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For the. Profolator of HONGKONG TELEGRAPIY For and, on hélits uf- BUUTH CHUN MORNING

I Mranhl

hongkong Telegraph.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1947.

THE BIG STRIKE STARTS

Thousands Of Dockyard Workers Walk Out

Utility Concerns Unaffected

THE THREATENED STRIKE of dockyaRD WORKERS AND OTHER ARTISANS STARTED THIS Morning WITH APPROXI- MATELY 2,200 NAVAL DOCKYARD MEN FAILING TO REPORT FOR DUTY. THIS REPRESENTS ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE LABOUR FORCE IN THE YARD.

About half of the employees of the Taikoo dockyard went on strike. All the non-workers are on the mechanical staffs.

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The Green Island Cement plant closed down as a result of employees walking out yesterday evening. The works did not open this morning.

reing remained away from work to-

dry.

At Balley's shipyards it! was ported that about 50 mert were on strike, but, said an official, "work la proceeding and we are very busy this morning."

The first group of mon to down tools-360 workers of the Kowloon- Canton Railway. (Brah

scellan who suspended nettvilles Jast even

Australia To

Save Dollars

Austra.

Caeborra. Aug. 15.--The lian Cabinet, surveying the economic position in the light of the British crisis, decided today en dollar eco

Ometals said they hoped to operate a traits to Canton Inter today.

Approximately 7,000 men were estimated to be on strike when the Telegraph went to press.

So far the strikers are mostly Chinese engineers, ters, turners, boler-makers, pattern-makers, moui- ders, plumbers, draftsmen. engine drivers, electricians, blacksmiths, welders and coppersmiths.

NIGHT-LONG PARLEYS Metals of the Chinese Engineers Institule held lengthy conferences ut the Hongkong oflice and the Kow- on branch in Nathan Road until the early hours of this morning to discuss ways and means of or- ganising the strike. Letters, from other unlobs in Tausons were din Mr J. D. Chifley, the Prime cussed. Most of the letters, it is Minister, stated that the Cabinet stated, expressed moral support, had surveyed the position regarding One or two labour organisations in dollar imports by Australia, and Canton have sent letters offering Australia's sterling balances in moral support to the Institule. London,

numy measures..........

The Cabinet decided that there khʊulti hain severe rationing of the is of dollars for travel purposes, and directed that a review be made! of dollar expenditure on

tobicro. motion pictures and the re-examina- "Hon

"Mr Chiney said.

The Tramways and Telephone companies remain unaffected by the strike.

Last night's conferences in offices of the Institute were under the most orderly although allended by hundred members.

Both heid

several

NO DISTURBANCES Up to this morning there were no ut reports received of disturbances

other any kind at the docks and utilities. The Police since Thursday had been on the alert, in particular at the stations situated near the loading docks In Hongkong and Kowloon. At the naval dockyard it learned that the workers actually were working in a sort slow strike even on Friday afternoon with some of them doing little work.

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At the end of the day they were off with these weekly wages, routine paymit, which had no con- nection with the strike: After get ting their pay most dock workers earned from their chief labour. representatives that their Institute had already issued out orders for a striice. which most workers accepted without making any comment.

When he was asked about the strike outside, the naval dock yester- showed the of the men pressmen his pay envelope contain ing $38. This amount, he said, was fere with service. The strikers members going and that was the were district mechanies, company

only reason why the men risk their ometals said.

Ivelihood and join the strike. The situation

With the exception of the Ilong kong and China Gas Co., publie utiles had not been affected by the strike. Forty Kowloon em- ployees of the guy company did day one not report for work, but absence

newsprint importations of the small-group.dif. not laier-insufficient to keep his family of four

The Cabinet decided that there should be an overall reduction, in

petrol consumption to save 4,350,000

was "completely gallons monthly, by a 20 to 25 per- normal" at the Hongkong Electric cent reduction in the ration of pri- Co. and the China Light and Power vate & reduction of 20 to 25 Co., with none of the workers on percent for privata business useng af striko, managers stated, A like 20 to 25 parrent reduction for pica-situation prevalled at the Colony's aura boats; and a 10 percent redue- waterworks, according to the govern- tion for commercial users.Rzuter. | mont. P.R.O.

