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DRASTIC CUTS IN U.K.

PACIFIC FLEET

Britain's Pacifle Fleet wil be drastically reduced within a manth, reliable foral naval sources disclosed fast night. confirming the "China Maif" report a fortnight ago.

All pavy units, at presen in Hong Kong Pacific Finet Headquarters, will be killine for the United Kingdoin. leaving behind only one cruiser, three destroyers and a few sloops.

As reported in the "China Mall" previously, the air. craft carrier "Theseus," cruiser "Osmbla" sund depot ship "Adamant" will be the first to leave Hong Kong.

The ultimate strength of the Hong kong base is, how- ever, at being determined, said naval sources yesterday.

PHONEY TAX OFFICIALS

IN H.K. WARNED

A warning to the public against persons imper- sonating Inland Revenue Department officers is given by Mr. E..W. Pudney, Commissioner of Inland Revenue, in a letter to the "China Mail."

Under" the fermis of the Inland Revetive Ordinance, every officer of the Department bas laken and subscribed betore n Justle,

Mr. Pudney's letter is in reply to allegations innde in a letter from A Taxpayer", appearing in yesterday's issue of this news. paper,

Mr. Pudney says: --- 1" have read with interest the ster from "A Taxpayer" it Your issue of November 7, * "I connut too strongly phasise that it is not necessary for accounts It be submitted through practising necountant, "Of course, large concerns will in most casca And it both ad ...vantageous und convenient }

The Pence an oath of secrecy.

of

"Any breach of this obilgation should be brought to my notice Immediately when the severe penalties fald ddwn in the Or dissance will be enforced,

"No Mental Blue Prints Formed”

One of Britain's foremost town planning experts. Prof. Sir Patrick Abercrombie, who arrived from England five days ago, told pressmen at a conference yesterday that he had not yet had time to formulate any mental blue print of new Hong Kong, as he was still reading through documentary reports and studying Hong Kong's topography,

Hong Kong's chief difficulty is the shortage of level land, always a big factor against building a big community.

He agreed that reclamation of naturally form part of any town the waterfront lione way of planning scheine for Hong Kong, creating more level land but in town he had visited tene. there

limalt to this expan. mynt houses In different areas sion H encroachment upon har. bour feelities are to be avoided. Sir Patrick sald this factor of lack of level land is present not only on the Island but also on the mainland.

at random and hnd Meen the badly overcrowded condillun under which people lived,

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Three Rail Crashes In

Heavy Fog

{ People nevertheless did not

scem to be discontented over it, fog which und this fact, said Sir Patrick. London and understands that the ajo rather impressed him.

KEEP GOING IN H.K. Shanghai Leaders Coming Here.

The Chinese Democratic League's Southern Branch in Hong Kong will con- tinue to function as it had not yet received official Instructions from headquarters in Shanghai to disband.

A spokesman for the Souitern Branch said yester- day that even if official orders were received from the mother organisation in Shanghai to dissolve, a general meeting would be called by the Branch to decide whether or not to accept the orders.

Fire Starts In Harbour

A fire broke out in the storehouse of the us. Gan- andoo (Mau Bhan Naviga- tion Company) shortly after 9 pm. yesterday;

It was

under

control within an hour of the ar- sival of two fire fonts from the Fire Brigade.

The vessel was moored at No. 7 they in Yaumati Bay when the outbreak occurred.

Two naval boats were also rushed to the scene to stand-by for any emer- goncicą.

Ritchie In Hong Kong

Meanwhile, Reuter's reparts from because the minority parties are stil Shonghoi that the majority of the negotiating over the submission nfl iraders of the Democratic League are candidates lists, preparing to proceed to Hong Kong The Central Elections Ofise scan. o carry on Lengue activities following the Kuomintang list eliminater ing the Central Government's outlaw-candidates connected with election ing of the party.

oflices. One paper, the "Ya Wan Pao", said Associated Press aids that Chiang that five or six of these leaders are Kal-shek headed the list of about actually already enroute to the Belthen 1,000 Kuomintang candidates for the Matony.

National Assembly filed with the Rors from Nanking claim that elections nfire, but his one-unlike the Chinese Government might make other was unaccompanied by any representations the, foreign (lov endorsement noting his profession,

entert concerned if the Democratic career and qualifications. London, Nov. 7. Leagur branches overseas, especially

Residents

of his native totra, Fens The dense "peasoup," ignore the League chairman. Dr. him, said only "it is universally known in Tang Kong and Singapore, decide how, in Cheklang, which nominates! blanketed Chang Lon's order dissolving the he is President of China and General-

Southern Party,

almo of the Potty

Striking Peiping University quity in the hills is not soft į We agreed that in plage like England for 12 hours. groite (which is a factor to be Hong Kong reducing density brlifted today as teams ofri-chien, spokerman for the Nationalists in which students were arrested. |

At the same time in Nanking, Chin and middle school students reached with unrest today following. ner any levelling scheme to be contant areas may not be possible. rescue workers, using election Office, denied Chinese greanest and beaten as they carried our The

as it would mean taking people acetylene torches, rushed would be postponed for a second time.

