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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JULY 17, 1060.

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REVIVAL OF COASTAL SHIPPING SERVICES

Reminders

Today

Wah Yan College, annual speech day, College Hall, Hobinson Road, 10a.m.

European YMCA, whist drive,

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Photographic Society of Hong Kong, annual exhibition of pirical work, opening by Acting Chief Jintier, Mr. E. if. Williams, 5.30 pm. Calon Jack Club, tombola, 7.30

D.

HK Football Association Rules

Committer meeting, 5,45 p.m.

1 Singers rehearsal, St. John's

Cathedral, 6.30 p.m.

HK Malaya University Interport

badminton match, 7 pan.

Coming events

TOMORROW

·

A revival of coastal shipping services between Hong Kong and ports in East and South China has been noticed recently following the suspension of offensiva activities by Kuomini- tang naval and air forces against the Chin- ese mainland.

Four British ships are known to have successfully fulfilled their mission of resuming shipping service between Shanghai and this port, and two other vessels, including a Philippine one, were expected to soil yesterday from Hong Kong for Shanghai.

Aircraft maintenance firms to merge

Negotiations for a merger now preceeding between

tire

The latest arrival in Shang- hi from the Colony was the British steamer Jeep Hee. which, according to the own- ers. the Jebshun Shipping Company, arrived safely in Shanghai on Saturday.

Vessels plying between Shang- hal and Hong Kong were allow- ed to carry cargo only, us thr Chinese Prople's Government 1 Shanghal has not yet Aircraft Maintenance Company their order prohibiting the carry. revised Limited ud Pacine Ale Moniten-

nce and Supply Company Limli-ing of passengers by ships on the

Cordine

European YMCA, bridge drive, od, it was officially learned yester Shanghai-Hong Kong run.

8 pan.

Urban Chumell andeling GPO

hg. 4.15 p.. NAAFI Club, table tennis tour.

mament, # pon

Cheero Bervices Club, whist drive.

7.30 p.m. Nine Dragons Services Club,

dance

(by ticket

only),

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Chifley hits action of

Seamen's Union

tydney, July 15.

The Federal Opposition Tender, Mr, J. P. Chifley, fotlay pledged the Labour Party to maintain supplies to the Australian forces Iversen.

slay.

When these negotiations have been satisfactorily concluded a new company to be known as the i Hong Kong Aircraft Maintenance Company Limited will be formed, equipped to handle all bustness currently undertaken by the two companies.

Prospects for the route be- tween Hong Kong and Holhow on Haldan İcland le also bright Do it was Indicated by the trie of to. Hol Wong which salled

whend yesterday for Holhow

she will continue her voyage tr Singapore. The Hol Wong, # 3,600-ton vessel with

the delshan Shippla

the olive true lourd Belo, Inerger can be announced Jardine

rhip to call at Nelhow Alrernft Maintenance Company

the Chinese Communist Limited and Pacific Air Main- forees took over the part from tenance and Supply Company the Nationalists in April. Limited will continue to operate as seporate companies,

Civil Aviation statistics

Mr. Chifley, who was address- Ing the annual conference of the New South Wales branch of the

Statistics issued by the De- Australian Labour Party, describ- ed the notion by the Seamen's partment of Civil Aviation Union in bunning war supplies showed that there were alto-: for Koren as "completely un-gether 403 International flights, Just lubic."

to and from Kai Tak Airport during June.

"While we have troops over sens, the Australian Labour Party will stand up to any action neces- sery to see that they are adequate Jy supplied," he said.—Reuter,

Osaka Police

clash with Reds

Tokyo, July 16, Kyodo News Agency report- en today that 500 Japanese

The month had 202 aircraft leaving the Colony with 3,236 passengers and 201 arrivals with 2,200 passengers.

Later in the week, another vessel the Yung Tal, will sail for Hollow from Hong Kong.

Important port

Kwangchowan, on Lulchow Peninsula to the North of Hal- nan (sland, recently became an

Important port through which goods needed by South West'

were China

imparted

from

South East Asia. Several Nor

vesseia have been re-

A group of Youth Argosy members arrived from the United States via Tokyo by a upeolaíly chartered Flying Tiger afrilhar yesterday, The group consists of 40 students of the Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, and 17 aduentional tourists. They are on a round-the-world tour. Photo shows the group arriving at Kal Tak sięport yesterday:=("China Maji” photo).

