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AUSTRALIA MUST MAKE Good VITAL ELECTION CHOICE
old,
bining
A brilliant, literary-minded Coverment's power to control Mr. Chiffer is 64 years
a blacksmith. He has Scots-Australian and a blunt, credits and has attempted, during son of early Irish-Australian have the life of the present Parlia- never had personal contact with
enterprise; beginning Bugs to you."
"Representatives of Ave local and abolish traditional work at 17 as a hand on the begun their political fight for, nationalise the banking private system the Prime Ministership of trading banks entirely.
Government railways, then enterorganisms will meet tomorrow to
Locomotive Engineers' discuss the whole situation." of this great Dominion.
He was checked in this by deing the
enme interested in Labour poli- cisions for the Australian High Union as a pald official He be Court and Privy Council--but he
ties was elected to the Federal Parliament in 1928, and after ups and downs, became surer in the Curtin Government of the news which had appeared in 1941, and Prime Minister and in certain local newspapers, was Treasurer upon Mr. Curtin's war either sheer fabrication of pure
heresays.", time death.
By ARTHUR MORLEY
The Scotsman is Robert Gordon Menzies, a former barrister, she confesses to a reasonable „amount of bigotry in favour of things Scottish. He is "Leader of the "Op" position and of the Liberal (Co- servative) Parliamentary Party."
The Irishman is the
present Prime Minister, Joseph Benedict Advertisements and’Business com | Chifley, former engine-driver and munications should be-addressed | avid reader of the Bible and will regard election victory as a to the Company CHINA "MAIL] murder-mysteries, who is des- mandate to attempt it again by
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cribed by his more enthusiastic other Jesigstive means. ** Party supporters as the Austra- lian Lincom.
All news contributions to be addressed to Editor-in-Chlet,
Much more than -a personal political struggle, however, is in- volved in the general election which they will contest, probably in December.
The airlines' representative was **some Trea-reported as saying that
He wears simple dark suits, smokes a pipe, will not live in the comfortable Prime Minister's Lodge at Canberra, but prefers
I would plump for the heresy theory myself.
Myrtle says a girl doesn't have
a small hotel bedroom. His wife to worry much about the family His policy is summed up in the Uves in their £200 cottage at a tree if she has the right kind of
nearby country town. For relaxa-limbs. Labour plank "nationalisation
tion Mr. Chifley likes to lie in of the means of production, dis-bed in his little room and read. tribution and 'exchange." :
or listen to the wireless. He has
According to one local version
broad 'American
his can shouts of "taxi' have brought new colour and life to this tad-
Probably a record.
FUTURE OF CHINA As the domination of all
If elected, it is believed, he no great grasp of international of the tourist trade in Britain, China by the Communists
will proceed to nationalise in afairs, and appears to shun the "Deliberately The result will determine draws nearer, speculation
surance and other vital sections normal social contacts of
office. not Australia roes of industry and commerce. increases about their chances whether or
In comunion with leaders of the of successfully imposing the more or less completely Socialist,
His chief opponent, Mr. Men-ed shabby city." "Socialist Party, Mr. zies, is of vastly different stamp. Marxist way of life on the nationalisation of industries British
and extension of Government Chifley believes in the welfare A man of lively intellectual country. In this context it controls.
State, and has greatly increased ability, he is widely travelled gar is most illuminating to read
the size and scope of pensions has a keen insight into British the comments. of informed Personal Power He wants to introduce a modi- and world affairs. He is a magni-
find free medicirte scheme, and writers of 30 and more years
Bcent after-dinner speaker and Mr. Chifley, who enjoys im-favours high wages and full em really accomplished writer ago, when a similar situation
merse personal power and pres-ployment. So, of course, do the full, mellow, dignified and cul- had come into being.
tige in the Parliamentary Labour majority
Australians-but! tured. Party, is strongly in favour of whether they are prepared to pay He is a Melburnian, son of a Socialisation, and distrusts what the high taxation necessary to Presbyterian minister, and made he terms "big business."
maintain thero is another matter.
a brilliant career at the Bar be- has become de facto. He has already extended the Many people believe not.
