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HINA-MAIL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 195

SOLDIERS CHARGED WITH ROBBERY

Efforts to effect ship release

Taipeh, September 25: Great Britain is moking efforts to obtain release of the steamer, „Northern Glow, satz-

ed by the Chinese Nationalists on July 10

N

The Northern Glow, a vessel of about 6,000 Lons, was intercepted in the. Formosa,channel while on her way, 1o. the Soviet-controlled Manchurian port of Dairen · from |Hong Kong with a cargo including sugar, empty steel "drums and

·builling material;pad

- Har - orgwi consisted..of three

· British, gfligers-Captain E. Wal-

| Ker, Chief Ofßcer W. W..Neil and

Chief Engineer F. C. Du

Duxen-and

27 Chinese ratan god

Captain Walker bays the vessel. was halted in international waters. and escorted: frem there to the Pescadores, fermier Japanese naval hase if the South West coast of Formosa. Ke

Evidence given at Kowloon Magistracy yesterday 'alleged how two soldiers ontaulted and sab- bed a taxi driver of $18.05, obtained o lG an hour later from a police inspector and were subsequerfly arrested.

In the dock stood Sappers Glyn Edwards and Dennis Colley, who were brought before Mr. James Wicks to answer a charge of robbery with violence of $18.05 from Leung Kam- tong, driver of toxi cab 4558, on September 9 at Tai Lam Path, Castle Peak Rood.....

Yunnan

ailway

repairs

Tentifying against the two soldier, whom he identified as the two men whɔ, had, robbed him |on the right in question, Leung

bold flie

tunt-ho was

delving the Road to

wards, the

Ferry Bler

at about 6-30 p.m. that day when

diers the identited -de-| hailed what he understood,' they i

as being the two men)

...From

R

minutes later, on regeh-

...Taipeh, September 20ing the 18 milestone vicinity, Intelligence reports reaching (ho, was instructed to turn sight,

tal

orm

improved

Bunday's, rainfall has im proved the water situation...

The need for caution and carefulness In the use

of water however, - stlif- con... ** tinues, said an omolal atate. mans yesterday

The reservoir storage on the "mainland. 1. Increased · by 120.44 mill56 gallons

jon, the Islaṇḍ---avhäre.'-in- cidentally the consumption is high becaues of the congested population and unfortunately, there are no more suitabis altes a construct further co- parvolca tha' jetako WES 94.28 miliongaitons

The gain in storage amounte to eight daya,

Home Guard plan progressing in Union of Malaya

Kuala Lumpur, September 25.

The Matayan Government plan to recruit "Home Guards in every village and town is going ahead rapidly, according to an official state- ment.

The setting up of the Home Guards, the Director of Operations, General Sir Harold Briggs, de clared, follows the demand of the people of Malaya that they should be allowed to take o more active-port in the campaign against the bandits.

Constabulary kamponga, re-settlement areas

battling Huk raiders Manila, September 25, A battle between an estima-

The Home Guards will wear 12 years and over. The headmant a blue arm band with "HG," will so that the register is kept marked in white. In villages, by the chief tenants in his area, and he will have to check fre- and smaller towns they will melf that the record is being quently the occupants, satisfying be armed., Thirty thousand properly kept-Router. shotguns have already been ordered. Because security in

Personalia

Ending his three-week Inspec- lion tour in Hong Kong, Sir, Christopher Cax. Adviser to the Secretary of State Educational;

the larger towns will remain the major responsibility of thin Auxiliary Police Units, Home the Nationalist National De- he believed it was Tul Izim, Path, sted 500 Communist Hak- Guards in these towns will be fence Ministry today, alleged About 100 yards in, he was told balahaps and Philippines gov. armed later.

All Heme Guards, however, the Chinese Communists hund.

whereupon ernment troops at the town of will be trained in the use and did The Northern Glow is being stated, repairing the gallway round his neck and held him. vinco about 30 kilometres men ex-Volunteers and hunters for Colonies, left by Cathay

Edwards threw his right General Trias, in Cavite Pro- care of weapons, and ex-Service held at Making, which the Japan. nese called Maño, capital of the and, highways in Yunnan Hin companion, recourt, defendant, South of Manila, was. report-wil be invited to act as instruie-Faulle Airways for Borneo yes- Fosendores.

vince leading to the Indo-

lighted opened, the door on

terday, None of the officers.cor crew Chinn border, indicating & ride and garched him on the face to be under way early to- tors

Among those who were night.

