1949-08-17 — Page 3

Slump In Building Trade Seen As Future Uncertain

Reminders

Mahjong

Today

Lessons (Servicemen free •uchmissum), European YMCA. 4 p.m.

Washington Hong Kong Photo

Exhibition, 217A,

Fraphie Prince's Bldg,,5.30 p.m. Toe I meeting. 50. Macdonnell

Road, B.30 p.m.

Bino-British Club Orchestra

New building projects have dropped 50 per cont during the last two months, and a further drop is expected in the months ahead, the "China Mail” lcàrns.

The reason for this sudden stump is the general feeling of gloom now pervading the Colony as to what will happen after the Communists have occupied Canton,

newly constructed flats continue Building contractors inter- unabated, and charges for “Bulld- (also called "Key viewed by the "China Mailing, Costs" said the building trade was Moneyully remain more or less now or the verge of a big what they were a month or two slump after nearly two years

ago.

of boom, during which it had managed to replace most of the buildings destroyed during of a bicct of newly re-

the wor.

but

One Luilding contractor told thenian Mail" "that the owner completed

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1978.-

Rotarians Hear Talk On Dogs

A talk on dogs, their habits. and characteristics, was given by Mr. H. M. Howell, honor- Bry secretary of the Hong Kong Kehhel Club, at the Rotary Club yesterday.

The short nuit of the bulldog ako, salu look rhabe centulles Mr. Howell, because the dog was used to fight the ball, Hanging by Its teeth from the threat of its foe, the lulldog stil; had room to breathe.

The luxuriant cyɛhrówn not hearsal Pubile, Hall of 11K

Lurgan style Bats at North possessed by the Scotus errier, & Shababid Banking Cor-

Pre using shortage Is stille pareHerfstep it cut file sugs then in poration, p.in,

tenants at IK$15,000 $10,000 its original role as a small hunt- they say. undoubtedly Legislative Counell inreting, 2.30] this is Cue entirely to the factch the hot enkes at a mentaly ing dog. it dug mio holes looking

HK$500.

for fox and other vermih. that the Colony is nooded with rental referues What will hupeni if their pesifica here becomes Amtentable

the event of, say, t

blackande

12.JT.

Coming Events

TOMORROW

The Barnstormers,

European

YMCA, for troops, #pan,

ז'

of Hong Kong by the Commun- 1st A wholesale exedan hack to hina would inevitably follow, China

On the ethor hand. thie golden harvest is not likely to continue for ever. In fact, many are of the spinlon that it has had its guys "so take what you can get now, or elec it will br too late."

This big strike and boyent of 1935-190, whiels were afro inspired Y's Men's Club luncheon, Boot by Communists then raling Can-

Think Twice Garden, HK Hotel, 12.45 pm. † tổn, is will fresh in the minds of Kowloom Rotary Club Function, must peuple,

Many of the refugees recently sererning! "Great Lake"

Almart

overnight it turned muriving in the Colony. though one of the Cruby's biggest pro- they have the money, think twice perty me into a headlong before sending to mura

for depression, resulting in whole- 21 "The length of our stẩy berz cale failure among real ostat: pcrii«in," most of tied say.

!

by ebutlery ! Canzian Trade Comtois umer. Pentr sula Horel, 12:30 pm. Valor

Church, Ladies Guth,

May In-

Pletena mertton. stitute, 3 p.m. RAP Associatica, lúchson, Jara. bean Room, Kiel, 12.45

D.FI.

FRIDAY

IIK Light Orchestra Singers' re- hearsal, 54. John's Cathedral Hall, 7 pa

Japanese Delegate To YMCA

Meet

owners and construction panies.

com.

"We've gone far chaugh, batter call a ball now before it't too Into," is the general altitude of people inverting in properly now,

Demond For Flats

This does not inorns, however, that there is already any Bit fall it property value, which in fuel

|

"Gone w the lays when a re- ful.ee seould pay any zum for a dus to be built mid handed over to The

is sny. thees or four months said anotar contractor,

TheY

But up ali ti soney, mu air slice of pr besten, for theeler GERİ !ver."

