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Strategical Materials

Washington, April 10.

|Official suspicion that a drive is an to slip stroto- gic materials to nations behind the fron Cur- tain has touched off an investigation, on •, export control violations.

Reminders

Today

HK and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., annual

In Houston, Texas, on Fri- day the 'Government seized n' 1,300,000-pound load of carbon black that had made what' officials tulled a "mysterious") round-about trip from Tekas to Mexico and back-ostem- sibly en route to Rotterdam, Holland. The 'load was valu- ed at U.S.$180,000.

Carbon black is used in the

general meeting, Jardino".waking of rubber anti colher lif Board Room, 12 noon,

dustrial purposes, and is2ome Af Bridge-Mahjong Drivo, Police the items on the US, (Govern2 Recreation Club, Happy Vol~ { menta'liat of goods denied Hussin,. loy. 2.30 p.m.

Whist Drive, European YMCA.

8.30 p.m. Combined Royal Marine Orebes- *tral. Concert, China Fleet

Club, 9.16 p.m. Crown Land sale, former site of Peak Hotel at PWD ofice, 3 p.m.

Officials indicated that further Jovestigations are' undertway Inow in other parts of the 'couritey, dealing with other. nmterials.

The Commerce Department's revoket some ilcences for export Office of International Fraile thos

of certain goods to Marshall Plan Talk on "German Painting by discoveries that they were to be

nations because of *picion the Rev. Fr. T. Ryan, PTO

moved the Soviet block One moved on to: Lecture Room, 5.30 p.m. HK Football Referees Association

instance includes a shipment of,

chemical in Swit meeting, HKFA Onice, 30 rubber treating

wetland, which OIT feared wohalet Hockey:

Cable and Wireless vs.

wind up in Poland, Another Sookumpoo, 5.30 d 'Army, at

volved in shipment of inachinery which it thought might be re- p.tn.

exported to Russia.

PAM.

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Coming Events

TOMORROW

Urban Counell

meeting. GPO Building. 4.15 p.m.) Church Missionary Society, 160th Anniversary! 24 hour con- linunt Intercession, St. John's Cathedral, 730 a.m. HK Rotary Club luncheon, Roof Gardien, HK Hotel, 12.30 p.m. Union Waterboat Co., Ltd., annual general meeting, Dodwell and Co's office, HK Bank Build-Instend ing, 11 D.M.

HK Singe Club Casting Meeting

for "Quiet Week-end"

Toc

at

PRO Lecture Room, 0 p.m. 11 Club meeting, Talbot House, 60, Macdonnell Road. 8.30 p.m.

Union Church Management Com- mittee meeting, Jardine's Beard Room, 5. 30 p.m.

Confirmation Service Held

was

Yesterday, on Palm Sunday, a Confirmation Service held at the St. Andrew's Churcht The morning Prayer was con- ducted by the Reverend John H. Ogilvie, the Vicar, The Lessons were rond by the Senior Chap- lain of the Forces, the Reverend Morris, and Major-General F, R. G Matthews.

The Right Reverend R. O. Hall The Bishop of Hong Kong, can- firmed the following candidates:, Hilda E. Carr, Doris D, Cart, Frank A. King. Peter Luck, MI chael Lim, Robert C. Lang, Leslie Quic, Eugene Shih, Thomas G Strangeways, Cecil E. Tilley, An- drew Wong, Joan L. Hearther,, Lann Cheung, Elizebeth M. Lar- kin, Lilian Drew, Ivy Brumwall- Rosalind Hsic, Patricia Rheinisch, Patricia Perry, Lly Cheung, Evelyn Chan and George Liang,

RECITAL AT ST. ANDREW'S The first St. Andrew's Church monthly recitals of recorded music will be given on Apili 24, at 9 p.m. at the Church Hall,

The Houston seizure was the largest ever made for violation of current export w

laws. It carna. after a wook of investigation · by both the Commerce Department and the Customs Bureau.

Omcluls aid the carbon black,: readily cleared

for export to tendly nations because a short- age no longer exists in this no- tion, was ordered from a Texas irm for delivery to Mexico City.

The shipment went through the Laredo, Texas port of entry, but of continuing to the Mexican capital, it was sent to the port of "Tempico, on the Gulf of Mexico, and put on board the vessel Amdijk for Rotterdam.-- Assceinted Press.

Navigation Aids Needed By Ships

Two popular members' of Hong Kong's youngar sét -an- nounce their'engagement today-Miss Christina ·Joyde Macin- styr Brown and Mr. Stanley Denjamin Locke.

