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THE - CHINA - MAIL, TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1980.

Deaths from

Correspondence tuberculosis

The Editor: takes no responsibility for vierba expressed, fu. lettara by correspondents, and by no meané necessária", adheri with them.

THE BUDGET DEBATE. Clubs and other interested organ- isations wish, to parume, their Sir-It is an accepted fact that rightful place in the leadership rulers like so many lesser, mor- of public affairs, they can only da tals, are called upon at times in so through the medium.afa their oficial capacity to do and direct appeal to the Home Gov

ay things which they, as private ern

ate ernment. A petition organised by Individuals, would avoid. There these bodies, even if only braying can be little doubt that the speech the signatures, of the unfortunate made by H. E. the Governor in Five Thousand, will carry more applying the closure to the Bud- get debate falls into this cute weight than any declamatory peeches from, local platforme, Eory, for His. Excellency, better and if prganised now may well perhaps than any of us must make the recent Gilberlian Bud- have keenly appreciated how the got Unameinis were feeling at having got debate the last of the comic ABScri their well-considered opinions

the and

brushed aside in even their severest, erities can suggestions such a cavaller manner. To what have nothing but sympathy. They exterit H.E's moat diplomatic have done their best to present sperch succeeded in assuncing the public opinion, and by reason of bruised feelings of the Unofficial the utter rejection of that Members has yet to be seen.

For

J

Forty-six

dontha

1. from

tubérculoela:In the weak;and- ed. March 25 Ware repbited, in, the the weakly Health Asturn released yesterday.

Total deathe from the diseas, year to the end of the period alace the beginning of the

under review was 663.

Other death Included four from diphtheria, thras from enterio fever, and one each tepm, meningitle and dy. sentery,

Total deaths from all causas, were, 275 斷書 against 964 birthe

Unomeint Members Chiang, to fast

for famine

Yours faithfully,

A, NOCTURNAL PEDESTRIAN'S COMPLAINT

sufferers

Taipeh, April 3. President, Chiang Kai-shek today appealed to all Chris tians in China to join him, in

Observatory handicapped by lack of reports from China

The Hong Kong Royal Observatory no longer

coives weather reports from China. As a result, it now has the unenviable task of having to moke bricks without straw, said an official statement yesterday.

The statement, by the Royal Observatory

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THE

contain-

ed the Local Storm Signal Code for Hong Kong: The Code was revised following a conference, sponsored by the International Meteorological Organisation, of Manila fast year. It came into effect on January, 1.

The statement said that the Jonly important change in the Code is the introduction of the, International warning signat for strong winds.This con- sists of a black -ball,"

Soviet

spy chief shot

in Vienna

The purpose of this signal is ito warn small craft of the onset

of strong winds which are not}, Cxpected to reach gale faren., IN

Vienna, April 3. will be used to give warning of and of winds due to less intens shot down the Bulgarian-born

American military strong monsoon winds in winter,

police a one-day fast, on Good Fri-tropical, disturbances in summariçader of an alleged Soviet day and give the money savand autumn

operated spy, and kidnap gang

Personalia

Among the wook and 'depar- tures from the Peninsula 'fotol were Mr:bad Mrs. J.V. Hunters Captult and Mrs, P. B. Cutburth: . Menara. E. Harris, E. D. Sultan, H. Small: C. J. Manning, - L. 3 Cummings C. H. Tucker, C.!HAT. Van Meuro, R. S. Bennett, and Major J. A. Gault.

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New week-end arrivals at the Peninsula Hotel included MCASTE, A. J. da Silva, H. Sullivan, I. J. Montilla, T. M. Hague, R. Rel- singer, J. Walther, W., Gaddio,

J. H. Marcal, and R. E. Fisher.

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Mesta. C. Mayer, J. Marchall and Go B1 were among

thd arrivals on Sunday from Manila by CPA,

Mr. Alexander A. Maramis, the Republic of the Philippines, nr- first indonesian Ambassador to the rived here from Bangkok by Pan American World Airways yester

M

Mr. Maramie who will leave for is accompanied by and a servan

"God's mercy, for pected to give winds of galo, forral sald Benno Blym, sought by the] Mrs. M

