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DRASTIC REFORM MEASURES

MEASURES Schuman Strikes

Nanking's Bureau For Financial Control

Dictator Powers Over Trade

Nanking, Dec. 2. Tightening Government · control over financial transactions in an effort to slow China's infla- tion, the Executive Yuan today authorised the Ministry of Finance to establish a "bureau of financial control” with almost dictatorial powers over the nations trade.

The bureau will commence operations immediate- ly from offices in Shanghai, Tientsin, Canton and Hankow, a Yuan spokesman said, while its influence will be extended over other areas "as it becomes necessary."

TRADE WITH JAPAN

Tokyo, Dec. 2.

An additional 14 ports will be opened for the па- tion's foreign trade from Jan. 11, when a contemplat- law designating trade ed ports, will come into force.

The bill ix now being studled by the Lower House committee on land develop. ment and planning,

The newly designated ports will bring the total of the nation's foreign trado ports to 56, 42, ports having already been designated.— Keuter.

H.K. Dollar Slumps In Canton

It is understood here that Shangbai will be the focal point

HONG KONG- SHANGHAI FLIGHT

Shanghai, Dec. 2.

The British Congal-Gen- eral, Mr. A. G. N. Ogden, was Among the group of officials who turned up at Lunghwa airport here today to welcome Hong Kong Air- ways plane, Inaugurating a regular service between Hong Kong and Shanghai.

The Douglas DC-3, which brought a number of news- papermen from Hong Kong, Is scheduled to leave hero tomorrow morning on the

Gangsters Rounded Up In Kowloon

Sixteen men, believed to be members of a gang involved in the stealing of accessories from park- ed cars and the snatch- ing of handbags from women, were arrested in a Police raid on pent- houses on the roof of 131

At Reds

Paris, Dec. 2.

The National Assembly was cleared today, of the Com- munist deputies who had staged 'an all-night sk-down strike in the parliamentary chamber. ·

Helmeted guards, acting under orders from Assembly President Edouard Herriot, resolutely evacuated the room Jacques in a second attempt after Communist Deputy Ores thwarted their first attempt by denying them the entrance on the grounds that such action was unconstitu, tional

This was the second drastic government step against the Communists and strikers within 12 hours earlier the police seized six Paris power plants after a sudden strike cut off the capital's power and stopped the underground trains.

M. Herriot's order for the Reds to get out came after other Assembly deputies appealed to him in a letter saying, "The independence of the Assembly is in grave danger" Forty- two deputies demanded an immediate end to the Commun- 1st coup de force" and resumption of work by the cham- ber-United Press.

REHABILITATION LOAN BILL

return flight with a party of Temple Street South, Details of the $150,000,000 Rehabilitation Loan

local pressmen,--Reuter,

Yaumati, at 3.45 a.m. on

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for the work of the new bureau,****************** Monday.

which will

Reck

combat

speculation through Michael

«xamination of records of official

and

Engaged

One member of the gang is belleved to have stolen the crown private banks, including

from the Governor's car some foreign institutions, Government-

months ago, while another is operated corporętions, financial

said to have snatched a handbag from Mrs, Blair-Kerr, wife of the companies and organisations and

London, Dec. 2. Kowloon Magistrate, on Nov. 18. individuals engaging in trade, The engagement of 26-year-

A large number of pawn old King Michael of Rumanis The bureau's agents will have to Princess, Anne de Bourbon tickets and electric, torches were powers to examine all books and Parma is likely to be announced, found during the raid. records for evidence of illegal shortly, according to authorita- It is reported that the cam transnetjona. the announcementitive Rumanian quarters in paign by the Police against said, particularly those involving London.

gangs of this type has resulted trade in gold, foreign exchange, and foreign currencies.

The Executive Yuan is provid ing on original staff of 42 per- sons, including one chlef and one deputy chief, who will work directly under the Minister of Finance.

House Searched

During his stay in London in a general dispersal of mom- for the Royal Wedding. King bers to Macao and Canton, Princess Anne. Michael was often seen with

The 23-year-old Princess in now in Lausanne, where the į young King of Rumunia hro just arrived for a two to three

visit days

before returning home.

The spokesman eald the new Princess Anne'a mother la

bureau would work in close co-

operation with austerity police, municipal officials and Central

Princess Marguerite, daughter

of Prince Kaldmar of Denmark

Bill, which will come before Legislative Coun- cil this afternoon for its first reading, were re- leased yesterday."

Tel. 21433

OUTBREAK IN JERUSALEM

Jerusalem, Dec. 2.

Arabs today started a three-day strike in protest against partitioning of the Holy Land with a burst of stabbing, shootings, stonings, arson and mob violence against Jews that brought the Hagana Jewish army into the open as a security force for the first time in its history.

At mid-afternoon there was fighting desperately to push the one Jew dead and at least a shouting, chanting mob back score wounded, one of whom is into the Square, the local correspondent of Reuters, and several Araba wounded,

Hagana made its historic fent appearance after hours of vio- lence when. It was permitted

under police supervision to help evacuate Jews from the Prin- cess Mary area which waa threatened by Araba.