Commander - în - tementrations against the imprison-Chief of the Far East

of It is a problem that has to be to clear the debris result geologists and

A delay beyond the scheduled ment

Chekiang University studied in conjunction with the ing from three railroad three-day helloting for the National student who was said to have come

Land Forces (General mitted suicid in gant peculiar circumstances of the

crashes in which six per-posible if the new assembly is to riot was narrowly averted la

Assembly, parting on Nov, 21, is im-

Four students were arreved and in Hong Kong yesterday Sir Neil Ritchie) arrived Colony,

Sir Patrick concluded by say-sons were killed and meet on Dec. 25 as required by the Peking National University when the afternoon by air from ing he has been grtally impress. ed by the scente beauty of Hong some 90 injured,

Sanking papers sperslaind that the first strous of 2,000 students prepar Singapore on a bi-annual Kong and its mild climate, and Thousands of people, who elections would again be postponed ing to attend the memorial service of inspection visit to Land Irake forward a pleasant apent the night in

the Cheklang student were stoned by automobiles. subway atatkins sojourn here,

"hired chuge", who furced them har: Forces here. or wandering blindly through the eerie,.white

from the University gate--Reuter Associated Press and United Press. mint, headed for home when n unreasonably, warm sun broke through about 9 a.m.

He

away from where they work.

Cunsidret In connection with spreading the populálion to dis"

templated).

The question would have to be

with cone inte their expert opinion will have o bearing on any scheme of town plonning Sir Patrick may even.

ually recommend, he said.

Month's Stay

Patrick's Skr

siny in

Hong Kong will only be for a month, and, he said," during this short perlod be cannot do more than "The public are warned ogni get up a preliminary repurl. agrinst

perions impersonating He will also have to consult effects of the Infund Revenue loent opluton and the needs of · Department. It is not practies various sections of the cominun.

of this Department to send a reity

presentative to the offices of Town planning, he said, is to employ a practising accountant. taxpayers, unless in possession of And the best use to which landa but in their own interests they u written authority from the Is to be put, and at; the same are advised to see that the ac. Commissioner of Inland Revenue time in adjust the claims of the countant whom they employ ha "If any person holds himself; perole

been approved by ine as an au out to be an employee of the In. Asked as. to whether town thorised representative underland Revenue Department ant) planning will involve the pulling Section 2 of the Ordinance,

produce ranno!

"It is, however, neither the wish nor the intention of the In. Jand Revenue Department to force small businesses, in parti- cular, to craplay outside countants,

such

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constitusion, he said,

Canton Officials On Threat Charge

Canton, Nov. 7.

JEW BOMB EXPLODES

Jerusalem. Nov. 6.

the

General Ritchie

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accom- panid by Lady Ritchie, a senior Latuff: oficer and his A.D.C.

They were met, at the airport by the G.0.C; General Erikine. paccompanied by Brig. CIV. Junes, CBE and the acting A.O.C. Gm Capt. Jones,

the. This party were conveyed by latach to Queen's Pier, where a Guard of Honour was formed by the int Battalion Royal In- niskillings.

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night.

bo-

The Guard of Honour WON lieved to have been behind the commanded by Major Waters. attack as the paper had recant- At Queen's Pier the C.in.c. y críticlaed the, Arab Higher and Indy Wilchle were prer ce Committer and other leading by Arimiral Sir Dents Boyd and Lady Royd, Lt. Col. J.M, Filmer. Arab organisations.

