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He is not only
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Welsh nationalism. many passiva amusenants, Lo provide either public," the 67-year-old Scottish good novels or a navel-reading
author observed in an interview ut his country home.
able, with too
Lexiness blamed
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"The free, uninhibited descrip- swore I wouldn't write another tion of sex and impulse, with word until it was published. That four-letter words, comes from the tock three years, so I got married sane laziness," he said. "It will and raised daffodils while I help to kill the novel.
waited."
ace no future for writing without restraint. You lose in
Today Mr. Mackenzie has a finc crop of daffodils, an enviable library and record collection, and tenalty and the pubilo hand a comfortable, estate tangible even got over being shocked,” evidence that he knew what ho Silver-haired, with 1 small was waiting for.
FORMULA FOR A
QUIET
Week End
TMCKET
TO THE STATES
WITH
PAL
PHILIPPINE AIRLINES
A FORGOTTEN ISLAND "Guardian"
NEAR SINGAPORE
By a Special Correspondent
Only 15 minutes by sea from busy, thriving and food-glutted Singapore, soma 500 Chinese and Malay families faco starvation unless aid comes from the city.
Described as Singapore's forgotten neighbour, Pulau Ubin a little island once bountiful with rubber trees and granite quarries-is in a state of bankruptcy with most of its rubber estates and quarries idle.
On the little island today, a little more than 2,000 people, mostly women and children, aro ckeing out a frugal living waiting resignedly for help: many carrying on without hope but refusing to leave their nativo soll.
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About 800 of the island's 700- odd male population have migrat- ce to Singapore to look for work. have remained behind in the The others, mostly elderly folks, farms.
No school
once an important landmark of
The school of Pulau Ubin- the island is a neglected site. Lack of funds has forced the some 100 school children are at school to close down. "Today the large on the island idle," accord- ing to the village olders.
Pulau Ubin itself is deteriorat- ing physically. The thatched roots of the several hundred have suffered under the onslaught of the elements through years. many are coming down in pleces. Most of the dwellings are Ιπ such a state of decay that visitors never fail to remark: "Why, a mere puff would send them down."
The foundations-of-ccrtati-it-was-revealed-by-an-elder. houses have already sunk deep A predicament Into the earth. The plank walls younger Pulau Ubin wom Is the have warped.
lack of eligible young mer -all of whom have gone to the city for jobs.
Practilly all the huts, except one - the Police Station-are dirty-looking.
whitewash having come IT sme time ago, Fungl and shrubs grow on and beneath the premises.
ducts along the long stretch of beach.
According to the village chief, the island boasted formerly of having a wedding once a month, when the whole village would turn up for a grand feust.
"What will happen to our young ladies? Many are comely and make good wives...at least, they have the prerequisites-good. cooks, good housekeepers and quite. beautiful," the elder ro-
marked,
Peaceful placo
smaller ones surrounding Singa- The laland, Nike many other pore, is a peaceful place. A villago chlef, chosen by the vllingors themselves, generally because of his seniority and wisdom, has the matters, Fishing and farming are final word in arbitration of local the main domesile occupations. Once the Island sent out consider- granite for elty use. able, quantities of rubber and
In spite of the Impending doom, that seems to loom ahead, the womenfolk still place their hopes on their deities, and worshipping In the island temple is very re-
They have no means of payi ig for their studies, The school t- self had expended all its fur is. No aid has come from elsewh re,. gular,
facing
B
The girls apend most of their time tending to the atter/ farms, cooking at home or oam- ing around for spley marine pro-
POP
HELLO! PATTY!
ARE YOU A
BOXER P
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
LADY ERMINE, THIS IS A
PLEASURE. I'M HOLDING YOU ON ABOUT FIFTY COUNTS.
CAN YOU COUNT
Granny THAT
THAT'S THAT, THANKS TO YOU, MANORAKE: THIS ALL STARTED AS A PUBLICITY STUNT FOR THAT FILM! Hmm--WE CAN RELEASE THOSE MOVIE
|| HIGH!||PEOPLE NOW... |
Amid all the dismal ruins of a once prosperous, happy village Station stands out prominently the recently-whitewashed Police
crime has seldom adulterated the an irony in view of the fact that
placid life of the Pulau Ubin islanders.
The Station is the only build- ing that savours of 20th century civilisation on the island today.
SEE,BOSS, IT ALL WORKED OUT FINE.] THINK OF THE PUBLICITY WE GOT.
-RIP KIRBY-
WHAT DO YOU SAY, MUGGER T Z'ALWAYS LUKED YOUİ I'LL SHOW
YOU WHERE SHE DROPPED "THE NECKLACE
{DON'T TRUST
ER,) LET ME HANOLE
MR. MUKSGERI
THIS, GISTERI
NO1
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JOHNNY HAZARD
...
WE REMOVE THIS ONE.. 1O MACTER, AND HAVE, NO FEAR THE WAY WE FIX HIM,
YOU WILL-NOT, BET
DISTURBED/
JANE
BO THATS WHAT LOUBS
YOUNG-MAN VÂND, I'VE GOT US? THE REMEDY:
FOR FYODEZ,
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on Malay question
London, June 15.
Sir Harold Briggs, Chlef of Operations in Malaya, seems to be on the right lines, the Liberal "Manchester Guardian" said editorially today.
"One of his aims is to bring the Chinesa squatters under the ro- gular administrative system. The 300,000 Chfriese, aquatters are the melancholy, flotṣam in Malaya
position. They are citizens un- left behind by the tide of war. They have been in a peculiar
been
known to the government, not enjoying its benefits and thero- fore on their side not feeling any have particular obligations. They almost anarchist, It was easy for the bandits to terroriso them.. ." the newspaper said.
The "Manchester Guardian" added, "Now the clearing up has begun.
fending for themselves.
There should be full publicity about all the measures for resetting and rehabilitatiha the squatters, These measures may either bring a much needed rellet to an unfortunate part of ministered without the population or, if they are ad- imagination, may
cause cruel hardship"
The newspaper concluded that the resettlement of
aquatters might be a useful pecasion for inviting International inspection.
Associated Press.
His round
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THEN GET OFF
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By Loe
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SO MUCH FOR LADY ERMINE, NO LONGER A‘LADY” AND ND LONGER IN ERMINE!
LADY ERMINE!XCX##}{
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