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THE PERFECT

SWISS WATCH

CHINA MAIL

HONG KONG, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1947.

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RAIN FORCES DRAW IN Film Reps. Return [NEW CURRENCY PLAN FOR

Formosan Governor's Wife Opens Libel Suit

Shanghai, Dec. 18,

The bel sult brought by Madame Wel Tao-min, wife of the Governor of Taiwan, ngainst the newspaper Tich Pao for calling her Formo- sa's "super-governor," open- Tro- ed today

before the curate who advised them to reach a compromise mettle- ment outside court.

publisher of the paper appeared but Madame Wel was absent.

The

The Tich Pao accused Madame Wel of currency speculating and operating a lumber export business. - United Press.

St. Joseph's Men For Sing Tao?

tent

SECOND TEST Toshack May Be Back For 3rd Game

The second Test match between the Australians and Indians ended here today in a draw, with no play possible owing to rain. Out of the five blank days allotted to this Test, three were days.

The final scores were: India 188 and 61 for seven

Australia 107.

Australia's team for the third Test against India, beginning al Melbourne on January 1, will be chosen from the following twelve- players:

Bradman, Brown, Hamence. Han- sett, Jan Johnson, Bill Johnsten, Lindwall. McCool, Miller, Morrls. Tallon and Toshack.

This some twelve were chosen for the first Test, and show one change from the second Test, Toshack. now ft, returning tr place of Nell Harvey, the present 12th man.

Sidney Barnes will play for New South Wales against South Australia in the match beginning at Adelaide on Dec. 20 und he may be available for the fourth

Test

Objection Amarnath objected to the use yesterday, due to of the roller

|

New Atom Research

Centre

Washington, Dec. 17.

re.

The Atomic Energy Commis slon today approved the can- struction of a US$616,000 search centre at the University of Rochester, New York, where medical scientist will be trained to meet both peacetime

and bv wartime problema posed atomic energy.

St Joseph's hopes of entering | ignorance of the laws.

The project is part of the the Second Round of the Benlor "Amarnath is not the first Test Commission programme to traim Shield Football competition captain to forget the laws.

biologiats, doctors and others seem to have disappeared com- In 1921, after the first day's pletely as the result of a perais-piny had been washed out by not only in the treatment of runtour that Sing Tao rain, Lionel Tennyson declared radiation sickness but also in England's innings closed on the the peacetime uses of atomic second day, leaving less than one energy. hour and 40 minutes for play.

In Chicago, Dr. Warwick Armstrong pointed Robert Hutchins, Chancellor of The layers who have been out that the match cogie under Chicago University, said West transferred from Kit Chee to the two-day rele and Englandinghouse Electric Company and Sing Tho include, Hau Yung-dong, continued batting.—Reuter,

Sports Club have secured the ail, their touring team with the exception of B." Gosano for the shield tie on Sunday,

Lal

Shui-wing, Ho

Ying-fan.

Stong Ling-sing, and Lau Chang-

sent.

FOOTBALL

With the above players in the Tanks of the Sing Tao team. which played and beat some of The following will represent the the amateur teams in England Hongkong Fouthall Chuir Ist XI recently, and with the training against the Navy on Saturday, at and experience gained in Eng-Club Ground, kick-off 4. p.m. Leck; land, the most apptimistic sup. F. Strange, Fjelstad; Mulien, Forroty, porter of St. Joseph's would nu: Beck; F. Fowler, Weiler, Redman, dare to hope for a St. Joseph's Saxby, Bickford, win on Sunday.

The following will represent the ile can only hope that St.

Club 2nd eleven versas HQLF, on nep't lose playing the game Saturday, at the Clubs groumi, kick and with colours flying.

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sharp-Carton; The loss of these sur plus Taylor, Sloan; Kutchie, E. Fowler, L. will greatly weaken the Kit Chee team and they will be fully ex. Strange: Levey, Urquhart, Gardner, tended by

Gaffney, Barker, Reserves-Hamtry, Inniskillings on Saturday.

