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HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8. 1947.

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TYPHOON THREAT PASSES

The birth of the Trieste Free Territory on September 15th were marked by visting und blomfaked, Paliong abstained from work as a protest against th Pence Treaty and strike más pr sahmed. Five busuka arrey thrown, inincing roka. 30 people. Tien vlotera injureit o general bu na renliding sccatide are here rem being pat lało u jeen to be taken to hospital. The wi- farmed was holding a trenchen in a Venezia Giulia civil policeman, A Photot

Chinese Dollar Rates Hit

Freed

Batavia, Oct. 7. t US Navy Bercheraft plone outled it Bat vola'a agroda muje diy with the three Dutch mildary men the Republicans and takes pet- sands- when their plane

Record Low

Shanghai, Oct. 7.

Hits Coast To North Of Colony Widespread Damage In North Luzon

A slight veer in its course late yesterday afternoon sent Typhoon "Pauline" away froni Hong Kong and heading for the China coast. It was expected to hit the mainland midway between the Colony and Swatow before midnight. A signal from the ss. "City of Carlisle," on its way to Shanghai, said the vessel passed through the centre of the typhoon at 7.30 p.m. when the ship was about 150 miles east of Hong Kong. "Pauline" was then moving north-west or north-north-west at 10 knots.

The Royal Observatory at 7.30 All the three points are isolat. p.m. placed the typhoon at 22.4 ed. Bagulo, 126 miles south-west degrees North, 110.8 degrees of Tuguegarao, reports its rod East, moving north west at 10 Boks with the const have been knots. Another intense typhoon closed by multiple landslides one wan at the same time reported its 23,000 people

without

on

to the cast of Iwojima, moving water and light. north. At 4 p.m. the Typhoon Five have been reported dand directional signal changed from to date in areas merely No. 7 10 No. 5.

fringes of the storm-Aarderated last The Observatory night Press. forecast fine weather for today. In The Atlantle

The Yuumati Ferry and the Stur Ferry suspended services at

Jacksonville, F1 Oct. 0. 7.20 pn, and 9.45 p.in., respec An unexpected tropical storm, tively while alt police launch 'wita winds up to 5 miles an patrols proceeded to the typhoon hour, began lashing the Atlantic wheller. On Jand, police seaboard today and brought “un- Patrols were mult in steel helmeti, precedented", lilta to the beaches nina time of zome to press mat of Aneksonville. United

Un

no distress messages had been Press,

received except for a report of

The Weather

the Water Police Station that At. 66 hrs, GiB) et p.m. Hong Kong three Junks were

of Green Island.

In difficulty, Bummer Time the typton was centri

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Enteproximately 119 tuller B by & of Honk Preparations to cope with Kung, movhue NW at 15 krets and wi "Pauline" were in fill awing exported to cross the China const KEN throughout yesterday.

roughly budway between Shops point

Hong along the waterfront and in De lesse typhoon to the of Holma is Konje ni Bwaanw last night. Another In- Voeux Road stacked their good high on chairs, desks and tables In anticipation of their premises being Booded. Others took off war signboards and reinforced win

dow,, shutters.

China's already uncertain economic structure suf- fered new blows today in the wake of news of Government defeats in Manchuria. Commodity prices claimed an«conomie outlook and the

murug N. The Sterin antleyclone any N Chins And the Ben прапрапраб werken.

Today's Forest-Gals turce NW winds, moderating

ruptly,

a forred Zaiding on Suliding BYzrape of ten peremit, while the situation in Munchuria, OOUCH | .. TintintHotHerz removed flower, for elekalle -

at a Republicansheld fold.

Also on board the plane which arrived

7. McCollam,

Captain USN-nitent Pres.

nation's inflated currency" en- the market today. tinned to, dwie in value retn

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Indien women and children, carrying practically every conceivable tune di receptacles are aren_queueing at the only top within the walle of Purana Qila, Delli, during the cainetunal dia- orders. Most of them had to wait anywhere from one to three hours to obtain their‘ration af .. water. Some live in canvas shelters, others have matela "homes" for themselves,ín, enves and monka in the crumpled walls of the ancient fort. (A Plato)

MUNICIPAL COUNCIL

Re-Birth Of Nazism

STEP NEARER Warning

On July 24, 1947;It was announced that the Secre- tary of State for the Colonies had approved the proposals for the revision of the Constitu tion of this Colony,

provistos

Since that date" much work | boundaries. preparation of re has been done in. connection gisters of electors, wtih rimasti, early improving to sir With the drafting of the legis and equipment of polling,

lation necessary to give effect boothe, engagement of election and mov. Yesterday's Weather-

to the Secretary of State's de supervisory staff, and adminle cision, and it is expected that trative arrangements for the final drafts of the Bills, will be delegation of functions to the considered by Executive Coun: Council.

in the near future.

