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VOL. II NO. 273
Eden Hurt In
Car Smash
.
Mr
London: Aug. 19-Mr Anthony Eden was injured today when his car collided with a RAF vehicle on a bypass near Footscray. Eden was cut and bruised, but continued his journey after first aid at the Orping ton General Hospita!.
He
travelling to Chartwell, near Westerham to see Mr Winston Chur- chill.
was
Mr Eden's chauffeur was not Injured, nor were the RAF of the occupants vehicle.--United Press.
No Water Or Light In Cadiz
Districts Devastated
The
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Dollar Crisis: Anxiety Grows
In London
Washington, Aug. 19-The British Cabinet cabled Sir Wilfrid Eady, leader of the British dele- gation at the "dollar crisis" talks in Washington today, emphasising the growing anxiety in London at the steady drain on Britain's dollar holdings, British sources here reported. The increasing gravity would be stressed when the second session of the Anglo-United States talks open at 7 p.m. GMT. Sir Wilfrid Eady, after late night discussions with his staff and further conferences this morning, will, it was understood, go into today's meeting with facts and figures on how the remnants of the loan are draining away,
that the British sources stated
had dollar crisis
worsened con- siderably since the Conference was planned, largely owing to the con- vertibility of sterling, which came into force on July 15.
British Lord Inverchapel, the Ambassador, returning to Washington from London tomorrow. 3 month carlier than was planned, has had long consultations with Mr Ernest Bevin, the Foreign Secretary, and expected to stress to the State Department officials here the diplo
which would follow British dollar bankruptcy,
(In Geneva, a breakdown of the
Cadiz, Aug. 19.—Cadix to night is without water or light. The fires which raged for 17matic repercussions hours were brought under con- trol late today while hundrede International Trade Organisation of searchers still dug in the debris for the bodies of the casualties in what some described as the worst disaster of the twentieth century.
There was no official estimate of leurce Fanatik from guesses by the number of casualties with Gaditano newspapermen at 500 kin- Mayor and 5,000 injured to ol
eslimate of 200 Sanchez Cosalo's killed and "thousands" injured.
Property damage ran into millions of peelas,
An undetermined number of the 700 workers on the night shift in the torpedo factory were buried in the debris. A 60,000,000 peseta ofl tanker
is on the tip of
of
locateninsula.
The United States Secretary of the Treasury, Mr John W. Snyder, had yet to show his hand, although re- ports indicated that he would take British Û stern attitude to nny approaches.
pess-
British sources displayed imism over the prospects of any po- sitive results, showing some anxiety
the United States refusal over far to discuss the political aspects of the problem before them.
ED
The collapse of the sterling ex- change rate, in the British view, would have political repercussions as Ectious as its economic resulta Reutor,
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1947.
on
Malaya Taxation Proposals
Singapore, Aug 19.-A
tax of about three per cont incomes above Straits $6.000 and a flat 20 por cent tax on Company pro- fits were recommended in an official report issued to- night by Mr R. B..Heasman, Commissioner for Income Tax to the Malayan Govern- ment.
The revenue derived from this taxation; imposed uni- formly throughout the Ma- layan Union and Singapore, would meet this year's estimated deficit of $52,- 000,000, Mr Hoasman said.
Last weekend, 28 repre- sentatives of 16 Malayan political bodies met in Kuala Lumpur to demand that no taxation should be imposed "without full political re- presentation,"
They passed a resolution criticising the Covernment expenditure.Router.
LATEST SCORES IN' FIFTH TEST
:
England Puts
Herself In Winning
Position
Kennington Oval, London, Aug. 19.—England finished in a strong position against South Africa at the end of the third day's play in the fifth and final Test match of the series. Declaring at 325 for six wickets in their second innings, England gave the South Africans the task of obtaining 451 runs for victory. But with only eight runs on the score- board, the tourists were one wicket down at the close of play.
Denis Compton hit his 14th century of the .season in scoring 113 in 100 minutes by brilliant *stroke play. This was his fifth century in successive matches and his fourth in the present Test series.
The present scoreboard reads: Dyer w Wright England 427 and 325 for six declar- Mitchell not out ed. South Africans 302 and 8 for Extras one wicket.
England, going out for quick zuna in order to establish a commanding tead for declaration tonight, lost ave wickets for 197 runs in 135 minutes
ter lunch, when
20,000 people watched the game.
