1949-04-25 — Page 3

THE : CHINA - MAIL, MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1949.

HONG KONG GOLD ORDINANCE ONE OF MANY SIMILAR LAWS

Officials Going To The South

The recent ordinance affecting the free sole of gold in the Colony is only one of countless laws made throughout the world by Governments in protection of thoir countries' économic syštatis. Gold was the first metal to be discovered by early mon. Its bright #loom even in the row state as it lay in the ground attracted attention and when smelted, its brilliant and completely un- tarnishable lustre made it the ideal substance for ornaments and jewellery.

Shanghai. April 24. Having completed the eva- cuation of all responsible Na- tionallt oficials from Nunking In a plane shuttle service yes-

Many of these ornaments terday, the Nationalist Gov-

exist today to remind us of ernment begno today to air- lift these officials to Canton.

The earliest of all civilisations, An offler of tie Executive Egyptian, Minoan, Assyrian and fashioned Etruscun craftsmen been established organise the evacuation.

elaborately designed and Bourly large aunbers of officials henutifully made, objects za left Sungkai airfield and more gold that are today in 'as per- are expectedi to

tomorrow feet condition as when indc, weste the

to the evacuation Southern mastropodis will be ab cut completed.

Yunn has

Minister

Acting

to

Is

thousands of years ago.

T

Bright yellow an its pure state. the colean of gold is chinned, fer The Premier, Ho Ying-chin,

different effeels in the manufar- Defence | **** concurrently

tare of jewellery. For the low Commander -In

carat white gold, silver is adid Chief of all Naimalist Larges while the athlon of the precforts expected t Fast he will make perle visit to important strategle rentres of Nationalist restance to consult at Brst-hand with hit boultrate commanrkers und undertake active control of Nationfit resisincYS "to th bitter end" In South China,Router.

Reds Advance On Shanghai

(Contined from Page 1) The Communist soldiers are oreased neatly and appear in

excellent condition.

Nanking Jus

undergone period with

Krestenk

ailway

transition

sluninge. "That

the

metals platignita, and paliatton, give the same whiteness but per- a bicher standard of purity. edition of copper produces deeper yellow, Temel if

Inope nded the well known 'red gold' results.

HK Dollars

In Kwangtung

A promirent Cantan mar- chant who arrived here yes. terday estimated that about 60 per cent of the currency circulating in the markets in Canton consists of Hong Kong dollars.

Throughout

Kwangtung province business transactions are mostly based on Hong Kong dollars, he said.

BROMLEY'S AMATEUR CUP WIN

БОССОГ

London, April 23. Bromley, of Kent, today won the Amateur Cup of football for the third time in their career when they beat Romford, of Essex, in the final át Wembley Bladium by one goni to nil.

The all-important goal came ofter 20 minutes when Tommy Hopper, Brumley's Inside-right. the who played for Britain in Olymple Games, scored, follow. ing a close pasaing movement among the Bromley forwards.

This was the first time that the Amateur Final had been played nt Wembley and the 95,000 crowd

a record for was easily the amateur game in Britain,

Romford strove desperately for an equallwer, but occasion Ally

Minged their forwards chanso while their wing halak ward at tímás faulty, Romford's defence was stub- born against the closer type of play adopted by Bromley, who ****** | were on the day's play deserving

bar and this penny course gave them the proverbiai į winners.~Rouler.

More im- portant. Governments found it

Farmere

in the province will pay $1 M. K. In return for als or caven places of tha newly leeded local coins, the merchant concluded.

As Base Motal Impervious to all corrosion an, moisture and welds, pure gold is easily distinguishable from that extremely difficult to recover the adulterated {Lk Tested with a matte drop erd in circulation from the publie when it was necessary to finance Wars anal international tradle,

Metal

nitric acid, pure gold is wanffect-

ed and impure ged is marked.

However,

absolutely Pues

paid in too soft for the ma facture

of jewellery and

by the addition of hardened

metal

in the ratio 2,24 This gives the highest standard) of purity in worked gold which Is 22 carat.

other

of wire.

used by the

Rome

15 Juss Possibly

station.

