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WEDDING

FRANCIS WU'S STUDIO

GLOUCESTER ARCADE

CHINA MAIL

No. 33898.

ESTABLISHED FOR OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS

HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1948.

SHANGHAI PRICE GYRATIONS

Forty Per Cent Jump Within Few Hours

NOW THERE ARE FOUR

According to Chinese press reports, the number of tigers prowling the hillsides near the Kowloon frontier has increased to four, Villagers say that

Jeft behind by the

tracks tigers

show our different sets of paw-prints,

Anglican Church Dispute

Spectacular Rise In Gold Level

Shanghai, Feb. 17.

Paced by gold bars, the U.S. dollar and imported commodity prices in Shanghai jumped more than 40 percent today.

As China's "printing press" currency continued to lose its value hour by hour, one U.S. dollar was sold for 215,000 C.N. dollars, a 20 percent jump within a few hours.

cronomic

Danger Signal In 'Korea

Nanking, Feb. 17.

The establishment of a North Korea "Democra-

tic People's Republic" has the "gravest political police and military implica- The Governnient tions" -for China, accord- tu a consensus of official opinion here today.

continued dumping

But the inosi spretacular spurt, despite strict We in the gold bar black mar surveillance. ket trading. The price of gold heaped from US$660 per ten

use bar to US$700, Even those people with Heited States dollar holdings

their

IDMA

rice on the market but still fat. rd to halt the rise.

banke

muney

Western

Muni

The immediate effect, of the new Bovjet move will be to greatly bolster the Chinese Cominunist position in churia, informed quarters here think. It will open the way for direct militury aid to the Com- munista by the "Independent” Korean government, they said.

The Government was expected

Officials declared that it was were changing their to relax is ban prohibiting it the second step in the Soviet gebacks for gold.

from grunting private programme of Betting un in gold was a loans. The ban was instituted string of satellites along her The upsurge speculative movement, coupled) a emuple of months ago in an Siberian border to match the with the new demand for gold attempt to prevent idle capital satelite ring on her

border. na the Evernment relaxed is from overilooding the régulations permitting sales of market and aggravating prices

gold. Deamental

Goldsmiths of commodities,

Even Faster were, propening

ahojas aburt had Ben closed fri It worke; for a brief period, With paper currency Blowing Prices of some commodities, unhampered init of

printing including soap, matches, eigne-} presses, inouey became eRaier, Cites, willens and rnyou goods, į the black market resumed opern.

Some quarters predicted an- rose from 15 to 40 percent. tions and currency devaluation

continue, at even faster speed. public" would soon be set up in other "Democratic People's Re- The only ones hurt by the ban Communist-held Northern Man- As usual, rice led the climb.) were industrial enterprises churia which is sandwiched be In "back-door" transactions, the nurmally relying on loans for tween Soviet-controlled North erreal was selling ten percent current commitmente.-Associa- Koren above the official-eading price, ted Press.

in-

trot his.

of

Sydney, Feb. 17. The County Court here today granted an junction restraining the Anglican Bishop

Arnold Bathurst, Dr. Wylde, from using or authorising any form for the administration of the Sacrament other than that contained in the Book of Common Prayer.

year, thes

In Septembe Tast New South Wales Attorney- General bjerlejl an behalf of laymen mbers of the Chirel of England ingainst Dr. Wylde's sanction of the "Red Book."

The objectors complained that The Bishop bad caused bevaches.

Rice Leads

SILVER CURRENCY

PLAN CRITICISED

Nanking, Feb. 17.

of trust under which Anglican Suggestions for Chinese currency reform based on

Church property was felt,

They alleged that certain words"

the silver standard drew objections during discussions of the Legislative Yuan Finance

and

Outer Mongolla.

Chou En-lal, Number Two Com- munist leader, stated in Nan- king two years ago that the

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Flatiron

Hay

Total width no more than twenty feet, but how many can Identify It and where 1 IN?" The Ho Tung

the Building. It occupies former site of the Central Market in Queen's Rond.

(Chins Mail photo).

Price: 20 Gents.

