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Britain Criticised By Palestine Commission

Lake Success, Apr. 13.-The United Nations Palestine Commission, reporting to the General Assembly today, criticised Britain for alleged lack of co-operation and declared that unless urgent mea- sures were taken immediately Palestine would be thrown into chaos.

The report criticised the British authorities on these main grounds:

the

1-Refusing to let the Com-it Impossible 'fully to contain

to a steady de- mission go to Palestine earlier conflict, have lod to a virtual civil

war, in Palestine,

and administration terioration in than. May 1.

2. Refusing to have a pro- gressive transfer of authority.

3-Making, it impossible for the Commission to organise Arab and Jewish militias in advance.

4Taking financial and eco- nomic steps without consulting the Commission.

Other factors which made it Im- possible to implement the Assembly partition plan were given an Arab resistance and the absence International force Commission.

of any the

to support

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1948.

DAB and FLOUNDER -by Walter

Dope Ring

Communists

Broken Up Infiltrating

Shanghai, Apr. 14-Six drug Including trafficking kuspects,

bo two women, belloved to members ef # ring operating here and Pelping by air, were arrested by Garrison offloors yesterday, according to Chinese reports.

security in the territory, and to the

between of widespread chaos, Imminence starvation, strife and bloodshed on a scale hitherto unknown there."

the The Commission found that

mandatory general policy of the

no to take

measure power was

es in-

which might be construed volving it in an implementation of the Assembly resolution

"SERIOUS JEOPARDY"

The report added; "The refusal of the mandatory power to Co- the plan, operate in Implementing its rejection of any progresalve and the in- transfer of authority ability of the Commission to be in a serious co- Palestine, constitute pardy to the discharge of the Com

The report gave this view of the altuntion: "The organised effort Arab elements to prevent the par- tition of Palestine; the determined

to ensure the mission's responsibilities. efforts of the Jews

State establishment of a Jewish envisaged by the Assembly resolu- ton, at the fact that the manda-Commission tory power, engaged in the liquida-Jewish tion of its administration and evacuation of its troops, has found

NOTICE

The roundup is expected to lead to discovery of a large gang of underground dealers in gold and foreign currency, due to the large amount of capital in gold bars, which has been uncovered.

The head of the local ring, it in reported, confessed that the drugs were manufactured by a factory in the north and trans- ported here by plane-Reuter.

F.O.Courier

the On the administrative side, found

while that "Government~cmcials-in the Palestine were ready to co-operate with it, "there was strong reason to belive that no Arab Would prepared to serve the, Commission."

but the rides Turned Back

THE HONGKONG AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN COMPANY, LIMITED

Civil Service after the termination of the mandate had been expressed so far by 500 Jews, three British and four others. No Arabs had

volunteered,

By Russians

North Italy

come

Siam's 1947 Rice Exports

Exceeded Original Expectations

Bangkok, Apr. 13. Final figures for Siam's rico deliveries for 1947 show that a total of

tons 455,5.40

was exported during the year. Value of the exporis was U.S.$19,230,200.

raised

for each from

Rica exporta for 1947, the Ministry out, were of Commerce pointed 35,340 tons in excess of the 420,000 tons which won originally estimated Itome, Apr. 13.-Rumanian as the year's total by the govern- A substantial in- Communists, somo enid to havement, and showed a

to Italy under the pre-eresse over the 302,100 tons of rice text of visiting the Milan Fair exported by Slam in 1040.

The 1947 total was greatly boosted and others said to be "mas during the final three months of querading as journalists," were the year after the price

of rice WAS reported today to be infiltrating ton Northern Italy to join in the US$90 to US$124.

THE 1948 TARGET Italian election campaign.

