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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1947.
A
I.K. Govt. MORE POWER TO BE RIPLEY
Salaries
Commons Quorios
London, Feb. 24.
Mr. Ivor Thomas, Farilamen- tary Secretary for the Colonies, replying to an inquiry whether a commission would be appointed
to inquire into the adequacy of nalartes
Dald
to Government Servants in Hongkong, said the Colonial Secretary had agreed to the appointment
salaries of a commission whose composition would be, announced sa soon as ponible.
Mr Thomas made no specific reply to the wond part of the question by Colonel Rees Wi- llama (Lab)--usking how such salaries dompared with the re- muneration received by persons
employed professional and
commercial firms in Hongkong.
Replying to another question by Colonel ILoca Williams, Mr Thomas said the appointment to Hongkong Service of an
officer
with trade union experience in this country had been approved and the Colonial Secretary hoped that a villable candidate would: be selected shority--Reuter.
NAZI ROUND-UP
RESTORED
Switch On Monday
For NW
England
London, Feb. 24.
The Prime Minister, Mr Clement Attlee, told the House of Commons to-day that power would be restored to industries in the Northwest area next Monday, "following restoration of power to Midland industries this morning.
Mr Attlee said it was still too soon to decide when power could be returned to industries in the Southeast area where stocks had reached the level of 15 days' supply last night.
He said London power station had, 13 days reserve supplies but dif- Deulties were still beling met in in-1 creasing the amount.
The position on gas restrictions was still under review and the ulmost economy was needed to pre- restrictions puroiling the electricity cuts, the Premier reven]-
vent
Earlier, it had been expected he would announce gas cuts to-day.
80 PER CENT 2
OF GANG
ARRESTED
Air Attlee emphasised that wen- ther conditions still dominated the fuel position and since his last state- blizzards und fog hod fuel transport. How-
nent new
endangertensive efforts from trans- ever, port workers had succeeded in im
proving power stucks, he said.
ECONOMY URGED
-
Posed As Man And Wife:
Allegedly Robbed Hotels
London, Feb, 24.
A self-described London
newspaperman and his beautiful blonde girl-friend were charged to-day with posing as man and wife in English hotels from which they disappeared after allegedly looting the premises..
Officer's Kit
Searched
The couple received newspaper headlines when they vanished. in a blizzard from . Yorkshire r: sort The police, hotel three weeks ago, accompanied by hundreds of volun- teer searchers in the snow-covered nicors, later discovered diamonds and
*
articles other valuable
had also vanished from the hotel.
Wearing a tallared brown
tw:ed cbat 23 fur gauntlet gloves, Winifred
Dickens, 30, a Lendon neret szeretory, appeared in court hand in
Herford, Westphalia, Feb. 24.
More than 80 per cent of the leadors of the German subver- sive movement plotting the re- vival of Nazism, have so far been arrested in "Operation Selection Board," according to a high British Intelligence officer to-night.
He declared
organisation,
hand with en-shaven, smartly Lic which planned
blackmail the Allies with threats of Kerm warfare, existed as an immediately effective force and would have made demands
10
to the Allies thin year,
The round-up of conspirators is
The Premier said that power in the remaining two industrial areas could be restored only if domestic and non-industrial consumers exert- cd the utmost economy.
Mr workers, Praising transport Altice said, "I am glad to report that so far there has been no serious interruption in the flow of coal from the coal telds, to power stations."
To domestic and non-essential in
he said. "Al- dustrial consumers,
response ኒብ the though initial government appeal for ecclenny has en excellent, there is lately been been an increase in consumption, which gives rise to some anxiety."
stil continuing and Intelligence omoers have great hopes of arrest-
Mr Anthony Eden, leading the ng the remaining 20 percent.
Indications that the movement had Opposition, pressed Mr Attlee for a date on the resumption of full power Mr Attlee said it was In London.
because
Londoa. Feb. 24. "Leakages of serret military in- formation which became the bash of articles in the Communist ` press,” was the reason given in the flouse of Commons to-day for the searching of the kit of Captain M. B. Jones, RA, India Command, last month.
hacl
Ower
PICTURE
scenc
Believe it or not this
from comes neither
Alaska, Canada, the Yukon nor the Aninretle. It's n sowed-in rail- way line near Hanfield, England, during the current Jey-blitz. Hundreds of men were used to clear tunnels and sunken rail-beds to restore lines of communication enabling coal to be distributed to fuciless Britain.
Duchess To Sell Art Treasures
For
Reservations
Price 20 Cents
Tel: 27880
Soviet Activities
In Korea
'Iron Curtain' Allegations
Washington, Feb, 20.
