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Britain's
Housing Programme
London, Jan. 28.
Britain's housing pro- gramme for 1947 was an- nounced in a White Paper today by Minister of Health Aneurin Be- van. It depends for its success on increased sup- plies of timber from abroad, including Russia.
CHINA MAIL
HONG KONG, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1947.
Big Three Should Troops
Get Together
London, Jan. 28.
The opinion that it would be a good thing if the "Big Three"-Attlee, Truman and Stalin-had another meeting before the German and Aus- trian peace treaties are finally, thrashed out was expressed by Dr. Jan Masaryk, Czecho- slovak Foreign Minister, in an interview here today.
Stand To In
Amritsar
London, Jan. 28. Shortly after the Pun- nounced here today the jab Government had an- immediate withdrawal of "It is not for me to suggest that they should meet,"
he said, "but the more often they meet the bet-its ban on the Moslem ter. I repeat what I said at the San Francisco League National Guards
agree the little peoples' will be all right.
much
Sangh organisation, Bri-
FLOODS IN THRACE
Istanbul, Jan. 28. Twenty people were drown- ed and thousands fled from. their homes when devastating floods swept the Adrianople area of Turkish East Thraca in the last 24 hours after
torrential ruins.
The rivers Toundja nd Aruda overflowed, flooding a great part of the town of over 200 Adrianople, where houses icere erocunted Rail- communications were disarganised.-Reuter,
100
Above.
Conference that as long as the big powers and the Hindu Sevak Far
Regarding the German peace tish troops were called The Average mare optimistic now than when setticment, Dr. Masaryk said out in Amritsar to stand I left for the United States that he was all in favour of a by at police headquar-
"On the whole i am
Loyal
the Paris Conference. centralised Germany. The Minister hopes tá ser after 240,000 houses completed dur- The agreements reached at, the ing the year and 200,000 more Lake Success Conference pro.. under construction by Decemphesy a good future,
it all legiends 01 -ber, but
"While the big powers deciding the fate of the work timber imports.
Last year, aly Ro0,000 stan- the smaller nations should get
are
Speaking of his visit to the United States he said: "1 had a very satisfactory talk with
ILO VISIT TO FAR EAST
Montreal, Jan. 28.
An official Interna- tional Labour Office mission will visit the countries of the Far East within in the next few weeks, "Mr. Edward Phe- lan, Organisations Direc tor, announced today.
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NORMAL TRADE WITH JAPAN OUT
Washington, Jan. 28, -4,
A U.S. State Department source said today that there was a "good possibility" that British and other businessmen with investments in Japan would be permitted to go there "within the very near future" to visit and inspect facil- ities, but that it would be on a "system of rota- tion" such as was used in Germany.
The source added that he believed persons wish- ing to go to Japan to purchase goods for ex- port would be able to do so by the end of this year" but that that depended on developments. Commenting on a report from London that Brtial businessman
gh to return to take op nar- pursuits there, the source said there was simply "no indien- at Newton as to just when that would. be possible on a permanent basis". He said negotiations were go- ing on here between the Foreign Office and the State Department- and the latter was also discussing. the matter with General Mac- Arthur
This conference is to be held in preparation" for the first re- gional Asiatic conference ILO in China" in 1948.
of
Shanghai Well
Beaten
The purpose of the mission is to complete and verify the information in the reporta prepared for the preparatory regional Asiatic conference of the International Labour Office, gaga which is to be held Though some of the ters while Moslems were could count a double handful of Delhi in October, he said.
little candies for theirt next staging a demonstration birthday cake, the current fast-moving musical revue, against the ban.
senior London by Night," is the best the of of its type yet to "touch - Superintendent British
Mr. S. C. Robinson,
injured Star Theatre stage. Police, was seriously
That is already saying a good trolling one of the Moslem deal as we have had two cr League processions held in de three very good companies dance of the bah
on demon- . there. strutions. The officer was hit!
"London, by Night" owes its
and .state centres, Chinn, sy thirdly, the fact that across the head with a flagpole success to a galaxy of star per Burma, the Malayan Union, economy;
formers rela- and taken to hospital with a
and, particularly, to Singapore, Siam, the Republic Japanese manufacturers were in fractured skull. He was said the fact, that it moves
making commitments to deliver until they knew what reparations to be out of danger and pro- terrific pace and that the short of the Philippines and Ceylon. 2 state of uncertainty concerning not one of the forwards really
they
would required to pay. guessing satisfactorily.
In connection with the
dards of timber were imported together and take those things President Truman, who showed in. Amritsar today while con-
a lively interest in Czechoslova whereas the average. prewar on which they agree, such na
a little export here and a littlekian. affairs and its troubles. The Czechs are loyal people 2.200.000 stan- "Wies import
up to treaties dards, mainly from Scandina-import there.