Onsager, Kennard.

the

...

Sport Here And There

U.K. GOLF

[ICE HOCKEY

Meanwhile,

the Aluminum Company of America had joined the Univer-

sity in a combined programme

Preas.

GOOD NEWS FOR BRITAIN

London, Dec, 17.

Britons today received good news from the Minister of Food,

Hong Kong's Managing Director of International Film Co. (Mr. Harry Odell) and Mrs. Odell returned by air from London to the Colony yesterday.

They were accompanied by Mr. George Y. Sun, Manager of the King's Theatre.

Mr. Sun took with him to London a Chinese film which was given a very good reception-China Mail photo.

MICHAEL KISSES HIS

LOVE GOODBYE

BY LEAVE OF SOVIET

She patted the shoulder of the King encouragingly and Michael, who seemed to be fight. ing to control his emotion at the parting. relaxed.

London, Dec. 18..

improves.

WEST GERMANY U.S. And Britain Revise Terms

London, Dec. 17. The United States will provide all essential dollar imporis and bear three-quarters of the total expenditure of the combined Anglo-American Occupation zones of Germany until the end of 1948 under the revision of the 1946 bi-zonal fusion arrangement announced In London and Washington tonight.

It will turn western Germany for practical pur- poses into a hard currency country and com- pel Britain to increase her non-food exports to Germany from the Sterling area in order to pay for her imports of scrap and timber.

Under the terms of the agree. import and export pelley, while ment, the Government of the Britain has agreed to provide United Kingdon will provide the and pay for all essential imports contribution of some £8,500,000, Into the zones which can be pur elther in goods or cash in respect | chased from the Sterling count- of the period of November 1 tortes.

December 81, 1947. and will The agreement the result of provide goods from the Sterling ten weeks of negotiations between area in 1948 valued at £17,500, the two governments over 000, and will hold avallable a Britain's inability, to continue to sum of £4,250,000 to be used to pay dollars for food for Ger. procure such additional supplies many-will almost completely from the Sterling area as it may stop the dollar drain on Britain be possible to obtain in future. caused by Gorman imports and greatly reduce the burden on the British taxpayer.

Britain's Part

The contribution of the Govern. ment of the United Kingdom

по по

The agreement takes

incurred by either

be

The New

Democracy Jap Style

Tokyo, Dec, 18., Democracy in Japan The newspaper "Ashl" noted on Thursday that new Agri- culture Minister Kanae Hatano is promising Im- provement in the "food and fuel situation, but it recali- that the commerce Minister also had planned / more coal; the former Agri- culture Minister, more:food; the Economic Stabilization Director, lower prices: and the Premier "a bright fu- ture."

And,

"We know, what these nice speeches have brought us," the paper con- cludes-Associated Press.

Strikes

Spreading In Italy

Rome, Dec, 18. will include the provision of 33 count of the expenditure which

General strikes accompled by ahips to lift cargoes for Ger- may

Komo disorder arning swept many from United States ports government for the maintenance several principal Italiai dentres in November and December of of the forces of occupation and and threatened others ·yester- this year and enough ships to control staff in Germany. When day.

lift 12 complete cargoes, each these costs are taken into account Leftiste ended 龜 webk-long the expenditure, in respect of the

month during the calendar year

of 1948.

The American authorities will take over the corresponding share the control of the German

In

Letters From Readers

combined zonesof occupation in occupation of the city half of 1948 borne re Pescara which they ruled by a Germany in spectively by the government of Citizens Committee. The It- the United States and the govern- terior Ministry said the occupa after the Govern ment of the United Kingdom tion ended will be approximately in proper- ment threatened to use force to

oust the partisans.

tions of three to one.

