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Cathedral "DUKWS" RUSHED 200 MILES Commission On Salaries

Appeals For Aid

Is my fervent hope that alt

who feel some respondility for this Cathedral of ours will give a financial aid they can and will exert their lafluence upon those scho, although outside Ute congre- gation, bave a regard! for the

TO RESCUE

VILLAGERS

Flood Waters Still Rising In England

place which the Cathedral holds Better News From

ip

the life of the community,"

said Mr. P. S. Cassidy, honorary

treasurer, at the usual neeling

of electors of St. John's Cathedral

yesterday evening,

The Very Rev, Dean Rose, whi

prexiled, said that of 10-11 he

Thames Valley.

London, Mar. 20. -

wished to mention three notable Two of the Army's "DUKWs" raced 200 miles across

things the departure of Dear Wilson to be Bishop of Singapore; the appointment of minister of the American Episcopal Church

to the staff; and the fact that the Cathedral was fully used daring the Sirge and provided a place of

A prayer to many in thos

That part of the Cathedral life which transferred itself to Stan- ley merged itself in the united programme of church worship and work, He expressed their groti'nde to the Roman Catholic V Church for its friendly help to the church "outside" during the occupation. experlally to Mgr. Valtora. the

fathers ani

flooded England today to bring relief to 1,000 residents of a stricken Yorkshire mining vil- lage. Following an appeal to Cabinet Ministers in the House of Commons by Socialist M.P. Evelyn, Walken, the War Office dispatched two of the war-born vehicles designed for land or water travel from Aldershot Barracks to Bent- ley in Yorkshire.

Flood waters rose steadily throughout the night in,

the little mining town, lapping at bedroom windowsills of many homes. The Northern Command sent troops to Bentley to aid in evacuation but there were no "DUKCWs" in that area and the amphibians had to be sent from the Southern Command. the French couvert for their care and housing of Church property.

Bentley is but one danger the Weser, are cut off from the Bir. Chavidy, presenting

Farmers other half. the point in the north.

The Dre sidge above Bre- treasurer's report, said that war and cottagers have been warned losses and deficits reduced thei- to leave the Derbyshire town ten, which is for most important Iconnection between the Rhineland accumulated fund from $12,775 at of Wirksworth. The cutire industrial region and Homburg, the end of 1841 to $122. Profit hillside, undermined by now from the realisation of invest- and flood, is moving and land- elocul to all trafle. ments brought the futu

uplides, threaten Wirksworth

Aweeping The flood.wave $6,800. There were certain

downstream

caused the serves carried over, from pre-war

News from the Thames evacuation of families from the Valley is better. The river felt low-lying areas.-Reuter. two inches during the night but

years.

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At the end of the year they had a balance af over $20,000 but this will be exhausted in order to pay for the Deanery.

"But overshadowing M!! this current finance is the colossal sun. which is required to restore the Cathedral," he continued, "An

camer.

STRACHEY'S

DENIAL

London, Mar. 19.

Mr. The Food Minister, John Strachey, at a press conference here today, denicil nsertions made by a Cana= dian Member of Parliament that he had ever been do- ported from the United States as undesirable.

"I had two legal cours In America in 1934 and 1938--- and very interesting they wrre Mr. Strachey added. " you fecund of being a medical--which, in fact, I am. In the

end the American courts decided that they had to poter to deport an alien 122 thone circumstances."-- Reuter.-

Weather's Effect On-

is weakened that it has been Farming

•

s

water still fills the streets of Communists

Windsor And Maidenhead. Princess Elizabeth's punt is be ing used in rescue work.

The battle against flood-

Had 10,000

appeal has now gone out and we inland from the east coast be. are awaiting the risponso

waters in the Fens, stretching Casualties

with

busted breath Until we can make tween Cambridge and a point,

Nanking, Mar. 20.

Kowloon

Policemen Disarmed

1.

the

"WE OUGHT TO. BOMB RUSSIA“

Philadelphia. Mar. 19. Cicorne Burle, former Unit- ed States Minister to Aus- tria

Fucki and Bulgariu, urged the bombing of Rumel "To climinate the Communist menuen to civilization."

