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"Finish The Houses" Drive Explained By Minister Of Health

The Minister of Health, Mr Aneurin Bevan, announced recently that with the co-operation of the local nuthorities, the builders, the building trade workers and the builders' merchants, he had launched a drive to finish before the end of the year all houses now up to roof level.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1946.

"The Rake's Progress," showing to-day at the King's Theatre. stars Rox. Harrison and LHI Palmar. The title calls to mind the series of satirical 18th Century prints by Hogarth, Those prints gave a caustic and reallotic picture of the life of an 18th Century westrel; the flim tells the story of a modern rake, or "playboy."

Mr Bevan said that the local, their teeth Into. There are houses up to roof level. They are there for nuthorities hindi successfully

They can all be everyone to see. completed the first stage of the roofed in, if they are not nt thant before the frosts. housing operation. They had a singe already,

The job is to finish those houses by very large number of houses:

Christmas. planned and designed, sites pre-

Over-riding Priority pared and controls signed, and "To succeed we must have every

from a large number actually under involved, and a supply of the right

ounce of energy

everyone

materials in the right pinces at the right times. The

production of "Some people sald that the local

materiala-including ", substitutes-- authorities administrative machine and nitments is now on a much better would be unequal to the task of basis, but there is certainly getting all these houses out to con- | margin. have, therefore, arranged tract: but they are now proved | for an over-riding priority even wrong the local authorities have be done this part of the job. They higher than the priority which in given to all houses under construc- have fulfilled the only promise which

tion-to be applied to these 30,000 has been given-that houses would council houses and all the private be going up in large numbers by the enterprise houses-we do not yet middle of this year. It is now for the building industry to complete knew the number-which are up to

eaves level. During the last

Ping Ofleers have those houses,”

days Regional Housing There were in hand or projected been pinpointing these houses, NO for the falshing made up as follows:-185,000 per-

inaterials needed manent houses in local authority stages. Houses up to roof will get maine super priority 115 Was contracts: 57,000 houses licensed to the

ground private builders: 35,000 B. I. S. F. given to aircraft on the permanent steel-frame houses and during the Battle of Britain.

****In addition, in order to get more 100,000 temporary houses.

Of these, 20,000 permanent and men on to building houses, we are 40,000 temporary houses were com- making a new attack on the bluck

134,000 market in orcupled, and pleted and

in repairs and decorations. This large-reale frittering away of GROWTH permanent houses and 20,000 tem-

Inbour and materials which porary houses were under construc-

ought lon. The aim must now be to get to be used for providing homes for more houses finished quickly, with those in dire nerd has got to stop,

authorities

Regional out interfering with the serial pro- Local

and

Ing- 'duction which

in Licensing Officers have been necessary Was arter to secure a big and steady tructed to cut still further the issue 4low of completed houses next year. of licences for work which is not

the Just During

few months the casential or does not provide addí Government had, therefore,

tional

Recuminodation. Inspection xx centrated on attacking bottlenecks is being intermiffed with a view in the factories producing materials, more prosecutions which 1 hape components and fitments, in order to bringt penalties which it the clear the way for a "Finish

erime.

who howeholder Houses" drive during the

"Any and winter.

building labour and materials necessarlly is simply pushing back

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Alaska And Hawaii Statehood Complications

Washington, Nov. 27. The nation's flagmakers will be working with 48 stars for quite a while--perhaps years— before they have to worry about a 49th and 30th for Alasken and Hawaii.

In a recent plebiscite, Alaskans voted nearly two to one in favour of joining the Union. But Hawallons did the same thing six years ago and they are still walling. Between the two willing territories and new stars for the American flag stand passage of sintehood bills by both houses of Congress, at least three elections, and five other complicated and time- consuming political steps.

More progress has been made in Congress toward passing on od- mittance bill for Hawali than toward legislation for passage of similar Alaska. Members of the House Territories Committee recommended Hawaiian statehood early this year after a series of heuringa. But no hellon was taken on the statehood Bill Introduced by Hawnil's Re- publican delegate; Joseph R. Far- rington.

Other Committee members studied Alaskan government, but nunde no definite recommendation.

at the end of July 137,000 housen, that they can ensure supplies of all CHANGE OF CELL FORM| FUTURE OF LABOUR speedy admittance of Alaska to the

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ront, coupled with the high cost of all goods, résidences und services, con- CONTROL LOST trasts with the prosperity" of war-

Lime.

Minneapolis, Nov. 15. Dr Robert G. Green, University or Minnesta cancer research expert, said he had under tidy experiments leading him to believe that the enuse of cancer was in a basic change of

the cell form within the body.