Bennett, L. Col, M.C.D.L. Rey. There were no casualties.nolds and Lt. Morgan. #Fa

Lieur to the Admiral),

Many districts of Londen were snarled with hopeless traffic jams made worse by abandone l The Canton District Court is dark, which onere left until taking proceedings against three A bomb exploded in

visibility was possible.

officials of the Saath China of offices of the Arah weekly, The feg came down on Londos fice of the Import and Export "Nida El Abd, in Juffa

Control Bureau for extorting Hke a blanket carly last night money from mercliant appll- and, was described by old re-cants for import and export Political motives were sidents as one of the worst in permits, and other charges of Warmw, Nov. 1,

years. Accidents were legion corruption. Three members of the Polish but the three train crushes were The sum involved is said to be peasant Party to escape in the most serious each occurring around HK$2,000,000 or CN$30, M. Mikolajczyk are

at the height of the dinner rush 000,000,000. Warsaw gaol,

They had been arrested ut hour when the fog was virtually

A Barcau spokesman said that Czechoslovak

forged special territory and impenetrable.

permits were charged with having left Poland Buses ran in convoys with found purporting to have been without passports and with hay-conductors lending them at a issued in the name of one of the ing stolen party funds. Other snail's pace carrying white hand-offlcinia. - arrests had been made also, kerchiefs high over their head For some time there had been Political, charges might also or Bighted torches. Private many complaints against the Lm-

followed behin port and Export Control Bureau | be made alleging collaboration automobiles with officials of an unnamed) striving to keep the taillight in for its refusal and delay in Embassy in Warsaw.

sight-United Press.

Issuing permita. Associated (Sco Earller Story-Page 5)

nu. down of any existing structures thority, the fact should be re-or buildings, Sir Patrick said ported immediately to me (Telethis depends on whether it is co- phone No, 31111).

on whatsoever should be given term plon.

No informa. ing to be a short term or a long ac- to such a person.

In the case of the former, only ask the public to assist me modest measures can be taken "If any taxpayer has any in derling with this nuisance. I in any such changes. doubts or dißleulílus regarding

quite certain that no account. Hong Kong, unlike many cities the completion of his Return.

in Britain, suffered no extensive and the statements which he mayant of repute would be guilty of

Buch unprofessional conduct asbar.bings. Involving the wiping wish to submit in support, there. is malerted In A Taxpayer's" our whole artas of buildings and of, he is entitled to, and can ob.

Put. tain free advice from the Inland letter and I teel sure that any centre of the town, Sir Revenue Department.

assistance given me by the pub. into the whole matter. lle Ih this direction would be ap Asked as to whether he would preciated. as much by the ac

recommend the removal of the "Further nore, any information countancy profession in the Col. the centre of the town, Sir Pat- given to the Department nyns by the

M. Mikołajczyk's three "col- Inland Revenue rick said he understood this way treated with the utinost secrecy. Department"

Secrecy

British M.P.s' Views On Visit To China

In an exclusive interview with the "China Mail" yesterday, three members of the British Par- liamentary Mission to China who arrived here on Thursday, expressed their "sincere pleasure at the extremely cordial reception” which they had received in the mâny cities in China which they had visited.

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Plane Fails To Find Lost Ship

one of the big questions people laborators" — Madame Maria of Hong Kong had. In mind.

Hulewicz, his private secretary, He was unable to give an M., Vincenty Bryja and M. answer one way or the other

nore fully Dombrowski, Peasant Party of until he had gone

ficials were la the whole matter.

arrested on Nor could Sir Patrick give. Czechoslovak territory, and any information on the proposed Brylos' Parlamentary immunity cross-harbour' tunnel' which, he did not protect him because he Laid, would one way of solv- had been caught redhanded, the ing Hong Kong bad traffle con- Polish paper Gazeta Ludowa A gestion

Asked as to whether it would

It was possible, the paper add-| he feasible to have a suspension! bridge aeross the harbour Sir ed, that a political charge would Patrick sald varlous factors, be made’against them för having would have to be onsidered. been in contact, with an Embos Including that of its height to ay in Warsaw.. enable ocean going ships passing Meanwhile under it, and the land taken up Mikołajczyk contemned as

in London, M, at euch end of the bridgo.

Sir Patrick was unable to say pack of les" the greater part what site would be suitable for of the Warsaw communique an. sourcing the arrest of three of his collenguen-Renter.

un sirfield.

Experts

..

They were Lord Amulrec, Mr. emeralds which will be the gift Willrid Roberts and Mr. Frank of the Siamtre Royal family" McLevy, Lord Amutree and Mr. Bir. Roberts added that all in. Roberts will remain In Hong coming plants in Britain at the|

This would have to be decided Kong until next Wednesday. ns moment are loaded with wed. by experts. He agreed that an they Intend to make a short ding persents for Her Royal International airport for

Hong slay In Della on their return | Highness.

Kong la essential and it must trip to England.

The remaining four members of the mission will leave Honr Kong today on an aircraft which will be lauded with China's

• to Princess Elizabeth on the oc casion of her marriage on Nov 20 to Jicul. Mountbatten.