A broad hint that the Rus- sians are secretly organising and training Korean troops behind an "iron curtain" in northern Korea came from Lieut-Gen Hodge, commander of the United Slates occupation forces in southern Korea, after a call on) President Harry Truman.
Gen Hodge was accompanied to the White House by Secretary of War l'alterson.
Secretary of State G. C. Marshall also went in toward the end of the conference.
While Gen Hodge made only a cautious reference to the Soviet activities in the northern zone, Dr. Syngman Rhee, 1:ader of the south on interview that the Russions are Korean Democratic League, said in drilling and equipping 500,000 troops there for Incorporation into the Red urmy. "This development in
north Korea is placing Korean nationalista In south Korea under Americans in a very vulnerable position,” he said.
"Numerous Koreans in the Russian zone.ire escaping into the American sector to escape enforced military duty under the Russians. Under the Moscow.. agreement the Americans are not in a position to train south Koreans, The result is routh Koren is left at the mercy of communist in the north."
MacARTHUR CONCERNED. He told the reporter that the Russian activities are well-known facts" in southern Korea "and I be- lleve have caused Gen MacArthur some concern.”
Dr Rhee is the head of a major civilian political group In south Korea and helped Gen MacArthur in selling up the United States zone.
Gen lodge told newsmen appears to be something to the re- training ports that Russians Korean troops.
are
there
Basic English Nationalised
London, Feb. 25. Britain has nationalised basic English. Civil appro- priations accounts publish- ed on Monday, showed that C. K. Ogden, inventor of the simplified language, has transferred his copyright to the Crown in consideration of a £23,000 payment.
The Coalition Govern- ment decided in 1944 to develop basic English as an auxiliary and administrative It language.
uses only about 850 words, compared with more than 414,825 in the current Oxford English dictionary.
Press:
Associated
Footballers
Fail To Get Wages Claim
Union Defeated By League Clubs
Manchester, Feb. 24. Practically every claim of the Players Union: for increased wages and improved conditions failed at a special meeting of the Football League Clubs here to- day.
“::
In the deliberations: which were surprisingly thrown open to the press and conducted by the light of candles and burricane lamps because of fuol cut,
the clubs voted for the Manage ment Committee proposal on wages, giving playera a pound less than the minimum asked for. The new maxi- inum is £11 during the season ond
£9 in the summer.
The advice of the Management Committoo was disregarded on only He reported also that efforts to one point, the clubs deelding not to lift the Iron curtain in Koren und | make the wages increase retrospective failed. Asked whether the Soviets
London, Feb. 24, Art connoisseurs from all dreated Vincent Ower, 33, who des-over the world are expected to erbed himself as a journalist, living crowd the sales rooms of Chris- Mr Arthur Henderson, the Under in London's swanky Kensington dis-tie's in London early in March Secretary for India, who stated this, trict.
to bid for the large and famous was replying to Mr Tom Dribers.)
At the time of their third disap- royal collection of art treasures (Lab) who had asked if he Was aware that "ut 6 am. on January 14 parance fin be show storm) the which the Duchess of Kent is an officer of military Intelligence on, a real estate agent, and
son had been identified as Richard Gres-
nis selling. who had travelled specially
Practically the whole of the collec- from wife, spending the winter vacation at Calcutta and returned there the same
a hotel in
Yorkshire.
lon was made during his lifetime day, searched the kit of Captain
Police
witness
said Ower
by the late Duke of Kent, the whom against
is no offence
es and had youngest brother of King George. It to be coming to Ight.possible tu set i dote, particularly led his books
read all his personal letters, enfessed to the robberies
nitted living with the woman in consists of over 500 pieces, including and removed
vario. private property, including
hoteis. They said famous and valuable paintings, all- eleven
ver, ancient Chinese porcelain, and letters, a photograph, a used cheque pheed all the bit me on himslf.
rare examples of English and French The court remanded the handsome book, and a ballet programme, and
furniture.
are co-operating with the Americans to January 1st this year.