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Newfoundland Forest Fires
84 Johns, Newfoundland, Aug. 19-Messages from Part Nelson, on Bonavista Bay, today said that raging Torest fires bearing down on the settlement were only 10 yards from dwell- inge.
Women and children were evacuated from Port Nelson and flames were also threatentni the nearby · Shamblers' Cove, meakage added.
Inhabitants in many isolatoð regions, remembering the disas trous Cloverlown: dre which
practically wiped out the town
Inst
Tear, are, now sending an appeal for aid as soon as smoke Appears in the vicinity, regard- less of whether the danger from the dread forest fire is immin- ent or not, it was reported.
The forest fires near Pacquet and. Lasele were reported to be practically extinguished late this afternoon-Reuter
Beautiful Girl Ravished And Slain
day the police announced to- day.
Entland were 210 for five at tea when they led by 335 rima.
Compton delighted his thousands
Paris, Aug. 19.-The ravished of schoolboy admirers with a bright display of
and battered body of a "young of 25 runs in the first ten
Landon, Aug. 10-The most ex-and beautiful girl," wearing a Compton add
69
in 40 minutes for citing finish of the day in the County thin gold "slave' chain on hor the third wicket, Y&B
bowled by cricket programme was Lancashire's slim right anide, was dragged Rowan's offbreak at 158.
defeat of Nottinghamshire by...84 from the placid Seine yester Yardley was out to a well-judged | runs. APPEAL TO DOMINIONS
catch by a substitutoffelding for Tuckett, who had left the field, and Set to get 231 runs for victory in London, Aug. 10.-Britain bas asked Australia and New Zealand to
one run later Cranston was caught two hours five minutes, Notts start- BY BULLETS
at short slip-
ed in grand fashion, with Joe Hary!- The body, was found under tho Compton and Howorth' attacked staff and W. Sime scoring: V43 rums bridge of Saint Michel, still clad in cut imports from Britain to aid la
Jerusalem, Aug. 19-Shots the bowling and added 30 in the last fa 50 minutes after two wickets had a blue and white print summer the British dollar crisis, Reuter des patches from the Dominion capitals
fallen for as the Anglo-American from a military vehicle were England, scoring 115 in an hour left there was a long tall and in the current, her lips all bright
minutes before ten.
nino, but once this pair frock, her long blonde hair trailing Bald today, viewpoints.
** financial talks in Washington moved delegates have complained that
fired this afternoon at 2
declared at 325 for six, last aix wickets went down for only | with orange lipstick.. was impossible because of British phare described by Reuter's Wash-Jewish bús near Givat Brenner leaving South Africa to get 451 for 15 runs, leaving Lancashire victers headway In the tariff negotiations into their second day in an atmos-
bs"modified on the coastal plain, killing e
The authorities hotlfled all pre- victory.
carrying with 15 minutes to spare. Denis
who und Dominion unwillingness to make ington correspondent
complétéel BR. 14th pessimism."
The results of fames ended totas lectures and commissariats, Jewish boy who only recently his score to 113, concession on general preferences.
spread the word This morning the
his fourth were century, of zaakon and came to Palestine from Europe. Test
fathers, mothers and lovers trooped (The British view was that Erilain
hundred the
ira present series:
At Cardiff: Glamorgan beat Sur-through sultry Pusis streets to the bad already made "Imperial prefer-
Unofficial reports from the scene
Only Herbert Sutcliffe (twice), Don rey by four wickets. Surrey 178 Medico-legal Institute each in the onces."
said that the shots fatally wounded Bradman (twice), Walter Hammond and 232. Glamorgan 328 and 83 for hoper that the girl belonged to him Moshe Horoditsky, aged 17, and and George Headley have accom-six.
or her. Each left without identi- wounded another passenger,
talks was considered possible today if the visit to London on Thursday by Mr Willem Clayton, the United States Economic Secretary of State, did not reconcile the British and American
United States
(The British had granted greater concessions than could have been ex- pected under the present circum- stances.)-Reuter.
ABY
In the meantime, calm returned to the border districts of Tel-Aviv and Faffa, where there had been Jewish Arab rioting six days last week. The night curfew imposed, on the, area was lifted tonight.
after tea
ton
until he was
In a
ABUSED
LED AGAINST WILL
plished the last named feat. Conip- At Worcester: Yorkshire beat | fying her..
reached his hundred in: 95 minutes and then hit at every ball Worcestershire by 289 runs, Yorks caught five minutes 402 and 154 for five declared. Wot- cestershire 155 and 132 (Wardle four later.
31), It was a glorious display of almost for bewildering stroke play.
