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ANGLO-CHINESE Australians C. OF C. HEAD Welcome ARRIVES IN H.K. Sturdee

Sir Donald Banks, Chairman of the Anglo-Chin-

ese Chamber of Commerce in London, who arrived here on Wednesday by 'plane from England, was last night guest of honour at a dinner given by the Anglo-Chinese Economie

Association in the Hong Kong Hotel Roof Garden, Sir Donald,

viriting who is

a high standard of living.

Officer

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10. 1947.

The General Commanding, General G. W. E. J. Erskine, held a cocktail- party last night at Flagstaff House

to allow General and Mrs. Sturdee to meet the

Australian

Chinn to study the country on Sir Donald naked: How Australian community in behalf of the Anglo Chinese could any country expret to Hong Kong. Chamber will leave Hong Kong escape the austerity conditions "Mr. Hozzard, the on Saturday for Shanghai nd of the present day in Europe Trade Commissioner. welcomed Nanking before returning 10

on behalf of after the tremendous repercus- General Sturdee Poqlari,

Alors, of the war? We bayc the Australian community.

General Sturdce sald that he thought by one means or another to pull ourselves into a better was very glad to meet the Aus.

train community,

In an address of weleme to Sir Donald, Mr. Lawrence Ka dourie raid:

"Here more that anywhere else

Rituation.

can be seen the ults of British and

He said that he often passed Chinese

"The American loan failed through a place and was not co.operatlin, Though post-war

necessary time 19 given an opportunity to meet the Hong Kong is been described give as the ns the most looted clty in the readjust Jocal cronomy. prople there.

from the Now we are faced with another ravages of war is indeed a mal-breathing space in the sense that ter for congratulnijon,

we are exporting everything we can overseas, and an thereby we will try to manuste.

world, its

recovery

Progress

"Over the last gress

two decades

st

Hended that he hoped that he would meet again these peo ple whom he had met in liong Kong when they returned to Aus.

tralia.

There were about people present.

nhundred

Sir Donald said he felt that in the development of this export, drive would

Among the gutsis were: industry has been remarkable, prove to be capable of solving

Mr. and Mrs. Hazzard, Austra- "particularly when one considers the problem entirely and that an Tende Commissioner, Mr. V.

ihat the Colony producės

Director of Public before long Britain would And Senni vaw materials,

"Large and small factories are that the export drive world give Works and Miss J. Kenniff, Mr. and Hrd. Wolfe, Mex. S. T. Willam- to be found producing a wide way in selective export and n

son. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Hughes, range of goods. from shoes to fresh drive on the export market. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Harriman, ships, from tea cups to Diesri "Already, he said, there are|Me, R. T. Tattan, Mr. and Mrs. engines

sms of harter going on, Some A. K. Dlumond, Mies Elma Kelly. All this sh

Hodges, more is due to countries at the moment will not Lirut-Col. Anglo Chinese cooperation

Lt. Carler, of the Mr. Aysey Chen, Chairman of take the situation on a 50-50 Green and The Association, referred to basts. We are being forced into Australian War Crimes unit.

what is top priority. Sly Domest

project sponoured in 1030 and

called the Simu-British Develop. conetuted. nient Commission which 1 hooed Sir Donald would consider with a view to the future.

1. Chun said:

the RED PUSH SPREADS

Chise authorities will be up.

prouched sumport the ve❘ PANIC IN MUKDEN

ment, which might chole Szr. chuen Province which has beep most anxious to obtain foreign economic co-operation, and F kien and South China provinces,"

Proposals had been drawn

to ensure electrate and control,

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anthorities of

The garrison Hankaw and Wuchang, on the Yangtze River ugalu clamped down martial law with a nightly protection curfew,

Participation

the British Dominion

of Chiang Returns

countries

Peiping

reported from together with Great Britain was that Gencralissimo Chung Kat. envisaged, und 11 was thought shelt returned there after a few that such proposal would meet hours stay in Mukden. with ready response from both British and Chinese

Girneralissimo Chiang lift Pel- Industrial -{ping at 8 am, yesterday and re- Turned at 6.30 pm, on the same day.

Jats, nanciers and technicians,

Reply

In reply Sir Donald

10

Lleut Cof.