The Jewish army had been called out by Bound trucks ranging the streets plending with Jews who were beginning

Five-Hour Orgy

(Continued on Page, 12)

National

Assembly Doubts

Nanking, Dec. 2, With ten days forgotá to miss for revenge action to counting" following the nation- return to vaak.

al elections already gone,, the Central Elections Office dis closed today that only 500 of tached to the Bill state:-

The "Objects and Reasons" at-n loan in Hong Kong or in Lon

By then hundreds of frenzied more than 3.000 Assembly seats don or partly in Hong Kong and

More than 1. The object of Us Bill is to partly in London, of an amount Arabs had been recklessly burn had definitely been filled.

2,000 must be not exceeding a total of $150,- ing and looting through down-elected before the President can make legislative provision to em:000.000.

town districta atealing an power the raising of a loan of

order the National Assembly、 Cicuse 3 provides that the prin- | timated $1,000,000 worth of $160,000,000 for the general re- cipal moneys and interest repre. Jewish property in a five-hour to be convened.

services

Although an offcial Govern- habilitation of the pubile

Bented by the of the Colony following a

pri- ment spokesman period

out of the crgy that was intended payable upon and

well, an and such of enemy occupation,

General Revenue and Assets of marily by Arab leaders as a

a spokesman of the Elections further sum as may be necessary the Colony,

peaceful but ominious protest Omice were still insisting that to defray the expense of issue. Clause 4 requires that money against the UN decision to split the first constitutional National

2. In this Bill-

into Arab and Jew Assembly will open on Dec. 25 borrowed under the powers given Palestine Clause 2 empowers the Gover-by the Bill upon essetment shall, States. nor, or the Crown. Agent, be appropriated and applied only. Another Arab, mob of several sensus of most informed sources

as scheduled, it was the on behalf of the Governor, to raise to the purposes specified in the hundred surged out of Damana here that postponement is in

Schedule to the Bill, the proviso

evitable, at least until mid- January, perhaps even longer.

Gloomy Prospects On Food Front

London, Dec. 2.

and Princess Marie d'Oricans.-Britons appeared to be increasingly worried that they may become really hungry before next summer's food crop begins to flow into the shops.

Bank experts, all of whom are Reuter. engaged in the war against speculation and inflation. The apokegman: said the head of thei new bureau hod Яelected.

not yet been Kwangtung As In Shanghal today. Lieut-Gon. Third World luang T-wu was semi-officially reported to have said that the War Base! rigorous enforcement of emer-

gency measures calling for pos

established.

command

A spokesman

*

loon be charged

being made, however, that the cus Gate at 11.30 am. burning transfer of money from one item and destroying all Jewish shops of the Schedule to another in the area. It was estimated

such

st trans-that

legat za may be made if

the Legislative Council land by

the Secretary of State.

of score

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con-

Election oficials any they ex-

fer be approved by resolution of shops in the vicinity of Bar-pect complete certification of clay's Bank were attacked. The police did not interfere, Clause 0 and 1 make provision Clouds of smoke blilowed up for a Sinking Fund for the ward a firemen sought to ex- demption of a toan, according as to whether such loan, or part of it, is raised in London, or in Hong

Kong.

Clause 8 empowers the Gover- nor, inter alla, to determine the Ume for any isste and redemp- tion of bonds issued in respect of

the loan.

Schedule

1. Agriculture, Forestry. and

Gardens $1,470,000

2. Air and Meteoro- logicol Services

3. Buildings

6. Education

6. Harbour

ties

tinguish new blazen which were breaking out faster than they could put them out.

Jews Rataliate

A Jowish mob incited by youths crying "revenge" moved from Zion Square into the area where the Arabs were holding their demonstration.

enough elected Assemblymen to complete quorom "by Christ- mas," but that leaves no time in China to the national capital. for travel from distage parts

They said poor; communica-

tions, including lack of tele graphic facilities in many com munities, woro responsible for returns the delay in election reaching Nanking Associated Press.

QUEEN'S ROAD COLLISION

British soldiers with rifles | pointing at the crowd and back- 310.000 by armoured cara shut the 33,176,000 street from Zion Square and. A collision between a bus and

halted the Jewish mob.

a motor car took place in Queen's 30,500,000 Between the mob and troops Road Central, outside Ho Tung 7,210.000 lines of Jewish youths stretch- Building, at 1205 p.m. yester»

4. Claims and Com

pensation

Facili-

5,450,000 1,715,000

8,500,000

30,270,000

24,400,000

.5,000,000

7. Medical Services 8. Miscellaneous

Doctors, clergymen and news confirm nor deny that such

fears that the course might be taken. Canton, Dec. 2.

papers expressed

Meanwhile, next year's crops food shortage may bring on dis-

the Both rice prices and

case and cut workers' energy are largely threatened by

has prevented; the Hong Kong dollar

enough to hamper the nation's drought which "produce for recovery" Industrial ploughing in many of the richest

