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FRIDAY, 5TH december, 1947

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(By kind permission of the Committee and Members) Dancing to commence at 8.30 P.M.

Double Ticket $15.-Single Ticket $8 (Including light refreshments)

Tickets obtainable at Megars Moutries

SATURDAY, 6TH DECEMBER, 1947

2ND ANNUAL FETE

at the

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(By kind permission of the 0.C., Royal Inniskilling FusKera)

All the Fun of the Fair and

numerous Side-Shows

To be opened at 2 P.M. by Mr. Aw-Boon Haw 0.B.E.

Music supplied by THE MARINES BAND (By kind permission of the C in C, British Pacifle Fleet)

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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1947.

FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO MAKE ANOTHER BID Naafi

More Reservists Mobilised

BLOWS EXCHANGED BY MEMBERS

Paris, Dec. 1. The National Assembly is meeting at 0900 GMT today to try to complete the passing of the Government's special powers bill after negotia- tions for a settlement of the nation's country- wide strikes-now involving 2,000,000 work- ers and paralysing essential services-broke down again last night.

The decision to meet this morning came after a 35-hour session which ended when the Cham- ber passed by 404 votes to 184 the first part of the Government bill permitting the mobilisa: tion of a further 80,000 reservists.

The break in the Assembly decided to go back, and there was bate was moved by the Premier, some improvement in train ser- it fulvices. M. Robert Schuman and lowed the en bloc rejection more than 200 Communist amend. ments to the measure.

of

strike committer The nationa} of the CGT, on which are repres sented 20 of the major unions which have called their members out, announced their intention of keeping the strike going and "in tensifying resolute action."

Position Better

Strikers were asked to "con tinue the fight, act with energy and go forward to victory in the

Blows Struck Troops reinforcements and light lan1 tanks arrived in Marseilles night and the Government is re ported to be quietly strengthening their security forces.

APPEAL

IN JAVA DISPUTE

Raiders Nabbed

Hamburg, Dic. 1, Fifty-two members of Hamburg's biggest gang of thieves were arrested in a police criminal investiga- ifon department swoop to- The highly organised gang, which includes res- Dectable

day.

businessmen AS well as discharged prisoners of war, specialised in raid- for British Army Canleen stores, and on the proceeds held parties in the elly's pleasure district of St. Paul, where the celebrations cost up to 150,000 reichsmarks a head.

Tho gangsters were re- ported to have, expensively furnished houses and flats. -Reuter,

BATAVIA, DEC. 2. DR. FRANK GRAHAM, UNITED STATES MEMBER OF THE UNITED NATIONS GOOD OFFICES COMMITTEE MEDIATING BETWEEN THE DUTCH AND THE REPUB- LICANS IN INDONESIA TO PEREK DAY APPEALED TO BOTH TO "FULFIL THE SIDES FAITH AND HOPES OF MANKIND" BY REACHING A SETTLEMENT AT THE

DISCUS FORTHCOMING SIONS ON THE DISPUTE.

Broadcasting from Jog Jakarta, the Republican capital of Java, he said: "It is our faith that no irresponsible and extreme groups on either side

Stop-Gap Aid Plan Approved

Washington, Dec. 1.

The Senate today ap-

Meanwhile, blows were ex- changed by Socialist and Com: munist members of the Council of the Republic in the House after two hours of a healed debate dur ing which Communist members accused the Premier, M. Robert can prevent these great peo- processes, Schuman-who was present of ples, by democratic

a conatitu- proved the $597,000,000 being " German officer in 1044" from working out and of having "betrayed the Re-tlonul framework of national programme for stop-gap public." M. Dassault, Socialist, and freedom and mutual coopera aid to France, Italy and M. Guyot, Communist exchanged tion." near future."

Austria. Signs of the beginning of a re-blows

Members from both sides then

The United States transport, A voice vote sufficed to reject a turn to work were reported last

sponsored by left joined in the melee and it was Renville, on which the discus-proposal

'wing night.

The Minister of the Interior several minutes before the pollee

programme be handed over to the announced that port workers at and "officers of the House" re-sions will be held, is due in Democrats that administration of the

Java waters early on Tuesday, Marseilles and Le Havre had de-stored order.-Reuter.

United Nations.

Italy is

$227,000,000, Try

and Austria France $121,000,000 $42,000,000, 4,000,000. The programme still has, however, a considerable way to travel before supplies can mart flowing across the Atlantic.

Communist Ukase

Paris, Dec. 1.

Con- The Communist majority of the General

federation of Labour today threw down a ukase that it would never negotiate with the Government to settle France's chaotic strikes if the Government's emergency measures, now before the Assembly, became law. It was flat hatice that the Com munists would proceed with the propramme to battle the Govern ment all along the line, regard. Icxs of what happened. It also ment the battlelines were even now because more firmly drawn

new strikes were plaguing the crippled country as its Assembly debated, amid Communist.created uproara, laws which the Govern- ment of Premier Robert Schuman demanded, to put legal weapons in its hands in the hour of crisia Following the meeting, the Communist majority issued a com munique saying the

talks

with and the Government were over adding. "The Confederation Bur. cau states that no new negotiation could begin once the infamous laws now being discussed by the Assembly are promulgated.".

