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VOL. II NO. 381

The

For the Propelator of HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, For and on behalf of SOUTH CHINA MORNING TØST, LTD.

..

** Rister Rai Fudbaler

hongkong Telegraph.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1947.

On Van Heutsz

Hongkong People Adrift Gold Seizure

In Heavy Typhoon Sea

FATE OF THE MATTI FAMILY

STILL UNKNOWN

Hit By Gale, Smashes On Rocks

MV Kina Hit By

ABOARD

THE 13,000-TON THE FATE OF NINE HONGKONG PASSENGERS MOTOR VESSEL KINA, DRIVEN AGROUND AND SMASHED ON CAMANDAG ISLAND BETWEEN SAmar and Masbate during a TYPHOON ON THURSDAY NIGHT IS STILL UNKNOWN.

Among the missing passengers from Hongkong are Gerold Matti (former manager of the Peninsula Hotel), his wife and two sons; Mr P. R. Pederson (managor of the Hongkong branch Great Northern Telegraph Co.), his wife and 11-year-old daughter; Commandor Pomerantz of Messrs Anderson and Ash.

Forty-nine crew and 14 passengers were cast adrift in lifeboats and on rafts in a heavy typhoon sea. A message received late last night by the East Asiatic Company said that one lifeboat containing. four members of the crew had been picked up.

Searching planes and ships from Manila have not sighted any of the

East Asiatic Company. Built in 1039, she was able to attain 18 knots,

He Chose The other tiny lifeboats which may have with full cargo and passengers. She

Wrong Man

to kill his wife.

$3,000 for the job but mndo the offeri to the wrong mon.

sunk, drowning 45 men, three women and a three-year-old child.

bo

brave the

urco

treacherous

was commanded by Capt. A. V. one of the most cre- Hjlernum, perienced Danish Captains.

The typhoon "Jean" is reported 10 be one of the worst in history.

Carrying 120 mph winds, she moved across the Philippines at 15 miles per hour.

The Dutch steamer VAB Fiontax arrived in Hongkong from Swalow on Christmas Day and Hovenga Officers promptly seized, an silmated HK$500,000 worth of illegally imported gold on board.

The cargo of gold, consisting of bars and coins, was concenled In a compartment in one of the passenger cablina, The Chinese Docutant of the cabin Was Arrest.co.

rold was all ready fo be taken

ten sabore. It was contained In Ave specially constructed walstcosts designed to be worn under the wearer's outer cloth-

Thron of the waistcoata

เป

were discovered in the compart- ment and 1wo word found under the mattress.—United Press.

THREAT OF NEW HARTAL IN MALAYA

For

the

P.G.

Reservations

Tel: 27880

Frico 20 Cents

HOLIDAY SPORT IN FULL

BURNLEY CONCEDE CONCEDE 3 GOALS & LOSE

Arsenal Strengthen

Their Position

London, Dec. 26.-For the first time since league football was resumed after the war, Burnley have conceded more than two goals in one match.

Preston's 3-2 win on Burnley was their first away defeat of the season and ended their unbeaten run which has lasted since September 27.

Ironically, a former Burnley man, Leeds United played a leading part in Preston's Shemeld Wed, auccess. Ho WO3 Jackson, who West Bromwich played a big part in the two goals scored by McLaren and also netted himself.

Burnley's reverse strengthens Arsenal's position at the top of the table. Apart from their two points lead they now have a match in hand. Attendances in virtually all the 24 matches played today were lar- ger than usual with over 200,000 watching four First Division games.

Of the 12 sideż which played on

0 Lulot Town 8. Weslibes U Albion

0 Newcastle United Third Division Southern

Bristol Rivers

Exeter City Notts County Reading Southend United Swindon Town Watford

Torquay United

Bratol City

6 Swanses Town

# Leyton Orient

Bournemouth Norwich Cily

4 Q.P. Itangers

Third Division Northern

Barrow Hull City Oldham Athletle Tranmere Wrexham

York

2 Tuax Town

Southport

De Crewe Alexandra

Curitsle United Mansfield Town

Cheater

Singapore, Dec. 26. The President of the Malayan Council for Joint Action, which comprise Leftwing parties and both Christmas and Boxing days, the Malayan Federation of only twe secured full points Local Football Trade Unfaris, today proposed a Coventry and Hull. hartal (general strike) through-