It was the consensus of expert opinion then that the 1911 revolution would not last, because of its inevitable conflict with the character and traditions of the people. The Kuomintang of that day' were the ardent pioneers of
reform; sweeping
the
speeches of Dr. Sun Yat Sen with but little editing would have done as well for Mao Tse-tung; thousands of eager youngsters
then too
were
joining the cause, inflamed
with the ardour of self-sacri- fice for their country's sake. As was predicted at the time, they were headed for bitter disillusionment.
of
Odds And Ends From Round The World
نے
Slap dash.
The incident could, of course, have been settled even earlier the worker had tumed the other cheek.
It appears that the defection
fore entering politics. His hobbies are cricket, good literature and conversation.
"How did the wedding go?" -- Kir. Menzies is distinguished by asked the clergyman's wife.
the Bri-
his passionate faith in
"Fine, my dear, until I asked: tish way of life, and in the per- the bride if she would obey, and sonal freedoms of traditional de-she said. 'Do you think I'm crazy-and the groom, who was mocracy.
He says that it is madness in in a sort of daze, mumbled "I do." this young.
pioneering country Then things began to happen." to limit initiative and restrict!... energy and enterprise when
.a
He Eats Newspapers e conscientious objectar, be developed and tamed. He de-
Charles.
•
for Prince
cake "Rum in The reason is that he claims to whole continent is calling out to
safety-first Socialism, Raises eyebrows" Some people read their which is rare in France, and that nounces
A rum do altogether, said the newspapers.
Others, many he is not a member of the seci when the whole need of the day
Tis for adventurous thinking little fellow. editors suspect, use them called "Jehovah's Witnesses."
Mr. Menzies is confident that mainly for
he were, he would be less trou- wrapping up ble; the authorities are more the liberal Party, together with parcels. But in Holland there|| used to them, and already have its Parliamentary ally, the Coun-{ For no protracted period in is a main who eats them. He three in prison for refusing to try Farly, will all its long history has China is Mynheer Klifman, "a de military service. had a really centralised gov- gentleman of the road," who, ernment. The emperors were though all victuals are off the autocrats, appointing or dis-ration, actually prefers to eat missing viceroys as they newspapers. wished. But as long as re- venues to the throne were
He told Max Peters in Am-.
The African tribe of Ubangis be returned to have a habit of stretching the office in Deceraber. He regards lips of their women round cir- the election as Australie's real cular wooden dises until finally
and he feels thni But Moreau, writes Kenneth cross-roads, Thorburn, was imprisoned, re- Australia will turn Right. leased, imprisoned again, and the French public is beginning to
His Partner take sides Newspapers have
for declared themselves
His partner in the
OT
they become about eight inches in size, sticking right out from. their faces like two plates.
On a very hot day two-bang! girls met in the bush. One of election then stuck her face close to
sent regularly, and good or sterdam that 18 dailies is his ra- against Moreau, pointing out that fight is Arthur Fadden, leader of that of the other, and rapidly re- der kept in the provinces, then and he eats them irrespec he will be alternately released, the rural Country Party, a whim peated, "Peter Piper picked a
tive of political colouring, pro-called up to the Army and ar-sical Queensland ex-accountant peck of pickled peppers! Now.. viceroys were independent vised he can finish off with some rested for not turning up, until with a huge fund of stories. He is you fan me for a while.” This independence was large-] bread.
be is too cld for the Army-31 shrewd and an able debater, and ly repeated in local govern-
hás great personal popularity He once tried telephone direc- years hence.
with the country voters. ment, which for all practical
The stout lady, taking riding teries, but failed to appreciate
What are the prospects of a lessons complained to the in- purposes was managed by the the Laste Originally a stable
Menzies-Fadden victory? Only people themselves.