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PORTABLE TYPEWRITERS

OF ALL WELL-KNOWN BRANDS IN STOCKI

Hongkong Typewriter Exchange

9. D'Águilar 11.

Shanghai Given A Fright

Shanghai, Feb.-17.

While fighting raged with unabated violence in. Manchuria and South-West Shantung today the civil war spread to the front doorsteps of Shanghai when a Communist guerilla band of 150 men landed on the coast near Hangchow Bay, about 40 miles south of Shanghai. [Believed to have come from the Chusan Archipel-

ago, on the southern entrance to Hangchow Bay, the band was surrounded by Govern- ment reinforcements shortly after landing and routed in a one-and-half hour battle.

Government troops, however, have thrown blockade lines around the area between Hang- chow Bay and the Shanghai. Hangchow "allway and security agenta are conducting house-to house searches in the area in an effort to catch A small de. Anotachment which managed to slip

Kanazawa Hanged

Colonel

Kansrawa

Itong Kong's Kempetal Chief In the latter stages of the co- cupation, was hanged yesterday To war atrocities.

HI predecessor In office, Colonel; Noma, found guilty on identical charges, was hanged to

wards the end of last year.

found guilty Kanagawa. Was 1 October of [I] treatment of prisoners and causing death and physical suffering to Hong Kong held in the

residents.

An inquest was afternoon at the Central Mag- istracy before Mr. F. X, d'Almada. verdict of death by judicial hogg. ing was returned.

New Price Schedule For Jap Textiles

Tokyo, Feb. 17.

ميلة

Communists would not set up General MacArthur's headquarters has approved

independent regime. -

United Press.

Bankers To Talk

Committee yesterday when it was held "im- Loans

practical and unprofitable."

for more

ni

in the "Red Book" imply bettet in the doctrine of "the rtal pre- sence in the sacred elements.". that the Biskope us: the sign of the cr.ss over the congregation, The proposal for a silver basis,the following reasons;

SHANGHAI, FEB. 17. and had the sanett belf rung at wus received from Mr. Chang The United States has a silver

CONSIDERABLE INTER- communion,

Legislative coûtrary to Angli- | Chao-yuan,

Yuan reserve

only 190,000,000

EST HAS BEEN AROUSED cun Church Jaw-Reuter.

number now in the United ounces as against the nearly 1,

INDUSTRIALISTS AMONG Stutes, who favoured it on the 1000,000,000 ounces proposed for

THROUGHOUT CHINA BY CANADA'S ENVOYds that silver as a currency currency reform and China can-

THE REPORT THAT THE than 2,000 a.t hope to get even all this.

JOINT HEAD OFFICE OF IN CANTON

years in China always enjoyed Silver in the United States 18

FOUR the confidence of the people and priced at Do cents per ounce at THE

NATIONAL. Canton, Feb. 17.

WILL MEET IN rate as against 73 BANKS General T. C. Davies, Chahat the United States hus large the ufficial

reserves lying idle which are ob- Jetnts at the market quotation, NANKING TOMORROW dian Ambassador

China, to

DISCUSS THE RESUMPTION tainable by negotiation.

which makes it unprofitable to accompanied by Mrs. Davies,

OF THE ISSUE OF negotiate a Government loan. arrived here by plane this after- The majority of the Commit

In view of the fact that the TRIAL LOANS. nocht from Hong Kong.-Central tee members, however, took ex major countries of the world cephon to Mr. Chang's view for

have adopted the. gold standard, It is impractical for China to go

News.

100 CASUALTIES IN CLAN BATTLE

Despatch of troops from Canton on Monday broke up the battle between two rival village fac-

tions which started on Saturday and prevent

ed what might have been wholesale massacre

of an entire village, some 15 kilometres east

of the Kwangtung capital.

1.71 the silver basis laying her open to international manipula tians.

It is also held that the time is premature for any kind of cur- rency reform at present.-Reuter. AAP.