HOLY LAND out Manya on February 1. were the results of football matches

FIGHTING

Sniping, Ambushing

London, Dec. 20.-The following

played on Christmas Day:

First Division

1948, In protest against the new constitution for the Malayan Federation which comes into Blackburn R. force on that day,

Blackpool

The President, Mr Tan Chen-lock, Burnley

1

2 Everton

Second Division

2 Leicester City 3. Barnsley

OIL PATCH SPOTTED The first SOS messages were

3 Derby County and picked up by the Butterfield

Stokes City St. Louis, Dec. 26--The police Swire ship, Szechuen, and the

1 Preston N. wald today that n "slight mistake" American vessel, Pioneer Sea, at

is also President of the Chinese Charlton Ath Middlesbrough in identification, prevented Chester9 p.m. on Thursday,

Chamber of Commerce in Malacca. Grimsby Town

Chelsea Winkler, 47, from hiring a gangster Two American planes, one from

The last harial called by the Cour- Liverpool Jerusalem, Dec, 26.A Jewell for Joint Action and the Chinese

Arcengl Manila

Manchester U. 3 Portsmouth and one from Cebu, started

An SOS., message was received carly Friday from the Tirre, a Barber Wilhelmsen ish Agency official and 12 other Chambers of Commerce on October Sheffield U. 2 Bolton W. searching the

Sunderland No signs of the ship could ship, that she had run aground in Jews died today with one Arab 20, in protest against the new con- The police said he offered to pay found but a large, oil patch was the typhoon at Tobaco, in the San and two British civilians in the--suuntion--paruyned, Malaya-for the

scen just off Camandag,

Bernadino Straight. No other mes- Salvage tugs were unable to sages have yet been received from The "gangster" he selected was a

seas until the Tigre... Police Detective James Ogden,

late yesterday when four left Cebu Winkler is held

open and follo to search for survivors.

crew

were The four

members charge.

Ogden sold the police learned picked up by the Norwegian vessel, Winkler contacted several "members Samuel Bakke, from whom u garbl- of the underworld" and arranged ned message was received last night, rendezvous

1. his hotel. Ogden saying that there were thought to walked into the lobby and Winkler be other survivors. - mistook -him--for ono of....the, gange. Ile known that the passengers and crew stayed aboard the ship for three hours before they forced to abandon.

The Kina was one of the largest and most powerful vessels of the

sters.

on

Winkler then revealed a plan lo

of her."

kill

his estranged wife because "just had to gel rid

United Press.

EDITORIAL

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Britain's Difficult Year

11TH new and let it be Моге promising

up

hoped year only a few days ahead 11 Is timely 1ຕ sum

Britain's economie experiences during a most dimeu!! 12 months. For Britain 1947 in some ways opened well. But factors beyond human prevention and control in Britain, quickly altered the situation for the worse. Considerable and vital ground was quickly lost and not recovered until more than half the year had passed, Back- ground factors to 1947 were the continuing ones from 1945 and 1946 of reconversion from all-out war economy:

rebuliding ul wor devastated productive assets and overhauling six years

and of repairs

renewals;

de- mobilisation

fighting forces; and in addition to trying to meet a staggering accumula- tion of home needs, expanding exports by 75 per cent. In volume

prewar In order over within sight of balancing over- acas payments. In the early days of January the picture though severe did not look too dese

The perate.

1946 bad Fear -finished with production and ex- deficit. on ports rising, and #

CK

the

to

ret

WAN

the overseas account of 2400,- 000,000 as against an estimate of £750,000,000 and an actual de- felt of £875,000,000 1045.

in Moreover On the then known facis and possibilities # reckoned that the overseas de felt for 1947 would fall to £330,000,000 and that the United Blates and Canadian loatin would be more than enough to finance trade defielts for some way ahead. Then in a few weeks, the coldest weather. for many year() heralded in the -fual ; crisis, which was followed:

by

'cold'' weather anally

by devastating Goods That there aois, uncontrollable by man, might have been fore- soon is admitted, but

oven it they had been fully expected not much could have been done to mitigate their effects owing to „the......simple" fact - that, most of

more

were

Britain's reserves had been ex- pended In the war and there had been Insufficient time

Lo

CALE DRIVEN FIRE

Manila, Dec. 20-A savage ty phoon swept the Philippines today, loving-at-east-of-persons dead-or unaccounted for--40 of them from the Danish motorship Kina, which sank off Samar.

day.