The most malleable and ductile i which the Natimatists demolish- od before they fled,

of all metals, one ounce of gold! Many

can be beaten into 200 square feet Shops were voler and the private homes of Government of gali lent, and our stram can be officials

drawn into two miles Must were stripped,

This gold leaf was Government buildings were strip ancient Egyptians to cover ped

of furniture.

of their sarcophagus and teanb Foreign property was nut molested except for compunles

furnishings, seen in museums to Javing godowns and property day as bright and portret as eyn,

Since

maa recognised gold t in the only really cable currency there have been "ertos Ira

cks

to its use as coinage, no

along

were

usually

many

towards

BOXERS' ENTRIES WITHDRAWN

Д

"Thers was a

large attendance at the wedding of Mc. LI Shing and Miss Young So-ying. at the Roman Catholla Catho dral yesterday. The Reverend Father Peter Ngal officlated, Dution of best man were discharged by Mr. Lee Shing-kuay, The bride was given away by Mr. Chung King-pul. A reception was held after the ceremony at the Cock and Pullet Restaurant,

SPORTS GOSSIP

Returning to competitive swim-

The Chiese swimmers such as Latt Ti-ping of and others of Lai Tsun's sqund

ming this year in Douggle Taylor. Chon Chun-hnm,

towering six-foot-three athletic power one time changin believe in relaxing. of the Colony 50 yard free style. and VRC's water polo séc.

the

Excepting for light but consist- ent tandi drill and a dip now and again, even at the height winter, they did little else. That's the progrtinme of their touches, the Wong brothers.

First to break ander 25 seconds for the 30 yards,ggie swam the distalice in 21,5 seconds in 1940, to take the record from Ngjall TSU-22112.

Besides being the Folter swim champ in the years preceding the war, Taylor was also famous on the track und fel, specinlising | in the weights and jumpa.

With the Ladies' Recreation Club bringing out their $150,000 swimming pool, and Chung Sing's return, swinning gives promise of an active sugimer.

With the irritating (to Gov-

Progue, April 23. ernment Authority) cynlolem

Two Czech boxers, chosen for people have always shown

the European team to meet paper currency they

If Taylor should come back to preferred, in times of unrest to the United States in Chicago

had their VRC, his old club, which is prob- osta. next month. have cling to their gold at

entries withdrawn

the able, the Victorian swim squad, By and shortly after the first Grea War. In most countries gold Czech sporting organisation, with the addition of some others,

The VRCS #iris' line-up this will be facieler than ever, with coinage was gradually replaced Sokol.

tix their speedy year shows strength in number by aliver, copper, and paper

They are the Olympic welter-power added

water polo team, Incidentally, and youth. The Anderson Aisters'. weight Champloh, Julius Torma what about a water polo teague Sullivan, aged 14, who 18 currencies.

the Eager girls and Patricia and the flyweight, Frantisek Maj- this year?

expertert

Alchemists

营业

dloch.

and bruke Victorians' fest

to be the biggest chuilenge in the As distinct from the men who Sokol has decided Upon this

The Colony's swho stars during free style sprint events have sought gold by robbery and step na it does not consider the the winter months have given possibly the short back

modshed, and those who wielded European team truly representa-

SPACH to the races, are the shovels, and geologists live of European boxing, parti-away heartline

cricketers And footballers It stringers. picks, hummers, in search of it through cularly after the withdrawal of

have themselves bren keeping t

Celeste Guterres, stylish girl the centuries, there were the men the Hungarian Olympic cham-

with winter gamics. the waterfront. Olt Com-

who sought to make the precious plons, L. Papp and T. Esik,--Reu-

Wilfred Lawrence for instance, all rounder and harbour ruce re metal in the laboratory by a com-

ter. panies were partieulily "hard" bit.

believes in badminton to keep his card holer, is making a definite Only few casualties.

bination of sorcery and applied

been leys strong. He has

suc- cumeback. Celeste merely played suffered

among the population: many countries who used it for chemists:te and the secret

selence.

