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MARRIAGE
SPARR Do PASSOS The mar
ange befveren Hethers James Josaph Spurt (Jimmy) soit of Me A Halliday of Swedati, Wan Fagised, and Cecilia youngest Mara Dos Passos
M Dog slaughter of Mr. d. Passo
will take place at 4 2nd January 1950 at
buch. Kowloom, Follow and by a reception of the Posolo del
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By "Windrush".
"Hangover hats”
Half a century ago, in 1890, The atmosphere becomes suddenly people in Great Britain were continental, celebrating their Chrlelmus with mixed feelings. The by Boer War had begun. In by October the British had been humiliated by defeals at the hands of the minute Boer re- in the story of A publics. People sensed that blameless adventure In the secure Victorian world escape, from the Prison of was beginning to crumble. the Clock and the post-war world, to the little known the shattering experiences of the It curious that today, after mountain valley of Labo in past 30 years, they are probably the heart of the Torajalands less anxious than they in Celebes.
those luxurious days.
1 was conceived in an hour of peril during the Battle of Britain, and fulfilled among a people pick- ed fastidiously from all the lands of the world and all the peoplen of mankind.
The TerJus
were onEE hend-
were Ji
What are Londoners giving to each other this Christmas? There are no gifs to be had as exciting an those reported from New York. There, they are giving each other Hangover Huts"-belmela with eye-shades, cor-flaps, and pockets]
that the pleasantest thing in Lon- don at the moment is an exhibi- tion at Burlington House of Frencht winter days this brings an inva Landscape painting. To the "grey sion of sunshine and Mediterra- nean scenes. Soen there wil be another return of glowing warmth when the British ballet arrives back in Sadlers Wells, triumphant after its American four.
No dominant books
Good Morning
even
Compliments of the season, to all you types capable of a wry grin,
first thing in the morning, at some of the commenta in this column. (You will at least grant me that, despite past lapsea, I am not being guilty of
of this What is London reading? This any
pidgin Kilsamus stuff.) are full. There is even a limited write best when they are writing for nepirin. But the London shops is a year when there have been no dominant books, People today supply ut nylons,
Bloke writes in that books about other books. There
situation In Kunming recently has been no great novel this year, has seemed a bit Lahanatle. The they
an extract from
gitar-
penknives
W cut.
story writers.
the
One ongel met another angel at breakfast.
"You
know, Tabitha," she said, "I'm feeling like nothing en earth."
Busty of Stalin have been
penics. the faithful?
To keep an eagle eye on
*There are corkscrews anteed not to break the cork. There probably no great poetry. magazines complain that are nutcrackers guaranted not tos At this mid-century Christmas rush the kernel, however small cannot find any very good short
are all living the we know that we
nut There are on a volcano. But we have got which open on the principle of
This is Londen at Christmas. used to . Everybody outside the revolving pencil.
After Christmas comes the New Great Britain expects that in a
Year, 1066, and the beginning of month for two Dritons shall be What is London wearing this new half-century. The perfunc- A bit eyrie. plunged ogain in their economic Christmas? Hero, at random san- tory cheers which will greet this crisis. Nobody seems to mind very plc is
ycar today's new
wt sound પ્રે Jatic hunters. They were the first peu- much. Belions have got uned to intesi fashion notes. The presunt hollow. It is true that there is legs placed on all the highest Asian ple to mhabat Celebes after a long crists. A crisis has come to mean tendency among dress designers fear of immediate war than there! trek in the din past from Central a thing which you find means to is to produce mouids which are was a year two ago. But ilfe In Asia ACTORS the 11ulayas and stave off for three or six months both casual and elegant. down the South East Amu pen-and then it appears again, to of the informal effect of models solidity
Much England today seems to luck the
that it had in the past. With regard to this charge of salp They are akin to the hillmen be saved off again.
due to the materials used. Things seem to matter iras.
