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THE LAUNCHMEN'S STRIKE. MEN'S DELEGATES RETURN FROM CANTON

BUTCHERS STRIKE IN

. FEAR OF

CANTON.

HOG CHOLERA.

THE "HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MAY 29TH, 1952

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SEVERE FIGHTING ON THE THE GOVERNOR OF MACAO.

FAREWELL RECEPTION AT THE

KLANGSI FRONT.

EXPEDITIONARY ARMY CAPTURES

MEILING PASS.

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LUSITANO CLUB

HE. the Governor of Macao and Mde. The special correspondent of the Canten | Correa da Silva having been delayed in

The recent strike of employees in the PROGRESS TOWARDS A SETTLEMENT?

The delegates of the Launchmen's Guild, butchers' shops and slaughtering houses i who were supposed to have, gave to Can- probably the most significant labour Times with The Expeditionary Forces Hangkong through the accident to the on to copsuit, the men, did not report rouble in Canton. The strike affects the reports:

Dongola, the Committee of the Lusitano' Club arranged a farewell reception in

Themselves at the S.C.A. Offier on Satur- public in general. Residents of the cy Tingnan and cther districte south-west of honour of the visitors on Saturday even-1

LATIN.

This

finding the high price rather annoying. tanglements Our Right Wing has cap Besides, the slaughtering house and the ured Shincheng and is persing the

merchants are losing butchers Shop money on large senle during the enemy toward Nankang. Our Left Wing suspension of business. The restaurants has defeated the enemy at the junction of and tea-houses are doing less business on Hunan border and is pursuing the latter account of the increase in the price of

towards Chungyi.

Although time did not permit, of.. the function being made widely known there Wita Governor of Macna had expressed the large attendance. The

wish that the proceedings would be quite normal and the sugestion was adopted, the more gratefully in view of the heat. A tea dansant was the first proposal for the evening's programme, but'tab mem

H.E. Senhor H. M. Correa da Silva and „Mudane "Correa da Silva were

arket merchants are the worst and pork sausages. "The chủ lang or

victims of the strike. Since the slaughter. ing business has been suspend, they GENERAL CHEN'S, ALLEGED merived on arrival by the President of

have found it difficult to dispose of their large stocks of animals on hand. During

MILLIONS.

RUMOURS.

the Chib (Mr, A. F. B. Silva-Netto), Mrs. Silva-Ketto, and members of the

Our army, after capturing Lurgan. are experiencing much, inconvenience dur- day as expecteil:

ing the strike, and the merchants, the Nagung began the general attack at day- Enquiries at the headquarters of the Government and the labourers themselves light on May 24th on the enemy's main Edefence in a line from Sinfeng to Mei- Läunclumen's Guild yesterday afterno are suffering from the trouble likewise,

lig up to the border of Hunan, Severe revealed the fact that the theve delegates

No hogs are slaughtered in Canton at had returned from Canton that morning least publicly, as the labournnion is and fighting terurred on 24th and 25th. On the at 8 o'clock. "During the day they reporting out inspectors who are supposed to evening of 23th our main body captured interfere with and stop their union men Meiling stronghold of Kings with the ed their arrival to the Secretary for from carrying on their duties until the Chinese Maies and arrangements have strike is settled. Thus the demand for Frenter part of its artillery. Besides its been made for them to visit the Secrethe supply. The result is the price for fortified with from thirty to fortyrers of the Club, Mr. P. A. Rourio and pork and its various products, far exceeds mountainous obstacles, Meiling Pwa was tarist at an early hour this morning.

pork has increased 100 per cent. lately-pieces of artillery. Its positions were pre- From what can be gathered at the One entry of pork costa 60 cents, to a Guild's offer. the 'outlook is certainly more dollar. As pork is the most commanpared by our enemy for moptts with Mr. J. Gardner, undertook to produce food of the Chinese, the residents are elaborate trenches and barbed wireen; dinner for 140 gasts, which they did, favourable than at any previous time,

entirely from the Club's resources, and the The men are seemingly, now prepared

fare was voted excellent. Portuguese to accept a flat increase of 25, which is

delicacies from Lisbon were particularly 50 cents lower than their former demand.

enjoyed. Ten, alsu, was served Portuguese The owners' last official offer was an in-

fashion. @rease of $4.50 cents and this according to an unconfirmed statement made by one of the men's delegates to a Daily Pres representative, last Friday, the cennes were prepared to increase to $3. new offre by the owners, according to the delegates. was made through the Hon. Mr. Halifax at the Secretariat prigrted together in the barns for the last few their departure to Canton on the Friday works.

