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CHINA MAIL

No. 34016.

ESTABLISHED FOR OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS

HONG KONG, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1948.

CHARGES COLONY IS SAPPING

SINO-ECONOMY JEWISH TERRORISTS

Shanghai, July 7.

A charge that Hong Kong was a “contré of specula- tion and smuggling, with deteriorating influ- once on Ching's economy and the livelihood of her people" was made today by the China Economist, an American-registered periodical published by Mr. John W. Powell economic supplement to the China Weekly Review. "Direct responsibility for this unhappy state of

developments is being denied and disclaimed

as сп

in Hong Kong. And its argument may be

quite correct," the periodical wrote. "But this still does not altor the fact that the situa

tion which formed the subject of alleged Chinese complaints (recently made by a. ranking Nanking official that Hong Kong had failed to carry out the terms of the anti- smuggling pact which it entered into ́with China) the prevalence of speculation and smuggling in Hong Kong-docs oxist, and in a big way.

"The situation has deterior- nted to such an extent at the moment that 'it will serve 'no purpose to trace back the causes of the past and to fix moral responsibility on any party, if it can be fixed at all.

It will be more to the inter- est of all concerned to take a realistic view of the present conditions and to see what concrete measures can best be taken-here again without wasteful argument on the anus of responsibility to check its further deterioration."

Commenting on the flow of capital from China to Hong Kong, the periodical emphasised that the effects of this action China, and

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success

toward the remarkable in the rehabilitation of the Colony in the period Immediately after the war. Hong Kong at that time certainly did not object or restrict the loflux of Chinese capital."

Siressing the fact that "what- soever its political status, Hong Kong has always been, and must continue to remain, economically a part of China,“ the China Economist said. the prosperity of the island was "inseparably, inter- linked with that of the mainland, and any temporary boom in the industry and trade in Hong Kong, built up directly at the expense of China's economic deterioration, cannot. Ipst."

and particularly on Shang-Only Lead To

he were extremely bad.

"A money flows out, to Hong

KIDNAP FIVE BRITONS

London, July 7,

The British Foreign Ofee announced today that the Irgun Jewish terrorist organisation kidnapped five: unidentified British citizens from the United Nations truce commission headquarters in Jerusalem last night. The Foreign Office' had no detalla about tha ·Britishers except they ware in a a building flying the United Nations truce

nag-

The truce commission protested to the Jewish authoriiles, "The British. and the British Foreign Office spokesman said: Government takes a serious view of this and assumes the five British citizens will be rolossed immediately."-United Press.

Colony Of Dirty Wood Penthouses

on the demand for Hos Economic Ruin' In Wanchai Area

Kong exchange Increuses. This

han, contributed mainly, if not

The periodical continued: "The

exclusively, to the rapidly de- further development of the pre- preciating exchange value of the cost situation can only lead to Chinese national currency.

China

Smuggling Stimulants

"Hong Kong, with its limited) facilities for proper, investment, cannot-absorb such accumulated: amount of idle funds. Even the speculative markets have bo saturated. For this reason, smug.... aling, which even in normal times was an Important feature of economic life of the Colony so conveniently. close to various South Ching ports, naturally be enme all the more intensified.

This

of course, spurred on by foreign trade control measures in force in Chine.

"increased smuggling

tions causad

to

opark.

-economie ruin, for both

and Hong Kong. •The questian;, must be approached from

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EXCLUSIVE TO THE "CHINA MAIL”: roof-top colony of about 100 dirty wooden penthousas has sprung up in Wanchai as a

- result of Hong Kong's housing shortage. realistic view, and tackled on a A "China Mail" survey yesterday showed that in

practical basis., Exchange of hot words in Mulile attempt 10 blame each other will not achieve any resulta,

"Hong Kong has now realised šne Hi-effects which came after providing a, haven ospital... of China,

enough,

kon

tu

But this

for

not

for the purpose; neither were there any sand heaps anywhere," The occupants of the shacks told the "China Mail" that they themselver built the wooden structures at a cest" of between HK$20 and HK$50 a shack. They do not pay rent they said, nor "key money." Many of

of the roof-top residents formerly occupied huls on bomb- ed sites and. Government land. They moved to their present pinces after being evicted.