Red troops moving North

Quoting "p" report from Taipeh, the-indspendent versular "Wab Khu Yat Poald that Chinese Com munjat troops are being eant North to augment an "Acian International Brigade"

to

halp North Korea in the bat. tlo Against South Koren.

The repart added that the majority of the Communist Fourth Field Army Group troops who saptured Hainan Island are already on their way to the North.

North Korea forces moving on Taejon

(Continued From Page 1) "The defenders deployed in depth behind the South bank of the river, allowed pockets of two and three hundred to build up and then, by a counter-attack of infantry backed with artillery and air power, forced the invaders

Wa Welting the port while back into the river.

en

route to Hong Kong.

Shipping service between Hong Kong and Amoy is nt n standstill since a few days ago after thn occurrence of two incidents dur- Ing the past week, involving Bri- th merchant ships and Chinese Nationalist warships.

Pan American Airways topped Three days after the ss. Clover- with the highest ugures in the lock had been pursued and shell-' number of Wights and people ed by Nationalist warships off According to the list, PAA had 35 Amoy, the sa. Torina was invol- departures with 702 passengersved in a similar incident wher and 35 arrivals with 511 persons. she was shelled and struck Next was Cathay Paelle Airways hy machine-gun bullets off the which had 33 outgoing light. Fukion port by three Nationalist with 455 passengers and 35 ar-warships on July 10. rivals with 200 people.

Police clashed in Osaka with Civil Air Transport came third Service to Conton about 1,000 persons gathered with 20 departures, (130 passen

in the park to celebrate theers) and 32 arrivals (155 pus- 28th anniversary of the forma sengers).

tion of the Japan Communist

Party.

Ky do said the rally had been banned by the Osaka city Police

The others are as follows:

"The melee in which shoes and wooden

Alrifnes clogs new took place when a crowd, who gathered os- BOAC

IKA tensibly unaware of the ban, re- fused to obey the Police orders to PAL

POAS disperse," said the agency.

TAA

AF

SAC

Qantas

The Police arrested 1 person, Braathens Ten were injured.-United Press.

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Shipping service between Hong Kong and Canton has been resumed last week by the Chinese motor vessel Ping On which is now plying regularly Departures Arrivate

between the two ports. No. of No. of Although the threat to naviga- A/C PIÙ, A/C Pation along the route has been re- moved following the withdrawal 490-25

35% of Nationalist warships from the 10 67 19

193 Pearl

River estuary, shipping 367 13 141 service between the two ports is

01 not

to the expected to return same level as was prevailing be- 3fore the fall of Canton to the 408 Communists.

Air Transport 1

Total

166

I.

13

2

72 5

365 13

19 4

152

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This is due to the Communist 23 ruling that vessels flying foreign flags are not allowed to call at China inland river ports, includ- 1ing Canton.

-Meanwhile, another China Merchant, Steamship Navigation Company vessel, the Chiping, 500 tons, left here for Canton yester day. The departure of the ship 3.236 201 2,200 reduced the total number of

CMSN vessels here to 11...

4

President Cleveland resumes Pacific cruise

The ss, President Cleveland left port yesterday to

resume har trans-Pacific cruise.

Because of strong tidal currents, swirling visi».

Heavy Red casualtios

"The casualties infileted on

Youth Argosy group visit Hong Kong on round-the-world tour

On a tour arranged by Youth Argosy, Incorporat- ad, 40 graduates and undergraduates of the Lafayette Collage, Easton, Pennsylvania, and 17 other educational tourists arrived from the United States via Tokyo aboard a spocially chartered Flying Tiger airliner yesterday. The group is led by two Lafayette professors, Doctor J. H. Tarbell and Miss M. A. Preen, and the Director of Youth Argosy World Flight, Mr. Ernest W. Lefever.

As part of the college's sum- 1n Rome the group is expected mer session travel programme, to be dispersed into a number of the group is circumnavigating smaller groups. Some will con- the globe on two coursos of nye their travel in Europe and academic studies economic others will return to the United geography and International States, relations,

also a low cost travel with the The round-the-work tour is

purpose of broadening intellectual, -cultural and spiritul horizons of the travelling students and erent- the ing friendly retutions with peoples of all nations.

the Red invaders were heavy and the 24th Division continued to perform its mission

While en route, the students are the enemy pay heavily for ground by

of making given lectures on the two courses gained while at the same time

means of public address giving United States forces time aboard

system. Their classrooms #re to build up in Korea.