At Birmingham: Sussex beat, Haworth, who helped Compton to Warwickshire by 151 runs. Sussex add 87 in 42 minutes for the sixth 230 and 280. Warwickshire 318; and wicket, was helped by Evans in a 247 (Oakes seven for 843,, stand of 58 in 25 minutes.
251 by only shire
runs. Kent 497 ter lasted England's gnings three hours, 20 minutes. Yardley left Ave declared and 211 for seven de seven clared. Leicestershire 307 and 140 his bowlers a maximum of
(Tompkin 51). hours to dismiss their opponents.
The South Africans lost Dyer off the last ball of the day after scoring elgth runs in half an hour and are In a precarious position, finishing 442 runs behind,
Here, are the Reuter reports of Commonwealth reaction to the ap- Clement Attlee, the peals from Mr. Prime Minister of Great Britain.
The Australian Prime Minister, Mr Joseph Chifley told the States Premiere, called to a sceret con- ference in Canberra, that Britain had The military vehicle was reported SESSION CANCELLED
asked Australia, to cut imports from to have proceeded down the road under construction W13
another bus, wounding Washington, Aug. 10.-The Anglo-Britain as well as from Canada and firing on smashed as the Larranaga Eh American Economic Conference here the United States, and appealed for Itzhak Adler, o hotel owner of varrieta shipyards reportedly were without explanation today cancelled imports to be cut to bare essentials, Gedero, in the leg. levelled.
Its second formal session and left If the Washington talks
falled, reported offcials of both sides to work out Mr Chifley said, it was possible that Mayor Jerez Frontlern that both the districts of Son informally plans for the establish- Britain would be forced to freeze Severina and San Jose were ment of small committees.
her sterling balances in Australia The almost completely devastated.
and other Dominions. The committees were to tackle an- main part of Cadiz was not serious-dividual problems during the next
Its
NATIONAL CONFERENCE ly damaged because of distance
few days. from the explosion. Central Cadiz This unexpected decision was be- New Zealand: Mr. Attlee's appeal
promontory while loved, on good authority, to have to Mr Peter Fraser, the Prima Communal disturbances continued the devastated region is on the base been dictated largely by the lack of Minister, who has already called a on a very small scale today with
San Severino is
national conference to consider ways attacks on two Jews, one of whom at the entrance from the compiete Instructions from London.
Cables received by the British of helping Britain, asked New Zen- was critically wounded by stabbing. mainland. The torpedo factory and Mission in the last 24 hours ware
land to keep imports from Britain This morning, the crew of a.mik- submarine defence bare are situated understood to have increased the within the limits of current income. tary ambulance found Aharon Mukh.
the highway between
and the
The British appeal also asked for far, an agricultural ':. labourer of alarm
in the White House over, the оп rallway. The shipyards were
on Britain a speedup in the turnround of ships, Halfa, lying unconscious on the road Ehrain ever-mounting the left,
A reduction of petrol consumption between the historic cities of Gaza Agency reported from the convertibility of sterling. The Spanish
economy in all items of cur- and Beershebs. Now Cabinet instructions on this and that 140 torpedoes and 1,000 sub-
rency expenditure,
especially. marine mines exploded in chain point were awaited.
The Americans
understood tobacco, films and paper.
When he regained consciousness reaction during the night. An un-
Rhodesia: Sir Godfrey Huggins, Mukhtar related that he was travel-Robertson b Rowan known number of the soldiers' quarto Insist on complete details of the ters walls
between the destroyed varied aspects of British economy the Prime Minister, announced in-ling on an Arab bus which stopped Compton e Nourse b Daw-
increased food prices to save dollars which the British Mission
by a roadside.' 'Six or seven passen.
son....**! districts and
Cadiz with downtown
not fully equipped.
and expenditure on food subsidies, gers attacked him with daggers, he Yardley o sub. b Mann crumbled.
Today's reply was expected to with the aim of preventing Rhoderia said. He fled from the bus but was
Cranston Mitchell The devastated area has the op-
pursued and stabbed and left. lying
kowan pearance of a beehive, with soldiers, prolong the Conference beyond the being a financial drag on Britalo.
A New York Times report from on the road.
Howorth not out marines, civil guardsmen and civi- five or six days originally envisaged.
Both delegations stressed tife Con- Geneva said that Mr William Clay
Evans not out lian personnel digging into debris for
Extras United States Under- ton, ference had not yet "got down to victims.