Wonchai the roofs of three large blocks of buildings were cramped with small one-room `wooden shacks, each housing a small family. The

"occupants ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄in" "some [~~~~ No "precautions" have beon taken by the penthouse dwolfers idio shacks were Government em-

against outbreak of fires. No and has ployees-coolies and workmen

water has been openly expresadd that it is not employed in the Public Works

setselde welcome.

is not Department and the Sanilury Stops must now be Department-office boys, rick- discourage, if shaw pullers, quarry workers, expel, this capital innitration, waterfront labourers, hawkers, since. It is alaimed to be un-

beggars, and prostitutes.. welcome, "A. top priority measure is 'to implement to the full the Anti-roof-top

Some have been living in the shacks for two years; Smuggling Agreement With China others for a few months, so that these illegal activities, if further increase not completely obliterated, will at in the flight of Chinase capital least be reduced to a minimum,

The blocks Inspected by the "China Mall" yesterday were bow Hong Kong, which in turn is time for Hong Kong, for tween Hennessy Road, Luard stimulated greater speculative its own sake, to take all practical tond, Gloucester Road, and Fen- activity and smuggling. Another steps within I power to check wick Street. vicious circle is thus created, smuggling and speculation. It is with the Chinese people as the within Hong Kong's power to go

victims. Drincipal vic

all-out in rendering aid to the Jong, as this situation con- tinued to work

Chinese authorities to place, ali k in the interests smuggling operations based in work yesterday. The women and the case of the newly-born baby Hong Kong; the Colony did not Hong Kong under control, as well work babica were lying on wooden boy which was found in a nullan show any anxiety. As a matter as to curb Blegal manipulations boards inside the shacks, which at the Junction of fact, the infiltration of Chinese of the capital market

of Nelson Street capital into the British Colony Colony," the has contributed no small share added. Reuter.

China Economist were crowded with cooking uten- and Canton Road at about a

alls, old baskets and bundles of on Tuesday, with its throat.cut. ragged clothes,

The shacks ward made of timber waste obtained from nearby, timber mill, Paper, and rage were stuffed betwash the boards to keep rain and wind out. The roof of the shacka were covered with worn out oiled panvas, wrapping paper, and sheets of rusted tin.

of

in the

EXPLANATION OF MEAT SHORTAGES

Recent shortage of meat in Hong Kong was due mainly to the local irregular slaughtering of cattle, it was officially explained yesterday. Another factor was the insufficient refriger ated shipping space on the regular run ba- tween Australia and Hong Kong."" The Colony has sufficient special arrangements for charter stocks of Australiah meat to ing a large refcigerated vessel, to last until the end of the year, bring bulk supplies to Hong Kong

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Lying On Boards According to a Police report

night, ^ Investigallons conducted into

Into last Most of the men were away at were still being

The penthouse colony' obtain its fresh water supplies from aj public street tap and carries it Lin buckets to-the-roof-top.

They

also make use of the public latrines in the street below but also use the roof top drains, Some of the drains · have been blocked by refuse. As a result there were pools of evil-smelling stagnant water yesterday when but issues of such meat aru As such vessels are scarce, the the fhappction was made.

diversion of one to Hong Kong

being made to meet minimum, from the United Kingdom run

maximum requirements,

not

a loss of between 7,000 and

said the official statement 6000 tons of test to the United On Other Pages

It was Wdded: that if local rup kingdom.

plies

tend

to drop

signlicantly,

Jasua of imperill meati will be The position has, however, im-, increased. Dealers, raid the state proved and the authorities hopp ment, expect Government to keep that regular shine will now be unlimited supplies on

own risk and few mit lisabía to provide all the refrigerat

them. Tod'spaço requirodalom

available to the 'dealers without The statement suit that treat have been irregular.

Him when: (t ́ ́aults; liikmedence sughtering of cavio reached us

Zho, statement added: that sváry

(of jucat shipped from Auss peak of 1,100 a weer in Novem“ pound fraila to Hong Kong is one polaid bar.last. It dropped to 300 in least for shipment; to the United February this year, but rucenity Kingdom

to-between.. 800 : and Age-in-719&question of Phortai

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GEORGIAN MANSION TO BE BUILT ON PEAK

A Georgian styld mansion--the first to be built in the Colony since many, yours' before, the war—is shortly to be erected on the Peak.

