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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1946.

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It is the natural legy of that terrhoden chia Alunich should be concerned with the question of seentity again het neighurs

O the proílems: raised, that of Teschen Silesia is that which caused friction between her and Poland after the last

war.

MACAO OPENS

IN THE PRESENCE OF LEADING PORTUGUESE RE. BRITISH OFFI SIDENTS AND HIGH-RANKING CERS OF ALL THREE SERVICES, THE BELA VISTÄ LEAVE HOSTEL, FOR BRITISH SERVICEMEN, WAS FORMALLY OPENED IN MACAO YESTERDAY. IN THE WORDS OF THE PLAQUE Buča iņas uy- FEILED BY MADAME TEIXEIRA, WIFE OF ILE. THE GOVERNOR OF MACAO, THE HOSTEL LAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE BY THE COLONY OF MACAO AS A LEATE CENTRE FOR SERVICEMEN FROM HONG KONG AS A SYMBOL OF GOOD. WILL AND OF THE LASTING FRIENDSHIP BE- TWEEN OUR NATIONS WHICH HAS REMAINED UNBROKEN SINCE THE DATE OF THE ORIGIN- AL TREATY IN 1373

1-

The Bela Vista which is well known to Hong Kong residents, the Boa Vista, has been com

andl pletely redecorated Then, Trendly discuss furnished by NAAFI EFL with attractive Inges, realnerant, writing-room, and bedroom accommodation for forty men, providing all the comfort of a modern hotel

gave way to acriumions dispute, which was settled by the Comunal of Ambrofors in 1929 with an award more fas mutable to Czech slovakia than had been pacious ly agreed upon by either parts This gave the Poles a 120 vation and while they angurd maaly on ethical grond, the Czechs angga ed mainly an those of histearte Yet the real poir at fanatics

|

NO 21,

It is situated on the hill over- looking the approaches to Muc mid already the Brst batch naval rating, and Army and Air Fores 0.1ts have taken sidence.

really

Were

was his idea and that it was his

that had driving force enabled anything to be done. The men, he went on.

the going to make good use of

of opportunity that had come from kindness and thoughtfulne H.E. the Governor, and apare. cinted it in a way which would further cement the good relations between Hong Kong and Macne and between Portugal and Britain. Madame Teixeira then unveiled the plaque {!

while the orchestra played the Portuguese and Brilish national anthems,

1A letter to the British Consul Macao. Mr. J. P. Reeves, of-Stall to Admiral Lord Fraser... Commander Teixeira wrote:

Laid Fleet, Pacific

down by the throat'. I am British

Evorell Colonel unable to attend the ceremony to. feel very sorry as I should Welch and Wing-Commander Corday. For us Teschen is also an in- bally Were among British officers have liked to tell them tent they dustrial and a coal problem, who aftended yesterday' orening were welcomed with a hearty and most serie friendship. Plense do the function which took the form of who atter

tell thi to them, for me, and that evrktail

parte and effes lunch. !: weleonse

I ret up I will speech In $0 A Madun Teixeira, who the there,

Members of the supervising absence of H. Governor of

W.V.N girls. Miss Bluriel Private Cowell, Miss Evelyn Shaw

1 Haulwen Llewellyn

issor was and is omni the Czechoslovak, argue:

Poland,

world war acquired as pes vent of the Upper Silesim ol basin, will now own more than 15 cent, while Czechoslo vakia possesses wily

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Comuniore Evans-Lombe, Chief.

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unfortunately indisposed, staff of the hostel include three

was escorted by Captain Silva L'asta. the Governor's Meretory. Commodore

bit. Carchodowakia simpleret could not exist as a sound nomais entity waltout the Te vhen coal, industries, and cel

WARN

:PL

Evans

Was

be aid that the invitation 1 make use of the Bela Vista Typical of the long association be

Hong Kong and Murau, and

of Murau's kindness. Axpicad

U was exceedingly sorry that is Excellency the Governar way unable to be present, and express- od alueers wites for has proly recovery.

