1945-10-27 — Page 3

THE CHINA MAIL, HONG KONG, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1945,

Repair Ship Completes Strangest Job

Look Before

You Leap Advocates

to

Lincoln. Oct. 26,

Five ex-Servicemen who want become farmers or farm workers under Government's agricultural training scheme are corning to Lincolon for an in- terview on

Monday afternoon. They have been told to bring their wives with them and the

that fe on a farm is not milk and honey.

Colonel C. R. Msher, of Ministry of Agriculture arranged the interviews.

them.

All

Fares

"Many Servicemen have mar ried girls from London or big

We want the towns," he said. girls as well na boys to realise The kind of life that is before We want to be certain if we can that the wife will settle down and take to life on a farm,

The interview

not :༥ with frightening affair

a lot of

The committee red tape.

one is consists of three people a former, one is a farm worker anki

the a third

represents

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bratch of farming the candidate

wanis to enter.

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ONE OF THE ROYAL NAVY'S FLOATING WORKSHOPS. R.N. REPAIR SHIP ARTIFEX, HAS JUST COMPLETED ITS STRANGEST JOB- THE REHABILITATION OF A HOSPITAL ON SHORE AT HONG KONG. THIS IS THE MAGNIFICENT QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL ON THE SLOPES OF HÔNG KONG'S FAMOUS PEAK. DURING THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION THE HOS- PITAL HAD DECAYED THROUGH NEGLECT AND MUCH OF IT WAS DAMAGED INTERNALLY.

H.M.S. Artifex in one of three Repair Unlta formed to facilitate repairs to the British Pacific Fleet when bases were unobtainable. She did sterling work during the fight- ing earlier this year, and since her arrival in Hong Kong has car- ried on the tradition of the Navy with distinction.

In charge of the Queen Mary

Hospital reconstruction was SILL (Sp.) C. H. J. Murphy, of Basing

stoke.

or

two of

0

a

NAUGHTY

MR. LANDON

tions

Kansas, Oct. 26.

Soviet's Reparations

A secret

Stuttgart, Oct. 26.

to

FRETFUL

London, Oct. 26. Robert Boothby, Conser- vativo member of the House of Commons, do manded to-day temporary suspension of negotiations for a United Staten Ionn to Britain. He said it would be at too high a price "and we ought not to pay it."- Associated Press.

Burma Victory Screened

London, Oct. 26.

NOTICE

During the temporary absence of our Permanent Director Mr. D. O. Russell, we have appointed Mr. F. MEYER to be a Director of our firm.

W.R. LOXLEY & CO. (CHINA) LTD. D. O. RUSSELL Permanent Director

NOTICE

The Manufacturers Life In- surance Company have roopanod their offoon in the same premisos at 2nd Floor, Windsor House and are now able to nooopt promniums and transnot gonoral Lâto Insuranca "Burma Victory," the film bualness. Ooo hours 10 a.m. to produced by the British Army 12.80 p.m. and 2.30 p.m. to 4.30) Film Unit from material taken [p.m. by British, Indian and Ameri- can combat cameramen, had its yesterday.

first private showing in London |

begins a run

"At long last, after years of neglect and silly travesties, the screen has done justice to the 14th Army.

"The film has dignity, honesty and generosity of spirit that puts the makers of some other so-called factual war

shame.

E. J. R. Mitoboll Manager for South China

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JAPANESE SURRENDER DELEGATION IN MANILA

Alma to DETAILS OF ATOMIC BOMB

"Burna Victory" will become

a historic document."

In a few days, adds Campbell Lieutenant-Colonel Dixon,

the film, will leave for the Unit- ed States film for General Marshall and President Truman.

TEST

Criticizing President Truman and the Administration's foreign policy, Mr. In three weeks, with

Alfred Landon, ex- staff of men from Artifex, he has declared that if Eussin refused to Republican presidential candidate. wives are to be interviewed to reconditioned, cleaned and re-

On Friday, it T'ho husband will have

"offer her hand to peace-seeking to equipped the hospital for civil use,

at London's Warner Theatre, satiafy the sub-committee of using only the limited supplies nations, we must not relapse nor

shrink from the tragic fact that from which the much critiziaed Lincolnhire's

agricultural that he had at his disposnl, war

ACCUMULATED FILTH

A now aggressor is on the prowl". committee

suitable

American' production "Objective that he is

"When we arrived,"

