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NOTICE

By Order,

S. A. SLEAP

Actg. Secretary.

NOTICE is hereby given that, the Indus- trial Bank of China (PMTEXT) has altered its English name from "THE IN- DUSTRIAL BANK OF CHINA" to "THE BANK OF NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL CHINA" and henceforth our said Bank shall be known as "THE NATIONAL IN- DUSTRIAL BANK OF CHINA”.

Dated September 15, 1947.

Chan Shih Li

Manager.

THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL BANK OF CHINA,

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Prince's Building.

SA. Ice House Street,

HONG KONG.

PUBLIC AUCTION

RY ORDER OF THE DIRECTOR OF DISPOSALS FAR EASTERN AREA (M.O.S.) Messrs. Lammert Brothers of Pedder Building, Hong Kong, have received nstructions to sell by Auction at thei: Sales Rooms. Pedder Building. Basement at 10.00 am, on Thursday, the 18th. September 1917:

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Terms: 50% of the Parchase Money to be paid on the Fall of the Hammer and the Balance to be paid on Friday,, the 19th. September 1947.

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'QHAIRMAN,

BRITISJI STORES DISPOSAL BOARD,

(HONG KONG

NOTICE

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Notice is hereby given that the Power of Attorney dated the 15th February, 1947 executed before. S.B. Ameresekera Notary Public of Colombo, Ceylan, by me Mungoor Ibrahimi prosently of Colombo carrying on business of General Merchants, Com- mission Agents, Importers and Exporters of general goods under the name style and firm of China Company at 148) Des Voeux Road, Central, (5th Floor), Hongkong lu: favour of Kalathil: Kesava Menon presently in India in hereby revoked and cancelled and shall be of no effect.

THE CHINA MAIL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1947.

MR. ATTLEE CONSIDERING CHANGES IN THE CABINET Some Ministers To

Be Discarded

London, Sept. 14. 'The recall of Parliament well before October 20 is

now regarded as certain. Meanwhile, I understand on excellent authority that the Prime Minister is considering consi- derable changes in the Government, at and below Cabinet level, and that these will be made before the end of next month. They will involve the discarding of some Ministers, and the bringing in of new men from the ranks of the Labour Party.

The party has been carefully less comparable and dependable | surveyed for potential Minia-advantages are available to us.

Government's and between 30 and 40 tera,

The

vlew. have been noted as promising which in-supported by the facts material for the Treasury of the world altuntion is that Bench. Labour M.P.8, who are multilateral trading. auch as disantisfied and critical. will Washington envisages, while welcome a thorough reorganian-very desirable is at present Im- tion of the Ministerial team. practicable, and that until the

difficulties in the way of it

be removed, development can closer, not looner, economic re- lations in the Empire are ox. sential. Our policy is being| shaped accordingly,

This decision suggests that Mr. Attlee hua no intention of resigning the Premiership, as has been reported.

Empire Preference Statements that America has stantially the policy of Imperial again usked us to abandon sub-

It preference in the interests of freer world trade are true. is also true that the Govern ment has declined to agree, un-

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FORMS, Nos. 1, 2 and 3.

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NOTICE

There in remhon to think that America appreciates the posi about Imperial preference more tion, and has made the point with the object of keeping it alive than with any bopy, of prretical results now,

Food Reduction.....

Inevitable

ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG..

in

Jamaica, Sept. 13. Cries of "Shame" greeted a statement at the West In dian Trade Union Conference here today that Britis Colonien

the Carribean would prefer, to be under the United States flag they could not are home rule.

This suggestion, made by delegate, Afr. 1. Oraeford, arouard the other delegates and resulted in a series of brief speeches reaffirming al- legiance to the British flag.

Even Jamaica's Strong Man," Mr. A. Bustamante, int- attacked Britielt wha perialism on the opening day of the Conference, denounced Mr. Crawford-Router.

Cause Of Air Crash

Determined

Secret Service Scares Soviets

It's Still Going On In Java

Batavia, Sept. 14. More bridges were dynamited, estates fired and water pipelines cut in Indonesia, where, des- pite the existence of the "cease. fire" order, Dutch forces today claimed two killed and 19 wounded in further, clashes with Indonesian Republican forces in Java and Sumatra.e Two of the six consuls investigating the operation. of the "cease fire" order-Mr. E. T. Lambert, the British Consul General in Batavia, and Mr. Charles Eaton, the Australian Consul-came under machinegun-fire-while-returning from Moscow, Sept. 14.

enquiries in the Malang area.... The Soviet magazine "Now Delayed reports say the two con. supervising and reporting the Times" has published ansuls were returning to Sourabaya Indonesia ecase fire order..