Undisturbed

The authorities arrested lenders of a general strike in

The agreement does not disturb Catania, Sicily. Many were in- St. Louis' School

the existing administrative ar- jured in scattered clashes be wholehearted

Sir-Thanks to the generous and rangementa within Germany for tween crowds and police in friends

co-operation of bi-partite control of economic Catania. ond benefactors, St

A general strike tied up Louis Industrial School has been affaira, except that it has been able to carry out successfully the agreed that, in view of its larger Palermo, capital of Sicily

from Dispatches

Pescara task it set itself at the beginning financial contribution, the Goy- of this year, viz. the moral, phy.ernment of the United States said 400 partisans occupied the sical and intellectual training of should be given a larger measure municipal seat, when Socialist so mony boys

who tomorrow of authority in the operations of Mayor Italo Glovanucci refus will be the men in whom So-the Joint Export-Import Agencyed to give up his job at Gov. ciety puts its trust.

and Joint

The Interior Foreign Exchange ernment behest. St. Louis' Mitlo world consista

Agency. of 700 boys who practise with

Department said it ordered him enthusiasm the knowledge and The latter agency handles out when investigators dis-

of atomic research. United King Michael of Rumania, the world's only Soviet- dominated monarch, kissed Princess Anne de Bourbon Parma goodbye at the railroad sta- tion in Lausanne, Switzerland, today with such fervor that it seemed to underline his fears Moscow might even now change its mind about her. Princess Anne returned the the engagement should be de- Mr. John Strachey, about their kiss with somewhat less emotion nyed until the international Christmas supplies of turkeys, (on the steps of the second-class | siluation oranges, bananus and grapefrult. coach she reserved for the trip Press.

- United He told a news conference here home to Denmark with her that stocks of turkeys were 2,230

DUTCH WOMAN tons more than last year, though mother. Princess Margaret. Imported poultry of other kinds

CHARGED WITH about 400 would be down by tons.

NEI WAR CRIMES All areas in Britain would have nt least one allocation of cranges

Amsterdam, Dec. 17.- before Christmas, which was lit

The trial opens here in a special tle better than last year, while

court next Saiurday "of 48-year-oll

advice Imparted to them by the foreign accounts and finances of covered the city's accounts in in the country

Mrs. Hermine Bouffoer-Kollewijn, staff, 35 in every person

The tall, slender Princess, her

number, including the Export-Import Agency,"great arrears," taxes uncollec- would get half a pound of grape- yellow scarve accentuating her accused of betraying fellow inmates Fathers, Brothers, Teachers and which

of the Tidens" internment camp in Craftsmasters.

in tum handles the ted, unauthorised spending in Bananas were coming in a fair high forehead and aquiline face, the Netherlands East Indies, where

export-Import business of the progress, and irregularities in concentrated on Queen Mother 10,000 European women lived during these no less than 65 are main-

We have 68 boarders and of two zones.

distribution of UNRRA goods. supply and tangerines

The mechanism for this in- In an initial test of strength riving from soft currency sources. Ielene. of Rumania for the first the Japanese occupation.

tained gratis or poy an insignið. half hour of their walt on the --Router.

The accused is alleged to have in- cant fee.

creased measure of control con- of Premier Alcide de Gasperl's station platform.

formed on wathen

athen breaking .comp The day-boys

the came mostly sists of an arrangement whereby reorganised Government, from the poorer classes, Michael, however, kept hover-rules with the result that they were

More voting on the Beards of Assembly voted down a Com- shorn and beaten ing around her until she pre-Captain Henci, Japanese camp com-

on the orders of than 180 receive free education. Directors of the two agencies munist motion to reverse the sented both cheeks which he mander, who has since been executcome has been greatly reduced in the financial contributions of the The vote was 246 to 140.-AK-

Despite

the fact that our in- shall be weighed in proportion to order dismissing Gloyanucci. kissed with boyish enthusiasm.cl as a war criminal.