The Tormenting war" ngainst the of Sumatro, the Dayaks of Borneo
Rough-surfaced woollens. soft people of Britain feel theriselves i Cominform, I do feel sub-editors and the Nagus of Assa21. They Dees the General Election cast tweeds and blanket cloths are no carried along by the great forces should be told that even if newn are described as a humble, kindly
shadow over Christmas? Labour longer confined to sports
of the age; they begun to grow a as worried; the Conservatives are The most but literate people.
do come In agency despatches not confident. But the man in the grey
popular colours are tile indifferent about where they
this form, there is no need to and navy.
will arrive. the rest, Then customs and way of e, street loca not
forment the public with it. expect great green has fasinated a sensitive, sympathechanges in his life, which
been temporary de- ever serted for more striking colours , and highly civilised stranger way the election goes.
such a peacock blue, raspberry who for the space of six months) hved with there the singular inti- !
and mauve." How doer London appear. at
How will London amuse itself? mary, and has now published the this Chrlatma of 19497
It is There will be plenty of pantomi- written in English Hittle smarter then test year. Muchi mes But the ordinary theatre is
paint was used during the sun- ther. But It Is at a shabby and while past. Of mast of the plays in a duller state than for a long ཎྞ ཐཱ ༣- primitive peuple surely wounder city. People are dressed
now on in Landon the best which eve ever had the story of their a shnde more stylishly. The also con be
IN Dr. Jutinson's) with way of life depicted both
alter it. In Regent Street phrase "Worth Bouginess in delud and such most every shop has a Christ- worth going to see".
eering but not somable fervour No secrets weint
tree up with coloured withheld, not even the rarest of electric buils. These
The enthusiasm of some play- burn late goers over "A Sirretens all thear
Une me.
named it right. On warmer evenings Desire" has been rather daunted by parando-fated to dead royalty there is qulle a crowd strotting hearing that Paris dismissed it an a sex-thoeker. Sume people think
TALKS IN BANGKOK
Botria and Siam are get- timur together 171 2 palpable squeeze play on the price of ,「, " The
people of Basi paes have the most abarming manners, and the nicest ways of getting foreign diplomats to cut out of their
d. They have had things. all their own way since the
And now. Taking ad- vandage of the international Vintage in the Far East, they are Bryum to get a substantial increase in the prive of their
at exparts
|
thest hum ever alert them.
privaobies
such
21:45
vived by great-grandchildren, about and gazing at the windows
funeral frustst
Mkk{}
heh take sa hige part in the ceremonies of the Toraju, ave des- erbed in Bowing masterly prose
گردم
The prople form the heart the back, Trut it also constions ar- testinal descriptions of the stringe atic heautiful scenery of this re- code regions The great archich kotests, atrast explosive with the past of theu vitality." the man- save etags atul preeipices, the cliff villages and venetestes, the aights aut sounds of a lasted, which has staat through the evnluries ระเบ eneulalering sui-
very old and the almost new.
Et ܐ
For
Children who never
see the sun
By Lee F. Johnson
On a sunny morning re-of age in the
mines.
He might
Sam started the move over Two months ago, when a de- mand was made for an in- erease of 12% in the sterl ant price of rive It was ac companied by brod hints that refusal might lead to political thing of the conflet between the Celly Calogero Cannistaro, a set tweek if his employers Sicilian sulphur miner, was take pity on him, but there is lowered 1,500 feet down the authorities
no union to protect him, and the yellow shuft of a mine near to the fact that he is legally em- will close their eyes Agrigento. He had made the ployed.
disorders and the replacement of the present regime by Left Wing politicians. The British Embassy took a very fem law and the demand was
withdrawn.
10 25
It was a labour of love to have written this book, and it is as easy! to read as only aých books are. It;
photographs, takes by the author for 30 years,
lustrated with ming beautiful sume descent every morning
A few hours mines where safety
f he lives long enough in the hunsel with expert artistry, of later he was hauled up.
regulations Torola types, architecture, and scorched and dead. While child labour laws, Carmelo will are as rigidly enforced as the he was examining the effects become 掉 skilled miner. Ho of a dynamite blast his acety should then
10 with lene lamp had ignited escap including family allowances and shillings to 12 shillinga day, help ing gases.
cost-of-living bonus.