Rescue A Habit

PATRONS SEARCHED FOLLOWING ROBBERY

About 30 police searched oach male patron as “he, was leaving the Cathay Theatro last night following the theft of HK$1,150 and two watches from the theatre offlies shortly after. 10.30 pmɑ--

. "For Whom the Bell. Tolls,” which was being screened whila the robbery, was, committed, at- tracted a capacity house and the search was not concluded till 12.40 a.in.

No arrests were made. Worneu, children and servicemen word not searched.

- Ticket sellers had just entered Containing six large five-the office with their takings when room apartments, the building they were followed by four men, will be the residence of Euro-two armed with revolvers. pean executive members of

There were 10 people in the office the Hong Kong branch of the at the time. The robbers seized China Engineers, Ltd.'. It is the money aut two-watches from

CURSORGEN mediately; Alarm

With Him $750,000.

London, July j

were

expected to be completed and all empl ready for occupants at the end of November. The cost of the rabb

ance and N the building is estimated at entrance

** [saaled.

Employees on thegrova Boor did Situated just below the west | side of the old Japanese memorial, not see any of the robbers come Life-saving seems just a

"the stairs and the mansion will stand, on an spare time job for which eminence out 1,000 and above assumed they had gone inside the Stanley Ashwell, 34 of Horn-sea level and will command a theatre.

The Emergency sey, London, was intended. view of the Harbour' on one side Before the war, he swam to and of Mount Cameron on the Inspector Penfold, together

with other. The fatal area of, the alta

Forrest

under

Acting-Chief Inspector Inspector Detective

safety with a child in danger is about 98,000, square fecha TOM and a

of Chidase polica

of drowning, and during the Six families will be housed In war, as a member of the Sea over three floors. The interior wifi large party

the apartments, which are spread Inspector G. E. Rescue Service, he rescued a

Plainclothes of Royal Air Force Officer, who extent electrically:atted, to the condoned the building.

of including tubular con

Chinese detectives baled out over the East heating, water healers and cook were also posted on roofs of

Lon-tag adjoining building. ing equipment. coast.

The architects are Messrs. Pal- Police waited hit this show-had Yesterday.

serving mer and Turner, and the drawing anished then let patrons through potatoes from a stall in Hornsey reproduced here is, a sketch of the the exits in single Ale carefully

Mr. Onished building

WG.searching each man. Patrons did when he heard a woman screnre. Gomersall, Managing Director of not know the robbery had taken He looked up and saw o-one-

he was

THESE te pictures of

•"home" for some of the colony's residents. The draw- Ing above right fa in the planolog stage, but the "China Mall", ploture directly reality. above is Nothing as pretentious as a mansion.

needed, to eradi. at the rooftop, alum above, "batury solia worthwifija" ded-year-old baby, cipres Cockerill, the China Englsters, Ltd, made place.

tion: by_rosponsible quertors,

crawl out of a window nearly 40 the decision that the style of ar- feet up in the building opposite chitecture should be Georgian."

Dropping bis potatoes, knocking people over in his rush and mar- rowly avoiding a speeding lorry, Stanley crossed the road and, caught the baby in his arms after it had bounced off the ground floor window ledge.

Auxiliary Phone Lines Discontinued

Installation of suxillary fines for individual teisphosies. has bean-discontinued by the Hong Kong Telephons Come pany, the "China 'Mall”, Was offaiaily Informed yesterday.

The auxiliary lines were Introduced three-months ago as a temporary · measure to cope with the heavy demand for telephone' services.

With the Installation of'the' muxiliary fines, subscribers with one telephone" "are" "pros, vided with an additional one, and are able `to`racelya two exfle · simultaneously.......... Out- calls, however, can be made"

of the two tola. on only *phones

The China Mall") wis formed that loin, than 500 subscribers.have'i been' pro- vided with this riescapevica. Most of them are. Chinasa banks and offices.