CHINESE ART DISPLAY

An exhibition of paintings by the well known artist, Lim

Tsing-ai, will be held on the first floor of the St Francis i Hotel for four days, 'comunèn- sing today.

on

Cinderella Romance

* Landoners turned and 'in 'their hundreds to witness the marriage of a wealthy Indian Prinen to a young London girl (member of a wórking class Tamlly) at Caxton Hall re- gister office. London. The 23- year ; old +Indian Moslent Prince. Major Abbasi, son of tire Nawab of Bahawalpur. fell in love with a newsnaper photo of a 16-year-old flüm 'Uharm School' giri. Katherine Patrlein Scott, of Fulham. Loydon 'being presented to the American film actor Ray Mililand. Katherine, whose father is v. Ci a week railway wurker, gave up her film, career shortly after meeting the Prince, who has an annual income'of 182,000,

Photo shows the couple leaving Caxton Hall · register office, Westerminster after their nineringe,—APhoto.

World-Wide Broadcast For Royal Wedding

Special worldwide broadcasting arrangements are being made by the BBC for the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant · Mount- batten on Nov. 20.

Manila Looters Mummified

Manila, Oct. 9.

LANDLORDS AND TAX ON PROPERTY

Landlords are not allowed by the Inland Revenue Ordinance to charge tenants with Property Tax, declared Mr. Pudney, Commissioner of Inland Revenue, at a press conference yester- day.

Looters, rummaging through the ruins of In- tramuros, Manila's wall- ́. ed city, destroyed dur-

He added steps would be taken; † ing the war, came upon if necessary, to protect tenants by the owner. it la nol en "out- Property Tax must be borne strangely preserved from such improper demands on going" within the ordinary mummies of a

the part of house-owners. woman, The Commissioner

men-ing of that term and is por an expennu such are rates and repairs

Allowances

njao. five men and a youth of emphatically denounced

recen! eight or ten in cement reports in the vernacular press

that the Inland Revenue 'Depart vaults.

In order to qualify for an Word of their 'Und. Aprendient had arranged with pubile and soon renched the Nationalccountants to collect Business Insurance allowanco, a 'premium

Profis. Tax."

must be in respect of a 'polley

снаснее, -Ốp tha: $80,000,000 expected which, In

In a ro It looked for a time

from all taxes (Salories, negurance policy; Le,, it secures Borne Evidence of a new win Tusiness Profits, Interest and a sum payable on death, when crinie had been uncovered.

Bureau of Investigation.

that

The minimies however, were coinplate from close-cropped hair to their tooth and toenails Each hin tng around Its neck-Associated Press.

Chinese Opera

+

roperty), already $2,880.000 over death may occur, such aiun have been collected. Mr. Pudney not being related in any way to Five thousand, one the period during which tho disclosed. hundred and forty-three Salaries polley has run or to the total Tax forms have already been amount of premiumis pald up to aent 'diit

the date of death.

Statement The statement rolensed at the dreas conference said in part:

"Over 20,000 Demand Notes

Therefore, a policy för n de ferred innuity under which there is paid, on the death of amount related to the premtima the polley holder, merely an

"In the case of a policy or a

The Wah Yan Dramatis So. claty is putting on 'n Chinese for Property Tax wore Issued paid or the cash surrender value Opera in English. It is a new! The total amount due on those of the policy at the date of death veralon of the well-known after allowing for cancellations is not allowable, drama "Wong Chilu Kwan,” All and adjustments, was $2,245,000.

"gularly with contributions the costumes, musle and stage. Property Tax was due to be to Fensions, or Provident Funda. manners are Chinese, but the 'Pald by September 30, after songs and didlogue are in which a surcharge of 6 per cent English. This has never been was able to be made. By that scheme in which allowable lo done before except by the So-date ja aum or $2,078,000 hindrance is combined with pro ciety when last year they been paid, leaving outstanding alous for superannuation, pen staged "The Spoiled Princess."unly $167,000, ie., 92,6 por centon or annuity to the contributor, The aim of the Dramatic of the amount was paid by the or policy-holder and the premium Soeloty is to put the 'Chinese' due date,

can be divided between vo Drama before the English- "I appeal to the pubile. In types of benefit, only that portion speaking public of Hong Kong | future,

of a premium which relates to not to delay payment the life Assurance is allowable." in a way that they can easily until the very last moment. A appreciate. This should help large number of laxpayers de- those who do not understand cided to leave payment until the the Chinese language to get a very last afternoon with the re- 'truer iden of what Chinese sult that in some cases, they had to wait several hours, a delay for which they have only them. selven to blame.