2134 "Our delegation to the special--they live via and Baltic ruuntries
depaties of the Big Four Con--and given half a chance they Canada »
are can establish friendliest ference this morning
tions with everybody." Swaleb merely making a very Coil- is ralisel that would readily supply Limber if Feitiatory statement concerning) The Czech Foreign Minister rectifications, returns to Prague by special she could be sent. British coal
local frantier Finland if she could be without any villages er popula plane on Friday morning, fol in which we wish to settle lowing five and a half months' Last years 58,000 permanent bilaterally. We are not making continuous stay abroad. Reli- houses and 92.000 husses were completed in Bri-any reparations claims against er.
Fen British steel.
temporary
| Austria.
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Tain, the White Paper states.
"Meanwhile, we are continu. This represents 75 per cent of the maximum that was hoping exchanges of opinion with for.- Reuter.
the Austrian Government."
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Royalty To Act As Censors
Bangkok, Jan. 29. Members of the Siamese royal house will sit on the special cen- sorship board which will preview "Anna and the King of Siam" due in Bangkok next month, ne- rardino to the local 20th Century- Fox films office.
The advance copy has heen seen by, the police chief, Prince Hs- chakorn, wish predicted that the picture, which stars Rex Harri- gon, as the king of Siam, and Irene Dunne, as the English governess, will not be cut
The film company said the Alm would not be shown in Bangkok censored. If approved "Anna and the King of Siam will be shown the Chalerm Krung cinema, which is Crown property.
-Associated Press.
The English wife of Sir Firoz Khan Noon, Indian High Commissioner in London, was arrested in Lahore today while leading a procession of' veiled of Moslem women in defiance the ban on processions-Reu-
ter.
"No Disturbances”.
Madras, Jan. 28. Seventy-five leading Commu- nista have been arrested throughout Madras- Province since January 23 and detained in the central gael at Vellore Madras, an 150 miles from official spokesman said here.
"Complete order prevails in the province and there have been no disturbances of any kind as the result of the Com munist roundup." he added. Reuter.
Censorship
Lahore, Jan. 29. The Government of, the Pan- jab imposed a 15-day censor- ship on news. ordered news- papers and agencies publish anything statementa
not to but official concerning any "agitation."Associated. Press.
Striking Exhibition
T
Of Objets d'Art
(By Margaret Bradbury)
at a
intervale when the curtain is down, are filled in by comed- an Ken Douglas at his most original.
Nan Kennedy scores on first and would have appearance stolen with her impression of Will Fyffe were she in average
company,
The company, however, is far above average. Carmelita Law less play Chopin's "Polonaise"
Eleven officials of the ILO sections are to assemble at New Delhi on January 30, Mr. Phelan said. After this. the and in members will, singly groups, visit Indian provincial
-Reuter.
PEANUT HAWKER
CASE SUMMONS Ramzan Syed, police constable, of the Emergency Unit, Kowloon, appeared before Mr. H. G. Shel don yesterday afternoon sum- moned for assaulting Wong Shui- cheung. a peanut hawker, on Oct. 26 in Port
So far, General MacArthur had said it would be impossible to ad
missions mit even buying
for thuse with investments because of three factors:-
Firstly, lack of living facilities; dislocation of Japanese
latier
was
point, the source said that one reason the United States had been making efforts to get the members
of the Far Eastern Commission to agree upon a re purations plan.
Meanwhile, United Press learn
Mr. Roas
Giving, a
performance much below the standard displayed In their two previous games, Shang- hal went down to the United Sex- vices by 3 goals to 1 at Causeway Bay yesterday afternoon.
Shanghai
fielded a fairly strong to get but were not able
side. going. Though they had chances, tested Powell
half at
ance.
the
with a touch that the best local guilty, is represented by Mr. Leu sion to Korea and the Kuriles and but for anghat mainstays,
Roboostoff was untiring but he always had the opposing centre- allowed
his heels and was rarely tb move freely. Soong Ling-sing, inside left, played his series and worst game of the missed a sitter in the dosing stages. Karlovich did not touch the form of
of his initial appear Chong, in goal, gave an ed elsewhere that the State De- other sterling display. The full- Ng Kepecheung and Meyer backs, partment representative, Whitman, who is on a food mis- were
display, Shang
bave gono, much heavier defeat. with six other persons, also had hai would undoubtedly
down to a
The United Services gave 21 as one of his principal duties that of discussing with the Supreme excellent exhibition, and were Commander Japan the possibl
entim lity of relaxing regulations con- without a weak link in
trou line-up. Powell was cerning the admission of business bled and when he was called up- Imen.-United Press.
on, handled confidently, Of the backs, Crummey was slight bet- ter than Abrahams. Cushman, the did a good job watching
professionals would envy and Sylvia Morraine gives the same type of stuff as Dinah Shore with an original personality and a vim that makes the boys restless.