Intimation by the Players Union for trial on March 3 and per- ple what purpose
in their joint trustceship over Korea, was served by, this coup
that they would prefer arbitration mitted ball to Miss Dickens because
noted art expenditure of public money,"
The late Duke was
he replied "There is no change in
Labour to ne the police testified "other women
their behaviour. It is connoisseur, a taste which he in-
#ነር more by the Minister of
ceptance of the whittled down claims Mr Henderson added that the prisoners had been putting things herited from his mother, Queen favourable."
led to the
President. Bir W.C. League adjutant of the unit was present into her head." Ower was refused Mary. His agents attended all the throughout the interview and the
great art sales over the past 20 years,
Under the Moscow agreement of Cuff, telling the clubs that the blan officer, on being invited to show
Committee reserved the right In at least three different hotel papers in his possession, agreed to
inherited some of sents or
to challenge are pledged to administer Korea for do so.
he said, did not re- Any expenditure incurred bberies, it was alleged, the couple's and in addition he received as pre- would fall on the
Ave years. Since the smart appearance convinged
The committee, hotel choicest pieces of Queen Victoria's
as long as clerks they were only going for a
pilvale collection.
liberation of the Koreans from the cognise that there was a dispute be- India-Reuter.
Japanese after 40 years, the United tween clubs and players, which could strofl when they left, but they never
meaning of the States has been seeking to establish come within the returned.
an all-Korea government and to Trades Disputes Act. unify the country with a view to- Mr James Fay, secretary of the ward its eventual Independence as Players Union, commenting on the guaranteed YaltaAssociated clubs wages awards, ald that com- Press.
Continued on Page 4)
begun to put #feelers" out to poilical and other organisations, were sald
of to-day's fog together There was no evidence yet that any with other conditions. He told Mr of the present German political Eden he would make a statement on leaders were connected with the power resumption in London as soon plot.
as possible. NOT WORRIED
Mr Allee sald he was unable to give a guarantee of no gas cuts be- cause of the weather's uncertainty.
United Press,
It was stated that neither Britain nor America were greatly worried over the reports that the organisa- SWEETS RATION CUT tion possessed a secret; weapon and
Londen, Feb. 24. for, It was impossible to
Бо say
Britain's candy ration will be cut whether it
In half for the next four-week ration was just an idle threat. Among the conspirators captured
ured period beginning March 2, Dr. Edith In the Brith zone were Water Summerskill, Parliamentary Secret- Telch, a Lieutenant Colonel of the
of the ary to the Food Ministry, announced SS and former SS leader in the to-day in the House of Commons, Baltic countries; Edmun Beidelmeşr, The fuel restrictions, which have the former executive head of the German Secret Service in the Polish city of La
Lublin.
A mixed stock of arms has been found in the house of one of the arrested lenders,
"We know they have been study- ing all sorts of devilment and it is a fair prefumption that it may be concerned in some way with bac- teriological warfare," a British In- telligence officer said.
ORIGINATED IN 1945
No arrest has yet been made in Berlin, possibly because the organi- sation would have had difficulty in communicaUng with the western
zones.
Continued on Page 4)
*EDITORIAL
Chu. Teh
limited the manufacture of chocolates and confectionery of all kinds, have made this necessary, she raid.
Since October the ration has been four ounces of candy per person per
wees.
I will be two ounces for each of the four weeks beginning March 2.
For the next four weeks it will probably be three ounces, and after tant I was hoped that the regular ration could be restored, Dr Sunmer- skill said.
The sugar, which would ordinarily have gone into the manufacture of candy will not be made available to donastic consumers because it has at- rendy been issued to the manufactur ers, who will add it to their stocks- Reuter.
Government
Italian Peasants
Demonstrate
of
bull.
Miss Diekens alleged statement read in court said she met the man identified as Richard Vincent Jast October and immediately fell in love. said she introduced The statement him to her mother as her fiance, but she Inter learned he was married and also found out a valuable ring was missing from her mother's home.
"I had An estimated 2,000 peasant men
a pretty good idea what
time but each to-day converged on was going on, and women
her from surrounding thought it would be the last," Rome in trucks hill towns to demonstrate for agru statement said United Press. rian reform, bread and work.
Rome, Feb. 24.
The crowd, from villages bombed during the war and who voted Com- munist in the administrative elec tlons last nutumn, fried to reach the govemment headquarters guarded by Carabinieri and jeep riding police.
Byrd Transport
At Dunedin
il
"BLITZ" PURCHASE
the
This collection includes 67 pictures and drawings by famous artists, the most outstanding being a classical group of pictures by Claude de Lar raine. Three of these Claudes sold in 1884 for a total of 11,550 guineas which the Duke of Kent acquired in 1910, for only 3,700 guineas, when of Captain Robert the collection Brassey was
It was in the sold.
"blitz" days of the London
and
many buyers kept away from the sale.
