THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH; TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1949.
Israel's Violation Of
Armistice Agreement
ORDERED TO LEAVE
GOVT. HOUSE - AREA
Jorusalem, June 13.-The United Nations Armistice Commission, set up under the Rhodes agreement, today ruled that Israeli forces were violating the agreement in the disputed govern- ment house area of Jerusalem.
The Commission ordered both Arab and Jewish forces to withdraw from the “neutral zone" by midday tomorrow.
More British Ships Held Up In Suez
Metropolitan Land. Co.'s Meeting
Extending Interest In Hongkong
A profit of $011,500.03 on the year's working was reported at the annual general meeting of Metropolitan Land Company Ltd, held at Queen's Road Cen tral this morning with Dir (Chairman)
Charles
1. Duf presiding
Referring to Shanghal, Mr Duff said that the Company's ⚫ compoundź of Chinese style pro- perties, there continued to show a poor return. Rent and currency It asserted thal Arab_forces controls, coupled with #run- had advanced from their side away" inflation, had rendered !! of the area, covering about a¦ almost impossible for real square mile, but the Arabs catalo companies to
Avold denied this.
operating such properties at a 106.
Chairman said:
Addressing the meeting, the
to
The Commission is composed of two Israells, two Hashemite Jordan Arabs, with the United
The net profit for the year Nations Chlef of Staff, General
ended September 30, 1046. William E. Riley, presiding. after providing for depreciation According to the Rhodes agree-nt the usual rates and wriling kment, decisions may be resched
Apartment Re- of Medhurst by a majority vote.
novation
Account ไต fuli amounts
JIK5011,600.03. After absorbing the defeit $208.878.16 brought forward
the previous
year, London, June 13-Erypt' has
balance of HK$402.027.88 ro- When Israeli forces moved in-mains standing to the credit of stopped two more British ships
Loza Account, in the Suez Canal, despite the to the neutral zone recently, a the Prot & British Foreign Secretary's re- UN Observer told the Israeli Your directora and generat presentations to the Egyptian Commander that he was be- managers wish to point out that Foreign Minister only a week cupying territory under UN this surplus figure does not res ACO. According te Informed supervision. Rources here.
Dospite Bovin's Representations
The Government House aren lies on a hill and commands the Arab Legion's chief supply line through Jerusalem to Jericho.
The Israell officer
replied
Foreign Office quarters sald Egypt's action was illegal, and that he was acting under or added that Anglo-Egyptian rein-ders and UN Guards offered no tions and become increasingly opposition. strained as a result of Egypt's new action, which had raised to more than eight the number of ships stopped in the Suez since the outbreak of war in Pales- Uine.
of
П
the
present n proill from normal operations but arises from the sale of the company's two re- maining Hangkong properties, purchased soine years before the war. The book profit resulting Israeli forces have laid barb-from the sale of these proper- ed wire and land mines in the les is clearly of a non-recurring
nature. After extracting Muren and have also sci upras
machine gun posts.
non-recurring items from he Proẞt & Loss Account--viz. items relating to the zole of Hongkong and properties in Medhurst Apartment Renova- tion Account written off-the account reflects a normal opera- ting profit of IIK$34,598.32.
Informed cources
said later that both the Israells and the
Britain's resentment 1s sald to be heightened by the fact Arabs had agreed to withdraw
from the neutral zono as
that Egypt hos falled to releasdered.-Associated Press. eight British subjects of Jewish origin. The Lourcen paid the eight persons were residents of Egypt who had been detained for several months without
trini,
Britain protested in Calro inst week against their incar ceration and demanded either | their
Immediate release
immediate trial.
ог
Diplomalle quarters in Lon- Office said the Foreign
don
hoped the Egyptian government would
make some "gesture"
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Death Of S'hai
Doctor
Food Stocks Dumped On
S'hai Market
or.
Slangbal, June 14Stocks
S'HAI SITUATION
In these circumstances and In view of the situation which has recently developed in Shanghai,
directars your
and general managers recommend that the balance standing to the
credit of the Profit & Loss Account, subject to payment of Corpora- tion Profits Tox (if any), be carried forward,
Debentures. At the last Or-
1033 Issue and to redeem the
have to re-
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Pickets ̋Versus Police
Police grapple with rival longshoremen during n melee in front of the International' Longshoremen's Association headquarters in New York City. One man is down, another is on his knees and a third, still standing, struggles with policeman. Fight got under way when longshoremen backing Joseph · P. Ryan, president of the Association, picketed pickets rival group which had seized the head.
quarters-AP Picture.
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BRITAIN TO GO
AHEAD WITH DISMANTLING
London, Juno 13.-Britain will carry out the dismantling programme for prohibited in- dustries in the British zone in spite of German protest demonstrations, it was emphasised in London today.
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Official quarters said that there was no intention to renew the international agreements -on prohibited industries under which the present programme was being carried out.