Commodore. Evans-Lobe paid

a warm tribute to His Excellency for his gesture to British service.

nit

It Wasn't Bövril !

When a 28-year-old 'dick. ard coolie named Cheung di roturned home westerday evening, ho found a loaf of bread with a batrin of some dark liquid, beakie it. Asarin- ing, no doubt, the latter wun n of appetizer, he appars Bort ently poured

on the bread.

A little later he was befag admitted to the Kwong Wah from Hospital suffering Lysol poisoning. Hia condition is said to be "good".

MONEY MART

Да

the

R.A.F. Unit Disbands

In Kowloon

A PEWTER TÄNKARD FILLED WITH BEER WAS PRE- SENTED BY THE COMMANDING OFFICER ΤΟ EACH, MEMBER OF NO. 2742, SQUADRON, 3.A.E. REGIMENT ON THE OCCASION OF ITS DISBAND- ...MENT AT KOWLOON. PERSONNEL OF The squadrON UITE BEEN A FAMILIAR SIGHT IN, KOWLOON DOCKS JEFIERE IN CO-OPERATION WITH NO. 21 PROPOST DE- TACHMENT, THEY CARRIED OUT PATROLS TO PREVENT WHARF PILFERING. GUARD DUTIES ON THE GATES--NÓ PASS, NO ENTRY" - THE SEARCHING OF WORKMEN DURING RUSH HOURS FOR ILLEGAL POSSESSION; PREFEN- TION OF UNAUTHORISED SAMPANS FROM AP- PROACHING THE DOCK AREA.

"

POLICE OFFICER CHARGED

A POLICE INSPECTOR OF THE TSIM SHA TSUI WATER POLICE STATION. R. I. FER-

NANDEZ WAS CHARGED WITHI EXTORTION OF MONEY BEFORE MI. W. H. LATIMER YESTERDAY

In

Mr. R. S. Smith, who was charge of the prosecution, asked for three days remand in police

custody. ↓

Fernandez'a

was refused.

request for bail

LITTLE WHITE URNS

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Dutatanding, feature of yester day's money market was the flop in the gold price which dropped 10 These men did a splendid job Average age of personnel of compared with Satur of work under the direction of the squadron was 23 vernge

Tokyo, March 4. points

thousand little Seventy-five Flying Deer A. Moreton, who length of service with the R.A F. the market opened at $610 per

white urns, each containing thel, and rose to $517 nt timin was somewhat inappropriately four years.

Inniued "Kowloon Kramer." Among those to whom the some relic of, a deceased Japan- time.

In the afternoon, in one plunge. I dropped to $490, and at When the squadron first arrived Commanding Ofeer, Squadron ese servicemen, are yet to be the close there were cellers at in the Colony, staff was re Leader J. M. Baica, wished good distributed to relatives, the De-

Ministry short that dock guards $489.

were luck and farewell was "veturan" mobilisation

Warrant Officer W. C. Drucit, nonniced. Chinese national currency also working for ten hours a day,

In addition to this main com- who joined the R.A.F. in 1938, The Ministry is also inves- weakened over the week-end and opened at HK$2.02 to CNS1.000 mittment, the squadron was reserved in France during 1939-tigating at least 66,000 former a Mention in soldiers and sailors still listed for futures, 14 points lower than ponsible for such icbs as the 40 and received

Officials said they Saturday's level, and in the course tribution of stores and r-Deapatches; Recipient of the as missing. of the day it dropped anothertions for R.A.F. units on Tai British Empire Medal at Dover did not expect final reports for

Mo three points.

Shan-"Big Miat Mun in 1940, Corporal A. Milne another three years.--Associated Spot price was $3.15

the tain."

Colony's highest | Lending. Aireraftman P. Ward, Press.

been longest in the opening and $3.10 at the close.