recent times, we can say with Then the train pulled out and After Japanese capitulation, truth that our werk is flourish two countries.-Reuter. Michael glumly returned to the most of the women were repatriated ing more than ever, and what is sepulchral splendour of Hotel to Holland, including Mre, Bouffaer more, we have never turned Kollewijn and Mr. Tolhoek-away any poor unfortunate boy Beau Rivage, where guests, Maliepaard, who will act

who stood in need of cur help. Swiss and Rumanian police and Crosss witness, Reuter

this limitless trust in Pro- To newspaper folk have been

vidence we attribute the hearty watching for two weeks for the

TABLE TENNIS

support we receive from our kind Incubation of probably the first

friends and benefactors. Royal romance to have the offi- In a table tennis match on

It is how me years since we cial sanction of the Union of Wednesday night, WO's and Sgis, organised our Christmas Tree Soviet Socialist Republica HQ Land Forces defeated an ATS Party for the poor boys of West Bucharest is that Russia now good fight they were unable to far the limits of our expectations. More than a hundred of Shanghal's starving,

Today the latest word from side by Ave games to one, Point, and each year this event Although the ATS put up a has succeeded so as to exceed by has approved but that it felt cope with the opted and coolness both in its popularity and in the

frull

CRICKET

were ar

London, Dec, 17.

Ottawa, Dec. 17. Fourteen tournaments in ad- The Canadian Ice Hockey An dition to the British and Irishsociation is making a nationwide open championships are listed search for amateur, ice hockey by the Professional Golfers As players to represent Canada at Bociation for next yeat.

the winter Olymples. Two match events, "News of This followed the heavy de- the World" (PGA championship) feat for the Royal Canadian Air

The following will represent the and the "Daily Telegraph" (for Force team which had been amateur and professional part- chosen to represent Canada..K.C.C. against the R.A.F. in the neralis) will be played near The airmen last night took their first of the Quadrangular matches to- morrow and Sunday at the HK.C.C. the end of the season and the second defeat in succession Play will commence of 2 p.m. to rest are to be decided by stroke when a mediocre army afde won morrow and 1 a.m. on Sunday

6-2. It then announced that the T.A. Pearce, H. Owen-Hughes. J.E The open championship will Olympic tearn would be "con-Richardson, L. Kilber, F. Howarth, be played at Muirfield, Scotland siderably bolstered" hefore leav-LF. Stokes, R.H. Hughes, H.N. Bar- from June 28 to July 2, while ing for Switzerland.

dell, A. Graham, M.M. Liule and the Irish Open takes place af The difficulty B

to find O.J. Kerr. Portmarnock from July 8 to 10. playera who were unpaid for

Meanwhile, Dai Rees and Max their services, and one joking Central British

The following will represent the Association in A Faulkner, two members of the suggestion was that the Olympic friendly cricket match

against the British Ryder Cup team, arrived committee should sign the Que K.C.C. at Cox's Road on Saturday present in on strike for back pay. V.C. Bond (Capt.), R.G. Labrum, Of the Ryder Cup match, Rees --Reuter.

D. Odeil. T. Suiter, R. Thompson, N. Whiticy, D, Smith, M. Harriman, C. Barclay. V. Millington and G. Saun-

play.

in the Queen Mary at Southamp-bec "amateur team" which at ton today from New York,

said: "It was Chinese golf to me, playing in wet conditions

with a big ball. Had conditions WIFE WATCHED been drier we should have done better."--Router.

RUGBY

་

London, Dec. 17. Rugby Union results of games played yesterday were as fol- lowa: Royal Marines 8 Alder shot 10, Ulster 26 Army 13 Router.

at 2 p..

der

represent

12th man: Tony Brown, Tondon, Dec. 17.

The following will Fred Oberlandor, 33-year-old Vienna born company director, Craigengower Cricket Club on Satur

day against University in a friendly who held the British heavy Crimket game ---

S. Ramchand (Captain), H.P. Lim. weight wrestling title from 1988 to 1946 and la unbeaten in this P.). Billimoria, RR Irance. All country, won the heavyweight jismail, E.A. Ler, T.E. Yoth, G. Houg division of London's wrestling Choy, Lloyd Wong, A. Hung, R.O. championships tonight, winning Baker, C.5. Carr and A. Kuruneru. both his bouts on falls.