boy, his health is said to be good
No More Free Seats one thing can be said-with-cer structor, "I don't like the look The system was the only and an examination in a Dutch
tainty that voting will be ex- this horse's "head"
"Don't worry...he commented, workable
ΠΟ showed one in so vast a hospital
Tokyo cinema proprietors are tremely close. A five per cent country, where each province pathological symptoms.
wits to be famous, and while to petition the Government to swing would put Labour out of "you'll soon get over that." newspapers, gets his teeth into tors and bureaucrats to them every day.
when shows are not in session.
obvious Be Just
differed so widely from its waiting to get his name into the restrict official visits of inspec-office, for they have only slightly i
neighbour in character, cus- toms and even language. China was more of a federa- tion than an empire.
The KMT, trying to break Spaniards And The
Atom Bomb
hours more than half the country's
popular votes, despite their "In the evening the new minis- heavy Parliamentary majarify. ter preached with his wanton There have been increasing The Party holds 23 of the 36 eloquence."
Listeners saw the light, but complaints that scores of peity Senate seals, and 52 of the 75 officials, accompanied by women Lower House seats. They will be they didn't reveal what its colour this ancient organisation,
friends, descend on the theatres helped by the fact that the coun- was. also flaunted the strongly
whenever a popular picture is try is enjoying unprecedentedly held, Confucian-taught be
showing, on the pretext of rou- full eraployment and high "cash" lief that the State owed a
Spaniards arc not, perhaps, time inspection, fill the best seats income, because of the booming That's the devil” of it.
for Australian] - "The wedding was attended by wool and food-stuffs. duty to the citizen rather quite so logical as their French and wait until the feature film demand overseas
a large number of relatives and Furthermore, the Labour Gov-fiends. than the other way round. neighbours, but it was with al- is finished.
most Gallic logic that many of
liberalised Richard Hughes quotes a local ernment's
pensions Their totalitarian methods, them discussed the possession of
follows: and social benefits give them a secret police, political cells, the atom bomb by Russia, and movie proprietor as
movie industry in-strong claim on voters' loyalty: and persecution of the they seemed genuinely surprised "Some are
Against this, there is the un- "Jack told me I was the eighth individualistic intelligentsia, that the Western Powers should spectors. Some come to prevent
over crowding; others to inspec' deniable fact that many Austra-wonder of the world.”
are tellation. Some
plain lians are becoming increasingly were alien to the people and take the matter so seriously. doomed to failure.
Cedric Salier points out
that Elothes police allegedly looking distrustful of Socialism and inter-
pickpockets and bas-Ference with personal liberty.. The Communists are now marry Spanish commentators -ex~| Lor following much the same pected the Russians to be in full matchers: Others are from the
Property Safe? pattern. They have Marxist Bossession of the atom in seven fire brigade to re-examine Bre-
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The latest stratagem is being
Others councils even in the smallest years, whereas it has taken them fighting equipment.
only four. But they fail to gain are tax-officials and well villages. According to their
the importance at paldi executives from the Finance understand propaganda, the populace is tached to these three years, for, Ministry, ostensibly supervising eagerly attending the meet- they say, if the West could make ticket-selling arrangements,"
a Friendly ELKOMAAR ings, delighted to find that no progress towards
understanding with Russia Jin for the first time they have four years, the inference is that This is untrue in two re so in sever a voice in community affairs, it would also have failed to do spects, for the traditional ad
Many Spanish commentators councils of village elders: took full account of public also bold the view that if Russia opinion, and the only voice and the West did go to war, fear of reprisals would prevent ́using: permitted under Communism atomic weapons, quoting the ex-
is that which harmonises ample of poison gas in the
with the official view, & Second World War.
There are indications that One cumming is to the ef the peasants are already tect that possession of the atomic feeling the iron grip within bomb makes immediate war less the red velvet glove. Exac likely, in that it removes Russia's tions of grain are not less panic fear of attack while suffer- heavy than those of the ing from an "feudal landlords." And conferiority. scription for the army is as
armaments in
ruthless as it was under the Nationalists.
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