Home Guarda will, by specini at Kai Tak to see Sir Christopher has been my The Nationalist authoritica dis aggressive designs in Indo" waved

The Huk raidors

were euserved legislation; be given powers of bit was, Mr. M. G. O'Connor, pute the claim that the ablo China in the near future.

band, and pleated! gemuinely under British registry.

no, not hoping that we would moving toward the town about arrest, and the right to enter and Senior Inspector of Schools.

pm. Manila time and reinforce-search premises for the purposes Telesnut sauit me any more. Loung ments of one company of Army of attecking the presence or The Northern Glow. Djey: stv

The military spokesman stated was a Chinese ship engaged in the reports also said the Chinese 0.05, and gave to Sapper Col-stabulary were rushed there to

He added that, he took out drops and two companies of Can the absence of individuals.

Sir Harold Briggs has made it blockade running and her seizure Communists were commanderley after being hit... by the Nationalists was, therefore.ing a large number of trucks in

reinforce local police.

clear that the intention of quite lozal, ho

Asked why he offered the

Reports to the, Monila "Timas" scheme is that the Home, Guards presumably for mo

mongy The ship, which flow the Eri the province,

witnees replied: Because cald a light opened at dusk and will protect their own homes and military use.

he lind amaulted me and 1 es- was continuing. The government districts and officinis of the Home tish ting at the time of her cap. ture the British authorities in-

The spokesman expressed the pected he would stop If I alve forces thus fat lave prevented the Guard. Except in what the Direc sist she is under British registry- opinies that these latest Com-him my money."

Huka from entering the town, tor uf Operations termed abgorm- had several former names. One munist activities were designed After taking the cash, Sopper A Huk column of about the al circumstances, no Home Guards of these was the Norvaag-this to bring about closer military Colley searched him, Leung con- same size has been active in the would be.

she was flying the liniion between the Chinese and tinued, He took out a, wallet, area South of Manila for 10-days. Į outside his pected, to du auty India passed through Hong Kong was when Norwegian flag-and another was

It has which contained-A-$10 bill,

riided, one unprotectet the Roiarion.

Leung said he told the soldier town and burned the municipal to keep the money but to return building after lopting stores, hur his wallet. Sapper Colley did so, was driven off at another point and ran away.

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FIVE DIE IN TRAIN CRASH

Paris, September 25, Five persons were killed today when Dn express train was deralled about:45 miles from Nancy. Many others were injured) as three of the coaches left the

track,

One of the coaches was report.

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FRESH FISH PRICES

From fish average prices reolland at the Hong Kong Fish Wholesale Market. Kennedy Town, yesterday, WITH DE

First quality kretsen

prks Bricu

Beatty $1.90

White Potret (large) 2.XN

Indo-Chinese Reds but not for the purpose of our any im mediate military adventure.

The railway which runs from Kunming, provincial capital, to Hulphong, Indo-Chinese port, was built by the French and jointly owned and operated by France and China. The China section of the railway from the Indo-China border town of Lackay to Kun ming wos returned to sole Chin- ese ownership during the wor

The

The other soldier who had been holding him by the neck released him and ran off following his friend.

Reported to Police

UK TO BUILD MINESWEEPERS

Town area.

Communist cells

Mr. C. Young, Traffle Manager. American World Airways, arrived |Pieffic-Alaska- Division, Foo yesterday afternoon from Jopen.

A four-man delegation chosen by the Japanese Government to attend the vocational training course for Asian countries in yesterday by Pan American World Airways on its way to Intiin,

Tho

raining courses, sponyfored The job of the headman is not by the International Labour or confined to advising who shall ganisation, are to last three to be enrolled at Home Quards. The four months.

The headmon will also be responsible {

delegation comprises for reporting the namos, and | Messrs. Susumo Marosova, movement of people staying or Hachiro Koyama, Masao Koba moving from or into their areas.yashi, and Kazuo Nakamura.

. "In

Sir Harold this way"

| Briggs salt, “we hope to discover“ Dr. W. K. La Ng Chang-hin, Witness sald he then went to

or dialoente the activities of cuch Messrs. M. Louche, Y. Guyot, P. the Castle Peak Police Station to

Communist cells as exist in towne make a raport.

The Admiralty is to order and villages. We are bringing. He was on his way back. to several new minesweepers a law which will make the chief tracks in their section after the

removed the Kowloon after making the neces shortly. These are in addin turant in every house responsible Japanese occupied French Indo-asy statement to the Police when tion to the large number from to the headmen in the villages China

he came across a in

Press.

Chinese

British Army

exercises in Germany

Next

Viaud and Ling Young-bang left Hong Kong for Indo-China by Air France during the week-end.