Net effect is that remedies for the entire situation are likely again to be sought through legislation, arising to primarily out of the question as

Gre being whether labour unions Elven excessive power in the national economy under existing laws.

price

The third round" of the wage- struggle is trerefore likely to The new theory of the parasitic be fought out in Congress. Legis celt as a camer cause is tied up tators will give further attention to directly with the scrum developed price-stabilising machinery, and in by Dr Green, professor of bacle- the event of new major strikes they riology and immunology, and Dr

Lately, however, there has been considerable sentiment in the execu- five department of government for

Union. President Truman, former Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes and his successor, J. A. Krug, Bmon those who favour Alnskon statehood.

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Party Trends

One political observer noted that admittance of Huwail to the union- virtually would insure two more Re- publicans in the Senate and as many Republicans in the House as Hawail If Alasten is admitted, was alloted. the politieni forecasters would bet on an oll-Democratie line-up.

IC Hawail were admitted within the next two years, she would beat the record of Arizona, the last state admitted to the Union. Alaska has

und, Incidentally, become the 13 years in which to beat that record gest state in the Union.

big-

It took Arizona 49 yours from the time she was organised as a terri

the day when a family now suffering John J. Bittner, director of cancer will consider proposals to curb the tory to get into the Union. Howali

nology at the University of Min-er this could

rent hardship can get a new homes and a building craftsman's job is to build horses.

Temporary Houses

nesota announced

bour.

For this reason, stane of the labour organisations were disposed to de- tay new strikes until after the No- veraber elections, thus making the labour issue a less trgent factor in the political campaigns.

spring. The Minister added: I have held conferences, with the Regional

Dr Green's claims are based on Housing Omeers and with represen-

studies of the cell which, he says, its identity by an in- when it loses tatives of the local authorities, the building trade employers, the opern-

Jury of some sort, loses the controls and the bullders' merchants. Lives

restraints The Minister sold that a speed-up and

which with

Proposals likely to come before the They agree with me that in spite of in the completion of temporary originally is equipped. all the difficulties and shortages in-houses was started In June, when a Key to these restraints, Dr Green next session of Congress to curb the anys, is the "species characteristic, power of organised labour will have separable from building orperations new scheme was put into operation

which defined by science as difficulties under present conditions, #

the basic several different principles and ob- hould to overcome the of bad initial identity of the tissue cell, and a cou-jects. be possible, with a

effort, to bad arisen special

There is considerable sentiment trolling factor in growth as well as for restraining the right to strike in get finished and occupied by the end planning. These measures were al- of this year all the 30,000 local ready showing results. In August, Identity..

public utilities industries, such authority houses which have

now 7,000 temporary houses were cam- Injured by certain chemical

ind transportation renched caves level: and they have pleted, compared with previous irritants, or by unregulated radia- as the power

eo-highest monthly total of 5.200. The tion or a mysterious virus, the cells companies, where the public at large is inevitably injured by cessation of are believed to have been siimu-work. lated to such uncontrolled growth, Dr Green explains. But just what the injury does to effect such arrest

assured me of their full operation.

because

acceleration was continued

and completions September, reached 2,000 a week.

On the

ratio

In

had

between local authority and private building, Mr Bevan sold: "It is worth noting that the squatters were hardly in it pont tion to buy houses. These incidents nothing to the trouble there in

are simply have been if we had had

which

"In addition, private builders have 34,000 houses in course of epnstruc- tion. The Finish the Houses this year' drive will include all of these houses which have got up to enver fevel, and as many as possible of the B. 1, S. F. houses; and the special -effort to Anish all houses now.up to. roof level must not of course rule out the completion of houses now at

power a

Government д earlier stages If that is humanly handed the housing programme over possible.

the speculative builder, to produce "I have always retused," said Mr houses to sell. Accommodation has Bevan, "to x.

an overall figure so far provided for 200,000 families target for two reasons. The people -120,000 of them in London-and of Britain do not want promises; the great bulk of this has been made which can only be based on guess- available for letting and fairly allo- work. They want first sound cuted to those in greatest need, planning

and, then, results--which I the 60,000 permanent and

them report frankly and fully to

and temporary already completed, 48,000 every month. The second reuson is have been let at reasonable rents.

that long-term, national turgets in

the form of

of figures give no psycholo-

gical stimulus. They provide

houses

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those who needed homes most

10 badly, and 12,000 have Leen built

of restraint perplexes Science, he

added.

the

Compulsory Arbitration

There is some political strength, not likely to be decisive, in favour namica" a highly technical quarter disputes. Less

In a paper written for "Blody of compulsory aroitration of labour drastic proposals ly published for the medical pro-would be for labour courts lo decide, fession, Dr Green" explains how "he differences. believes cuncer to be caused by a

