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Young Girl

Stole To Go To School

The summer holidays were over and it was time to gu truck to school and pay school fees and buy new books.

But for an 11-year-old girl, It was different from last year. Her mother, who was house- hold mark, had been out of work for the past two months. She did not have any money to give her daughter fur school tees and books.

DESPERATION

The Bide girl wanted to go

CHINA MAIL

THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1958.

ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON HONGKONG

Reform Club Chairman Elaborates On Party's Statement

In an interview with the China Mail, Mr Brook Bernacchi, Chairman of the Reform Club, yesterday elaborated on his party's statement which expressed deep concern on the increasing economic pressure being. brought to bear on Hongkong by the flooding of cheaply-made Chin. ese goods on local markets.

Mr

that

Bernacchi pointed out

the prices up so they would be the statement was baseC

competitive with local prices. on three main points.

The obvious objection to this, The st

information of course, was that Wik

Hongkong received directly from len was traditionally a free port,

the Chinese Manufacturers Mr Bernacchi said.

of

to school very badly, so in du peration she stole. She look purse belonging to a fellow-Union. Jodger, and she found $30 in- side,

dicam

The girl gave $5 to a friend to buy behool books. But her of returning to school was short-lived. The arrested her two days ago and found the remaining $25 in her presvesmon.

police

Various

Another suggestion was that Secondly, he had held talks Government should assist in en- individual couraging the sale of localty with manufacturers, and members of fuade goods to America, because the weaving industry, who had the U.S.

had on embargo on in-Communist goods and therefore their own Union. These

nu competition vials put forward a number there would be

suggestions tur

Government from Mainland China.

America al present assists the extent of Even to the Japan,

raw materials, sub- Wie ject to an agreement as lo

there

WA

Mr Dernacchi said: "I know personally of cases where people

"This brought prices down to rock boltom. This fooding of the market has happened more than once-and inore than once it has coincided with big chip- There is rents from abroad. some evidence that the flooding of-the-market is known to coincide with arrivals of large shipments.

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Peking's Anti-Western Demonstrations

"Amazingly Well Organised" Say Tourists

by Andrew Sloan ·

China Mail Reporter

The anti-American and anti-British demonstrations in Peking on July 17, were described this morning as "amazingly well organised," by two Canadians who wore touring Peking at the time of the moss protests.

The Canadians were, Austin Hamilton, a 28-year-old Chartered Account-

ant, and Jim Clarke, a qualified engineer, also aged 28. graduates of Toronto University.

.

had been

have lost substantial amounts of money, having placed orders while the market for livestock altuation. When Is In a good the shipment arrived they found they had been beaten by a

They further described the de- | Later, they were able to see

by saying, larger shipment from the Main-monstrations

af a poster-slicking "It the results

On the walls around land.

wasn't something spontaneous, campaign. To work as smoothly as that. It the Embassy, all along another had to be organised, Something wall some 150 yards long lead- Ilke a million people were jam ing to the Embassy, on the Em- Sered into the Ten An Mea bassy chimneys, on telephone Square, but they were lined up poles and their guy-wires, thou

room 10 Funds of so there was always

anti-Brilleh and anti- American slogans move through the crowds."

Hamilton guessed he could posted, some of them Ave and have crossed the Square in about ix-deup in places.

Another point of organisation 20 minutes through the erowds.

which struck them, with regard Five Weeks Tour

to the dentonstrations, was that Government was also in 2

drinking. - fountains position to help industry by

The two Canadians recently portable arrived in Hongkong from a live-

were placed outside many of providing direct support to in dustry through loans and finan-

week tour of China, during watch the hotels, and business-houses, Canton, Peking, providing hot-water for drink- Bssistance cial

under- or by

Then there was the question they visited

Souchow, writing the granting of banking of the farmers,

Shangnut ing for the demonstrators, they Nanking, They were

said. Wherever they went they facilities.

most concerned

with the pre-and Hungehow.