Bath U.S. dollars and English peak; manning, day and night, who has Sterling rogistered sarn drums. the R.A.F. Regiment Wing's squadron, having served with it The former fell to $6.00 and the telephone exchange. The notor for four years. latter to $10.70.

transport section, with Flying In ong Kong, members of the Australian pounds remained un. Oleer D.G.L. John in charge, squadron haye taken a pro- changed at $12.60.

had an excellent "servicing" rc-minent part in sperrt, a tuum

Chicago, March 3. cord-there was not a single in-winning the lcnuntin Foot-

Daniel Cercone, attendant at n stance of a vehicle breaking ball League Cup and other

service station, was being robbed down while being used on duty matches,

by a man

who pointeri - 45 This R.A.F. Regiment qua

caliber automatic at him. dron was re-formed in England

William McNell,

part-time in October 1944 for overseas was the penalty inflicted on two employee at the station. passed by service, the 170 men selected

cat burglars who atole clothing and called to Cercone: ". Dan." in the "Divers valued $187 from L. Bates "Hi Bill," said Cercone, having served Belt," where, using Befors and and another lot valued at

Cercone said the bandit became Both accused so flustered he drove away in his Hispano guns, they accounted from Lt. Steveas.

considerable number of pleaded guilty before Mr. W. H. car-accompanied by another mon for a

Defendants and two women-without paying Latimer yesterday. fying bombs.

were arrestert an hour after the for 10 gallons of. polrol-Ass-

ciated Press. crime, at six a.m. on March 2.

ROTARY TIFFIN

The weekly tiffin meeting of the Hong Kong Rotary Club at the Gloucester Hotel to-day will be a "closed" meeting and there will be no senker. Members are asked to attend.

Readers' Letters

BLACK MARKET

SITTANG BENDERS Arriving in India, the unit was at once sent to 14th Army terrain for an intensive battle course and then flown traight come to in to Ondaw for the selge of (When will the younger Mandalay. When Rangoon was generation realize this?) Our reached, the squadron was re- civilization is at stake. I must turned to Pegu for the Battle of

sensible

the Sittang Bend where the men therefore meal to

sanity

Sir. 1 Rat П reagolng sailor the Atomile Bomb has from that well-known port namsel Devonport.

I have been in Hong Kong sinc

men, saying that be leave hostethe Japanese surrendered, and am

En views and Poland's other

is considerade quisitions the forer in us. Moally, mon over. Poland's case was weakened by her seizure at the Tischen area in 1938 The Pulish case is strongest when argued so thei cal grounds In spite of the vi tuperation in which both siles ahe engaging, official statements have) stressed the Erd for an amicable settlement, and it is a hopetal an

"Night Must Fall," the mur that the Polish and Czechoslovak trade union delegates met in Parisder drama by Emlyn Williams, opened at the Ensi Star Thea- and reorded then determination might to a large and ap- that it must not divide the preples|preciative, audience. The play of the two countries. Of muts is the third to be staged local-. immediate coricem is the questionly for the Service by the Alex- of Czechoslovakia's. German and andra (Mirmingham) Repertory-

The dupli-Company, Magyar minorities.

ENSA SHOW

way into

astounded at the black market and {

un relting more fed up with Hong Kong every day.

The only decent priced artich I have been able to buy is a gramo

phone. This only lasted u matter of hours and the spring broke.

ave sprat about $60 in repairs siner. Thanks to the twisting traders a Hong Kong.

SMOKEY.

stay.

الم

in-

parents and to whatever the modern youths may still regained the title of "Sitting Ben- tain to take stock of the world ders."

Had an invasion of Malays more constructive situation, to do

necessary, No. 2742 thinking and to indulges less

in proved Sinatras, Andrews Sistons Mear-squadron would have played an Ithies and pin-up girls..

equally honourable part. What finally decided me to write stend, having again re-formed to you, was the scores of childish in India, it found itself on the letters which have appeared in way to Hong Kong last Novem your worthy super ever since the ber ridiculous "Hing or .Frank" epistle, Miss Chon, who was res- onsible for it, in my opinion

ses the

youth. does not speak well of a

MODERN YOUTH

Sir-Please let me make use of

spirit of the

your invaluable paper lo expounder, when the controverses

an

subject dealing

extremely urgent

with

and vhal

modern as

in are on subjects such tiger, a semi-nude lady.