Brentford The Chinese are dissatisfied with | Coventry City the representation proposals for the Fulham new legislature, the qualifications for Millwall-

of Toltenham citizenship, and the exclulon Singapore from the Federation,

COUNCIL'S DEMANDS

The recent

1 Plymouth A.

Birmingham C.

0

3 Chesterfield

1 Northampton

3 Ipswich Town

i

.

6 Brighton & H.

Aldershot

0

Bradford-City---4y Rechtelo==

Crewe Alexandra Oktham Athletle

Holy Land's sniping war.

Salpers concealed on top rocky hills near Jerusalem, along the road Telaviv, killed Hans Beith, A third ship from Manila is also to

in the acting director of the Jewish Youth reported to be in distress

Allysh. Two

Third Division-Southern mare Jews were some aren.

killed and six wounded in the at-

Crystal Palace tack on a convoy.

The Council demands immediate Newport C. An Arab ambush of a Jewish bus and full self-government, with no

Portvate and wounded killed four

seven, reserved powers for the High Com- Walsall

who is to replace the Third Division-Northern Snipers bullets also killed a three missioner year old Jewish girl-in-her-crib Governor-of-the-Malayan Union. and a 70 year old woman.

The other deaths, which occurred ernor Inve action of the Gov- at several points, brought to 303 the Advisory Council and using the total of Palestine fufullties since special powers to introduce the in partition was voted by the Unitedcome tax has Increased Chinese and Nations.-Associated Press.

Leftwing distrust of the assurance that the High Commissioner's Kerved Kerve powers will seldom exercised. The latest official death toll in Jews and Arabs

A meeting of Chinese Dr

organisa- Manila and nearby Quezon City was wounded in a street battle in Haifu ions in Malacca in August declared:

Wes that Aned up intermittently from the former discredited policy five, and Red Cross reported

"The now constitution is based on unill today,

an ofrial

several divide and rule and is almed

Five other ships were damaged, 70 percent of the historic city of Tacloban

was reported wiped out by a stocin-whipped Bre, and por- tions of Manila were hard hit,

Associated Press.

HAIFA STREET BÅttle Jerusalem, Dec. 20.-Thirty-three

were killed

commu

overriding the

advice

1utherham

1 Hartlepool Uni.

Darlington Galentiend Halifax Town

Barrow Lincoln City

Accrington St. Southport

Hull City Stockport County 1 New Brighton

*

1

Scottish League Division "A"

4 Hearts

Kangers

re-

Celile be Dundee

Hibernians

of

ot

persons missing in Laguna province. Yesterday **reported, as

important Jewish leaders mira- dividing the population into an- culously escaped death or injury tagonistic groups of Malayans and when their motorcade was ambush

by Arabs.

resture them to even a fraction Nine Seamen

of minimum needs. At the same {Inic

other

extraneous

difficulties mostly

were

blowing up.

was the un- Lose Lives In

of

Fad

The most serious welonme Intensification world price rise which started in 1946 and was most untleeable in the United States. This meant an additional burden on production and Aerlous deterioration

financial of serves. In July, for iuslanec, was estimated that the

value of the United States loan had de preciated by 28 per cent,

re-

It was contracted. At the кате time it was reckoned that while the

cost of Brilish imports was two and three-quarter times that of 1038 receipts from ex- parts were only two and a quar- ter prewar

the

The rapid shrinkage in United States lóan left no option but to

prune overseas purchases and Intensify experts, First in June, then in August and finally In November, drastic Import cuts were announced. In September

Government issued vised and practical export pro- Cramme. setting targets of 140 per cent, and 130 per cent. of the 1938 volume to be

reached

the

#

ro-

by the end of June and the end of December 1948 respectively. Import cuts and export increases, however, all need ilme to be effective--and no sales of gold and advances from the Inter- national Monetary Fund were necessary. In the meantime and in December the balance of the American loan · WAS.

unfrozen. These things emphasised that the task of restoring. Britain's economy was much great than been appreciated, particular-

Furthermore, abroad,

and

ly

they

· demonstrated that unit‹ Britain, together with -all - the other countries in a similar position, balance International

ac-

(rounts there is no great hope of

warldwide multilateral trade.