A piano act that is a scream from start to finish, a décùra- tive pair of dancers and Negro full house that early booking Ballet suggest after yesterday's will save 'disappointment.- V. V. K.
LOS ANGELES CONFESSION
Los Angeles, Jan. 29.
A 33-year-old transient last, night confessed to the torture and murder of "Black Dahlia" Elizabeth Short.
the
The man, who gave his name as Daniel Vorhees, met police on a street corner. and went with them to jail. He told the palice: "I killed her but I will not give any details. I am sick." More than five million dollars worth of paintings,
The police placed little cre- jade pieces, documents and antiques-forming dence in his story but are check the prized possessions of 60 well known collec-ing: to learn if he was the tors in Hong Kong and Macao-were on show person who sent the note ask yesterday when the first exhibition of its kind ing for terms to be held here since the war was opened at Vorhees
the Northcote Training College by Mr. T. W. Phoenix,
Press.
Kwok.
Sponsored by
the
of surrender. said.
from he · was Arizona. United
Sino- was trying to conquer the pro-
Shanghai, Jan. 28. British Club and the Chinese vince of Yunnan, he employed
The Central Bank of China Cultural Association, the dis- the technique of camouflage to continued to keep the open market
and Unite play consists of more than one beat his enemies. The drums rates on gold bars thousand articles which will be were placed in mountain States dollars in check by selling cu show to the public
and gold-bars. Today's vales wer every streams so that water day until Saturday.
pebbles hid them from view reported to total 13,000 ounces. Main features of the pollec- while they were beaten, creat- Reuter. • tion are in painting, porcelaining the impression of masses of and jade. Among the jade re- lies is a ring which collectora believe to be more than 2000 years old.
troops being in the vicinity.
in Portland Street. Defendant, who pleaded not d'Almada, instructed by Mr. A. d'A el Arculli. The prosecution is in the hands of Mr. A. J. Chifford, assisted by Inspector Mattram After the evidence of several witnesses, the case was adjourned
till this afternoon.
MR. ATTLEE REBUKES
MR. CHURCHILL
London, Jan. 28.
o and opened up the play
well placed passes to Heggie and Ford. Anderson and Humbis lent
him
good support.
In the attack, Heggie and Stickland were At all times a dangerous pair and the greatest threat to the Shanghaf defence.
After even play, Shanghat took
Prime Minister Attlee today told the House of the lead through Li Yin, but Commons that Burma had been given the United Services were soon on Sticklund scoring with a magnificent shot.
choice of remaining in or leaving the British level terms, Commonwealth, but Winston Churchill
In the second half, United Ser charged that the scheme meant only that Bri-vices were on top and Chong was
repeatedly called upon. tain must "pay and then go."
A breakaway on the right gave Attlee said Britain had agreed that Burma should
to a misunderstanding b- achieve freedom and independence "within as tween the backs, and Heggle gaye short a time as possible." He said it was for the United Services the lead. Just before time, Crummey scored the people of Burma to decide whether to re-from
a penalty, main in the Commonwealth.
rice
Teams:
United Services: Powell, Abra- hama, Crummey, Humble, Cash- man (Capt.), Heggle, Stickland,
Goldthorpo, Schultz and Ford.
Shanghai: P. L. Chong, K. C. Ng. Meyer, P. C. Koo, F. T. Tan, L. H. Hon, Y. L. Chia, Karlovich, Rebossteff, L. S. Soong and Y. Li.
NEWCASTLE BEATEN
He outlined the transitional fortnight discussion here with means whereby the Burmese a six-man Burmesc delegation, Constituent Assembly, to be were disclosed in a White Paper elected in April, would frame issued almost simultaneously. Burma's new constitution. Hel An assembly to write the added that British loans to re- constitution will be elected in pair war damage would be April and will consist entirely, continued in the transitional cf Burmese nationals. While
the period.
constitution ig being Churchill commented; "First drafted. Burma. will be ruled we pay and then we go!" by an interim Goverment--a) "The Right Honourable gen- native executive Council and a
London, Jan,:28:2 Governor-similar to tleman's logical faculty seems British
Playing at home in the Seepad. to have deserted him!" Attlee that in India.
