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USAF Planes CHINA

Correspondence At Kai

Tak

Two U.S. Ale Force plans and

ed At Kal Tak yesterday on a mi

The Editor takes 8 retponsibili!) for vidu terred ich described by First Lleuforit letters by correspondents, and by no means with them.

and

necessarily caress

ទេវ

TRADE REVIVAL PROPHESIED

D. B. Van Pelt, one of the plotsWe are fast approaching a major, re-adjustment sa a sort of: en exporineht.”

The skippor aid that it was tha first time that he and his cres have landed at Kai Tak.

They bo maktog

tog many more from

bringing the

I

in the political affairs-of-Chine, and though perhaps it is a little premature to make any dogmatic prophecies about how far the move ment will go there are undoubtedly cortain features: that ancourage the helief in a re vival of trade with our great neighbour in tho not too distant future.”

tration personnel here, he zald

Asked how he found the local air strip, Lieutenant Van Pell came back with: "After the first bounce

found it alright Lleutenant. & N. Castool, co-platThis prophesy of future trade between Hong Kong and China was made by. Mr. Ni V. A Croucher, when the seconded the adoption of.. the report and accounts for 1948 of the Indo- China Steam Navigation Company Limited at the Company's 64th annual meeting in Jar- dine's board room yesterday.

Socicties Ban

Bomb Damago Sir-Your editorial and your | Sir.-Jiggardine, the clearing, et correspondent, Observer's, letter Bumbed or war damaged build- in support of the proposed legia-ings, by the Government. I wish, lallori on the registration of poll- with your kind help to draw the tical societies are in the inain attention of the authorities to the telling the truth. We who have, bruin-down structure of a bull- worked in vernacular schools caning of No: 4 Yuk Ming Street verify

the story that for off these now Insteall occupied by a wonden years since the Liberation, the hut of a Blackanith with alx or Kuomintang hendquarters have been helpers...the source been trying hard to put their "banging on metal" noises, a dis-of one of the USAF planes Bald hirelings

Inject into the turber of qblet to the whole that Mr. R. G. Davis, Regional students' minds the philosophy of neighbourhood for about 12 hours Director of ECA, was the only pas China's Destiny that China's or more in the day in an other-senger. "He had an appointment Fuchrer was divine and God-wise peaceful atmosphere. Im- in town," was the co-pilot's reply sent, and at foreign devils in ogine the ding from the breaking when asked what his mbisión hard was. Mr. Davis returned to Can Hong Kong and other parts of the down of large oil-drums into Orient should be driven out an fiat piece of metal. It's surely a ton yesterday afternoon

health of The "China Mail learned, that suggested by the Mikado's idea of threat to the mental

we, pear residents of Yuk Ming Mr. Roger D. Liphan, Chief of cn prosperity for Enst Asia.

the DCA in China will arrive in lib Sirret.

Hoping that the Government Colony today in one of these to would soon put into action with-planes. out delay, the project of clearance of demolished sites and also, may take this opportunity to tender my sincere thanks and apprecia-- tion to the kind Officer-in-charge:

for lils of No. 7 Pollco station

with Gome success checking (very occasionally the banging p.m.) the still persists after 8

from prolonging

Two prominent.Alap banging noise

businessmen arrived by into the night.

MUCH DISTURBED. | BOAÇ, flying" boat at Kal Tak

yesterday.

They were Mr. G. D. Litchfield, visiting Director of the American International Assurance Company Limited (head office in Hong Kong)

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This is the reason why most managers or principals of vernu- calar schools in the Colony have to be Kuomintang members. The more important

must be execuilves or supervisors of the for Kuomintang Headquarters Macas and Hong Kong. Other-

Educa wise the Commissioner tion, or Ministry of Overseas Affairs in Nanking, controlled by Chiang Kai-sheit's secret police trained by Himmler, would refuse registration of such vernacular

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This is also the reason why mos! vernacular school managera-dare defy heal laws punishing offen- Porsonal. Views ders of provisions of larceny and Sir,Quite regardless, of any misappropriation. Once the Kuo-

intang Headquarters altemptes group of friends with whom 1

Two American

HERE

Personalia

Arrival fromt, Bangkok: ! and Singapore yesterday by CPA in- cluded Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Stewart, Miss P. Stewart, Mcaura G.T. K. Beke, G.O. Byrne, Thadani, Sundar Singh. 11.J. Eddo, Khaukco Bhaki, Liao Pong, JIJ

Monson Kopec and

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Mr. and Mra. Roy Farrell, and Mesare, Luang S. Tulyarahsu and Nitya. Phanumas arrived in the Colony yesterday by CPA from Montla.