British agricultural areas. are skidding downward

drive. Canton, Dec. 2. after zooming a steep able citywide house to

Geoffrey Cox, political corres The drought and last spring's', "Kwangtung will probably be pondent of house

cut this year's the Liberal News snows and floods climb last week. Best investigations against hoarders an important base for China in Chronicle, reported that many crop so heavily that potatoes

World War II, if it were kind rice was sold today will be introduced as soon as a

Labour Members of Parliament staple part of the British dict happen at all." sald is Huang

General and some members of the Govern- have had to be rationed to three Ching-chlu. around CN$65,000 a picul unified overall

deputy-ment are urging the sale of more pounds weekly per person and director of the President's Head- of 111 pounds and the

General Huang said milltary quarters, when he assumed of of Britain's reduced foreign in- there have been hints that the Hong Kong dollar was and police forces of the city fice as Commissioner of Pacifi- vestments in order to buy food rallen may have to be cut.

Potato ratning brought the 9. Publie Works cation and Police this morning, abroad, should be pooled to enforge quoted at CN$24,500.

in the Govern- British diet to 2,700 calories a day 10. Railway Several persons were arrested strictly the new laws aimed at!

"In order to meet the coming ment departments would neither 10 per cent below the level 11. Waterworks

which a depression year's study over the week-end for dealing eradicating black market opera-lof such an international, crisis,

set as the minimum for health. in Hong Kong and American tors and hoarders.

"he added, "we must make

Associated Press. dollars.

Latest Chinese reports said Kwangtung free from bandit dis. secured for the choice of Mag-Gen. Chiang turbance and fully Ching-kue, eldest son of Presl such an event." dent Chiang Kai-shek, to take vincial troops that from Decem Dr. T. V. Soong asaured Pro- over the direction of the econo- ber onwards they will receive mle war in Shanghai, was not equal pay to that given to troops yet definite..

In the National, Army,

General Chen Pul, the out

Commissioner, going

reported that his anti-bandit campaign in Meanwhile the Hung Chang in the killing of 1,300 bandits southern Kwangtung had resulted Exchange Bank, of the and the seizure of over 200 rifles.

However, retail prices which went up last week stuck to the same high level, but wholesale prices went down somewhat be-

hind those of rice,

It may be roughly said that prices, which jumped about 40 percent during the hectic days of Nov. 25 and 26, dropped by 20 percent.

The

Communist threat to Hankow was one cause of the rise of the Hong Kong dollar. but this is temporarily removed. -Associated Press.

Control Of

Jay-Walkers

Bank Closure

ono

smaller banking firms which-KPN. allegedly engaged in curb tran- sactions, closed its doors this morning with debts reportedly. totalling CN$10,000,000,000,

It was reported that the bank. bought blocks of textile mili

PLANE CRASH

Strasbourg, Dec. 2. Proposals to control jay share and was caught when The French Press Agency walkers in Hong Kong, will prices slumped as a result of re- said that an American transport come up for discussion at Fri- ports of the Government enfor- plane crashed today near the day's meeting of the Traffic cing the most rigid economie village of Lemberg about six Advisory Committee, the controls.Associated Press, Reu- miles south of Bitche, "China Mail" Jearned authori- ter and United Press.

Moselle-Associateć. Press,

tatively yesterday,

If the proposala aro approved by tho Committee, legislation. will be drafted for introduction before the Legislative Council. Primary object of the pro- posals la: to: control pedestrians. at the main intersections of tho Colony

ABERDEEN FIRE A fire in Wong Chuk Hang

Village, Aberdeen, at about d p.m. yesterday. resulted la two amall huts, being destroyed. The fire engines were despatched to the scene.

BARKER ROAD BURGLARIES

Two European residents, residing at 449 Barker Boad and 516A Barker Road, were the victims of burglaries be- tween 3 a’m. and 6 a.m. on Monday, the burglars get- ting away with a total faul of $11,350.

In "The first case, the burglars entered the rest- dence of Mr. Kendrick at 149 Barker Road and stoln goods to the value of $4,500. In the other case, goods to the value of $6,800 were taken from the reiidence of Mr. Cooper at 816A Barker Mord.

'Up to a late hour yester- day, no arrests had been made.

Chiang's Confidence Missing Plane

In Peaceful Japan

Shanghai, Dec. 2.

Located

Total:

$150,000,000

Red Manoeuvres

In

Far East

Nanking, Dec. 2. The reappearance of a Comintern for East Asia, following the recent meeting of Communist representatives at Harbin, is "a natural and Inevitable development of the overall Com munist polley and should occasion no surprise in any quarter," the official Kuomintang organ, the Central Daily News, declared in an editorial today.

The reappearancó. of the in this endeavour, erities of the Comintern, was first evidenced Communist Party will head at Warsaw, with its subsequent straight for the guillotine, in organization of new headquar-contrast to the freedom which ters at Belgrado, and now at democratic forces may enjoy in Harbin, the editorial comment criticising the National Govern-

|ment."---Reuter-AAP,.

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