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VOL. II NO. 168

EVERYBODY IS JITTERY IN TEXAS CITY

(BY O. B. LLOYD, JNR.)

Texas City, Apr. 18, A small boy with a prekage of firecrackers would be a menace in Texas City today.

The waterzent is a scene of bust- ling activity as bulldozers, factors and hundreds of an scrape up the debris and search for the dead. But walking hundreds of persons still the streets in the deserted residential section are about to drop.

Fatigue and shattered herves are taking their toll. People are doing od things but they are not funny. I was kis to some 15 persones Presbyterum Church. A mi- in, tagepod Hinnered on walked one of the men on the shoulder are said: "You better much your con versation et kle 3t Po 15 blow."

The grou run into the street and then slumped and looked sheepishly

31 o motina.

After 20 hums of explosions and raining desth the watchword "EN Poing to blers is fastened to their minds.

WARTIME BEACHHEAD The sudden strange quiet gives the towar even more of an appearance ht a wartime beachhead-the blackened devastated unterfvert, on almet deserted village behind it and persons stumbling about, dead their feet.

The wound of sirens were gune for the first time in 44 hours. The pop

The

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Hongkong Telegraph.

SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1947.

GOVERNORSHIP FOR DR.

Test Tourists In England

London, Apr. 19. South Africa's cricket team which will play five test matches against England in the course of a summer tour of the United Kingdom reached Southampton in the. #liner Capetown Castle on

Friday.

Alan Melville, Captain of the

okl South Africans. Oxford University and Sussex. county player de- scribed his team as the best ever South Africa sidn"

The South Africans open their tour with a three-day dnatch against Worcester on

30. April Press.

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Associated

Anti-Guerilla Campaign Ends

Athens, Apr. 18, The military nuthorities at Larissa of photographers Hatuthy was said today that the government's enough to make prople jump like offensive against the guerillas in a jack rabbit hit by a charge of buck-Northern Thessaly was ending after shit. I saw a party of five-blackened nine days, with some 200 bandits firefighters sprawled on the gross dead and 400 wounded, captured or exhausted. There was a roar and surrendered, leaving 400 holdouts in they jumped up instinctively and

the heights of the surrounded mouń- talus, ran.

El takes a long time to return to stormal.

was

While the waterfront still burning, officials of the Monsanto Chemical Compang said the $10.000,- 000 plant would be completely res irit.

The "destroyed plaut produced

vital ingredient

25 Der

A of the

nation's supply

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of

of synthetic rubber. Trudu sab: There has į

SELWYN-CLARKE

Appointment To The Britain Up

Seychelles Is.

It is announced by the Colonial Office that His Majesty the King has been pleased to approve the appointment of Doctor P. S. Selwyn-Clarke, C.M.G., Director of Medical Services, Hongkong, to he Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Seychelles, in Succession to Sir Marston Logan, K.B.E., C.M.G., who is retiring from that appointment.

had received.

Against It

Cripps' Call To Workers

London, Apr. 18.

If all goes well it may take Britain two years to "get out of the wood" in fighting her crisis of under-production, ac-

The mind. Brement was made in ¦ As in Hongkong, the Governor on official press release this morning, ií, ärsisted in his ariminbirative ress four days after Dr Selwyn-Clarke poncitalities by an Executive Council from 11. E. the Gb-for four jurumbeta (two ex-officio, one vernor the C. M. G., conferred up-nontantet official and one unoffiet 1)cording to the estimate given on him for his warline services.

and by a Ladislative Counelf of six Dr Selwyn-Clarke is expected to meial and six umfficial members, Irive Shortly to take up his new appointment.

HIS CAREER

A pleture showing De Selwyn Clarke receiving na losignia of the C.M.CA at last Tuesday's Government House investiture appears on Pare;

Dr Percy Selwyn Selwyn-Cimse | 11. CM.G. 11.C..

FR.C.P.. M.D., M.1.C.S., and Barrister-at-law, is 53 years of age. Educated at Feriales.