Division, Burnley today beat After the new Constitution Newcastle United by three goals responded. "There is no deci.. sion here to go. There is no becomes effective, the question to nil-Reuter, decision, to pay, for these are of retention or use of "British
In a friendly hockey match on interim payments in the form forces in Burma will be sub- of loans. It really cannot be re-ject to agreement between the the eve of their departure from Hong Kong, 105 Ind, Mob. Work- duced down to a propasition iwo, nationa.
shop Coy, defeated the Buffs by
forth in the White Paper, was
HAV. Murray Parade ground. "Dismal"
an "early and willing ratifica- Läkra (3) and Nk. Loquib scor tion of the frontier areas"ed for the winners. Churchill then asked Attlee the Shan states and Chin hills to arrange for the House to areas-but the decision on the debate "this dismal transacmeank of corporating them un
der the Burmese Government Attlee anid a debate would was deferred for special study.
ZBW Hong Kong broadcasting be arranged after the Burmese
Approximately 5,000,000
an a frequency of 845 kilocyclei delegates. had returned to Kerens, Chia and Kachin tribes and from 12.30 to 1.15 p.m., 6.80 Burma, but added, “I am hop and people of the Shan states to 7:30 p.m., and 9 to 11 pm ing the debate will be no more Inhabit these areas bordering also on 9,52, megacycles, dismal than the debate of 41 Indian, Slam and China,—As. | KKT,
An
Mr. Ma Man-faf said yester STOP PRESS which is entirely inaccurate," "agreed objective" act 4 goals to three yesterday
were
day: "Some of the picees' of jade in this exhibition instruments of war in the ear! days when it was the sharpest material that could be modelled into the form of weapons; be-
Mr. Ma Man Fai, member of the Sino-British Club, who con- ducted me on a tour of the exhibition pointed out one of the most interesting pieces in fore the age of bronze. When the porcelain section, a painter's her materials were discover- water container which dates ed, of course they replaced from the fourth century.
T
Any student of Chinese his- tory would be curious to ins- pect a rectangular tile of grey pottery, said to have been pre- served from the time of the warring states in the period 481-221 B.C
The tile was part of the chumber wall of a warrior's tomb and la decorated with the carved figure of a soldier and a pike
jade,"
Cultural Heritage
Mr. Ma said that one of the primary future efforts of the Sino-British Club will be to organise sub-committees made "up of members with knowledge of antique bronzes, paintings, jade, porcelains, wood cuts with a view to holding displays.
He explained that the pre- sent exhibition origluated with have a group of people who the cultural heritage of China The First Camouflage at heart and realise that in the
A large bronze drum dating last eight years of war China - from 210 A. D. occupies a las suffered irreparable damra- prominent position in the ex-age to her antiques and a-great hibition and provides evidence deal of turnover in the owner- perhaps of the first Instance of ship of these historical arti- psychological warfare being clus
used Ja China,
Opening the exhibition" yeɛ-
Jerusalem, Jan. 29,
A mysterious celler who said he was an Irgunist spokesman told a newspaper bureau here today: "We have been unable to release Collins- until now but is being re-
ye | leased shortly."-
up
They and there was no
speaker hang. abruptly,
clue
regarding the authenti- city of the message,
The anonymous call come as High Commissioner Sir Alan Cunningham conferred for more than two hours with Generals Sir Miles Dempsey and Sir Evelyn "Barker and members of the Palestine Government Executive Coun-
cil.
If Collins is not found by 5 p.m. today it is expected that certain areas of Palestine would be placed under statu.
·tory · · martial law-United Press.
•
Troponí "Sicily), Jan.-29,
A gang of 20 armed with sub-machine-guns and hand-
balled, the Salami:Sinia. Nin-.
In the Three Kingdoms days terday Mr. T.W. Kwok ex-grenades on Tuesday night of the Han dynasty, when pressed his appreciation of the Prime Minister Kung Ming efforts of the Club and sold Is train and systematically
robbed all the passengers, The showing of these collec
Loot
estimated at พล. Printed and published for the done to members of the public sever
several million Ure and con- proprietors The
sisted
ccnsiderable Enterpriss, Limited, by WALTER should become an Important
-rehabilitation amount of Jewellery-United JAMES KEATS Windsor House, fécture of the Roi Konr
programme in the Colony." Press,
Newspaper
tion."
year ago, in which the Right scciated Press.
Honourable gentleman had to
suffer some criticism."
BUS TRAGEDY
Burmese delegates told Unit- ed. Press they wished to make it clear that they were not
Knocked down by a bus when prevented from seeking any.
Nathan Road nea? | change which may be outside crossing existing provisions for the in- Argyle Street shortly before noon yesterday, a Chinese woman. terim periodi mu
Tang IIgn, 60, succumbed to her They sold it would be the injuries a few hours after being taak of the new Constituent admitted to Kowloon Hospital, - Assembly to determine the new
constitution of Burma within
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