Asked if Gavirument requisi- tirating WDS ng any effect on new new building

programmes, informants said it did mut, Gove

Un

a. Laing manatilised. Deniand for ernment requisitioner only houses

Court Brevities

Believes Reds Will Find It Impossible To Govern China

At a press conference yesterday, Generdi Sun Pao-

kang, leader of the Liberal Socialist Party, roaffirmed his belief that the Communists would find it impossible to gövbím China for any considerable period.

General Sun came to Hong Kong from Canton to clarify the aims of his party. The confer- ence was held at the Cafe de Chine. The General Bord that Com- Jaunist successes in Chin wore due to the fact that the Nation- alist Government had been too The successes, he said, corrupt.

nothing to do with Com- have no

водо doctrine. munism as an ideal

General Sun and that at the

concentrals on the task of or- present moment, his party would ganising resistance behind the He said that Communist lines.

Lap dogs were purposely bred by the Checks, not only as after-when the Communist Pa lionate pets, but to small enough first formed, it was evgi smatter. to be held in the ladies' Japs, to in size and influential than his Yat, today the prezent Party. help keep their stomachs warm.

are taking over all Communist China.

These and other humerous anecdotes, toll by Mr. Howell

kept the about dogs,

nadient highly nutsed throughout the 15- ininute talk.

Defence Rote

Mr. Howell ended up by say

Kong Ing that dogs in Hong were being called upon to play thele role in the Colony'e de fence. The Army had just ask. ed the Hong Kong Kennel Club them in

pragurin to assist dogs, preferably aged one year and over, which were breed suitable for guard dogs to supplement there and rere which have been trained to Germany.

of *

Air Howell rald Abustians were, and he had of course, suitable, advised the Army that members of the Kennel Club were import

Abcarung, to the General, a third party is uriently needed for China's revival, on the Nation- alists han proved themselves in- capable, and Communism is not sulted for Colon.

the Liberal So- He sold that cialist Party aims at a politically democratic China, with such so- cinliste meusures as thode, Intro- duced in Amtrict daring Roose-- volt's New Deal kid again put in practice by the Labour Govern- ment in England

No Army

"The Liberal Socialist Pary, has no army," General San said, "but if we have the right solution for the people, they will come to us." He clled is root of his state- ment the numerous defections of

GENERAL BUN PAO KANG

Skilful Piloting Averts Mishap

Specials

T

American Cheddar $4.00 per lb.

Gorgonzola

$4.50 per lb.

Danish Bluc

$4.00 per IB.

THE DAIRY FARM-ICE & COLD STORAGE COLLTO.

HONG KONG

A PROVED REMEDY FÖR

Blood Disorders

The skilful piloting of his air- | BLOOD IMPURITIES may give rise to a variety craft by Mr. M. Ballantine, sav ed the Hong Kong Airways of distressing and painful allments such as VRIDO DC-3 oiferaft from any

at the Kai Ulcers, Bad Legs, Rheumatism, Gout and the mishap while landing Tak Airport yesterday.

The aircraft, the Fukien, came from Canton

KOWLOON

common skin eruptions. Boots Blood Purifier, and immediately prepared in the laboratories of Boots Puro Ding after she touched down at the landing field her skipper discover Co. Ltd., in Nottingham, England, is a remedy proved over the Nationalist soldiers to theed that her starboard brake was

defective

Get a bottle today from your chemist or dru Mr. Bollantine tnxiet the DC-3 Communist side.

to the runway alongside the Dairy

The Liberal Socialist Party is

Socialist Party, which, in tuni,

in cffshort of the Democratic Farm Unfeteria an inter let her was the result of the amalgama- slide onto a gross lawn jul be feen the cafeteria and the run

tion of the National Socialist and

On the grass lawn the big plane eventually came to a stop. She was later pulled out of the lawn by a vehicle and her 27 Chinese passengers wera unload- ed on the runway.

