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GIRL KILLED IN HOUSE CRASH Out Of The Debris NewSkirmishes

Firemen Assist Victims

Police Van Breaks Down Verandah Supports Of Yesterday's Accident

4 Badly Injured

King Paul By Falling Debris Of Greece A 17-year-old girl was crushed to death yes- In Danger

Athens, Dec. 22. King Paul of Greece 10- day suffered a relapse, fol- lowing his recent iness with typhoid fever.

Professor Molecat of Paris and Professor Stebber of Munich have been invited here to treat the King. The King's temperature today was 101

The King first fell Dl with typhoid fever in mid-Nov- ember und was unable to attend the wedding Princes Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Frederika went to London alone.

At the end of November, It was stated that hls tem- perature had dropped and that he was on the way to recovery, Reuter

POPE ALSO ILL Meanwhile, Vatican City reports that for the second day, all audiences with the Pope were cancelled today. as he was suffering from a cold and was conserving his health for the Christmas solemnities. -Reuter.

terday afternoon when a police motor- van, running off the road, brought three layers of verandahs avalanching down. Two other persons-a man and a woman-were rescued by firemen from beneath the debris. The driver of the van and a policeman were both knocked unconscious.

The accident occurred when ni No. PP. Queen Victoria

They were on the when it collapsed.

the police van was turning into Street, Victoria Střech frora Des Voeux Road Central (neur the Central Fire Station) yesterday after-

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The van crashed into the iron uitars on the left side of the street.

verandah

The fate of her friend, daughter of the Man Kee Fish Stall, Central Market, is still un- known.

A man and a woman weru

With support swept away. rescued by firemen from under three layera of verandaku above the mountain

and of debris

it in a hill of wooden beams,

avalanched on the van, burying gent to Queen Mary Hospital.

The driver of the van, PC3343 Portuguese and another

plaster, wash-tubs, and broken

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iron railings and pillars, and Portuguese policeman were sending up a huge column of unconscious and also went to dust.

Girl's Death

One of the verandah ocent. pants a 17-year-old girl-w érushej to death on the bonnet of the van which had maunted the pavement,

she was Miss Wong Sau-keng who was visiting her classmate

Red Menace Looms

Darker In China

Nanking, Dec, 22; ---

Warning of things to come from the Communists in Manchuria was given by General Chen Tung Kuo, Nationalist deputy commander in Manchuria, in an exclusive interview with AAP-Reuter this afternoon.

hospital.

Ambulance Come

A resounding crash at about 230 p.m. yesterday brought the Central Fire Brigade out al most immediately.

Anticipating many ensualties, three ambulances

were culled cut to stand by.

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This vivid "China Mail" photograph shows firemen removing victims from the debris after three tiers of verandah had come crashing down when a police van smashed into the supports yesterday afternoon. Another photograph of the tragle accident appears on page 12.

BIG CUT LIKELY IN

Firemen worked feverishly AID PLAN

to dig out the victims.

First

be dragged out were the unconscious driver and his companioon.

Soon after, a woman and a man were dug out. Later the girl was found sprawled over the van's bonnet. She was dead. According to witnesses, the van crashed into the pillars in In attempt to avoid an oncom- ing vehicle.

The accident attructed large crowda whu

Were

General Chen is at present Speaking of Communist gradually dispersed. visiting President Chiang Kai- | strategy, Dr. Chen said that it

only

shek to report on the military was apparent the Communists ********** situation in Manchurin,

emploping Russian t.

were

General Chen estimated the visers though he admitted that ALLEN SENTENCED Communist forces in Manchuria the Government had never cáp-

to number between 500,000 and | tured any Russians in Man- 600.000.

These troops, he claimed, werk well equipped with weaponя captured from the Japanesc.

He stated that they may be strongly supported by War- planes, also captured from the Japanese..

churia.

He claimed the Nationalist forces are more than a match for Communist "suicide squada." At Mukden

Meanwhile, five planes today evacuated government officials and their families from Muk- den-the main objective of the Communist seventh offensive in

Mr. Sun Yui-chi, Director of the National Re-

30 Missionaries Manchuria. Involved In

KUNMING PLANE DISASTER

Nanking, Dec. 22. The French Consul at Kunming said today that, 10

persons were injured! seriously when a charter- ed four-engined Belgian

Assistant

TO GAOL Pg 3

Washington, Dec. 22. Congress is going to draft its own Alarstial Plan for European recovery. And all Bigus today point, ia a pro- gramme much smaller han the Administration's USSI7,- 000,000,000 four-year" pro- jeet.

House Speaker Joseph Mar- lin (Republican), of Massa-

said:

ta chusetts.

"There sentiment for a Republican

and

is there programme strong support for the Herter Proposal.'

The Herter Proposal is a bilt drafted as a result of a four of Europe last_full by a Commiltco special House headed by Republican Re- presentative C.A. Herter, of Massachusetts. It does not specity the amount of aid-Asso-

clated Press.

