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VOL. IV NO. 163

WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1949.

Radiophoto TROOPS USED TO Nottingham Quincentenary

Equipment

Arrives

Up-to-date radiophoto equipment, manufactured by the General Electric Company, has been re- ceived In Hongkong by Cable and Wireless Ltd. but it will not be possible to install the apparatus until completion of the new Electra House next December. There is not sufficient space in the present premises.

Radiophoto service will be an innovation in the Colony that will be wel. comed by the Press and commercial houses who require, rapid transmis Hion of plan: and drawings.

LOAD ARMY STORES

FOR HONGKONG

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[BY OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)

London, July 12.-Troops this afternoon began loading 500 tons of military stores, including 200 vehicles and tanks, on the steamer Benalbanch which is bound for Hong- kong. This is the first time that troops have been used to load strike-bound ships.

Bombs Greet

Pandit Nehru

In Calcutta

LIBYA MAY Calcutta, July 12-Two

Exports were piling up on London docksides today us the number of strikers grew to 12.050. No fewer than 127 ships are now laid up.

Latest reports say men claim- ing to represent Smifthfield meat porters, announced they will refuse to handle meat unloaded by troops.

DOCK "DICTATORS" London, July 13 As thermometer shot up

he

homba were hurled at a on one of Britain's hottest days police party patrolling the this year, troops stripped to the waist to move cargues of meat,

GET TOTAL streets of Calcutta tenight, uppies, pears, cheese, butter, tea

FREEDOM

Some of their crews, members of the Canadian Seamen's Union whose strike led London dockers

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Jabei the. Canadian ships "black," paraded wharves todny with placards saying "On strike to defend trade unionism."

The Transport Minister, Mr

A few hours after the In- and flour from 17 vessels. dian Prime Minister, Pandit

Among the freighters which Nehru, had flown here to troops did not touch were the Washington, July 12-A and violence in the city.

probe the political unrest Argomont and the Beaverbruc, the two Canadian ships which usually reliable source said

touched off the dock dispute. today that the United States | One bomb exploded but in- may consider, by the time jured no one. The police made the United Nations General throwers were unidentified.

FIX arrests but the bomb Assembly begins next September, that the best three-day mission, received a Mr Nehru, who is here on a policy for Libya would be great welcome from thousands total independence.

when he arrived at the airport | Alfred Barnes, named the here today and drove along an dock_""Dictators" in the Housa The source said that this eight-mile route to Government of Commons this afternoon. might prove to be the best solu-House, tion In the long run for Italy, because an independent. Libya would probably not grant any more favoured rights to one Western European nation than to another.

of

STONES THROWN

They

It was from the tower of this suspension bridge at Nottingham, glittering with myriad lights, that champion diver Roy Fransen, plunged in a graceful swallow dive into the River Trent 85 feet below to set up a new outdoor record. It was part of ceremonies marking Nottingham's quincentenary.

END

OF GREEK

WAR IN SIGHT

Belgrade, July 12.-The Greek rebel move- ment is nearing the end of its rope, and its open break with Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia hasten the end of the Greek civil war, military observers said today.

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High Death Toll In Day Of Many Plane Crashes

London, July 12.-At least 114 people were killed

́or injured in the past 24 hours in the worst series of air

crashes since the war,

The toll began yesterday when a Junkers aircraft crashed into the sea off Agadir, Morocco, killing 18 people. The wreckage was washed ashore today.

WORST CHINA FLOODS IN

18 YEARS

arc

Then an American C-54 and circled the airport. Then Skymaster on the Berlin air-the Control Tower lost toucht until the engineer at a water- zone of Germany. Spotting works in the Chatkopar Hilla aircraft found it deep in a outside

Bombay telephoned forest today but reported no them to say that the great gign of life. It would carryhills nearby and that lie was machine had crashed in the ó minimum crew of three.

lift crashed in the Soviet with him and heard nothing

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BURNED TO ASHES In the Constellation crash near

organising a rescue party,

-LIST OF DEAD ~*

The 13 American Journalists who lost their lives were:

the

The highest death toll of the It was surmised in Bombay black-letter day Wis ncar Shanghai, July 12.