EDITORIAL

War Memorial Fund-

advanced by soveral newspaper correspon- with the reply dents, together from Mr Williams published yesterday, brings once again to the surface of public conscious- ness the question of the Hong- kong War Memorial Fund. And in such a way as to lend belief that few people in the Colony have yet gained anything · ap- proaching a proper, conception of this scheme and. Its intricacies. 'So far as 'it went, Mr Williams', reply adequately dealt with the points raised. He was able to War Memorial show that the Committee was fully alive to the necessity of more generous public that support and he indicated steps were being taken to widen the field of appeal. He carefully Explained why there may appear to, be

be unfortunate, discrimination In allocations from the Fund, and ed that steps were ho. Indicated being taken 1.10 remedy the defect In certain cases. He offered an assurance that the Commited was

THE criticisms

giving the fullest and most care-

·ful consideratión”: to the question of investment →→→ ansurance which can be accepted without healtalion. And finally he replied to the suggestion that, too much secrecy was being shown in the dispensation of the Fund by re- terring to the Ordinance which strictly lays down that a progress report, shall be submitted to the Colonial Secretary once a year, On that felter alone the War Memorial Fun

Fund Committes siands vindicated, but we cannot see why the committee, through its. chairman, should; always be tes ponalble "for-Justifying-its-worker The Inik which this group of voluntary "workers · han, assumed im not only greater fik magnitude

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thar any other commlitce existing In Hongkong today, but its portance is such that no fallare can be conceived,

Either the. Hongkong War Memorial Fund achieves its original purpose, or must be branded as a flasco; become a permanent slur on the name of this Colony, Undoubled- ly this is recognised more by the con.miller than anybody clse; wherefore it can taken as Granted lint those public spirited will dministrators do

to everything humanly possible to realise the "bjectives of the Fund.. More important the question: Can rufficient voluntary contributions be raised to guarantee a manent endowment fund which will not only provide o

living memorial in the form of incomes

bul will for dependants, allow te creation Bow

public. amenities envisaged. In the, Wat Memorial scheme? It seems most, unkely. The public appeal for „kubscriptlors, cannol "go-on Inde- Gaitely, and in any event, judged

Tier-

ement dintributions will fot enly a friction of the re- quired

aliount. Therefore, before Government Mould have prepared a scheme It will guarantee the

Fund. Unwittingly, perhaps, die Colony fins embraced.an

undertaking that is going to tax resources -võlutilary and compulsory: but the War Memorial Fund cannos be allowed to lapse and fall short of its objectives because of that.

·There! must be, not only

con-

certed, drive for voluntary con- fributions between, now and the end of 1947, but a plan workesl cut for raising money thereafter." - ensuring that Hongkong's wár. viaremurial wilt be a fitting: monta ment, to ́, those: who died and ruffered ́ing the : defence (of this Colony..

At the Institute Just night mem- bers told the pressmen that at the docks and other organisations in- tending strikers when' they left their work at 5 p.m. on Friday did their best to put, thelr- tools and ninchinery in their usug and good.

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Middlesex Lose After Great

Bid For

Victory

London, Aug. 15.-Kent today gained its expected victory over Middlesex, but the victory left the position at the top of the English County Cricket Cham- pionship table unchanged, with Gloucestershire leading Middlesex by four points. The approaching clash between the two top teams is assuming major importance. Kent ha elimbed third place Davis Cup Final above Derbyshire, who drew with Yorkshire, but is too far bland to thredlen the leaders.

DOUBLES TO AUSTRALIA

Montreal, Aug. 15. Australie must be regarded as favourites

to

In their match at Cheltenham, the South Africans today beat Glouces- tershire by 133 runs. Major honours. for victory belong to Athol Rowan, who flighted and turned the ball so well on a wicket that assisted this type of bowing that he took seven wickets for 47 runs, his best, bowl challenge the United States In the Davis Cup tennis Anal following ing performance of the tour..

the victory today of John Bromwich Gloucestershire, with an overnight, and Colin Long in the doubles of score of 28, had all day, with all the Inter-zonal final of the com- required for victory, but three quick

against the Czecho- wickets-two clean bowled before 50

Jaroslav Drobny

wickets standing, to get 201 runs Pair.

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was on the board-put the county and Vindimar Cernik, the Austra with their. bneks to the wall, and lans took the match in three they were never able to master straight seis, 0-2, 0-2, 6-2, to gain Rowan's spinners.

a lead in the competition of two matches to one, Seven wickets were down

The at

contestants each. won £1 lunch-time, and thirteen minutes singles yesterday, and the remain- after resumpton the other three hading two singles will be played to ONLY ONE DEMAND gone and the tourists had won.

The winners Soon morrow.

of the tie During the discussions at the In-afterwards, they were in their coach challenge the United States. stitute, it was seen that the strikers bound for London,

It is generally ready for the

thought that | Dinny Pails will beat Cernik in the singles tomorrow, when Bromwich will meet Drobny.

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RESULTS IN FULL ·

Stones Thrown

At Princess

Rome, Aug. 15.

