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TO VISIT JAPAN

Seven warships of the Bri. tiah Pacific Fleet will Zonva Hong Kong next Wednesday to visit Japanese porta and to take part in practical exer. *clea with units of the American Fleet in the Pacific,

Admiral Sir Denis Boyd, Commander-in-Chief of the British Pacific Fleet, is due to arrive back in the

Colony

in HMS Alert on Tuesday from Singapore. He will sail for Japan In HMS London, one of the Daven warships,

The other six will be HMA

Sussex Cosanch, Constance, Cemus, Consort and Hart

The violt to Jipaness ports w. be to pay firewell calls on Allied leade. there. The Headquarters of the Pacific Fleet wil ba _transferred from Hong Kong to Singapore After Sir Denis' return in the latter part of August.

ESTABLISHED FOR OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS

NEW PALESTINE TRUCE EXPECTED THIS WEEK

Tel Aviv, July 13.

A source close to the Israeli Government said today there seems. "overy reason to expect?" a new Palestine truce — probably by the end of this week, says Associated Press.

The informant is associated with the Israeli Foreign Office.

He pre- dicted that a new cease fire would stem from modified proposals which Count Folke Bernadotte, the United Nations mediator, is ex- pected to place before the Security Council.

SEEKING TO TRIPLE AIRLIFT

are

Berlin, July 13. High Allied officials disappointed with the pre- sent efforts to supply Berlin by air and are seeking to triple the Anglo-American transport Beet assigned to the task, it is reliably report- ed today.

'

Whether any permanent basis for peace will be found still is regarded as doubtful. However, the Jews already have stated officially their willingness to stop, shooting during further negotiations.

י

Reuters says the Security H

Council meets today at Lake Heavy Bombers

Success to hear Count Folke

Bernadotte, United Nations Raid Tel-Aviv mediator,

them

the

report on

his

21

!efforts to reach a peace

Calro

that its heavy said agreement in Palestine.

last In

with bombers raided Tel-Aviv meantime, Egyptians reporting that, night.

dropplug high explosive bombs on fac- buttie "s still, raging" between and incendiary

and Jewish forces,

water 27 tories,

reservoirs and miles south of Tel-Aviv, Arab pumping stations, enusing heavy leaders were reported to be damage.

Egyptian heavy somewhere

bombers also mountains of Lebanon to die attacked Jewish ponitions west of Jerusalem and nighters attacked cuss the latest United Nations

the Jewish held airfeld at Akir. proposal for a ten daya truce.

miles southwest of eight Count Bernadotte, in a written

of Lyddn. Meanwhile the army concern that stocks of essential report on his month-long truce heat off Arab counter-attacks on of Torgel foortstuffs in Berlin have not been

mission, Informed the Security raised to the level hoped for when Council last night that the future the

of Its half-moon offensive Tel-Aviv today and re- two key outpost towns

Top-k vel

authorities showed

operation began.....three of Palestine can only be decided not

the nic weeks ano.

on the field of battle unless the northeast of Lydda, according to United Nations intervene

London Talki zna General Str Brian Robertson, cisively. British Military ficvernor, was in London for a series of high- onking conferences going on this Weck. In tulks with the Cobinet -ke was reported us insisting that the aerial armadin on the Berlin

i un bo tripled.

Ueneral Robertson reportedly mild before leaving for London the operation so für has

15. shown that to keep stocks of food nnd dont here at the desired level

Giree times da many planes would havë- to, bo` thrown in,'

The number of planes on the

day

He-

Hong Kong Veterans

Affidavits

United Press.

Jewish Hines around, the twin citadels of Ramio and Lydda are solidly entrenched atter absorh- Ing the impact of Arab thrusts from the northeast.

Water Station Set On Fire

The Arab Legion

evening when a column started

HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1948.