Personalia The opera in

From approximately 8 p.m. in The collection

Kong time, the 10 p.m. Hong display.

BBC Overseas Service will About 100 pieces, comprises

to broad- give, world coverage mainly hundscapes and flowers, casts of the wedding ceremony Among them are some of the in. Westminster Abbey and to favourite works of the arist. account, by commentators Mr. Lim has been specially stationed along the route of the Buckingham to give procession front

Paince to Westminster Abbey

invited from Canton the exhibition,

GANG RAID

and back.

The opera is being perform ed in aid of the Hong Kong: Anti-T-B, Association and will take place in Wah Yan College Theatre Robinson Road, from Oct. 14-19, at 8.15 nightly,

GIRL RUN DOWN

The fatal accident in Castle. Poak Road at 4.45 p.m. on Oct. 7, in which a Chinese girl wa Sub Inspector Donald Brown' killed, was recalled by Tesle before Mr. W.H. Latimer at

"Tinder Section & of the In- land Revenue Ordinance, tax 18 not only charged on the owners are

when he charged of any land and or buildings, Wong Tin, driver of larry 5801, but shall be "borne by" auch with driving without due care owners. It has come to the and attention, driving with in- notice of this Department that

chicient brakes, and overload- many ownera

expecting ing. are their tenants to bear, this tax. This is quite contrary to the Brown, was travelling along Defendant's lorry, sald I Intention and wording, of the Castle Peak Road, Cheung Sha Ordinance. If a tenant paya Wan, In the direction of Sham the tax, he is granted the rightshulpo when a Chinese" girl' ran,

Anong arrivals at the Penin- sula Hotel are Miss Francies Goldberg, Miss Ann Daney, W. Sexton, L. A. Lewis, F. M. Heap. N. F. Nicholson,' C, W. Townsend, Allan Gerdau, R. N. FIRE SCARE IN Later that day and on - the | Moussaieff, L. L. Crawford, Mr. day following, the

EAST ASIA BANK BBC will and Mrs. M. W. Duncati, L. A. The Generalissimo's movements.

broadcast in the Oversens Ser-

Blum, Ralph the closest

Dewey, Peter wald: were shrouded

Six men, thrée armed with, vice a 60-minute programme Clod, Mrs.

Smoko emitting from Room revolvers and two with dag- compiled from recordings of the linger and M. V. Jeshi.

G. Lejeune-Kreg-908 on the 9th floor of the Bank help Becrecy with nabody exert hús each other today with actual aid personal entourage sure of any.

gers, robbed the inmates of ceremony and of one the spot

of East Asia Building at 11 thing.

from

o'clock tast night brought out is doubly the ground floor of 963 Canton descriptions and reports residence

London. Wynford Even residents at the Road, Kowloon, shortly after Thomas will be the BBC in guarded.

Vaughan' p.m. last night, and after mentator inside the

com. Peninsula departures include two appliances from Central.

It was found that an electric recover against his landlord across the road. Abbty and P. M. Sullivan, Mrs. Ann Ken- Fansucking the place for half Richard

stove left unattended, in the under Section 7 of the Inland Dimbleby will an hour decamped with $120 In stationed outside to describe the Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Mirams,

beny, Mr. and Mrs, C. D. Dixon, Toom, had fused and ignited Revenge Ordinance, cash and some clothing.

Fuller details of the broadcast W. Binge, P. Vinud, Mrs. A. C. broke down the door.

Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Marsal, R. pinns have not yet reached Hong Kore.

"Britain and Eristara

can

Chinng's

to he manaters of their own fate."

Deserthing emnitions Britain today, Sir Donat salt some street find it most difficult that morale

WIN very high, to_go although the people were tigh-

However, it was believed that tening their belt for the grime is slated to leave for Nanking winter which might be ahead, fun Thursday with Madonie

Chrang,

Strange Planes

He sal: "Austerity a mot as bad as it sounds. short, but nobody

Food

IN

metua

Three groups

of unidentified afreran main reconnaissance

"CHI HWA” SAFE

The Chinre Menner "Chi Hàn",

to

cents there.