Week-end arrivals from Indo-

Chino Included Mr. and Mrs. D. Lenthall, Mex. Y. Gely, Mrs. Yung Sing. Messrs. M. Pinegar, J. B. Johannes, Ly Kict and Lu Dong. FOOD AND FUEL INDEX

Sub- the event of war largo num- of occupants of all buildings. Once, werom

"OL:

Ten, cally Bait Fish, G., catty Flih, 04. catty Pak, 0.5 tty Wingwood, 10 anillos Bean Curd, 14 ploces

Total

64.2000

1.1760

2840

+23530

CORTE

4110

1.J620

..1090

into. Veck my Japanese which were a European Inspec the Reserve Fleet which are and to the sector wardens. In the thrust into. Yunnan.`

tor (whom he identifled as Sub- to be refited in private yards was for reporting Jull details of ony visitors who stays overnight Train service had been resumed Inspector J. Hidden, who was during the next six months.

in his house, or of any occupant between Yungan and Mengtse prosecuting the case, yesterday) Minesweeperp, of which every who is ubaont overnight." and the Chinese Communists and, the two defendants...

navy of the, Western Union and The Director of Operaikin ox«! were sald to be repairing the He identified the two and as Atlantic Pact Powers is in need, plained that registers will be place in the kept in the language of the section between Mengise and result of certain enquiries, the now hove top Lackay, 50 miles apart-United mea were taken to the pollee Admiralty's ship construction and thier tenant of every one who

station.

refitting programmes. They come liver in his houses or who stays.

The food and fuel Indre for the worl Forms to Five

prosecution before even fast anti-submarine overnight in his house, evidence was DSI Hiddep, who frigates.

wil be issued for the registrationenied Beptember 25, lead by the Labour told the Court that he was driving towards Kowloon with

of these small ships would be These will provide for the name, and Flour, 72 exities

Verctables. 1.0 cattles Inspector C. M. Kwong, after re- wanted at once.. They are equip profession, age, sex and identity Ban Cathers, of calty colving a report of a certain in-ned with the latest defensive gear. card number of each resident of Cathare,

the B8 small

the ships of cident when they came across two soldiers sitting on the Ching Reserve Floot, which, as announc

POLICE FIRE AT August Loung Tau Bridge, 14 miles ed by the Admiralty on Castle Peak Road, at about 1023, are to he refifted as soon as

CARGO BOAT. possible, 36 are minesweepers. De identified them as the two This compares with landing Graft

and

Ianding ships men in the dock.

They halled him; witness sald, (9).and destroyers (igates seized a cargo boat, at Tour, Wan yesterday afternoon when the Viscount Hall, First

of the latter failed to stop as asked to and asked for a lift to town.

Witness sald he questioned the Admiralty, gave a clue in the dp so by the Police.

He Hing, was reported to be on harber

cargo boat, the Kwong men and was told that they were House of Lords to the urgent need returning to their

their camp, which to eat the smaller ships.

sild that work on, 111, ships--- way from Hong Kong to Swatow could not identify. into concentra-

No hit was scored on the boat month and 22 mentioned earlier about the location of his camp was to be unished by the end of and none aboard was hurt. ཛྙ་༔་ that they did not know where The exercise which started lost it was that they had gut a lift. the present fumpcial year.. week is being observed by more from a lorry as far as that place minesweepers

The Navy has, at present, few

in than 300 foreign military obser- and that they were walking back though it has unrivalled experi

commission, vors and 59 Press correspondents. because they could not find their ence la this type, of sea, warfare,

Senior Spanish officers are pro camp." DSI Hidden said, sent as well as representatives of

While this feet is being built up all Western Union defence coun-|

training of men will be acco tries and senior. officers of, the

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White Pomfret (large)

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Kucno Bola (large) ..

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Golden Thread

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Sennelager, British Zone,

Germany, September 25. The British Rhine arpy's "Exercise Broadside" started in earnest harq today after, 50,000-British, Belgian, Danish

ord

A Police launch fired at and

The

and American troops had move they hey replied to a question presumably, the 89, announced last when the was Intercepted.