Japanese To

Get Less Rice

of the

Six months hard labour cach

$42

Hold-Up

MASS WEDDINGS IN MODERN CHINA

(By Spencer Davis)

PEIPING, MARCH 1. MASS WEDDINGS ARE A MODERN CHINESE CUS- TOM RESPECTED FOR THEIR EFFICIENCY, ECO- NOMY AND GENERAL FESTIVITY, RARELY ARE THEY CONSIDERED WORTHY OF SPECIAL COM- MENT, BUT AN ACCOUNT BY A CHINESE RE- PORTER WHO ATTENDED SUCH A CEREMONY IN TIENTSIN AROUSED THE INTEREST OF THE FOREIGN COLONY HERE TO-DAY. EXPLAINING THAT HE ATTENDED PURELY AS A SPECTATOR AND NOT as a SOCIETY REPORT- ER, HE WROTE:. "The eight grooms were all nervous. Some acted like sheep. Being a bachelor, since gly

How-

Fatted Calf

Galesburg, Kas., March 4.

The fatted calf, actually was killed for, P.F.C. George Feoning- ton's homecoming from the Faci

fle

war

Hugh Kelly as Dan, the mur- eity of Henlein and his fellowers certainly justifies the Govenderer, puts in some fine en

tional acting and shares honours to the Germans,with Eileen Draycott as the rich ment attitude

In view of the difficult fool The but miserly widow, Mrs. Brun youths and the havoc they have tie boom and crooners. which has popular support.

situation in South-East Asia, it number of Germans who may re-son, who was "Lady Crocodile wrought upon this world.

Oun refects that one detecla has been decided to reduce fur. Sympathised with them.

ther the ration of rice issued to ever, it was too late for any of The youths of to-day hava be-even frown-ups participating

them to change their

.minds. main at trustworthy has been seto all about her except Dan

fore

They couldn't have, kot bus any them manificient opportuni- these controversies. I consider it Japanese surrendered personnel. duced from 800,000 to 300,000 who weaned kis

At the time of the Japanese how, what with the row of in her nties which we of the older genera-premely ironical that it is not At Potsdam, when the right of her favour and,

daily ra

ration was 14 ounces por men, women and children block-

His father. Arch Peunington. expulsion was conceded in pirin-words, eventually "became the tion never knew. Yet all they can the elders who are minguiding our surrender, the amount

show for are jitterhags, "hot" youths but vice versa.

12 Ing overy exit. This was reduced to Finally, air, I will take this man. Thi ciple, it was also foreseen that in death of her."

Margarety Ward

"Bum-da-dee-dee music com- had invited all Service men and as Olivia swings and something called boo-

ex-Service men to a barbecue. Shakespeare. Kie-woogle.

Plato, amertunity to make another re-ounces then to 10 ounces, and now practice this might give rise to Grayne, niece of Mrs. Bramsen, Konkucjus and even contemporary quest. Your editorials are well-it is being reduced to 4

ounces.

menced at 3.16 p.m., a quarter-

featuring a plump call and a on hour behind time. The noise 250-pound hog. to greet George hardships and other grave pur also puts up an outstanding world leaders signify nothing to known for their soundnes and The Japanese are now

terrific the chairman back on the farm, but bad roads blems which have in fact arisen performance as the spinster whe

the younger generation. "Amuse-breadth of vision. Could you in minimunt food ration and the rawas so The will not marry but eventually ment at all cost" it would seem the not too distant future write a duction in rice has been connen-asked all present to be quiet. held attendance to 200, an alarming extent.