NEWS OF MISSING

TANKER CREW

Pearl Harbour, Oct. 3.

•

Hooker, Miss Dale L. Newman, Mrs. W. C. Allright. C. A..

Nicoll, L. G. Wadsley and 3. B. Hendry.

The wedding of Mr. Lionel

some paper,

It was put out after firemen

COOLIE KILLED IN QUARRY BLAST A fatal blasting accident, oc

at curred

the Diamond Hill

Accused applied. the brales but could not pull up in time and the girl was knocked down. The wheels of the lorry passed Laver 'the body of the giri, sald SI Brown, who added that the vehield was finally pulled up de feet away.

Defendant was fined $250 or three months' hard labour on

three months hard labour on

licence for one year was re- on the third. Suspension of his commended by His. Worship

ADMIRALTY PLAINTIFFS IN hungry at this stage. Food Bights on Tuckday and Wednes which sent out an SOS on Wednesday parcels are

COURT CASE of great help in day over Chefou, the large sea-morning that her engines had broken England, of course,

The High Commissioners for and each port in Northeast Shantung re.

down and her engine rosta 4 feet individual parcel is always recently captured from the Com. under water, wax lawed

back

Executing the Office of Lord colved with a great deal of joy."munists, according to the Govern Hong Kong shortly after 7 pm; ye

A faint radia distress signal was of 262 Lockhart Road, 3rd Wednesday afternoon, resulting PA | Whitehall, were the plaintiff the first count, and cautioned Edwin Paine, Marino-Engineer Quarry shortly before 5 p.m.-on High Admiral of the United the second charge, sentenced to Nesterday evening by the w. "Seaside" heard on Wednesday by the pilot of floor, and Miss Central

The Kingdom. Sir Donald Mais that he ment-controlled

Admiralty. thought it was certain that for agency in Shanghal,

She is now tied up at Runy 126.

a march plane searching the sea near

Leung Yuet-the death of a 37 year old coolie The ship suffered an serious dam Palmyra The first group of four planes

hing, took place at the Regis Wong Ti, serious injuries to an yesterday in an action against Этот four mine-sweepers was first sighted heading for Cheage, and all her passengers and crew which have been missing for 13 days

try, Supreme Court, yesterday other coolle. Cheung Lux, 46. Mr. A. L. Jorge of Messrs. Gl foo from the north on Tuesday are sale.

with three U.S. semen aboard.

who had to be hospitalised, and mah & Co. for possession of a in the presence of Messrs. G. morning and departed in the same

The Hawalian

slight injuries, to Ngai Ho), 41, dirzellan after circling over the

sea frontier said M. McCallum Mr. A. II. Abbas of the Royal that there was no doubt but that the chuen.

Wal-The three coolles were buried portion of the 3rd floor of 91

́ ́ FRAUD CHARGE city for some time,

Naval Dockyard, residing

under a huge fail of earth, when Lockhart Road, Wanchal,. at signal come from a radioman aboard 330 Lockhart Road, was mar- the

a part of the hillside

The premises were let by the Before Mr. F.X. d'Almeda collapsed ried to Miss Ismalia Remedios emergency wel-Associated Press,

mine-sweepers, operating an Mr. Lener Robbins was a passen- while, blasting operations were High Commissioners to the do at Central yesterday

Mr. ger by GPA, plane to Manila,

in progress.

fendent on a monthly tenancy. A.S.C. Comber applied for of 3 Glenealy, at the Registry,

which was duly determined by and obtained beil of $4,000 for Supreme Court, yesterday, in

hotice to pakk expiring on Ho Hok Chau, charged with/ the presence of Messrs. A. R..

on Sept. 30, 1947.

fraudulent conversion of Markar and Sherry Bucks,

Mr. A. 9. C. Comber of $1,000, the property of the New Mesora. Hastings & Co, ap-] Zealand Insurance Company.. peared on behalf of the High Defendant Was than remand- Commissioners.

ed for a further week,

a time at least Britain would have to face up to conditions that would be similar to war time, except for the fact that there would be no bombing.

that

At the present time, he said.

