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Nine Europeans, including a two-and-a-half year old ghiglaft | Hong Kong for Tientsin yesterday by the is. Hupeh. They are hig and Mrs. W. Wadle, Professor and Mr... A. Richards, Mr. and Mrs. Ef Whoon, Miss N. K., Wheen, and Mesars. C. O, Soltau and E Aitken.

*Other passengers whoi hoarded these. Hupten yesterday for Inchon Included Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Cotesworth. and two children and Messrs. 9. Relton, Shin Buk- woo and Kim: Jun-shok.

Mr. and Mrs. E. A. R. Newton left Hong Kong for Genoa by the 58. Automedan yesterday.

Captain, W. Bambra and Mr. C. H. Blake left for the United Kingdom yesterday by the ss. Automedon.

Messra: F. W. Allan, R. H: Lar- char, E. E. Pascalia and R. Serra were among those who left the Colony for Salgon by Air France yesterday,

Week-end departures from, the, Peninsula Hotel included Mrs. P.. A. J. HIN. Cabangbang, Mrs. Major and Mrs. J. D. H. Chap man, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Baldn walls, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Blair, Measts, J. E. Poulden, R. N.

Kilachand, A. Thompson, Graham, S. C. Narsis, E. Cathie, J. F. Watkins, E. Moller, G, Flet- cher, N. White, J. A. McConnell, 9. M. Keeny, and M. V. Berg.

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Among the new week-end.ar rivals at the Peninsula Hotel were Miss J. Louestro, Mrs. M. A Moyles, Mrs. J. Farron, Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Raslyah, Messrs, G. T G. Stern, J. S. Yen, V.H.

Hicks, Tu, J. H. Marchal, E. Harris, 3. H. G. Cooper, N. F. Webb, W. P. Roberts, F. S. Bush, W. R., O'Brich, and W. Barker.

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*General Bir John: Harding; KGB, CBE, D§D, MC, Com mappan,In: Chist Far East Land-Foregs, and Air, Marshal F.J. Founty, OP. DIO, AFC, Com mander-in-Chief Far East Air Facerelyed from, Singapore by a spacial. Hoyat: Alr. Force alecraft.esterday, Photo-shawa Ale: Marshal Fogarty what ting Withian RAF dificeret.Kal Tak after the Opin Ce aretyal. General Harding le,to the glaht pf-the-Air Marshal, z ("China Mall", photo.)

Communist ships

in HK harbour

(By Our Harbour Reporter)

The position of the Communist-flaggad ships in Victoria Harbour13 of the China Mer <chants › Navigation Steamship Company and four of the Chinese Maritime Customs is still obscure.

Hitherto, no plans have been drawn up by the res-

pective organisations for future operation of their vessels, all of which are at present laid- up.

A senior official of the CMC stated last evening that the local office is awaiting Instruc-

ons from Peking.

up before she acquired her, new Panamanian Apg).

GROWN COUNSEL ON CLEVER FORGERIES

| One of the largest and most sensational veizures --

of counterfait_currency, over stogąd, in the Calony-worth more than tháif va “million American dollars on its face value was des catibeď był MrħAJ Hooton, Crown Copniol, at

the Criminal Sessions yesterday. Mr. Hopton said expert evidence would be given to show that the money purporting to be United States Federal Reserve banknotes, ..mostly of $100, were remarkably clever for- geries which could not be detected by the or- dinary person.

Another of this group, the is Miranda; formerly the Tai Kong was recently a victim of bec wrather on rendus and founder ed with more than 4,500 tons of

| Mr. Justice ( Gould, "Senior || On-instructions fat the pollee, Puiane "Judge, and a jury of first accused brought back from sx men and one woman try- the plane a suitcase, saying that ing three, Chinese, were further tioned, he admitted the case-con- was his luggage Further ques-

em-170) senal-him, unid the second!

banknotes. At. this,), Mr.

accused under arrest. At the police station, the suitcase wall opened with a key taken from the second accused's pocket, Tho

【Dairy Fárm

workers see arbitrator

Repretentatives

the

[[Dalry" Farm" "workers, called · 17 Con Professor R. Robertion Di

Yesterday" to" "express thate dimantial motion over his award of only HK$30 a month.

