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Hong Kong steamer among latest to be seized

FATE OF SS. CADUCEUS

Taipeh, March 30.

At least four or five ships flying foreign flags are being do-

tained by the Nationalists.

Restrictions

on water supply

Further restrictions on the

supply of fresh water werd announced by the Director of Public Works yesterday.

Beginning from April 4, the daily, hours st supply to. ali districts will be from, 6.30

1.30 p.m. and A.M. to

from

+

5.30 p.m. to

9

p.m..

Statement on Macao incident

Lisbon, March- 30.

The Portuguese Government, In a communique issued here has accused Chinese Commun- ist patrol boats

The latest to be seized, according to information received here, is the steamer Tai Chung Shon owned, by the old-established Taiping Steam Navigation Company of Hong Kong. The stoomor, which flies the British flag, was ap- parently seized near Communist-held Amoy on March 23 or March 24 and is believed to have been taken to Quemoy, nearby Na- tionalist island defence outpost.

are

Three-foreign ships are be Authoritative shipping sources ing detained at Kaohslung disclosed Inst evening that the (Takao) in South Wastern Tal Chinese seamen were recruited wan. They

the British in the Colzay. This has provok- freightor Caduceus, which the ed speculation as to which of the Nationalists allege had passed only two labour organisations in or was about to pass to Com-the Colony-the Chinese Sea- munist ownership: the former men's Union and the Hong Kong Norwegian steamer Unita y Seamen's Union-the

• arreste: Ing the Panamanian flag and

sermen belong owned by Wallem and Company Hong. Kong. and the Panamanian Iregistered steamer Swallow of 550 tons.

of

Hitherto, Η has been a matter of conjecture. The arrested men (cannot be identified here.

Both unions are

CSU, China's largest

nt present

The Unita. whose master is working under the Five Star ban- Norwegian Captain

The John Olsen, ner.

has been under detention since and most influential labour body, about February 20.

was the third Nationalist-con The Swallow was seized near frolled establishment in Hong. Amey on January 17 and escort-Kong to switch

alleriance In ed by a Nationalist warship to favour of the new regime. It has Raohsiung.

22,000 members in the Colony alone. The majority of the Chi- Her maater, Captain William D. of violating

personnel on board British Gordon, 49, of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, rteamers operating from Hong Portuguese territorial waters England, was confined for a month Kong are CSU near the Portuguese colony of aboard the ship, then allowed to

members. Macno on March 6,

The communique denied a ver-

Princess Elizabeth attended a dinner given in London'a Gulidhall to mark the launching, of the Lord Mayor's National Thanksgiving Fund.

Target figure for the Fund is £2,000,000. The money to be used to build a London hostel for overseas students in gratitude for the food parents received by Britons from the -Commonwealth and the United States. Photo shows: Princess Elizabeth amiles gally as she arrives for the dinner. She car. rles a bouquet of roses and carnations. Left (half hidden) la the Lord Mayor, Sir Frederick Rowland—(A.P. Photo).

Gallant French stand against Chinese Reds Indo-China border

on

Lao Kay, French Indo-Chino, March 30. visit Hong Kong. He returned the HKSU, which has been Rogert Simonnot, 23-year-old sergeant here a couple of days ago in an 800 st all along, has less than 10,-

100 members.

sion of the incident given earlier effort to get his ship back,

by the Chinese Communist news agency, according to which Port-

according

The organisation. well-informed Thirty-four of the 36 members sources, has been operating move

Detively since British recognitio

·LE was learned

gradually in-

artops opened fire on two of the Chinese crew of the South of the Communist Government. At patrol boats, "on the high sens."

sens." low were removed ashore and the declared that Portuguese ( chip is now in the charge of the membership Is troops opened wurning are with chief officer and anothor тап, |-machine-guns-when-one-of-three bath-Chinesa...

Communist patrol bants in the

brea approached up to 10 feet of Moller ship

the Portuguese island of Coloane, opposite Macao.

The Communist patrol boats. Immediately opened fire against irousca In Colbano. After an exchange of fire lasting threr minutes, the Communist patrol boats withdrew in the direction

Canton, the

of

added.

communique

Red casualties

creasing..