Drama In Pompey

on

Portsmouth. Feb. 17. The two-lay “revenge"clash"-ber-of-the-procession-fired-at- The English Wives of two between the Lo clan and the the shrine of their "Goddess of Chinese were found lying Chung (not Cheung as previous- | Mercy."

the pavement in a Portsmouth ly reported) clan ended, on

night, Yesterday's Canton messages, street last

seriously Monday

wounded. with more than 100 quoting eyewitnesses, anid that

A Chinese sailor, 38-year-old casualties, at least four known after a hot exchange of abuse Ych Cheng-sheh, was found in dend, mostly on the Lo side and in Wangsha village, the Chunge ja nearby house, suffering from mostly aged and children.

return to their village where severe stomach wounds, with a The County magistrate, who all able-bodied youths including kulte lying near him.

Hospital authorities said to- Monday, ordered the villagers were mobilised. They were arm the wives, Mrs. Margaret Yu to be disarmed pendlog finaled with shotguns, rifles, pitch Lee-you; was "critical," but the settlement of the feud dating forks, and other weapon.s other, Mra, Elleen Konig, was off back more than 100 years over Thus armed, more than 100 the danger list.

TO

a new schedule of prices governing the sales of Japanese cotton textiles to supersede the schedule under which the United States Com- mercial Company operated before if transfer- red the sale programme for cotton textiles in January to the Bookicho, the Japanese Gov- ernment's official Board of Trade.

away during the engagement

The guerilla band, Identified-

Tel. 21433

SEIZURE IN “HAIYANG”

In

Cunningly "concealed different parts of the ns. "Halyang." * considerable quantity of unmanifested- gooda was found by Ke- venue Officers in the course of a routine search yester- day afternoon Just before · the vessel 'sabled for Swatow.

The selred

cargo, of a general nature, was found hidden under rafts, in life- boals, and behind wooden structures.

Britain's

Argument

.

With Chile

The

to

as the "First Detachment of the

Santiago, Feb. 17, Central China Liberated Aren

An official statement Coast Guard," were armed with American small-arms including by Chile, whose Presi three light machine-guns, some dent is on his way to in- 20 enrbines and tommy-guna, augurate a Chilean more than 60 rifles and two?

Army base-on-British- grenade throwete,

Antarctic territory des- Tht booty selred by the Na- tionalists after the fighting in-pite British protests, said cluded 60 field packs,

a due carly today that "Chile bag full of national currency.wishes continue to Another full of Communist

Com seek a friendly settle- money and bundles of munist propaganda literature. ment" with Britain.

While Chinese semi-official

statement, made by quarters minimized the signifi.Senor Manuel Trueco, Chilean

Under-Secretary for rance of a Communiat operation Affairs, followed a declaration Foreign so close to Shanghai as a "pro by Mr. Hector McNell, British bing" raid to text the strength Minister of State, in the House and efficiency of Nationalist de-of Commons yesterday fences, other acurces believed Britain would not overlook the that the Reds were sent to con- challenge to her authority of- fered by tho Chilean and tact units lurking in the Yang Argentine Governments in oc- Ize delta on sabotage missions. cupying Antarctic islands.

Meanwhile, in Manchuria, the Unconfirmed Teports saidi battle for the aleel city of An- that General Junn D. Peron, Argentine, President of the shan increased in ferocity as would join the Chilean Presl- General Lin Pino, Communist dent, Senor Gonzales Videla. Commander-in-Chief In the The Argentine Minister of North-East, threw four full Marine, Captain Fidel Anadon, armtes (numbering 120,000 contented in. Bunnos Aires last night on the report that the men into the struggle,

18000-ton British cruiser Nigeria Up to the present the out was on her way to the Antarc-

that zusrison have suc-tie by saying

"ships of in repulsing all

flag can Com-every

sail to that area." munist onslaughts and are still

Mr. Miles Clifford, Governor maintaining radio contact with of the Falklands, hag returned Mukden, but unless rid is forth-from his second tour of the Is- coming they are Fkely to be lands' Dependencies in the An- overwhelmed sock-Heuter.