A statement issued by the Governor's fladies, proceeded to the ball room where afternoon. Up to the present, this new If the trouble is mos wittled "immediate-Office at Canton and published, in the i offer has not been confirmed by any, the loss of this hatcher stop merchants eata, Goerramient, fingette is translated dancing was gigged in until mid-night,

will be very serious, The ragon Lent by the faatan Times as follows:- fagical is one of the most prosperous With a view to checking the rumours

vertain by business periodis for this trade and they recently circulated

ischievous usually expect to make mares during the people to the effect that ex Governor Chen Chiang ming had taken several million Governor Wu Ting-fang justructed the dollars from the Provincial Treasury Commissioner of Finance of Kwangtung renty to investigate, the matter and publish

a correct attement concerning it, Governor Wu, Commissioner T. T. Cheng response to the instruction of

In a statement to the Governor, stated: The batcher shop ferchants have re- 5'1

The records of the Financial Bureau cently petitioned the Municipality to re-and the Provincial Bank of Kwangsung do lieve the situation Infortunatly, the not show that ex Governor. Chen Chiung, inbourer and merchants still hold their ming has drawn & sum of

several million respective opinion Brmly so that the dolars from the Provincial Treasury. settlement of the strike will not take place Neither is there any item of disbursement for sometime yet-l'autup Timer. of the Provincial Treasury showing an amount of several million dollars during the month of April when the ex-Governor Cotton Piece Goods and Fancy Cotton resigned. No money can

can be drawn from Goods-There is a certain amount of the Provincial Treasury unless a memo enquiry for fancy goods and small sales of Audit of the province. If the lastings and lawns, etc. In most cases randum has been obtained from the Board are reported of white brocades, coloured Governor had drawn the sum, the record buyers ideas of prices are hopelessly of the Bureau of

Finance or

or the Auditing below home parties Greys and whites Board would show Although the

Pro

are entirely neglected. Clearances are

Official Curti, Cotton

the hot weather, it is feared the hog AN OFFICIAL CONTRADICTION OFëmmittee. After ten in the dining hall cholera may break out among the large number of animals which have been herd-

official statement on behalf of the owners. Should today's ergotiations prove that both sides are agreed on the flat increast of $5 then a great step will be taken zówards a seitlement. Of cure, it has to be borne in mind that the men have put forward a number of other demands and these have to be threshed out after the question of increased pay has been decided.

THE VITAL REQUIREMENTS, »- The Launeb Requirements Committee bas the commercial situation well in hand - súd except for the defect in the ferry ser vice between Hongkong and the mainland. the public is not seriously affected by the strike.

festivals,

w

Faci dhe fateurer's damwives, a reput 21 also suffering from the Many of them are engaged trouble.

rely in laughering hogs in order to Five. 1 is reported slaughtering e carried on by the strikers outside the city territory.

LI

A WIDOW'S REVENGE. GRUESOME STORY FROM YUNNAN. DEAD GENERAL'S HEAD STRUCK, OFF,

the Company, which included many

with a break for dinner. The bands of the Hongkong. Botel and Wisciunn's; Cafe played for, the dancing. A private sanch was kindly leay to convey Kowloon journeys, and the forethought of the gusts across the hubour, in two or three organisers se went so far as to ensure that sufficient rickshus were on hand at the Ferry Wharf to take the guests' home.

HONGKONG IMPORTS,

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE REPORT.

The fortnightly price current. and market report, published by the Heng kong General Chamber of Commerce, states:-

Confirmation of the recent repart that vincia] Bank 18 Overnment depository, fairly selor; again faced with

15

a

T.K.K. steamer in port. The ferry was Heuter's coach which explains From the above facts, it can h

TRIAES OF THE FERRY SERVICE.

A breakdown soon after the ferries started muning on Saturday morning prevented a go.d many people from get General Ku Ping cher," Tuchun of Yun-still it is run any to work at all that day. In the nan, had been killed in the fight against feite is

Requireially.

all loans made befresh disturbances at Wuchow which cran- evening a ferry broke down in mid-har-General Tang Chi-yno's invasion has tween the Provincial Bank and the polled some of the merchants there to

reached Peking througho

official Government. The books of the Bank do close their shops and come down here for bour and locked like colliding with the channels.