It was withdrawn beenuse it was exposed as an attempt. scenery. net to get better terms for
his
Signor Cannistraro left a fami- Ly of cight,
widow, AIX daughters, and a 15-year-old son,
must start
recelve
from
"That's what he should' get," in the mines before taking a job his uncle, who worked 10 years
get that when the owners hadn't
the rice-furmurs and millers, been accomplished but to add many millions off the very substantial ticaly to the Government's already given that this profits at the expense alike of began 10 lonk
more and The consumer and the pro-
like more
blackmail. At ducer. Just before the de- the very least Burma want-Carmelo. mand
as a night watchman in Palermo, was made the ed to have her cake and eat
told me. "And that's what i; Siamese Government had it too. There was a hint that Carmelo had not gone into the should have been getting accord-
mines at the age of seven like so intended contracted to buy from the Burma
to gate many
of his
ing to law, but I never gat, more playmatce. millera 385,000 Lons
the Commonwealth father wanted him to be a tallor aften enough we had to strike to His than eight shillings a day-and of crash rice, without any increase in Foreign Ministers' Confer- and live to be an old man. the price pald to millers and ence at Colombo, on the same lacking sulphur from the earth/Pald us for a month or two. farmers. They asked the principle. London retorted British Government to pay that it was the first it had an extra six pounds sterling heard of this. After all, ton, all of which would Burma clected to walk out
There is so much unemploy go to them, in addition to of the Commonwealth the the pit donkeys who are lowered forced
True. he will be better off than ment in Sicily thai miners aro the normal profit.
most stupid decision made into the nines and are not taken wages because there are always to accept sub-standard was also pointed out by any Government since out again until they dle under picnty of unemployed men who that the technical loss to the the war, for membership the blows of pick handles. He will stop In and work at any
will be able to come to the sur- price. Siamese Government by re-
confers immense advantages tace to cat his lunch of bread, un valuation of sterling, and the and practically no disadvan-onion, and, if they are in season, arbitrary lowering of the tages, especially to a coun- a few grapes or prickly
The owners' plea is that high; pears. taxes and lack of foreign mar- Siamese official
in exchange try Burma's shocking And he is a sturdy lad,
lived above ground
having kets make the payment of a living rate from 45 to 25, was not plight.
all his life wage impossible. They have lost while other boys of his age, who
It
But now Carmelo
bowels to help eke out the allo- wance of £5 a month given to his mother os compensation.
employ a child
Unemployment ·
As a result, the total 'output of sulphur mines under. 10 years (between 45 and 50) has, been
reduced to 10-12,000 tong month, a fraction of the potential output.
This "Xmos
-
Day Tragedy" S which happened on New Year's
The policeman's
life-
"Soy is that Central?" "Come up right away! Someone has burgleil My dwelling today, Stolen my allver, Gut off with my gold, Collated Plothes
my While slept -And in coldt"
"Come with sinut ennstables Thief cutchers all. Answer, oh answer This householder's eatles
"Sorry, dear Indy When duty's la do Life in unhappy For poor blokes In blue Though some intruder Your chuttela may Tog' We
must go nut, miss, And deal with a DOG
RABIES is RABIES
And 20 have died
So your proud Police Furce Must turn this dread tidher
What of the thousands You say we don't wed Dying all around us Or hunger, T.B.7
But Legra Maybe.
Is all "dog and cat," Hasn't the time to Pass bills about that! Death sickness is quite Different to that
From an animal's bite!
"Central, Oh, Central Make Hastel Save Lifet Bandits are busy With pistol and knife! Rush out a radio enll Right away
Bring these brute ruffions Swiftly to buy!
Trot out your tommy-guna Gas. grenades, too Here
ต & Job
!
For you tough guys to do!"...
"Sorry, we're busy, sir..
Can't spare the time!
RABIES ↳ RABIES
But crime's only crime.
Day is just another example of the eternal conflict between sub-editors and reporters,
·
While on the same subject, a correspondent claims that Legeo has now shown us what a widow's mite is, all right,
New Year recognition.
I cannot see you, Mr. Mao,
At least not for the moment
now.
But with New Year I'm sure
that you
Will came more clearly into
view
Despite America
Invective.
Perceived *t last in true
perspective.
We
How can we fall to recognilso A customer whose rash
prize?
And it too ruddy be your hue. Why, we can wear dark glasses
too.
I note that "Floridio's State Supreme Court" had given a negative ruling on divorce.
This is not surprising to those of ផន who have taken it fur
that granted
Huritanian quarrels between the sexes are always cleared up in the third uct.
According to U.S. Navy chlefs, the B-38 bomber is unlikely to bit anything except tuxpayers.
the
The tariff board in Australia says the cotton Industry is dying. Its life just hangs by a thread.
Then there оге the rabid Communists and Nationalists 'who have reached epidemie numbers. A correspondent suggests that maybe they, too, should be shot on sight..