In an amelal statement last

evening a spokesman of the CSU |Hong Kong Office declared int arcording to recent Information reaching the Colony from Talpel

. Chinese Naval circles are of the Chinese seameti concerned in the opinion that the

Edithe Caduceus incident are

Moller, missing since she salled SU members,

from Hong Kong more thın ə nforth 100 may have hit a

mine and sunk with hand: Not molested

lost, adds United Press. How. avor, the opinion was mere speculation.

from Dijon, France, told today now 30 French sol- diers and 60 nativos withstood an unrelent- ing fivo-day attack by 1,200 · Communist the end of the fifth day mortar and heavy ar

troops bofore they abandoned their post.

tillery from the Vietminh and Chinese Com- "munist troops crumpled the walls of the an cient Fort Phalu on the border, and the de fenders fought 30 miles through jungles to Lao Kay, keystone of the French defences in Indo-China.

sen"

RAMPAGE IN LUZON

Manila, March 30, Armed pro Communist Hukbalahap guerillas sacked and burned a town within 40 milos of Manila today in the climax of a two-day "anni- versary"-uprising in which at least 60 persons were report- ed killed.

The outlawed peasant army made a series of raids in four Luzon Provinces.

Press reports put the death toll

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Farm decision

The China Motor Bus Company workers yesterday informed the management that they would accept the Dairy Farm extra living allowance award of $30 a manth in settlement of their original demand of $90 a month.

The bus workers are the second body of utility workers, after the Hong Kong Electric work- ers, to accept, the pattern of the Dairy Farm Arbitration award for settlement of their special allowance claim.'

at 80 and said many others were The Electric workers hotified wounded in fighting growing out their management of their ac- of "celebration" of the eighth ceptance on Wednesday. anniversary of the formation of the Hukbalahaps.

ed the town of

Con

fre

Acceptance by the Hong Kong

Peking moves to alleviate famine

A band of 300 guerilias raid-Tram workers of the same settle- Tanauan, 37ment has been delayed over a miles Bouth of Manila, early minor difference. The men had today. They attacked the agroed upon acceptance in prin- municipal building and Aciple but objected to a condition stabulary barracks and set

in the Company's offer that for to the town's market area be there workers who were not al

San Francisco, March 30. fore raiding homes. The public work the whole of January due market and 200 komen wara re- to the tram stoppage, would be

Peking Radlo announced to- ported burned out and fire old on a pro rata basis only. They day that all State-owned grain damage was estimated at more felt that there should be no dif- was being brought under than $1,000,000.

ferentiation, since they maintain unified central control in ordet At the same time, a band of that they were locked out and to alleviate the famine which 1,000 outlaws were reported at were not on stelike.

was reported rampant in 12 tacking the municipal building at Further discussion on this point provinces. San Pablo, 43 miles South East of with the management will take Manliu. An officer and four place

At the same time the Peking- ace today. Constabulary troops were report. Other utility workers have not controlled press claimed here in od killed.

yet committed themselves do- really no food (supply problem Army takes over finitely to acceptance of the same this year" because the Govern- The Philippines Army has settlement, though the majority ment has a surplus of 3,500,000 been ordered to take over the

men are in favour of ac- tons of grain. Internal security of the lelands céptance, since anything better

The radio broadcast a Peking Communist-led Hukbalahaps can hardly be expecter, and one

report which was not attributed continued to deal put death and might as well be realistic,"

to any source declaring the destruction in night-time ralds some of them put it.

grain centralisation programma In Central Luzon, adds Assa-

Dock workers

will help ensure adéquate supplies clated Press,

Dimculties are expected to arise for the people and the army, The move is being made with when the dock workers put up out u declaration of emergency their demand. Numbering more the direction of the Finarico The programme will be under since plans had been made for than 12,000, they are the largest Ministry because grain collee- some time to give the Huk sup-body of workers in a single in-tions represent taxes. The grain pression job to the armed forces. dus

dustry Brigadier General Alberto So far only the Royal Naval will be used for troops, Govern Ramos, Constabulary chief who Dockyard workers have put for relief, disabled soldiers and local ment personnel, students, famino has been under fire, for fallure ward a demand for an extra live expenses in connection with the of his Constabulary to suppressing allowance.