In addition to more than $19,000,- of Meantime, with Ave days to go before the crucial poll, strong forces 000 realised by the actual sale

rico last

year, there was an addi- received by the of the Italian armed police put on

tional $700,000 a show of power in Naples today to

from disturbances next Sun-government in the form of export

Customs revenues discourage

duties. day.

the export of rice for the preceding: Sinm's delegate to the world rice year, 1944, totalled $535,000. conference at Bagulo recently told delegates there that Slam's goal for 1918 was 500,000 tons. This will be delivered under International Emer- Food Counell allocation, but geney attempts are being made to get an de- additional US$12 a ton for the Ilveries.

The lurgent month'a shipment In the war was recorded since December, when 04,511 tons of rice left the country. 30,000 tons-United Press. monthly shipment during 1947 was

The police marched past cheering crowds and flowers were showered down on them from balconies.

Included in the detachments were fool police, men in armoured cars and a brass band.

RED LEADER'S SPEECH

the Palmiro Togliatti,

· Signer Italian Communist leader, declared in an election speech, broadcast by Rome Radio tonight, that the Com- Vienna, Apr. 13.-Russian munist-led Popular Front pledged Willingness to continue in the armed guards, demanding "to save the peace of Italians by re- to any bloc or

new war." passes with photographs from fusing adherenco travelling British troops in the alliance which could draw us into a He alleged: "The American Under- Vienna area, today halted a courier carrying British Foreign Secretary at State for Foreign Other points made in the report Office despatches and turned Affairs has announced to the entire the British-world that the United States wanted were: "Unless a truce is negotiated him back from

to create in Sicily, on Italian terri- and observed, the ensuing weeks

tory, an air base and a dump for will witness on

intensification of controlled Schwechat Airport, The struggle. A torre of 1,000 mun-

The courier, also carrying Army atom bombs,

for London, Jewish and non-Arab police

rols despatches intended required, in addition to local Aralı and Jewish police, to maintain order was stopped at a newly established Commission check point eight miles southeast of Jerusalem. in ADOPTION OF NEW ARTICLES would require at least D battalion

OF ASSOCIATION

- Russian armed guards, with tom- for its own protection.

42-page my guns, stopped the Royal Sig- The remainder of the

nals Corps jeep and refused to let Notice is hertly given that an report was a summary of two

tho courier it proceed, although Extraordinary General Meeting ofvious reports presented

explained the nature of his duty. the Members of this Company Security Council.-Reuter. will be held at the Office of

Noilce To Shareholders

Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co.,

The

pro-

to

the

Vienna.

A British official spokesman to- night declared the action to be con-

Ltd., Pelder Street. Hong Kong. New Post For try to the decision of the Euro-

on Wednesday, 29th April, 1948, at 12.15 p.m., or al such time as the Ordinary Annual Meeting of Members to be held at the same place at Noon shall terminate, for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing the following Special Resolution :---

"That the New Articles of Association proJeed to the

1940,

Hall-Patch

Mecting, and for the purpose of covers pRed today.

poan Advisory Commission

nny

agree-

The average

Japs' Soap And Matches Rations

Tokyo, Apr. 13. Five matches "Italians know well that to become per day and five cakes of sonp per rationed to every the 1948 50 daily abyss of Japanese

distribution programme a war base for an imperialist country year will he

confilet." necessities another terrible world ls to be drawn into the

completed by the Economic Stabili- Reuter.

antion Board.

Reds' Growing Air Force

Washington, Apr. 18.-The United States Secretary of the Air. Force, Mr Stuart Syming- ton, told Congress today the Russian Air Force was bigger than the American and was growing fast.

POST-UNRRA Russian Air Force is many

RELIEF

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ment, signed in July, 1045, which provided that "the armed forces of officials of the occupying powers will enjoy free and unim London, Apr. 13.-Sir Edmund peded access to aerodromes occupied Hall-Patch, Deputy Under-Secretary for their own use."-Reuter. of State in charge of the Foreign

"The Russians are building Onice Economic Department since

times what we are," he said. "The tirnes has been appointed United Kingdom representative, with Am-

larger than the American would be bogacorlat rank, on the Continuing

70 even with

groups, but we have Organisation for the European re- in Paris, the

good planes and better pilots,"