"We can do it all over again only and

The leader

the Modern Youth sated by subtitutes. Czech fear, that it may be more becomes so hypnotised by the is their one

Problem, and show the younger The amount of rice so with- difficult later to evict the Ger-murderer that she shields him. following is a case in po ja generation the real path to take drawn from the Japanese will be the couples in wedlock mounted next year," said the father, who

The performance is in e During the occupation tho

directed to the peoples of South- mans may explain without excus- ing the chaos and cruelty which Alex Repertory players best

PATER. East Asia. some correspondents have describ-tradition and the acting is wel.

to

ed as attending the evictions and which are unlikely to be part of any official plan.. Similar criti- cism has been made of the treat» ! ment of Magyars, in Stok 2. That the Hungarians are justified in protesting against the treatment of Germans and Magyars on an equal footing is acknowledged by Dr. Benes. But Dr. Benes stands firmly by the principle of ex- change of populations which the Hungarians argue is impracticable on the ground of numbers. Hun garians have insinuated that the Czechoslovak attitude a justifi- cation for Munich, and there is a

balanced and convincing.

STOLEN AMMUNITION.

ARMED ROBDERY

motto.

on

anese banned all short wave radio to the Brave New World.

I retained mine, however,

ser

as I was desperate for war newe.

usud to

the

listening

Medical Aid For Lamma Island

FOR THE 1200 CHINE SE INHABITANTS OF LAMMA ISLAND, WHI CH THE JAPANESE USED AS A BASE FOR "SUICI DE" BOATS.

tropical ulcers

1

The gentleman who was to unite the platform just as the eight announced George had re-onlisted brides slowly but surely trod for a one year hitch-Associated the narrow crimson carpet to, Prost their final goal.

"Then pandemonium broke

TICKET MARKETEER

loose. Nobody cared about or- A Chinese uncraplayed. Yuen dor or allence. Some mounted Tang, appeared before, Mrs A, ol upon their chairs to get a better Arculli at the Summary Military others followed Court yesterday thatmort while look, suit and soon everybody was on selling tickets for the

I

with

with

a

for.

sell the

The risk was Werable, lika but t take Awitching off the room lights, and Two Chinese, Cheng Shing and tuning as possible, etc. Imagine In to the news broadcast Chan Ming, were charged before as

therefore Mr. W. H. Latimer. yesterday.

my horror when 1 dis- of covered very late one night my with the unlawful possession of

daughter istening in to a Charlie

his chair, resulting in extra football match at the Causeway on Mcarthy programme relayed from

Bay tram, torninus on Saturday. broken .5 Browning ammunition.

expenses for repairs, The first accused, arrested

Accused

arrested by Wan SOME STATISTICS Frisco at full blast, and with all Mar. 2, with 760 rounds, was sen- tenced to two months' hard labour. the room lights on Japanese THE R.A.F. ARE PROVIDING MEDICAL ATTENTION

The grooms, gave out sighs Chinese detosive, Lal Mau-yau period second, found with 100 gendarmes during that

of relict. Three brides wore and Mr. Mugford, Inapoio of The

five Entertainment Tox, one used to patrol our streets nightly.

nervous that their arms tiokete offered for sale at $1.50. rounds, was sentenced to

Now, air, what I wish to im P

ahook. Here are some statistics. The original price for the tickets month. Inspector Cutler said that

press upon you is that

were $1.20 each including tax. the ammunition was beloved to duster, judging by the stand-

The Japanese treated the le- rounds, between the different on the brides:

Accused pleaded guilty aying modern ards of

youths, is by no landers harshly. They

"One wore eyeglasses. Seven went villages, LA.C. Rhead travels Ammunition Stores, Kai Tak.

means abnormal. She is. In an intelligent but more serously short of food and mal-¡by sampan or landing craft. He had long hair; one had bobbed that he bought tickets But surely it is the limit for a nutrition has resulted in an out- is accompanied by an interpreter hair. Five, were low-heeled slip friends who falled to turn up in

Bickness. Chronic and two coolles to carry the pers; three wore foreign high- time so he decided to

hecled shoes, Two wore pink tickets..

A fine of $25 was imposed. real danger that the present high Five armed desparadoes enter-girl fully twenty, and a Univer-break of

carly Jours of the morning

are most comp

At the larger villages, clinics gowns; one wore a violet gown; (He have been set up, where the one wore a white gown."