The workers in water conservation programme. the Huks, revealed on his return the commercial docks from a conference at Baguio have followed mult, when it was in order to recall the excessive were 12 Any remainder wit be marketed with President Elpidio Quirine decided to await the result of the currency. * that the Army had been ordered

to take over from the Constabu lary tomorrow morning.

In the meantime, Ramos said, both

Army and Constabulary re- inforcements have been rushed into the arca

North East, East and South East of Manila in an effort to forestall further. Hult ralds tonight-United Press and Associated Press.

LABOUR GOV'T TO-CARRY ON

the

Dairy Fo

Farm Arbitration

The Royal Naval Dockyar

01

would, It is understood, have

to seek the authority of the

*

Surplus claimed

Admiralty before any change in editorial.

The radio also broadcast an pay or allowance can be on "Kwangming Daily News," organ from the Peking Meanwhile, the Hong Kong

Federation of Employers, which of the fellow travelling Dema- Includes all the large employers cratie League which tried to of labour in the Colony including pour cold water over the famino the utility concerns, met yester reports, Observers here believe day afternoon, but a

to be merely the brainbhild' complete news blackout was imposed on the of some over enthusiastic pro- proceedings.

pagandist rather than a const-

this

The discussions were believed dered Government statement.. to have be centred on the Dairy- The paper claimed that" "huge

The first night the rebel forces held an inquest on the 283-27 ployees of the Ilotel had recely- was learnt that about 20 em- it

At

4

feat as

7-Range

Form Arbitration award and fis London, March 30,

repercussions on local industry quantities of greinare now in said that as a whole, and also to decide on government hands."- Prime Minister Clement

a common line of action in meet-after supplying the troops and Attice's Socialist Governmenting labour demands for an extra other personnel the Government decided on Thursday to carry living allowance that

will have 5,500,000 tons might still on, despite a surprise defeat arise.

surplus. It reported- surpluses in Only Simonnot and 10 com- and 'be followed by a bugler led in the House of Commons..

From the Hong Kong Hotel Klangs and Hunan-two pro rader some of them wounded | charge which usually would be

'known to be For two hours and 20 minutes employees section of the Union vinces which are -survived the ordeal that was stopped on, the barbed wire. n Thursday morning, the Cabinet of Employees in Foreign Service, experiencing famine conditions. marked by screaming Viet-

Observers' here believe the an- minh attacks and the Chinese sted to break through four times. vote against the Government in

Next morning a

French wire the Commons

ed dismissal nslice effective as nouncement of the centralisation. 8 on Wednesday Communists' "human He disclosed that Chinese crew tactica by which masses of at- men draped over the wire, three

repair party found 35 mangled night.

from May 1, and a reeling is programane indicates there had on foreign ships calling at Na-

Then it agreed, qualified planned of tonight to protest to been considerable, maladministra Officially the Chinese Navy Lionalist ports have so far not tackers overwhelm the defend- of them still alive.

Government informant reported, the management against the dis- tion on the part of local, pro- insists it has no knowledge of the been molested when it was founding forces by sheer weight of French forces with "Nobody was injured

that it would regard the de. .their

missal. No reason was given by, vincial authorities in connection on the steamer which

collections.--United until her

comi-trained, and polbly poli last that they possessed CSU member- numbers and without regard Portuguese side but it secina that venture was most active in run ship cards-bearing the picture to their own casualties.