Landon advocated that all na- he

all na- saki, His wife will

Burma" was withdrawn. for farm work

abandon their from the

extra-terri

All newspaper critics pay a have to show that she realizes we fund that men

Anson had made n start at clear. torial

Corial policies end urged the

to the

film. ing away some of the accumulated nationalization of the atomic bomb Typical is the Daily Telegraph's At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9,15 p.m.

tates to consider the interglowing tribute filth. We took over from them. the The Jups had evidently only approxided the nations have shown Campbell Dixon, who writes

on the bottom floors for medienzenuine willingness to hand and

work together for peace. purposes, and had been using one

Landon declared that America the upper floors ha Officer's Messes. The pince was in

"ahoold stand in the Far East as an advocate in substance of what a disgraceful condition. the walls were black with dirt, Most of

"Burma Victory" tells super- we t

did in the Philippines where there were very few windows left

we set a model for colunial treat-bly the story of defeat, endur- intact, and the kitchens and labor.

ment aut development of self- ance and hard-won victory, stories had been looted and aban-Koverning communities. Associat- robbed of its last reward, the

ed Press. doned. The Operating Theatre,

capture of Singapore, only by once fully equipped was a dirty

the Japanese surrender. ahell. Added to all this. WE that the parquet flooring on the

floors had all been upper ripped up and the blocks strewn all over the place. Artifex fr

"first aid team, hospi tals for the use of" consisted of Blacksmith, a Painter, two Ship- wrights, two Leading Stokers who

list of 40 German Zones had had bricklaying experience plants in

of the western Soviet Govern- David MacDonald, who produce CHINA FLEET CLUB THEATRE before joining up, and a Plumber Allies, which the Defe and his mate. These men were ment

Lo remove is seeking Assisted by Number One Boy Russia a partial payment of re-

speaks who

with copies of the Final showing on Sunday at 19.80 English, Home 50 parasions, includes A high per- Chinese tradesmen, an occasional centage of Germany's most vital 20 coolies, and what the Number industrial factories, It was learn- One Boy

termed "the ladyed here to-day.

1་སྭ workers", some seven women bor- rowed from the hospital staff.

A TREASURE "Number One", said St. Mur. phy,

"turned out to be treasure, He developed amazing driving powers when dealing with re luctant coolies, and

Mote his peculiar of English has got us command of out of many awkward spots."

The biggest job that had to be done was relaying the

floors. Some hundreds of thousands of wooden blocks had to be lifted, cleaned, planed and

and chiselled into position, relayed and tarred down. Another Another big job was the "recom- Raioning"

of the big kitchens. Three big galleys, two more in the Half the vil produels come

Sister's Quarters, another five in From properties owned by Britain the Doctor's Quarters, and two and her allies. Thus some 25 per spectul Indian Diet

galleys cent of Rumanian payments come all completely overhauled, and in from allied sources.

most CRAI

practically rebuilt by

A Washington despatch to the Underground reserves

the party. The Japs had allowed New York Times" stated to-day of thear properties are being exhausted but them to fall into a state of utter that reports reaching the United the companies are being paid disrepair and had built large States Government said the dtyi. prices which are said to be below primitive field-kitchens for their sion of the former Japanese de- the cost of production. Further own use in more payment has been so long, rear of the H tin huts at the, pendency of Korea into Soviet concerned.”

and American

was "un- satisfactory and must be changed if the country is to progress to

ards independence

Reporte Bald forces have been unable to get coal from the Russian zones in

We have already had several interviews. The men and their WEVER fake them seriously They realise that it is a serious thune for people who have al ways hved in town To go and live in the country, where life is no different."--Reuter.

Rumanian Oil Tangle

A

burden

Bucharest, Oct. 26 part runnilerable

of thr armis! hve of Rumanian payments to Russia is being borne by British and American oil firms with well in Humain. Almost 50 per cent of tola! Rumanian payments 10 Russia are being mude by the oil industry,

and

delayed that at the present mo ment the Rumanian Government has debts to these companies of over £1,000,000 which have ac- cumulated during the last few month.

Beyond allowing British ailled companies to resume mana- cement little has been done to Fulfil the armistice terms, which involve restoration of all rights, and properties existing before the war. Many houses and other pro- pertica are xtil unrestored.

Reuter.

Jap Election In Shanghai

Shanghai, Oct. 26.

