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PHENOMENON ON MAINLAND Food For East End REDS NEARING
Big Area Near Tsun Wan Covered With Ice
SUICIDE TRY FOILED
A Chlume man, aged 26 named Lee Hang who re cently arrived in the Cul- Duy from Canton, attempt- ed fo
finit sulelde Just uftre & o'clock East evening by walking in front of traf- fie at the Junction of Pedder Street and Des Voeux Rond.
Police traffic officials OIT on duty who pulled him out of thr way of mrcoming vehicles said he told them that he had been sick and destituie in Canton and so had
here to fund come Job. Just after he had ar- lved he decided to commit suicide.
K.C.R. EXPRESS' ESCAPE
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Unique Scene For The Tropics
"Grass in aspic" and "twigs in aspic" were the two delicacies offered to two officials of the Royal Observatory when they visited a ridge, be- tween 1,400 and 2,000 feet above sea level, situated to the south-west of Taimoshan, yes- terday forenoon.
In receipt of a report from the Tsun Wan Police Station that what appeared to be snow was seen in the hills to the north of Tsun Wan, two officials of the Royal Observatory were sent out to investigate this most unusual pheno-
menon,
No res
On arrival at the scene the over 1,000 feet higher. official found a considerable port had been received of lee area poverest with ice several] being found
Peak up in the inchpa thick. The ridge was ther about half a mile long, said an
Asked if he could explain the offelal of the Royal Observatory | phenomenon, the official stated) to the "China Muft" repregeath that the ridge was on the wind- ward side of the mountain. In
Eve
"I cannot descrile the sene." | all likelihood, he said, the rains
froze The temperature then must have been well below freez-
ng point,
d the oftleind. "I was most which fell during the night! manque for the trupes. It lonked | as 18 jerd grass and twigs wres KP will
UNPR the place. "Graves in myle and twigs in amping" would just about ilmserilær what I mean."
Rains Froze
An express train from Kowloon was held up for almost an hour on Mon- day en route to Canton. The official pointed on that na Acting information, the mix of low or frost wens found Cantra uth vities ordered to up in Taimoshan which was welli the tra'n to stop at Sia Tonyj
Station.
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Num Kong,
tation heforms
Ward had been receive that
bandits wore waiting }
Kom to rub the tram,
Trups were rushed From Canton. The m
Arrival
scheduled if the express at Nam Kong aroused the suspicions of the would be hatulibs. They fled before the tranps arrived.
Chinese Stand On Shipping
Shanghai, Jan. 27,
A highly-placed Chinese Government source said today that rumours that Brißsh ship- ping would be allowed to aper- ale in inland waters were strict- ly unfounded and that the bon
foreign shipping will can tinue even though it adds per cent to inland delivery of foreign goods.
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Shanghai
Shortage Of Coal
Shanghal. Jan. 27.
The Chairman of the Furl Control Commentsston, Chang swi, today flew to Tientsin oh 11 hurried trip lo Arrange emergency coal shipments from
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Second Time
BOGUS FIRE ALARM
Pranksters with 2 роог sense of humour were ren- ponsible for three fire en- ginen turning out At 8 o'clock last night to deal with a non-exbitent fire at 43 Morrison Hill Road.
An anonymous phone call to No. 2 Polles Station, sub- sequently proved to have been the work of * "Joker." resulted in the brigade's unnecessary turn-out.
ftendents at the house in question were unable to ne- count fo the call, which had not been made from there.
Ransom Overture Reported
When we got there about noun"
Unconfirmed reports in Hong thr temperature WAR 35.5
Kong yesterday said that over- degrees Fahrenheit, ля comtures are being made by "mild- pared to 46.7 degrees registered diemen" for ransom to be paid here. The ice was then melting." for the release of the six hos- This is the second occassion in taxes kidnapped when pirates
of the 4,500-ton Hong Kong's 107 years' history Van Heuts" on
Dutch liner Dec. 14-15. that frost or ice had been found. The vessel was then about 80
first time WHA way back miles from Hong Kong. 'n 1994 when frost was seen ap in Vierrin Peak.