The next Congress also may wit- basic transformation of the cells of

ness an attempt to give the jucidiary body, into parasites that possess none of their original

fundamental eater power in averting or decid. characteristics. It is this transform-irg labour issues. Such a possibility atlon, which liberates growth con- was suggested by recent events trol, that is the object of Dr Green's Pittsburgh, where the municipal aut- thorities obtained an injunction com- method of approach to cancer cause. pelling both

industry to resume collective bargaining negotiations, thus averting a dangerous strike the publle utilities,

JAPANESE ECONOMY

by private builders for sale to people Labour Disputes Are Grave working link between the bullders of their own choice. That is in Cornwall and the builders in

in ratio of four houses to let to every OTHEnd, or

their ve

between the

and I am

ane for stained. If to see

in the supply industries and that it is

four-to-

the men on the site. Indeed through one ratlo had been-u.

very size, they numbing effect.

can have

a that is what

opponents

Wathe want--and

the

Obstacle, Says

Premier

coal and power industries-present

In

is in her 40th year as a territory. Alaska is in her 34th.-United Press.

FREIGHT CONGESTION IN U.S. PORTS

New York, Nov. 27. The Maritime Commission, in an gestion due to the recent maritime effort to relieve the freight con- strikes, has put nine more ships in service in Pacific ports and two more in Atlantic ports, and will either increase or decrease the supple. mentary transport for vital curgoes ns the situation requires.

The Commission announced that 55 ships have been assigned to inter- constal service to relay freight be-

tween Atlantic and Pacific ports for

overseas shipments.

The Commission put on sale to- day 11 of 13 ships received from Germany as reparations under the

award. inter-Allled

At the same time the Commission offered for sale three converted nerded મ troop liners no longer transports, including the round-the-

14,000-ton world

Ilner President which Grant

was renamed USS 8,400-ton City of Baltimore and City of Newport-now the USS Heywood and USS Fuller.-United Press.

in the ciccirleyers and workers Harris as a troop transport, and the

in

In this procedure was involved the novel principle of public authority

seeking the support

of the court.

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"INCIDENT"

INDO-CHINA ANCHORAGE

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Reports of an "Incident" in a French Indo-China anchorage were dispelled when full facts were known after the arrival of the s.s. Wo Song early this week.

ERNIE PYLE'S

"STORY OF

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BURGESS MEREDITH...„ERNIE PYLE Robert Mitchum The Captain

HONGKONG TRAMWAYS

LIMITED

Temporary Withdrawal of Tramcars West of Western Market

courts to issue injunctions in labour morrow as the Communists prepared strong headwind, for an anchorage grotted and only dire necessity,

In the early decades of this century, the courts often issued temporary In- employers Junellons on behalf of who claimed damage would result Tokyo, Nov. 27. Premier Yoshida, in a speech to

from impending strikes, and this "I am not going to offer a general servicemen had found that most of labour disputes particularly in the

the Diet, warned that nationwide was the legal advice frequently used

of work. avert the stopping of 10 target in figures. A target must be the new homes available were re-

The Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932

right of clearly seen. Instead of an arith-served for those with the money lo metical abstraction, I am pulting | buy them, then this country would

ed a grave obstacle to Japan's econ greatly curtailed the forward

realistic, short-term really have had trouble, and it recovery.

He targel, which all concerned cun get would have had it months ago.".

has appealed to the nation to matters, and the general trend

legal decisions in recent years economise on newly-produced goods, been against restraint of the unions. while doing its utmost to produce

Before any basic legislative remedy more.

He revealed that the present overfor labour strife is found, there un- all production index was 25 to 30 doubtedly will be a large number of

ahead to per cent of pre-war levels, while bargaining crises and strikes.

luoits coal in particular was barely 40 per Washington

as likely to round" "second ceni, which means the country will

tests on the

anti, sent muchinery of the

SIDE GLANCES

CÓPA, LIME BY RTA SEKTOR, 100, É. AL, NEK. U. A TAT

By Galbraith

“If I do go on a meat strike agalast these prices, it's going to hurt you a lot more than it does mol",

be 12,000,000 tons short of its severe

minimum needs.

The Premier sald

the economic picture. was truly serious because of the loss of territories and trade, war damages and reparations, removals of worn-out equipment and depleting stockpiles.

In order to achieve the ideals of democracy, he declared, "we must first lay down firmly the economic foundations of our national life." United Press.

CHINESE INFLATION":

Shanghai, Nov. 28. Many Chinese in Great Britain are

greatly worried over the dwindling

value of the Chinese dollar, and are earnestly hoping for the early r turn of pence and unity, according to Mr Li Chi-ku, vice-chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in London, in an interview with the Chinese press.

The "runaway" inflation is said to be hitting especially hard those Chinese dependent on remittances from the homeland.

new

Inflationary government.