The young ladyaTeather #kr. 2. W. Macintyre Brown, the Dolany's chief -proventivo sofficer; and Mr. Locke is also on the Revenuo Da- two partacelit." "Hörhas been in his present appointment for

The wedding years)išineb his 'relesio from the Commandos.

le skoritatively (planned to take in Sydney next year—if. possible on July 16, which happens to be the birthday of both "Miss Brown and Mr. Locke. ("China Mal" photo).

Correspondence

To Investigate Russia's Holding Of Jap POW's

Tokyo, April 9.

A special committee of Japan's House of Councillors ́ ́today opened "an investigation into Russia's holding of Japanese prisoners in Soviet labour and itidoctrination (cantpt...

Investigations By Japanese of the actions of art *Allied Occupation Power could not be conduct- ed without the tacit approval of the American headquarters.

-General MacArthur and some of his staff officers have used - some of their bluntest language in attacking the Soviets failure to comply with the Allied agreements for re- zular and speedy repatriation of prisonors, alleging that Russin was holding the Japanese as

Recreio To

Visit Macao

In an annual combined sports

slave labourers and becking to and social meeting with Macao, convert them to Communisni.

Club de Recreio will be travel- More than 300,000 Japanese ling to the Portuguese port this are still held in Siberia and year for the 'tournaments. all repatriation was halted by the Russians during the winter, First Witness

The first occasion of this kind |«hegan: in 1947 when Recreio visit- ed Masno first, and was host to their compatriois last year.

The team of Club de Recretu, which numbers some 60 includ- ing hockey, tennis and badmin- ton players and a bridge group. leaves on April 18.

The first witness andled by the Upper-House investigating com- mitee wes the former commander of the Japanese 122nd Division In Manchuria. former Floutenant General Wataru Akashiks, who returned to Japan last February

He reported: "At the beginning In Maono "the games will be no efforts were made to bother played over three days with the with Communist education of players returning to the Colony officers but from about the spring on April 18. The Hon. Leo of 1947 they divided the camp d'Almada who is in the bridge into two groups, one of elvilans team, will be Club de Recreio's and one of generáls, and began representative. +their education. Akashilta was

in

officers).

Those taking part for Recreto

camp for high zankinuare:

Hockey: R. Sales, J. B. Gon- "Famphicts on the Soviet cons-calves, A. Nery, W. A. Reed, I. titution

(and «the › transition of the|A. Marques, H. Rosa, A. Couta, Socialist Slates towards a Com- J munist country were provided,

H. J. Kavier. Tan- "The food situation was very nis: J. B. Goncalvos, T. Ribeiro, -poor around March, 1943,

dis, T. Rodrigues, J.

Greirò, A. A. Marques,

Remedios, but A

The Editor takes no responsibility for views expressed in during the next spring food and J. Hemed los. A. J. Remedios, C. letters by correspondents, and by no means with them.

necessarily

agreez

That China Problem China's sovereign rights? or do

other supplies furnished priso ners increased markedly."-Unitrd. -Press.

Programme By Orchestra

;

A promenade concert presented

chestra (provided

you imagine a Pacific pact would Str, Reading over your car-valve the signatories in help- fight the Chinese?' respondence columns these last ng China

Nuts! Unless of course you few days, I am positively at a

on insist

tho loss to know why some of these would

fareigi being placed under experts on China's sovereign armies. rights (sic) have not offered their Chinese Generals.

To get back to 'Simple Simon' by the Hong Kong Light Or- advice to the Government itself.

No. point

7 in his letter, Beems to me it's all wasted here, and

two hours of are re-enjoyable musical entertainmenti And it And it appears to have all start-what foreigners 'S.S.

at the Hong Kong Hotel "Gripps" The need for modern naviga-brainless scheme of starting to North

his maining, in China? I've only re- ed over Poppycock' and his

cently traveller down from the last night, attended by a fairly tion aids in 'ships to ensure tough, Britain,

USA North-vin Hankow and Shanghai large number of people. safety even in bad weather

go trace to walk right back and I only saw a mere handful, толп Hong was clearly demonstrated when

Shanghal.

olt don't tell holst the my, Washington Mail ran S.M.C. flag and put the Inter Kong foreigners? What few: re- aground at Puget Sound Jast

national Settlement back on its mained in Shanghal were hoping the Chinese officials there would. February, while it was en route

fedt.

For what? just to give a

grant them the necessary visas to Hong Kong..

horde of grafting officials 'with

to get out! their -gotten gains sanctuary under foreign protection?

A small motorship nearby caw on her own rotor set the 2-3 | freighter run into the rocks in

thick fog but had no means of wireless communication.

The Washington Mall arrived yesterday from the United here States.