Mr. Roberts said yesterday:

Gifts

While in China, the members the mission have also received their own shure

fram of gifts members of the Chinese Govern. ment and friends, which, they vl take back with England.

them to

The mission, paid high praise "These, Include the exquisite din to the members of the Chinese ner set from the Generalissima Air Force wlus flow them around and Mme. Chiang Kai-shek, on their 6,000 air mile tour of beautiful Chinese wedding dress Chinese cities.

tliv of tea.

"At Bangkok also the aircraft will pick up a golden chalice embossed with rubies

and

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ONE DOLLAR TWENTY FIVE FOR PRINCESS

Cathay Pacific Airways' plane (Captain Leslie) returned to Hong Kong last night after a fruit- less two-day search for a drifting FS craft, lost in the typhoon off the Philippines.

The salvage tug, "Catherin The "Catherine Moller" tow- Moller," towing four FS boats ed the three remaining boats to 180 feet long) from Manila Hong Kong and loft almost lin- Hong Kong, was caught in mediately afterwards to search typhoon "Cathy" a week age.

for the fourth. One FS bont broke logse and drifted away..

NEW BRITISH TRADE

A CPA plane was chartered on Thursday morning to as- eist. Captain Leslie searched over a wide aroa, taking in the Paracel Island and Hainan and Indo-China cosals.

PACT WITH JAPAN Sting overnight at "Turano

Tokyo, Nov. 2 British representatives in Japan have concluded a six-month agreement with SCAP authorities permitting the purchase of Japanesé' goods by: merchants from the United Kingdom, Austra- lla and British Crown colonies 'using pounds sterling.

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in Indo-China continued the search the following morning returning to Kal Tak last night without sighting, the missing bont.

The Weather

· Today's' Forneaali-Moderate ·NRI. Winde,

Shanghai, Nov. 7.. The British-owned North presented by a private clizon in "We were most Impressed China Daily News has received North China, and a large quan. with these pilets" said Mr. Ro CNS100.000 (about US$1.25 on] All foreign trudo with Japan between all British territories

berts yesterday, "and their fand the black market)' from a re- hitherto has been calculated on: andy-Japan" using pounds ster. A1 0800 km GMT. (8ʻbing Hoŋe Konz

Chinese inge made in difeult weather Lired

General In the basis of United States dol- ling. It is understood..

(Bummer Tima) yesterday, the typhoon-way were perfect,"

Chungking with instructions to lara.

The placing

of Japan's entred about 120 miles N at Manila, Princess All three members of the mis-send it to

Elizabeth, The Sterling accrued from foreign trade on

moving WNW or, NW; «t 10 to 12 knots. sion agreed that their visit had who, he predicted would.. bei

additional Fure remains moderately high over been ill too short..

"another Queen Victoria trade on the now basis will be foreign currency is expected to Japan, and a new antleyclone is spreadingt Lord Amulree, who is extreme. The gift was from · Major hold at specified points such as 'bove considerable effect on in- wuthward over Mongolia. ly fond of travel; said that if General Han Toh-ohen, who London, Singapore and Hong ternational trade of this COUR freshening later fine and warm, becom another opportunity presents it participated in China's 1911 Kong for the Japanese Govern-try. The first group of Austrn-tag cloudy tonight. self in the future he would like revolution which ousted the ment. The British Government Han traders who came to Japan Testerday's Weatherin very much indeed to come bere monarchy. again.

guarantees to convert these were not able to purchhes, a Maximum) 814' deg. Fah, He added that during his short "Learning that you are go: Sterling, credits Into United single item due to the fact that Minimum) das Fab

Bunshiṣe: 10,# hours, P stay in Hong Kong so far he has 1ng to marry. Lt, Mountbatten. Stafes, dollars, at the official 'all purchases must ho "made | nalatails: Nile Total: siper, Jani.“ managed to do a small amount I beg to be favoured with the United States · dollar Sterling with United Statos dollars... 1878,0 cm.=101.89; 158. da against an of shopping which included the honour of congratulating you,'rato at any time on demand, 20 which were extremely scarce in averazë” of: 2021.6 pm.cad1.14 ina: buying of some shirts and how whose virtue has long been ros Long Term that Sterling may be used for paro, at mal 10/1,6; 1011

We Britain's | Sterling block, Now wonderful to be able to pur pocted by people all over the way chase them without the coupons world, then letter said and Negotiations are under way purchaden from Japan, it is bears Equation, "required" In Britain. Both he

and Mr. Roberts are looking for Asked her to strive for peace in Washington between the loved that the outlook for a Humidity ward in touring the Toland be among the Allied nations." ---- United States and Belilah Glove Japanens, suport trade will be who, fore they leave for England, L'Associated Press; 235/

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