Further Chinese, elvi article by V. Minaev charging on Wednesday evening after rent. that "multi-million funds of pleting investigations the military personnel may, ·be ap- American monopolies" are be. Molang area, when machine-guns, pointed to help the Consul Ing employed for imperialist about 600 yards away, Bred on Generul, the Embassy gold.- and expansionist purposes and the convey of four jeeps and Reuter.

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the financing of a spy network., staff ear.

American The article said

An eye-witness sald: "The Bul. diplomats had close connection lets went wide of the convoy. We with the spy network, aimed saws tracers flash along the road primarily at the Soviet Union. high to the right."

money

The writer said that the Rocke- While the Dutch and other memn Cullor fund WAB providing bers of the party took cover, Mr. for "the Russian In-Eaton strolled around behind the stitute of Columbia University, staff car, saying: "They are not engaged in the preparation of firing at me.". special personnel

continued The convoy and headed

and

Round-World Television

Chicago, Sopt, 14... David Sarnoff, President of the Radio Corporation of

today predicted that within near future television would

America,

the

the

able to span the globe.

is Tolovision transmission present limited to a radius of a few miles.

bo

at

by Intelligence Professor Ro-,journey after a few minutes. The binson who for many years Dutch declared that the machine. has 'studied Russin' and who gun fire was Republican. hended the Russian section of Australians Arrive the Office

Ser. of Strategic

Feur Australian army officers, vices,"

led by Brigadier. Lou Dyke, ar. The article devoted special rived at Sourabaya today from

of

Fascism"

Press

PRAGUE CABINET

CRISIS

Prague, Sept. 13. Czechoslovakia today Was

Heavy Attacks

Barnoff told the United Nations Educational Scientifle and Cul tural Organisation that interna |tional television would play an im

pertant part in enabling the. world's peoples to understand each others' problems and points of view.

I can foresee the day when we

shall look around the earth from

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listen to he said.-

cliv to city and nation to nation as easily as we now giant broadcasts", Uited Presя.

Washington, Sept. 14. attention to the wartime ac- Australia to assist the consular A U.S. Armly Forces tivities of the OSS, claiming mission in the enquiry into the

Board that one of its agents in Switceuse fre" onder. Investigation

of Australia is the first, country states that fuel exhaus-zerland had "the purpose Mr. Morrison stated at his tion caused the crash of saving German Fasciam from to respond to the request *from

destruction" complete

and the consuls in Batavia for mill. recent Press conference, in re-the converted bomber in "stopping the advance of the tary assistance to speed up the ply to a question about a re-

Ambassador Soviet Army in Germany and work on the report of the opera turn to wartime concentration which

and Southeast tlon of the cease fire order to the United Nations Security Counell. of industry, that it was "being George C. Atcheson and Central__ Europe." examined, but not, he indicat-nine others were lost on The writer declared that!-Reuter. ed. on linea comparable with August 16th in the Paci American intelligence serves wartime practice. Concentra-

miles west of the purpose of strengthening

Batavia, Sept. 13. tion may be an extreme descripfic, 60

reaction and the resurrection Heavy Dutch attacks on tion of what the Government Honolulu.

Associated

Indonesian

the positions in The Board, hended by Bri-

of as in mind. but there is rea

Loemadjang area, south, on to believe that something gadier General Frederick V. that

Malang in East Java, werd re- more in contemplated than con- H. Kimble, determined trol of engagement, and excessively high power settings

ported in the Republican army aqueezing out non-essential In- were used which caused the

communique today quoted by the Netherlands News Agency. dustry by reducing or cutting engines to consume fuel at a

The Dutch advance was `meet. } f supplies.

rate too great for the success- full completion of a flight of

caught in its worst political ing stiff resistance, the com- that duration (from Kwajalein crisis since the liberation, but munique added. to Honolulu)

Embassy in There night-long) The Accident Board offered politicians after

Netherlands Government has are no explanation for the alleged conferences believed they had Nanking announced that the A meeting of members will be

stocks, failure of the, pilot to use the a solution to arguments over told China that she is willing to

Communist efforts to drivel

Krant any facilities to the held at the office, 3rd. floor, while endeavouring to develop proper throttle settings, or, un- through a "soak the rich" pro- Chinese Consul-General in many Union Bullding, 21 Pedder alternative supplies, may be der the high rate of fuel con-

finance the

Batavia which would entitle him imitations. Street, on Monday, September reviewed. A cut of £144,000,- sumption, to have passed up

subsidy programame, point, 15th, 1947 at 5 p.m.