Shipwreck

Helsinki. Dec. 25. Nine American merchant seamen lost their lives in a Christmas Eve shipwreck when the freighter Victory Park, went aground and broke in two in a blinding snow storm off the coast of Finland, the authorities announced to- day.

Sever men were swept away by mountainous seas that shattered the

ed

non-Malayans."

In

The communique said that fighting on Iraq Street in Haifa five Arabs and three Jews were killed art 1 Arabs and 14 Jews wound- cd.-United Presz

4.

Aberdeen

Scottish League Division "B" Alloa Athi,

Cowrienbrati

3 Hamilton

Stenhouse Mule a

Reuter.

'BOXING DAY First Division

1

3

Aston Villa

Everton Manchester City 1 Preston NE,

Wolverhampton

Wanderers Sunderland 2luddersfield T Burnicy H

Second Division

It suggested that the constitution

by should be framed either popularly elected Assembly or by Royal Commission after hearing the Barnkley views of the general

Public Bradford

Cardiff City Reuter.

Doncaster R.

1

Coventry City Southampton

2 Bury

Nuits. Forest

Fire Destroys Sixteen Flats

༥ FE

-Reuter.

China Beats Scotland

At Caroline Hill on Christmas Day, China wali won their first round the in the International Cup by beating Scotland to the tune of 5-2

the

upper through

China always held hand, and took the lead Chan Tak-fal after 13 minutes", play, only to lose it in the very next minute when Soutar convert- ed a spot kick awarded for a foul on Ritchie.

Further goals by Chan Tak-fal and Chau Man-chi brought the in- terval score to 3-1.

Scotland improved, and` managed

to get the Chinese defence in a tangle on a number of

occasions,

but they never looked good enough

to pull the game" out of the are

Ten minutes after the resumption, Henderson reduced Scotland's rears with a good

solo

OT-

gool,

but

only two minutes later, Chau Man- chi restored the two goal gap.

The remainder of the game was largely a battle between the Chinese

Scottish attack and the

defence, with the latter putting up a gallant show.

With five minutes to go for time; Lee Shek-yuu bore in from the wing to notch number five.

It was a very clean and interest- ing game, but the actual quality of play never reached a high standard.

Portugal Wins

(BY SEE TEE)

6-4 in Portugal beat England

of the their first round match International Charity Cup Competi- tlon at Soakumpoo yesterday after- noon. It was a fast, exciting, ninety minutes game, with Portugal show- HDC.

the better teom work, particu-

larly in their forward play, They quickly estab

two established

goals

Woman Badly Hurt Yung Lam, aged 45, coolle, met lead through Carvalho and Gomes,

Following

there.

HLA

sent to the

before

Snow In N. York

ahlp and nearly swamped her life stalls acroes were extinguished his lorry along Shanghof Street to- turn of the century buried thei

F

Four buildings consisting | each of four flats were burnod

his death when he accidentally foll which Sewell reduced shortly be A Chinese woman received serious down the hold en board as. Vitu. fore the interval to the ground when fire broke injuries as a result of a traffic accl- He out in No. 213, Hollywood dent which occurred in Shanghai Hospital, but died

Kowloon The second half was full of fire- Road about 10 p.m. on Friday. Street on Christmas Day.

arrival works. Strong attempts England

by to get on terms were interspersed the mishap a lorry Fire appliances from East, West driver. Wen Tak-che, was arrested

with lightning raids, mainly from and Central were rushed to the and charged before Mr Blair-Kerr

Portugal's left wing. It was Xavier, zcene to. And the fire already spread at Kowloon on Friday with driving

however, who took the score to 3-1 ing across the road to adjoining

for Portugal and two minutes Intere houses Nos. 211, 215, 217, Hawkers without due care, and attention.

According to Inspector Brown, of New York Dee: 20-The heaviest Gomes

they went further ahead through the

road

also caught fire the Trame Omce.