These

were the

Al

Cessful Jr. hia club's member about last year but is settling

down to swim this summer. These in the main were boolers this purpose, have found out,

and they sought both SQUASH TOURNEY tournaments." A the elixir of shot while attempting to strip

Sonny Monteiro, the 100 yards ไ

possctscai | le e!

We will not be seeing much of shups.

London, April 24

style free

champ, and Tony and face value of the transmutation of base metal

for the first few equal intrinsie As far as is known no foreigner and ne the coin became worn, she i into gold with all the zeal and

Mahmoud el Karim of Cuiro, Lopes, back stroker, have been Luckie Rose

Luckie hns that is cherry "vatues brene diproper nuclear

applied today British open squash rackets cham-constant companions during the swimming manis.

Many

trekking the taken the winter off to become Hogate, a lactiful of new in extravagant staims for the success our the vent yesterday by wilds of the New Territories with a mother. She

pion, reached the final of this winter week-ends,

is expecting to. bring of greater value them the their secret formiuins have been eliminating Normon Borrett, am- sporting guns, hunting wild boar.be one by late July. some number of old and worn made in the

past by these Al- while

From Lai Tsun comes news of coins.

the face value chemists, and these fomuine hava/ atgur champion, 9-2,8-4,0-0.

year and have ambitions in the Wong Yuk-ping, the child breast mained unaltered.

This drawhack was aggravate" | fraudulent schernes to rob gullt. Pace that Borrett found himself awimming pool.

often Agured prominently in

Much Im six points down before he scored. Gerry Roza-Pereira, VRC's stroke and of 1946. for his cat. Later be Constel

unscrupulous people who ble

style and fanciful proved and eager as ever, Yuk-

returned .3 starling had at an egg on the Bled, scraped and cut pleces affle people of money invested in The English amateur recovered in speedy free

minutes 21 haping them.

swimmer, mixes the second game and actually led butterfly This practice of the new enins.

History

The seconcis for the 200 metres breast the records the unhappy 3-1.

winter Karlm, however, rarely sports. During end of at least one of these chur-faltered in his perfect stroke pro-took part in league hockey, fool-stroke recently. lutans. An authority an alchemy, duction and completed the match hall and softball, played badmin- Mr. K. Doberer, in an interesting with the loss of only one moreton and went in for ng motor- book "Ten Thousand Years Otpoint.-Associated Press.

bike rides. chemy," tells how Duke Fre

has been killed or injuresti- Reuter and Associated Press,

school-

London, April 23. Mr. W. Woodward, Thuster

Charterhouse, at Bath, placed a plate with frieth potatoes on it outside his door

potato -- Kester.

Bra

vie

American Hissed For Criticising The Soviet Union

Paris, April 23.

Boos and hisses greeted Mr. John Rogge, an American delegate, when he criticised the Soviet Union at the 59-nation Communist- supported World Peace Congress hero tonight. "There is discrimination in the United States against minorities and women", he declared. "But in Russia," he added, "there is insuffi- cient freedom for political minorities."

ed

"

Mr. Moore, Secretary

took

ssion research.

of Wurtemburg, employed

an alchemist in 1597, who claimed

to have

the secret of making

gold, and one day sealed up his laboratory in which a crucible of mercury and sand were boiling ever Bre.

After a certain period of time clapsed, the crucible was in fact find to contain gold. This however had been thrown into the

Ei Karim went off at such

Both are

Alter than

ever this

New Captains In County Cricket

London, April 23.

nixture by the wily trickster's A great deal of importance is attached to the cap-

assistant who had been secreted beforehand

In the room.

The Duke discovered the trick and had the unfortunate man hanged on a gold plated iron gallows and then buried in a golden shroud.

Rugger In Britain

taincy of county cricket clubs and it is thero- fore surprising that of six new captains ap- pointed this season; four of them have had little or no experience of first class criekot. Lancashire, who have an eye on the champion- ship this season, will be captained by Nigel Howard, 23 year old son of Major Howard, the former Lancashire secretary.