Rap Over Knuckles For S'hai Newspaper Guild

Shanghai, Dec. 22.

sources Commission, who flew The dispute between the Newspapers Publishers

in one of the planes, reported

the industrial might of Man-

He said the coal mines in

churia was "bankrupt."

Guild and Shanghai's two foreign-owned newspapers entered its fourth day today with brighter prospects of an early settlement. Yingchengtze and Fushin had. Local excitement began to "Shanghai Evening Post," pro- both fallen to the Communists abate with the publlention raising an immediate inquiry reduction of and those in Yentai and Penhai of n letter from Dr. Chang Kai into the drastic

of both the were completely surrounded Ngan, Governor of the Central newsprint quotas cutting off their supply lines to Bank and Chairman of the "Evening Post" and "North Mukden Router.

Export-Import Board to the China Daily Newa," and "an equitable solution" at an early date.

CHINA HAS NO PLANS

FOR CURRENCY REFORM

Nanking, Dec. 22.

airliner with 30 Catholic Mr. O. K. Yui, Finance Minister, conceded today

missionaries aboard crashed.

The plane crashed four miles from Kunming alriteld. It wa

en route to Shanghai and Fel- ping.

The plane four-engined

that there was little hope of permanently stabilising China's currency and denied that

a currency reform would be attempted in the near future. Commenting on the possibility | "Desplic the urgings

by

quota

Second Burglary

Fortnight

In

At Lane Crawfords

For the second time in two weeks Lane Crawford & Co, Ltd, was burgled on Sunday night. The robbers used the same method of entry- through a window looking on to a lane-way.

The Men's Wear and Jewellry Meanwhile, police Investigation Departments were the targets of left behind in the lane, police

sald. the early morning thieves.

The amount stolen has not yet been determined but it was said to be small, as much of the loot was left behind in the East Lan (between Windsor House and the Exchange Bldg.)

under Det-Inspector Waldron is being conducted.

It may be recalled that on the night of December 6 and 7 burglars broke into the Lane Crawford store and took fountain Police said that, in the early pens, lighters, and some clothing. hours of the morning yesterday, Seven persona were arrested Central

a window on the cast wing of und

will appear at

the building was broken and un-Magistrney today on a charge of locked by thieves, who enused shopbreaking and receiving. general disorder in various de- partments in their hurried grope

In the dark for loot. Drawers of desks

were ran- sacked and a safe 1 the Jewellry Department had beeni tampered with.

The thieves, however, did not succeed in forcing the aife open, Some wrist-watches and other arlicles were taken.

MICHAEL ON LOVE MISSION TO REDS

Rumanin, Dec. 22. King Michael arrived 10- dny from Switzerland to press for Communist approval of his planned engagement to Danish Princess Anne of Bourbon Parina, Michaci and Queen Mother Clothings and cloth were put Helon arrived by train.

They were welcomed At the into two suit cases, the property station by the Rumanian Cabinet ol Lane Crawford, and a bag.

which governs the only monarchy Obviously the thieves were behind the Russlon iron curtain.

foundUnited Press. disturbed as those were

GOLD PANIC SEIZES

H.K. MONEY MARKET

At the same time, Dr. Chang Panic seized gold speculators on the local money made it clear that the authority: for the final fixing of allotments for newsprint is in the hands of the Export-Import Board and not the Guild, with the latter authorised merely to "offer suggestions."

market yesterday as the rate plunged head- long down to $271.75 a tael, after opening at $284.50 a drop of 13 points. Dumping of holdings on the marker

Endorsement

Piastres also weakened over

Flare In Arab-Jew War

Jerusalem, Dec. 22. Sabbath disorders added 11 more persons today to the toll of fatalities in Palestine's Jewish-Arab warfare. The new bloodshed boosted to over 300 the un- official count of violent deaths since the United Nations voted to partition of the Holy Land.

At least three Arabs were in an armoured car patrol was killed near Yajour outside of shot in the chest by Arabs who Jaffa.

and they raistook the crew of the car for Jews.

The Arabs were killed on the spot where conveys of Jewish treeks exchanged fire with Arab villagers yesterday.

Warning

Meanwhile, the Àrab newg- paper Flastin in Jaffa published Arab snipers entrenched in a report that Palestine Jews in irrigation ditebos through Lebanon were warned to leave orange groves 'outside Yojour the country not later than Jan. 1. vilinge again attacked Jewish The report said the warning trucks today and in a return of resulted from "pressure put on Are from the convoyn' armed the Lebanese Government by the escurt three Arabs were killed. Palestine Arab Higher Com-

There were unconfirmed re-mittee."-Associated Pren", ports from Arab sources that The Ingana today launched a "penitive attack" against the village of Shafunt, near Moun! Scopus,

The Hagana had previously claimed that Arabs from the Shafaat

aren bad fired on Hebrew university and Hagana hospitals.

There are no cffcial details

of the alleged incident.