II.K.V.D.C. ORDERS feelings of flie Czechs, together cd the first floor, of No. 5, Wing Sity student at that, to sit an into malaria and acutely painful medical stores, with the confused state of mind Tak Street, Wanchal, about soon to a Ventriloquist. speak mon among the islandora.

yesterday and escaped with money to a

dummy. And all this while After the Japanese surrender, patients assemble to have their didn't say what the other four

Order by L-Col, E. J. R. of the politically immature Slo- and jewellery to the value of crucial battles were ragine, alan R.A.F, Medical Omeer and sores, coughs, and colds treated. wore).

"During the exchange of Mitchell, O.D.E., E.D., Com- over the world, while Hong Kong medical orderly were sent to the The medical orderly's arrivái, in yaks, might lead to a recrudes-about $2,000.

was

noor itself was cence of the pernicious revision-the vicinity of the robbery, and Japanese gendarmes, while post of for a fortnight, to diagnose of the headmans gives him an. of--fed up because the rooms No. 20, March 4, 1946

swarming with horrible island, where the doctor stayed always a big day in village life: rings, cae groom was evidently manding H.K.V.D. Coris, Ordar ist mentality which sincere Hun-

was detained in connection with living was soaring sky high, and esses and, prescribe treatment. Hojal welcome and afterwards too small. The clergyman told Pay Advances, Wednesday, garians have repudiated.

them five points they should March 6, 10.00 do 12.00 hours (a) while American planes were drop The medical orderly Lealing entertains him..

bombs with blood ourdling

Most of the Islanders, whose constantly bear in mind, which, Widows only of Killed and H.B.K. Aircraftsman Kenneth Rhend, rapula:159.

I give the above example not has stayed behind to carry out chief, occupation is fishing, are on account. of the noise, (b) Wives only of mobilized per-

∙Kong. extremely poor Many live por couldn't make out. Anyway it ponnel repatriated outside - Hong During February, 13,848 people because it illustrates something his orderanneth Rhead lives manently in their sampans, but wasn't my wedding

L.A.C. came from. Canton be. Ilong, Konst exceptional, but because. I know.

"One of the spectators said it

AIR MAILS by railway, while 27,830 travelled that almost each and every, youth with military and civilian ad even they are not forgotten Church of Santa Maria della Vin, up from Hong Kong to Canton. (of all nationalities, breed or ministrators in Lamma and is when LA.O. Rhead is making was a good idea to hold mass

The Post Office has announced a from where he takes his cardinali This meant a surplus toux of creed).. so long as an or she le visited once a week by a doctor his rounds...

marriage ceremonies. Evidently 6,000. Into the Colony by railway modern (1.7), has dong, la doing who comes over to superintend

he was thinking bfairde shows how almal time-table: effective tical tála

Thề Church was

was crowded with alone. Altogether the express or will do something like if the work for a g

Spallanan Memang Anyways, the whole cereminy as from yesterday, as follows mckpocket www.sentenced to With so lange p proportion, ode hundreds of Italian, varishionere carried, 61,687 passengers during

Rangoon, Singapore and Sydney its inhabitants behaving so. Il-BIG DAY 25 three mosios share Lebense is only cost $300 (about 30 cents, Monday London Olcutta, In the month and: Chinas saminar

The island, is eight miles long well, CA AU.3.) per couplesuzaka piliku i tre Wednesdayuhandone -In Januar", 70,300 passengers wolepsy and blinking, so Incake-

HER AGENTE LA the "Good luck to the newlyweds. The und Saigon aip rantly, is it eurprising, aire the and about two miles aeroks

ora Kok Ferry Wharf They need.. it... Associatda seyrkisyanLondon. Calcutta, Bany

koon) Barapore and Sydney,

CARDINAL TIEN

Rame, March 4..

China's Cardinal Tlen ysstor-

day took formal possession of the

Fökuded: amore they wit

the ceremonies avaa, Dr.

the case.

K.CR. TRÄFFIC

passengers numbering 80,4 down-gua asunZOTE. 30,971!

nine

and the world is ii, nel chaost its broadest point: There are! **

The Alomie Agg has borun, nd no roads, and, to make histor

„Press.

Cauchitta,