MINE THOUBAND skilled setians are living ameng ruhbie In-aquattam, dumps shown below In: "China Mail" pictures. Top picture is of (the farge, sq sætter camp fon the former alto of Queen's College. Bottom picture and 'ona at the left aro of aljes near the Chinaw YMCA in Bridge's Stient. The repart hare of the Government committee on the squattër problem: recommends that sưch'altes' should hỡ cleaned up and rebuilt.

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REBUILDING OF BOMB

DAMAGED SITES RECOMMENDED

Rebuilding of war-damaged sites should provide more than sufficient accommodation for the present surplus population' In Hong Kong, said the report of the Interdepartmental Committee on the Squatter Problem released yesterday. Th

The report said that of the estimated 30,000 'squatters in the Colony, 9,000 are respect- able artisans, some have lived in Hong Kong for years, are gainfully employed and can afford more orthodox accommodation if they can find it."

No reference, however, is made in the report, to

the high rentals of newly-built houses and the C exhorbitant "key money" demanded which are the main kandicaps of people in need of.. proper accommodation."-

The

Committee's,' survey jmanent, answer, fo the squatter showed that there are about problen Its report, however, 20,000 squatters on the Icland mode no mention of the high and about 10,000 on the Main-rentals of new buildings. land,

The report stressed that where They are living on ouriers cannot be traced, the lat Crown Land, War Department should be resumed by Govern- land, on roots of private build-ment if it is suitable for develop ings and on bomb-damaged ment,

nites.

.

The report added' that the

Willis Scheme

avercrowding, the shocking In addition to energetic men- sanitary conditions and the firejsures to force owners to build, riska, maka carly action for the Committe recommended ton- dispersal of aquatters from alderation by Government of a urban argar Imperrtive, "So. long as Chincfe immigra- tion is unrestricted, the squatter problem likely to reeur whan- aver economic or political con ditions in South China are bad,” said the report.

Warships Steaming Towards to

Ferry Disaster Investigation

A departmental enquiry into the sinking of the forry vespel. "Man Kwong" on Fris day

fast will be held thin Afternoon

D. .G. by... Mr. Cairns, Deputy Director of Marine at the Harbour Office... The enquiry is being held the instruction of the Governor who, after studying the report will decide whether "or not thera ̈shɔùfù ̃bà ̈à° ̈court

of enquiry?,

on

Naval Units

Join Border Battle

Chinese naval units joined a land battle between Chin

Government defence ese forces and a force of about 300 armed Communists on Monday morning.

1

Mutinous Ship

London, July 13.

Thirteen American warships were today steaming to a point 250 miles northeast of the Azores where the 7,176-ton U.S. freighter William' ' Carson was reported disabled by the mutiny of her crow...

The squadron--d ́ midship- man's practice squadron-sail- ed from Gibraltar for Guan- tonamo Boy, Cuba, on Mon- day, it consists of one ale- battleship, : craft-carrier; - ong

two cruisers and nine destroy-

ers.

•

HEAVY SEAS

FORCE TUG'S RETURN

Short Term Policy

As a short-term policy, the Committee recommended that „Odvernment should allot, certatir fareak on which controlled (build- Ing(of squatters' shecks should be officially" permailtoday. It also res commended that temporar per mit should be issued 18 ap fproved squatters.

er for individual sites, within those areas at a small fee.

of a'atandard sizo Only plots should be granted. The Com mittee

seneine prepared by Dr. J.S. Willis for the erection of four. sturey blocks of workers' finis..

Land for the project should be made available on favourable ferms to private concems which are prepared to build blocks of houses of the suggested type with rents approved by the Goveri- ment, said the report.

Hai Tien Arrives Safely

pointed to the Hinjth Vilings at North Point as an

Shanghal July 13. China Merchants' stcumor exempla which has proved suc. Hal Tien, reported "missing"

cessful.