Before Mr Symington, testifying Foreign Office

use Armed Services Edmund was closely associa- David Fortune. Landale, Chair, ted with Lord Keynes in the nega

13. The mittre on the Bill to increase man of the Company and of the tintions for the American loan and second quarterly report to Congress Air Force from 55 to 70 groups, said a wartime the was the Meeting, be adopted as

rellef man in all the post-UNRRA

programme but peacetime force." rightbond

The additional groups would re- Company in substitution for economic aspects of the Marshall showed today that by the end of last year $2110,260,000 of the $350

of personnel million appropriation had been aquire the construction of 1,500 new cated to the Ave recipient

coun- planes, an Increase

from 400,000 to 502,000 men, he said. The personnel programme should iries.

The last supplies under this bud-be completed by 1950, and the full by 1952- get were shipped during the first 70 groups in operation quarter of this year.

Identification subscribed

hy

Sir

Washington, Apr

the House

Articles of Association of the Bevin Foreign Minister, Mr. Ernest of the operation of the United States) he was asking for "not

and to the exclusion of all existing Articles of Association of the Company."

A copy of the Proposed New Articles can be inspected by any Shareholder at the Ofices of the Company during the usual ofice houra.

By Order of the Board of

Directors, C. E. TERRY. Manager and Secretary. Hongkong, 5th April, 1918.

NOTICE

THE HONGKONG AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN COMPANY, LIMITED

Notice To Shareholders

Plan' aid.

He has played a leading part in Anglo-French trade talks and was the principal delegate to the dis- cussions on the fusion of the British Zones of Ger- and United States many-Reuter.

An

The allocations were: italy $118,696,000. Austria$87,113,000. China $27.494,000. Greece- Americans Robbed

$37.880,000. Teleste $9,071,000, 13. Seven United Manila, Apr.

additional allocation of $10,- States Arny personnel and four 000,000 to China was made after last

were held up December. women companions

Other allocations from the funds -and-robbed-of-cash-and-other_be_

of Filipino included $40 million for the Inter- longings by a group. civilians at Tagaytay Ridge, a week-national Children's Emergency Fund end mountain resort south of Manila, and $5 million towards the transport en Sunday afternoon, it was official-of goods abroad by voluntary relief

agencies-Reuter. ly announced today. Reuter,

FILIPINO BABY CUTS A

GOLDEN TOOTH

To demonstrate that it real tooh," Manila, Apr. 13. The mystery of Elvy Mendoza's Elvy's father grasped it between a strong brown thumb and forefinger golden tooth has the sleepy and tugged until Eivy howled, and country suburb of Marilao all the dogs started barking.

"In solid." he said, "Gold roots. nbubble.

Mariino people have different opinions about the tooth.

Federico Mendoza took it as "a He decided at once to turn eign."

None of the villagers ever heard the likes of it.

and

1t

Reuter.

Com-

the

U.S. Soft Coal

Miners Return

Pittsburgh, April 14.—Thousands"

Tuesday

on

the

in Pittsburgh on of soft coal miners returned to work instruction from John L. Lewis to end their month long strike.

Many remained away from plis, however, apparently awaiting he outcome of the Lewis contempt of court trial on Wednesday for Ignoring a court order to end the strike last week.

A survey showed that coal pro- duction was as high as 76 per cent. In some areas.

Thirty thousand sympathy strikers in the Anthracite Fields, in eastern Pennsylvania, also returned to wet

A dispute over pensions the strike.-Associated Press.

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atarted

under

Last year's programme called for four matches per day and five cakes of soap per year.

The programme will be submitted shortly to the cabinet.

Econonle Stabilisation Board officials sald if production reaches a point where six matches per capita dally becomes possible then ration- ing will be abolished-United Press

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ANTI-TUBER. CULOSIS ASSOCIATION

Applications are invited for the Preference post of Secretary.

Siamese Cabinet will be given to applicants with

Selected The grandparents, a white-haired,

secretarial and organizing expori-

ence.

necessary.