that having cleared the 3,000 Bombay, where a giant Con- fect Western Nearly a million acres of clellation, plunged into a hill Bombay and Poona,, the Con- Ghats between cultivated farmland in Cen- side in a raging monsoon, killing stellation found reasonably clear 45 people including 13 of weather and returned over the tral China were deeply sub- America's leading journalists. mountains to attempt another merged today as the worst! From Los Angeles this after landing It was thought floods of the past 18 years noon it was reported that a crashed while approaching the st continued to spread, engulf-loved to be carrying, about 40

Standard Airlines plane,

be airport,PRON ing vast stretches of the passengers, crashed

A KLM communique Issued into Son lower Yangtse Valley,

Fernando Valley after the pilot Franekor aircraft was approach-

In The Hague #alci:

"The The latest official reports said had radioed that there was a ing Bombay at 10 o'clock local that the water level of the Yang violent fight on board and ask me in heavy monsoon weather ise and other rivers was stilling for palco to wait at the and was clearly forced to keep rising after unprecedented and airport. Later Agures put the circling the airfield. heavy rains.

dead at 20. Max. They are Sir Alexander

The machine then touched a In many sectors, peasants and

Near Tarbes, in the Pyrenees, hill some distance from the air- well, Sir Thomas Gardiner, Sir

#olders,

a small, French plane crashed, fick resulting in the complete half submerged In Frederick Leggett Mr W. G.

muddy waters,

kulling one passenger and injur-destruction of the plane." working Weston and Mr C. N. Gallie

desperately to strengthen and

ing the pilot. As his car entered the four former Civil Servants and

repair the dykes, some of which Shambazaar агел,

in North a one-time trade union leader,

are centuries old. Calculta, however, there were These five

will direct men

One of the most seriously af- He said that so far the State some throwing of stones and the berthlig and movement of

fected areas is the rice-produc-Bombay, the plane plunged into Department has not reached any shoes, and further down the all ships in the Port, the use

H. R. Kalckerbocker, of Radio Ing province of Anhwel, where hillside, turned over and over Station WOR; Nat Barrows, of definite policy on this dificult route in the same locality, noisy of tugs, lighters and barges for

already over 300,000 acres of into ricefields below and burned the Chicago Daily News Syndi subject, which continues to be demonstrators, who were said, loading and unloading and the

Ulled farmland are flooded and to ashes to have been led by members of in the hands of the Deputy,

of vehicles. inavement

cale; Bertram A Bombay dispatch said that ca

Hulen, of New Under-Secretary

State: Mr the Communist-dominated All-welt settle priorities between

countless thousands of farmers roycue workers trudged for two christian Timc. Magazlan

York Times; Charles Gratke, of | Tulia Students

Marooned, Federation, cargoes and will also decks Dean Rusk, who, in addition to

In Suchów, 150 miles north-and torrential mountain streamis

hours through drenching rain Werkley, of

Monitor; John being in close contact with buried a few stones and shoes. whether

voluntary workers

Although the rebels are

! west inform-dominated rebels.

of Nanking, the riting should be drafted into the docks

More Yellow. River

to find all the occupants out, William Italian, British and French diplo

The missiles did not hit the to assist the troops.

reported

of Scripps to bc

waters two full columns,

have mats here, is also contucl Premier's car, ond he passed on

getting than

with swallowed the -old

mutilated or destroyed beyond. pletures, were devoted

Howard Newspaper Alliance; embank- Committee Soviet-directed aid through ports The Emergency with those of the Arab nations.

to re- ments and inundated parts of

Fhics, of Business Week; recognition. unconcerned. The police cor-

from will receive general instructions Bulgaria and Albania-their soldiers who denied the

wounded He said the Secretary of State, doned off the

Greek the city.

The plane, the "Francker". Fred Colving, of the Denver aren and dis- from the Ministers of Labour Cominform allica these stander Mr Dean Acheson, in devoting persed the demonstrators with and Transport.-Reuter.

"foul PROTECTING DYKES

was chartered from the Royal Post; James

of the of the Cominform

Dutch Airlines to take

Houston Post, party

Miss Elslo some time to this matter

matter, but lathis.

mountainous routes of com- bureau" that Yugoslavin

The government authorities

Dick, of the Mutual Broadcasting of Journalists to Amsterdoni more we

weeks are expected to

munication

allowed Greek Thirteen demonstrators were HONGkong bank difficult.