Mr. Nun. McEvoy, wife of Mr. "Reader's Digest," arrived from Bangkok by PAA yesterday after- nood

are, now faced with the nterna The Unometal Members, what- tives of retaining their seats, and ever we may think of the manner thereby branding themselves as of their appointment, are men willing to accept the role of im

risen to the highest potent lip-pervers, or of resigning who have ranks in their various callings from their positions. The choice and did not attain their present is theirs. status merely by virtue of long

ed in food for relief of stary. It is not intended to be survice, as did many of their op

to be used an here in n guh duel carly today, daya posite numbers, the Officials. In

[ing millions in Red China, ja preliminary signal to give warn this instance the Unofficial spoke

Chiang who is a Methodist, g, of the approach of a tropical a large apartment building. will take

American Dad Austrian Mcials with the full weight of publici

part in a four-hour inform or typhoon, which is cx- prayer för pinion, expressed by every res-

famine sufferers

pollee for. year, was cut down on the main-er greater in the Colony,..A ponsible organisation and body in

fland.

"strong wind" is defined as aby bullets after he Bred on mui- the Colony, behind them; and that

Mennwhile, the Chinese Com-wind with a speed of 22 to 31.tary police from bis apartment Dennis McEvoy, Tokyo Editor of opinion, unanimous ag never be

¡munist cabinot, Jesued a'decree] knôts:

hideout. fore, clearly informed the Official

Mane Ark

which "at one stroke caves mill- Sir,-44 eleven o'clock on Sunions of tous of edible food, Members that the time had come to call a halt to ill-considered day evening I was taking the according to the Peking radio, schemes, and that the Colony can short cut to the Star Ferry by 1 longer afford the luxury of way of the dimly-lighted Cathedre quoted in a United Piens despatch from San Francisco. The decree, swollen Budgets. With such at grounds when someone sud stated that henceforth rice and denly shouted an order in Chinese, whest pay be ground only once. backing, to be asked

to accept

As my knowledge of the language Mills must produce not less than which amounts position Junior partnership in the mango-is conto mesing and 92 pounds of polished rice from

"Tso-san," I continued

walking, would have ment of the

Colony ben bad enough. To be asked to l I found a revolver pointing every 100 pounds of wheat.

with one hand in my pocket-ut every 100 pounds of unrefined rico, and 81 pounds of flour, from cutsider themselves us-os, has]

at my ribs. been clearly proved a very in- efficient, brake to the lofty and costly plans of Government ser- vants must be a bitter pill ladred.

The Hon.

Financial Secretary

When, the incident closed I was left pondering as to what would have happened had I obeyed the Impulse (a) to return the way had cume, as the repeated up- has asked the Unofficials, and the ting of the weapon seemed to to believe that due con- imply that I should, or (b) to erons

will be given to the grapple with the person holding put forward by them, the revolver a very natural im but who will place any faith in pulse when one objects to being that statement, having regard to threatened.

to

your In Presu

Insurance

"

Peking radio stimated that the measure would save 400,000

me

the

Whenever necessary, strong wind warnings will be josuct by the Royal Observatory, and the new signal, the black ball, will be displayed at..aft storm signal stations in the, Calony. These Include the sighal eta. tloni around the harbour which dieplay the full, code jef alan- als, and also the supplementary, stations at fishing villages and otlier outlying points display, signals according to an abbreviated code.

Night signal

Multary polles entered the apartment in the French sector shortly after 10 p.m. last night after receiving a tip that. Blum the company of would be there two Austrian women. „

Blum whipped out a pistol, fired a few shots harmlessly, and was riddled, by autempatic and, sub which machine gun bullets. He died a

few hours later in Vienna Hospi

metric tons of food annually, at nation's health by adding to the same time improving the

Chinese diet. vitamin content of the average warning consists of three. lights. At night, the strong wind

white arranged

L

Mrs. McEvoy will depart for Tokyo within a few days,

Dr. Li Shu-fan, well known focal.surgeon, returned from a world cruise by Pan American World Airways yesterday, ། Dr. LI left here for Americ via Maglia some five months ago. Ho returned here via London.

tal. -

Among those who left for Ins chon yesterday by the sa. Hanyang United States and Austriar were Misa A.J. Irwin, Misa A.A. authorities described, him, as McNabb, the Reveread Mr. and leador

of a 20-member gang Mrs. H.. Lane, Mr. and Mra, G. S. which worked under Bovlet Yule and Mr. E. D. Baillie. If implemented effectively, white, green,

direction, to apyson, Western the mesura is likely, to add vertically, at the main stations,

troops, kidnap, qnt!:0

Mr. J.V. Falkus left on a round to the Chinese Communists At the supplementary stations thu