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Orient Freezes
The weather in ather parts of the Fa Est ཝཱ་ erparted in agency cables last night
Formosa--Snow in the northern part of the island, with a temperante of 6.2 degrees C. Mercury expected to go lower.
Shanghai-Temperature of
Death all from cold 3
degres my children.
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Titan:13 degrees below zero,
Tientsin to Shanghai as Shang-braking an 11-year record. Parts of
bai is suffering an neute coal the hashmir frozen in shortage due to the fallure of Tieusin:-15 degrees below zero. arrival of emal from the north In recent weeks.
The same shortage is efferung | Taingt sits of the United Stale4 Naval base, which is closer to the Tientsin coal center but is unble to bring in coal due to the frozen larbar.
Torn-up railroads were blamed largely for the failure to g cont from mining centres industrin centres bul
t+ reports
The reports said that the overtures were being made by "native" of Bias |Bay who claim they have facilities to contact the pirates, and negotiate for the release of the six victims.
For this service; "the "middlemen" wat HK$5,000 and the aurance of
"substantial reward"
the hostages are freed.
when
The reports added that the relatives
of the six kidnapped persons refused
to pay because they are not convince.t
C./
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Rose Bowers, 8. (left) of Poplar, is seen receiving a food parcel from American Film Actress Paulette Goddard (right) at Altan Street School, Poplar, London on Jan. 16. Paulette distributing about $5,000 approximately five tons of C.A.R.E, parcels (representing the first results of a continuing radio appeal to the American people) to needy British children. -- (A.P. Photo).
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Iloilo Residents Flee In Panic
Manila, Jan. 27.
that the "middlemen" are the "righThousands of residents of Iloilo City have fled to
| people" to deal with.
Contacted by the "China Mail" yes. fee-breakers trying to free ships stuckterday, relatives of the hostages de
Chengt-Heavy snowfall.
in the ice.
Freezing Danger Over
plied up The peak (or should it
allow there ready for coal shipments be the bottom?) of the
cold weather has passed
clined to comment on the report.
The Hong Kong police authorities. said that they haul no information on the subject, and that they would like
the countryside and refused to return as a re- sult of terror inspired by three new shocks that rocked the quake-torn city before mid- night.
No new casualties have been;
President Manuel Roxas has
THE CAPITAL
Nanking, Jan. 27, China's fast spreading civil war today moved into the threatening proximity of Nanking, with sporadic fighting reported all along the northi bank of the Yangtse river, the nearest point being at Luho, less than 20 miles above the capital. While double vigilance is being maintained by the Chinese navy warships cruising the lower Yangtse, defence works are being erected at Patoushan mountain, on Nanking's outskirts.
Defence precautions were co- forced in the capital following reports of this diversionary fight- ing, which is believed to be the prelude to a Communist-threaten- ed, crossing of the Yangtse in the Text few months.
The attack launched from a вляе in north Kiangsu, lina brought Red detachments ta within 20 miles of Nanking and 65 miles of Shanghal, threatening shipping in the vital Yangtae al two points.
Despatches sold the Reds have launched widespread_attacks on practically all main Government- held towns in the area from the Yangtze northward to Proving. and large scale #ghting Onred un the Lluho-Nantung-Pacying
riangle.
Lauho is 30 miles north-east of Nanking, Nantung 65 miles north- west of Shanghai and Paying. or the Grand Canal, 60 miles north of the Yangtze,
Crossing Repulsed
The Reds were said to be at tempting to Croin the Yangtze 'nto the Shanghai area at Nan- tung but their efforts to cross of Yicheng, 35 miles east of Nan- king, were repulsed.
Patoushan,
point on the
strategie
defence cutskirts of Nan- king, has been reinforced.