Government day and night

had and the population are bafuing from a tour of Indonesia. It System; S. Burton Heath, of the lapse before Rurk makes any

to keep The recommendation to Mr Acheson injured and three policemen suf-

PICKETED.

tion; action foll-the-centro-city-will sterday where

had Murcuver,-both-Albania-and-against-the-rebels as-to-the-United States policy-red slight injuries.from stones...

He said for the Unlied Na. About 25 demonstrators

Bulgaria have serious domèstic

buried under the flood waters. The rebel Greek radio had Shanghai, July 12-Business food and economic problems of broadeust this report, which Tito Hsuchow Assembly to vote on set. arrested.

The entire region

Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, from Later in the evening, a pro- at the Hongkong and Shanghal their own and are too weak to ting up a Tripolitanium retire

South to iso denounced at Pola.

The party was taken to Ju Fullisi, severely hamrender effective support.

which witnessed with the same relation to Ituly cession of 150 people, facluding Bank here was

Bome of the donesia by the ill-fate! KLM morning as

"FILTHY SLANDER”.

which as the Cyrennalean regime has rome wonen, paraded outside pered this

In his major foreign policy

Bercest nighting of the civil war Constellation Roermond nt present to Britain would Government House, where Mr pickets prevented normal move address at Pola on

"Nobody can believe this lle, last Sunday, Mar

winter. iu completely crashed at Bari last month on votes plus those of half of the Nehru is staying." "Go Dack," ments through entrances,

and wounded partisan fighters buried. shal

its way back. Thirty-three Arable nations in addition to they shouted. They were per-

These plekets appeared after al Tito predicted that the

who found shelter recently in "Greek democratic Ilberation

In Nanking, the water level people died in that crash. those

Western of

The "Franeker enrried Europe suaded to disperse without In the collapse of negotiations for

movement

territory deny this foul, of the Yangtse yesterday was United Press.

cident. --Reuter,

increased wages,--Beuter.

probably will very

them have fatal consequences" because Communist Party organ,

Inches cause thy slander," said Borba, the only about 18

lower passengers two of than the record it had become nearly a Comin

of 28 feet Heved to be Brilish and irenched in od form pawn, For some months,

The paper

when the most crew members, all Dutch. then quoted the disastrous

of modern

The plot tried to land at thore has been a strong bellei gratitude of

several wounded Chinese history destroyed mit- Santa Cruz but the monsoon here that the Yugoslavs are not Greeks-men and women who lions of acres of farmland in caught him. He climbed a little rendering any ak to the rebels, had fled to. Yugoslavia from the 13 provinces-

In Jon

January began mur Majmakchalan area during July

a "united Mace 5, 6 and 7, at the same time reported to have

The Communist authorities are mobilised all Such an

appeal could that the

Yugoslavs allegedly available manpower for rescu only be almed ut detachment of were alding the Athens regime operations and for strengthening

EDITORIAL

Cson

High

Food

VISITORS to Hongkong in 1947 were

nsionished at the high cast of living here, which they described then as the highest in the world. The situation today must shock them even more, for prices, after a temporary falling off last year, have risen again and, in many cases, have ́exceeded those prevalling two years ago, “This is particularly apparent in the caso of fresh foodstuffs, some items costing now double or more than in 1947. Al this is of great immediate concern to the ordinary householder, for while`salaries and wages have generally remained stable, the household budget has continued to increase i an alarming rate. Admittedly the population has grown; numittedly also, some sources of supply have been cut off-North. China, for

· instance, whence eŋme no inconsiderabie quantities of our "potatoes" and "uther yerciables. The Increase in the. Garrison has also swelled the demand. But these factors, singly or collectively, do not