The men originally asked for K890 month, and When negotiations with the Dairy

Farm Company cinch- datalomate, the dispute › was submitted to arblirajjont

·Professor, Pabertson (told the representatives, yesterday that having made the award.

job was finished and he' could not do anything more In the matter

Dairy "The

dry Fatm workers

whir' now' best among them- selves to discuss their next course of action,

RUSSIAN PLANES BOMBED

acquainted, with the ingenious "photographic process ployed in the making of the notes, the first batch of which were seized aboard a plane at Kai Tak bound for Siam.

The accused in the dock are forged money was discovered in Tom Kuenallas Tam Shrung, a false bottom of the suitcase, aged 45, pf 122 Nathan Road, firs and its face value was $10,500. floor: Tam Chal-wo,

Crown Counsel went on to Maged 25, Haberdashery broker, and Tam that the Best: accused then took Chiyping, aged, 83,, brother of the Road. There he showed them the police to his house in Nothan rst accused residing at

at 223 Jaffed

a baby cpt, under while some Road, second, Roor

They are facing three counts

mord bills were found. On look- ing of possession of; forged birik-

round the hous

house, the polico notes and one of possession of found a considerable amount of implements of forgery.

equipment found to be sulfed to Assisting

Crown Counsel in that the making of US$100 notes prosecution is "Chief Inspector | cameras, enlargers, developing, Tom Gas

Cashman, Assistant Director trays, pliotographle frames, Photo-

Talpeh, March 27. of Criminal Investigation for Braphic take, metal plater, n

larzd

Press reports claim that Na Kowloon

quantity of paper, and so on. tionalist planes, in an attack.

Mr. Defending first accused is Mr.

Hooton sold that the on Lunghwa Field in Shang- Chen and Mr. Vy, this way was first by photo-nd on Tarch 20. stredne

V. J. method of making

in D'Alton, J. C. Stewart.. Mr. D'Alton him- Kraphing

Echuind notes and self instructed by Mr. Stewart is larging the photos. Then the equipment and killed appearing for the second and third serial numbers would be taken ground crew.

out, the notes reduced to their accused.

The reports said the crates came Dealing with each count, Mr. proper site, then transferred by from the Soviet Union. By March Ecoton told the jury that the first chemical process to a metal plate. 18, they declared, reven planes count was against the first and This plate could then make an had been assembled, and a wo sacord accused. This was in re exact replica of the American Taler nine more. lation to events an «November 23, and was for possession of 105 of

the farged. $100 notes.

dollar.

the notes

He denied vernacular reports For driving car No. 2100 in that personnel of the four remains

False-bottom cupboard 2166 with. evening, Peter Brant, 30-year-ing CMC cruisers in port are being old Rovenue Officer, was fined sent to .Shumchun for training. ore.

"The men have been working on $150 by Mr. Hin-shing Lot board the vessels all along," he

Central yes Wheeler said that: waded.

Inspector

JOINT SCHOOLS' CHORAL SOCIETY

a

400

the first accused, plone, and d Jaffee Road. Mr. Hoown con- Field' in the Northe gileged that he was in possessions, owed the tiom con-20 attack" reportat they slod

toria Barracks and then later the only one f being utilised] make its debut in Hong Kong by ton- sald the allegations were that took the police to a spot in Tiêm-1,claimed that they sank more than

ceive cargo.

Test flights were made," the re- but after the March 20 Bald, First accused later took the

the crates which escaped The second count was against police to his brother's house. in

were shifted to

His brother, the third

of Shanghal. of 9,500 forged $100 notes. The

a clip-

taking part in the March The CMSN, which switched alle

third count embraced the first and board with false about 5 p.m. Brant borrowed the

Wird accused, and was in connectaining a further batch of forged three Communist planes "which car from the manager of the glance early this year, also has no

tion with possession of 2,270,$100 notes, explaining that his elder sped off before the could be e- White Horse Bar in Lockhart plans for it Inid-up ships. Four,

The newly-formed: Diocesan

forged notes

U6359 notes Road. He told the man that ha however, have been offered to the

* And 20

brother had stored them there. god.) As to the last count, Mr. Society Choral

Hoo

Nationalist held a lleence. The car was dri-peal public as floating godowns 84hools

Afterwards the third will

accused

warships today ven by the defendant to the Vice So far,

are still waiting to re-singing Sir John Stalner's sacred himself had in his custody, three out from the ground some more in an engagement yesterday of the on..November 25. first accused log Road where the police dug 40 troop-laden Communist! Mirike cantata, "Crucifixion" According to a responsible ofl- It will give two performances-fetal plates. which, markd metal Plaice, The "Nim accused mouth

of the Yangtse near Bhabg- been engraved which were also showed the police three fur- Nationalist mayal craft are patroll- tomorrow, at 8.15 p.m. and the Bank of England banknotes.

bearing marks. pecu- Reports to Naval Headquarters ing outside, Hong Kong wutors other at Diocesan Boys School

Har to those lying in wait for any Red-bagged

ursday, at 8.15 p.m.

