1948-09-02 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1948.

WAGE-PRICE CONTROVERSY WHIPPING UP WAR

Engineers' Application For Increase

STABILISATION

POLICY

London, August 31.

Political observers said tonight that they wondered whether the Labour Government has torpedoed its own wage stabilisation policy.

The Government has agreed to raise substantially the wages of nearly 70,000 engineers in its employ.

The award has been offered and nccepted by the unbons, while the country awaits, the decision of the Labour Minis- try's court of enquiry into an application of the 2,500,000 en- gineers in private industry for similar me FUNZ which

thek. employers, refused by who said that they would cost

£90,000,000 annually.

Wete

-

445

Thi statallad on policy An gouneed a Feb, mary was designe- ect for ball further sterol ereisa in personi lettres part of the renommie recovery

Ministers have varned that if the Increuses écifinued, inflation would develop, priers would rise and the export drive will be en- dangered,

The policy har resulted in chrek of wiege incremen „ng for,

:

heart to

for the spokesmen the millions of ather workers who have protested that, their. wades have not kept pace with living costs.

T.U.C. Debate

Unions representing shipbuild – ers, alwaymen farm workers, tobarets workers, shop assistants, evil servants mpf zurses all think that their WPR have been stabilked at leven too low. Thes

argue that what cast dune Tar Government engineers en he tone for them,

The whole question of Fedjustments and national In- ferest wall be Grbates nt the Dades Union Congress Assembly at Margate Rex: week.

wate

Atom Experts

To Meet

or the

London, August 31, Represent ulvre .Atomic Energy Organisation of Britain, the United States and Canada will meet at the British Atomic Energy Re. search, station in Harwell, Barkshire, between Septem ber 6 and 9, the Ministry at Supply announced today.

The

The purpone of the meat. ing

to redonelder' The boundary between the work about

whict information may be released without eni dangering national security. the information which must remain restricted in cle culation-Revter.

and

Photos Confiscated

New Delhi, August 31. The New Delhi police today sized from three American Time and Life men undevelop-

If the Government is unable to | ed rolls of film with rare close- stow its engineers were a special | ups of the camera-shy Nizam of gose and that living costs will Hyderabad, Robert Lubar,

under strily control. Time correspondeni, said. The Index of wegkry wage the whole policy will be in dan rates at the end of July stoodger because the support of the

Litbar said CID officials, with a warrant from the at 106 compared with 105 at

Chief Magin- trades unions is considered CS-

trate, look possession of a packet the end Af May, 104 insential to its success, -Reuter,

containing alns of the February

and 100 In June, 1647.

Prices Up

under

The Government com criticism of the unworn and others who said it had Lalled to impose

a similar check on Iving costs, The index of retail prices in June stood at 19, two points above

Rumanian

Catholics

Bucharest. August 31.

· The Catholic Archbishop of

Muy at 10 above the base ligame); | Bucharest today denied that the

for June, 1947.

When the policy was annotine-

Governmient

Rumanian Government has

action 10 left aaken

expol non- mcreases native Catholic clergy from uld be grantei in specifte casis Rumania.

Chat

WARO

where #oon carons were forth.

No such general measure has been taken and ho C:L-es art

The Londrits Times, however, wald that in the jest the Govern-known, except one or two isolated

TL』,:༥ 1 the Rumuniais-Fluss-

ment has tende! to follow pela frontier, the Archbishop vate industry's lead on wage in- told the Associated Press.

creases.

erament to take the Initiative

In those uces Some Catholic

In granting creurs is a noveltyPriests of Hungarian nationality had cifficulties in renewing thes permits to stay but experienced no trouble on religous grounds.

In declalon

instances, Catholic

for which no doubt special cir- cumstances are responsible." the Times ulceri

The Government's

SODO

on its own engineers will give pricats audiers at Confessiona

RADIO

Hong

Kong

This 13 Radio Broadcasting Ana freggeney uf 845 kiloezelés per spegril and on 9.52 megneveles per second in the 31 mette barri, II.K.T.

12.00 11. Daily Programe Summary. 12,92 pm. - Composer Covalender Geoffrey

Bermoto what The Music (ORUSI.

1.f .rt Bebentar Item

Orchestra.

171

Lim.m. Nawa, Winther topics Kh

Anno 120 tyłu,

3.25 p. Parteritele

1.30 p.m. Levan

ABCTNI.

2.80 p.m.-L'tone Dow

@p.m.-

Audio Orehadira

Summary,

Story: **Through

tha Looking Gilam" by Lewis Car Tull, privanje

(BUCTS).

6.30 p.m.-"0# the Shelf".

Th Alice**

7.00 .m.-ITMA" with Tommy Ha

Jer (BTS)

7.30 p.m. Lat Demi-Heure Francalar

Etudi

1.00 ..Ward "ant Home New

(London Itzinyi.

5.10 p.m.British Concert Hall. Tanina

Philharmonic Orchestry (BMIT$1.