Minimum: $9.5 deg. Fai.

try to the United States dollar. that assets amounting, to near- even took down radio serials.

The Control Funn'a report pots from verandahs

able objects from roofe. Some Maximum: 77. der. Fah. Shanghai's black market quot- { I' U.S.$1,000,000,000 woro All adverting boards on the Bunshine: 4 haur et 82,000 Chinese dolkurs to one spent in the past two years for Star Ferry wharves were remay-infall: m. in. Total sine United States a spectacular purposes other than Imports of ed. Schools closed at 11 am. on

Jan. 1-2667.3 101.67

gainst an average of 1984. m. *** | increase of US$23,000 sines the recovery materiala caused the the Mainland and at 9 am..on

78.13 Ina. Government began suffering vise.

the Island,

- Readings t notable reverses in the north-

"Rice and flour prices increasignal was hoisted at 12.15 a.m.

Immediately after the No.

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y.m." enat three days ago, The mor The black market dollarday all smail **aft—***

Blore, at mal ........1524," 1009.4 mil ket

28.03 openzit This morning

aunl and gold bar prices soared to

**** | Rai, Humility.... small motor-boats,

sicam

ខ្នរ an all-time high but found few launches, and sampans-proceed. how toin The Government, however, alters and customers wereed to the Yaumati and Causeway Wink Force

Wind Treetan. WNW NW continued to keep its offelsi} bath to sell-United Press.

II "-"open-market” · rate--- changes)†

Trade On Barter Basis

Tokyo, Oct. 7. Trade between Japan and sterling countrles will be on a barter basis, the Director General of

73,000.

at

[ at 48,400 Chinese dollars in one

Amertean. buying and 50,200 to one selling.

Wave Of Rumours - The English-language China Press reported wholenie price rises in nearly all commodities. First-quality Flee was selling at 680.000 Chinese dollars per pienl (13 pounds). This compared with 660,000 dollars three days

the Japanese Board of Trade stated yesterday. aga,

India and A

*Australia.

agencies for her own exporters.

It is unlikely that anything wii markets.Associated Press..

be accomplished in the future, he adder.

Hear

Mac

Officinis of General Arthur's Headquarters said that

Pessimism

Shanghai, Oct. 7. Local share and commodity no developments had occurred markets rose from 10 to 14 per- In the Australian wool deal. ~ cent as pessimistic interpreta-

tions of China's political and

Reuter,

SOONG DENIES MISMANAGEMENT

Shanghai, Oct. 7,

Slump In

Chinese

Dollars

Bay

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typhoon shelters. Later, the -lurger - ships--moved ---- from – thoir- ngrinat bertha to typhoon_an. chorages In Kowloon Bay, Lai- chikok and west of Stonecutters Island.

The Navy Sails

The Navy-H.M.S. "Gambia", "Adamant".

Sussex", "Con.

stunce", "Ratoon.". "Alacrity",

"Hart" and "Alert"-left harbour early yesterday morning heading scuth-west to avold

the storm.

the USS Turner" and the four

tuge In Junic Bay.

Luzon Hit.

Wharvas,

72%

18 knots.

recently

Oct, 0. Major E. Jones, Labour Member of Parliament, dr. clared here today that Europe was facing the threat of a sesurgence of Nazism,

The ill-informed clamour in certain

quarters for the surpension of war crimes pro. ceedings in Germany,” he told Reuter, "will give the all. clear to the worst criminate

Europe to come out from their hiding places to revive the Nazi movement,”—Router.

Murder In Piccadilly

In the meantime much work To take charge of this im remains to be carried out to portant work His Excellency the effect the administrative ar- Governor has appointed Mr rangements necessary for the J. H. D. Lce, 20.41 inches.establishment of the Municipal Hublic Relations Officer of thr Council. These arrangements Hong Kong Government. Mr.

• No des. 1,

are concerned with such pro Lée will also take charge of blemas delimitation of ward the establishment of the ad ministrative machinery re quired to give, effect to the

London, Oct. 7. provisions of the Co-Oporative Fashionable crowds in Societies Bill, 1947, which war Piccadilly, in the heart introduced into the Legislative of London's West End, Council on Oct. 2, 1947, and the presentation and correlation of day saw a man shoot a plans and projects submitted voman with whom he by the Colonial Development had been walking. and Welfare Committee. M Lee arsumes his new dutter forthwith. His office is eltunter In the Colonlal Secretariat.