SHANGHAI CUTS NEWSPRINT
Shanghai, Jan. 26. A Government order was issued to Shanghal papers today to cut the allocation of newsprint to papers to a rate which will permit only two and half pages to the targest papers.
The order was given un- der a decree which was sup- posed to come into effect on Jan. 1.
Newspapers formerly of two sheets or less are now reduced to ono sheet.-Reu- ter.
CHINA TO PAY FOR
CANTON
Nanking, Jan. 27.
The British Embassy Other towns in the Liuho-Nan- spokesman said today tung-Paoying triangle reported to that the Chinese Gov- be under attack were Tientchang Jernment had informed Yangchow, Kooyu, Talhsien, Tai-
the Ambassador, Sir baing and Jukao.
Semi-official reports, however, Ralph Stevenson, of its said that Nationalists under. Gon..
Ld Mo-an had opened an offen-greement to pay com- sive against the Reds in thepensation for British coastal areas in North Kiangsu, losses in Canton accord- recapturing the old Red base of
Tachungchih. 86 miles north-easing to generally accept- of Yangchow. Gen. Li's forces
tional law.
als were attacking the Communed principles of interna- ists at Tangte! and Yencheng, both north-west and southwest of Tochungchib.-Router and United
Press.
New Comet On
to lay their hands on the so-called reported to add to the 20 dead instructed the Legislative Secre- The Way
mid:lemen.
Meanwhile. from. Canton it is re- ported that the Chinese authorities are "vigorously pursuing the case".
Yellow Sea S.O.S. Call
and 100 injured already enunted tary. Mariano Ezpeleta, to aur- but the authorities searched the vey the damage and evordinate ruins of the virtually abandoned relief. city in an effort to find possible victims.
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BIG HAUL ON H.K. SHIPS
Berkeley, Calif., Jan, 27. A new comet la sweeping to ?he new tremore struck boward the earth, astronomers re. tween 10.08 and 10.40 last night, ported tonight, and should be visible through largo amateur wetting off a WAVO of wild rutelescopes by Feb. 17. mours and terror.
Dr.
The spokesman said there was no progress in the talks on the Kowloon eviction Issue.
The British Ambassador had referred Chinn's demand for ecmpensation for the evicted Chinese squatters of Kowloon City to London,
such will induce the
In Washington the Evening' Star, editorially discussing the recent anti-Brilleh demonstra- alons in Canton, Shanghal and newhere, said the "alm is ob viously to raise the whole fasue from Tientain said that huge!
of the recovery of Heng Kong, The source said unqualifiedly stocks of coal were
Leland E. Cunningham, but it is unlikely tant that China will Bever Torelyn ships freely to ply in to the south but are not heinyr
Residents fleg into the streets University of California astro- demonstrations from hounCA, hospital Inng waters again, but agreed it † moved.
and nomer, said the comet was now British to give up Hong Kong Shanghai, Jan.' 27. was a eestly policy.
theatres. Entire sections of the on the other side of the sun but which is so important to the Manila, Jan. 27. In the meaoline. people in and the coming days Globe Wireless reported tonight The Customs announced today city were deserted in an exodus was moving toward the earth Far East," He agreed that the additional Shanghai and Taingia huddle should see a return to d intercepted 0 memage that its preventive officers dis. to outlying suburbs.
in a wide are.