Earle said "We night to lamb Ruania before she hamba na, i would be sorry lo men Russian women and children killed but I réould rather it be that toa than have Sovirt bombs kill Americagi wanien and children.”—Lulled 'Presd

Glasgow Express'

Record

Stranraer, Mar. 19. The Glasgow, Express puffed into the station thehere last night on a re-

to

Of Public Officers

It was announced on Jan. 28 last that the Secre- tary of State for the Colonies had approved the appointment of a Commission to review salaries and conditions of serviec of public officers in Hong Kong.

Duncan

areas

John Sloss, Ear C.B.E. (Chairman),

Under Section 2 of the Commissioners Powers Ordinance of 1886, the Governor in Council has now appointed a Commission of Inquiry- with the following terms of reference:-

The Commissionera (1) To consider and submit | recommendations for revision follows: of the salaries and emolumenta and conditions of service of all public officers in Hong Kong.

(2) To comsider the extent to which the cost of living allowances should

incor. porated in husle, salary having regard to the fact that stable conditions have not cconomic

yet been re-catablished.

(3) To keep in view in fram. the ing the recommendations desirability of reducing the present diversity of salary scales and conditions of service amongst various grades of the public service.

that the

The Honourabla Mr. Lo Man-

Kam, C.B.E..

I

The Honourable Mr. Thomas

Megarry,

Arnold Pollard, Esq,

William Ngarise

Tam, Esq.,

John Robert

M.C., and

Thomas

Jones, Esq.,

Ngan Shing 'Kwan. En It is expected that the Com mission will start work in the Immediate future..

New Belgian

(4) To take such'actlyn as may be appropriate to ensure recommendations of the Hong Kong Salaries Com cord-breaking run it mission will be related to those Cabinet

and 50 minutes late.

60

officern

and

Brussols. Mar. 10.

M. Paul Henri Spaak, now Belgian Premier, tonight an- nounced His complete list of Ministers in his Coalition Ca- binet. They are:

When seven members of Kowloon Emergency Unit, led by B/I N. A. Clarke, boarded the routine 8.40 am. uptrain on a search yesterday they had no iden whatsoever that they would be- come, the "guests" of the Chinese gendarmerie at Shumchun nor that they would be subjected lo the humilitation of being dia- armed. The

original Intention of Police

party was to disembark at Lown, in British territory, but no the train did not stop there was five days, 18 hours of the Maluyan Commission

perforce had whole party

with a view in particular to carry on to Shumchun.

On arrival in Chiness territary. Aboard were 18 of the criginal facilitating the interchange of

between Malaya who left Saint passengers they were questioned by the gen- darmerie and promptly disarmed. Enoch Station In Glasgow last Hong Kong.

(5) To make recommends After a lot of "paisver," S/1 Wednesday night on what is nor Clarko and six of his met ware mally a three-hour run. The train tons regarding the points of permitted to return to Sheung- became snowbound 53 miles frim entry for serving officers in shui, leaving one man and the is destination.

any new or revised salary.acule. Socialist Paul de Groote Passengers

who

16) To have gung behind.

generally in Economic Coordination); Leon Great Yarmouth, Mar. 10.

than fight Mr. Searle, ASP. Ofcer Com- aboard rather

mind the White Paper Colonial El Troclot (Labour) 1. Achille way through snowdrifts arrived Britain's

Hain's agriculture an bon manding the Police Force in the only a few hours balting those No. 197 of 1946 relating to the Van Acker (Communications);

has been New Territories, on being Inform- "most alarming", Sir. Stafford

of Colonial Ser- Joseph Herlat (Budget); Ca Cripps, President of the Board

mille Huymans (Education; Pierre Vormeylen (Interior); (Fuel and Achille Delattro Power).

Sociallat Christians-Baston Eyskens (Finance). Paul Striye Duvieuxact (Justlee); Jeaur (Industry and Trade); Robert De Man (Reconstruction); Pierra Vefblit (Publle Health); Pierre Wigny (Colonics); Pecar Hehogne (Public Works); Fran. coin Xavier der Straaten. Wail- let (Foreign Trade): Paul Cr- ban (Agriculture).

remained their

ed by 8/1 Clarke as to what has who transferred to taxi-cabs on organisation

o Trade, trid the local Chamber taken place, went across the bar-Monday afternoon-United Press, viec.

of Commerce at its annual diner and, after some more pow

ner

ex-

In-

the Chinese chief, wow" with secured the release of the other man and the revolvers,

the Police party, the gendarmerie According to one member of chief was most amicable and the. whole party was treated with the utmost

courtesy.