On July 1, the day of the could see these fountains, and hie Bernacchi said although the I Bernacchi al believed sent situation, having suffered

Mr

one Hamilton and demonstrations,

In fact, there had been statemen did not specifically | greater assistance should be

serious losses. Cattle prices had fallen and a number of poultry Clarke were due to visit Peking propose any measure he had given to industrialists In the

University, but early heard of a number of suggesialter of land. Al present the

farm had been forced to close morning, they received a tele Buns,

situation was far from sutisfac- down.

phone call at their hotel, that tory, he said. Open auctions kept and prices considerably higher

the visit had been postponed. than upset prices.

No reason was given.

to study.

Thirdly, havenile evidence AL the Kowloon

of the market itselt. Supplying Court this Korming, the little could unly be seen in many pati tome pekne Sir P. F. A chops that the price of Main-Taste of finished-orllojes ——————— Lax

with simple and Chinese goods was charged She told the magis Lelow reety,

the price frate that she was guilty.

Jocally made items, POOR BOX

Her #8-year-old mother, who apped in Court, printesett to re-induse the $5 spent ng her daughter.

bout the Court ruled |

herwise.

Mr Leonard gave the girl $5 from the Poor Box and fold her that she was to give this money to the lodger.

The Magistrate cautioned the irt for the fence and asked a oficer of the Juvenile Pro- bation section to find ways and means of satisfying the girl's thirst for learning.

The little girl's father when she was only a baby,

died

well

simila PL

Measures

The Reform Club urged Gov- to einaient Lite meUSUNTOS deal with the problem.

One was the simple proposal that Government place a turist en goods made outside the Bri- Fish Commune, particularly use of the art made locally, for Example, shirts,

This was aimed at allirts com ing into Hongkong from Main- land China. A tariff would force

FOUNDATIONS:-

Bras from $1000

Girdles from $2500

Corsellettes

Pressure

Being with the export of Chinese agricultural products to Hongkong. Mr Bermarchi said. From time to time, over the lust ¡ months, there had been a Gooding of the cattle market.

at

$8500

sizes 32 to 44 - A B C & D Cups

DAY and EVENING GOWNS

from $45.00

sizes 5 to 22

-

Skirts Blouses

Lingerie

Beachwear

Everything reduced as never before!

at

Paquerette's Sale

16A Des Vooux Rd. C. No Telephone Enquiries Please!

Tids could be coincidence but other people would say it was deliberate,”

There had

beun perlede flooding of the eattle market over the Jast 18 months. AL the end of last year pigs were being flooded on the markei,

and this year forvis began to appear in considerable quantities.

Bear The Loss

My Bernacchi said that to en- courage the farmers to continue to breed cattle Government must underwrile possible losses on the fans.

"I don't

think that under-

writing in terms of the budget would cost very muen. They the Government) would have to guarantee a certain price per pound and bear the loss if live- stock did not sell at that price."

|

that

placed outside their hotel.

Girl's Petition

Both are

IKE

WAS MAD

Washington, Aug. 13. President Eisenhower was re- porled today to have angrily "lurned everything upside down" when he heard reports that the Defence Department was study ing the possibility of an Ameri- Cán GuFTCTder in any nuclear War.

A Defence Department official They were told by one person disclosed tonight that the Presi- that a young girl, hardly seven dent has ordered a fullscate in years old, had gone up to one|vestigation,

petition. hard at the Embassy and had presented could a child of that age have Ideas?" asked Any political Clarke.

Winte in China, they had no inkling of events in the Middle East as they had not been able

buy 10

English-language or read Chinese oues, and up to that time had not contacted any Embassies to enquire about the Now that they have visited

lest world news.

China, the two agree they would During the morning of the itke to go baek-in five or 10 "On this trip we 17th, the crowds began to four years time.

prac.

"All military business "How

tically stopped for two hours yesterday" after a call from the While House, the oficial said.

One Senator who refused to be named said: "I have never seen the President so mad. He Getting to the bottom of it."

un drbs and drabs", they said, have had nothing to compare turned everything upside down and the demonstration never the advances made by China, really got going until later in never having been there before. 11 we go back, we would be able the afternoon.

10 Se what further advances were made," they said.

The five-week tour cost the pair US$200 each.

