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NAVY MOVE MYSTERY Fog In The Harbour Communists Close In Which

HMS "Nigeria" Sails For An "Unknown Destination"

Gold In Macao

Unconfirmed

DANRECY

from Macho yesterday rr- ported the arrival of matur 100,000

owners a gold at the Portuguese Colony dur- ng the (hinese New Year Hoildays.

The messages added that gold import allocations Coff ibe next quarter will be Issued shortly, ******************

Wolfram Ore

Smuggling Rampant

today

HEN

engaged Tu

Falkland Islands?

London, Feb. 16.

The British cruiser “Nigeria," 8,000 tons, was due to saff at dawn today from the South African- base of Simonstown, on an operation, the Ad- miralty stated here. The vessel, which is the flagship of the South Atlantic Station, is being temporarily withdrawn from that Station.

Admiralty "But her destination is secret." ari

spokesman declared. "Nor can we give the reason for temporarily withdrawing her from the South Atlantic Station."

To

Reports in the Lanjut press Argentinian ve980]26,

rini locked the ship's departure with manis Amarete territory Southern The simultagerüs publication į developments in the

Antarctic Atlantje nd

arras, Buenos Aires and London where the Argentiție und diplomatic exchanges between Chilean Governmenta me de Britain and the Argentine coin- puting Bealta's title to territory cides with these meetings,

the Falklan] land depen- If there is a British intension American deners, and have rejected the to forestall Routh propel that the mitter leaval movements in the An.

International tarette, I would at fat sight ubunitled to the

appear that the "Stipe" would

Court of Justice,

A Foreign Office spokesman be more rapidly available than war this morning unable

10 a cruiser som from Simongłowa,

Nanking. Feb, 16.

confirm or deny any connection | ---Reuter. Communist

elements in between the mysterious depar. Kwanglong provinch were reture of the cralser "Nigeria' vealed

with the rival potitial claims of Brown, Chile and the Angesstine

the-territory Falkland dependencies writes:

Jarge scale armed smuggling which nets them a muuthly profit estimated at CN550,000,-

100.000

(US$370,000 Al today's, forming part of the

Central Bank

market Island open

rate), according to the official Reuter's diplomatic

Central

The

Daily News in a dis- ident.

patch from Canton.

report

sanggglers, sing Wai

that thr

Yeung, the

The departure

I'resident

to

near the Kwanbing coast, as Pruiser

cur capon

last week of!

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of

by establish physical.

WAS

Santiago

Shanghai Quota Criticism

NANKING, FEB. 16.

CHEN CHI-TIEN. OF ECONOMIC

buse of operationg, men shipping pussession in that segment off einimed by!

MR. under armed guard tege quan. Antarctie territory

Immediately MINISTER tities of wolfram ure for export, bis conley This and other smuggled gonds followed by the publication here AFFAIRS, DECLARED THAT are hauled between the cunt of diplomatic exchanges between THE MINISTRY WILL FOL- and interior minta over mou.London and

on the LOW THE SUGGESTIONS kin footpaths and along in-subject of the Chilean claim. OF NEWSPAPER CIRCLES Latest reports here are that IN THE CAPITAL IN MAK-

The (lt|coun Stating that froth th illleit the departure of

ING ALLOCATIONS OF trade

smugglers President's cruiser was delayed. NEWSPRINT AND Conquest -nally get more than NC $50. so that in terras of priority the ITS PRICE, ETC, THE OF

000,000,000 a month profit, the possible arrival of a

beaten trucks.

PEL

official

erniser

1001

FIXING

An unusually heavy mist enveloped the Colony from 9 .p., on Sunday until dawn yesterday, Between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Sunday, visibility in the harbour was practic- ally bit..

Craft in the harbour had to sound their for hornsirel cularly every few seconds to avoid collisions.

Lights on either side of the harbour could not be seen. and ferry boat schedules were thrown "out of gear." They were guided by the sounding of gongs on the wharves.

I took one resident travelling in a motor-boat almost half an hour to cross from the island to the mainland.

Fortunately there were no miskups. *******************************

KOWLOON CITY NEAR SETTLEMENT

Nanking, Feb. 16.

Negotiations are still proceeding between the Chinese and British Governments for a settle- ment of the Kowloon issue, and according to a British Embassy spokesman this morning "various suggestions" have been put forward and it is hoped that a settlement will be reach- ed within the next few days."