Thore unable to play please inform Ramachand, Tel: 21044.

He bent K. Richmond in two Paris, Dec. 17. The French Rugby XV to minutes 30 seconds and L. Pid- duck ! eight minutes 24 meet Scotland at Colomber

seconda: Oberlander, who Stadium, Paris on January: 1 was announced today...as ful weighs over 16 lows: Back Rouffla; Three watched by his wife-Reuter,

quarters from Jeanjean, Pr. mathics, Borondo, Junquos, and Terreau; Halves-Alvaroz (fly).

and Bergangnan(serum); For

ON POINTS

stone, was

RUGBY

.the

Tetanus Germ Used

To Treat Malaria

New York, Dec. 17.

Scientists from the Philippines tonight reported the successful use of the germ which causes lockjaw. In the treatment of malaria. A report was made by Dr. Eusebio y Garcia, senior malariologist at the medical research clinic at Binan, Laguna..

way those, who are generous to the poor contribute there to.

We wondered therefore

If you Invite would

your readers

to send a gift to our Christmas Tren and thus add to the amount

of the happiness at our dispdeal.

be very gratefully, received.

REV. PETER - POMATI,

Director.

1

sociated Press.

Death Toll Of Winter In S'hai Is Growing

Shanghal, Dec. 18,

shivering, poor have died on the city's streets during the past 48 hours as the price of rice China's staple food-shot to new Inflationary. heights.

Rice merchants called on Mayor partial rico-rationing system is to Gifts of any kind or money will | X, C, Wu to seek measures for be enforced next year."

bringing the food price below the In ariother move to check CNS1,000,000 mark for a 183 16. speculation, the government; w{{}£« picul

drew in a large measure the bark. One newspaper displayed a story Ing credit from the market ind of a conference beside a brief item issued a decree suspending bust- enying ( that 141 unidentifiedness in 195 money exchange firms. corpses-131 children—were picked

Bad Cheques

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up during the past two days,

Ometals of benevolent Institu tlons said that the large number

CN$47,000,000,000 worthboun ced while the next day that. nguro had doubled, klesby TERE Sir Victor Sassoon, one of the elly's richest men, told reportazen

KRUPPS - WORKS TO DISAPPEAR

Berlin, Dec. 17. Neither Krupps nor Thyssens have The annual meeting of the New synthetle empounds for sevender the "reprieve" granted to

been exempted from dismantling un

As both national and "foreign of children bodies. Indicated the banks called in their credits in an York Academy of Sciences heard days.

growing despair among the poor effort to tighten the market, this German works in

In the Anglo-Ameri

If the rice price continues to be produced one interesting Bnancial Dr Garcia's report, which is con- Without the addition of tetanus The fellowing: have been selected i aldered to be one of the most | toxoid, there were relapses In DD can, occupation zone, manounced last | beyond the reach of lower class phenomerion-an increase, »li- fhe » in represent the Army against the striking developments in the bat per cent of the recurrent type of night

workers, the outlook er als number of dishonoured cheques. Royal Navy in a Rugby match attle against malaria,

allment and 83 per cent in those of the original list of 682 German winter, which has, already begun On Monday a total of more than Bookunpooon Saturday, Dec. 20,

Dr. Garela, who did some of suffering the more fatal type of war and industrial plants sanounced with a severe cold spell, la one of commencing at 3.15 pm. sharp: T his werk several years ago in the disease,

Jin October, 23 plants were deleted in dread for thousands. L/Bdr. Isbull

accordance with. the British and Am How Lieut. Dej Florida, said the use of tetanus Rome (Green