Turning to the events concern-notes, inilde his own house fin of about 80 which was trying to ships to leave Hong Kong. He as- soloists will be the Rev. Mr. Hooton said that about Nathan Road.

sall Bouthward froin Shidqi The three were then formally through the Nationalist blockade. 8.45 am. on party Young, RN, Chaplalo, serted that he had been informed 'Mr. on several pensjons on the cult- 32 Commando and the Vi Chaunown,

leon CID Chief, “Mr. Cashman, tenor, Mr. Jameson entered the Kal Tak airfeld. toments, ence of prowling Nationalist war Chinese

which they made certain state-machine-guns. Huang,

At the same time, other Nation- The Choral Society le a joint the waiting-room, they found Mr. Horton stated that en jezalist warships claimed they wank body of the two schools and will wrot and second accused standing pert from the National City Bank 70 more Communist unkn

with. other people.

would give evidence and say hd Hangchow Bay South of Shang- be augmented by members of St.

examined all the notes concerned Andrew's Church Choir. They Boarding e plane

hal a fool after having a few drinks.

The two men looked as if they notes were such clever forgeries munists to send a small party to

taking three days to do, sp. have been trained by Mr. S. Gor-

Tho (Another attempt of the Com He told the Court that he would

don Hemery, FRCO, LRAM, were about to board a plane to that they could not be detected Hainan was driven of by re soon be leaving the Colony for

ARCM. The performances will be gether. Chief. Inspector Ciah- Home as he was quitting the

under his direction. S

by the ordinary person, There igans then went up and poked were however litle délects In the ter the Air Force 'sank threa batteries, It was announced herp No nud mother Job in Hong aircraft over the South China re-sian and a gratis copy of the which they replied it war in for the serial number was a little too junks with 100 aboard. The Junka Revenue Department and could

There is no charge for admisthem if joy had any luggage, to portraiture, and the colouring on Kong. He said that ho was Rgion, the predicament of the local complete words of the work will plane-hugh was bound for dark. The paper was also of the

noticed that the car was damaged i clal of the CMSN" one or more) ane at the Diocesan Girls' Schoollier: to those,marks found, jal ther, pint of Bank of England; wàld' this junks belonged to s"isot

taken to the New York Bar.

About 9 p.m. Yuen Yun-kam and as he was arguing with the defendant about the payment of $50 for the hire of the car-ho (Inspector Wheeler) arrived on

and the scene, on fading that Brant had no licence to drive` placed him under arrest.

Brant, who appeared in Courtships, CMBN ficlat declared late, said that he had been 90. duty and asked to be excused. that if it ware not for this, the some of the Idis ships in port to resums the Straits Indian

He pleaded guilty to the charge and said that he had behaved like:

native

The

CMBN could have sent South

tun.

Air danger

With the presence of hostile

Lon

"

of police omcers led by the How charged three were then formally All were armed with heavy

of Mancheater and his wife, Chinese Communist organisations be avaliable to every visitor. Slam. and daughter were in England. has-bow aggravated to such an

In lining him. Mrzlo said that

extent that It bar even been do alpred dangerous to send a ship

Pearl River,

it was a very serious offence to keep the Court walling. Hisfying the Red emblem to the offence against the frame regula- Lions was also very serious, but In view of the fact that he would soon be leaving for Home He was being dealt with leniently.

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The

The Communist-Bloggód -river steamer Wen Hsing was strafed and bombed by raiding Nationalist P-61's recently.

Wen

Hsing was towed lato part recently totally gutted by fire caused, by incendiaries.

Another: Red ship, the us. Kwel Hai, belonging to the recently- Kwangsi Navigation

deforbed

Company, asemi-Kuomintang shipping organisation, is at pre- gent "stranded" at Cheung Sha Wan. Most of her personnel, it

was

Kowloon CID chief

testifies in court

Cross-examination of the Kowloon CID Chiaf and other police officers on the facts surrounding the arrest of a group of men on January 24 figured at the continued heating of the ap plication for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus yesterday,

wrong type.