Princess Miriam Patente Potenziani, member of old

Roman noble family, today an stoned by black market dea- Jera when the pald--less-than- one cent for a three-cent box of matches,

Stones began flying when the Princess, accompanied by Amertean officers, put down Fight fire., aller considerable argument, for a box of matches that was listed for 20 re on binck market,

The Princess went to hospital with minor head injuricy and the police arrested two black marketeers-United Press,

PALESTINE

Four Arab Childron Killed

Jerusalem, Aug. 15,-Bṛi- tish troops recovered the bo dies of seven Arabs--inclu ding four children-buried under hause blown up by, Jews today and were still dig- ging for an eighth Arab” be- lieved to be under the wreck- age, as Arab-Jewish clashes continued in Palestine for the sixth day.

רננו 10

Seven other Arabs were offetolly reported killed today in Jew Arab clashes, bringing the totul estimated death

of Jows and Arabs in six days to 29 killed. Over both sides have been injured. The clashes were described by ilc Palestino Government, how- Fever, as “a series of disconnected Incidents confined to a limited pren where Aruba and Jews lived Bide by side".

Although the Palestine, Govern, ment said: "There is no reasori wilever to suppose that the riots nre part of a concerted plan", the Jewists Agency appealed to the Government to gain control "before I is too late and balore Irrespon- sible elements on both sides plunge the country Into a blood-bath".

HAGANAH'S ACTION

resistance loganah, the Jewish organisation; was responsible for the blowing up of a house 'near Tel Litwinsky, on the Tel-Aviv-Halfa Roud, six miles north of the all- Jewish city of Tel-Aviv, a Jewish source said.

Was

The bullet-riddled bodies of four Arabs were earlier found in the

of the house, which yard kituoted in an orange. grove, Haranah admitted that theao Arabs, whom they described as "gangsters"," had been dragged from their beds. in the house, a a. Jewish source

said. Eighteen more members of the Rightwing Jewish Revisionist Party and other Bightwing Zionista were arrested today, according

A Jewish source, when police swooped on the diamond town of Nothanya,. after flinging a net around- the town.

of a Brl-

Sixty leaders of the Revisionist Party were arrested ten days ago. ...It was officially-disclosed today- that when the terrorists throw a bomb into the garden tlah regimental headquarters at Nahariya, a northern Palesting sea- alde resort, Royal Engineers de tonated the bomb harmlessly.

GOVT. STATEMENT

The Palestine Government issued an official statement' that "in view of the groundless · rumours- - which ard being circulated in respect of the recent disturbances in the Jaffa-Tel-Aviv area, it is felt neces- sary to state ofcially that there is no reason whatever to suppose that.. the Fols are part of a concerted

Bomb Thrown Inganah admitted that it had car-

Trieste Street

[ near Tel Litwinsky.

were not even requested to sign Awl, Test Malch starting tomorrow. anything but it is expected that sometime today a check up will be

ried out the execution" of the four made of the number of men in the

Bromwich is slowly getting into

Arabs found in the orange grove walkout.

Results of the County matches the form he displayed before the his members the chairman of

The deaths, After the lengthy discussion with ended today were:

war, but it was Long who won the

however, of the Arab woman and the AL

the courts beat outstanding player on Clacton-Lancashire

the all his sex- Chinese Engineers Institute,

-when four children, killed and 57 runs. today. He alone Mr Essex by an innings Li Cheung, found a

Uttic time

In Haganah dynamited the house, which to Lancashire 510; Essex 200 and 244 viccs. chat with the pressmen and

Cernik, although displaying bet-Trieste's main street last night, dur- was described as an "Arab Lang told (Insole not out 109; Cranston, right ter form than when losing his singles ing the second evening of street inir", were "regrettable Inek the Intter that personally he rearm medium, G for 09).

yesterday, gretted that the protracted negotia-

won only

and the announcer caid. of his clashes between Communists one

won

Trieste, Aug. 15.-One man

bomb Injured by a

thrown

tions of seven months falled to bring Al Coventry--Surrey beat War-services, while Drobny twice losi Italian Nationaljat groups.

per

not out 96).

Was

server

in

"The "executed" Arabs, the The police reported that 15 per-added, were members of the↑ sons were injured and 10 arrested | which raided the Cafe Hawali in Tel- during 12 hours of disorder United | Aviv on Sunday night, killing five Press.

men and wounding tight-Reuter.

out any result Other officials of wickshire by six wickets. Warwick his. Bromwich was the the union explained that their men right arm fast medium. for 31);

V. Bedner, the deciding game of each set... shire 443 and 111 (A,

The Australians took the winning had only one demand, so an in- Surrey 344 and 211.for.4 (Fishlock games of the first and third sets to clease of their basic wages by 150

| love, The Europeans made the best cent.

At Weston-super-Mare Somer- chowing in the second sel, but Apart from the docks the officials end that their members also work-set beat Hampshire by nine wickets, cequence of five winning games for e at the workshops of the Pen Hampshire 380 and 374 (McCorkeli the Australians, augmented by

83, sula and Repulse Bay Hotels

Balley 77; Lawrence, right arm break through Drobny's service, googly, also the Dairy Farm Company.