Jccompanied,

not show that it had turned over such & safety, in ecpsequence of which a reaction grunsong and

ness Ana been on a limited

Prices scale. ately seen that the rumcurs of ex-Gover. have declined about nor Chon's corruption are totally untrue

$3 per bale and market closes with a quiet tendency. and ground. They might have been Quotations are:-No. 104. $150 to $179. circulated by certain mischievous people No. 12s. $15 to $182. No. 166. 190 to with a view to disturbing the public pence 8918 No. 20%. #195 to $290. Arrivals and order,"

5.300. Shipments 100. Sales 2,000 hales. Unsold stock 23,000 bales. Bargains 12,000

Woollens-There is no change

to report and until conditions in the interior become more settled we cannot-look for» any im- provement in the market.

by a story, both large loan to the Goverument. pray word as taken place and the volume of busi-

the

towed to land by a police launch; it was

the doubts which were entertained, for bound for Hongkong and the passengers some time afterward as to whether General were much chagrined when their rescuers Ku had actually met his death.

It appears that the fighting took place towed them back

wharf from.

near the home of a widow, whose husband. whence they came, stend of to their General Yang Tien-pu, suffered death at slestination. At mid-day passengers in the bands of General Ku in connection with his rising against Georral Tang Chi. -one of the" ferrics were a good deals, when the latter was overthrown lase

alarmed to notice the funnel getting so year News that the layer of her husTHE "CHRISTIAN GENERAL'S" hat that all the paint was blistered and band lay dead on the battlefield reached

be awling seemed likely to ignite. That

ferry was taken put of commission, to

the reliet of everyone, who had Visions;

her and she determined to wreak ven- geance upon his corpse.

the

Hastening under cover of darkness to

spot where the body hay, the story

goes, she struck off its head to be taken

came her.

ARMY.

"SECRETS OF VICTORY."

bales.

Raw Cottons.-A couple of 100 hales of Indian cottone were sold 832 to 833. Market Brm but there is no available at $35. Chinese Staple 834 to $45

Metals-No business doing,

General Feng Yu Hsiang's troops in of explosion and wreck. Shareholders in and laid as a sacrifice upon her, haghand' addition to having the distinctive red sto mie Indian description

Athis the Ferry Company must be feeling tomb, but at ring that she would not be on to the left arm, above the elbow, a per plcul.

point misgiving overarm-band of the Chihli Army, have sewn permitted, if discovered, to carry out her strip of parchment bearing characters intention, she took her story to General which are thus translated by the Peking Tang Tang Chi-yao begging him to sanction this and Tintain Times: sacrifice to adherent.

be memory of his former

rueful as they see the uprights of their piers belik crashed into and a new moor 'ing rope snapped about every other trip. Yesterday there was some improvement in the running of the ferries A patter

This sanction, however, was not forth- of general complaint among European the gallant dend, though foes in life, must coming General Tang reminded her thint travellers by the ferries is the neglect of maffer no indignity at the hands of their the management or the police to institute conquerors, and ordered that General Ku's Bomo better system of regulating the renaine should be delivered to hip rela-

probable солне

tiven.

crowds who as crable ou either side to Panic-stricken at the take passage by the ferries, As we have quences of what she had done, the widow cast about for means of concealing her act previously mentioned, owing to the inter- and sucorded in arranging the substitu ruption, by the strike, of the Chinese tion of another body for that which she ferry services, the whole of the traffic bedy supposed to be that of

Consequently, when the har beheaded.

General

Ku across the harbour is concentrate on the was handed over to his family they at Star Ferry Service. Seldom dos a ferry once denied its identity and

and began cross the harbour with legs, we imagine, cherish the hope that the story of his death than 100 prasengers, and 'when, is not was merely a ruse to cover escape from infrequently happens, there are intervals his enemies. The truth of what had occur of more than half an hour between the red was, however, later obtained from the dispatch of the ferries, the wharves are

rves are widow herself who, frustrated in her densely packed with waiting passengers attempt to avenge General Yang, con-

conditions Europeans wait in fessed.

In

normal

comfort in the first-class, or upper-deck, enclosures, but now these enclosures are.

pften

densely packed with Chinese, and

great unwashed crowd the majority

ROBBERIES,

to

SECRETA OF VICTORY.

1--All officers should die loyally, faith

fully and bravely for God and Country.