Shat were completed. No doubt, It affected the value of houses ready completed or about to lie naw a possibly better type- ermpleted, ut Its effect on nes

the Dobermann Pinscher. Luilding 2 almost

M.. W. M. Summons, on behalf "Penuli

not bulldia 10t i

not of the Rotary Club, thanked the because they fear thete houses, speakes

: en completed, would be 24- Aming visiting Rotarians a: Democratic Constitutionalist way. A boy of 13, charged with quisitioned, but because they fear deng yesterday's weakly un-Parties.

The Notional Socialist Party stealing clothing containing $50-a genes al slump, and if we are chicon was Mr. Elmer W. Nelsc yus formed shortly after thr 20 and a ruler valued at $1, had going to be bockaried, then thier past president of the New York [14

Japanese invasion of Manchuria ven his mother against him inter is more than Justined," aur Club, who brought greetings from

in 1031, when the Nationalist The Invenik Court at Central formats suid.

his home club as well as a flag.

Government, wnging a civil war, effect

to the Japanese. The Democratic Con- on the other stitutionalist Party. hand,

an organ chiefly of Overseas Chinese, and had been in existence for several decades.

The Liberal Secialist, Forty now Include only those elenients which do not co-operate either with the Kuchintang Government or the Communists.

The Japanese representative yesterday.

to the South-East Asian "My on is not a gone boy." YMCA conference, Mr. Shiget the mother. "Some time ago The stole $10 from someone and

yuki Ogata, arrived here from Tokyo yesterday on his way

I had to make up for it."

to Bangkok for the confer control ini. Please do what you

ence.

1 am very angry. I cannol

wish with him." -The-boy-was-given-right-strokes- Mr: Ogata lit the press. that of-the-enne and sentenced to the YMCA in Jupon has been Wyreformatory for two years. activo since nter the wn, New YMCAs have been organisent In practically all cities. There are about 20.000 YMCA members in Japan now, which

hearly double the membership befor the war.

At this conterence, which is the third of St Rind, the other

A fine of $80 was imposed on a earried woman, Lam Chol, by Mr. P. X. d'Almoda for having her possesalon for the purpose of sale three gallery tickets to the Central Theatre.

Pleading guilty she

sdid in mitigation that ufter buying then she changed her mind about

R.M. Omar Appointed Secretary Of HKFA

At yesterday's meeting of the Hong Kong Foot- ball Association, it was announced by the Chairman, Mr. J. Skinner, that Mr. B. M.

no

Omar had been appointed as the paid full- Efforts To

time Secretary of the Association.

A

two being held before the watering the show and tried to re- the Association lo Mr. A. J. tions were being conducted, for i

than cost

the Japanese representative is Kotug suggest that the Inter- then. She acnitted offering national Boys' Comp Meet be held in Japan.

Mr. Ogata Su thair this meeting proves to be a success he thinks that annual meetings will

be called in the future,

the tickets for more price,

Six months hard labour was unemployed Chi- passed on an

ese man, Wout Fuk, aged 33. for Indecently assaulting a girl of 14.

He was also recommended for

Combat Rinderpest

cents

Mr. Skinner also took the

communication from the opportunity of expressing his Sing Tao Sports Club, osking the own thanks and the thanks of Association to note that negotia- the sending of a soccer team to Hussain, who had carried out

Bangkok for a series of games in the duties of Hon. Secretary aid of charity was mad to the pending the appointment of a meeting. As this communication

Approximately 50 paid full-time Secretary. did not amount to an application

Mr. Skinner further said that for leave to make the proposed (Silver) invested in a rinder- he would like to thank all those tour, the meeting decided that pest vaccination can protect a who had applied for the position, it should be led pending the for Chinese farm family's water

in application d

buffalo from the destructive which had now been filled by Mr. ceipt of Ombr

matter. The other countries attending banishment.