They went down to Tien Au

Men Square, where the crowds were forming in front of a large No hostility was rustrum. shown as they mingled with the swelling

fact, in crowds. said, they reevived Hamilton many smiles, "and some people He added that Hongkong had wanted photographs taken with to import the bulk of her meat, ¦ us.” and it was a known fael that the Chinese as a whole objected to frozen meat.

Serious

.

Eating Melons

At that time they still had no "So we would suffer as bad-definite idea what was going on. iy It Mainland livestock were They could see various placards completely cut off as we do from and posters with anti-American having our market flooded by " and anti-British stogans, and he said.

the word Lebanon, but as they knew nothing of world ovenii, they could only guess.

Walking to the fringes of the Lastly: the big problem of the crowd, Clarke said, he could se Hongkong fishing fleet, and the the people there were much 100,000 fishermen: The question

was eating everyone of fishing rights was primarily diplomatic one, and if nothing nucions, and some were playing

cards. could be done through diploma-

(normous

task" and

relaxed,

tic channels then, Mr Bernacchl That night, they visited the said everything must be dose office of the British Charge to turn our shing industry into 'Affaires, and there learned of a deep-sea fishing feet "an the tum of events in the Middłu one East, which had sparked off the which would require a consider demonstrations. able úniount of financial assist- On July 18, they visited Pek- ance, which could be obtained ing University as planned, from three sources: the Hong-

They talked to a number of kong Government, the Home students, but politics and world Government, or the United No- events wus pointedly kept out of 1long.

the conversation,

"Here is a serious situation, which is becoming more serious, What is going to be done about

17" Air Bernacchi concluded.

Teacher Fined For Caning Boy

Break Through

The next day, Saturday, July 10, there were still large crowds surrounding the British Charge d'Affaires Ofice, and they had La break their way through the crowds to get ki,

People handed the guards at the gate, their petitions and complaints. One of these groups, they said, Was a comic play. The actors were dressed up, one to look like Elsenhower, dressed in a big tall top hat, and ar- other to look like John Bull, "with a roly-poly tummy." Not understanding the language, Il was difculi, to follow, they said.

floodlights evening were erected near the Embassy seven-year-old and д

the demonstrations con-

A 16-year-old teacher who

caned

That

pup) for scratching on a tinued, for the benefit of the desk, was fined $20 by Mr Chinese television meras

T. L. Yang at Kowloon

Court this morning,

Some proof of the organisation

is la the fact that they were able to see a number of people sell-

Defendant, who pleaded guilty American

Ing Bong-books With anti-

at 142 Sai Yeung Chol Street,

und anu-British

to the charge, is a teacher at rhymes. Other people were sell- the Yeap Hak Primary School, ing lange balls of paper, for the express purpose of making stu- gans and banners on the-spot,

was There

violence," Clarke sald, rocalling the rally, "And there seemed to bo- guld- the ing force behind the demonstra-

On August 12,

pupils zeratched

one of his mark on a

desk,

The defendant scolded

Do

ghlid, and caned him with a tons as everything just seemed three-foot long cane,

to blond so neatly."

They now plan to buy a molar- scooter, and travel by road from Salgon to Europe. Hamilton and Clarke met in Japan, and decid- ed to visit China together. They work for one year, and travel the next.

They plan to leave here August 20.

Telescope Lenses Stolen

Two lenses from a stolen Lelescope wero from No. 18 Stubbs Road some time be- tween Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon,

or.

The study of a possible sur- render was reported by a news paper to have been undertaken by a civilian scientific agency working for the Defence Depart-

ment.

The report on the study sold the agency had listed possible casualties running into millions in the event of nuclear war Reuter,

Man Knocked Down By Taxi

A 29-year-old man, Sak Lam ní 246 Jaffe Road, ground floor, was injured inst night when he was knocked down by a taxi in Lockhart Road near the junction of Canal Road West. The in- jured man is receiving treatment |át Queen Mary Hospital.