A

Chinese Foreign Office spokesman would

Collision

In The Thames

London, Feb. 15.

The Russian motor vessel Delta (200 ton) callided with Battersea Bridge across the river Thames early to- day.

In On Anshan

Nanking, Feb. 16. The Communists attacking the steel city of An- shan, about 60 miles south of Mukden, have driven within one mile of the town after over- whelming defences in the western suburbs. Fighting of equal Intensity is taking place at Tangchiafang, about five miles to the south, pro-Government dispatches from Mukden re- ported today.

."

Despite intense bombings by Nationalist Air Force planes braving inclement weather, large forces of Reds are attacking Anshan in waves, the reports said.

Whate (caninuaisi troups of claim that the Nationalists have the sixth and eighth columnasirendy

"many recaptured arr pounding the gates of An-trategle points" hetween 35 and shan from the north, south and 55 miles, unst of Peiping.

In South-West Shantung, the west, the main strength of the

is described as "ex- fath column, poised for action situation in the area to the north-east, is tremely tense, following the also expreted to join in the arrival there of some 60,000 of fight for the final thrust... Communist General Chen Yie From the Mukden area, Na- army from Central Houan pro- tionalist beavy artillery kept vince. bombarding ther

Communist The Nationallat Command is

Herklots To Be H.K. Delegate

the said to be closely watching the forces peabing towards Manchurian- nuda elty from the muremenila of this force.-Reu- neither.confirm nor deny that the negotiations

north-west in synchronized ac ter-AAP. had reached this "optimistic stage" but added

tion with the Anshan battle. he hopes this to be the case.

The Communist 10th Division, No further progress has been which was driven back to the made on the Shr meen, ineiden, north bank of the Lino River in which #ecured. a month ago a sharp bnt lecal Nationalist. today. The British authorities counter-attack yesterday morn are still ownlig The Chinese ing, returned to the south bank Government's, vestigation re last night accompanied by the port, while Chinese officials are Commumst 3rd Division. This uhable to give any indleation as combined force, numbering some, to when it will I completed. 20,000 men, is reported In pro- Chinese Forrige Office sources | Government dispatches reaching were today/krusted by the official Shangbat to have advanced al- Central Dibly News as denying most withla sight of Mükden. the assertion made by Lord One Kuomintang newspaper tary for Development, is to re- Amman who Lerted the Bri. in Shanghai said that they are present Hong Kong at discus- sions on Far Eastern fisheries fish --ParPentary Goodwill at present attacking Nationalist problems to be held at Bagulo, Mission to China in the fall of positions only 10 miles west of Philippine Islands, this month. last four-in London' that the| Mukrien, Fighting in this sector The following questions are to be burning of the British Consulate was characterised by a heavy discussed at the inter-governments! in Shaneef 'was caused by the artillery which again brought meetings, arranged by the Food ant

of Organisation dissatisfaction Cantonese the sound of genre within the Agriculture

Nation -United pinter with a British shipping city of Mukden, Nationalist war-

Eastern nutrition-Feis (*) Far company, saying it "merely re-planes are also furiously, straf-

23/28; presented his personal view," ing and bombing the Red at-

(1)

Formation of a regional coun- In Constant Touch

cil for the study of South Eaar Asia-Feb, 25/28;

The Delta suffered dam- agn to the wheelhouse and the opper bridge and funnet ventilators were all razed to the deck level.

The steering fear Was rendered useless. The man. "in- Ler of the vessel was jured and detained in hospital. his wife belog treated for slack.

Battersea Bridge suffer-

ed damage to the Ironwork. -Reuter.

Oldest Serving Soldier

Loral newspaper direles con wast re

If

tackers.

on the

Sanguinary fighting is also It is also said that since the occurrence of the Kowloon un said to be raging between Feng- a Ponki, 40 milea Shameen incident the Chinese eblpau nuthorities have kepp in constant south-east of Mukden touch with the British Govern- Mukden-Antung railway where troops hava gene ntent which therefore must have Government amprehensive understand. over to the offensive. ing of the true farts of the

Cuke.