It sustained a large hole amidships and several smaller 'enks as a result of that mishap. She stayed around for about 24 hours before she was eventu- ally pulled out by six wgs: at high

tide. According to the ship's crew, the ship went aground, just after; mid-night while she was slowly proceeding in the thick fog.

No one knew when she slki: into

The 'forepeak apparently was above the rocks and hence did not sustain any damage.

the

rocks.

It was low tide when the Grat arrived elicht hours later in

answer to the Washington Mall's

5.0.8. call.

Five others arrived at about balf an hour's interval.

Among them, the tugs could not pull out the Washington Mall and they had to wait for high

water,

0

and Into

. No sir!

the

huts on

me you

R. Barreto, A. Marques, L. d'Almoda Remedios,

and

A. Ross, Margaret Xavier, Murie Figuereido, -Marie Ribeiro.

Badminton: 3. J. Remedios, A. J. Remedios, F. Ribeiro, T Rodrigues, E. Rosario, and G. Yvanovich.

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Strike In UK

Movie Industry

London, April 10. Cameramen In Britain's

The programme was well re- celved, particularly the two calo strike-bound movie industry items of the evening.

asked the Government last Misa Margaret Stuart delivered night to take over part of the her three songs with worthy ex-distribution of British-made pression, especially the "Cradle films. Song" (Chopin) An encore was eniled but unfortunately

came.

The Association of Cine Techni- mone cians also atsalled movle mokers who, rit Bald, "have pursued a policy of subordinating British productions in favour of the ex- of mainly American

of

The stoppage spread to Rank's Pinewood studios, where techni- clans accused the film company of staging a lockout.

What did see was a once beautiful city, the 'Paris of the

A Victor Orloft on the violin excresence, Shanghai is Anished! East', now n'rotten

cplayed some dificult pieces with It may take a few more years ceking with open corruption, a

biot On the Orient, garbage

#ge left competence, for it to sink back again to fir

The reliestral itens were selec rotting in every street, squatters tions from the Light Orchestra's The union set forth its views original status as a mud-flat but

the side-walks, thousands it assuredly will. Busted drainage.

previous presentations. They in a resolution. six feet piles of garbage in of poor, wounded and

uncared played Raff's "Cavatina" with ex- The movie strike began on Fri- bek for almost

every street: China's for soldiers who have to bek

Chin their existence from the populace

acting accomplishment.

day with a walkout of sicctricians sovereign rights and the incom-

The presentation last night was in the J. Arthur Ranke studio at adding ing Communists will see to that

thousands to other

of in ald of Cathedral Funds. The Denham in protest against the I'd much rather put my money helpless refugets and outcasts

services of Hong Kong's com- dismissal of one victims of China's

of their union on Simple Simon and his four Yes, there is plenty to be said therefore, war mendable sivli

musle talents

were, oficiuls. teen points that the Chinese will Yes.

calisted in aldi rights! And nover permit foreigners to ex-fur sovereign

per worthy cause. haps ploit their country again.

'Simple Simon' does not know that Shanghal WAS offer- course not! The Japs and the Soviets never did get around to

el back to the Powers (1 quote, from

recent issue permission, and asking Chinn's

of an American magazino) and won't again.

Avenue Joffre has the right fuscel without thanks.

Shanghal, one time Parin of idea too. 'He states all that is

the East' backed necessary ia

financial foreign

up by a dozen assistance to the right party, and nations with their motto 'Orania laws must be strictly enforced to Juncta in Uno' like all foreign

Concessions in China cradlento

fell (take then

China's sovereign rights, just us, that,

the Hong Kong most assuredly will Chinese Chinese can save'

What happened elsewhere can any undesirable foreign doctrine. Quite right A. just send along and will happen here, the dough, eh? But tell us who

DOO MO LOO', is the right party to send it to, who's doing all the COITUP- tion, so we don't send them any. Seems to me I've been doing it

et

The freighter loft New York and Dr. K. II. Uttley, of the Queen mostly lumber, proceeded to with full load of deck cargo," Mary Hospital, will arrange the Seattle where she unloaded the programme, and the provide the technical equipment, co and was in the dockyard

for four days, 'for some repairs, Collection received will be donated to the Organ Fund.

22.

GEC will

TO SALVAGE MISS ORIENT

Canton, April 10. Salvage of the Mias Orient will

begin any time. She is lying on her starboard side in the Elliott Keach following an explosion on March 24.