Only Communists who were in the majority in the leadership of the CGT's 6,000,000 members signed the communique, indicat. Inc that anally labour, too, was itself splitting apart United

Press,

Dr. Graham said.In his ap- pea) today that "no ship has ever come to these waters with a nobler purpose and lifted the hopes of more millions of peu plea for the political settlement of a tragic conflict than the Renville on its mission of peace and goodwill for the people of Indonesia, the people of Netherlands and the people of all nations."Reuter-

Coastal Forces Still Busy

Kangoon, Dec. 2.

1

to get

The House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee is writing its own bill, the It voted fast week to cut $108,000,- 000 from the Administration's plan far European aid and then decided o put back $38,000,000 of the cut.

Before the vote in the Senate was isken, Senator Claute Pepper

Democrat from Florida)

Men of the 1,400-ton Maya formerly: the Royal Navy tri- gate Fal, and present flagship of the Burmese Navy, today described the part that Burma's fleet of motor launches was playing in the Government's anti-crime campaign in the Arakan division of the West coast.

Tried To

Drive Over

Precipice

Bristol, Dec. 1.

The May which hur het re turned here from Akyab, the prin. " cipal Arakan port, was acting ar the launches supply ship to operating

the rivers and streams criss-crossing the fertile coastal region...

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Naval units were said to have clashed with "rebel gangs" and fought a series of actions which Inflcted heavy casualties on the "enemy."

Marines from the Mayu des

accused

the State Department of appeasing Fascism to destroy Communism.

He accused General de Gaulle of belog Fascire mot added: "This aid to France will be used to bolster de Gaulle against Communism."

Plan To Combat Inflation

LONDON, DEC. 1.

THE GOVERNMENT WILL NEXT YEAR REDUCE BY £180,000,000 THE ANNUAL RATE OF CAPITAL INVEST- MENT PROJECTS AS PART OF ITS PROGRAMME AGAINST INFLATION, İTİ WAS OFFICIALLY, AN- NOUNCED TONIGHT.

.The reductions are designed to provide more principally

In one encounter an armed gang attempted to blow up a Nava) bout by throwing a hand grenade which was thrown back, killing A man who took 100 many of the gang. aspirin tablet and then cribed the situation in Arakan, leaving Hong Kong for the Mala. tried to drive a-lorry over where troops and armed police are waging relentless campaign fan Union are no longer required the edge of a 100-foot rainst lawless elements various- to possess valid vaccination against smallpox. precipice was bound overly called Dacolts and Rebels, as

reverting to normal. coat, steel and manpowor "leadily at Bristol today for at though there is plenty of action

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tempting to commit sui- still going on in the hinterland," cide....

Reuter,

of

Neaker, William Kenneth Bedminster, who pleaded guilty, was ald to bave told the police: "I felt fed up with things and decided to end it, I took about 100 spicins And sat in the van until dark, Then I drove to the top of the quarry.

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The police found the lorry hang- ing over the precipice. It was rapos sible to recover it and it crashed down-Reuter.

Tests Of Atomic Weapons

WASHINGTON, DEC. 1.

Ceylon Taxes

Increasedly planned.

+

for

the export Industries.

Construction in the building and civil engineering indus- tries will be cut, to operate at the annual rate of £700,000,000 ot the end of next year instead of the £825,000,000 originally forecast, while plant machinery and vehicles will be cut to an annual rate of £525,000,000 In- stead of £680,000,000 as ori-

on cinemae, theatres, COLOMBO, DEC. 1. sports grounds and racecourses AND IN-will be allowed only to provide TWO FRESH CREASED, TAXES, INCLUD for public safety-Reuter ING A 20 PER CENT. LEVY ON BUSINESS PROFITS, WERE ANNOUNCED YES- TERDAY BY MR. J. R. JARA- WARDENE THE FINANCE MINISTER, INTRODUCING INTO THE HOUSE OF RE- THE PRESENTATIVES BUDGET FOR THE FINAN- CIAL YEAR ENDING SEPT. 80, 1948.

Tho, total estimated revenue ls 441,500,000 rupees including THE CONSTRUCTION OF 10,000,000 from new sources. TESTING, GROUNDS FOR The total tax revenue is 879,- "ROUTINE EXPERIMENTS 000,000 rupees, made up of 78,- AND TESTS OF ATOMIC 500,000 rupees in direct taxes WEAPONS" HAS BEGUN AT and 300,600,000 rupees in ENIWETOK ATOLL IN THE indirect taxes.... PACIFIC. THE ATOMIC Tre Finance Minister sald EMERGY COMMISSION AN- the drop in revenue from in- NOUNCED TODAY.

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