The editorial aaaerted that rost enused by unloading and) uruund oil stoves if they ean
from a distressed ship identified covered and acized
more than Has without heatingnore normal (for Hong as the Lindell asking immediate
The comet was discovered on both "ultra-nationalistic circles Thousands spent the night in retrating at Shanghai ang other get off or
CN$10,000,000,000 worth
by Antonin of public plazas while others aban- Jan 18 coastal parts discourages foreign altogether as has been the ease Kong) temperature read-assistance but giving no details. contraband goods aboard
Markos, in China" and the Communists The vessel's position was given
two done the city entirely driven Czechoslovakian asterophysicist. probably wore to blame for the from consigning all winter, The recent clings, an official of theas 34.30 north latitude and 125.59 ships which arrived here
ngitation.-United Press, from to panic by rumeurs that fur--United Press. cargoes inland to China-Unit-crisis will effect mainly industry Royal Observatory told cast longitude. This would be Hong Kong on Jan. 22 and 23. ther quakes and tidal waves
anet power supply.- United Press.
the "China Mail" yester- s:mewhere in the Yellow Sea. One of the ships belonged to were on the way.
The American Bureau of the China Merchants Steam Shipping does not list any ship Navigation Company, while the Bureau, The lowest reading yesterday was named Lindell. The nearest 17.5 degrees Fahrenheit, as compared name listed is the Linnell, a 250-er was an American vessel. brium has been restored indica- with 38.8 degrees the previous day. foot single-screw vessel owned Majority of the seized goods ting that the shocks would taper
shippers
ed Press.
Something New In Bank Robberies
Tokyo, Jan. 27.
Sixteen employees of a bank on the outskirts of Tokyo were poisoned yesterday resulting in 11 deaths when a man posing as a Health official told the assistant bank manager to take the medicine he had brought as a preventive against dysentery, which he claimed, had broken out in the neighbourhood.
day.
The highest rewarded during the 24 by the US. Maritime Commis- were hours period from 1 a.m. 1o 12 mid.sion-Ass:clated Press,
night was 48.8 degrees at 3 pan.
The anti-cyclone is slowly moving
tn the westash-cas and weakening." sail the official. "causing the tem
This perature in rier slowly.
rise
should continue during the next few
days."
The official added that "all den- kers" of Hong Kong's thermometers registering "freezing point" have been passes.
Hourly readings yesterday weret
3 a.m. 40.7;+ an. 41.0; 5 a.m. 49:9: 6a.m. 41.5; 7 a.m. 40.831% a.m. 41,6;
The man, described as thin medjately, including all the a.m. 41.0; 10 am. 44.0; 11 am. 45.8; and about 15 years of age, in- } bank's personnel,” tered
12 non 46.6; 1 p.m. 47.5; 2pm. 45.1; the bank shortly after Saying this he gave the asala-3 jum, 48.7; 4 p.m. 48.7; 5 p.m. 48.4;.
47.3; 3 p.m. 47.0:
The Philippine Weather however, said equlli-
western medicines
and off. The most violent of lant foreign paper, Central News. night'h shocks lasted for four
minutes.
Change Of Sex Case Reported In Canton
(By Henry Bough)
Canton, Jan. 27.
The very rare case of changing the sex of a human
being by medical treatment is now being at tempted by an American-trained Chinese doctor in this city.
close of busincas and told the lant manager a vial containing|6 pan. 47,9; 7 ** $7.0; #1 p.m. 46.7; parents with incomplete sex, bo- 1
Big Cracks
Reports from Southern Panay coastal towna said that newly- rrected fish, corrals replacing those destroyed by the Christ- mas typhoon had again boon
Dirty Work At The
Shanghai
Polls?
Shanghai, Jan. 27. Irregularities in connection with the recent Legis- lative Yuan elections here, have been charged by Dr. Hsieh Jen-chao, secretary-general of the local Kuomintang headquarters, Dr. Chion Chien-chiu, counsellor of the same organ, and several others in a statement..
The Weather
The group expressed the in-ja "scandal" had been going on wrecked, this time by the quake. tention of bringing up the mat during the process of election.