CONCERT IN AID OF ORGAN FUND A concert, in aid of the Organ Fund, will be held in the St, Andrew's Church Hall on April

The artists will be Miss Caroline The local agents of the ill-fated Braga plano, Miss Boity Drown salt today the engines of the

planb, Mr. Schuman Chen-vessel are In good condition: soprano, Mias Lill Vicent con- They gu

'figura'. It will take idne tralto, and Mr. Richard Li-Toner, month to get the river vessol re- Tickets can be obtained from fodied unit another two months the Vienrage, Church and YMCA to complete repairs. Asso-! Kowloon.

clated Press.

NEXT CHANGE AT THE

Bill

LEE THEATRE

ENTIRELY NEW CQPY!

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LABOUR UNION MEETING

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10

Hawker Drops To Death

A chewing gum hawker Ng

The company said it had closed the Pinewood studios because elec- triclans refused to work while tho Denham dispute was being dis-

· cussed.---Associated Press.

VISIT CANTON

Shun, aged 28, fell from the SOFTBALL TEAM TO first floor of a building, when he was trying to climb on 'to the ledge. His skull was frac tured and he died shortly The Overseas Chinese Softball after his admission to hospital, team will be visiting Canton over Shortly after 3 p.m. yesterday, the Easter holidays for a serios Sub-Inspector Russell was on df gumes. duty at the junction of Lee Yuen During their stay in Canton, Street East, and Des Voeux Road they will meet Lingnam Univer- Central. Ng at that time, was

ally, Pui Ching College and a selling chewing 'gum. He saw. Rest of Canton team. the police officer coming and Hong Kong soccer will be los- started to run.

ing four players who have dis- Ng tell when he was trying to tinguished themselves .on the climb across a ledge. Suddenly locul soccer field—Rafferty, Higgs, the lost his balance and fell into Rowlands and Hollaway all ot the street.

the Royal Navy.

wrong the last thirty years helping just about every different organisation in China. Really

representatives I'm all in a whirl now.

from 31 local Inbour unions held Then along comes old Wooden Hotel yesterday.

u general meeting at the Lok Kowk Head' and after Just about A Chairmen Committee of 31 castigating all and

sundry who

representatives from each unlon, have been tively insists that

helping China, post-presided over the meeting. Mr. SMUTS VIEWSaving the Colony for Home on

Anglo-

Chan Turg-chin Was American first line of defence the director of the committed.

Appointed ON CWEALTH not be easy to fill. should be the Yellow River valley. if not Manchuria, NOT or workers, and workers' educa

Matters regarding the welfare the Yangtse! But surely Wooden tional programme were thoroughly Head that would be a breach of discussed."

Russian Veto On

Korea Is Anti-UN

New York, April 9. An editorial in the "New York Times" today says Russia's veto of South Korea's application For United Nations membership was directed "against 'the' United Nations."

Capetown, April 9,7- Smuts today said India's plan Fluid Marshal Jan Christian

'to be an independent republic yet remain within the Com- monwealth violated every con-

These four players will be

Monday next and their depurium Javill leave a gap which it will

WHERE IS THAT

MANDA

Where is

that "bakl-headed

cept of the Commonwealth. man?? This is a question which.

Marshal Smuts said there was has been asked frequently of late no middle coutes between being by a large number of Chinese in and being out of the Common they are referring is

soccer fans.and.the. -man-to-whom. wealth

je Weatherally ม "IZ, in some nebulous way you of the Army. can be both in and out of the Weatherall, who has Commonwealth, the concept, goes to Singapore, is wery popular and what remains is a mere name wi

with the Chinese, who without substance,” said Marshal him, not only for his football; Smuta

skill, but also for his.: fine sporis..

United From

INO MORE BBC NEWS FOR INDIA

The veto, said the Times," Korea's application as a member, -"was indeed entirely consist of the United Nations,

ent with a long, record of "We feel this vary unfair and

New Dalal, April 9. Soviet obstructionism in the unjust and against the principles India's national radio network "It was offefally "learned that case of the Korean Republic of democracy, he said.

manship.

1.Weatheralt

away.

admire

has been selected

to represent the Colony against: 3 Combined Singapore Bervices

coming week-end.

MAY ATTEND AIR DISPLAY

Paris, April 0. Bowel Rusis hand, Spain may

He added" that the Security Will- not "relay" "BBC "news (pro- The Soviet veta was directed Couhell vote of nine to two and grammes after April 18. not against the United States but the Asseinbly ́ ́action in Paris, The decision of ending the agathat the United Nations. The where 48 nationi yoted" for "re-lytem which has (bweni il kladly biler of the Korean mission, Dr. cognition," "man; that the malpri-feature for many years followed take part in the 19th Interna- Chough Pyung Oky was accurate ty of the Halions of the World: Pementary criticism of Brbate froth April 19 ito calmy 15, of British tional: Adr Bachikition to be held

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