*prove

Lafèestershire,

Both Shauna and Heather An- derson are choosing their events this year. Shaund will concert- Irate on the free style up to the 220 yards distance of which she Is the champion,, and record holder of two-50 and 220.

Heather wants to do only the 220 and 440. Both, however, lave They big interests in the relays are in a big way sponsible for the records which VRC holds.

Yuger, Khalsa's hockey centre forward, a fallen down and broken his

rose and that was why the international hockey mect between Portugal and Indin was postponed for a week. Yusef 1 an important man in the Indiah' ilne-up.

Perhaps inspired by their cleah sweep in last year's Inwn bowl ligue bowling in Club de Re-

Is possible.

ARSENAL TO TOUR BRAZIL

Tall, slim and fair, Rogge Professor Crowther, who led evoked a rustic of 'surprise by the delegaten in three cheers, re

Howard, who succeeds: Ken- This season, they will be cap- crelo is thore populat than ever, London, April 23.

They have something like 100 speaking in favour of the United ceived more cheers when he in-

neth Cranston, made his debut talned by the former Surrey and Johnson, Today's rugger:--

Freddle, keen bowlers in the club. States Government for the first troduced Dr. Hewlett

Canterbury, who Dean of

Rugby League: Dewsbury 22 in 1947, but last summer was England all rounder,

A members competition; a with Brown. At 30 years of age, this proceeding, has a list of 73 hames. Ume since the Congress began his place on the platform.

fidi stason Castleford 9. Featherstone Rovers his first

personality, who at-outstanding "We have a rough rond nhend

It won't be surprising to sté He Harvey Moore,

a British 4 Belle Vue Rangers 11. Halifax Lancashire. He is useful

Joined Northamptonshire under Die wir, Fiving American or advocate, was met with shouts "f17 York 5. Hull Kingston Rovers lacking type of bat and appecial registration, succeeds A.W. Telarrison this webt: 1 What blems," he said. "But the solution "hover" when he appealed for 7 Oldham 10: Hunslet 9 Bailey pears well suited for the job. Childs-Clarke.

Icague division will have in be found by our own

in China, compromise

8 13. Keighley 8

Rochuddersneld 18. If he can carry the burden

fast scoring and aggressive citizens."

Enthusiasm was ulso absent Leigh 10 Rochdale Hornets It will be fount by a people's when he asserted: "The bureau- Liverpool Stanley & Widnes 21. well, he is expected to im bat and leg spla bowler. Browni on his last season's is the type of captain to bring party, a peace purty. It will not crais of the proletarist, like those Salford 34 Bramley B. Swinton 16

the best out of Northampton- be a Communist party", he add-of the bourgeoisie, must learn St. Helen's 3. Warrington 30 Hull average of 38.76.

the surprise of his audience that men want freedom to learn 7,

ven's Wakefield Trin!- Whitehaven S

the shire's wealth of talent and take who for

Mr. Rogge, shid it, was -

past two seasons have relied on the club into the higher places of their ty 30. Wigan 20 Barrow 8. wrong the truth and to change,

an experiencert professional; the table. for América to play on people's

of the Marylon: Blackheath ID.St

Hospital

Tom Dollery, who shared War- 10. Old Merchant Leslie Berty, to lead the side

London, April 23. fear of the atom bomb. But itvernments if they wich."

revert to an amateur-Stuart 3 wickshire's captainty lust scosch he said. for International Democratie Law Taylors 5

Arsenal's close season tout ox with H.R. Maudsley, Lakhs over whose only Communist

10. make

Antointion, condemned Aberavon

Symington, blyers' [ Blay with, such, phrases as capl-concentration camps as a threat fers o

perience of first class cricket was full control this season and be of Brazil is definitely on. 'Newbridge 6,

The Manager, Tom Whittaker, tallst Imperialism.

to peace, adding he was proud Maesteg 6. Bridgewater and Al-two matches for the county, last comes the second-professions, to

win this distinction-the fìst| hhy completed a contract for the 10 Barnstaple 8. Bristol 39 summer. Harlequins 0.