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Hospital Bartholomew's and Medical School, London University, Medical he first became Resident Officer and assistant Anesthetist #t Si, Bartholomew's Hospitat.

In 1016 he joined the RA.ME.. and was uppaisted Medical Officer in R.F.A. charge of 285th Brigade. Enter he became Medical Oficer in charge Queen Victoria Rifles was promoted Captain, R.AM.C. in 1918, during which year he also gained the Military Cross,

and

In 1919 he was appointed M.OH. Banded Colonial Medical Service, Gold Coast. He was Senjer Health Officer and

CHURCHILL

& WALLACE

London, Apr. 18. Britain was being driven into ruin, the the Empire squandered and Crown of India "sharoclessly cast away," sald Mr Winston Churchill addressing a mass meeting of the Conservative Party supporters in London today.

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here today by Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade and at present Min- ister in overall-charge of the production drive.

Sir Stafford was giving to the prors outlines of the Government's new publetts campaign aimed at put- ting: the facts of the crisis before

British worker. every

Central slogans of the publicity drive to be hummeted

Government anagement

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Public-Spirited Women

THE endeavours now being made

to persuade the authorities to permit Hongkong women to take a more active and practical part In public affairs, such as Jury ner- vice,

had have

comparativels "Pro Bono slight repercussions. Publico" has maintained a dis- ervei silence in the ferunts of the local press, possibly because lie can't make up his mind whether to applaud or deprecate this sud- den manifestation of womanly Interest in things which reach beyond the tea, bridge and mah to he Jong

tables. It has also noled that the alms of the or- ganisation have deeply

stirred the

hot

apparently Imaghations of Hongkong's womanhood. That not to say the movement is bound to result in failure. The whole colony is so trucunscious of elvie dulles or destiny

the task of accomplishlog progressive reforms has always brek jeft to

of the efforts of a tulute section the conanunity. From this our pioneers for recognition woinen's talents at ability public life can take sonte en couragement, There does, least, appear to be honesty of

of in

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purpose and Intention behind the new moversční, One supporter,

In her enthusiasm to ace women figure тоге prominently Hongkong's public life declared: "Before, women only came hers in order, to get married-or at least, to get some working knowledge of what marriage means," This is a cruel judgment, but it f

teresting if only to Blow-how

A

sobie of our "pampered" women are now thoroughly bored with a life which holds

for them but social engagements morning,

little afternoon and eventug. The test has to come, however, Acti vity in blle affairs

muy make Just as heavy demands as the social engagement book, without, necessarily, the same compensa

is now recognised that It women can and should participate polliles, administration And social reform. But these are not frivolous lacks to be regarded as tightly as an opening foreing bld on a minimum hand. If Government does decide to jnclude women ou the Jury lists

and later, to give

them suffrage, the resture will be politely acclaimed and the colony will wait to see how seriously and efficiently the ladies can discharge their responsibilities.. They will not, however, lack good wishes and sympathy in fulfilling their new found, status,

Survey Plane FORD ESTATE

Overdue

Belfast, Apr. 18.

A Halifax aireraft on a meteorolo- Hical flight from Aldergrove, Northern Ireland, was reported to-

night na overdue and air and sen rescue aetion has been arranged by the Royal Air Force.

The aircraft, with a crew of nine, ieft Allergrove early this morning

FOR FAMILY

Detroit, Apr. 18. The bulk of Mr. Henry Ford's hure estate will go the family-or- ganised Ford Foundation," it was disclosed by the Ford family counsel today when the late motor magnate's. will was Med.

to By a normal tour of 1,600 miles! The amount of the estate over the Atlantic An a triangulag | not disclosed.

course.

