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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1950.

A parade by the 1st Battalion Bouth Blaffordshire Regiment was held in the New Territories, yesterday. The Guard of Honour formed for Major-General G. C. Evane, DOC, 40th Division, wore old-time uniforms of the Regiment. Shown here in the Battalion on parade,

Personalia

Chief Inspector F. J. Clare, who joined the Hong Kong Police Force on July 17, 124, has been the awarded a First Bor to Colonial Police Long Service

Trom July 17, 1949,

South Staffordshire Regiment on parade

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Medal. The awardi 1s effective In spite of dull skios and drizzling rain, 35 offi cers and 853 mon of the South Staffordshire Regiment yesterday morning carried out a ceremonial parade at their camp at Tsun Wan to colobrate the anniversary of two of their battle honours, Sobraon, 1846′ and' Kirbakan, 1885.

Inspector . Orem, who joined the Hung Kong Police Force on February 23, hus been awarded

First Bar to the Colonial Police Lang Service Medal, effective from February 23 last year.

Mr. and Mrs. T.:0. Rose, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Lu. Miss P. Peters and Captain Lad Moore were among those who left the Penin- sula Hotel on Thursday.

!

CRA urges investigation of rice

rationing system

|Thär ä' spacial invéstigation of the říĉa ratióning

'Colone!

· system, should bo insisted upon and that cor ruption should be pressed hohe on the cul prits was advised by the Rice sub-committes at a meeting of the Hong Kong Chinese Ko form Association at the Yốn Yan Restaurant myastardayam

In making his report, Mr. Chow Suk-wah said that three months had elapsed since the start of the rice investigation without any disclosure of the results by Government.

?

"This present method of plained that the Government 'dragging continued Mr. scheme of the Wholesale Vegg- Chow, only tends to damage table Market did not benent the the prestige of Governmitt farmers,

aid that at, the in- Mr. Pun sold and indirectly accounts for the station of Mr. R. Hart and Mr. general

apathy of Hong Kong C. T. Large, members of citizens towards public affairs, farm. Association hidd

| Market and Ethen 'spent some

who

in a Press conference, with Mr. Hurt who explained the agreed that an Investigation Into

***** whole scheme to them, the rationing system wak

neces- He also o read a letter willen sary but a week or so later, after the Press had disclosed that in to, the Association by over 30

hawkers

asked for ald in vestigationk had beguh, several

re-adjusting the present con- Government officials denied that ditions in the Hong Kong Govern- being ment Wholesale Vegetable Market. teslocis grievances Crowhen the Chinese Som

Some of the hawkeis

were forced were that they were

the Investigations

WETE

viclancu once

MA. W BOTTERWORTH "China Mall" Photo.

U.S. diplomats

en route tö Bangkok

wah Butterworth,

to buy Reform Association peralated in venet tele lemand for Inquiries into viables which bad only bich and then when incy the zice rationing system, a meet were libt present; they had to take ing was arranged by several

a whole basket of vegetables and United States Assistant Secretary* Government oMelats with mem- most time

most times, this hern of the Rëfoim Association

times, the vegetables on the of State for For East Affairs, and covered withered and rotten ithrio. other high-ranking US. PAI that meating, on Novembet counterparts at the bottom; an diplomate made a 30-minute stop- 14, P. Government spokesman ollier grievance was that only a over here yesterday afternoon en assured the Association that 10-favoured few were allowed to buy route to Bangkok" "from" Manila vestligations were being carried from the market out of several by Fan American Airways. out and asked for the members thousand hawkers. co-operation in giving data and certain particularz.

Price of rice

"Now, three months. Have gone

Govdriment officials and the

i

The Association, decided that the matter will be taken up by the sub-committee.

