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SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1950 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE _ PAGE NINE Hong Kong Fears Ban on 0il May Rouse Reds to Action 9 Nas increased enormously. 'They believe Peiping's attitude to Kong, never cordial, has be- come even less result of recent actions by the HongKong and United Kingdom Hong Ki has drawn the wrath of mut China by closing Chinese schools suspected of teach- ing Communist doctrines, by de- porting alleged political undesir- ables and by restricting, for eco- nomic reasons, the entry Chinese into the colony. Now Hong Kong, at the behest of the United Kingdom Government, has banned the export of oil to Communist China to reserve sup- piles for Royal Naval use in Korean we The nr Re of _--y il ban o les in the fact that it strikes at 'ise very foundation upon which _ the colony bases her immumity from Communist Chine. It has long been accepted that Hong was safe from an. un- friendly while she provided s source of supplies unaffected by the Nationalist blockade. friendly as the| protect Listle Alr Strength Air strength consists of two Spit- fire squadrons and a tiny volunteer The Chinese Communists, on the , have bitwesa other hand, probably of | 130,000 and 200,000 troops in neighboring province of Kwangtung. Plenty of fighter strips are avail- able to the Reds within easy range of the colony. If the Chinese Com- munists can sall on hea in there are suitable, wel- ton and Kweli, / proaches the eastern entrance. The Communists, in the event of turmoil, could also Ja 0 th sup- of many sympa Ss among si Kong's Chinese population of about 2,250,000. 'Warmth Urgently Needed . To Ripen Western Crops Winnipeg, August 19 -- Warmer weather continues to be the urgent need for western Canada's field erops which generally are from ten days to two weeks away from the may or may not occur, must never- theless be taken into account as this crop approaches harvesting. Some frost damage has already oc- curred in the Péace River district, scedm| by snow, but accurate estimate of damage done is not at dian National Railways. - Practically all Manitoba crops are progressing favorably lacking enly warmer weather to give assurance of godd returns throughout. Rains d the past week have added to in' several areas which may effect filling of crops involved. Sugar beets and peas are also mak- ing good progress. Manitoba Yields High Weather was moderately warm and dry in northern Manitoba with only occasional light showers oc< eurring in seme districts. All crops sre making good progress and ex- eellant yields and grades are antici- pated. Wheat should yield 28 to 30 * Bus. per acre, oats 38 to 45 bus. and Barley 30 te 40 bus. per acre, Odd fields, chiefly of rye, have been cut in the past 3 or ¢ days. Harvesting will not really commence until the end of next week at the earliest in this territory. In Saskatchewan General conditions remain favor- able in eastern Saskatchewan with ; rain' oce in many areas dur- ing the past week, - continue to cause some damage and rust has also appeared in a few areas. Some cutting of rye, barley and oats, has taken place with a small acreage of wheat also being cut to save damage from grasshop- pers. Harvesting in this area should be fairly general within a Week or ten days, with warmer weather be- ing the chief requirement. In central ' Saskatchewan .crops are coming along favorably with rapid growth and hegds filling nicely. Weather has been rather cool with some heavy rains and moisturé conditions are now ade- |gg quate. Scattered light damage from grasshoppers is evident and local Rail damage occurred from Hubbard t6 Lacadena. Nevertheless a good crop is in sight providing weather improves and no frosf damage o¢- curs. Weather was warmer in northern Saskatchewan than for the past {ew weeks with some rains reported, and here again warm dry weather is required to mature crops. Pros- pects are still favorable with no damage other than crop lodging being evident. Alberta Needs Warmth Weather was cool and cloudy on the Calgary division with light showers to heavy rains over the en- tire territory. Crop conditions have materially improved as a result of added moisture with heads appar- ently filling well but lacking heat to promote maturity. At a few but it is not expected harvesting will start in earnest for another ten days. An area from west of wifi is estimated as much as 65 per cent. Current through the Alberta border a third of the way to Calgary which suffered from early drought, will réturn lighter yields but the sur- rounding territory in Alberta looks for good average returns. Estimates of wheat yields vary from 10 to 30 bus. per acre, osts from 25 to 50 Bus. per acre, flax 10, barley 20 to 40, and rye 8 to 15 bus. per acre on the Calgiry division. Weather was coo] with showers over the Edmonton division where estimated wheat yields vary from 10 bus. upwards. Light showers to heavy rains occurred in this area improving some crop prospects and retarding others, depending on ear- Mer seasonal precipitation. Hail damage of 50 to 100 per cent is re- ported from Ferintosh and New Norway district. Between Vegre- ville and Camrose drought damage Harvesting in the Edmonton terri- tory should commence in from one to two weeks. Frost in Peace River In the Peace River district wea- ther was cool with heavy geaeral rains and snow in territory adja- cant to Smoky, Grande Prairie, Peace River and Slave Laké sub- divisions. Several degrees of frost wére reported in territories which received snow, retarding growth and ripening . but actual estimate of damage done is not at present as- ceriainable. Grains in other districts are showing satisfactory develop- ment, although no general harvest is in progress. In the Okanagan weather was hot and dry with heavy rain on the 14th and throughout the night. No change in crop conditions is evident in this section. Survey Regiment Scattered Unit Ottawa, Aug. 18--Most scattered unit in the Canadien Army Active Force is the Army Survey Establishment, Royal Cana- disn Engineers, commanded by Lt.