OFFICIAL:

LONDON STATEMENT ONE

"NEW" COMINTERN

The Foreign Office today labelled the creation of

London, Oct. 7.

an international bureau by the Communists in nine European states as "the official resuscita- tion of the Comintern." The, Communists have taken considerable pains to deny that the new organisation formed in Poland last month is a revival of the Comintern. which was or- dered out of the business by Prime Minister Stalin in 1943.

A

Foreign Office spokesman, addressing a news ...conference today, said the meeting at Poland at which representatives of nine European Communist parties were present, had "a high- ly official looking character.".

He commented

particriarly | welcome the bringing Into the

The flop in yesterday's Japanese warships which arrived Japan bought cotton from The wildly fluctuating markets money market was Chin-com Japan on Saturday took re

proportionate appeared also to be affected by ese. National amount of goods were Bent the wave of rumours, the China'

Currency The only Navy ships in har. there in exchange.

Bimilar negotiations are now Press said. The National Gov. Which touched the all-bour last night were "Cossack." "Comet", """Contest", "Black taking place between Japan and crnment late in September pro-time low of 7.7 cents for Swan" and "Amethyst" mised drastic penalties for any-futures and 8.2 cents fo: The Naval Dockyard

'dismisse Although Japan is making one spreading rumours with the

their workers at 2:30 pm.. efforts to establish

overseas intention of disturbing money spot (for CN$1,000).

Except for a few ships which The fall came shortly after sailed for the north, there wa the market opened but late in a complete standstill of normal the afternoon it mado a specta, sea communications in and out. cular recovery and closed at of Hong Kong. Even the Yau. cents for fatures and 8.66 cent

matle Ferry Company's schedul for apot.

ed, services with Cheung Chau Bullish opeculators in Plastresand and curving iganga wage reaped a rich harvest yesterday were also disrupted,

suspended, Air communications

as the price continued to rise | The whole zeotront presented a after the previous day's land-, deserted appearance. slide. Opening at $10.30 a 100, normally a hub of industry, were bears were able to press it down completely devoid of nelivity on the presence of A. Zhdanov, open of activity which in the to $10.20 only, when it started 4ed restaurants

The typhoon threat niso affect a member of the Soviet Pollt-cast, we believed, took place

and teahouse, buro., non-stop ascent, closing at $11.85. which were practicnily deserted. The spokesman knew of ne

covertly." . There was also an improve-

Asked whethof he could ex- ment In, gold witch, after open

| British" "intention to protest to plain why British Communiste ing at $838:16 a lac), steadily Northern Luzon's rich Cagayan countries represented

| Manila, Oct. 7. || the Governments of the nine were not invited to Poland for The Government Central News Agency, in a dis- 1ose to $340:50, caring off Valley la under water today and the attacks levelled at Prime said:

agatnat tidurting, they spokesman patch from Carton quotes T. V. Soong, formier slightly to $840:75 at the close. thousands are homeless in the Minister Attlee and Foreign" am inclined to leave it to Chinese Fremiestas denying Control Yuan U.S. dollars, after a non-stop wake of the typhoon "Pauling", charges that he mismanaged the nation's for

fall over the last few days, sud- which, old-timare call one of the Secretary Bevin in the munt the British Communist party denly made an about-turn yes- most severe storms. In memory. festo of the meeting, made itself to explain or protest at eign exchange during his tenure of office.

Paul Rapp "Aport, Philippine public on Sunday, on the fact that they were left Ingan Interview with a Can-1. To charges that favoured terday and climbed back to Broadcasting Company tral News correspondent, family" firma Fuchung Trad

newsThe spokesman addet, how out."Areqciated Prons. ealtor, who flow a Philippines evor, that this pronouncement Soong in reported as saying ing Corporation, Yangtze De improvement and was quoted at morning, sald Aparri was the

Sterling also showed a slight plane over the affected area this the manifesto). Involves -n that he merely followed reguin, velopment Corporation and tions governing foreign cur China'

$11.97. Australian pounds were scene of chaos, with small boats clear deterforation of the in Development

ON OTHER PAGES roney import and export ap Finance Corporation-monopo unchanged at $12,50...