6 for 53); Somerset 505 for marked the turning

point. 7 declared and 51 for 1.

In the third set, the Czechs tried RICE PRICES SOAR

At Dudley Worcestershire-Not-strategy in an effort to discover a Singhamshire match drawn. Worces-winning solution. They employed |tershire 430 and 185 for 4; Nottingjan unorthodox set-up with the man hamshire зва (Hardstaff 203; on the net on the' same aldo of the

and

From Ita recent price range of $70 to $80 per pleul the best quality Kwangtung and New Territories rice in the black market' jumped up.

RESS

by

At Scarborough-Yorkshire-Dor- Now Record Run

byshire' match drawn, Derbyshire

- Moscow," "Aug,

Why Anglo-Soviet Trade

Talks Failed.

under the 1941 agreement,

#ide

London, Aug. 15-A Soviet, Britain, it was said, had, nirendy $102 following: the publication by 50), left arm slow spin, 5 for court as the server. It worked at reply understood to be "unsatis reduced her claims under the 1911 first on Cernik's service in the third factory" to Britain has been ro-agreement, and would be prepared to reduce them further but if Russian At Lords-Kent bent Middlesex game, but the Australians were not ecived to the British protest grain deliveries were uncertain, the the Chinese afternoon papers sprea

editions of the mechanics' "str

75. runs. Kent

301 and 324 for baffled afterwards.

against the 50 percent default position would be that Russia was declared (Ansop: 51, *Evans 50);

arc *All in all, tho. Australians But later in the evening yesterday

by Russia on August 1 instal- insisting on definite concessions..on Middlesex 220 And (Continued où Page 12), e

321 (Denis | gonsklered to have secured an ex-

two points that she

she wanted, while Compton 108, Mann 67 Davies, fremely easy win in the doubles ment of her debt to Britain

Britain, for her

would have no part, commermzmning = | right arm, low off-break: 4 for 68):

Reuter.

nsurance of grain, deliveries,

In circles closest to the financial The reply was believed to have 300 and 276 for 4 (Elliot 71, Smith Pugachavsky of the Moscow Socinly

15-Alexander been informally given by the Soviet de of the negotiations, this inter

pretation was first denied. It was. 66. Worthington-not- 65); York

set a hew record yesterday whèn ha Zarubin in London, Mr. G.-N. | Matre that the’Moscow, negotiations shire 522 (Rhodes, right arm fast, ran the 3,000-metre

to Mr. Harold Wilson, broke down purely on the question 8 for 102).

All-Union Parliamentary Secretary for Over of the 1041 agreement, small an was left tie trade mis the final diference on that poist, shire match drawn. Sussex: 122 and three seconds faster than tho presion to Moscow WDs believed oven, bridged' the agreement would

and that if this small gap. STRIKE LATEST 121, Parks 55): Leicesterphire 547 201 for 5 (John Langridge not out

Sing Tao Impress that the real reason for the break have been signed and with evry (Tomlin 103).

London, Aug. 15 The Sing Tao uncertainty as to whether Russia prospect of its being kept by bain

sides, CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE

Club footballers went into training really would deliver to Britain the at Stamford Bridge the home of the huge quantitien uf grain she had

These quarters filt tint 1 Ruasta“ Chelsea Football Club in heat wave mentioned. These quantities were cleared the August 1 default,

left the Hongkong

of course contingent on, an agree-negotiationd could be restbried and footballers

Chelsea Norman Smith Chartrainer which Kuspio wanted, namely: a promise could, to reached on the

Impressed ment and the guaranteed

hiverles, Britain would lake Russia's, delivery here in good faith for the grain de

Clevester

Employees of the waterways workshop failed to report for duty today, the PR.O. said, but their participation in the strike, did, not affect the Colony's water servica,

Meanwalla the Labour Officer Middlesex continued setting up joint machinery Kert -for-negotiations-with the dockyards: Derby...

and "the way was open for talks Lanenshicz which could bring about a strike Werrester, Battlemont:

Survey

Sudar Essex

P W L D Pts

vlous record-United Prass.

In some quarters,

down of the Moscow talks was the

21.15 2 4.102 conditions whicely happysenier/ment being reached, on the, points with... hopes of success, . Il a coine

21 15 3 2 188 23 10 8 8 144

219 1 10 182 for

an hour. They'

Sing, Too opens their tour on Satur-

22 7 7 8 120 crities with their ball control. A of Brilishi machinery, *- .

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It was averted that Russia had Ilveries and would fent confident 22nin vapen day August 28, with a gun against failed to deliver to Denmark, and that they would arrive on Umes 22.00 0.02 Dulwich HumleAssociated Press might do the same to Britain. Reuter