Bried

to

sneak into Wangin, "TO Chief Inspector Cashman then drew Northward after shore ba

miller East of Holhow, but with took the stand to give evidence, after which he was intensively tries opened fire. cross-examined.

The trial continues at 10am today.

Netherlands recognition of Peking regime

The Hague. March 27, The Netherlands Govern-

Fighter planes latir discovered the junks and tank two while s third tas sunk by a naval 'unft. Many bodle

Bodles

were Coating in the

Were

a number of Communists

National urcraft were over Nonntag, Lulchow and Farhol, destroying installations and ship bing." ZAricciated Press and United Press,

ment announced today that dii ele The applicants, gight in within a certain provise of the has decided to recognise Mão

fearned, had left the ship whoo number, are asking for theFolice Force Ordinance which Tse-tung's Communist Govern the company switched to the new writ against the Commissioner allottede 72-hour period of dement in China.

regime.

sald

Good work

by police

A report said that attempts to of Police and Superintendent tention before being brought up

communique dexed here Fast work on the part of the recrifit Focrit personnel to man thereof Prisons to show cause why before a magistrate:

that Dr. J. Vikeboxbe, Police of the Eastern Eglice converted United States Navy their immediate release from

Me." "Willlarga semned his Rutch Embassy Secretary, today Station resulted in the arres landing craft: have, hitherto been custody should not be ordered, Judgment on the legal aspect of handed a note to the Central of three men suspected fruitless. This, however, could not

the dispute.

Government in Poking, containTM The Acting Chlof Justice, Mr. be confirmed.?".

The

Connaugh!!

lag de Jure recognition of the robbing two women of money Road office of the company closed the applicants, who were anions Calimia yesterday afternoon was effect from today.

E. H. Williams, is trying the case, On the facts concerned, Mr. Chinese People's Repubile with and valuables at Sookungo down in mid-March.

on Saturday. custody on cross-examined by Mr. Bernacchi. Mr. N. Ade. Woord, tem- The sister ship of the Kwei-Hai those taken into

January

"25"In the premises of the He fortified as to baving gone on

porary Dutch Charge d'Allaires is at present at Canton. It could Fing Lok Rattan Workers A January 21 to 184 Cheungsabwam at Nanking, will leave for Peke riot be Condime

when she mud sóciation fr 184 Cheungahawan Rowd with a party at unlice viting soon to take charge of the lready plained he new Hoad, are ahly, Ching-ket, Careers to arrest two men in connect promunque ad the The Kwel Shan left the Yu, Cheung So. Trang Chiption with a charge of unlawful Dutch Government had informed Colony early in January, according Ying-cheung, Chan Kul-kwor wounding. to her owner, to register dew flag

Canton

an

ΤΟΥ

المات Elmyrong and

Communique-said,

The two women, Ng Sul-Jiang

hit Ng Kiu were robbed of tra

cab, one gold ring and

The three suspects pairs of earings.

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on Saturday afternoon the Chinese Nationalist Ambak Kwok-kum aged 36, Fifteen men --- including the do in The Hagbo Dr. Henry HUARACHE

almo brought to the police station Heins

cisión,

charged

In the worlds following her do Mr. B. A. Bernacchi, instructed present sight opplicants Werol Kung Chit-Chadg," of "their" đá Plochá thbe inliiguta

parture, she was kill

be undergoing cerliní

batare, obe could begin

the Paari Biyer aron. : So far

report abas reached the that she is on the rum.

hie, Crown

for

In this connection.

bea fold that '¦ this

PATSER O Caules erð ásked to commrecognition of the, Mao Tse-tuig detective Buð-

Alonsof their own accord and regime implies that Holland has were not considered as tinder ar

wiadraven la de Mure, redogm-Laurul successfully tor of Criminal Investigation.

rest. At up time In his presence tion of the Chinese Nationalist three days remand in

-tody in order 'so fallow. Yesterday ning commsel for did Ahay mimit any completly fovernment w

Holland is the" 24th country: Up near Topul the charge,kur Woading, Marreco miss the Chinese Coin-

NAPOLIS munist regime-Reuter,

flog

DOLLA

were found la

TALKS ON WAGES Fungi god

Mcials" of the Ho

this

chaland werd

"days in police