9.12 pun-A Piny-"Wanted on Voyaza"

by Jark Shepheeil. Protured fur

the Hong Kong Ange Club by Jack

Shepherd, Episode 1: "The Acting Almoher“ (Studio),

1.4% p.m.-New Concert

10,00 p.m.-World And

tLondon Relny).

19.15 p.m.-Weather Teport,

Navajty Kn.

Home News

- 10.16 p.m.—Dates to Charlle Reteab and

Orchestra.

10.30 2.0.-"Music for the Home“, „An Ilustrated Talk by Kênuptă Demi-

mekt (Atulio),

21.00 p.m.--Radio News, Ree)

Jinlay).

11.38 pm-Weather Report

Down,

(Lendan

Cloer

rchool were told that I they were foreigners they were free to leave if they wanted to. But neither the priests nor sisters had bern forcibly expelled.

Circle close to the Nonclature confirmed, the

Apostolic

Arch.

bishoprie denial, Associated

•

STAR

Phone 58I3S

17 Hankow Road, Kowloon.

TODAY ONLY

at

2.30, 5.10, 7.20 & 9.30 P.M.

Universal Presents

Dan Peter DURYEA LORRE

June VINCENT

Black

Angel

BRODERICK CRAWFORD

"CONSTANCE DOWLENG WALLACE FORD

HOBARS CAYANAUGH FREDDIE STEEL

TOMORROW

"BELLE STARR”

(THE BANDIT QUEEN) FEATURING RANDOLPH SCOTT'

GENE TIERNEY

THE HONG KONG LIGHT ORCHESTRA

PRESENTS

POPULAR MUSIC

WITH

EDNA DECARTE (PIANO)

HARRY MOODY (BARITONE) REGINALD ARDY (SOPRANO) CONDUCTOR:

LEADER:

WILLIAM APPS. VICTOR ORLOFF

DAT

LEE THEATRE

TUESDAY, SEPT. 7 at 9.30 P.M.

ALSO AT

EUROPEAN Y.M.C.A. Kowloon

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 8 at 9 P.M.

VASEATS: $5, $4, 33, 42, $1.5

BOOKINGS: MOUTHIES, ANY.M.C.A., KOWLOON. SERVICES-DALS FRIDE,

BOOK KABLY

Hollywood Counter- Attacks

un

FEVER IN DELHI

Now Delhi, August 31.

The Home Minister, Sardar V. Patel, told a cheering Parliament today that India is considering what to do about Hyderabad.

He said action will be taken sideration of the government of "before the patiener of the India." members of Parliament is ex-

"He added that "india cannot Afford to look with hausted.".

folded hands at uller lawlessness right in her belly."

The

J

The Home Minister and, that Hyderabad's appeal to the United

Nations Inst

British High Commis

Tuesday unioner's office will attempt to fly doubtedly one of many breaches Americans, Poles, Czechs and Bri. Londen, August 31. United Sintes cinema proof the standstill agreement with tons from Hyderabad 'if India re- ducers will

sorts to force against the imid- counter Britain's India."

jout stutes, a spokesman said. He new film import quota law with

Hyderabad. a Princely state in estimated there are 300 British, all-American unit

pro- the centre of India, is ruled by Australian and Carnelian eltizens gramme rule effective on Octo-|Mostema but is, akvedominantly in Hyderaund. The United States 11 R}¢} the Security Embassy said there are approxi- Council to settle its dispute with mately 50) Americans there, most- The rule, announced today by India. India hos maletaine! Biatly missionaries.-Associated Press. Eric Johom, President ut the

Hyderabad Motion Picture Associatium America, will require that Bri ti-h exhibitors who desire to use # American picture by the Jop

ber 1.

is not 1 sovereign of state Anel has

no legal right to complain to the UN. The Council adpurned on Monday until 11

feature on a twin blil must als meets in Paris next math, with exempted frum euslons duties all

se an American nude the for the second feature,

The British quota, also effective um October 1, will require British exhibitors to devate 45 per éént of their first fenture time and. 25 per cent of their second feature

fer British nude films. Associated Press,

Frankfurt told the State Govern

Desseldort, August 31. The Economic Council in

ment today that the Allies huve suspended the dismantlog of 34 plants produeing urgently ureded Zone State of North Rhine-West- mining materials in the British

Earlier, the correspondents had plain-Router,

Niza.

tried to mall the pucker through. the Customs, but Customs offciais

i refused to arecpt it.

travellers and material from the Palice And Custome officials currently explosive state.---United have shown unusual”Lenkitivity to Press,

LEE THEATRE

ADVANCE BOOKING OFFICE: MOUTRIE & CO., LTD.

BOOKING HOURS: 11.00 AM. TO 5.00 P.M.

FINAL SHOWING TODAY

AT 2.30, 5.00, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

A PEAK FILM PRODUCTION--

"A MARRIAGE OF FATE"

STARRING PAI YANG

DIALOGUE IN

MANDARIN

慈望新

Arnold Prassburger

TOMORROW

GEORGE SANDERS

SIGNE HASSO

CAROLE LANDIS

Scandal Paris"

CENTRAL

THEATRE.