· DESERTERS

IN NEI

Owing to force of circumstances which are beyond the Company's From Information available, it op- control it has been decided to dit withdraw all tramcar services The government af former Pre-pears that the ship met with mier Georges Bidault held its last ficulties shortly after leaving Saigon West of Western Market as from

She Its on her last trip for Hongkong.

midnight Saturday, November cabinet meeting to-day before formal routine

resignation made little headway in face of a very 30th next. This is greatly re- and the muster of a programme which may see them decided to make

making a flat demand for the pre-a few hours, north of Saigon. mies

ship was anchored there, At the same time the Communist French patrol boat put in an appear Central Committee met and the ance, and informed the Wo Sung's

Minister of Public skipper that the anchorage wan and Health M Rene. Arthaud, told them forbidden onc, because of smuggl

Communist The Hatly that the Communista did not

ing. put favour a simple reshuffle of the pre- three-party government,~~~ United Press.

Batavia, Nov. 20. The Truce Commission, consisting of Dutch, British and Indonesian re- presentatives, was reported by Dutch

Kources to-day to be discussing responsiblity for the 000 British and Indian deserters, who were said, to shave gone into the interior since the Allied army catno to Indonesia.

The British hold the view that AFNEI (Allied Force, Netherlands East Indies) is responsible for them, the report sold.-Reuter.

CHINA WANTS RUBBER

Shanghai, Nov. 28, China has asked, through her Em- basay in the United States, for an allotinent of 8,000 ton of rubber Mr L, who attended the recent from the International Rubber Dla- All-China commercial conference in tribution Committee to meet the Nanking, revealed that Chinese country's requirements, according to curios, embroideries, porcelains and Chineso preas repurts. other novelties, atili had a special China

receive expects to appeal to Europeans, and believed quantity before the end of the year khat China could acquiro a substan-3,000 tons from the Netherlands tial amount of foreign exchange once East Indies and Stom and 3,000 tons she could export these In large from French Indo-China, the report quantities again-Router.

ndts-Reuter.

this

While has rendered it. imperative.

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will The Shaukian Routò remain as at present but all Happy Valley and Causeway Bay cars will turn back at Western Market. There will be no tram-

As a result, the skipper of the cars between Kennedy Town and coaster decided to leave the anchor- Western Market. This is a tom- age when weather conditions were porary arrangement only pend- ing the arrival of spare parts

more favourable.

REPATRIATION OF

JAPS

It is stressed that the attitude of; the officers of the French patrol boat (especially steal were at all times friendly and cour- Europe. teous, and reports that there was an

for

estimated

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from

It is understood the China Tokyo, Nov. 27. Russia has agreed to repatriate "Incident" are entirely unfounded. Motor Bus Company will operato

lett ship

hongkong

a restricted service of buses in Formosa and Shanghat on Tuesday, nationals

Western butween Initially 25,000 of an 1,250,000 Japanese Soviet-controlled areas in Asia, It

Whitty Street, was announced by Gen MacArthur's Headquarters to-day

"THE FROG" GETS LIFE

Yokaliana, Nov. 27. The Eighth Army military, cord- to-day sentenced

The announcement said Japanese would be repatriated in increments of 6,000 each from the ports of Northern Genzan and Kanko in Korea, Nahodien in Siberia, Dairen halin. It said ships to be employed Tsuda, nicknamed "The Frog" by in Manchuria and Masken in Sak misalon for, this purpose were scheduled to Allied prisoners of war, to life im- arrive at the Soviet ports of cm- barkation about December 7---United Press.

SILVER AND GOLD

Bombay, Nov. 20, Silver and gold prices to-day werei

Rupees Annas

1d per 100 tolas Bilver, loady Silver, Forward .... unquated

..... 10.04 per fola Gold. Delivery

unquoted Gold, Forward

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in Alexandria, gold was quoted at -163. plastres per fine ounce.

In London, gold and silver prices were unchanged on Tuesday,

prisonment.

Koji

Tonda was indirectly responsible for the death of Cpl James Scott, of Cheshire; England-United Press

GERMAN ZONES FUSION

Market and ·

L. C. F, BELLAMY,

General Manager, Hongkong, Nov, 26th, 1946, SELF-CROWNED KING SUED FOR RENT

London,

is Majesty Windyslaw V. King of Hungary and Poland" wearing long purple robes was ordered by the Judge to remove his crown, in Clerkenwell County Court. Under the name G. V. Potocki he had been bued for rent.

to res- He sought an Injunction Washington, Nov. 26.

train the plaintiffs from removing The Acting Secretary of State, Mr the Hungarian royal standard from Dean Acheson, said to-day that the the root of premises in Islington.

The "count" wore a purple Ucret talks between Anglo-American re presentatives have reached a point when he came into court but just where It is hoped that a final de before the judge took his seat he re- cision will be made shortly on the moved the berat, disclosing a crown.. economia and political unity of the Binco. he would not remove it the two occupation zones-United Press. Judge declined to hear him.