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CHINA MAIL

No. 33714.

GOVERNMENT

Crowds Cheer Princess

London, July 10, Princess Elizabeth put

, on her diamond engage. ment ring for the first time today. and made her first public appear- | ance as the fiancee of Lieutenant Mountbatten.

Philip

She got cheers from a crowil in front of the Palice when she left with hôr sister and her pares for the unvelling of the Battle of Britain Memorial In Westminster Abbey, where she wil olmust eertainly be married. but it was at the Abbeg that the tremendous interest in the engagement rally manifested itself.

Thousands of people crowded the district to cheer The Prin- cess, and extra pn'ler, including amounted constables, had be 1

summoned to head off traille in the congestedt tren

Philip did not atern but im expected to be at the garden party at Buckingham Palace in mid-afternoon if it is not can- eeled by rain.

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Unanimous Desire And Resolve Of Council Members To Help"

A Practical Scheme Now

Under Discussion

Strong replies to last week's criticisms of Governgent's Housing Policy were made in Legislative Counell yesterday by the Hon. Mr. D. M. MacDougall, Officer Administering the Government; the Hon. Mr. R. R. Todd, acting Colonial Secretary; and the Hon. Mr. V. Kenniff, Director of Public Works. At the conclusion of the debate on Government's amendment to the original motion, the Hon. Mr. D. F. Landale called for a division. The eight Oficial members, including the Officer Administering the Govern- ment, voted in favour of the amendment; the seven Unofficial Members ; voted against. The motion was carried. "It can be small comfort to these dispossessed and

even

exploited citizens to listen to debates proving that miracles cannot be performed though I hope the patent sincerity of all who have spoken' may have convinced them of the unanimous desire and resolve of all mem- bers of this Council to help them." said Mr. MacDougall, referring to the many in Hong Kong without homes.

Uproar In House Of Commons

TRAINING FOR

COLONIES

Singapore, July 10.

Under a ten-year £1,500,- 000 colonial service improve- mont scheme, nine officers of the Malayan Union Govera

The

Europeans #31.7

18 EM

three Malayana-have been selected to go to England shortly for special training for colonial errvice.

enurpe. which formulated by the

Duke of Devonshire committee On post-war

the training for colonial service, ennsists of n summer school at Oxford. followed by teo University terms--Reuter,

No Rice

For Export

:

"Packed in their hot, insanitary m-private quar- ters, they must be sick of promises and of

London, July 9. words. I am not going to make any promises

The arrival of a suit- and I am going to say only a few words more.

Saigon, July 9. case in the House of It is to make it clear that Government has ac-

Indo-China. is not able Commons today caused cepted the responsibility for tackling this

an uproar among Mem-to spare any surplus rice emergency....The solution brooks no delay

bers of Parliament and this year for food-short and we are pledged to find one.'

in Southeastern umendmenta to last "Geverument far from obvious 'The

embarrassment! areas proposed satisfied at the present situa- to the Labour back-ben- Asia. week's motion, were by the acting Colonia' Secretary tan in regard to housing, but

in

aid seeunded by the Director of that is not to say that Govern, cher, Charles Royle, its Public Works, The Attorney-ment concedes that there has owner.

As been no progress or little pro- Suttenses, ruled the General supported them.

Fress Mince the re-neeupation, amowice, the motion carried by

which took place at the end of the Official majority reads:---

1945, just August,

over 22 months ago.

"That this Counci! notes with

**The Crat

ocupying tablishment

Deputy Speaker, are definitely out of order in the Commons Chamber. boxes, yes, but de- Despatch Anitely no sultcases,

Mr Hugh Dalton, Chancellor furce was the e-of the Exchequer, was trying to

of law and order i move at amendment to

the

Meanwhile, there are angges. tions that the handsome couple plan their tuneymo trip In one or more of the Dominions and possibly the United States

When enternmen offered their | eograditiona The Princess, prave concern und disappoint smiling. repbed "fo

ment the situation in regard to Thank you very much. We are lasing reorded in the Hon. very happy." The Princess wore the Colenial Secretary's state- a dress of daffodil yellow silk,

ment on June 19th, 1947, and and the restoration of the ser- Budget when shouts of "Order" The King and Queen

is of the opinion that:

vices assentin! to the health of began as Mr. Royle walked in the community. Owing to the with his suit-case, placed it on 1 Government should con- reported today to be arranging

end of the war with a bench beside him and then a family party for Backing time to regard the solution of sudden ham Palure on the afternoon of this question as one of the al-Japan this occupying force came moved away, leaving it in the

with almost empty hands. They same spot. July 29 primarily so close rela- most virgency.