The meeting was presided | mada in the course of the year. over by Mr. D. F. Landale, On the liabilities aide there is a

Week-end departures from the Chairman of the Board, who, reduction in ships replacement Peninsula Hotel included Mrs. L in review of the Company's account due to adjustments in the Kapelman, Dr. and Mrs. Hawang, values of certain units to bring Mr. and Mrs. W. Thomann, Mr. activities for the year, said:

and include sums due in

"The year 1948 was char- the Fleet as a whole on to a more acterised by much the same constisidetory basis. This is reflected and Mrs. C.S. Wood, Captain of and Mrs. W.L. Bolton, Messrs. in the

book value satisfactory ditions as 1947.

Chen Khian-riong, S.C. Chow, B. the Fleet "In the For East the troubles in

"Staff pension and provident Platt. T.S Echun, Carl Hanson Businessmen Here Malaya, Indo-China and the civil fund has increased to 2:30.221, and Chew Yat-bin,

war in China, also the situation Sundry creditors stand at £804,-| in Indonesia, have had a most us-840

ellect

Among the new week-end ar- on business geper rea of repairs and owing to rivals at the Peninsula Hotel were

apret To conduct our affairs satis- the Ministry of Transport in re MER A.E. Bankston

Mr. and factorily a reasonable degree of

Mrs. J.M. Zenarosa, Mrs. L. security is essential and, spite of spect of ships allocated to us in Troubles which have arisen from the period following the war. It arr, Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Chirico.

Is anticipated that all these mut-start time to time to this area, security standing, will be settled in the Mrs. A. W. Prietswood. Dr. and S. Walter Daer, Mrs, K. has always been afforded by our course of the

the current year. Pro- Mrs.

Bhakdi. Mr. and Mrs. Anton Wel, vision for taxation

Mossrs. At Wolff, G. O'Byrne, base port of Hong Kong.

amounts

ht

to establisti a bank to receive all 1 may be associated, I want to be and also of the American ReingVF; | therefore re-assuring 10 know £37,048. Special'.epairs reserves:A. Lian. C.C. 'Chapman, B. R. sations in advance and finarico ellowed to suprantie my own Mic. G. An Hughes, the Hong Kong that His Majesty's Government which was

made it quito clear tha

nese

atidl

news

We

to

the

STATEMENT ON

actually DAMAGED SITES

on war-

exceptioned- ta, donk, with i

repal require Williams, JP. Rold, and W.H. the publication and sellings or views on the Municipal Council M. have

Managing Director of the Ameri- they intend to ensure

Day. that this menta following the war has now distribution of textbooks edited proposals,

personally support the view-can. International Assurance Composition will be maintained. been merged into a provision for by Cen Li-fu's entourage in pro-

can regard this as really good deferred and ships survey re and point and the action proposed of pany. anti-foreiguiam

Both companies are in the O. V. pagnting

which will enable

us pairs which stands at £111,817. members exactly glorification of the nuts in Nan- the unofficial

Starr group of companies.

face the future with confidence

"Investments are shown at cost s they were summarised by Mr.

Mr. Litchfield and Mr. Hughes and wilt, I hope, lead to a con- king.

1cxs reserve and are Most such school managers took Morse and Mr. Landale, and do advantage of these thought coll-to because in my opinion they have been on an inspection to tinuance and resumption of our worth approximately £1,500. in

the Far East of their business time-honoured commercial re-excess of this value. Your direc- The Government Public Re~ trol ensures by pocketing the are well timed and open the late forests in Bangkok, Ipoh, Kuala Jationships

to attainable progress and

especially with

our tors considered it prudent to in lations Officer Issued the fol- auusi-extortion money themselves, while wo

neighbour.

crease the reserve of £25.000 for advance

In lowing statement It explains the fact that once

more particularly in Lumpur, Singapore and branch of

Company with its interest depreciation to £33,000 by ap- vernacular school managers were the matter of the right, proper fices in Honolulu.