Through Iloilo Province, ter before the District. Court Reuter. cracks and fissures were report and also requesting Mayor K. C. cat in the ground. Almost all Wu to order. the temporary sus national highways were dampension of further opening of nged. The largest crack reported the ballot boxca. Twenty-three years ago,
a nor the other, but leaning more was at Cubay-825 yards long They mentioned three "aus- child was born to humble, to those of a woman.
and 65 yards wide,
picious" points in connection Though a labourer, “its” akin
Anung the hundred or more with the elections. Firstly, the General situation |—The anti-cyclus. ing neither completely a boy nor was deplicato and had no muscles. widow with two children, whose counted were already in excess and extending eastwards over sou
injured Was a 60-year-old votes found in ballot boxes and bouring seas is unchanged in intanelly. a girl, but more bi-sexual. "It": Four months after the first] grew up in this state without injection of hormone, the first loft foot had to be amputated of the total number of local Japan. The depression le centred to the secking medical advice.
signs of the patient turning into after it was crushed by a fall voters estimated to have exersal of Hokkaido, moving north-east. Four months ago, “it” vialted | the male sex were:noticed,. The ing wall.-United Press. Dr. Stephen Cheu, suffering breasts, began to soften Five political collaborators from an altack of fever und) contract and other distinct in- Eleven died and the remain- and two convicts serving life when the doctor pointed out dications of masculinity appear- ing five were rushed to hospital sentences for murder escaped the abnormalities the treatment ed.
from Canton City's No. 1. Prizon
pssistant bank manager: [*1] a colourless Hquld, adding that 2pm, 470; 19 pan. have been sent by the Healthmedecine must be taken before midnight 46.3. Section to disinfect the Interior locking the wafe,
of the bank as a mass outbreak The bank employees then took Convicts
of dysentery has been reported] turns in sipping a portion of
In this neighbourhood. But be the vial, immediately after Get Away
fore the disinfection is carried which they began retching and
out you are requested to take collapsed.'
this anti-dysentery modicine Im-
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BUS HELD UP IN N.T.
covering Mongolia, China and the nelab..
cised their franchise—a total of Forecast Frosh worth and north-east nome 850,000 votes was already winds. Mainly- overensk with partial found in one-fifth of all the clearance in aftertious, Blightly fides. local ballot boxes while the total * Yesterday's Weather;--
in a critieni condition,
number of voters estimated had Maximum: 40.4 deg. Paks, The patient today feels strong-
Minimum) 19.7 slow. ·Pal on Monday afternoon, accord-began. It is not known whether the ing to presa dispatches from the
beer only some 200,000. I have seen the photographe er, in, goining weight and be-
Bunshines NI. Secondly, allegedly due 10 Rainfall: 8.2 mm. 0.01 In. Total since bank was robbed of cash as all Kwangtung capital yesterday. of the patient from the time the haves more like a man.
Jan, 1–11,4 mm.21.95'ini na avainas thio amployees who are not deadThe men, apparently-with-uile treatinant -- begun and those Dr. Chou was very reticent Un Long to Kowloon yesterday voting papers, thousands and Bus No. 1580 on its way from carelessness in the handling of
an average of 37,7 im=L09 Ins. > are in a serious condition, ussiațance, dust fyntral under the taken four months later. - when I interviewed him, but evening," was held up ↑ by two thousands of blanks were found
''eading mà outer" walls. To reach the outer
10.00 4 IN. The vial is believed to have walls they had to scale a high loner the patient showed distinct signe his patient's abnormality if the the Hong Konk entry's
Up to September last year, stated that he hopes to cure men armed with revolvere near scattered outalde. booths. contained cyanide.
Dabo, at mal...2020 1028,3 m.b. wall
Thirdly, on opening neveral
10.14 The assistant bank manager
Three of the passengers - WIZO Rope, iron bare and other insira of womanhoods with the head of treatment is continued for an rabbed of their rionez, watches ballot boxes, allegedly plies and R Humidity
17.06. did not drink from the vialments Used by the escapees
or more and gold ring total valus plies of votes all in good order Point, provas klical deg. Vy
Wind Direction. found discardes builde" the "pilson.
NNE NNW For about $200,7
were found and this proved that, wind Force
& knots.
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