Japanese civilians segregated in one Shanghat area across Soochow

BIG TASK

were

Electricity is now supplied to the hospital, but until a few, dayB ngo, all material had to be carried by hand seven or eight floors up. before work could be started. In

The list includes The

Krupp and Hermann Goering works, both in British territory, and probably the two big LG. Farben chemical plante and three shipyards, ta- cluding that of Blohm and Voss as well.

More than half the entire list is located in the British zone, mainly in the Ruhr. Only one plant, the I.G. works at Ludwigshaven, une of the most important of the Ger- man chemical Industry, Is in the French zone.-Reuter.

Difficulties In Korea

New York, Oct. 26.

zones

have

it will ROMANTIC COMEDY, M. G. M'a showing in

is confident that A wide

America.-Reuter,

"An historic document," ""BRIDE BY MISTAKE'

lesson

in objective reporting." "brilliantly produced" with these words British film crities hailed "Burma Victory" in which-in the with Loraine Day & Alan Marshal, words of the "Daily Harald"—"the Fourteenth Army at last comes and Supporting Features.

into its own."

.

FAIR TO ALL The film, which was produced by the British Army film unit from material taken by Indian, British and American combat cameramen, will be shown publicly

in London tended the

ап

Critics who

far as the

reception

praise the film for its to all the allics. Only In this respect comes from the military correspondent of the Dally Herald," who says the

does the film

not bring out sufficiently the fact that the Burma campaign

***AB primarily Indian Army achievement as British Empire was But

the in general is enthusiastic. "Herald's" film critica stresses that the film

gives full credit to the Americans, and the American "Daily Telegraph," under the headline "True film of Fourteenth

it "tells superbly a transportation situation has been tord-won victor

Baye

of defeat, endurance and created by Soviet rofusal to con-

victory robbed of its the the

last reward, the capture of Singn- north-south railway system added.-Reuter.

as a unit, the despatch pore, only by the Japanese sur- It succeeds admirably in reserving balance among · Allies, British, Indiana, Americans and Chince all receiving duo recogni tion for services rendered. Router.

addition to all these other jobs, all exchange for food, and a difficult oficial record shames stu-

the wards have been cleared out, distempered and re-painted, and some thousands of windows have been reglazed.

It has been a big task and the men from the Artifex have cer- tainly made a good job of it.

|U. S. TAX CUTS

Washington, Oct. 26.

FOOD CRISIS

Budapest, Oct. 26. Fuel and food shortages re-

sulted in sudden restrictions! Washington, Oct. 26.

yesterday of railroad traffic The Military Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives throughout

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the country with has approved a proposal directing The Battle of Burma. The House of Representatives every available locomotive and the army to return the bodies of to-day declined to consider the Senate amendments to the first freight ear diverted to hauling soldiers who died overseas if re- Collapse of the Remagon Bridgo. peace time tax cutting Bill which food into the Hungarian capi- quired by the relatives-Associat- Buckingham Palace Investiture. how goes to the joint

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Creek from down town district are al Conference Commongression- fal-Associated Press,

holding to-morrow what will pro- bably be the first democratic elec- tion by Nipponese when they

uny will choose a Secretary-General for self-governing Committee, head- ed by Yakuda Tsuchida, former Ambassador to the puppet Nan inoverendiates will be nominat ed, with all persons including women who had families · per- mitted to vote.

The Committee handles the housing and fooditig problems of over oighty-thousand Japanese who are under guard in the Chinese third army area. Associated. Preas.

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FAVOUR A STRIKE

Detroit, Oct. 20. Workers of General Motors throughout the nation favour atriko in order to obtain a thirty per cent wage boost, but a Union official said that there would bo stoppage in work only in the event of current negotiations Breaking down. Associated Press.

London, Oct. 26.

In an address to the Imperial College of Science last night. Hin

the

will.

Tho

The Sonata tion of their veterans' relief pro- press for adop- vision scheme which is not con- tained in

House Bill Senate measure would forgive on- listed personnel of Federal income! taxes on service pay during the wor years and would extend time for officers to pay up their backs taxes.-Associated Press,

''STILL WAITING :

Tokyo, Oct. 20. General MacArthur is await- ing information from Washing- ton on the strength of other Allled forces to ocepuy Japan and the date of their arrival, o headquarters spokesman said. When asked about a report that British forces were due to arrive in January, one official replied: "That's newn to me.

Associated Press.

SINGAPORE STRIKE EXTENDED

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Majesty King George VI called cipal Government labourers upon the world's scientists and hero have struck in sympathy Entosmash to use the atomic energy with dock labourers who walk-

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