The Japs are using radar to hunt for millions of dollars'
What though the gangsters' gun worth of gold believed dupped
Rat-lat-tat-tat?
All of our best
Are out hunting a cat...! Rables is rabios
And those up on top Think that a célhunt
Is cute for a cop!
BUSINESS
DR PLEASURE
12% but nearer 3%. If Britain has given incalcul- have worked in the miries for many of their pre-war markets BE IT
which are now behind the, iron, to the increase, the real gala Stam since the war, regard-if you don't examine their pathe agricultural and the United Kingdom agreed able aid to both Burma. and seven years, are stunted and curtain and which
seem to be only eight years old, sulphur in large
once bought quantities for to the Siamese Government less of costs: in the repair the old-looking faces too closely. poses,
medicinal pur- would be about 25%-a very and rehabilitation of count considerable figure indeed less bridges, supply of all high wages, for it is illegal to all the Sicilian
But Carmelo will not earn vary while the farmers and mill- sorts of transport and equip ers would be no richer. ment, from locomotives to
Finally, the British Em-farmers' tools, and expert! bassy held that the demand aid of various kinds. The constituted a breach in the heavy cost fell on the over- spirit of the "gentleman's burdened British taxpayer, agreement," whereby
the beneficiaries from the but United Kingdom, at the close the restored rice production of 1947, placed Siamese rice were the consumers of rite on a price parity with Burma] in India and British ter- rice..
ritories in South East Asia. Vatican City, December 22.
Workers' gift to Pontiff
What the owners don't explain Is why conditions in the mines were worse, if possible, in the prosperous pre-war days.
The "black, country" of Sielly lies in tho stark Inland area be tween Agrigento and Caltanisetta
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Now apparently Slam has It is their interests that the Italian workmen today pre-a region so barren that a man Induced Burma to join her United Kingdom is defend rented to the Pope the ivory his livelihood. The area is vir
was forced, underground. to earn in demanding a higher price. ing, for rice has long been and golden hammer and trowel tually uninhabited so the miners. The Siamese Foreign Minis removed from the British with which he will on Saturday in addition to an eight-hour-day, ter was sent on a mission to diet in deference to the need knock open the "Holy Door of must often put in several hours Rangoon, and it is now stat- of rice consumers in this part St Peter's
a day walking to and from their ed that the two countries of the world.
With this ambolle gesture the homes, Most of them cannot MACAO.
afford bicycles.".. have informally" reached The British Commissioner Pope will initiate the Holy YearOREN KNORR
understanding on
SWATOW of the Catholle Church. Tho, Popo Amid, this, mass of fortured rice General is now conferring received the hammer and trowel countryside and human misory,
AMOY problems, Including an with the Ambassador and the in his Vatican apartment. from there may yet lie salvation for agreement in principle to Siamese Prime Minister in a delegation comprising a tram the starving Strillan minier. Four raise their prices to the same Bangkok. We are told that driver, a metal worker, a printer, of the 00-odd mines have made level for export. At the same the Government has oblig-war clerk, a bricklayer, a small since the war, and have recently BLUE
a form; worker, a: Minister of great progress, in mechanisation time Bangkok again pub-ingly "guaranteed Mr. Mac- farmer and a sales girl.
started a bus service for em- licised stories about the un-Donald's safety well, well!
ployees. Irbm- the city to the certainties of the political It is also said that the talks contributed 10 lire each at buy but conditions are Improving, and Thousands of Italian workers plthoods. Wagos") ara no better situation and the possibility have so far best most cordial the hammer and trowel, which at least the minors get paid on
of splits, Leftist coups d'etat l This time it isn't sufficient to] are" of the usualCaleo nidyls of time ATLETEKEN VERA
and what not talk about rice only. It is exquisite workmanship. As
As for the other, minos, in Burma has been asking time we knew exactly where he heads of the tools are healthy death traps, only the for financial and otherald Siam stands on all counts, silver plated and eniblazoned with future can tell, But today, there on a very large scale from Including those of high the arms of the principale crafts are many thrksmen walking the Commonwealth coun- policy, so there. Colombo The handles brezel, fvbry, chased around whispering into cars of trios, running well Into Conference can legislate ce sented in a silver-mounted Maple- they are saying, "GO LEFT. Min silver-gilt. They will be pre- Carmelo and his friends; and six figures. So little had cordingly.
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