1pcreased 'Ïoad "ongthe' linea has compelled the company to stop the service,

Ghostly Figures

Plaguing Colony

Hundreds of ghostly figures reported to have beenTM

scon rushing from Blake Gardens into, Tai Ping Shan Street at 3 a.m, on Tuesday, are said to have caused such a loud commotion that residents in the area were awakened from their alects,

..

Residents in the Tat Ping years ago hundreds of people oc Shan Street area say that the cupying houses, which alood" nn, "noise resembled that of a large number of people fleeing and shouting

unearthly, sound which, awakened

the grea✨ now known as Blake, Gardens, died of a plague.". Gove ermanent la sold to have ordered the demolition of these houOS,

Other more": "superntitios: Tot

The baby was taken to hospital with a cut in her head while Stanley went back botatoes. Reuter.

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"SOLEMN NEGOTIATIONS" CALLED FOR

Nanking, July 7.

ANOTHER JAP

QUAKE

The Weather

A 400 OMT ( pm, HKST) the

Tokyo, July 7. "typhoon, was centred about 120′ mikun A strong earthquake rocked the at Shantang Paninis moving NNE OF Wakayama district southeast of NE at 16 knots and continuing in lose Csaka shortly after noon today. Intensity. The lemoriated trough, streichen The Japanese Meteorological along the, Chadha Coriz_to="depression,

*Bald Bureau

stopped over the Gulf of Tongking.

Σχετικά Immediate-rey Forecast-Light B

A-wedon

by the clocks Wergem de fextendő from the Facile anileselane to

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(*) [winds, Weather shangeabla with The Wakayama district was sional' aqusity showerd shietty during the hit by an earthquake in December, morning. Some fair' perinda." 1946 when 1,300 lost their lives.—| Associated Press,

"Yesterday's Weather— Ataklenomat. 28.0 "dom. Fah.. Minimúmi 74.9 deg, Yah,7 Bunalines 2.9 · kontra-

ITALIAN MISSION Ben 10 sm..08 in. Total since

FOR MOSCOW

Home July 6. The Foreign Offles today an-

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The Government was today. urged by 136 legislators to an-i nounce publicly the "facts of nounced that the Foreign Ministrstmal 10041 1001.8 by the Soviet violation of the ter. Count Carlo Sforza, last night! Chinese Russian, treaty of received the Russian Ambassador, Rel. Humidity

M. Mikhail Kostlies, for a half Paine friendship" and enter into

Wind Direction hour "solemn negotiations with the

conesman

said the talk Wind Fores Soviet Union to rectify the concerned, the departure of the mak situation, and, if there should Italian trade mission for Moscow Lew rbe nb results from such nego-| later this month --United--Press,

tiations, an appeal should be made to the United Nations,

Io a resolution, the legislators criticised the Ministry of Forelim Affairs for its inaction · and re- maining silent in the fnce, of the Russian, assistance, to the Cem- munists and in the infringement of-Chinese sovereignty.

The resolution cited the fact of: Fort Arthur and Dairen, still un- der Soviet occupation after three years, although the treaty hod specified its return six months; after the end of the war.

The resolution also alleged So viet removal of industrial equip ment and material froin: Man- churia worth two billion "United States dollars as well as the fact! that bodies of Sovlat soldiers, were found. among Communist dead in the civil war • fighting,) while Soviet artillery pieces, tanks and propaganda literature were among the trophlas tukėni from the Communtats.—Router AAF.

TYPHOON TOLL IN TAIWAN

Nanking) July 7..... Fyhose | residenta; say they – were

Six. persons wats“ killud, 23 in under the impression that rocall the Fn, Hing Fong tragedy jured and thousands andered Divans house had collapsed and that the of 1925, when row of houses homeless in Taipeh by typhoon thent came from, victims who had Best Blake Gardens were buried which swept past Talwan towards beneath a collapsing retaining the Chinese mainland: yesterday been trapped.

Streetaleeperszin' Tai, Ping well and fistys, mumber of peos with velocity of the winds: estim

aled at 140 mp.h... according to Bitanger (Street, "whu" were “alas awakcond by the nolso, "claim that

Chinese reperis today they saw hundreda, o "hoi

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