Mr. Litchfield will be staying in

In the important cross rado be-propriating a a further £10,000

00 damaged sites yesterday. de injority of buyers of real and legitimate aspirations of Chi- the Colony for mene tive weeks sween India, the Straits, China Sundry

"Eome owners of war damaged and And debtors ilving in properties.

debit sites have found it difficult to Hong Kong. Tamronvinced that this was after which he will return to the and Japan, and in services radiat- balances

show a reduction of One bank that suddenly closed

United States,

ing from Hong Kong, hus con- nearly

£120,000 due to agents Anance the re-developing of their its door after it grabbed about the alm and object of Mr. Morse 2,000,000 dollars from Hong Kong and Mr. Land

Findale. Tho

proposals

tinued to pursue what I hope is a carrying smaller balances and rites, and yet there are other who are anxious to find accom- of realism and has read- policy

ead general reduction in outstanding modation and are able to put up depositors was managed and di- do not represent the last word

Justed the technique of opera Theights. The new Aguro 18 rected by the Kuomintang inter- and were never so intended.

reasonable sum for that pur- tions to meet the changing ron £434,429. Cash and bank balances ests. Among the spoil-receivers I hate, with a

deadly hatred,

over the how an increase of £99,387 and post recent months the answer Our results ditions. were several vernacular school time servers, opportunista

past

three years are suficient stand at £103,501. The reason is has been found to both of these inanagers highly trusted by the sycophants and have now expos-

proof that our policy so far has that we have to hold more liquid problems by more than a few by Kuomintang leaders.

been correct, within the Then there is the familiar story i my flank to those who would

funds in view of the building pro- An arrangement being made by ggest that I come.

The Flect is in a very satis

that in of conspiracy by

of the site which is at present in the owner gramme The King's birthday, anni-factory condition as you will 'scu

consideration of the cost of ercet- three vernacular schools to sec category mycoll. So let it be. 1

versary will be celebrated in from the Balance Sheet and is at Captain R. W. Balonien. who ing a tenement house a lease of relly sell out the trusted property ny claim to no special nobility

of mind, I think

conservative valuation. This for charity and education, against

everything else) it ir

Hong Kong on June 9, 11 was for Important factor under the /Joined: the Company, in 1910 and the-sito in given for a period of officially announced yesterday.

has been the Marine Superinten-for example, five years, at no uncertain conditions. tors, and even against the will of bad tactles to be unfair and un-

The celebrations will take the present

and house their constituent Kuomintang just or to misrepresent.

The Government and Legisla-form of a parade at the Race There have been no additinnstudent for many years, retired on rent, or at a very low rent, after our revert to the lessor. Alternative- members who had such trusted

during the year under Apt 30 and, as he will be re- which time the site but the

In Hong Kong, your bavo

maining property as their party headquarture are trying to solve a problem Course, Happy Valley, beginning the

ship we ters for a certain section of the of Intense importance and diff- at 0.15 am.

culty. The Press

κόνης and

The salute will be taken by the on order in the Clyde is now in Directors have invited him to join is in some cases it is provided the Board that his great know that after me such period of Colony.

of

and The Governor, Sir Alexander Grant-

should ledge and wire counsel in regard five years a proper rent can com- be in dction. Imagine what morality and in others are trying to help.

in the middle o to the technical side of the Commerce to be payable to the lessor. tellectual edifice have the Kuo- politically mischievoun are put-ham.

Units. from the

the close of Royal Navy, 1950.

"The stamp duty on mintang leaders led Hong Kong's ting out smoke screens.

lease is small and the danger that Chinese to!

Do I mean Mr. Percy Chen? Or Marines, the Army and the Royal we have purchased's similar ship Fany's affairs will still be avail

Air Force. will participate in: the alreas which we hope will

in the course of coil- CHARLES LOSEBY. parade, which will be under the

managers Di

and

the wishes of donors and benefac÷f apart from only that (quite

The Palice

and Educational! course. authorities have so far refused to intervene for the obvious reason that there is no law against such abuses and corruption of the ex- ercise of extra-territoriality. the Kuomintang here.

by

To be fair I want to say there are a exceptions. The cuins school I am connected with

B

Evacuees' 'Grievance

Sly With reference to your article of the 17th instant re the Ma Tau: Chung Eastern Camp, we shall be grateful for a Bittic

King's Birthday Anniversary

Course

command of Brigadier A HAN

Burgh Morris,

An inspection will be followed

your,

new

or 1943

able to us.”

be

A Resolution

such a

the government will step in 'and re-enter the property for breach A resolution: "That the Report of the teaser convena to main- Eastern waters the end of the current and Statement of Accounts. fortain and repair is obviated, while December 31, the provisions of the Landlord and and a third vessel for our the Year ended