Caution given Asked how long they had been In the Colony, Sapper Edwards replied about a year, a

WARNING TO THE

An experimental flotilla is soon to be commissioned for training All troop movements were or- DSI Hidden added that before men, in dealing with types dered: 10 he made at dark to questioning the two soldiers he mine developed since the war shield them from "enemy" air had identified himself, as a police mines which do not respond to apotter, Seven thousand vehicles cer. He had told them that He orthodox methods. were, involved and a Rhine Army was not salafted with their ex- order closed mapy roads to Gerplanation and that he had reason

tranic man

over a wide area, to believe that they had robbed from Hamm in the

driver

of $18.05 that oven- to Hanover in the Ngrib. Ruhr foo

ing of Tal Lam Path. He cau- General Sir Charl Keightley, toned them, witness said. in which the robben pood as

Britah

a query Sapper persons from the Registration of had told witness that Persons offor, the attention of the to they were trying to. And their public should be drawn to the

Commander in

Chief,

forces in Germapya

Bald

Boday to

PUBLIC

In view at a repent

rabbery

46% Manoeuvres were desires camp but could not locate ft.and following,...» sala:, an official a

reach resourcefulness sod

$18.1100

The average of the food and fuel daarso-

$13.0925.

be werks ended, Beptember 2 and 23

1.

in

The Rehabilitation Allowance for Delor

will therefore bei

Dally-paid workers, Artlaması 23 a, dayi Collies, 82.40 why: Women, $1.50 a day.

Mordheid workers: Men, 384 Imonth; Women, 100 a suonih,

Farewell party to

Mr. Shillingford

7

A silver salver was presented to Mr. W. Shilling.

ford, retiring Commissioner of Prisons who has been with the Prisons Department since 1910, by members of the Prison Officers Club at a farewell party at the Club at Stanley yesterday.

11

More than 100 people, including Mrs. Shillingford, Mr. J T. Burdett, Acting Commissioner of Prisons, and Mr. C. J. Norman, President of siveness. He stressed the veils of no had to walk back to town.

the Club, attended the party. being airminded put a war of

Gouncement

ent yesterday: N The soldiers were then, tolu to

MAMA, Jillot, Superinter Registrate and Assistant Ro- movements, on a brand front des foto the car, and they pro- gistrars of the Registration of dent, was the first to speak at class running order, and, It is Reuter.

cended towards Kolo they

Persons. Ofoe, who have ocrtain the party.

department which le, in first

No more bonds Ctra Club, Mr. Norman

for HK visitors

driven photograph embossed with the standing. But the valub of this secondent and President of

the

wal and thumbprint and personally has been even gran the Club sold: "We tak you

nécept this gift from the members "cards are signed"

Affer relating Mr. Shillingford's of the Prison Offers Club and by the

arrived ou

up to us to treat it that way25. A fow" moment later, met powers under the Ordinance, Mr. Jillati "Mr. ShillingIn presenting the silver salver another car, carrying Sub-Inspec- carry a staff Warreni Card, which ford has been in sur department to, Mr. Shillingford on behalf of for 3. Demsey and party of bak the bearer's name In English for many years and his knowledge the members of the Prison Off-

that,

Binant) also scenc. Taipeh, September 25: *** Loung informed. From the beginning of Oced the soldiers who we then-

about his, experience and identi tober: Chiness, intending to do up cautioned by the police getration should be given to any head, logd als name will always thanked the staff for hele co- no Information regarding re- speech by saying, "We have been happy years in your retirement.it "pin" replying: Me. - Sbfijingford, ticher for his presence • Wat our to Hong Kong or Marão from Sapper Edwards replied that person except un sallsfactory Formosa will no longer be rehe quired to buy Nütlónáilst sold be no

AL Kwok of Registration work, Mr. Jllloka' concluded his wo hope, you will have many ·

no ope.. Colley production of his Star Warrant be held in grateful remembrance operation and hard work during

Card

liberly bonds, and AA pst Hidden continued that he The purchase of much boodi wes abou to search the Brst, des was made compulsory in February tendunt, when he produced' 48.08 wbgo' it. (poked, anrif. Formama, dcclaring punt; that was "all" be might be invaded by tho

hose wild be searched defendant und

more inta

In the virtue of honour and the past few years.

epurtesy."

hot by Ho particularly congratulated.

Mr Burdett, peleting out the lost who was promoted GIRL ROBBED OF excellent work done by the start out Chief Officer to Super infere

WRIST WATCH E

of the Prison tinder the guidance dent with effect from September of Mr Shillingford, told his sint 1040. Mr. Shilllogford het A Chinco siti was robbed of a to follow the way, of det by the put that Mr. Jilicit was the first wrist watch valued at about $150 relring Commissioner of Prisons, member of the department to

terday afternoon

| Bits Hurdain quid in specciuris from the rank to Superinten she was walking for los zagrastrying and lappy to cent. hell Road, near St. Pasi know that our work for the past Base years has a work that préiao, troru War Ridhus tiüreat the Guvernanoak The praise, la noritad z balekumm; the whole : stall.

| DUNN --To Naisuj wife, ut ME router who paired her to the have done, their beskyt

A Dunn, on Bept und sind mecapod.

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