From the Files

25

years AGO

"OL Hongkong": The Island

supported only few thousand Chinese inhabitants whch the British occupation took place (a little over 6,000). These were entirely pensanta and Asherfolk, with some pirates

among them, no trade what- who dwelt in Hongkong in pre-

ever was done here. The people

British days largely occupied matshed huts, but it is probable that fairly substantial alone dwellings of one alorey, built of hown and granite

roughly boulders with a mortar com- posed of clay and a little lime were in existence even then. In fact it is known that a fairly substantial village community had long been settled at Stanicy (then known as Chick-chu). Naturally, any permanent settlers would erect dwellings the capable of weathering

yphoons to which they would be periodically exposed.

uf The question of what race Chinese these settlers belong to

is a matter of some interest, in

view of tally

recent research of the Kwang- into the origin

for it is tung inhabitants;

that Hong- raturni to'assume kang's original Chinese popula- on tion were the same type as the mainland.

We

There is evidence that several of the British advent, and claleets were in use at the time can proceed to a brief examina- tion of these.

Three class of Cbinest speaking different dit lects were emongst the early settlers of the Colony. According to Eltel, the town of Kowloon was formed by seitlers speaking the Cantonese dinloc!, called Puntla (1st. Aborigines). These Pantis also occupied the hamlels of Matau wal (near Kowloon City) Kwan- tallau (East Point), and Wong- reletong on the island of Hong- long, and to them were added later the hamlels of Sookunpoo, Tanglungchau and Pokfulam.

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after the Punis occupied the best portions of Kowloon and Hong-

COME time

and

DI

were

Kong, settlers from the north- west of the Canion provinces, speaking A different dialect, called Hakkas (lit. Stranger) began

to push their way be- Iween the Punti settlements.

Thus the Hakka villages of Mongkak, Tsapallaal, Telmshal- sui, and Matauchung formed on Kowloon Peninsula, and on Hongkong Island the hamlels

Hungneunglou, Tunglowan, Tytamluk, Chal- wan, Hoktsui, Wongmukok and Hongkong. Homicts Lije were also formed by the Hakkas Tokwawan Taikokisul, and

Taattslmiu, on Kowloon, and Shultsingwan, Wongitotsui and Island of Akungngam on the

on nalivey Hongkong. Later speaking another dialect (Swo- tow) settled at Shauliwan, Hunghom and Youmati. These were scafaring men called

A clock and a cigarette Suspect Arrested Holos.

lighter were stolen from a private car parked in Hankow Road yester-

day.

A Chinese woman had a gold necklace, valued $135, matched from her whilst walking Nathan Road near Playing Field fload last night. A suspect has been arrested by the Police.

This Funny World

"Thorol Now let's see him spill something!"

Printed and published by PETER PLUMBLY for and on behalf of South China Morning Port Limited at 1-3 Wyndham Street, City of Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong,

in of

The earliest inhabitants of ably Puntis, though Hongkong Island were presum- consider- alle variation la possible vlow of the roving nature some of them (the so-called boat people, for instance) who must have formed the fisherfolk (and pirates) of early Hongkong. The dialect at tho Stanley villagers is Punti

There was a large kilux of Chinese from Canton when the Colony

was founded,

The30 were welcomed and helped to form the Colony-ther werO merchants, trudemmen

and

artisans; and within a few yearä were building fine big stone and brick houses, making roads and supplying bread, footwear and clothing (though, ang old com- mentatur complains of the execs. able cut the tellors give him). to the foreign residents, Tho eastern part of the town, known as the Bazaar, was largely given over to Chirstne shopa.

But this did not imply that the authorities welcomed every. that one with open ans, nor there was plenty of land to bo given away for nothing: thỏ chronicles show 13 that the Government took steps early la 1844 to disperso squatters who erceled temporary buildings without permaliton,

It was intimated that a large numi- bar of Chinese had sstiled along Queen's Hood and other parts of the waterfront and erected matcheda and wooden house without permis sion and without paying rent to the Crown, the Surveyor General bad been instructed to give them, notice to remove themmlives and their structures within a ressoriable time, otherwise ther wild bo. evicted. Bison then the problem of squatters. has gone beyond the clly limita, and remain a bugbear of the Land Offic in most of the Colony's

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