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posters all over the country will be "We are up against t and "We work wani." Sir Stafford plained that "erant" would meas with serious hardships "real and much less roads in Britain's shops At the same time, than even now. he stressed that "there is nothing that we etnol put right" wrong

the situation was and that Reports said the bandits made a

STRIKING POSTERS last desperate

escape attempt to

"Challenge to British grit."

yesterday by crossing the

Glant posters showing, under the Acheloos Biver, which formed XI

heading "What We Need", the prin-

Shortly after leaving the nirevatt Mr. Ford, who made his last will natural barrier and a portion of the became Langley Memorial Prizeman Criticising the Government's ban cipat economic bottlenecks that must noose around the guerilla hoiri,

strong in 1924. Four years later he won cial policy. Mr Churchill said: "The he overcome by joint effort of the signalled that she was experiencing on Februery 3, 1936, left all voting instrument trouble and was return- stock to be divided into five shures, 1:17 Prore than 100 were the Medaille en Argent des Epide-Secialist Government is living upon

ind

ing to the base. The plane was one for his son Edsel and the other drowned in the effort, while

28 mies, and the same year he was

expected back at the base late this four shares to his grand-children. were killed and captured.

Gold Coast delegate to the Yellow American dole and is squandering workers

with profligate rapidity

morning, but the weather deterfor- |- every factory wall. as a Pever confererce at Dakar. He was which can only be justified

La areas now working on short

ated and visibility, becue bad.

The share of Eisel Ford, who The authorities revised the esti-

Assistant Director

mismas of re-equipping our industries

for lack of coal, or raw mate pen on serious outbreak of the singe mate of the unbee of

The missing plane carried petrol | died in May, 1943, was on his death guerillas appointed

Health, Gold Coast in 1929 and was

alter the war, in which we midnight."

encircled from 2,500 to only 1,000, the Gold Coast delegate to the

special effort will be made Pan-

ride, to bring home the fact that those sufficient for flying until 7 o'clock to be divided between the four such extreme sacrifices." He snid i propane tanks, d'although Communist rpmrters In African Health Conference at Johan explode they would not be “prarly as Athens Invisted there vitally were

1:0 1935. The following nesburg

Referring to the recent vist to now wholly or partially unemploy evening, but as to that time grau-children.

el can only be put back to work nothing more had been heard from

the bad as any of the dozen blasts which, about 2,000 eneicled, but that most year he became Deputy Director of Britain of Me Henry Wallace, former

All non-voting stock, comprising machine others.

Meanwhile, reports from Khar- the bulk of the estate, was turned hit the town in the het 440 hours or estaped in small groups-United

Health Services, Nigeria, and 341

Vice-President of the United States, by great efforts of all the

One poster shows a new kind of

toun, in the Sudan, state that over to the Ford Fomidation. Pres so."limited Press.

1537 came to Hongkong as. Director Mr Churchill said that he,

John Bu

11 commercial

South African Ventura Air Force of Medical Services. He was

crypto-Communist. "one who

Ventura plane with 11

passengers pointed a member of the Legislative not the minal courage to explain the elderly gentleman with a paneb in

and a crew of four has crashed sixty Council the following year, and in destination for, which he was make early 19th century costume, but a

a determined allometres southwest of Karjou 1930 became A member of thing." He had not the patience. Mr young worker with

with loss of all lives. Executive Council and President of Churchill said, for men who used the f-Stafford Cripps explained that Earlier despatches from Pretoria the Hongkong and Southy China hospitality of a friendly antion-to- branch of the British Medical As decry their own.

the movement afind less at exhor-said that the passengers were South believed to br on i sociation.

tation than at putting the facts of African pilots Polley towards Russia must be he the eronomie situation before the their way to Cairo to fly Spitfires,

from Britain, back Friendship from honourable

prople to stimulate well-informed ordered

to over- South Africa.-Reuter. strength, he said. "It cannot be discussion about means His superb warting work when he cowardly appeasement from wook-

come the crisis In

every workshop did everything possible to get food."

und every pcblic house. and medical supplies into Stanley

"Theisste Whether luternment Cam

in the net af foreign policy, Miri recognised Was

must

be made ugh coal to keep our industries immediately after bustilities had Churchill said, "It

our whole by the King creating hias absolutely clear that we shaft allowing and to re-stock is not censed

economic be driven C.M.G.