Hearing of Sun Fo

summons

The dates for hearing of the

The battalion, drawn up in line and with the King's

by without disclosure of any, re- and Regimental Colours on parade, was com-

stilts obtained by Government manded by Lt. Col. F. L. Martin, DSO.

during. their investigations and the sub-committee feels that it is Major-General G. C. Evarus,ecution with the bayonet. The time to insist that a joint coin- CB, CBE, DSO, GOC, 40th In-Commanding Offeer, fantry Division, was greeted Eyre, was killed at the head of mission of inquiry composed of on his arrival by a Generalis men. The complete victory Salute de

ald much to avenge the murder of Foopte of Hong Kong be organised New arrivals at the Peninsula He then proceeded to carry out had fallen before it took place

Carry out General Gordon, for Khartoum and elected to inquire into the

matter." Hotel on Thursday included Mr. als inspection of the ranks drawn The remainder of the day was form Association should not com- Mr. Wong added that the Re- and Mrs. B. Braathen, Mrs. M. up on purade, stouping now and a holkiny for the regiment. In the mit the fault of having a short summons against Sun Fo. Blias Stowe, Messrs, L. A. Lewis, S. 1. again to converse with Individual evening there was a tombola Woodhouse, L. W. Bush. L. soldiers, During the inspection,

convenient party and sing-song

memory but Sun Chut-sang, were fixed for the and Іл Ретега, *. Kumbara, Cheap which lasted half an hour, the NAAFI canteen,

should persist on complete dis- March 68, 14, 23, 30 and April Chim-teng, F. Carlon and T. M. band played under cover of one Taylor,

of the large sheds in the imme-A special menu, selected by the closures in the rice-ration system 14. by Mr. Hineshing Loa

its self-appointed civic Central yesterday... men themselves, was lold on for before diate rear of the parade.

be considered 'ns all meals yesterday. They chose duty could General After the Inspection Arrivals from Manila, by CPA battalion hended by the band fast, bacon and eggs for lunch on Friday Included Messra. N. playing the Regimental March, peas, for supper roast beef and mashed potatoes and Papadimitrion, V. Rabel, H. Kee- "Come Lassies and Lads march roast potatoes followed by apple fer. D. Donnan, Mrs. Allee Keelered past in column of threes. On ple and custurd. and Mrs. Anna Rahel.

Messrs. A.F. Headlam and M. Merritt arrived in the Colony on Friday from Slugapore by CPA.

Mrs. Donna A Trent who ar- +1ved here yesterday from Bangkok by the ss. Hermelin will leave for Manila by the ss. Mon- golin.

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·

Mr. John McAsion, Baille of Glasgow will address the Kow. loon Rotary Club on Thursday at the Peninsula Hotel. His subject will be "Let Glasgow Flourish".

and

Miss Mary L. Duncan

Miss Mary J. Finke left the Colony for Bangkok yesterday by CPA.

Mesars. G. Minchin, T. Fi. Stobart, John. V. Gray, W. Wat- son and W. McGloughlin loft for Singapore by CPA yesterday.

I

Sun Eo was summoned by

The three other diplomuts are Mr. Myron Cowen,, US. Amuna- sadar to the Philippines, Mr. John Mucelo, US, Ambassador to Korea, and Mr. William Sebald, Political Advisor to Gateral. Douglas Mac- Arthur's Headquarters.

The Americas diplomats are going to Bangkok, to attend the meeting et American diplomatie mission chiefs in the Far East.

In the Colony, the group was Joined by Mr. Kari Rankin, US. Consul-General in Hong Kong.

Chinese ship arrives from Foochow

took the salute as the typically English food-for break dischalso said that the present for..bertain reliels, namely, the ing the Five Star, to reach

the dais with him were Brigadler J. P O'Brien Twohlg CBE, DSQ Commander 28 Infantry Brigade and Lleutenant-Colonel, Martin, while to their rear stood a guard of honour, consisting of soldiers dressed in old-time uniforms. of the regiment, ranging from 1705, when the regiment was first raised, to the Napoleonte War period. All the arms and many of the uniforms of this party were the original ones.

For these men it was practi cally the last time that they would go on parade as they were all young National Servicemen who are to embark on the Dunera today to return home for de- mobilisation.