Bites al Ngau Tau Kok and Laf five days after leaving Hong Chi Kok an Kowloon and sites on Kong on June 130 with a cargo the lower. northern slopes of; of Iron ore・・ for "* Hokkaido, Mount Lavis and at North Point Japan, hos, arrived" "safely at are recommended by a Commit- Murorant, southern Hokkaido tee for squatter camps, controlled port, according to A cablo

| by Gotice said that...It / from the ship's captain,

The

China Mer-

The Navy spokesman said he does not know the squadron's

would be unrealistic to offer alteseived by the in maccessible parte of the Island, chants' head office here today. (present position or how long it The 232-ton tug: Empire from which squatters would be The brief mesange suid that the would take it to reach

veusel had receivel a severe, buf- William Carson,

the Roger, which left Hong Kong unable to go to work.

fetting in the recent typhoon wen- Stimulate Rebuilding message regarding the on Saturday afternoon on a

ther, but gave no details, freighter

been received here 60-day voyage to England,

Committed gaid that if

After unloading the iron ore, since the initial distress signal returned on Monday after are not prepared to rebuild, ar- island, the Hai Tien will proceed owners of bomb-damaged sites which was shipped from Hainan sent at 1400 GMT on Monday,

He soid the

announcing rough weather. frangements message was pick-a

should be made to to Yokohama. require them to fence in the land ed up by Radio Valencia and re-

The tug was severely, buffeted after it had been cleared of aquat over the safety of the ship when,

Anxiety has been expressed. office

ERP Cargo

"

ber

The

possible

to

THE BIG FIVE

layed to Lloyds shipping.

Iradio contact with the vessel was here: Lloyds informed the Unit by high seas and developed enter

gine trouble. Her port "lifeboat Government Should take all suddenly interrupted on July 5 led Slater naval authorities.

*was also damaged, None of the

stapr

wiimulate the day a violent storm was co According to Radio Valenols, crew was injured.

Owners to clear their bomb ported to be sweeping through the messa Wald.":"Grew mutinous. Hampton Roads The vessel entered the Taikoo

· damageʊ sites-and to rebuild as Talwan (Formosa) and along tho

**** China const; standing by. Come at once.”

quickly as possible, Dock yesterday, The necessary

The Committed said that re- The Chinese ship carried no The

•message referred -to the repairs will take about, three The New Life Evening Post, American steamship Hampton Jays, after which the Empire building is the only real and per- päisengers, Router. Jewish mobile forces supported widely-read venacular evening Roads, 14,136 tins,. of New York Roger will put to sen again for

wald yesterday that the City.

voyage to Barrow on Furness, by tanks and armoured cars re-papery

England. and lasted more than

of the tuz is Captain occupied Deir Tarif and Beli battle occurred at about 5 am..on

In charge of the tuz is: Naballo, guarding the approaches Monday

four hours, to Lyckla and Ramile, Trans Communists, allegedly surprised of. Savannah, Georgia.

The altackers, described The Carson is owned by the Albert Lloyd. The crew includes

a South Atlantic Steamship Line

First Mate, DP. Smith, Second jordan seized them and the Chinese 154th Defence Com-

She was bound from Genoa to Mato, S.N. O'Brien, Boatswain, |W.J. McPhedron. Chief Engineer, out to aid the Lydda marrison, but pony, consisting of about 200 Nova Scotia after delivering. was too in te to reach are so but men, at Chatchung, near the bore cargo of Marshall Plan coal H.T. Foster, Second Engineer,

Jensen, three. "Eriush ·Bremen, doomed der at. Shataukok. 7

The Carson is operated under town.

Chinese naval units wore rush charter from the Maritime three British, sramed, "and" one

Madraret. Less than ten miles north, of to the scene

[ed]

York, an Der Tarif and Belt Nabaile the age after barrage into the al-

and poured bar Commission, In. New

official

of the Company anią na Iraqi garrison of. Res. * All tackers' lines. The attackers, were report, of mutiny had been re- alte of the pumping station forced to retreat,

ceived. He said the Carson, controlling the main water

The New Life Evening News carried between 39 and 44 mon supply of Jerusalem, report said that the defenders: suffered and was probably, id ballast. ed tochave: est fire de, station

'killed and "ogel periously Entour Installations.

wounded, No mention was made office, of reported fring.

af water Suzuki, were given sentences |station-prime- objective of the of the casualties indicted on the Compa

the attackers. 20 years, 13 years' and four years Jewish offensive indicated the

ficulty because of the crew?) trough extends cron the Yellow Ban respectively.