Legislative Council

here tonight. "Some of the damage

ja Jr. reparable--we cannot bring hun- dreds of thousands of sheep back to Ilfe or prevent the loss of DCT ht halt of bur lambs," haps Faid. "Other didiculties we may, if the floods moderate in time. sure of our first hundred thousand north of London, goes on with we cannot embark upon the first out a break. More than 100,000. The -- Communinta suffered make partially good though one the battle of the worst autumns, followed stage of our work of re-construc-nundlings were used to bolster 10,000 casualties in tion and it in my fervent hope the breaking banks of the Ouse for Yonan, while approximately by the worst weather ever that all who feel some responsi- and Balley Bridge spans 2,000 Communisis were cappertenced at the end of winter, bility for this Cathedral of ours one great breach through which tured during the operations for has made the problem of cultiva

to Bemi-tion and sowing well-nigh water is swirling to menuce the city, according

superable.

<*It} building, in the same way. many towns in the Cambridge official sources.

Sevive fighting preceded the we have lost two months at least area.

Communist strong-and that means not only putting In Legislatiya Council yester- fall of the

programme day the following Bills passed ap. hold. However, foreign corres-back our housing

rondents who flew to Yengn a but a grave interference with all their first reading:- week ago when American planes our factory building and exten- took back the Communist nego- sions, and a great deal of other tialors, stated at the time of their visit that the Communist High Command 'expressed the belief that the town would not by defender.

One

qzzte

holds in the life ef the com. mumly."

will give all the financial aid they ean and will exert their influence pon those who, although outside congregation have a, reward for the place which the Cathedral Reading faces the loss of its

drinking water as floods proach the town's pumping station, but water for 2,500,000 Londoners is. now safe as the menace to the Hampton water- worke has been averted by the sandbagging efforts of the Coldstream Guards.

British Meat Allotment

Washington, Mar. 20. Britain had been allocated 25,000,000 additional pounds of meat for the first quarter of this year, officials of the De- partment of Agriculture an

nounced.

The additional amount brings the quarter's allocation to 60.. 000,000 pounds, the announce ment added.

Britain is inging the meat in the open market and Agricul- ture officials muld that it will be largely beef, with, amall quantities of mution. No pork an included because of tho Lurrent shortage. Associated

• Press.

COMPLAINANT IN HOSPITAL

"Woman In Red" On Murder Charge

"The Woman in Red"

Non-Party: Colonci de Frai. Defence); (National George de Fernig, Food and Imports).

Trieste, Mar. 19. Maria Pasquinelli charged here with the murder of a British officer, Brigadier R. W. de Winton, told the court today that she could have escaped after she fired the fatal shot in Pola last month, be-teur cause "the British soldiers near seemed so sur- prised."

The final tragedy of Istria and

The new government, In Pasquinell, a 93-year-old Ita tian teacher, added that, "one of Pola, Pasquinelli declared, was which M. Epaak remains For- (1) An Ordinance to aniond them thought that I was going to not Communist movement eign Minister as well as being work to Sir Stafford Cripps | the Marriage Ordinance 1875. shot him be well, but I bent galna! Fasciam, but pan-Sloveno Premier, will be sworn l added.-Reuler.

(2) An Ordinance to amend down and put the pistol on the mperialism denationalising Ita tomorrow before Prince Char

dans and destroying the Latin les. It will go before the the Foreign Marriages Or-ground."