Dr. G. A. C. Herklots, Secre

the

#dministrative |

of tice production and distribution March 1/11. The United Kingdom delegation o (a) wad (c) will consist of Air Co modore Ridley and Dr. Clyde

to-

gether with Miss M. W. Grant a- Colania (ffice

Office representative

Government

We Swim

Over her arms is a cover- ed. 'wrap matching ber shoes. In the rest, Fashion dietates, she is to swim.

Oscar Awards Announced

Aris and

BritishFICIAL CENTRAL DAILY in the disputed area NEWS REPORTED TODAY.

"Punitive" Campaign report quoted

The statement by the Minis- Canton os saying that this is might still forestall that of the

South of the Great Wall, nutrition. Dr. Clyde will she repre

Hollywood, Feb. 16. His Majesty * Whe

The film capital's first two "most

economie Chilean Presidential expedition. ter was made to allay criticisms

A denial was also made to Government troops, will attend (1) gertons

anti-8omitiam, Mystery Deepens crisis in South China".

raised here against the Import

carlier rumours that

militia, have the Sha- by

launched

(b) ཟེེ་ adviser to the Unite: Movies about

"Crossfire" and "Gentlemen's Besides their own smuggling Apaing this, it is recalled quotes of newsprint and paper

meen mentent was instigated by "pumitive” campaign in East Kingiom delegation.

Agreement," shared the lion's netivities the, Communista org that the Brial sloop "Snipe," pulp as fixed for the fifth and LIVERPOOL, Feb. 16. the political rivals of Dr. T. V. Hcpei province In an effort to. At the same time as the first" tvshare of the 1947 nominations also reported to be uffering with the Governor of the Falk-sixth quarters.

THE OLDEST SERV- Soung, the Governor of Kwang- eliminate the Communist threat confercares there will be held di announced by the Academy of

Far Eastern fisheries Motion Picture the Hupel section of "pol protection”

the cassions other and minds abeard. Lo

SOLDIER AND ung and ex-Premier, attempt to mturn illest afers,

for cently making

of the end ital the increase in im-ING

railway. c-praidens at which Mr. G. 1. Kese Selences today. ing to embarrass him.-Reuter-Į l'elpinge-Mukden

Agreement," which they also obtain "vast flanin and their dependentes, parts of pulp is an unprofitable THE HIGHEST PAID | AAP.

cording to official reports which ven, Regional F.A.O representative, "Gentlemen'

will attend. Dr. Herklots will the 20th Century-Fox veraion mums" of money.-- ReuperAAP. | during which cnetigatered move as it costs nære per ton PRIVATE IN THE BRI-

present long Kong as these diskus of the best seller about a mago- than newsprint. They

TISH ARMY BOTH AR-

dogs.

zine writer who pretends he is. pointed out that is open to

The following snémbers of the staff Jew. was listed in all but one RIVED AT LIVERPOOL question whether paper mapa-

of Lord Killearn, Special Commis of the six major classes.

picture Performances in the FROM factured domestiendly will com-YESTERDAY

inner Far East Asia, will attend and brought Gregory Peck. the no- pare favourably with the im INDIA.

arlved in Hong Kong yesterday>-

of the best actor. ported prodnet. The possibility The oldest Hollier was

Dr. Clyde, Dr. Lucius Nicholls (Nutrimination

Dorothy McGuire the best ne- that the cal product might be-year-old Private William Fors

tion Adviser), Dr. H. W. Jack tress, Ella Kazan the top direc (Agricultural Adviser). come available only through cut, He joined the Essex Re- the binck market was also held gitment in 1898 and will now be Ha detrimental to the publish. demobillard for the third time ingles-Reuter-AAP.

in his career to become Л Chelse. Pensioner.

BULLETS FLY AS CLANS BATTLE

A 100-year-old, smouldering feud between two Chinese clans exploded on Saturday night on the outskirts of Canton and continued into the following day, according to train_passengers arriving in Kowloon on Sunday. ...

The ensuing duet with Arcarins Passengers arriving in K wloon across the railway truck delaycıl taler in the day said that bullets Sunday's first Kiryl on-bound ex-were Sying "all over the place”. press train from Cantup for inore They also heard explosions of ilum two hours,

what appeared to be fire from light artillery. Hits, they claim- Aller Icaving the Cantos, were registered on several terminus on Saturday crning.houses on both sides cf. the rail. the express was halted at Kul:

way. The structures were still shan station, about 15 kilometres burning when the train eventual- from the Kwangtung cápitul aga

ly left the scene,

62 Dead In U.S. Floods

precautionary measure. Ahead, a On Instructions from the Con- WEATHER

belak exchange of rille machine-gun Are, across the way track, was in progress.