Arab troops are Lulling out. They yesterday that they had heard Word came from Lloytis. The weak depression or Honsby. A

· All - three, wore › civitana eme apparently four they would be that a batle, had pccurred some operators said they had radford played by the Joban Tanko Min incircled by Jewish forces which distance in Chinese territory. The the ship direct for details but ing Company between the late on Monday selzxt nearby Maldal fituation along the frontler, how had not received an answer. spring of 1943 and August 1946, Yabl Headquarters said. Can-

Ottawa, July 12. Evidence by affidavit given ran have not been reported prd by 16 Canadian veterans of cisely in the day to day an-Hong Kong has helped in the nouncements which dealt in terms conviction of three former of number of flights made each employees of a Japanese

without taking into account the number of repeaters or how mining company, for their many round trips a single plane brutal mistreatment of Cana might make.

dlan and other Allled prison The Intest report was that 100. fights were made in the 24 hours ers of war, Army Headquar ending: at. 4. pim.. Monday-U.F.ters said bere today..

Sentences of imprisonment at hard labour have been meted out by n Yokohama », Eighth - ·Army- Military Commission to the threo Tsurugi concerned,

Suzuki and, Ken

Blacklisted

Merchantsmáte, Maqaa

Hunted

Shanghai, July 19,*

Teams of economie police ar gendarmes today conducted citywide hunt for black-lated"

marahants, who are alleged to Army Dutch and British prisoners Abdullah In runaway Inflation on the com- of war from the Sendai aren

be responsible for the latest

Camp 1-B, were

were employed.

modity and financial markets, by the Min case

Tol

The police black-list is stated

o contală the name1.of 60 large

aculo operators, len of whom aro 1:

reported to basiteady under-Av-

anwhile

Large quantities of dumped or IMS) rice

nearby

mino.

at tho

nick-

ference

Confer

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The Weather

AL 150509, OHT, trong the "depression over Montolia a trough at low pra

low depression - over, :-Kunnan. *; Anelber

Ang Kong Police that id-Ithat receiveti stretches-nerom.Central. China'so ̧n shut-

ever was normali

ahip was in dif

TRENTONEUnited-Prossing

The Britishi "authorities) have eracted 20 posts wong, the frontier at the request of the Chinese nuthorities to prevent bandits territory, from feelog lydə Britan when, pursued In Chinese terri

by, the "prie its terminus of the. Jeruzalem

With the puuping statión" and |tory.

sonore,,waK'

guilty of "all

pipeline: back in, Jewish, hands

Specifications charged against the authorities hoped to be able

Rita civilian to restore the water supply for

旗

The mentor more than 300,000 : Jeway in the

The

Amb

*- the "other two defendente, Holy City, who; ware; mine He, was found guilty of beating

prisoners with Week, and "stríkloz

*prices of commodities Mand fenced the market,

Awd the first dryp

market Uni

Léo" of "the

NEW PHILIPPINE CONSUL

May in Manila, July, 13. ---

Political Comm Apa foxpected to meet Tabliroth B who has been Ketate mine hammer..shorel, a 'plok Abdul Rahman Arrani, Praha, designated 2 Philippine Consul

MORAUTARETTA Synterred in Hong Kong, expects to les

with King Abdallahi ad for the Crown, Colony, was Buruki was found guilty, i rezno Lesnug vle: balleyed lo^be në postible:tic na ut

kúszeille? Kan Buruki: was cons Security Council proposals made Franosco, where he rukhitus

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of the arvor upécifications against rolling rente answer kt;onds any

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