She said that if she could have race, coupled with a move against Chamber on Tuesday and be dinance 1903,

got in touch with the "Big Four" the Western Allies, An Ordinance to repealse wald have told them about

The Couri the law relating to the use of the trendy injustices against Italy morning-Reuler.

the control of Weather General Chou En-lain saying

vehicles and The Air Ministry

"I felt that it was my duty to Bureau

new protest, but it was impossibio forecasts more rain "Why should we defend this

proceed bgainst the Big Four be which, it is feared, is expected empty place."-Reuter, to reach southwest England

The Hen. Attorney General, cause 1 could not get near them," 'Today's Poterant:-Moderate easterly ne

the added. early tonight and spread

tight variable winds inshore: moderate | Introducing the Ble, and in

Accusel, who is shrrt and rasterly offalyen at first: aloudy gradually castward and north-

with regard to the first two that the dumpy, with dark hair, had earlier. ward across the country.

mursing mint or Ing, with some clest object was to assist in the in the day pleaded guilty to mur #gmentation of the revenues dering Brigadier de Winion. Bri

tish Commander of the 13th In. of the Colony.

More Rain

Battle Of The Ouse

London, Mar, 19.

correspondent quoted

THE WEATHER

Ang worthyalina over Mongolia extending sethward over Northern an Central China.

A depresion over B Korra le moving arrestward, Pur

(3)

In kinh to the HE of Japan and erinilvely | traffic and How to the NE of Japan and over th provisions.

(equatorial · regiona,

claring the day; winds freshening from

N15 later with temporary deterioration 'and lower lentoeratures,

Yesterday's Weatheri-

Maximores 21.8 deg. Fah

Minimum: 65.0 deg. Fals,

125.) Inm-

The Eastern (Military) Conthey would surrender their res-ero, at mun.l. ....10LD. 1916.1 m.b.

I am, 4 pm

Finde 30.09 30.01 inches

67 der. F. EN E by B

tel. Humktity Dim Fun! Wind Direction Whd Forre

mr

07

13

is knots.

BRITISH TROOPS IN GREECE The Exchange Telegraph

London, Mar. 19. Agency reports today that eight

A high Government source, Jabourers were drowned dur-confirmed today that the Unit-; ing last night at Nihlyr, near ed States has been informed by Hulfa, in flood waters.—United | Britain that it was prepared to sunshine: 61 hom. Press.

evacuats British troops from Bainfall: Trace. Tata! since Greece about August.

-135,4 mm. against an average of While the British had sct.

Readlig March 31 as the date by which

mand today threw in all Ita ponsibilities in Greece they Royal Engineer resources In never had said they expected to the battle of the broken Ouse withdraw their troops by then. in an all-out attempt to seal -United Press. the 100 foot breach in the river i now flooding great tracts of When William Wilson Alexan- the Fenland. der, 24, fireman of the s/s "Min- A bomb disponat squad will chih of Shettreston," appearer try to bridge the gap, using the before Mr. Latimer yesterday on war-famous Balley bridge from a charge of having assaulted which civil contractors will re- John Thomas outside the Rted inforce the ends of the bank Lion Inn at 12.30 cm. on Thurs and then close the gap by sus- day S/I Askew applied for it 48:

pending sheet filing. Floating hours remand as the complainant rafts and folding bonts have On the question of bat! being been rushed to the scene and ralued, the prosecuting officer other commands and schools of stated that as the Palico were not military engineering are Co- yet certain of the extent of the operating... Injuries received by the com In the west, the river Severn plainant he had been instructed

was still in hospital.

to oppose ball until the next hear

ing.

ON OTHER PAGES

Page Two

Bitten By A Japanese Who "Bocamo "Vory Wild"." Page Three

Taxation Measures, Criticised.,

Page Four

Montgomery Gineralship Mathe Western Offensiva.

The French Grials..

Page Si

Chalk Pit Murder Caso At

Old Bailey,

Hypnosis In Painless

Childbirth

Moscow, Mar, 19.

Hypnosis is being used by Soviet doctors to pro- vide painless childbirth, according to the Rus- sian gynecologist Malinovsky, who described the new method in the weekly "Ogoniek."

"In his article be discussed the Soviet physicians are sisa

Malinlovaky... ... says

to

Tự Độn

in.