75-

He has been abroad 54 years.

Republican Split

Hold Up May Europe Aid Plan

Washington, Feb. 15.

lle fought in the Boer War, and A major split inside the Republican Party is re-

the 1914-1918 Wer, and served in the Madras.A.R.P. in the last

war. His old Regiment signed him on again last August for the journey home.

garded here as a major threat to speedy-ap-~ proval of the Marshall Plan by the Senate. March has now been fixed as the definite date for

the opening of the debate on the plan.

Aquatier

Y yoles

OF

DEATH CARDINAL

tor and Anne Revere the bent supporting actress. The movio also was one of five nominees as the best picture.

"Crossfire," RKO's story of a man who was murdered be- Cause he was Jew, won a spot In the movie race. Director Ed- Rome, Feb. 16. ward Dmytryk was nominated Cardinal-Ciranito Pignatelli dia coveted "Oscar" Robert Ryan

the supporting. Belmonte, the oldest Roman Cathol was listed in

actor Cardinal, died here today Belmonte Grahame

aged 94.

category and Gloria Cardinal Pignatelli

supporting born

was

for

蹦

actress,

Other nominations

at Naples on April 10, 1851,

for the On Tuesday, the Senate Foreign ton conference la Europe, will be and was ordained in 1879, The highest paid private la

best pictures of the year were Committee Relation

i expected

Ife was consecrated Archbishop The Bishop's Wife, decided on the basis of personal

"Miracle 42-year-old Robert Moss of the formally an unanimously to approve prestige-home

Senator 1889 and Cardinal in 1911. At bis On 34th Street" and Grent Ex- CHICAGO, FED. 16.

Green Howards, formerly the bill calling for the full fose and Vandenberg an the one hand and death, Cardinal di Belmonte wapectations."

Newcastle-on- THE DEATH TOLL FROM Scotwood Road,

year programme and Senators Taft and Wherry on the Dean of the Sacred College of Car

ns the Other nominations can. produce ON. Tyne, who, get £45 a month in $5,380 million for the first 12 mouths ther

In support ut dinals and Prefect of the Congrega | brst "actor were_Ronald Colman THE FOUR-DAY

he has 11 of the programme,

their conßicting views.-Reuter. tion of Right-Renter.

('A Double Life"). John Oar- SLAUGHT OF FLOODS, ICY India because

fleld ("Body and Boul"), 'Wil- Mr. Marshall and is State De. AND STORMS children-Reuter.

Lilum Powell ("Llo With partment officiais are well satisfied

[Father") and Michael Redgravo. and ton railway authorities to con- REACHED 12 TODAY, BUT

with this version of the programme FLOODS rail- tinue to

WHICH

("Mourning Becomes Electra"). Kowlcon, the engine THE

and have no radical objections Ja

Other nominations, for tha OF driver with the engine's whistle FORGED THOUSANDS

the changes in the original plan

best actress were Joan Craw- which Senator Arthur Vandenberg. on full blast, drove slowly through PERSONS IN SIX STATES

ford ("Possessed"), Susan: Hay- "no-man's land".

Chairman of the Foreign Relations- THEIR The Aring TO EVACUATE

ward ("Smash Up"), Rosalind Committee, has made.

Russell ("Mourning Becomes censed as the train travelfea de- | HOMES BEGAN TO RECEDE

Electra") and Loretta Young tween the two rival factions but IN MOST AREAS.

("The Farmer's Daughter"), →→→ resumed immediately afterwartis. The U.S. Weather Bureau in

United Press. Chicago reported that tempara- tures across the natten general. ly rose today, bringing relief from the long sloge of severe winter weather.

ON OTHER PAGES

Page Twe

"Halo Kong So" Fire Enquiry. FMG Rhiring,

Page Three

Women Flee

Passengers said that they saw Real Object of Contract Salt to be many women and children fleeing

Smuggling.

Pagr Four

Page Fier

Communism In Far East.

Malayan Minority Restive.

Page Six

Leading Article

Let's Make A Beginning. Page Steen

Anglo-US. Move, in Greece. Page Eight

Women Today..