The Agency reported the situation cases either as Tegards British Secretary of State for Economic chaotic."United proposals or United States counter-Affairs, who has been attending the International trade talks in Genova, proposals.
would be coming to London today er tomorrow for what the
paper described as "show down talks with the British on Imperial preference tariffs."-Reufer.
in Cadiz was
Press.
EDITORIAL
were
Revised Currency Policy
TIE decision officially to valuate
China's nailonal, currency in relation to the black market rate is recognition, long overdue, of the realities of an Invidious and impossible situation. The move may not check the chronte in- llation which has sent ONO «ky- rocketling in the International ex- change market, but it may accom- pilah several useful functions calculated to offset depreciation of Chinese dollar. Overseas buyers of Chinese products should be encouraged to come back into the market, because 10,000 golsk dollars will, in future, buy
rough ly the equivalent amount of goods, where before, at the official rate of exchange, they purchased only.
only one-third or one-fourth; secondly the revised polley will offer more freedom of action for importers and exporters, especially foreign firma Who have been plaioned
· official inten in business dealings; thirdly
will do more than any- thisir clecito discourage Chinese officials from their well known curratas manipulations, such as purchaslar foreign exchange, 'at official levels and selling, on the binok market; fourthly, it la cer-
tain to encourage a resurgence of overseas remittances-one of the biggest influences on China's ex- port trade. All this can happen 12 theory is put into practice. This time Nanking cannot permit
chicanery and double-crossing
to the
Certainly some confidence is lent
Government's determina (includ
Ton to correct the
by
appointing four
ing two foreign institutions)
fasco
EU
its representatives, and which can,
and com
in turn, set in an
advisory Capa- city to the equalisation fand milles.
Hongkong is intrigued by the new Nahking policy only because it represents a re-
to a do
domestla
adjusted, in the light
economic
of its relation to the vaguely an nounced new financlil and coono- mto agreement between Hongkong and China. It is conceivable that the two are not wholly comple mentary; that the one ten
one tends to unbalance the concessions of the other. Both Hongkong and China have special economie laterests to protect and any agreement, there- fore, designed to produce "mutuał benefits" is, a delicately poised; 'equilibrium_which can easily bel
come unbalanced by the sudden. Introduction of a new factor,
STERLING'S FUTURE London, Aug 10,The London Times City Editor writes that the prospect for sterling certainly isn't easy to forecast. The strength gold shares suggests the prevalent vlow that any currency in difficulty tends lo: be devalued, but Herr
rulo ís
of
About the same time. Ellaku Steinman, who was walking along the road near Tel-Aviv, said a vehicle drew up beside him, and two men, whom he believed to be Arabs in European clothes, siruck him, appar- ently with an iron bar. He was not seriously hurt,-Reuter.
SHAKE IT UP, WHITEHALL!
CLOSE OF PLAY The close of play scores were: England: First Inclogs 427
Becond Hutton e Tuckett b Mann Washbrook Fullerton b
Nowar
30
43
30
At Dover. Kent beat Leicester-
At Chesterfield: Derbyshire boat Hampshire by 08 rans. Derby 216 and 224. Hants 102 and 210 (Balley 56. Popo six for 49),
best
were
An autopsy was held last night and an emotional French inspector, with teare-i his eyes, gave details.
"She was grobably 10, certainly not more than 18," he said. "She bruised and cut slightly. Her eyes perfect features, which were and orange lipstick were light grey. was still on her mouth. Her nose. was turned up and a pink ribbon was tied in her hair, High-heeled white shoes with straps were on her foot. Her underwear was pink end on her ankle was a thin, gold, 'slave' chain,"
At Manchester: Lancashire Nottinghamshire by 84 runs. Lanes 332 and 200 for one declared (Place The Inspector said the girl had been abused. against her will be- 132 not out, Ikin 65), Notts 340 for
declared and 100. (Sima 51, cause she was dead before she hit nine Hurdstaff 81. Ikin six for 21)the water, about four, hours before she was found." He said she was Reuter
"young and beautiful" and had been and her "ravished and, beaten"
CHAMPIONSHIP TADLE
Middlesex
45
39
Clus
Kent
8
Derby
Lanci.
325
Worce
for six declared
Surrey
Glam.
Sussex
Bowling:
York
MI
W Essex
Somerset
Tuckett Dawson
*
0 34
O Warwick
15
1 51
1 Leicester
Mama
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Hampshire
Rowan
05
Northants
Smith
27
0 302
South Africa-First inningy
It
Second
7 102 2 Notta.
paznjedromakakapa a
own
- LYONHOMMOD。No Der.
