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BDAY, SEPTEMBER -18,"

Thorny Problems Face British Cabinet

News Out Of The

FORGOTTEN MEN? Past

Government's repatriation

Mr. Norman Stackton, formerly policy seems to be crying out, editor of "The Hong Kong Tele- urgently, for clarification. Not

graph"

was killed when flying as because official statements have В

been incking, but because theyGermandent in a bomber over}

have been many, bochuse they have come from varied sources and because they have been, in details

British important to

measure

and

Inte in 1943.

Mr. S. V. Gittins, well-known local swimmer and cricketer who escaped from Singapore, is now in China His wife, formerly Minn Ellen Ford of Hong Kong is liv log in Darjeeling, India, with their

baby daughter.

Issues Raised At Blackpool

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THE EXCEPTIONAL INTEREST SHOWN IN THE PRE- SENT TRADE UNION COUNCIL MEETING IN BLACKPOOL HAS TWO MAIN CAUSES.

THE FIRST IS THE FACT THAT THE LABOUR GOV- ERNMENT IS IN-POWER-WITH A MASSIVE MA- JORITY. THE SECOND IS THAT THE AGENDA REFLECTS THE THORNY PROBLEMS-BOTH DOMES- TIC AND INTERNATIONAL WHICH CONFRONT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AFTER WORLD WAR | TWO.

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earth

PEARL HARBOUR INQUIRY

Republicans have served notice that they will do- mand equal represbitation on the Joint Senato House. Committee named to in-

Death of Leading Mason

The death occurred yester="

vestigate___tha Pearl Har-day, after a protracted illness,

bour disaster from begin- ning to crid Wireless.

CALL FOR

TEAM WORK

of one of the Colony's most prominent Freemason, Mr. James Carson Ferguson.

Mr. Ferguson hnd resided in Hong Kong, for more than 37 years and leaves behind a Ho widow, and four children, was 64 years of age.

For many years, he was Dis- trict Grand Secretary, Scottish Constitution, in Hong Kong, and in 1940 he became District Grand Master. Ha Deptite, Mr.

repair base Regarding the first cause, docking and civilians, astonishingly con

the programme points out that heavy ships at Malta, 6,000. the trade unions sponsor about miles from the Malacca Straits. tradictory, In the result, the

SYDNEY BASE of uncertainty

The many friends here of Mtwo and a quarter millions of

After. 12 years incessant confusion is greater than would D. S. Green, who was on the staff labour party membership. This

on the Singapore Base have been the case if Govern of Dunlop Rubber Co., is n Staff does not mean, however, that it

W. C. Shrigley, la also dend. He was a victim of ment had preserved silence. Sergeant in the R.A.O.C. He has is necessary to adopt the La- it was formally inaugurated in

February 1988, when Sir Shen-1

Japanese torture following an For the civil servant, com-served in India and China.

A. V. Kolatchoff, who was bour Party line of policy.

Thoman Governor uf H18 plications

incident at Argyle Street camp, are few.

on the staff of the Hong Kong The Trade Union Council job is

and was killed at Central Police secure, he looks for

ucarly 200 trade Malaya, opened the new King

Major Clement Attlee, Prime Station during the "investige- ward to back pay, he needs sincering and Construction Co., comprises

and of Royal Engineers, unions, and the membership George Fifth graving dock,

Trade tion." holiday to restore health and joined tho American A has grown from 120 thousand then the biggest in existence. Minister, speaking at the

The total cost of the base was that for six years Great Britain Union Congress yesterday, Hald

The late Mr. Carson Fer- His only anxiety is to Air Force In 1943 after his escape 77 years ago to over aix) and a vigour.

80 million Pounds. Some 8 get out of the Colony at the from Hong Kong.

had drawn heavily on her social guson, who retired from ser- million half millions to-day.

cubic yards of earliest opportunity. Facing

Regarding resolutions, the

this capital. He praised the team work vice with the Talkoo Dock some and excavated, wore medical board, if he displays a

the British nation, adding that six or seven years ago, had been stresses, that the

filling over utilized for

450 only that same team work would ailing for some certain tendency to pile on the

programme

time past, bring us through difficult times though he had seemed to be converted into ground suitable again.

somewhat improved in the last of week. On his release, with his for erecting heavy buildings.

and Lease, the Premier said family, from the intormant The loss of Singapore hase in sneaking of the cessation the Japanese in 1942 was off that we were assured of supplies camp at Matauchung, he was rom Canada for which we were not well enough to travel to Ret by the development of from Sydney as a base for the Bri- very grateful.

Major Attlee also spoke of the Hong Kong and he stayed at tish Navy, including the con-

dealre to

Dr. V. give Trade Unions more the residence of struction of the Captain Cook freedom and added that the con-Atienza, No. 17, Lock

between the T.U.C, and where he passed away than the

The funeral took place...yes- terday evening at Happy Valley with Masonic ceremonial.

mood and

Miss Margaret Grose, daughter of Mr. F. Grose, local share- broker, is now with the Ministry

rmation in Delhi, India. Mr. S. M. Churn, manager of

of Information in

acres of awamp, which purpose

the Union Trading Co., who was in Burma at the outbreak of the

Joined Baat Aalatic War, the Army in India and served until recently repatriated to

He held the rank of England.

Mr. Wong

world will follow all issues with close attention; for instance, the balance to be struck on the man-power situation in Britain is of world moment.

The emergency" resolution on this subject is being debated

to-day.