The question of grounds was Mr. L. G. Young brodpni up animal plague that is now killing thousands of cattle It was

nileged that Invelic this

the girl conference Include China, Malaya, The Philippines, went an unnumbered hut in discussed at length by the meet the question of referees examina-

According to a report from the Korea and China. Many Earopean Kung Yuen Lane o lank for de- and it was stressed by Mr. Lions and lectures far Referees throughout South China.

once the ixtures He sold he had been informed by ahlions, the United States, Aus- fendant's wife when the alleged Skinner that

had been arranged, postpone Mr. K. K. Ip that the Chinese JCRR-subtitled Rinderpest Con- tralia and New Zealand will at-

ment would be allowed, except in Referees Association was already trol Teums in Kwangtung Pro- tend the conference as observers.

exceptional circumstances.

fit of Chinese referees..

mede possible by using the Blood Mr. Skinner said that the Chi- from one rabbit inoculated with F. nese

Referees' Association but the viris, to produce inmunizo- 珊 500 watet

Well Represented

assnult took place.

For using unnumbered hut in Shing We Road us a brothel, a Chinese woman, Leung Tsat, aged

As Mr. K.K. Jp was no longer/sonducting lectures. for the bene- | yince, 1115 Inexpenalve' process is

of the Counell, the member ค

Mr. meeting appointed

The Japanese YMCA is well, was sentenced to six months Ennis to act in Mr. Ip's place on been remiss in rot nourying the tion vicolae.

hard labour and recommended the Referees Sub-Committee. HKFA in the matter and added | MitalDES.

represented as Mr. Ognti had over

years of

30

MCA work..

with for banishment, experience

The other repre-

Inspector Wheeler, prosecuting. Bentative is Mr. T. Kinemasu, said that when the premises were secretary of Tokyo YMCA who calded there two Chinese two Amerleans in.

will follow Mr. Ogata to Bang- kok tomorrow.

Mr. Ogata sald that he would

Kong YMCA when he returns from Bangkok around, the begin ning of September for a brick stay here.

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woman and them.

For stealing two

add job ed jeep, 25-year-old

raincoats

症是

that a letter would be addressed

The own

These sh bther indin c nhớ thờ The meeting agreed,

Services, con- to the Calbose Rofarces Associa-result of five mouths: of concen- gesture to the

the ion on the subject.

trated work in 11 hsien (counties) sequent on a letter, from Land Forces Sports Board, that

League Draw

micstly along the Canton-Hankow Province Royal Navy and Army person.

The draw for the First Round Rawby In Kwangling P

have not be allocated 500 seats when

games of the League resulted as where the control tehnik some 2100

21,000 water their

teama respective

follows, the homo teada being now vaccinated som

Buffaloes other) cattle, playing on the Home ground.

designated first in each case: gon regarding like to meet the directors of Hong valued at about $50, from a paric- latter from Saigon

control work: First Division: RAF Kwong A lat

Chinese AA subdired with a U535,788-casti Chinese and Army; Kowloon grant from the coolle, Wong Sang, was sentenced the formation of a "South East

Royal Navy

- Joint · Cófühldon on to six weeks hard labour and ex-Asiatic Committee of Bports for Wah; Eastern v

Wicks at the purpose of arranging, annual- Motor Bus v South China; 3 Cdo. American nulsion by Mr. J.

winiming. But.. y Polico, Club v Kit Chee. Rural Reconstruction, has been Kowloon yesterday.

ly, football, rugby, boxing,

done by six teams of veterinarians The prosecution stated that on

rowing, tennis, basketball At present Mr. Ogain is the

Second Division: Army v Pri-organised by the National South Economist and Chief of the Ro August 13, Mr. T. V., Everson, the and ping pong garice, was rend, St. Josephs-Byc.