Capt. Hen-toxoid locklaw germa (made in

No Relapses

erican zone, commanders statements City Of Contrasts "But I tetanus toxoid was in at the Amsterdam, Dec. 17. derson (RA); Lieut. Penrose (R.A.), activa by chemical treatment) had

for time that proposals Licut. Moore

(Innis), Capt. Rabere cut down the number of relapses Jected at the end of the basic amendments for substitutions could be Shanghal is a clty, of violent on a visit here from Hong Kong: Soro, Moga, Busy, Caron champion,: Lua Van Dam, won a{Buffs), “Capt. Darwin (KRRCA. suffered by patients afflicted with treatment and the some 'dojo re- Isubmitted, that Kruppstest mililonares rubbing shoulders with j falth In the currency and." "the":

Ligut, Stephens (Innis), Lieut. Nash the recurrent type of malaria, pented at the end of three weeks" fon rounds contest on points (Bluffs), Lieut. Pryde (Innia), Lieur. This type is known technically as Dr Garela aid, "none of the pits-rk at whole had been "200.000 miserably poor refugees printing presses are working over against a Frenchman, Robert Parker (länis),... B/Bde... Bronkes plasmodium vivax.

mollum falciparum (more deadly Charton, here tonight.

(RA); Liest, Bruce (R.A.), Lieut. He also reported some success type) patients sulfered relaprox prieved was probably based on the from war areas. These wretches ime, there is bound to be inda

fact that --Krupps steal works, dressed, in tattered blue farmer's tion and prdicted greater price 2. Lóndon, Dec. 17. A crowd of 8,000. spectators Doherty (Innis) *:: and Lieut.

the fatal type of malaria, known Similar results were obtained in

He intimated that he would dix». market sales for Italy, were technique gain a well care The following, will to

technically as plasmodium falcit the use of inactivated toxin en had submitted a request for minor city of 4,000,000, begging for

patients suffering the currat mestiments, to facilitate better work- enough food to keep alive through tribute some of his Shanghai Ie

out a single day, shipped from Folkestone to Bou- victory. He floored the French-

represent Dr. Garcla said an injection of type of malaria, vieraat The request was granted, and thus abundant in the best restaurants

Food, meanwhile, continues ascribed as "more productive.

terests In Kwangtung; which he

Associated Press hordes short count,

often placed asvonaa day at 765 p.m.; B.A. Vanar (Capt.), atebrino or chiromorquins, the two was that the resulta probably re- day list, but the changes dua taché over by hollow-eyed stranglers which have been racing in Eng- The Trenchman attacks LT, RIC) Themas La Erip He lean most popular antiretic compounds resented the lint successful at maddare to mall that they were outside

Gewebe way di Pelated "and published for the pre- And and were delayed life were constantly checked by the Ty, Hann Tye Chien TC, Kok, developed when America's supply temple to prevent the multiollen not detailed. The case of the only Speculation: la belloved to lie prietors, The Newspaper. Kaftprint, recent / French accurate counterpunching sũ of HGF), Amaro 1-1. T. Chính - Dick nt curling was cut off singelis flog of the malaria agent through Thyesen plant listed steel procening behind the Vrice price Increase: Limilid, by WALTER – JAMRI KRATKA

OFRUFTANCO DE Van Dam --- Hoŭtor,

DURATAIKYTA Deling tobalqus, Fadrested patients withe timukat jakbayteria. Unted Pressit works-way-similar-mReuter, Devajozniejpal authorities say thur'e (ayyubor (nuïn) (100%

warda--Prat, 'Basquet, Mathew,

Martin,—Reuter,

STUD STOCK

The Dutch middleweight

The report

ecntrasts. with Black Market As long as the people have no

Thittoan foals bought at Now- [saw the Dutchman's superior (innia), one madley/In the treatment of patients with during the subsequent 315 days." scheduled for partial: diamantling garb, carrying infants, throng the Priser M

Joune today or their way to man in the recond round for a University in friendly match against tetanus, foreld was made in conThe significance of the report Kruppe works did appear on festes abundant in the

the C.C.C to Happy Valley on Satur: nection with the administration of it was pointed out at the meeting.

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