The same afternoon, another: fight of four aircraft passed over the feeling at Home was

the part. they are in for a rough time, but elghteen months would see reconnoitred

A third group of three planes Cheloo yesterday them, round the corner, and four morning-United Press and Reu. years would ace them 'return to ier.

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Two Chinese

and Li

Factions Will

Celebrate Double 10th Separately

· Bangkok, Oct. 9.

The defendant, who appear

ed in person, admitted that he Charged before. Mr. W‚H. Right Wing and Left Wing Chinese will celebrate the Chinese National Day was not entitled to stay on the Latimer at Kowloon yesterday

separately this year..

premises.

by Det Sub-Inspector W.G. The decision was reached when the unwarranted Invasion j The Intesange 'roads: "I have. Mr. Justice Gould, before Morrison with being a member yesterday when the Chinese of the country by Japan took the great pleas:ire in convoying ninde an order for possession returning from life banish- whom the case was heard, of an unlawful society and with Embassy failed to grant three pince."

to the Chinese Government and. conditions presented by the "In a few years there was the Chinese people greetings of

on or before Oct. 31, 1947, and ment, Chan Tak, 22, was 800× Leftists. hendes by Chiew Chinetunt warfare with Japan the Government and the people for mesne pronta at $26, plus tended to a total of 18 months'

In order to conduct the cele- which continued for many of India on the occasion of the costs bration of the National Day years. jointly, Chiew Chi asked:

"As a sovereign nation, India looks forward towards closer

anniversary of the founding "Finally, China became in of the Republic of China. (1) That the National fing volved in the world war and instead of the Party flag be thus for the last 10 years, this holated.

nation has been faced with cooperation in the cause of (2) Display of Sun Yat-sen's trials and tribulations unknown world peace and prosperity pleturo instead of Chiang Kai to any other nation of the with China and her people.” shek's.

world. The world-war came to

Cancellation

Tribute

1

..

In Nanking Judge T.C. tinues.

Cantrell war which still con-originally the Chin

hard labour,

公限

有份股峩

BUNGE FAR EAST

AGENCIES., INC.,

HONGKONG BRANCH

(3) No speech on political an end just two years ago and controversy be made during ob instead of this country being in Tokyo the Double Tenth servation of the occasion. able to direct its full energies parade, planned by 4,000 over-

toward restoration, and teens Chinese in Tokyo, was call habilitation, it has been faced cd off on advice of the Chinese Chinese: In- Davis, Canadian Ambasador "Our hope is that In the tended during the parade to to Chlum, issued the following very nodr future neats may appeal to Général tacArthiir kłutement:

be restored in this wartorn for "protection of alving rights Today, the Double Terith, is land and that China may be of overseas Chinese." Pampli- the anniversary of one of the come the great united 'mation. lots obtulnēt in advance by ndat important days in the Then and then only, the leaders American authorities.""revealed. long history of the Chinese of Chin will be able to devote that the contents word highly people.-

their full time and energies to eritical of General MacArthur. "On this day many yours wards the carrying out of the In order to prevent any un- ngn, there took place the re- original, designs of the Found- toward Incldönts, tile Chidege volution which preceded the dr of the Republic. "Canada"ahil | Mission succeeded in iperstad- creation of the Chineso · Re, the Canadian people hops that Ing the Chinese Overseas An50- public...

prace may, now come and that clation to call off the Double "Great things have been done the propia of China may, the Tenth parade small s voned since in-the years which have Inter disturbed, devote their whöls - Jawaharlal - Nohru,

The Arst Double efforts to the restoration of mier of the Indián Union, zant | AGENTS FOR TUE BUNGE GROUP AND TUBIR AFFILIATES, Tonth

their land.” Much more would have Boen, done if it had got been for the tragio oventa which have occur red, in recent your

d

The Republic was Just, br ginning to show the result thú policies?OLM

India's Wishes

Cronon, Indian: sandőr to China, ális hání

tulatory, messsgo to.

"Mairi

Fre..

Mij 8. Tularak; Blamesh,An-

|Bassador to China; have sent

their congratulatory): meSSURES

| to: President Chiang Kai-shelt

dh the occasion of the 80th 20131727 andiyariacy of the founding of the Republic at

Lake Yew Building, Hulte. 704/705. boy62 Queen's Road, Central