· Justify the Increase in price` of certain, commodities. We have operating in Hongkong two- Government-sponsored syndicates through which are funnelled our local supplies of fresh fish and vegetables. Fishermen and farmers send their supplies, to the wholesale markets, where the fish and vegetables arc nuciloned at the best prices offered. Most. of the people who bld at these nucilons are also market stallhollers, with whom the authorities have had some sort of gentleman's agreement governing the margin of profit they are to make abovo

were

Prices

strike

Anyone

In

the auction price. At one time, this was hept fairly within the bounds of twenty to forty percent, depending on the perishableness of the articles. who cares to compare the daily auction prices obtaining at this time with "the prices charged at the markets cannot fall to note the enormous disparity. many cases, It will be found that the retail price is 100 percent more, or even higher. It is this sheer profiteering and exploitation that rlles the hard-pressed public which is forced to pay through the nuse. Government hos frankly stated that it would be reluctant to impose n systers of price control for vegetables and fish; it looks to the co-operation of. wholesalers and retallers for fair prices to be quoted. If tradespeople would inke Government's injunction literally, then there should be no necessity to impose strict and rigid controls. No government. likes to follow such a course if the people are not merellessly victimised. But the Incentive of gain is too strong, and business morality too sadly lacking here." It is doubtful if Government's hint is strong enough to deter the offenders Government fa apparently pinning its hopes in Increased production. It must necessarily take somo time before the effects of this are felt, and whether the present position will improve remains to be seen. However, if increased.production falls to correct the present disparity between wholesale and retail prices, then Government must not hesitate to impose controls for the benefit of the community.

who

donia for

11

the

Nowion

are extremely troops to use its territory in the second dyke standing. If they put them down of New Delhi Newspaper Enterprise Associa-

Kajmakebalan area for

our

the Republic of Macedonia from Greek wounded who fled of the dykes in the threatened

the Yugoslav federation, and Yugoslav leadership quickly re- cognised the threat and warned the Cominform not to try to carry it out.

to

areas, Yugoslavia were Welcomed in The brotherly fashion and housed in ts not yet known, but it is feared extent of the crop damage Yugoslav hospitals. They are that it will have a serious effect being cared for by Yugoslav on the economy of the Yangise doctors.

They have the best Valley, which is already suffer. food and all they need."---United Ing an acute shortage of rice.

Neuter,

PRESS EVIDENCE Usually authentic reports Press,

Skoplje, the Yugoslay Macedonian capital, sald

from

wounded rebels who had found refuge in *Yugoslav territory were not returning to Greece.

The Yugoslav press Have fresh evidence this morning that was the Yugoslav government washing its hands off the Con

HK Defensive

Strength

Tokyo, July 12. Britain commands the

and alr sca

Berlin Meeting Settles Nothing

Berlin, July 12-The four Allied Comman- dants of Berlin met in secret for two and a half hours today for the first time since the Paris. Big Four meeting to "normalise"? conditions in Berlin.

General Bourne mid that he

Admiral Sir Patrick deputies and advisers to viet Commandant

tackle

They gathered in the around the Crown Colony of Allied Control: Authority had also made a strong protest Hiengkong, the Commander-la-building in Berlin with their attoday's meeting of the Com [Chief of Britain's For East

mandatis. He said: "The So- Fieci, Brind, sald In Tokyo,

General the problems of Kotikov, replied that so far as Ho told reporters that there was double rule, currencies and no was aware, everything was tremendous difference" be economics in the Germany hold-up of lorries was outside normal and since the reported tween Hongkong's strength now and at the time of the surrender harassed by transport diff at the meeting."

capital, which is again Berlin it.could not be discussed to Japan' curly in the war.

tho

In an apparent reference to culties.

Nationalist blockade of China, ho declared that the

According to General Dourne," the thres Western Commaddants "hammered away" at Goneral Kotikov, but could not succeed. up discussed...

The British. Military Govern- traditional British policy of dement has lodged another "strong fending British ships againg any proteal" with the Soviet authorl in getting the transport hold- attack "wherever possible tice, against the parim? road be maintained,

blockade of Berlin. British naval units visiting General G. K. Bourne, the Dri- Major- Japan are returning to Hong-tish Commandust. announced kong todayAssociated Press. here tonight.

General Kotikov agreed, now.... over, to refer, the maller to his: superiors-Beuter

talk

of the

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American journalists originally numbered 15. Mr Dorothy Brandon of the New York Herald Tribune went to Manila before the Francker left: Batavia.

The other American newsmun who left the party of 15 was Mr William R. Matthews of the Arizona Star. He told a repor ter in Munily" tonight that hơ

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