wedge to

between decided and Great Britain and the United States, future is in the balance," he said. two of our great Industries, The Seychelles Islands in the In-Nor shall we be led into any course dian Ocean which Dr Selwyn-Clarke which would impair growhay, unity cotton and wool, of whose products is to culminister became assigned to in thought, in action, in idents and we and the world markets are wor Eritain in 1810. They comprise a purpose of all English-speaking na-fully short, mills are often idle as so widely about the many days per week as they work of 92 Islands, the principal tions spread being Mahe, the capital of which, gule and joined together by history for the lack of coal.” like Hongkong, is Victoria.

nd destiny."--Reuter.

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ABSENTEEISM

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yet

Sir Stafford spoke of hundreds of thousands on short time all over the country for this reason,

He, disclosed that after A peak coal production of over four million tons in the last week In March, the two feat weeks in April-before and a con- Easter had shown alter siderable falling off, due partly to absenteeism. During March stocks had increased by 130,000 tons in a Jewish terrorist activities.-Asso-month when they were normally

stili declining. REFUGEES AT CYPRUS

Jerusalem, Apr. 19. British military authorities clated Press. announced today that Jews had

Nicosia, Cyrus, Apr. 19 stormed the British army's

Three British transports today leave centre at Nathanya and disembarked 053 Jewish refugees killed a sentry after they had deport from Pules. for trying hurled three bombs.

to enter the country without proper three certetit n. The Announcement suid

They were among some 2,500 m attackers, dressed as elvillans, drove

The most promising fact was the sustained increase of the number of miners, who by the end of the first April week numbered 703,000-an increase of 16,000 since the end of 1946.

Industrial production figures now coming in for February and March reflected the dislocation caused by the fuel crisis. In some branches, in the motor-car industry, pro-

up in an unmarked, truck. Heavy migrants aboard the steamer Guar Are was laid down by the guards dian which was intercepted off, the

but the Palestine coast last week by the Briduction had picked up in March inside the compound

tish Navy, Approximately 1,300, of most of the February loss, but in

attackers escaped.

The attack came after the British the Guardian's had further relaxed the rigid securi- bere ty mcusures invoked, on Tuesday Press. prior to hanging of 'Doy Bel Grüner and three other Jewish underground members.

The specini curfew was lifted but the dawn to dusk road travel FC- strictions remained throughout the Holy Land.

SEARCH FOR WOMAN : Scotland Yard believes that the woman who put a home-made bomb

passengers arrived

ARAB ATTITUDE

earlier this week Associated steel production recovery is slower. The reduction in exports from the January peals of £91.2 million t £76 million in February and £2.6 million in. Maich was probably not yet the end of the damage to British exports.

Damascus, Apr. 10. A comminique sald today, that the Foreign Ministern of the Arab coun- tries had agreed in a 90, minute

FLOOD AND FROST DAMAGE meeting here today to press for the

Turning to the damage caused to independence of Palestine, the teBritish, agriculture by frost and mination of the British mandate

as the there and the immediate stop to floods, Sly Stafford gave Jewish immigration.

Government's estimate that spring The communique reported un-sewings of corn and wheat would be More in the Colonial office on Wednesday animous agreement both on the reduced by 200,000 acres. is still in Britain, a pollee spokes subject matter and on, the method of serious, because it was more lasting, man suld on Friday,

stock. I farmers are esti- Anonymous tipa that she has been presentation of the Arab case to the would be the effects of the loss of United Nations Assembly which is to vid ld have lust an average of London scen. around

being consider the Palestine question in a

one-third of their ewes. investigated and a check made on special session starting on April 28,

In answer 10. a | all_poris_the-official added.

question The decisions were cabled to the Detectives think the bomb was Arab diplomatie representatives In Stafford dried any Government In- smuggled in from France in a small Washington who were instructed to tention of buying German coul to re- bost, Government sourcen said the prepare Jointly. for the session love British shortage. bomb attempt was linked with the

Associated Press.

(Continued on Paro 12)

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value."---Beuter.

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