house pho, streets. Great ernational situation.net damage from wind and water Asked whether there were fans p was apparent, but the plane was any grounds for a British obago Two

ŠL: Francis Hotel Cave, unable ∙to land": owing to thejection to the recreation of Ast Blooded runway and high winds the Comintern, In view of the Page ThreeRTOSURATLAN

World Commanist Drives

donfem, Beystown" Plan For N.T, Leading Artiest-Coromanism

Challenge. Welcomed! Page Seven 210 miles we fird no fault with the

“Life And Death Paga Nina oreation of this international Appellant "Communist organisation. Ib'is

matter for the Communist Page Tem parties themselves. Indeud wo

proved by the now defunct No tional Defence Coynell All mirchases of foreign currency

tand

Hised foreign exchange, Soong replied that they obtained only five-tentha per cent of the total.

35.46. M

CAIRO DDT a

Cairo, Oct. 6.

With the cholera death rell into the north west fact that the Socialist parties Page Beure

500 houses. are reported of several European countries,UNO Attack on

water, to a depth of five to ten

were in conformity with these He added: ho never had any

egulations, he said. connection with the Fuchung Egypt since Sepi, now hillcial destroyed and streets are under including Britain, had them-Pago Five Brent

The former Premier blamed and Yangtze, corporations and ly estimated at 373, the upper the Communists for throwling that he resignad from the Egyptian province of Girga has reet Airdeck Installations are selves created a similar in the country into „economic board of directors of the China been declared an infected area.. chaos through the destruction Development and Finance Corn an effort to reduce theprend The Mayor her sent tornational organisation, with Pane Ste municationsindation, andsin miorship

reker nies, Egyptian Air Force planes gency, shelters, and Creased military axpenditures. I they had done anything prayed the slum districts

"For all these situations 1 Violating rogulations they entinues to urge improvement

Caro with Dur today 2 certainly am not ponsible

alone were responsible, the the state of unble hygiene, which, across rien falds bearing a cargo.

is rolling in a muddy ara world ew

agency quoted him' ne anying accordinato them, fedamentable. of dead animals-i Associated Presa.

ɛand “balivež houses

of mines, disruption of com- poration upon assuming Pre of infection by chelard carrying on urgent message to the Gov-offices in London, the spoken-

ernment to bring food and emer.man replied

"APPOINTMENT

IN SAMARRA”

Tolcyo, Oct: K Freedom was short-lived, Riterally. ·'for' Nortugali Harada, former Colonel the Japanese Army, who had.

·berit held for investigation on auspicion of implicatión. ¡in wur crimes.

He fired three times on the steps of

the Barkeloy Hotel. wounding the woman In the abdomen and thigh. Ile then. wrapped the revolver in Д newspaper he was carrying and quictly landed it to a po- lterman who had run in scene.

The

In St. George's hospital, the woman, döserlbed.an young and very pretty by eye-witnesses, gave her namiotan Michelo Lecomte. Her condition is aerious. She is reported to be aFrenchwoman and in her middle 20's, SCRIPT.

Released for lack of evt. The man, reported to be dence, Harado walked, out of about 35, of foreign appear. the gates of, ·Suganić. Prison

anco, tall and slender and bear toward the car of friends who had come to vaël him. Ag hë

ing a scar on his forehead, was taken Into custody by the po reached the car, Harada" følt dead the victim of a heart Ice. Ho is said to have ap- diseaseAssociated Press,peared to be in a dazed .condi- tion"-Router, and United

50 HONG KONG JUNKS MISSING

Between 40 and 50 junks of the Hong Kong fishing feet are missing as result of the sudden storm In the Ping Höf fishing: grounds area last **Friday,WAN

Tha junks are believed to. RAF'" plave;ntaking a flight have elther sunk with all hands over the aron was also given. Grfo have taken shelter at similar Instructions an some so far, unknown point in

HMS "Con-

the aron. The julks carriód én Late 19ANAPELEN VALES MEE

average of between 20 and 30 stance", signalled, that who had people each, food, taken on board tho, craw of h Faltermen who brought, the, lunk, which was abandoned nows to Hong Kong yesterday | aftdr. tinsuccessful attempts to added that at least 20 other | také it in tow The Junk was Bighing Junks were dismistąd | Jécatori south of Bam Kong,

and floating at the mercy of nent (Vaglap, syv

Chinese reporta HuNaval vénsals, leaving,bar that 200 Nghing "Juhka hour yesterday morning ware dimculty in the.. requested to keep a lookout for vero described disabled-fishing erai «in Frerationi