An unenviable task has beer being Berry, of Leicestershire trip which will be the longest in Park Boughton

allotted to David Clark, appointed Reuter. Headingley, 8, Cheltenham. 8 German Chargo

Linnelly 6. Coventry 14 Old Blues as captain to Kent this your. Ha Rogge was answered by llys 0. Devonport Services & Glou talented and experienced skip-

Brian Valen Uno, Glouces) aucċentia- Ehrenburg. Boylet writer and ter 17.

Exoter 24

24 Paignton b commentator, who he toured Neath 5 Cardin 11. Northampton par, at a lime when Kent's play- the United States.

30 Nuneaton 3. Penarth 5 Now- ing strength is not what it might Amid loud cheery he than

port 25. Pontypool 11 Swansea 11. bo. dered: "America's clolm to de tedruth 17 Falmouth 13. Taunton to live with the fend Western civilisation is un-1 Bath 14. Torquay Athletic 8

Eloh

true. If Dr. Goebbels were alive Mountain Ash 3. Weston-super and..

he would demand can plagiarism,"

was equally trie

"I have attended many con- to say that there are nono in ferences, like this", he said, "and Britain. there have been too

many at-

tacks on a partjeulnt, group in a particular country-+-my Own

country. Each side in its own way is still pinying power päll- tics,

"The Communist

munk Furn

capitalist

Bountries.

system has its

shortcomings and

countries

virtues each

·learn great deal from other."

the

royalties for

Keys 0

.

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TENNIS TITLES

bd

the Club's history;

At least 20 players and official

and insurance cover take part willcast amount, to £480,000. Faris, April 28

party will fly from Engi Pedro Masip, of Spaing won the Ray 11 in No. Drillsh South Henri Cochet, of France, and land in two groups on May 0 and men's doubles title in the interna American Airways planes and tional Jawn tennis championships play the first of theit als matches Little-Experience

here today.

on May 15, They beat the French pairi The return trip will próbably bd", Clack has had. Hile experience Mare 14 Blaenavon 11. Sale 24 of county standart but is well- Marcel

Jderies by scu.-Neuler. London University J.--Reutek,

known as Captain of the Molemas 3-6, 7-5, 5–7, 0-2,

0-1 OLYMPIC SITE.

Massip was also on the winning Larion, Apti! 23. The International,

Olymple Skinner an all roundor who side in the mixed doubles, final partnering Myrtille Brunnarius made Riebut two seasons ago. Earlier, delegates had jumped

thoir foot and cheered for torn - Clermany

He also said, that to make, was- Congress, opening, this week-end wenty-nina.Jeaza „of age. Skin (France)...to a 6,-), ylatory. awar on jostume, wil decide whether or nor is right-hand bag and leg over erre deeland (Belgium)

and Gloria Butler * several minutes when the Chate- would mentee the independence tot Detroit will be the sites of break bowler. He succonda X

the 1958 Olympiad. Detroit and Gethardi

Reuter „man, the British historian "Pro- and "security of the people of Melbourne are the

Stwo COMBO J.G.. Crowther, an- France, Bucium and, Hollands

the most interesting In a friendly basketball gand Invoured to get the Canib, nounced "We have just re- Hé, added: ürper, Ti ng GM- The Congress #1) Allo averda åture of its coming season will at Caroline full (last nighty Conlon kese esives, news that the Chinese den man, poestions that cohhofsalle on the number and size of events

performance of Nor Southern Comenicolal Collage lost- --Holland, boat- Franco - by four! mocratic forces have free hot veit under The United Nations to be held at Helsinki in 1962-

airbheldas gl the to South China Athletic Associa- goals to bije"the soccer interna-

Lo

Dean, Cheered.

The leader of the German do- legation charged Western pality makers With wanting to

make

Western Clermahy a war outpost and the Ruhr an arsenal:

Pajeroth will be led by D

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WILLIAMS WINS Cleveland, April 28. Ika Williams, world lightweight champion, cored wahleni knock gut per Vinas, Curving of Ohio, ing the "slach Ground of ** 20 round! non title bout here--Reuter,

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