Dea of technical" the management for the dismissal, with grain

Press. tically unrollable, Vietnam ulilas nature on a minor) point, and it was stated. people were injured on the Com-ning the Nationalist blockade into of the founder. Gen

The defence bastion had only al General Yan Fu.)

any time may be called upon munist said,"

not one calling for the Govern- the communique Swatow and Amy. Others were formerly a staunch Kuomintang few light mortars land some au-

to fight the first great delaying mant's resignation. Asick

action The communique said the in-of the opinion the ship's crew supporter but now collaborating tomnatic weapons and rifles to de-

In the battle for con. Mr. Attico was expected to ox- eldent occurred after a Chinese might be held incommunicado with the Communists at Poking fend itself against heavy mortar trol of the whole of South East plain the government's decisior,

with the radio

scalext by the as head of the CSU.

and arillery and amull arms fire,

Asia, Addo Reuter report to the, House on Thursday (after-| Communist patrol boat had been observed "persecuting a Nation- Reds due to some infraction of There had be

been several in. Simonnot sold in a quiet voice. from Saigon. stances where

The defenders of Phalu saldi alist boot salling in front of Port rules. Coloane island.

learned that a military searched. They were consequent-

they requested help

but the of ammunition, wespons and in-vote of confidence a little later in The Nationalist at stopped by the Nationalist claims that the identity card in lieu of their CSU court has opened a hearlag into ly instructed to obtain another

relief party was unable to fight, structors which has been reach-the session-Associated Press. island's

its way to the fort. The deling the Communist-fed Vietminh quay. Meanwhile,

5,000-ton Caduceus was either membership Identification.

reported to fenders were forced to walt for insurgents is

bo each dreaded attack.

changing to a constant stream.

Meanwhile, Although the battle took place Communist regular troops com- 700,000 Chinesa more than a month ago the

Philadelphia, March, 30. deal. There was weariness in day's mechanised march of the sergeant still shows signs of the pleled concentrations within one

Nine male patients some strapped in their beds-dled inst of. Portuguese

his valce as he recalled fanation Northern frontier of Annam. Vietiinh charges into the barbed ficreasing Vietminh terrorist basement fire alled upper rooms night as choking fumes from a the Portuguese authorities deter Government is offering the agents first

in which the Nationalist volver and daggers entered the, wire which surrounded the fort, activity, particularly in Saigon of a private sanatorium. mined not to allow the persecuted

Roor of 157 Reclamation and the hourly, shellings which self, is compelling the French A fireman and at least Warning shots were then fred the Government's contention. The of the flat of

Kong an opportunity to

refute terday and robbed the occupants wer.

local defence duty and as rein-

and when one of the Communist patrol Governor's office said it could not in cash and jewellery.

more than $700 Simonnot sald an attack would forcements to the Vietnam security women, were felled by fumes in boats approached within 60 feet foretell when the hearing would

start with an artillery

forces. These forces could be a wing of the Bella Vista® sana- of the island.-Reuter,

more usefully employed in Tex- torium for convalescant, senlle, bo concluded-Associated Press

tending the "pacification zone" in nervous and mental cases.--.Az- and United Press.

sociated Presse Plan vet the Hanoi urca or strengthening the Chinese frontier, United Press and Reuter

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the

two more Communist patrol boat owned or about to be sold to the joined the first one and ordered Reds when the boats and junks to get away

it sailed into Kao-

to let the patrol boats approach hslung early in

the persecuted ship:

R

H. Cary;

has been

in the first phase of the

"As this was evident violation by the spurt at Kan

territorial waters

Inquiry

scamen

were

ARMED ROBBERY

Three men armed with a re

young

Already he trickle of supplies

noon,

He la expected to demand ̋a

NINE KILLED. IN HOSPITAL FIRE

boat to be taken away by force,/ Wallem & Company of Hong treat, Yaumati, at 10 'a.m. yes the French were holpless to ans-Command to deploy troops. on other patients, both men”

The Weather:

SAI, 8800 GMT ^ (@p\n]: HKHT) 'Slu englon to the Bouth of Kyundai, lu deepening and moving ·ENE! The anus zyelona “covering North Japan, and 'the adjacent-max is moving-Ranswereda," kat Today's Forecuiks--Zlght' › Boutherly. winds, Fair and' warm, with › constid -«Tog

· gatelja (mainly to the, moggÏNES,

Yesterday's Weatherimuz'

barrage

Nairobi raised to status

Fate of Caduceus of city by Royal Charter

(By Our Herbour Roportar).

** Speculation la rife In Hong

TROUBLE IN LADYSMITH

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