Was Wen boats. Two others died, one from but the

driving snowfall in New York since the

TYPICAL GOAL freezing and the other from drown-soon after by the fire brigade... Fira wards Tsimshatsui when the woman metropolitan area under 14 inches

arreårs England reduced their Ing. Thirty-one crewmen were

also spread along roofs fanned by a walked into his vehicle and was of snow late today and it was still spot kick point rescued by

with a typical Kiernan goal and a Boldlers from the Uto fairly strong wind:

from bill by the body of the lorry just falling tot 10,000 men with 900 Pereira and Pacche

Forrow. fortress, near Abo

Six persons were admitted to hos- behind the driver's cabin.

The city put

put -the issue Captain Allen Zopp, the last to vital, one since being reported dead.

Inspector Brown added that wit large ploughs and 300 smaller ones,

beyond al

all doubt before the end, leave the sinking ship, was

PWD workers spent several hours nesses informed the police that de 50 motorised brooms and 100

sand although Kiernan scored the tenth among looking for bodies amongst the defendant. did. not sound his horn nor spreaders to the men rescued. Zepp declined to brie

of the match in the last minute. but they could goal of Alve the names of the victims until

did he apply the brakes just prior to not clear the snow off the streets

Outstanding for Portugal were B. they had been reported to the au-

the accident.. The street, he said, as fast as it

(lift back) and Pacheco fell. thorities in the United States.

was very crowded and there were

(outside loft). For England Forrow more podestrians on the road, than on the pavement. The defendant,

was always prominest in defence, While Kiernan occasionally, hit, his contended Inspector Brown, should

top note. The English attack, how- have exercised more care while

ever, was overshadowed by the fare, though the woman herself con- driving through a busy thorough- tributed a major part to the acci- dent..

Admitting the charge, Wen was Smed $500.

1.

" is believed that it may have The cause of fire is still not known,

storied in the Slu Fat Yuan, joss- paper shop situated in the ground Hour of one of the burni houses.

to work

Many shops decided to shut down ne bogged down-Reuter. ar traffic, pedestrian and motor, be

ONE DAY LATE

voly Portuguese quintette and was stiven very little scope, by a quick-

ackling defence.

Anchor Falls To Hold Zepp sald he ordered the anchor European Injured to be lowered at 10.15 pm when MRE11 Nelson, of 100 the snowstorm reduced visibility to Waterloo Road, was sent to the a baro. 10 yards. The anchor could

Southampton, Dec/

26-Ong Kowloon And no hold on the rocky bottom

Hospital suffering from

thousand British soldiers who' -ar and after an hour-and-a-half battle concussion and injuries to a leg

rived here one day late for with heavy seas, the ship smashed sustained as a result of a traffic.

a-

Christmas from Burma, Malaya and

RICHARDSON 107 NOT OUT Christmas Day. aground and brake up.

cident occurred·

Hongkong, were served, tenzin bed In the two-day Chindrangular M: Nelson's wife and daughter,

by their officers and issued with a match storied yesterday at the sustained While radio, men tapped out dis who were passengers, ... – NILS

special ration of bear on Christmas Hongkong Cricket Club, Club scored Goh How-sang, aged 32, male Day. treas calla, Zepp ordered the crew minor injuries, but were not

220 against the Army. Feature of into the Victory

on board tha..., 89. Van Park's four life-tained for medical treatment.

The Dutch crew of the liner the day, was J. K Richardson's 107 boots. The raging sen swiftly. All-Tho becident occurred neat the 11 Houtaz died on Thursday afternoon. Tabinta produced for the men a not out. Lieut. Stoply, bowied woll ed the boats, making it virtually, milestone about 5.20 p.m. on Christ- He had no relatives in Hongkong typically English dinner of roast for the Army, Afaking, she włokats, impossible to row or steer, and the mas Day when Mr Nelson's car and, and was travelling from Swatow to beef and Yorkshire pudding to Including, aj hat-trick, men could only signat for help with a military ambulance came into a Singapore, according to a Police re-make up for the absence" of the At the close Army, had scorpd, 115 their flashlights-United Tross, collision a

family Christmas dinnar.---Reuter, for 0.

do.

: passenger

port.