Prices have not substantially prevalling levels. The few re-numbered changed, officials of SCAP's for- [ductions apply only to artlales coated elgn trade division announced, which are not majer export Some prices have been slightly |Items. Several new textile con. raised to brmg them in line with structiona are being produced and prices set which conform to general price levels,

Alleged Communist Arrested

The new price' schedule be rame effective yesterday bul orders for gcodn pricca until Feb. 20.

on

at reduced Big Floods

In Turkey

be considered

will not

Japanese cotton textiles can be

trade south-central

Istanbul, Feb. 17.

sold on a private basis as well as Two swollen rivers smashed

dykes and Washington, Feb. 18.

a.government-to-government their

engulfed SCAP' foreign

Turkey today, The Justice Department today basis. INDUS-announced that Ferdinand Chris-division have requested that pri- causing incalculable damage,

The entire area reaching of cotton textiles

from Adana, Turkish town, to

for

dep:rlation

that

turetic and sub-Antarctica, it was reported today from Port Stanjay, capital of the islands, The tour was carried out in the 2,000-ton sloop Snipe and extended from Port Lockroy in the Palmer Archipelago-dovi- gation south of this point was owing

· Ice impossible

through to South Shetlands and the South Orkneys to the.

centre of Important whaling South Georgia. Reuter,

(800 Page 5)

THAT SINKING !

FEELING?

No estimate of the death toll can be given because of wreck-

Shanghai, Feb. 17, ed communications. All efforts

Shanghai has been and ii) is minke to contact the areas by tele-ing and, according to official land phone were futile.

The floods were described as surveyors, the city has gone down 51 one of the Worst Turkey has feet 7 inches in the last 25 years

Central New.. ever had-Associated Press.

topher Smith, national Secretary vate buyers Mr. Chang Kla-ngau, Gover-of the National Maritime Union negotiute directly with the Boo-the Mediterranean was report- nor of the Central Bank, is said (Congress of Industrial Organize-kicho rather than through SCAP ed to be a huge lake. Scores of to have been instructed to cut tions) and an alleged "Communist, in concluding contracts for Jap-villages were flooded. short his present Taiwan tour had been arrested in New York unese cotton textiles;-

officials em to attend the meeting.

native in his

However, SCAP phasised that contracts signed by General expectation here is Jamaica. that such loans will be reaum- Smith, who is a

was the Bookich are not valid until negro,

been approved by ea from March 1.

charged with having no visa the they have All National Banks were or-last time he entered the United SCAP.

All cotton textiles made from was also of States, In 1945. He dered to suspend the inauE loans some weeks ago in order charged with being a member of cotton shipped to Japan by the Credit Corporation prevent idle capital over- an organization advecaling the Commodity

for United States | flooding the money market and everthrow of the Government by must be sold

dollars. Reuter. modity situation. This develop that Smith had been "active for thus aggravate the price com.force and violence,

The Justice Depariment sold ment, however, resulted in un- number of industrial enterprises Party-United Press. expected difficulties for a large years in the Communist Party" and was a lifelong member of the which normally rely on auch loans for current commitments. ----Reuter.

to

Other Ten

personally visited the scene on men from four smaller clatin day that the condition of one of Satisfied

REDS' ELECTION VICTORY

Tip Gave Him Away

London, Feb. 17. A man belleved to be Donald George Thomas,

23-year-old Army deserter wanted for ques Paris, Feb. 17.

tioning in connection with the Communists won a Seine-et- Olse County Council by-election murder of a London polleeman,

was taken into custody in Brix held today to All a Vacancy caused by the death of the Com-ton, South London, today,

The police have been starching munist piember for the counti-

for Thomas since Constable Na: thaniel Edgar was killed In a The result of the voling was:

tuency.

Police Swoop On Dope Peddlers

Shanghal, Feb. 17,

A gigantic drug traffic network with tentacles reaching far into the upper strata of society has been unearthed by the-security authorities here after two months of intensive investiga- tion.

Twenty-eight men are directly 7

All 28, in vlow of the magni

the water rights of a rivulot run. | marched on Wangsha vilinge on the sailor, but his conditioning at wonight, ́club - here, this Communist 4,253. Gauillst North London suburb on Friday nublishers, politicians, German- ming are expectal to be flowns

ning through the village. crying "kill, „king " The Los

Both sides have lodged cinima also armed to the teeth with for compensation with both the similar weapons, withstood a County and Provincial authori-series of assaults through Satur- tiea.

day and Sunday morning," "but began yielding ground in the afternoon,

Clans Mobilised

"

The Chong clan alleged that · Children Beaten

1

night.

involved in the case, considered tude of the case, have been as the most sensational one this transferred to the National De- year, ranging from army brass fence Ministry in Nanking for Manila, Feb. 17. The ten Chinese girl enter-

hats, university professors, trial. Those arrested in Kunm An operation was performed | tainers who are still perform-

afternoon dismissed as-rtaleut- | 000, M.R.P. (Popular Repub- still critical-Reuter.

