUPPRESSION OF HUKS the United States Army and Navy
appiokamately : 25. miles":"car)·" of) ter land folle Peart-Iles-con-
adopted the 25 principles of the Congressional Pearl Harbour Com- mittee, including the centralisation Manila, Dec. 3.
of authority of the armed forces. The Luzon zone Military Police
The Army and Navy Colleges havo A gay wedding celebration in the
Command is fighting...an. estimated 400 to 600 Hukbalahaps near San on Service, deficiencies
been instructal to tiny village of Sta. Brigide, 40 miles
to study the report touth-west of Montreal, tumed to
Malco municipality in Rizal province,tributed to t
disas tragedy when approximately 100
Paris, Dec. 2.
n clear cut 'alloch- tests were polsoned by conteminat- Jan Smuts, conferred with President countries should be required to pay
Japan and other defeated Axia Manitx,
of responsibility la et ham which was served at dinner. Truman, and General Eisenhow for reparations in the form of scientific used
works: All branchos.
of the A nearby hospital reported it ac
operations." mero than an hour list night before equipatent to war-damaged coun- employing mortars, machineguns and vestonald keup in close chtel on
information cepted 20 of the more serious cases,
ses, returning to New York to-day, the trica like China for their scientific rifles. The Huk forces were believed whether orders are carried out the while other cases were sent to var White House disclosed. The dis- rehabilitation, according to a Chinese by MP officials to be moving-south clarity of communications and the igus Montreal hospitals.
cussions were, described as purely resolution-unanimously adopted at ward.. One patient was considered in Informal and social. During Smul's a meeting of the Sub-commistion of Central Luzon plain seeking ratugation; to a minimin number of om-
cast of Manila - from the restriction of confidential. Informa serious enouter condition to be ad- stay at the White House he was an Natural Sciences of the UNESCO in southern provinces which are only cials, and the proper functioning.of ministered the last rites of the Roman official guest of the Government general conference this morning lightly manned by MPs United Haison between the Services Cou- Catholic church.
Central News:-
Contral Nows.
Press.
tral News.
Three companies of MP's are
are being