British Attacked Sniping

on the Jaffa-Tel-

Avly boundary was resumed to-} day.

A bus travelling from Bat- yam in the direction of Tel-Aviv. was attacked and the driver and a ten-year-old boy were wound- ed."the latter seriously

It was denied oficiitlly, today that the British Sergeant-Majer ung the officer wounded yester day had died from the machine-

attack on DUB

King George Avenut

Both are alive and believed out of

their danger from wounds.

A British wireless

uperator

Major Quake Forecast

In

Japan

Tokyo, Dec. 22.

A forecast by Professor Kenzo Sass that an immin- ent major tremor will oceur in the Osaka-Kobe aren has panic-strichten made many residents evacuate to "safely places" not likely to be lift according to a report hy Kyodo newsagency.

The alarmed evacuels have increased to Ruch a -number that the authorities

small towns and vide Joues have taken emergency messures to check the evi cuation.

hos

The imminent earth'aunke, If it takes place, will be the worst quake" Japan ever experienced, according to the professor, Central News.

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was given as the reason for the land-week-end. Opening at $11.55 100, slide. People rushing to sell pre-the sate climbed to $11.62% for cipitated the landslide.

time before it fell to $11.30. At the close it was $11.40.

Towards the close, the market "Dr. Chang'a letter is a com- steadied somewhat and the rate im- plete endorsement of the post-proved to $273. tion take by the Post and the North China Daily in charging that the Guild overstepped its

of financial assistance from the numerous financial theorists, the powers," Mr. Gould sald In

was one of two United States, the Minister said government does not plan a cur- aircraft chartered any kans granted would be first rency reform in the immediate

statement.

"There should

be an

from the Belgian Airline to fly for the purchase of essential im- future," Mr. Yul declared.mediate investigation."

missionaries back to their postsports rather than for stabilising United Press.

in China, the Philippines and the Chinese currency. Japon and to the language school

in Peiping.-Associated Press.

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Page two

Graves Unit Returna

Page Three

Inquest of Sub-Inspector

Page feur

Kowloon Mail Case

Page six

Don Illon's Diary

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Communist Manceuyzing,"

Page: teoret

Soccer Interporis

"An unfavourable balance of international and domestic pay- ments is intor-active," he said,. "and the partiel closing of the kap in one would make it easier

and Associated Press.

Another highlight of yesterday's market was the headlong plonge of U.S. dollars which dropped to $4.79.

It closed at $5.03.

Chinese National Currency futures opened at 32 cts, and clog ar Spot was 33% cts, for CN$10,000. stationary at 42 cis,

Tical strengthened yesterday to $27.80 a 100. NEI Güllders on the

On Saturdances at this time, of other and weakened to $26.60.

Heavy

the year from Chinese in the United Im-States, and lack of local demand due Reuter to stagnancy of business were direct

causes of the heavy drop.

Cholera Scourge Spreads Into Syria

Damascus, Syria, Dec. 22. The cholera scourge that kill- of persons in Egypt this autumn has invaded

Fto close the gap in the other." jed (thousanda

From Egypt

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THE WEATHER

An anti-cyclone centred over Öulor. Mongolia ourers China, Indo-China and adjacent weaA-

Prewire in low eat af Japan and a tropical depression centred about saf miles east of Palau le moving east,

Forecast--Light north-westerly or vari. that his able winds, cloudy at first becoming partly and boing inoculated ountry had enough vaccine and clouded.

Yesterday's Weather: DDT on hand.

Maximum 80.9 deg, Fah, in Baghdad.

Director- Minimum: 38.6 deg. Fah Mr. Yuf conceded that there Syri It basstready · killed Lebanon and Iraq, fo the General qf-. Public Health (Dr. Munahinat 12 hours. wan-little hopp of permanently sovan persons in Houten und in south-east, suspended all air traf-Abdullah Barsom), ordered the Ratofall NHS: Total sinem stabilising the currency so long communities on the outskirts of De with Syria.

vaccination most of the tribes at the enormous rallitary expendithis capital, the Government Labanon closed its land order because of the seasonal migration average of 2131.8 mm.±±15.05 inqu tura continued,

as well while Iraq established 8 of "tribes people and their flocks announced yesterday." The most that could be done All Syrian physicians had bern border quarantine for travellers How in progress towards Syrlan Barat 100.4 101.9 m.b. would be to retard inilation by melillized. The affected areas from Syria, Lebanon, Palestine pastures.". increasing Internal revchuo had been roped off and the peo-land: Trans-Jordan.

Two Egypilan planes left Caleo Rel Humidity 61 through production, improved ple Inoculated in the start of a the "Lebanoni - Premiler, IUyed today, carrying one million dupes Dew Polat a la taxation and decrease of expendi- | nation-wide 'campålag, of, vareina" | Al Suhi, said villagors inʼali Lo of cholungsaume to Byria. Aa- Trind" Dizantionpoh ¿tuses,

tions, the Government added. bariese frontier settlements word)sociated Press and Reuter,

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