Page Nine:

Beating Immigration Law;

Unfaithful,

Page Tex

Finance and Commerce,

Faye Blevin

Air sad. Shipping Intellig

"Page" Treilor

All the Sports.

The

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China To Barter For Food?

117.

While obtaining remarkable animity among

ong his commitier, Senator Vandenberg has failed to, win -backing of orber-leaders-of-his-party-

the

Russians Mining Pitchblende

·

Frankfurt, Feb. 15,

The Weather

and the rorsing debate it expected in The Russians have started to work new mines in Nanking, Feb, iś.

develop into major clash of per-) Polish-occupied Silesia for uranium-bearing The semi-oficial Central Daily, sonalitler.

pitchblende, a correspondent of the

General situation;-A. mudérata -untle News sald China may resort to Revisionists

American

and Army newspaper "Stars

cyclone covers north China, and·la ixtend 4959, paddy fields from

Temperaturca are expected to barter in order to keep her rice Senator Vandenberg is acknow.)

ing southwarda and -'exalwardı. A di battle scene.

Stripes" claimed today, quoting "authorita- continue 'warmer in the next two bowls filled,

pression centred near Zokyo Is moving Kutshan station employees dis daye, except in States along the.

edged to be the Republican leader

tive sources" here. Quoting a "responsible officu!,"

north-ekst and deepening. Pressure grai on foreign affairs but Senator Robert: closed that the "bottle" started on Canadian border.

the newspaper sak plans Taft

Frankfurt As the rest of the under Russian management aboutdiena are alight over the China sen jud their "front man" Saturday night. between the Lo

The Red Cross estimated that underway to set up a barter sys-domestic issues and he be repeated-European Command of the United a week ago. Since then, the Rus the pain.

sians are alleged to have drafted freshening from the north-east during the Forsesat: — Light (variable) winde, and Cheung clans.

10,000 persona, were forced totem for trading soybeans, brieties, ty and publicly declared his convic States Army.

"at least" 20,000 Germans from day. Mainly cloudy, with morning wist. Ill-feeling between the two flee from flood areas but, as ungoll and tea for foodstuffs totion that foreign aid expenditure

Zone hell to 12-niontly According to the report, the the Russlan

to the area, Becoming, zvoleni meet heavy picstic require should be the situation eased today, many

when the Polish CC. the mines are sirung along the Czech expelled

· Centeriny Wosther lon average of $4,000 million t ment.

| Maximum: 76% der="Fing familles have returned.—United

border, running about ́123 miles cupation sturted, The some report said the Chi-Bluntly he terms $5,500 million eart of Zittau, in Saxony Ap. The reports quoted ometals here Ranabinas 6 hours

Minimum↑ 85. dog. YAN Pross.

nese Government is seeking ad- ditions) grants of food from in- "too much." In addition,

parently they are an eastward for the opinion that the oré found | Batafalls, NIL "Total}}"{ainee Tokyo, Feb, 16ternational sources

in order to Kenneth Whetry Republican Party Extension of the plichblende mines in the new flakis is so low-grade

leader in the Upper Chamber, Four were killed and six supplement the already substan-ending a group of 20 "Revisionlats," in the 'Erzebbirga V Mountains, that it could · nót "be" operated | to "bring seriously injured when two tia American

commitments in who intend to wage an organised where uranium mining has pre-economically except by the size of good luck and prosperity" to the apartment houses In Tokyo wheat and rice.

vitusly been "reported "・ in... pro-forced- labour." were destroyed by fire yester-

Domestically, the report said campaim to amend and trim

On the other hand, it was stated b Travellers-from Canton said that day. One hundred and four controls will be intensifed over Congressional observers forecast After extensive searches by that the German workers ware Hel, Humidna), KINKY 148 deg. T.

families have been made home food-distribution and specula- that the dabej, which may coincide Russian and German experts, the being well rød, but were under wind" "Diriešiem ( Jean-Reuter.

tion,-Associated Press,

with the reconvening of the 16-sa report claims "worki,yes" started constant guarde-Reuter,

Sad workljinak, máchon jännekant grara

dated back "100 clans

years, Saturday's might's "explosion" re- sulted from an argument over a ceremony of "Awakening the Dragon" traditional Chinese New Year observance in which, a symbolle dragen in manoeuvred from house to house

occupants.

more than 800 men were involved in the clon batile,

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