Lead
Prawn Match
Lost Match
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(The rest of the sport on Page 4)
body "failed agalost the quay right
at the bridge of, Salat Michel."
"It is a real enigna,” he added.---
United Press.
MINERS BECOME
FRUIT PICKERS
Leeds, England, Aug, 19-Twenty-
92 six thousand miners who have been 22 or an unofficial. strike at the Grimethorpe collieries, South York- shire for the last, 10 days, are deser- ting the mines for the land.
B
Farmers are offering strikers 21 a day as fruit. pickers...
The strike has, so far, cost the. country 23,000 tons of coal-Reuter.
T.U.C. Criticism Of Govt's Crisis Plans
t
on
control
Schacht has demonstrated that this No Hongkong, businessmen
They regarded the coal target of Greek, trade unions, and of repeated inapplicable under an *XX- are in the first group of private. London, Aug. 19. This year's
Britain'a 200.000,000 tons for 1947 as inade- official steps undertaken to secure | change control.
quate, and considered that, 250,000,- British, and United Nations, action. Clearly,
the stage may be reached traders entering Japan because crisis Congress of where say 150,000,000 dollars worth London has not acted on the trade union movement is likely 000 tons was the normal level to against the Franco regime in Spain. The General Counell, declares of sterling was seeking transfer Into list of applicants. inquiries at to hear last-minute "supple-aim at:
They anid that 220.000.000 tons itself generally satisfied with trade dollars while the British exchang the S.T. and I. Department dia- mentary reports" by its lenders
the be achieved this year, pro union influence control could supply only 100,000,000. closed today.
on the three vital issues direcvided priority was given to ma-management of the nationalised in- There is nothing to suggest that this.
tion of labour, hours of work chinery for mixing electricity and dustries. bo 100,000,000 would then simply
The report disclosed that the TUC Approximately 70 Colony residents and the nationalisation of iron transport, offered to the highest bidder.
Bought porminalon to go to the
Union leaders also pressed for General Council's Economic Com-. and steel. The situation would probably be former enemy country with the ro-
reduction of the armed forces to mittee expressed to the Government handled by prior arrangements
Ther
The official annual report of the little over a million by the end at an early stage: its fears that cor- two-thirds of symption of private trading, whereby only
tain features of the American pro rling would be purnames were forwarded to London TUC General Council published of this year, instead of only by the transferable sterling
Trade chased for dollars.
"some time ago" the ST. and today contains no account of, the end of next year. They opposed posals at the International at an offelal
I. Director said, but no information union chicist latest discussions with the export of machinery needed for Conference appeared to make it rate. Holders of the remaining one has been received, but
1-in third could then either leave it
the Government on these burning Britain's basic industries and the difficult to insults this country froma
A Important oc- the effects of a slump in major starling or sell it for dollars at o
London was to select from the issues. Yet both on labour: direc; restriction
the cupations, while opposing the actual Industrial country perkant flon and on hours of work local at the man who would be General Council free market rate,
haa revised its direction of Inbour. Plenty of resricted sterling, is at allowed to go to Japan in the firet, previous policy as defined in a xe
It names specideally the elimina The General Council has declared | tion of bilateral trade agreements, ready. traded ot, a discount. The Froup, It was thought that the
itself ready to support poultive the scaling down-ofrimperial prom only difference would be that part Colony would be allowed 16 of the port in the recent crisis wocks.
direction If necessary.
ferences and the of the cus
current sterling would be United Kingdom and Empire quota. Discussions on iron and steel have
arrango- added as a separate category Thia Japan was re-opened to limited also reached a more decisive stage would still preserve the transfer-privato trado - five days ago,... Ac- since the report was prepared.
Tha report adds that the Preal- ability
tho though i doubtless Britain cording to press dispatches,
The annual report discloses
The International section of the dent of the Board of Trade, Sir Staf¬ would have to pay more sterling British quots of businessmen pormit, the first time delalls of criticisms report gives a full account of the ford Cripps, gave an oscuravico think for importa
ted to enter with the first group was of the Government made by union Erlush union leaders' efforts to ho was aware of these dangers,*** (Cóntinued on Paro, 4).
less than half filled..
leaders last spring..
rostore unity and freedom of the Reuter.".
for
of less
The report 'still shows it. is press- Posnis on bull cols of the pro
ing for a maximum 48-hour week menta": In a large range of industrien. Ni