Mr. Oliver Stanley, for lives of Philip can

Government should achieved good results in an ex- meet the

Colonial Conservative Royal Family. Among those ex vigorously pursue its policy of ceedingly short time. I need not mer

building, go into details, which are wel' Secretary, had protested, Mr. peeled to attend are his mother, rapid and extensive Princess Alice, his first cousin, both domestic and office, for its known to all: But I do not Royle apoingised to the Speaker, think anyone expected them to picked up the Huil-cano and Princess Katherine of Greece, own use, and Queen Mother Mary and the "(3) While bearing in mind commence building housek dur-walked out.

When future in- ing the period of their adminis

he paused near the the present, and Princess Elizabeth and Princo terests of the Colony, Govern tration, although they did, in exit and sat down apparently to atment should by all means with addition to their many other hear the end of the comments Philip visited Queen Mary

tasks. rehabilitate sufficient of the Incident, he was ushered her residengti for 10

in its power encourage building j minuteя this afternoon and received ber schemes for civilian use, should buildings to enable civil govern-out by un attendant-Reuter, congentilations,

encourage private

Duchess of Kent,

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actively

JET-PROPELLED Atomic

SAUCER!

North Hollywood, Calif., July 10. Construction engineer Russell Long reported to-

Secrets Taken As

day that a flying disc 30 inches in diameter Souvenirs

and apparently radio-controlled struck the side of his house and landed in a flower garden. Long called the Los Angeles the interior of the kline.- fire department which carried | United Press. off the disc for inspection after it had ceased emitting, smoke.

Long salt the dine wax mude of two sheets of galvanised iron with a fairly sharp edge and about five inches thick in the He said it contained centre, what appeared to be a glass radio tube.

Washington, July 10.

nator Hickenlooper, Republican, of Iowa, teld the Senate today that two souvenir hunting.

Jap Sees Onc

Kagoshima, July 10% These

flying sauces aunty Lave come to Japan.

Policeman Shigeru Arifuku.. on duty on Wednesday night, Soldiers removed "cer- seld near midnight he was out tain important docu- walking for alt because it was ments" from the atomic extremely hot when he saw He added: "Two exhaust pipes a

files at I.os energy T-shaped brilliant object extended from a circular de-abooting through the sky at n

Alamos, New Mexico, in vice. They were made of half great speed in a north-casterly March 1946 but that inch Ining and extended about direction at about 10,000 feet Federal Bureau of In- four inches from the rim. Acrats over veleno Mount Sakurajima.vestigation agents had the top was a fin which ran from just off Kagoshima city. the centre to within a few inch.

It

es of the edge and, apparently, gave the device stability. also had a rudder,"

Acrid Smell

Dond said the disc continued to smoke for more than 10 minutes after it fell into his garden and that when Bremen tipped it over it emitted acrid smell,

Long declared: "It obviously a jel-propelle«! radio-control-

mechanism-there in

question about that."

BO

He said the device came to

He said at first he thought recovered the papers the object was a plane but there The colour of was in sovad. the object was just ke the flame emitted when lighting safety rantch.—United Press,

Narvik Nearly A Disaster

So far as he knows no dum- ape was done to the security an 'ooper, who is chairman of of the atomic secrota, sald Hic-

The Rennte und House Atomic Energy Committee.

He is the secret dato were taken from the Los Alamos test- ing station by two former ser- reasts before their demobilisa- tion.

The Department of Justice ati' has the case under consi- deration, he said.-Associated Press.

An exception has been made, however, for China, which is ex- pected to receive 3,500 tons of rice this month from Saigon.

A large portion of this quan- tity-nbout 2,000 tons-which had earlier been earmarked for India has been diverted to ed task of the re-

China.

This rice denied to India in

London. July 10, The British landing in Nar- to be made up by a proportion with with a dull explosion and

andlash of blue light that cohvik, Norway, in May 1940, was to a campaign in which they ately stepping-up in July

shipment for that be seen for a block arounit. "!| carried cut with algo by n

the barest cannot be provided with ade- stcod-five or six feet away and margin of safety because of quate uir support is lo court country from Burmi

The total area of land under could see the radio tube gʻowing the inadequacy of landing craft, leaster Hd Body rico chiltivation in Indo. with a reddish light," Longacrling io hitherto [13]- The despatches allow that the Ching this year has been resaid. "The entire dine was warm nublished edicial despatches re- Commander-in-Chief, drew Im-

one-half, be- but not hot. I am not a radio leased here today. duced by nearly

periant lessons from the Nor cause of "Internal troubles."engineer and could not tell if