2-One who does not fight to the death is not a real fighter, is not a hero, is not a brave (lit. 'good), man. 3-The body may be killed but the grin on the rifle must not be looscord: the hotter the battle the more every bullet must count (htthe ridge inust not be fired in vain 4.The

eneng must he killed; if the rifle is broken, use the bitt: if the butt

Flour Market Report-Stock: About 1,400.000 sacks. Quotations: American Patent, 93.80 per aack! American Straight, 82.75 per sack: American Cut off. 82.80 per sack; Shanghai Flour, 83.05 per sick; Australian No. 1. 22.85 per sack

SugarMarket declining.. Saltpetre-Sellers firmness has check- ed the sales.

THE

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NAVY AND EASTERN

OIL SUPPLIES.

Earlier in April, 31r. Geoffrey Draga as broken, use the fist if the fist issued that the Government has not st disabled, use the teeth.

present enough uil to enable it to send the 5.If one loses his life in rescuing n

Hattle Fleet to Singapore or Hongkong, wounded companion, that is true and that in case of an attack at the pre- bravery.

wait time Hongkong and Singapore must fall at once." A correspondent, whose knowledge has beers gained fream & close practient nequaintance with the anb- puts a very different face on the in a communsientian to The Timex, what amount of fuel oil the

TO AUSTRALIA IN AN OPEN BOAT.

SINGAPORE EX-SERVICE MEN'S TASK.

FRIV

may have at their disposal in i

He proceeds to point out that there

be

home waters car correspondent does not pretend to know, but he thinks it incredi often appear. European ladies have a The Chinese, who was' charged at the The formidable task of voyaging in an ble that they should not have enough to very unpleasant time in such a crowd Magistraes on Friday, with robbing an open boat froin Singapore to Australia, and the Battle Fires to.

Singapore, when the interval of waiting is long. It amah on the Kenardy Road the previous trip which it is estimated will, it successful, exists within a few hundred miles of is often the case that there are more afternoon, was committed for trial by Mroccupy three months, has been under-Singapore a newly developed oilfield of Prople

the crowd than a single ferry Lindsell or Saturday. Mr. E. D. C. can accommodate and when the gate of Wolfe, Superintendent of Police, appear taken the Singapore Free Print ways, great potential value, the resourus of fully able on the the enclosure is opened to admit people ed in the case on Saturday and arranged by three Singapore ex-service men, Captain which are, of

tput to cope

with on to the boat, the crush to get through with the Magistrate for the charge to be H. G. George, formerly in Tusiness in present basis

any is distinctly unpleasant. A

in that the British Navy suggestion

Sing Frode and Dicksm, who it in quarter of the Empire, and of paramount amended from that of armed robbery to Singapore as a merchant and two friends demands which we pass on for the can that of robbery with violene". made to sideration of the rowera-that-be," is

ix that

understood, were associated in a local motor importance is the fact the enclosure should be reserved, for Early on Saturday morning a gang undertaking. Evidently driven to the ex. may, for all practical purposes, be said Europoons at least for ladies and the of armed robbers made their appearance periment by the trade depression, these to be in British hands. There urs, of rest of the crowd be required to form up of het hoor in a house in Parker three, adventurers chartered a hip's life the feds in

Dutch Bornro qutside the entrance gate on they arrive,

Dutelt possessions adjacent to London queue fashion. This, at any rate. Road. They fured the two female in hoat and set ont, on the first stage of Malaya, but the quite recently-devloped would prevent the crushes which are now mates at the point of the revolver to hand their hazardous voyage. Their vessel is oilfields of Sarawak are those on

which, so often experienced, especially o

over their valuables, which in money and only 24th feet long, with a beam of 9 feet: according to our correspondent, the Bri Kowloon side. Another

She is fitted with mails and an auxiliary Lish Admiralty enn rely for ample for the comfort have heard made is that, fuggestion wewellery amounted to $250,

Evinrude motor. The idea of this plucky on at a

monent's notice

of any Information has been given to these make almost entire uw of the for naval purposes

We of the upper-deck pazenagers, Chinsen of

Caret the coolic type without shoes and wicka police of a robbery, which took place in wails, utilising the engine in the case of thanks to the patriotic foresight of the anl often dirty in their general appear.

à boarding house "in Connaught Road

late Rajah of Sarawak-himself an ex- noo, should be excluded from the first Central, last Wednesday. A boarder on emergency and also for entering and leaving officer of the Royal Navy certain class accommodation, just as they are going through his luggage on Friday Post Their intention is to take shelter arrangements have been made to enre excinded from making use of the seals on found, that a sum of 2000 had been where possible during the nights and con-an adequate supply if oil being alwayn tinue their journey with the daylight, at the disposal of the Navy in Singapore,

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abstracted.

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