"Noble daring"

The two Battle Honours, being i celebrated both February 10. Sabraon, fought on took place On

February 10, 1840_was_the_Angi Mr. D. C. Vaile, Special Re-

Battle of the first Sikh Wat? —

The South Staffords formed presentative, General Traffle Do- part of the leading line of the partment North West Airlines,main Beltish mintz on the Sikh Incorporated left for Monily Dosition the other British-units PA American World Airways who attacked with them befor yesterday,

676 |the 10th (Lincolns) and 63rd

(KSLI).

Mr. Valle arrived here during the last week with two members of the Seattle Goodwill Tour Group.

Mr. Russel Brines, Associated Press chief of Bureau, Toky ond Mr. Churles Gorry: AP statt photogrpher,..left for Bangkok by, Pan American World Airways yesterday.

Also leaving for Bankok By PAA was Mr. Earnest Hobrecht,

;

hards 'wao cârtisď, 'out The charge with great gallantry and Broke through' thể Sikh line; whenn- Upon the

South Staffords Wheeled right and awept through the batteriçë Uining the Bikh entrenchments, thale Carade of nama daring', (as it was described in the Com- mander-in-Chief's

despatch)

proving decisive."

gausage,

Fishermen's Children's School

.. Reconstruction on more Hemocratie lines of the pre- milses formally used, by, the Fishermen's Children's School at Aberdeen will begin all mort Immediately, It WAS officially announced yester- day.

With the reconstruction it will be possible to eventual ly accommodate. 400 púglis, whereas previously the mi- ximum number' was consida- rably lower and in rooms to. fälly unsuitable for their purposa

In 1861; there was a Qoy.. ernment School at Aberdeen, the revival of· Government.

tools in outlying areas.is in accordance with the

Colony's Education plans

*

Northcote teachers get certificates

+

Naucy Nyi, alla Nyi E. Kyoen, The first Chinese:véssel, fly-

Increase of the price of the custody and the maintenaned of British waters from. Foochow rationed

rice should be **alios Lily Sun, aged 13)

her daughter. Sun Joan Sun, since the Communist occupa- plained.

Defendant is represented by tion arrived yesterday with 40 The rise in the price of com mercial rice was due to the ban- Mr. K.Y. Kan while Mr. Marcus, tops of general cargo for the

da Silva is appearing for

Colony, com- ning of the export of rice from plainant.

Sho is the 100-ton mv. YI Canton but this did not affect

Hent-ont owned by the Fook kam Lo would appear for defen- Hinz-shipping Company of Hong

this

candor Slam und Burma.

from There were

various imperfec In the present system for

ing but full credit must be given

3

Mr. Kar sald that Sir Man-

dant but due to indisposition he could not appear in Court yester- day.

port on January 31. She

"molor"Westbr^ldit the Com-

Mr. Silya then drew the Court's reached local waters, without be- by patrolling, Na- attention to the fact that defening way late by Hant was absent from Court. sdded that it was a matter of courtesy to the Court that defen ding counsel should give an ex- planation of why defendant was absent.

enlarging the ratton ticket, and

Constitutionál roform “ The question of constitutional reforms was brought up by the Chaleman, Dr, S.-Y, Wong,

He said that reforms had been

Mr Silva also said that Mr aigned by 248 Organisations and Kan should not be allowed to had been--submitted to pick on his client's behalf, as Governor for forwarding to the defendant was absent. Colonial Ofler. This was ju

July

Mr Kan' sild that the only 1940

businos in Court was to fix There had buen no reply from dates for the hearing of the sum London, in spite of the earlier mons. There was no question of prómlic of a reply within three u plea being submitted and so it 'months, ..

was not necessary, for his cllent In answer, to the question what to appear. further steps should be taken, Mr.