Ligotchaul-Geral Auchin- weglan campaign, which were Reuter,

the tube was of fereign male.

leck (now Pield-Marshal Sir) to assist the Allies in the later Claude Auchinleck) reported to phases of the war. the Admiralty of the time: "Had He decided that no useful the enemy icen able to launch purpose could be served by "I have been an enginee" for an Immediate counter-attack. sending troops to operate in a long timo and nave done some the result might have been dis- undeveloped and wild coun work for the Navy but If astrous.

try, such as Norway, un'esa they have never

Nazi hud first been thoroughly trafn anything Becu

At a time when the -like-this-before-Long said armies-were-still-overrunning ed for their thek and their. Both the army Intelligence Europe and when the Allios fighting equipment and method and the Federal Bureau of I had sti' not learned the lesson had been prepared in advance vestigation sent Investigators to of air support, to convoy troops Reuter. the Mene.

-ment-to-be-restored at the end

The Royal couple drove to building to the utmost possible of eight months. Marlborough House In drizzling stent and should keep under

rain.

driveway front

United Press.

the

Mall-

War Damage review decisions of "It has been estimated that į A small epował cheered constaut shems as their car strove in the policy and legislation in order during the short period of ne- to ensure that there is no un- tutal hostilities and the three necessary dolny or impediment." | scara and eight months of the enemy occupation about 70 per MR. R. R. TODD

cent of the non-Chinese Government Far From about 10 per cent of the Chinese

Satisfied

accommodation was rendered unlahabitable

destruction by Moving the amendment,

and neglect. That then was the extent of the housing problem

The Weather

Prewore in low over Japan and represe

the

abins a centred in the middle Yong acting Colonial Secretary

Vally at urey the Gulf of Tonseldsanidi- Prevoir renalin printively high in o

"I rise to move the nation ridge from the Hons to the Philippines standing in my name, which is

and Starter

and!

Canton Exchange Move

Canton, July 10.

A move intended to

Honourable Members that this Kwangtung and to be solved. May I remind attract remittances into

Envoys Victimised

Tocuman, Argentina, July 10. ---Thleven took advantage of the general confusion during the celebration of Independence Day on Wednesday to enter the

Welded Edge

Battalion Chlof Walaer Newcounbe. of the Los Angele Fire Department, sufd

he

hotel rooms of the Chinese, Swedish and Ramanian Ambas nedors and steal their wives' Jewellery.

The wives of Swedish Ambas- had investigated Long's find but sador Olg Gisle und Chinese was not convinced of its au- Ambassador Chow Chien sut-thenticity. "It does not look to fered severe losses whi'e the me like it wou'd fly.", he said. Rumanian Ambassador's wife merely lost a ring and other a welded edgo and that a rado truk'ets.

tube was flush with the top of The thieves, believed to be the aluminium painted device. through the bottom of the plate ал international Prongs of the tube extended

and wires led from them

away membera of

destruction fell on a Colony al- from the foreign banks gang, got away without leaving Tiny's Forest hilt to E wil, to the effect that certain amend ready seriously unprovided within Hong Kong has been a trace.United Press.

partly cloudy witlered shawera.

Yesterday's Weather:

Maman 8.5-dey, Fils,

Minimum: 1.6 deg. Puh.

accommodation. This Co'ony Is

equipped with services, Includ-made

with the an-

ments set out in the Order of Business be made to the motion proposed at the meeting of this

ing accommodation, for a pupu-nouncement Council

on July 3rd by thelation of about one million peo- Rainfall: 5 mm. 1871 fuch. Total | Honourable Mr. F. Landate

ince Jan. 1--1105. 20, nainst and seconded by the Honour-ple, whereas in fact since 1937 Kwangtung

it has

had a population

Banshlue: 6 hours.

an average of EUME MITU,

1.11.

Hentlings at

p.m.

llaro, at mal.....106.9 16.1 mi

nble Mr. M. K. Lo. A8

ap-

that the Provincia: Bank is now authorised

I stated at that meeting the ori-roaching two millio Nobody, to handle foreign ex-

ginal motion na proposed and prise, as had a fair chance to

Government orivate enter-change for overseas kartuni 29.73 21.21 Lubes, seconded, and supported by each deal with these overriding con Chinese abroad.

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Rescue Drama In Heavy Seas

Tokyo, July 10.

of the Honourable Unofficial

ditions, the operative period best According to Chinese banking Members in turn, is unaccepting taken up with preparations law, only the Bank of China, a able to Government,

for war. AVILY" itself and the state institution, is authorised to Two Japanese tugs from Hokkaido ports, battling

"Monty" Meets Man Who Saved

Saved His Life

Perth, July 10.