"The 63rd Field Artillery bat-

the chartered alrcraft, classrooms of foreign universities

talion was forced to withdraw to and in the public rooms or hotels new defensive positions by superior hostels where the students re- or numbers after inflicting heavy sidė. losses on the North Korean Com- munists.

he

Mungyong-Hamchang highway seems to be the objective of the Red 15th Division offen- sive drive Narth of Mungyong. Elements of the 8th South Korean Division are Oghting a delaying action four miles West village of Mungyong.

of the

"To the Enst the 5th Communist Division exploited the withdrawal of the 8th South Korean Division from Pungi and advanced to a position one mile North of Kongju. "Forces of the 18th Regiment and the 1st Division of the North Korean troops

are now probing North and South of the highway to Nonean.

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The expected completion of the global tour will be some time in mild-August,

Scouts, Guides commemorate anniversary

*

The Colony's Boy Scouts and Girl Guides commemorated the 40th anniversary of their move- ment at special parade services During their thege-day stay held at Protestant as well as

In the Colony, the men studenta

are quartered at the St. John's Roman Catholic Churches yes- Hall while the women studentsterday.

at the Church Guast House.

HK programme

Their programme in Hong Kong includes visits to the university

The largest gatherings were those at St. John's Cathedral, St.; Joseph's Church, St. Andrew's Brownies attending the Church and St. Theresa's Church. services

and other colleges and sightseeing. were accompanied by their

parents and their respective Packs

The group left New York on July 1. Before coming here they spent three days in Tokyo where Special prayers were offered by they met Mr. Yoshida, the Prime the ministers for the extension Minister of Japan, and a number the movement's Ideal for youth of Japanese professors.

throughout the world. Yesterday held a special significance Guides of the Catholic Faith as it was the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel who is the Patron Sabit of all Girl Guides,

Suwon Chonan-Kongju From Hong Kong the group is arcas, the Communists suffered expected to proceed to Bangkok, severe losses in tanks, vehicles and India, Pakistan, Tel Aviv, Egypt personnel during the period 13th | and then Rome. to 16th. Ten tanks, 54 trucks, 11.box-cors, two half-tracks and one warehouse were reported des troyed,

"Temporarily lost to the enemy were five tanks, 28 trucks and ope locomotive.

"United States air strikes also damaged four bridges and small bants on the Kum, River.

"The Navy reported officially that no United States ships have been "sunk in Korean waters." United Press and Reuter.

Grenades thrown in Saigon

Saigon, July 18. Four grenades were thrown today in Saigon's crowded Rue Catinat, nepr the hotel where members of the newly arrived United States Military Mission are staying.

Only two of the grenades ex- pladed, alightly wounding, twp people among the crowd on the popular Sunday morning pro monade.

bly on the surface of the water, the 23,000-ton luxury liner had to be gently towed out from her berth at Kowloon Wharf by the tug Pauline. She was pulled away from her pler on Saturday when a berthing hawser snapped. The American vessel, gulded Schultheis, American Consul in by a Hong Kong harbour plat, Hong Kong, accompanied by his steamed out of the harbour Just wife and two sons, Mrs. H. Ro

Mission members, speeding ald after midday without any inci bertson, wife of Mr. Hilton Ro- plans for Communist-threatened dent.

bertson, President of China M- South East Aula,

were us

absent Conspleysus among those ab stor. Mormon Church was far from the hotel when the stopades the Wharf wishing relatives and line. Robertson, and Mr. Anthony were thrown, three from friends "bon voyage" were a A Mueller, of the

Cups party of Shriners, easily idepti Press," Bangkole.

Ang car and one by a small boy. fled by their fezes.

party of 10 Shriners, headed by G. E. Snilor, Los Angeles Fast Potentate, Malaikal Temple, representative of Imperial Shrine of North America, were and lot

of tourists aboard the anes

Among those who embarked m Kowloon Wharf, yesterday/werd Dr. Tolix Slumvoll, former Alis- Arian Minister to China,

te Vienna via America, Ham B.

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Passengers who will disembark at Honolulu Include Mr. J. H. Liddell, Managing Director of Liddell Brothers, Siongcond, and Mr. Winifred Young Sunn of "Evergreen" CompanyN

COOLIE DIES APTER FALL

Vietnamese palléo' cordoned off part of the street -until- the twp

unexploded grenades wore rem mayed, One lay under a table in crowded street cafe outside, the hotel Houter...

WOMAN DIES OF CHOPPER WOUNDS

The 61-year-old woman, Yimo Xing-fang, bo who wa found wounded' wlih chopper Queen

A coolie, about 25 years of pad," | enci

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