In regard to the Truffle B funtry Brigade, he was

Forcling i cuard outside his head- he said the objects and reasons, quarter of Pale on Feb. 10. a printed, were very full. At

Political Motives · the present time the law pro

The Court President, however, vided merely and largely for said that the Court could not ne powers' for regulations to be cept a plea of gulity because the made. It did not contain the charge was punishable by death. more modern provisions re- Jit a voice tile above a whis- garding träffe Jaw which huvo per, Pasquinelli, who spoke for been enacted in the United nently three hours, explained her Kingdom under the Acts of political motives fur the shotine "I want the reasons for this net 1980 and 1934. The mala purto be known," she said, adding pose of the Bill was to embody that she felt the destruction f those provisions which deals her hopes for Italy, when she sow with reckless and dangerous in the people of Pola "a desperate driving and this endursement of case of the tragedy of donationall.

Batin." licences where persons driving ["I had already lost hope that vehicles are found to be In- the Allied decision on Triesto

toxicated or under the influence could be changed. Even 'deeper of drugs. The Bill also pro- did I feel the necessity to rebel. vided for enhancing the general| "The Atlantic Charter was penalty for offences committed being soat upon. I stuck to my hope that my brothers of Venezia under the Ordinance or

Ciulla would not be condemned is exlie and denariation.” gulations, and set out penalties which are heavy on

Loved Fascism'. ・・ conviction."Tor offences for With a never-failing memory exwhich the Bill provides,PA!! for dates, Pasquingill spoke

the

Suppression of that the(1) The

U

today rose more than one foot leuitics which doctora, had perimenting successfully, with a The following Bille passed her career as a teacher and a Fase to within four inches of the re found with various childbirth an THEW preparation known at their second and third reading; est. cord of 1852 and was still ria-aesthesia, but that hypñoals had "Lidel", as anaesthesia.

love Fasciam because ing this afternoon. Gloucester- been used widely and successful- shire, Yorkshire and Surray are y during childbirth by Professpinal cord injections practised Robbery Ordinance 1947, which through Fascism I saw Italy could the other areas seriously affect Platen and others,

ora A. P. Nikolaev, K,

Sho added that she was_dia 1. by some Americans are "not alimposes capital punishment in achieve greatness" she said.

ways safe.”—United Press, certain circumstances' on persons missed from the Italian, Red Cross taking part in armed robbery th North Africa because sho her Accompanied by the death of a dressed like soldlor, cut human being hands?

hair and tried to get to the front,

GIANT BRITISH

AIR LINER

London, Mar:

cd in what some people are Efe quoted one mother es de calling the worst floods for 800 scribing her experience thus years.

"My hypnotised state did not This morning, 80 cut of Eng-prevent me from straining. I land's 40 counties had bad breathed easily, did not feel the floods and there is no county pain and was not tired.

Although it was her first child, in England and Wales with roada free from floods or snow. direction of the doctor, she fell the woman said that, under the

The prototype of "Brabazon -Houtarde de

Milcop, so soundly that the did 1" giant 110 ton air liner women in the cperalias room yet made in Britain will start Rall and road communications, with her visitive

its trial flights before: choing the river. Weser have. During the signp she bear cut through the destruction | her doctor's directions,

Havoc In Germany not hear the cries of the other the biggest and most advabord

eye ("Hamburg, Mar. 10.

DIVENTA of this year, according t

lon of: Control Askid-By: Bertridges by mamive ise, flour 1 imagined mysel

rushing to the boa", and half, hof w. Limetre: visiter [the 70,000 inhabitants of Bremen, walked in a field Dock) Sports Newidia which is (onlik on both sides ofer According

ent indications," said Nathan, Minister Kore

tion

(2)The Ordinance to Amend further the Telecommunication Ordinanc 1986.**

the tax by the purchase **(3). The Ordinance to im tickets from the proprietors. pose Tax in respect of the the tickets to be stampp

The Council mispï (Maged the Srvices of Dancing Partners

and Tax on food sold and Slaughter-houses Amaldment) consumed in Puibila Dance Halls. By-laws, - 1947, made by the An andendment "wad; inserted Urban Council, providing for In the last Ordinance providing higher fees for slau For the Somputation of the tax and transportation."

Last and Counsell - adiborneli

resumes tomorrow fore the Senate on Thursday.

Reuter.

HENNESSY

COGNAC BRANDY

LRONDON