000 a year in food from dollar an available refuelling

Social Democratic officials arens cannot be made good Johnston Island.

announced that Minister of from elsewhere in any reason- The pilot, the announce- Food Vaclav Maier had with- able period, and the Government said, had flown over 3,000 ment is advised that, sooner or hours, of which 600 were in later, rations must be reduced B-17's such as the one which substantially.

crashed. The Air Force sald Some Ministers prefer to that pinnes of the B-17 type

flown the face this unpleasant fact re-have

Kwajalein- solutely now, and take appro- Honolulu and longer priate action, so that the coun-many times in the past." try may be brought to realise Associated Press. what it is up against, rather than pursue a course design. ed to soften the shock, and en- courage unjustifiable optimism.

THE CHINA COAST NAVIGATING AND ENGINEER OFFICERS'

GUILD...

Geo, T. LLOYD,

General Secretary.Į

Hong Kong, Sept. 14th., 1947.

LONDON UNIVERSTIY

EXAMINATION

Applications for entry to the January 1948 London University Matriculation Examination must be made on forms now available] nt the Education Office, 3rd Floor, Windsor House.. No application will be accepted after the 3rd October, 1947.

A declaion on rations is con- sidered imperative, and it will probably be taken soon.

The original intention of the Government to mitigate the ef- fect of reduced food

Madagascar

Recruitment For Mines Revolt Dying

Hopes of getting sufficient labour in the mines are far from bright, despite the Primo- Minister's recent assurance

was "evory

pros-

2. Students considering entry that there to London University External] pect" of reaching the target Depice Examinations are warned of 730,000 workers by the end that it is necessary to reglater of the year. The total is now na an external student of the just under 720,000, but the net Univerally a considerable time increase has dropped steadily before the actual date of the from 6,000 in April to 800 in examination. Further informa- July, and for the first two

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runs

gramme to

form

drawn his resignation after an all-night session of the party

Praesidium.-United Press.

EGYPTIANS STAY ON

New York. Sept 13.

The Dutch

to carry out his tank as a mem-i

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New Trade Agreement

London, Sept. 13.* The Egyptian delegation to Poland and Rumania signed

Poland will supply Rumania

coal,

the Security Council on Satur-new trade agreement in Bucharest day night reversed its previous today, Bucharest Radio reported. decision to return to Cairo,

with

agricultural im- and stayed on to press for an

locomotives for her nar other hearing on the

plement Anglo-tow

railways,

textlig Egyptian dispute. It was un- machinery,

Bawn. mining machin derstood the Council would ery, carbon electrodes, glassware, Paris, Sept. 14. The French News Agency seek a hearing as soon as pos-steel, horse traction vehicles and

other

articles, the report said. reported that the rebellion in faible.

Rumania

Poland will supply was originally was dying down Madagascar

aur-Echeduled to take a plane for with petrol and oil products, man.! with 13,900 insurgents

bearing seeds, alcoholic drinks, laat moment cancelled Its ro- wines, charcoal and other pro- rendering to French forces in Cairo on Saturday, but at the Ranco ores, sunflower seeds, oil- the past 13 days.

ducts-Reuter. returned servations-United Press.

Residents have from the hills to scores of villages deserted during the

tlon may be obtained on applica: weeks of August there was peak of the fighting in July.

tion to the Education Office.

T. R. ROWELL Director of Education Hong Kong, 11th Sept, 1947.

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nr:

troop

when rebels once bealexed net loss of several hundreds.

the Tanurive,

capital, the This is said to be due to the exhaustion of the supply of ex-

agency said.

despatches from miners from the Services, and Madagascar reported the

Provious from other occupations,

If the target of 730,000 is to reinforcements and widespread!

rival of large French be reached there must be a net scattering of pro-French leaf- increase of at least 2,500 lets from acroplanes, north for the rest of the year- The Coal Board now proposes to organise a big autumn cam~ paign for the recruitment of new entrants all of whom must, i of course, be trained.

In the circumstances, it is

rebels to_cesse Rociated Press.

naking fighting-As.

ALL QUIET IN EGYPT

Cairo, Sept. 14.

not surprising that Mr. Morri- Cairo, Alexandria and Port son's statement that "It begins Said were normal today after yes- to look as if we have stopped terday's rioting, which was in- the rot in coal" is regarded spired by the

United Nation with critical astonishment. deadlock over Egypt's caso against

Handling Of Crisis

Britain Labour men; as well as Con- said: "The day passed off quietly A senior. Cairo police official servatives and Liberals, are in except for an insignificant "nolay creasingly critical of the hand-gatering of about 100 hooligans iing of the crisis behind closed which was dispersed by the police

(Continued at foot of next Col.) without incidents or arrests?

The police are continuing the "state of emergency" as a pre- | caution-Reuter,

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