Bon Officers Club; Kit Choe v

Et Epizootic Prevention Bureau' search Department of a cotton complainant, was returning to his to the meeting.

After nomo discussion, it was

University; Dockyard Police;

the Kwangtung :: Provincial Epizootic Prevention Stalon.. mill in Osaka. He is also the Y's Jeep HK1335, parked outside. 5 Men's Club Japanese Western Hankow Road, when he saw de- decided that the different bodies South China v Solleitars: Eastern Club; Chinese AA G'Naval Yard District Governor,

fendant pick up two raincoats be circularized regarding this lot-

Complainant ter, which called for the rending Police; Tajkoo V-FCA; Newspa

and ar- of a Hong Kong delegate to Sat-per Vendors v St. Joseph's and

Rinderpest, is: Chingle most Itoyal Navy v RAF, MAS kon on

Irom the Western

of the number of destructive animal disease. The In view District Athletic Association and Second División: Bkture, chepih diseno urekde, is an epidemic Whey 10. Happy

Ppy Valley Athletic Akso of the guntes would be play through an e

ky started immediately, went up

Ogla graduated from from the seats.

his studies in England twenty rested him years 950,

Objections To Thumb Brints,

Chinoso objection

SHOP MASTER

FINED FOR

ASSAULT

Apptember 20.

the..

Destructive

live: Disanso

ciación fur affiliation to the "Aino Imitl-week before the

official start

clation wore also read to the of the season,

It

meating. was decided that these

applications be referred to the

Chinese National Ainateur Athletic

Chan Man,, aged 21, shop Federation for necessary action. master of a shoemaker at 112: ChaElfy. Matth

to the require Lalchikok Road, was, fined

GA

RAF PROGRAMME

AT FLEET CLUB Royal Air Force Station, Kal

alicken

in the

depend on for and is a fault

their draft power causts perious crop. Joegen. „

In 1948 more than 80 per centi

of the water buffaloes in Hainhui yang Hsien a recent outbreak of Haien dios of rinderpest. In Chao-

rinderpest 13 will be kiled 1,300 of the 'district's 2,300) is reported to have

buffaloes and is still

ed to, the Assoclition by Sir Man- Fleet Club The Root water,

pod victims, was dealt with by light over Radio Hong Kong spreading the. meeting.

Two veterinarians are leavingi The

Hands, Incluss the Xor Chaoying carly this week

In order to help combat' rein- Kai Tek: Dance Band_n

FirpBlwangs?' and Szechuan).

wah dialded that, în View Flying ramme, presented by

ment at a thumbprint under the $100 by Mr. Blair-Kerr at Hospital, which had been forward- taiment programme the China

A letter from the Tung Wah Tak, will provide variety enter proposed Registration of PersonsKowloon

yesterday on B Ordinanca was contained in a

charge of aggravated assault am Lo, requesting that a charity to Government,

Part of the petition hand..

soccer gama be played in aid of broadcast in yesterday by the Chinese General on a 14-year-old apprentice.

Chab was Bound over the Chamber,vernment's

sum of $200 for one year. Despite

assurance TV: Semá štáted by the prosech- that the thumb, print was merely tion that complaint Wong King-

of the for the

Person

chuen, aghi, 14, was an apprentice concerned,

would be required of defendant's aahoo metar shop.

nhà hoh

At about 10,30 am, on Auguft. LADY - dant rasshulted, the "boy |

doris ther

ethers 148 complains to the Palice. I.

meetreaus01.

Wak

baan agitation for deletion of sthis provision from the Bill ever

vines: Itwas. Arst sudounced was sent to Howloon Homputat

Bill will be as for second Donnell this, teraden, and win

addent and ve

the allogg to fleepi

of the decision which had Pro RATI K combination & difery wallent, using funds violaly been reached by kl Council that no further charity known in the Colony p matchen, other thân those, The hand will be

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