- Col. C. H, Smith of Ottawa. ble for the preparation and production of all army maps, the unit this year' has 12 field survey parties working in some of the lesser known regions of the country. Totalling some 8 officers, other ranks, two civilian sur- veyors and 12 university engineer- ing students, the parties are scat- tered from Stephenville, Nfid., to the dread Nahanni River section of the Northwest Territories. Headquarters of the unit, where majority of its personnel are em- ployed drawing and printing maps, is in Ottawa. Although his tieldmen operate independently during the summer months from anywhere, Col. Smith says he 'has no difficulty keeptiy track of them. Right now, he y they are working out of Wain- right, Alta, Stephenville, Nfld. Dawson Oreek, B.C. Phophet Riv- er, BC. Telegraph Creek, BC. Whitehorse, Y.T., Root River, NWT, on the Nahanni River--the far north's "Headless Valley" -- and along the old Canol Road wi through the Yukon and Northwest Territories. they should be! LLandudno, Caernavenshire, Eng- land--(CP)--A . spike-shaped fossil found near here is believed .to be the dorsal fin of & prehistoric shark more than 240,000,000 years old, I 40.|34 Mon mo, You Boe [15479[529.89 [786.56 $12|$28 $40 Bven § Payments for in-between omounis ere in proportion Con.) :| of Calgary in October. By that time Ireland's Trade Unions Seek To Help Refugees Killarney -- The Congress of Irish Unions, at its annual dele- gate meefing here last month, promised its full support to the drive by the International Refu- gee Organization to resettle refu- gee trade workers. Action by the Congress, was in answer to an appeal by John Dil lon, TRO mission chief in Dublin, for trade union cooperation. Dil- lon told the delegates that mem- bers of the Irish government had expressed their willingness to ad- mit refugees, provided they did not .displace Irish workers, and provided the Irish Trade Unions made no objection. Congress President, Senator M. Colgan, called on individual unions to cooperate in drafting a plan for united aid in the" resettlement of refugees, LAST STREET CAR Calgary -- (CP) -- The last street car should he off the streets conversion to trolley coaches and buses is expected to be completed. Patience His Only Weapon One of the hundreds of Filipinos driven from home by the flood which submerged central Luzon after a week of torrential rains sits patiently and waits for the waters to recede. ; their owners who fled the area. died in the flood, one of the worst in Philippines history. Some 160 homes were deserted by Ninteen persons are known to have --~Central Press Canadian. Olive Drab _ New Cclor In Uniforms Members of Woth the Active and the Reserve Forces of the Cana- dian Army soon will be sporting neat new shirts of an olive drab color rather than the regular khaki ones now being issued, army cloth- ing authorities said today. At the same time they announced a change in color and material in the recently issued "bush cloth~ ing"--a loose-fitting field uniform. The new uniforms, of a mercerized material, "harder and finer" than the cloth now used by the Active Force, also will be olive drab in color. Present stocks of bush clothing are of the familiar "khaki drill" cloth, The new olive drab clothing will be issued to personnel of both the Active and Reserve Forces as pres- ent old-pattern stocks are deplet- ed, with the Active Force getting the preference. Other than in color there will be little or no change in the ma- terial or design of the shirts. Fort William--(CP)--A Lakehead shipbuilding company has an en- gineering problem: How to slide a boat 620 feet long, 68 feet wide and weighing 5,000 tons into a dock 713 feet long and 98 feet wide. R. W. Sutto, Superintendent of the company (Port Arthur Ship- Building Company) admits it will oe launching will come off success- fully. The vessel is the largest ever built at the Lakehead. It is the Im- perial Oil Company tanker Red- water. Both the Redwater and her sister ship, the Leduc, now are un- der construction at Collingwood. When-they slide down the launch- ing platform next fall, they will be the largest freshwater tankers in the world, The Redwater will be launched sideways. Engineers are taking pre- cautions that v-aves she causes will not destroy the shipyard. Buildings will be barricaded and reinforced Everything which might be floated away will be removed. About 450 men are working on be a tight fit~tbut he is confident: Launching Problem Tricky For Record Size Oil Tanker the Redwater and perhaps another 50 will be required. The keel was laid March 13 and, although bad weather has slowed progress, work on the vessel is proceeding almost on schedule. Both tankers are expected to be ready for launching next October. 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