US Seaman
Gaoled
In Poland
Warsaw,
Shanghal,... June__14._-_The Industries and the China Veget- of this problem, allocations aboard the
Director
Juno
Britain regards the three- Power agreciment on dismant- ling, signed In Washington in April, as completely binding.
war
S'pore Move To Ban Australians
Rotaliation To
Calwell Bill
Slugapore, June 13. The Singapore Prorressivo, Party- the elected part of the colony's Legislative Council-is con- sidering "retaliatory legislation" to the Wartime Refugets Dili Introdiced into the Australian Ilouse of Representatives by the Immigration DIFnister, Mr Arthur Calwell,
(The Australian Bill, which last had second reading week, contains drastic depor- tation provisions covering aliens and some other people who entered Australia war)..
during the
Mr.C. Tan, President of the Progressive Party, said, tonight that
the legislation being drawn up was similar to the Bill recently
Introduced the Philippines Lower House, prohibiting the residence nationals of countries where Filipinos are barred.
Into
A Dil would be introduced Intu Singapore's Legislative Council if the Party Committee approved 11,
There is an unofficial majori- ty in the Council with a strong Aslan sentiment. Both British and Asian-owned newspaperS
the
In Singapore have attacked Mr Calwell during
last few days.
Mr Tan, a -locally-born Chinese, described Mr Calwell'a Bill tonight na "a fanatical step to purce the Australian tibent of all permanent Aston or coloured residents."
to
con-
He added: "The Bill appears be vindictive in character, 1
is sheer rubbish to day thai a handful of wartime refugees wlit upset the homogeneous character of Australia's popula tion.
"Mr Calwell appears to have forgotten the fate of the Euro- péon leader who was also Im- bued with a fanatical desire to preserve the purity of the Aryan race. the Bill is passed, i will mean that the Government of Australia has taken up Mr Caiwell's fanailclsm."--Reuter.
UK Welding
Process
For America
tho
It is pointed out in London Now York, Juno 13-A regarding the rights of both of rice, flour, sugar and edible dinary General Meeting the
that responsiblilty for the delay British oll have been damped on the directors
process for welding British Bubjects and ships
were authorised to
in starting the dismantling of metals without heat or electrical through the Sucz
Оле market here. Immediate negotiate with
the Debenture passing
prohibited industries in the Bri- current, which should "revolu "avoid any further strain on result is the decline in the price folders for redemption of the
fish zone does not rest with the ionise aircraft construction". Anglo-Egyptian relations."
of bread this morning by about outstanding debentures of our
British Government.
will bo Introduced to Meanwhile, British shipping 20 percent. *
The delay in the whole pro- United States by an American and assurance companies were
gramme was introduced as far Organisations participating in mo on an adjusted basis in protesting
Egypt's against
industrialist, and Inventor 13. The back no 1040 by a decision of this dumping of commodities their discretion.
William Dubilier. action. United Press,
that the proposals ad- American Consulate reported to-General Lucius D. Clay, theu port include the Military Control
Gover- United States Military
Returning today on the Queen Commission, the City Governanced by your directors were day that an American seaman,
not ment's newly established Trade deccpied by the Debenture Henry Baan, has been sentenced nor in Germany, to suspend al-Elizabeth, Mr Dubilier fold the
110 to eight months' imprisonment locations of dismantled
Press that be had spent his Corporation, the Shanghai Food mutually agreeable basia has for assaulting a Polish officer plant owing to difficulties with
time in England studying the Corporation, the China Textile been found for the settlement
obtained while performing his duties."
methods, and had the Sovlet Government.
tiations are still
It was not until last August American rights for thent. Baan,-55-year-old boatswain that the Western Military Go
-Ho-declined-to-reveal--the- death occurred here yesterdayable Oil Corporation.
Shanghai, The
steamer Nomacro,vernments decided
by an in- principle of the welding device, of Dr Bernard E. Read, the Meanwhile, the Military and structural alterations to the was tried by a court in Gdynia. formal agreement to go ahead except to describe
it as of the Henry Lester Control Commission is occupied Medhurst
Apartments
**** | "simple tool" which has been and allocate dismantled plant Institute of Medical Research. In drawing up a concrete for completed early last year. The
He was accused of attacking to the International Allled Ro-nickel and silver.
pla Buccessful On aluminium, copper, Born in Brighton 02 years
mula, which will be made
spartments were fully occupied the officer while he was making ago. Dr Read had been in poor known In the near future, and ylelled a satisfactory
He said he intended to show. re-a check of the Normnero for parations Agency without walt- health since hla release from probably tomorrow,
which ho the tangled
love turn during the year, due prin- possible stowaways before sheng for four-Power agreement.it to military oficials in Wash-
Since then there have Internment, after
been ington pay problem be-
before revealing the fact that the salled to the United States on cipally to
to the
prolonged three-Power nego principle to recuperate, tween labour and management went to America to
the tru management W49 abic, with April 21.
flations among the Westero On his, return his health in this city.
the
He said: "We feel that the cooperation of the tenants, Boan is reported to have Alles which have resulted in considerably improved, but It
Tentative measures under to collect rentals on a realistic acted after demanding to know the reprieve of certain plants weiding of aluminium with this gradually deteriorated again. He
new simple tool will eliminate basis. Recently, however, there whether the officer was a Com scheduled for in-
destruction घ subsequently went by air to consideration are sold to
been
a large number of the 500,000 to sharp decline in munist and receiving an ar- prohibited industries. Q
1,000,000 rivets in an aircraft England for a operation.clade a scheme of wages based has
major
the "average worth of rental income due to vacancies.mative reply-Associated Press.