Austrians and operate a hugn| trip to Brunel yesterday by the signal consists of two unpopularity in South China, lights, arranged vertically. There

black market, whore tho populace prefere may be some delay before th The gang had seized at least 30 highly polished rice.

necessary alterations in the lights Austrians and displaced

persons

Tractors from Russiò ̈

tha

this about."

of "What's altured, "and more are

Yours etc.,

C. F. GRAHAM.

of those who indulge in that most nese equivalent unprofitable of all pastimes,

seeking of tax-raising alterna-

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green

olárm

Communist

year

Bandits raid village near Kuala Lumpur

ss. Soochow

Amusement park in Macao

The construction of an aužos" ment park called the Nom Wax Amusement Park along the en front of Nam Wan, Macao, under way.

.The

will have a theatre,s cafe, studio and about 50 atalls for selling various commodities t

The theatre, for Chinese opera, can accommodate about 1,000 patrona. It was opened to tho public lant - week,.........

the dilatoriness of Government As I failed to put up my handia, Departments in dealing with as I now realise I was being told public affairs? Shall

wo shortly to do by a Chinese policeman,; 12

at supplementary stations can be and turned, them over, to the Rus have the pleasure of seeing the is my intarition (a) to learn the

completed; and until this is done sians, Hon. Financial Secretary rising Chinese for "hands up" as quick-

authoritative Austrian in the Chamber to admit that hely as possible, and (b) see that trainloads of tractors and heavy

The radio also announced that the station concerned will not sources said, United States agents.

display ony night signals,

swept down on the gong lost was wrong, and that after due my

policies

The black ball is not a typhoon and arrested 15 but Blum escaped. are agricultural machinery consideration of the suggestions order.

are signal. It may be hoisted at any United Press. made he has decided to abandon

I wonder whe-iving in Peking from the Sovies time of the year for the bencas In the interim I wonder

The machinery is to be of small craft, Its appearance Union." ill-considered plans?ther, never having yet 'found a hls own

used on State farms and The answer, dear Reader, is left Chinese policeman who could large-scale reclamation schemes. amongst the general public or the

for should not cause μπάνη, πιο speak a word of English. It would nagination

The radio Bali 424 farm matat issued April be asking too much to requca chines und 04 tractors have so far musters of ocean-going craft. 2, the Reform Club

nces that the police be taught to ra announces

In the present circumstances i on the that it intends to join the ranks cognise the English for the Chf-

cannot be expo

that the expected said the machines, include Colony will be very

wornings strong

or

winds in the accurate. self-propelled combine harvesters, sced drills, seed. sorters, thresh The strong winds of winter are ing machines, and harrows. The usually the result of an intensi

Singapore, April 3. fication tractors range

of the anijeyclone over up to 80 horse- the mainland of China, which it

Bandits attacked the village power.

It reported that the first batch turn gives rise to a fresh burst of of Damansara, seven miles with accommodation for nearly

the North

rth East monsoon of 450 pupils has just graduated

1,000 people.wheret Kuala Lumpur, last.

It is the intention of the mana from the Feking tractor school are received from

At present no weather report night. They killed four Chin-gement of the Park to bring the China, and ese and wounded four others admission fees of the theatre and which, was established in pre- the forecastera paration for greater industrialisa- with the unenviable task of hav-

Down the road. they seized the cinema, and the selling prices at tion of agriculture.Associated ing to maxe bricks without straws

Indian chief clark of the seventh- all stalls within the reach of the Presa and United Press.

The total number of employees working in, different departments of the Park is more than 1,000,

UNION CHURCH ORGAN FUND

tives, and once more we ask: Dankow Road,, Kowloon.

YOU

think for

one moment that

your efforts will be crowned with success, or even be received open- by those in our local

Kremlin?" The Reform Club has as one of its published objectives the furtherance of good relations

between Government and the public. Surely

by this time it

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Auction of Crown Land

lots of residential land must be apparent that a give-were sold at the Crown Land and-take partnership is the last Auction sale at the Public Works thing that our "obedient servants" Department offices yesterday. desire, for such a partnership must involve the surrender of the absolute power which they now wield.