A woman answering to the returned druggies, pilots and to Nanking hotlý. Centrak

News. Jus the charges, reportedly .ilcan) 1,525. Socialiai 1,075.

tescription of Mrs. Ncreen Wink.michanles made in Hong Kong by the 32 In the last election in this con-

ICA 27. woman' friend of Also implicated is a leading returning members of their stituency in October 1945, the troupe that they were kept sir-Communists polled 9,267 votex Thomas, was also taken to Brix-member of a local bank through which investigations showed a tnal" prisoners and that their

compared with 6,338, for the ton police station

stunning sum of over $100,000): Imall was censored while here.

They said they are

between satisfied Popular Republican.-Router.

000,000 was remitted with their work in Manila,

General situation A amall antberetórum Kunming and this efty.

was centred over Manchuria la moving eRKLE. The Hong Kong paper "China

staying Its operation nucleus Mall," reporting on the alleged

located in Kunming in the form from tweak ridges extend southewat to bad treatment by the Philippine

company which bought authorities of the girls who re

PACIFIC DEFENCE

!

The services will be represent turned to the British colony, pre

NEW SHIPPING REGULATIONS

Nanking, Feb. 17. '.

The couple.'were arrested on a tip from thele landlady.. She said, a couple resembling Thomas and, Mre, Winkless were staying ut her home.

The cuple resisted but were of 'a

NAVY TRAGEDY.

Bingapore, Feb. 17, British Kervice chlefs, repre- senting the air, land and sea their "Dragon" was fired at by Reinforced by another 100 forces, will leave here on March member of the Lo clan when men, the attacking Chung olan 22 far consultations in New

square Zealand and Canberra, Austra the former's "Dragon Proces swept into the village sion" was! puaning through the and began sacking the village, la

The Ministry of Communica-overpowered.-United Press. latter's village (Wangsha). The Everything in their path wasted by Air Marshal Bir Hugh dicted that the incident would tions yesterday announced that Lo clan countered that a mem- on fire and destroyed. Many old Lloyd, Air Commander-in-Chist, complicate the present amicable navigation licences of the baptain

villagers were beaten and For East, Rear Admiral Clifford relations between China and the as well as the chief officer may Hyeres, France, Feb, 17. seriously injured. Children Caston, Flag-Omter, Malayan Philippines-Reuter.

be cancelled and the shipping

At least 15 American soldiers suffered a similar fate.

company nned should their ship were drowned early today when overturned willa be found carrying 20 or more their... Iguinety- passengers. 'in axes of the returning men of the US. air licenced accommodation of the craft carrier Midway ashore from Karachi, Feb, iz Pres reports that M. A. lamb is

| vessel, "m

Be a Riviera party. Fifteen badies plans to retire in Pakistan'The announcement failed to in-fave been recovered.

News dicate whether foreign ships ply-Earlier the French Governor-Gendiál- WETC Cermed

today by Janske secteurs, ing in Chinese waters will be sub. Agency, sald 40 men ware mias Svad. Mohammed Vusulasciated Ject to the game - punishment)- ing after the launch went down,

Associated "PIN" Central News, Prati

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Unique Case ar Supreme Coun

Pige Turive

Boccer Yaching:Pakip

Ravivki,

Area, and General Bir Nefl. Rit

Commander-in-Chief, Far East Land Foreen, ··

By Sunday night, 20 vllingö chie houses had been razed,

County ofcials disclosed that General Sir Neif Hitchle` was a almilar clash occurred a year admitted to hospital today mit ago, fortunately, on a smaller foring, from rheumatism and if scale. The farmers were then he is unable to go; his place will disarmed' but their arms were be taken by him Chief-of-Star, Cup returned later for protection Major General Harold Redman

againat bandita,

AMPA Reuter,

ALL TRASH

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