According to an authoritativo and 20 percent of the labour com-jon
The company's compounds of
are now being costa. Goon workers income in three suc-
source, plans
It will revolutionise air- style Chinese
properties in Įcessive" months prior to the en-
made to dismantle nine synthe- erat construction." — United to show a congratulated on the excellenttic oll plants in the British zone Press. ry of the People's Liberation Shanghai continue Army" on May 25.
poor return. Rent and currency results achieved,
over the next 12 months. controls, coupled with
On April 1, 1948, your Com- During the war these plants away" inflation, have rendered pany set up its own Architec-produced
about half of Gor- rice it almost impossible for real tural Department which has now
many's oll resources. Almost
but
The operation proved pletely successful, developed complications from
after
'hts relum here he
which he did "not ́recover.
Chinese drugs, and botany was converted
the world. Reuter.
of In terms
to pay labour.-Reuter..
were
1/1
Dr Read's knowledge of The average will then be described as second to none in prices to provide a new baals estate companies to Avold become well ektablished in the whole of Germany's syn-
operating such properties at a Hongkong. The Department has loss. For the same reasons, the already some outstanding build-helle oil production was started a wartime measure and Is commissions earned by the com- Ings to its credit and holds pro-
British experts pany for the management of a míse
of further extending its considered by large number of Shanghai pro- activities during the coming to be completely uneconomic perties on behalf of their re-year. |spective owners, have been cor-
respondingly low.
SIDE GLANCES
BUS
STOP
By Galbraith
"The next blessing:
to hope for is a nice little
NO DAMAGE As you are
aware, all the Company's
income-producing properties are situated in Shang
In view of the situation which has developed in Shanghai, your directors are gradually sireng-
thening the company's position in Hongkong by the purchase hal. We do not know what the and development of future will hold but I am sure selected properties In
you will be interested and pleased to learn that none of
Colony.
of
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The first sizable reinforce- ments for the Colony's land forces, they include the 1st Bn. the Royal Leicestershire Regi- Directors. Since the
on. board ment. Also the company's properties has
Headquarters 27th Infantry Bri- sustained any appreciablo general meeling Mr R. E. Shean damage due to the recent hoat has resigned from the Board of
London, June 13The former fade, advance parties of the 1st Bn. Argyll and Sutherland lities
On one occasion, Na-Directors. Messrs. C. V. Starr
1st Bn. the tionalist troops"
Albanian Vice-Premier, General Highlanders, the J R. Fonts, attempted to and
MC were Kochi Djodje, has been executed Middlesex Regiment, and the nts invited to join the Board and after occupy Medhurst Apartments
found guilty being
of 23rd. Field Regiment, R.A.,_clos but due to the prompt sellon their appointment requires your of Messrs C. S. Miner and G. confirmation. Recently, Mr H. collaboration with Marshal Tito. ments of the 3rd Royal Tank
the Premier of Yugoslavia, no- Regiment,
tho 60in Field T. Read and with the assistance G. W. Woodhead, CBE
lett the British Consulate, they Hongkong and expects to be cording to an Albanian Ministry Squadron, RE, 17th
announcement: Ambulance and were dissuaded from so doing. absent for an indefinite period. of the Interior Your directors wish to place on Mr E Foster Hall has been in- quoted tonight by Tirana Radio. RA.S.C., and a detachment of He was shot at midnight on the 4th Hussars, who como from record, their appreciation of the vited to join the Board in place Saturday, the announcement Malaya where they have manner, in which the company's of Mr Woodhead.
engaged in operations against executives and employees in
General Diodio, a
terrorists in the Malayan Jungle former Shanghal have carried on under Sadick, retire by rotation and, Albanian Communist Party, was
Messrs H. Braga and .O.
General Secretary of the since September last years the most trying conditions.
Hongkong. In Hongkong the being eligible, offer themselves Albanian
sentenced to for re-election.
death by the..
Another ECA company's interests are being.
Supreme Court in Tirana on extended.
with Grant For China. Messrs C. V. Starr. J. R. Fridas for collaboration In December, 1947, the Com-Jones, O. Sadick and H. Broga, Maranai Tilo and attempting to pany took up a controlling in-
were re-elected directors and submit Albania to his rulo, Washington, June 18-The terest in the then newly formed Mr B. Foster Hall was elected after a month's secret trial. Metropoiltan Construction Co..
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