The silver includes 84 lots, in- cluding two mighty vase-shaped made In 1808 and wine-coolers weighing over 387 ounces. There is a pair of decorative silver-gilt can- delabra by John Carter the famous silversmith
dated 1771, weighing Laver 125 ounces.
London, Feb. 24. The main portion of the art col- The United States Antarctic ex-lection is that embracing the English
mers
been severely damaged by drifting Queen Declares War FOUR CHILDREN
This too,
ENERAL Chu Teh may, or may not be right, when he says that all
out war has started between the Chinese Communists and the Kusmin.. tang. In these days when propaganda so often gives way to facts, "all out war" can be regarded as a relative phrase. Nevertheless, if his Inter- viaw with the United Press has any moaning. It is that General Chu Toh has declared his willingness to fight it out with the Nationalists. again, may be bravado, though most unlikely, because the Communists, despite being commensurately ill-equipped, have, proved themselves to be good fighters. They are apecinilata in the guerilla type of warfaro- pinpricking, annoying, and exhausting to the opposition. But in Realf. querilla fighting cannot be conclusive. It has never yet won a battle of Generat Chy, somewhat naively Muffolent Importance to decide a war. admits his military woskness by declaring that his strategy is to "sap the vital strength of the enemy" which means, that he does not appear to bo In a position to carry the war to the enemy's camp and force a decision.
The real Importance of General Chu Teh's interview is that t rastatan, - In fighting wards, the inability (and apparently the unwillingness) of the Communlets and Nationalists to find a common ground whereby the nation as a whole can be given the chanoo of revival. For this is what China "must" have if, sho. ls. prove herself to be one of the five great powers. The tosson that is slowly-much too slowly-being driven home to the Chinese, is that their destinies are being shaped by refractory pxtromlets, far more eager to point to military and political triumphs than to display statesmanship that will bring peace, and happiness to the country, The trus test for the Communiels and the Kuomintang la not which aldo can most successfully wage civil war, but whether either, or both can subjugate their/mania for ruthless domination and bring to the country a state of pagod, and progress.
PERISH IN FIRE
They carried banners inscribed "We want uncultivated land," "We want big farms and big estates," and "We want work and bread.”—United | pedition's ice-baltered transport and French furniture and the beauti- Press.
Merrick finally reached Port Chal-ful porcelains,
These items number 374 lots. The at Dunedin, New Zealand,
furniture includes the after being towed 1,500 miles from Engilah the Antarctic leepack where it had nest examples of Chippendale, "Anne and other 18th floes the Australian News and In- century pieces, whole sets of grace- formation Bureau announced to-day. ful chates and tables of the finest The Merrick, suffered n broken craftmanship. Among the French Anderson, Indiana, Feb. 24. rudder staff after colliding with an examples is an exquisite Louis XV Four small children, members of le foc 30 feet thick, and she was toilet table once the prized posses- the family of a Chinese restaurant towed in by: an icebreaker, escorted sion of that famous connoisseur owner, were burned to death in n by another transport The three Alfred de Rothschild. fire which destroyed their home. - * ships made the trip in 10 days after Harry Chan, aged 36, and Poon battling heavy seas and hurricane Chan, aged 55, father and grand- gales.United Press.. father of the children, were seriously burned and taken to hospital. Harry,
SUPERB PORCELAIN
Ming, Ave and Soon Ling Jr, aged seven, Senja Lee, six, Buck SOLDIERS BURNED Pieces are said to be examples" of died. The cause of the fire was not
| known.—Associated Press.
three,
TO DEATH
As for the porcelain, the Chinese the highest quality. Sales rooma recently have seen remarkable cums paid for Chi'en Lung figures of Phoenixes.
The Kent pair
with Reykjavik, Feb. 24. beautifully enamelled plumage are The United States military authori- 15 Inches high. The. English attractive ties announced to-day that four en- porcelain contains, many Hated men at the Army airfeld here Chelsen and Worcester pieces. were killed on Saturday night when Amongst the finest pieces of their hut burned to the ground. china 13 the collection of Old Flaines starting from a burst oll Dresden including a crinoline group Kure, Japan, Feb. 25.
equestrian pipe and fanned by a high wind de- and
group of Vice-Admiral Sir Denis Boyd, molished the hut, the announcement Frederick the Grost. Commander-in-Chief of the Brilish said. Only two of the 10 men in-
The sale of the royal treasures Pacifle Fket, la due to arrive here side were awake, and the blaze i will be dispersed in five sessions be- to-day aboard his flagship HMS travelled too fast for all the men to
tween March 12 and March 14, Belfast.—Associated Press.
be warned.United Press.
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