Probably one of the most memorable incidents in Field Marshal Montgomery's tour of Austra- lia will be his reunion in Perth on Thursday with the man who once saved his life Stephan Bevan, formerly a Private in the first battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regi-

ment.

the German advance following the Battles of Mons, the Alane and

aftermath of war.

handle foreign exchange

Mostly Filipinos

to

Kwangtung, however, has the

heavy seas and poor visibility, are on a United "It is true that under the Japanese cecupation the popula. Chinese living in foreign

greatest number of averscas States Navy rescue mission for the 40-man

coun. tion, trapped to about half a tries, and the Ministry of Finance

crew of the grounded Philippine freighter million, but since the re-occupa has accordingly made this special

"Dona Trinidad," but up to noon today (Tokyo tion the population han trebled move to attract their remittances,

time) the fate of the men was still unknown. or more than trebled in 22 which hitherto have gone into the

The "Dona Trinidad"-was re-, ships near, and it was unable months. Hong Kong, generally hanks in Hong Kong

ported to be broaking up in to contact any possible Russian overcrowded, has become more overcrowded than it has ever Kvangtung

A spokesman reveals that the Russian territoria! waters after rescuers.

The storm, started pounding beei before.

Provincial Bank grounding in a calm, foggy, sca What has been hoper to increase its branches on Juno 24. One American is the "Dona Trinidad" after. Rus- tlono?

nbroad in

stan ships working on the re- order to facilitate Among the shipwrecked, Some three to four thou these enormous remittances."-

The U.S.. Navy said rescue souc had turned back, presum and premises have been re- KPN.

operations were hampered. by ably to obtain additional mal- habilitated, but the problem of

heavy scas, whipped up by a vage equipment": overcrowding seems to be at

storm which swept Japán last night.. No planes are parti- cipating in the rescue work. It was reported that when the The tugs left the ports of Russians first arrived, they ex- Muroran and Wakkanai and pressed optimism, at easlly_re-] earlier it was hoped they wou'd floating the ship. reach the scene of the accident It Is understood the 40-mon at Nijo Gan, rock off Sugha-crew comprised mokity Ulen, spon after daybreak today. pinos, with only one Amorlean The Navy nald the crew sent among the group-John Brown, the reluctance of owners to an urgent 809 when the sons assistant managor of the The emphasis in the com- build at present high building started breaking up the ship Shanghai branch of the Do La paratively, near future must be costs, the main swason against yesterday and the message was 'Rama Eleamship Company of on ro-building rather than on rapid progress in rebuilding forwarded to the United States Manka, rehabilitation. Government doss is the impossibility of obtain Navy by the Japanese post of The "Dona Trinidad" struckt and will continue to regard thing rapid bulk supplies of cerfice la Hokkaido

fa' rock while en route' to Run- i solution of this question as one tain materials which are essen- Tilo "Doba :: Trinidad" "said sinn Saghallen from Shanghai of the utmost urgency, Augling | djal Login | MOHALIKA that though it wils in Russlan In order to tond pulp for been stated before, apart from 1 (Conid, on Pages 1, 3 and 9X wators there were »no: Rusalón | Europe, - United Fresnil

acute as ever and, as I pointed ON OTHER PAGES

Housing Debate: Editorial.

Page

During desperate fighting in Bevan came to Australíu with out to this Council_previously the last months of 1914 to turn his wife and family in 1919 and as my Honourable friend

Three years ago at Forth Bir. Landale has re-affirmed. | Pane Eleven cinema he saw a newsreel featur the Marie, Devan and a bands- ing Montgomery and afterwards capable of being rehabilitated

even when all the buildings "Jimmy" Testiflos at: War man named Thompson were di-wrote to the British Commander, have been put in order the house Page Twelve

Crimes Trial... talled да stretcherbearers ta who was then in Italy. A tow search the feld for wounded. weeks later he received a reply needs of the Colony will not They had laave a major who written personally

have been mot. was obviously dying and brought gomery expressing his gratitude

Utmost Urgency: back another man wounded in to Bevan for having brought kim the stomach who had a chance of back to the lines.. recovery.

Ho

by Mont

was Captain Bernard Mont- Bevan, who had leg amputat: gomery, from their own battalion, ed recently, will be given pride Next year, in France, Bevin of place on the platform on again met Captain Montgomery Thursday for the City's wolconte who' sald:-"Bovan, I've got, you

ta Montgomery. „Associated to thank for being here."

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