Ordinary Annual Meeting

Elvy a chubby, curly-haired, Notice is hereby given that the

19-month-old Filipino girl. She is Fifty-seventh Ordinary Annual by nil nigne a perfectly normal baby "the new leaf," he says, and to give up "the bad habits, lle says he

A knowledge of both Eng- Meeting of the Members of theexcept for the sharp golden in-

lish and Chincac in essential. Company will be hold at the cisur rooted deep in the centre of has been a happler man over since. barefoot couple who smoke home Office of Mcasra. Jariing, Mathe-her lower, gum, just below her na-

tural teeth.

cheroots wrapped in HOWA- Bangkok, Apr. 13-After Ave non & Co., Ltd., Pedder Street,

Nobody knows how it got there. made

all the days of consultations between poll- Quarters will bo provide if Applications stating grandparents paper, are nervous about Hong Kong, on. Wednesday, 28th Elvy's parents

publicity. They fear news of the tient lenders, the Siamese Premier

and April, 1948, at Noon, to receive and the neighbours all cross them gold may draw "holduppers" to Designate Phibun Songgram at noon

They

today presented a list of an 11-man qualifications, experience Marilao. and consider the Report of the selves and swear it grew.

ASSAYED AS 15 CARAT Cabinet and' 14 deputies and nesla-

salary required, should be for They marked zum last August 10, Board of Directors and State-11 started cutting through the

A distant relative who is some tants to Slam's Supreme Council.

The following were the 11 Minis-warded to the undersigned not ment of Accounts for the year the date on a entendar because

thing

of an expert on gold hiked onded 81st December, 1947, to was Elvy's first tooth.

REAL COLD

several mites to assay the tooth. Ho ters:

Lieutenant General Chart Nokrob, later than 22nd April, 1948,

Phyn elect Directors and to appoint

"It grow maybe five, six months," claims it is at least 15 carat. Auditors.

said Federico Mendoza, Elvy's_32- Federico's boss is thinking of Defence; Phibun, Interior;

exhibition to the Sribichal Songdram, Communica tlons; Mom Snidwong Sent, Indus Closing of Transfer Books

year-old truck-driver father. "Then sponsoring, an

United States.

try: Phya Phananuchorn, Agricul Notice is also given that the it stop. Real Gold."

The villager herb doctor, widely ture; Lieut-Gea. Luang Ptm Yod- When the word got to Manila, a Register of Members and Trans- caravan of newspapermen rolled out regarded as an oracle, predicted that hi. Education; Phya Mahalawan, first of 3,003 Commerce: Phya Borlrat Veljakorn, Tonavanik fer Books of the Company will be along the rutted dusty roads to the the tooth was the

Phya occur in Public Health; clared from 15th April, 1948, to bamboo house on stilts where Elvy, miracles which would

Montri, Finance: Phra Manupharm Many of the townsfolk think Vimolsaster, Justice; and Momchao 28th April, 1948, both daye in-her mother and father, two. sisters Marilno.

and three brown dogs live behind a

there may be much in what the Prid! Theppong Devaltul, Foreign. clusive.

cornfield.

Schoru Mendoza held Elvy's mouth herb doctor says. Shortly after he Affairs-Associated Press. open and everyono got a look at tho made the prediction, a two-headed, miraculous tooth, It was just the two-tailed water buffalo was born size of the other baby teeth but it on a nearby farm. And in February Told, woodcutter found a picture of the won-unmistakably-of colld

By Order of the Board of

Directors, C. E. TERRY, Manager and Secretary. Hongkong, 5th April, 1948,

It protruded from the gum like a loly Virgin embodied in the trunk miniature gilded tombstone, smoothu a freshly-sawed tamarind tree,

-they-say-United Press. and glistening.

Copenhagen, Apr. 13Dr Chris tian Moller, former Danish Foreign

attack-Router: Minister, died tonight from a heart

S. N. CHAU,

Chairman.

Hongkong Anti-Tuberculosis Association, China Building, 1st Floor, Hongkong.

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