:

ENGLISH WEEK-END

and lot, 20,000 square feet, at the junction of Sassoon Road and Victoria. Road, was sold to the Chiria Provident Loan and,Mort-

The English week-end, already Of one thing we may be cer-gage Company, Limited, for the tain: that whatever representa- upset price of HK$60.000. The considered unbearably dull by company plans to build staff many visitors from the. Continent, tions are made locally are just 60 quarters on the site p much wasted affort,

goes right down to the bottom of If the

The second lot,, a 6,000-square-the popularity chart when seen Chambers of Commerce, Reform foot.site on Kowloon City Road, through Italian cycs.

KENNDARINS attracted a number of bidders. The successful joint purchasera were. Menara. Chan, Kalfling and Cheng, Heng-chien, Only re- sidential buildings, may be con- structed, on the lot.

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Vehicular Ferries

· Vehicular traffic across the Harbour will be suspended, as from 9 p.m. tegight when the Hong Kong and Yaumati fefay system, closes for repairs.

Ferry launches scrying, paszen gers will continue os sismat.

The Tchiefar fersles will requ

as usual tomorrow

The company reported that-the

Work

pldrs wiff undergoplated by

la expected to be

There are now three vehiclar, Iniinches in operation.. TWO terry more abe, under entstruction. One

·la dua ta foin the feat within the coming two months to be followed 'by the fifth some tine în August.

Chinese Estates show profit

The increase in rent apult of the revlalög Landlord and To was $64,120,4

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Chairman, M

told shareholde there

The Italians have borrowed the British word "week-end" writes David Lee from Trieste, but that is as far as the similarity goes.

are often faced

from

The construction of a einem house will be completed this week

At first, therefore, the use of mile estate, tied his hands behind wage class. the strong wind warning will be him and shot him dead. Daman- in the nature of an experiment, saro village has no police station. but is hoped that its value to The estate in the area sent. fishing folk and owners utsmail' special constables to the scene craft will soon be established.

when

the firing; was heard..) Lieutenant General Sir Harold

ECLIPSE OF

THE MOON

could not be observed yesterday The total eclipse of the moon morning owing to an overcast sky: Mr. G. S. P. Heywood, Director of the Royal Observatory, told the "China Mall yesterday, should

This yearly phenomenon After a six day weak and a late have started from 4.00 and ended Saturday night, most Italians go at 7.19, Hong Kong summer time to church on Sunday morning with the total eclipse at 5,44. but there the "quiet" Sunday However, the total eclipse is very ends. Instead of taking a slow rare in Hong Kong.

walk around the, park, or dozingi

by, the fire, the Italians set out to

Rawdon Briggs, Malaya's new

Chief of Ant-Guerilia Operations,

arrived here today.test donations to the Organ He told reporters that the Bri- and Reconstruction Fund of the keenly alive to the situation In tish Government and people were Kowloon Union Church are: Malayn-Reuter.

CHKỆ Jarding, Matheson and Co., Women's Guild Whist Driva 72 Sergeant F. Brampton

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British peace committee on Japan

Tokyo, April 13m. enjoy, themselves, Italy's Sunday cursion" buses for the snow- A top level Foreign Office afternoon is like Saturday in bound slopes of the Dolomites, Britab

official told a Japanese Diet PHowever gay the short Italian Foctall matches, pony racing week-end, everyone is back at group today that the Foreign cinemas. (the equivalent to dog-racing) work by 8 o'cock on the Monday Office has learned of rumours.

theatres and, opera morning. To critics of their rio- of the formation of a British houses are all in full swing, Dur- tous Sunday the Italians cunning pence, committee on Japan In ing the winter hundreds of wor-ly reply that surely they deserve April to expedite the Japan- kors get up as early as 4 o'cock some relaxation after a six-day ese peace treaty. in the morning and leave in "exx | week.

hava nä” gvidenc

In my piru, wavrants

Shu Ygrand, Chief of the Fore pign, Ministry's, Investigating, ser- tion, suld the Ministry beloved a concrete mayo towards a Japanese peace treaty u was in the air on the basis, of reports from various for eign sources, m

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MACARTHUR

NO PLANS VISIT AUSTRALIA

V Tokyo, April 3. General MacArthur immediate plans to visit Or to return to: Stafce, Gener makesman today told

"He was comme "fòm Malbourne, the

Genero H. Rob

Bd.

Kowloon