Far

by a feu-de-joit, March Past Hong Kong Sandakan Line. These 1948, as presented together with Tenant Ordinance do not apply to and fly. past by the RAF. additions will increase the grers the recommendations of the auch newly constructed promises." tonnage of the fleet to upproxi Directors na embrxited therein, De ANTI-RIOT EXERCISE mately 61,578 tons with 3 con- adopted; and that a Diridend of

space in your paper in which we is hooded by a manager who is a

A small-scale anti-riot exer- can air our grievance. big shot in the Kuomintang ad-

Formerly we were entirely de- cise by the police was held in ministration. He did not buy

on the Roller

Bowen Road yesterday. Camp. pendent houses. In fact I know he warned when eventually we found em-

Constables and officers. from his Kuomintang comrades who conspired to sell out the trusted ployment and were able to make Central Police Station, took part

a litile, money we were requested in the exercise. But they laughed at to quit the Relief Camp. Because property. him. They sold they have money of the housing, shortage, we were:

lawyers to to hiru

defeat the

offered the Eastern Camp where Government:

ve could stay free of rent.

Wa

sequent

capacity.

increaso

in earning|0% less tux at the preten

rate on the Cumulative

and Dividend of Ordinary Shares- 10% less tax at the approximate

together

with a Bonus cf razd

Cost Considerable The cost under the present in noted 'conditions will be consider 10% less tax at the approximate able, but the healthy condition of rip on the Deferred Ordinary will the accounts now presented, also Shares be paid, the Dividends on low

the

on the Hong Shares

Kong the reserve funds and: the con

Hockey Comments SirWinger" (or; should I pervative valuation of the exist-Register

Art Club Exhibition

The Hong Kong Art Club hold its monthly exhibi- at St. John's Cathedral Wednesday

to be paid at the exs hail:

on

and

I would venture to suggest that had however to repair and parti- say Right Hall?) would do waiting fleet In particular, will enable change rate of 15/2-27/321. per Thursday between 10 a.m. and the new law must apply to verna- tion the huts ourselves, and put to ensure the truth of his statender this very esseritină | Hong Kong Dollar: apa to we sub- € p.m. daily.

X. Y. X.

ས

心

'and so,

hope, ject to the deduction of Corpora- At 5 pm, on Thursday a lec-

burden and cular schools headed on it up other fixings and Installations ments. before rushing to express safeguard the Company's position with political affiliations outside at our own expense,

them in the Press even it he did

and revenue for the future. of Hong Kong.

After settling. here for about curb his vittiolic tongue until the

"There is as yet no sign of any three months, we are now re-end of the season. His plaintive

ruorked, Ted

reduction In operating quester once more to quit to make cry resembles nothing more than costs. Indeed, these still show. way for: the Military authorities.

30- sspollt child, and hi that of This is a great blew to us. be- cusatio, that: Umpires are tendency to increase. There has, cante if we are driven out of this blased: is a complete: fabrication, however, been some reduction in the cost of oil fuel, but this s camp we not be - able to baked I- Imagine, nn^ the assing-

by increases in other ex- find any other accommodation. tion that he himself can do no We are not millionsites; we are WTODE: *

penditure.

The most Important item only a little better off than desti- In that case I suggest he for- continues to be, ship repairs, tubes living op a hand to mouth ward forwith his application to basis and certainly we cannot quality, to the All England Hoc- afford to pay exorbitant key moner, and, high reutel for a not Key Umpires Association, over: bur, heads. The only thing that they may not agree with men are urgently needed, but we can do now. is to wait and the valuation he sets upon him hopp, that the authorities con- comed will kindly offer un alfer | nate, deccmmodation, chargjinjt, us

Fragrant As

WILLS's

WAS SPRING

CARSTAN

UGART THES

INTOL

H.O. WILL

CIGARETTES

ALSO SOLD IN PACKETS OF 10 & 20,

QUOUS ZIGA

,,,'; Does ho imagine Sports

FAREWELL

on Profits Tax at the rate of ture on painting will be given by 24%.

passed Was

Mr. George. Chan to members of unanimously. Mr. N. V. A. Croucher, who the Hong Kong Art Club, also at *sconded the adoption of the St. John's Cathedral hall. report and acounts, apid It was At 5.30 pan. the same day and. a matter for congestusten tas at the same place, Mr. L. Chann demonstration of and adverse conditions ating painting La portrait, The demons in zeite of the many clicy will give the year the profit earned, was trallon will last 30 minutes.. ominently satisfactory, and the Company was in a very strong financial position. After the motion wan if in unfortunate that Hong

carried Kong, should continue to be shareholders confirmed the expensive, it would be a pity pointment of Mr. J.D: Alexander