PRIORITY ISSUE

On many domestic re-

agony, his are readily understood, and are not to be denied sympathy There is not a man who has come through Stanley or Shan shulpo and all that those names imply, who does not need an

Sik-lum, architesf extended period for recuper"

son of the late Mr. Wong Kam. tion. Those

for them-fuk who wan for many years com- who,

and de- believe otherwise, nelves,

pradore of the Hong Kong ceive themselves, perhaps dan Kowloon Wharf und Godown Co., gerously.

For the civilian, and Ltd., is now in business in Calcut particularly for those connect- ta. He was engaged on work on before ed with small but not neces- the Burma Road shortly sarily unimportant businesses, Dr. Raymond Lee, formerly

involved

are not quite so straightforward. His assistant to Prof. K. H. Digby of Hong Kong University, is now-a- hoed in as great but, in many captain in the Royal Army Medi- cases, his personal problem ascal Corps.

dimensions

Mr. A. G. Suflad, of British American Tobacco Co., is in Kun- with Mrs. Suhad and their daughter

Mary

ing-hours. His daughter. in the Colony and his future Mise Zaza Suflad, who was one of livelihood? What risk would the leading lady athletes at Hone

the issures

the

of

EL

the war.

kumes gigantic

Can question-mark, he afford to abandon his stake;

was

graving dock-opened early ins would go on in the yesterday morning.

1943 even larger

solutions health, housing, Singapore dock. Reuter. mines, et cotera- disagreement is expected on priority rather then_principles.

The Government is already -committed~-to-these-resolin tions, while ministers wit probably look with favour bu resolutions regarding questions as wagen and work-

There may, however, be ex- citement on Thursday, when in-

TRAIN

TRIP TO SHUMCHUN

THE FUEL SUPPLY PRO- he ran in leaving the tattered Kong Univeralty just before the ternational matters, including BLEM IN HONG KONG HAŬ [ragments

as they lie in the war, is in Calcutta office of China German trade unions and re- NECESSITATED THE DIS

some National Aviation Co., while hor hope of picking them up

Ada, is with the U.S.O.W.I.fusal of representation at San PATCH OF TWO TRAINS TO several months hence? What sister,

Francisco to British trade THE NEW TERRITORIES IN assurance has he against the in Chungking. energetic business prospector The South China Morning Post."

Mr. J. H. Veiga, formerly of unions, are discussed. coming into the Colony from is with the British Press Attache's ment Attlee, the Prime Mints-

On the latter point, Mr. Cle-THE LAST TWO DAYS

The driver. Lt. Peter Frank. outside

during his enforced' office in Kunming, while Mr. Eter, who did not

support the

is Ald Harris, R.N.V.R., absence and Jumping his Tseng, who was with "The Hong request, may come in for criti- have demanded, and been pro 'claim t Το theee questions Kang Daily Press" was a war corcism.

vided with a crash helmet and!

frst" for "unfety parachute purposes.

Kong

"paperman, Mr. Felix alno a Central News Agency war correspondent, is at enched to the South-east Asia

Command.

Government has made no trespondent for Central News Agency. He covered Gen. Stilwell's Lempt to furnish any answer. None that in unless it is to be Ledo Road drive and was latterly found embodied in the some-at Okinawa. Another former Hone what cynical warning to those who "chouse" to remain, that they "must be prepared to ac

what- cept responsibility for

resul ever consequences may

action

their on from euth part."

If we are so to inter- pret this warning, it would be as well to see that it is made crystal clear,

If the Govern-standing water on roofs and bath- ment of this Colony proposes

rooms etc., in order to stamp out to wash its hands of individual mosquito breeding. This should be

a casual carried out at least once a week. causes, except upon callous "Take it or leave it" basis, the fact should be made

attitude exists, it

Occupants of houses and care- inkers of public buildings are call. ed upon to flush all unused W. C.'p and get rid of all connections of

PEACE CONFERENCE

Both the Trade Union Coun- eil and international trad union bodies had insisted, and expected for some time that the trade union movement would be represented

Peace at the Conference In all stages.

They were annoyed by ex- clusion from official repre sentation at the San Fran cisco conference. The mili- tary

presents programme the factual background in re- gard to the Singapore Naval Bosc.

to

Lt. Harris, who comes from Bill Shakespeare's home-town

asked for Stratford-on-Avon, these because of stories curren as to the condition of tunnels and bridges.

Chinese guerillas and saboteurs had been interested

Un- in them for four years. official demolition work through the period of Japanese occupa tion had therefore been a fre- quent enough occurrence.

The train left Kowloon yea-

In connection with the an-terday at 11.30 n.m. with one known, beyond possibility of Government has pluns for

of the locomotive and two coaches at nouncement that half misunderstanding. If such an special cases, it

"Driver" Harris was Is equally

ox- ftached. Singapore Naval Base la mind of

officially desirable that the position

The train was driven by easy fortnight. is one with which should be made clear beyond pected to be in operation by the assisted by Sub, Lt. Spurway. Chun on thi every personi directly affected doubt. Before his mind can be Royal Navy in a

London commentators recall stages to Shum needs to be made acquainted, made up, go or stay, each man that the history of the British New Territories border.

exactly nava that he may mark, learn and aas a right to know

Half a mile from the station base of Singapore has inwardly digest. If, on the where he stands, what to ex-been closely connected with the at Taipe, they came across other hand, the alarm-and the pect, what protection he may development of the Royal Navy fairly large store of wood, Flit disgust-generated by

and other insectleide. fea look to in his absence. In short.since 1918. that such is Government policy as

we said in the beginning,

At Fanling, formerly well, The need for the provision indeed clarification seems called for. not justifled, if

of a base for the British, Fleet known as the Royal Hong Kong em-Golf Club Station, ten waggons the Far East was

were added phasized after World War One loaded with wood

are

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