270 QUEEN'S RD. CENTRAL PHONE 25720

5 Shows Daily at 12.30, 2.30, 5.15, 7.30 & 9.30 p.m.

* FINAL EPISODE "

A BEAUTIFUL GIRL WITH THE HEART OF A LION!

•*• fighting to save her forest friends from the evil of civilized savuges

JUNGLE

GIRL

out acting.

Damuseus, August 31. The Syrian Government has

gouds from abroad destined for Dir. Patel said the government the relief of Palestinian Arab re of fudia does not propose to take tugees, the Associated Press Was action against Hyderala's "n told today by n spokesman of dividual brenches (of the agree- General A. Lundstrom, chief of ment) but against collective bren staff to Count Fulle Bernadotte, ches." He said the action to be United Nations medator for taken is "under the netive con- | Palestine.—Assvelnied Press.

Queen's ALHAMBRA

AIR-CONDITIONED

OPENING TODAY

AT 2.30, 5.00, 7.20 & 9.30 P.M.

CLARK

bat new PICTURE.

GABLE

DEBORAH

KERR

SYDNEY

ADOLPHE

GREENSTREET MENJOU

AYA

KEENAN

EDWARD

GARDNER WYNN ARNOLD

Treat new ROLE

Grant new STAR

THE HUCKSTERS

GREAT NEW HIT FROM M-O-MI

ORIENTAL

AIR

CONDITIONED

Showing Today At 2.30, 5.15, 7.30 & 9.30 p.m. -

3 PROGRAMMES! NO ADVANCE IN PRICES! ·

TAKEN AT THE RINGSIDE!

JOE LOUIS

VS.

JERSEY JOE WALCOTT

OFFICIAL CHAMPIONSHIP ̈FIGHT FILMS

RELEASED-INROUGH RKO RADIO PICTURES

WALT DISNEY'S LATEST PRODÚCTION! 'HAWAIIAN HOLIDAY"

In TECHNICOLOR

THE ADVENTURES of

TOM SAWYER

DAVID O. SELZNICK

In Technicolor

DY YOUR PICTURES IN COOLED COMFORTI

KING'S

AIR-CONDITIONED

Pago 5

HELD

OVER !!

TODAY THREE SHOWS ONLY AT 2.30, 5.15 AND 7.20 P.M.

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON'S

· IMMORTAL ADVENTURE NOVELI

MMY ----

"LOLUMBIA PICTURES DESEN

The BLACK ARROW

Harring

Louis HAYWARD Janet BLAIR-

George MACIEADY · Edgar· DUCHANALE ·

AN EDWARD SMALL PRODUCTION

Bevongly by licked Schager, David P. Depened and Thames Baker - Dreckej By CORDON DOUGLAS - Predeced by GRÁNÍ MOKYTO

-GALA PREMIERE— TONIGHT AT 9.30 P.M.

(That "Bachelor and Bobby Soxer" man}

CARY GRANT

women run to him-with their troubles!

THE ROYAL COMMAND

PICTURE

ACADEMY AWARD

WINNER

("The Farmer's Daughter")

LORETTA YOUNG

she's always running into Cary!

DAVID NIVEN

with

He'd like to run Cary out of town!

SAMUEL GOLDWYN'S

wonderful now comedy

Cary and

The Bishop's Wife

MONTY WOOLLEY JAMES GLEASON-GLADYS COOPER-ELSÅ LANCHESTER

THE MITCHELL POTCHOU-HENRY KOSTER-Screen Play by Robert E. Shahood

and Leonard Bercovici Fram Str Novel by Robert fisthan • Kolomené through 103 Kude Picher). Ind.

RELEASED THROUGH RKO'RADIO PICTURETM

GRAND

OPENING

TODAY

:

Cathay

WANCHAI ROAD, WANCHAL

TREASURE...TEMPTATION...

TREACHERY!

HUMPHREY BOGART

"Headed straight for honore!”

NEW YORK POS

0,30

|: At 2.30, 0,20

7.30 & 9.40 pan.

One of the best things

to come out of Hollywood since it learned

to

talk

TIME MAGAZINE

TREASURE OF SIERRA MADRE |

1

WALTER HUSTON-TIM HOLT BRUCE BENNETT JOHN BRUSION-HENRY BLANKEE

SHOWING

TODAY

417% ALUSIC

煜

MAJESTIC

DARIA NOI

WHISPER

DAXS

At 2.80, B.20 7.20 & 0.20 pim.

∙RKO presente

MIALE

ETHER

· ANDREWS • OBERON • BARRYMORE

In A JOHN GROMWELL PRODUCTION

NIGHT SONG

HOAGY CARMICHAEL

SPYSCooed by MARRJES, PARSONS « Piana Centertaley LEITH STEVANKA

mond, VA Portermes by ARTUN RUBINSTON ·

ONG THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY CIRCHESTRA * Codducted by SLÍZENÉ ORMANDY Directed by JHE CROMWELL, « Screen Play by Frarh Fenian and Dich frying Hyland-

COMMENCING SATURDAY

JAMES CAGNEY in

“13 RUE MADELEINE"