A farewell tiffin party, in honour if we have to divert work to the Board in place of Ne which would normally take NO.C. Marsh who had resigned, of M. Gilbert Hérant, of Agence place here to. other areas in and also re-elected Sf Man-m France-Presse was given at the ma ply on the grouss ED."

the retiring Director, to the Hong Kong Hotel Roof Garden ya- terday, and was well attended by local pricas.

The fee for the

he auditors, Mr. A Barepen and Chinese Journalists. results can be regarded as axed at HK$1,800 fog the

HK-$1,800 19: the ensuing CHARITY CONCERT accountti Tower

Landale was

BUCH

<

If necessary a moderate monthly tors print everything their ori-Having regard to all the fac Lice write? He should try it one

bone to under consideration the Ritchie and Mr. D.S, Robb, was

We are

rentalnest and hardworking day!! They might, nät. ever di balarice of the year.

citizens of Hong Kong and we print think suppose we • não, inot ? asking, too

On behalf of, ali spostamen

TIFFIN PARTY

nurh for the Government to pro 1 should like to say "hank you" than last year, at £230,131 which the chair by Sir Man-leam Lo, Mr. The Chinese Women's Welfare vide us with a root get our heade to the Umpires who, by their que to a reduction in freight BKT Walamson M101 Association will hold a charity con where we do not have to phy.sk efforts made this busty seaton rates on some lines and to do Alexandar and Captain Winestre in aid of its nursery and cortion June 25, as the Ko Shing orbllant.key, mopes.

pable, and to the Services Res errimental"

grounds'

This we hope the Government

for the Todn of apon the

Den wir! Jurisdiction and Bateinan (Directors), Mr. A. Reld Four "night schools,

of our PrOSOFIE were poor children in the Colorry.

nét

will do to help us

MA TAU CHUNG without them Hockey would ront available for appropriation, EASTERN CAMP. hove Epen 'impossible.

INMATES.

*** SPORTSMANİ

CHINESE OPTICAL CO.

SUN-GLASSES STATION

RAY BAN

POLOROID

FANCY SUN-GLASSES, FOR,

IN CROOKES, GENITE

CALOBAR,

and 'Mri KB Audatt he-rustning of the nursery and Side Your grodnight schools is solely for Croucher, R

NVA

A Piercy, HJ-Young,

much Improved at However, I

£150,398 as it has not been ne cutary to make provision for to D.S. Robb, WA Stewart, A many items such as special Yo-illaly, E MacDougall

pairs. accounts.

NAVAL AID FUND

The latest contributions to the

(low) Net

Chop Wing in the 1947 MacLeish reacting Home Hote News Ald Fund fol- ints the, cose in the 1947

This "balanco available tor Wheelock Marden. & Co.), appropriation

your Directors al (representing the Hong Kong argin recommand grant of Shanghal Banking Corpora Proviously acknow-

"Mr. B.A. Browning “(re- 2:10,000 td The recently Instituted dion), "M

ledged notting staff provident fund a presenting the Hồng Kông & Swatow Lodge 3705. E.C. transfer to remove for deprecia Shangal Bank nominees) and The China: Fleet Club tion on Investments of

or £10,000, Mr. M.D. Goulder (representing transfer to Ship repticmianos Jardine Matheron & Company serve of £70,000, dividends of 4% Limited),

Tolal

HK$

411,600.18 100.00

1,000,00

HK$412,700.13 . .

on the cumulative pretextutor-An extraordinary general meeb dipary, shares 10% cr the de-ing war hald fried intelsätter the---- Tured and bonus of 10 on the annual meeting, why which share craft: should this ever be neces offered ordinary sharda tipking holders passed two pecinkara sary.

ARVEKEA | solutions? "alteringvika? Misenorak- The revision of the Articles of

opitationis "dum: ind "Artisins" 92: Asociation Association have been made on

be CAF-] of the Company, as the pagamendation of the Com

The male lurpose of the tuvi- pany, London, wollefiore in order. don of the Memorandum at Allio- to modernise their form, and to "It Time Cani "bring them up to date, în ctim-

jured win pliance with the requirements of