Man-fol, said "In view of the No information

bised

general elections in

the to be

Cof

Hong Kong

that the pr reforms wil

be implementett regardless of the

possible. butcome of the elections. "The British. Government, must not be found in the position

faulter as

carlier

on-Gordon Shanghái trip

Mr. Lo Sin-llu, master of the coaster, reported, an uneventful voyage, at vi

It is understood that the Heng on will leave with cargo and passengers for. Foochow al- ter the Chinese New Year holi days. A

An all-Chinese crow of 20, Headed by Mr. Lo, mans' the 100- ton craft

FLOUR CONTROL

5 Air onfer was piatte yesterday by the Director of Bupplies and. Distribution withdrawing the probibition.

onderlinger Boar Karported for re-export and tigi ening the control of the re-ex- part of flour..

It is now compulsory to export

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An afficiat of the American Probur released front godowns for sident Lines, Hong Kong, ad export purposes. - · yesterday, that he had heard. ment spokesman four years ago nothing officially about reports

promised Hong of one of the company's

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tional reform.""

making trip to

to Shanghal, TE Mr. Ma also proposed that lead, He is Mr. J. J. Berryman, ing sponsors of the mass petition General Manager of the Can

the Colonial pany's Hong Kong that though, chould call upon Secretary and Mr. W..

Mr. Berrymanhid Carris The Ballle of, Kirbekan was, The importance of the voca- Special Adviser on Constitutional he had had Inquiries from res United Press Tokyo Manager. fought on February 10, 1885, betion of teachers cannot, be too Ordinance drafting, to Inquire as dents in Shanghal ebaut the Squadron Leader N. M. W. the River Columb which had strongly stated, yet it is at the to nowe from London and also to General Gorden making a second trip to evacuaté refugees from Harris, Major Thos. P. Cerucknell, moved down the Nile to relleve same time a work of intense asic an assurance from Govern- the Communist city, his San Commander E IL Mannin, Dr. General Gordon, then bérleged in Interest, Mr. G. F. Reed, Difce- ment that the General Elections, Francisco office had forwarded my J. A. da S. Vidím), Mr. and Mrs. Khartoum, by the Dervishes (or of Evening Institute, told which might delay the reply, suggestion, that the ship would R. C. Bannister, Miss G. E The enemy position was a successful candidates in the would not invalidate its historical be going to Shanghal drain. There are only “a fimited- Bannister, Privates D. Tengue strong she on a sleep ridge run-Teachers Class at the North-pled N

Ho sdded: Since the Poxing quantity. and J. McFallons, Mejrs. D. M. ning down to the river.

a week ago, which Housing problem radio broadcast Mathesib, C. A. A. Rogérioh, and

stated that many Amorfewn Anginér. problém discussed at diplomatie officials were stil, in bil hana taj k the Meating was housings are Chius, oven though the Becretary

that

100 Nathan Road, Kowloon

J, H. Vickory left Hong Kong for,

the United Kingdom yesterday by BOAC.

Bayonet charge

General

cote Training College yester-. + day, que podam (Mr. - Heed spoke belöre dis- While two companies of the tributing certificates to teachers Mr. D. R. Patterson loft the attack in sant, the main ipree, your course in the Evening, Id as the wealthier class were con Google have the

South Stumords made a holding who have just completed a three Mr. V. Mak said that as for 96tate had recalled them, my THE EVERGREEN cerried, most of them had found Colony for Rangoon by BOAConfisting Principalive of the zon stitute: Cingsen, yesterday.

mainder of the battalion togetherHe was introduced by Mr. Pot suitable flats as evidenced by one Shanghai evacuate officials, and Principal of the Col-contractor, who told him that other residents Hand

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flats for rent, no one was no Information about It"]; Bellamy. Miss M. Monson, Miss among the enemy, who fought tonight even be a reminder of the way for the middle class it was that tha: San Francisco puke "It is quite possible, however. Hart and Captain H.-J. Boné, fanatically, and doing: great; ex-work. you have undertaken, ana? Pato Day, such" high rentals,

let it spur.you on to still greater efforts. Let not be the era of Reves 1. Pick URNA A directly, withTM't" Nationalist; amā;

It Your studies, but the The most outstanding problem they did last time, before stond to greater thin gaya Mr. Reed Midwe

was houses

quises: for, the

poor He told the youn

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