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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, '1953,
"Sad Commentary
On Conduct Of Rubber Industry"
London, Uct, 15.
Sharp criticism of the management of the rubber industry is expressed by a correspondent in a letter to the Financial Times this morning.
The correspondent, a Mr F. C. Gibbons, writes: "After 40 years of rubber production it is a sad conímentary on its management that the market valuation of its assets and potentialities is at a low ebb."
The directors of rubber com- panics are accused of visuallsing the United States and its synthe-
New Factory To Industry an "a big bad wolf
Make Centurions
Leaders of Europe's de- fence forces will be pre- Rent when the world's newest and best-equipped factory for producing Cen- turlon tanks is opened by Mr Duncan Bandyn. the Minister
Supply, at Leyland on Oct. 23.
The new factory. six pillea from Preston, han been berild by Leyland Motors Ltd., who built so many tanke during World
War
of
Two, and will be operated by them as agents for the Supply Ministry,
More than 2,000 workers have been employed for 18 mentha on the 100-acre site, to which the Govern- ment had given top priority.
"Battle Over The Weather
Rio de Janeiro, Oct. 15. A verbal battle between Junol Pacheco, the Brazilian rainmaker, and Federal Weather Bureau officials is enlivening the local press but doing little to raise sagging spirits of a group of in- susrixlists who have engaged Pacheco to make rain to case the erilizat power shortage.
area.
The
Pacheco has promised to bring Rain to the importan! Paraiba The valley catchment
One weather men are scornful. official described Pacheco as a quack who does not even, know where douds and it come from, or why."
Threatening their welfare" In- stead of looking after their own
business.
realistic Calling for a more oppraisal of the situation Mr Gibbous writes that the remedy lies in cutting back production in the same way as a textile or any other industry would do if foced by over-production.
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"Even farmers occasionally
when plough back produce glut is painfully obvious."
The Rubber Study Group, therefore, "should recommend a general tapping hollday for come weeks in every year with the object of giving speculators their less inducement to base offers on the knowledge thol surplus stocks exist."
The Management Committee of the International Rubber Study Group
held a further
meeting this afternoon - the fourth day of the London meeting. It is understood that a further meeting will be held !emorrow morning.
The conference is being held
in strict secrecy and nothing
has yet leaked out about the discussion. A prominent rubber trider, represchied on the Committee, said today: The
ecurity measures rely well."
are working
DEPENDS ON U.S. Meanwhile, conditiers in the rubber market are very quiet, and prives today were held at roughly the same levels as yesterday's closing.
to
Socialists At Margate.
At
Two Sootalist stalwarta photographed during the annual conference of the Labour Party at Margate recently,
He is left, sporting a cigar, is Mr Herbert Morrison. having a chat with Mr Sam Watson-Central Press Photo.
Rum Jungle Field
May Be
Bigger
Vietnam Congress Wants Totally Independent State
Saigon; Oct. 15. Tho Vietnam National Congress decided un- Animously today that Bao Dai, Head of State, should claim toral independence" from France.
The Congress will decide tomorrow the terms of which Vietnam shall remain a member of the French Union.
The National Congress also, and for the withdrawal or the passed # resolution declaring French.
that all previous agrécents It was thought likely that to between France arid Vicfiam
including secret treaties should morrow the Congress would
call for complete - be considered "null and void." temper to
In another resolution aimed Independence with resolutions in lute favour of a modified dominion of the absolute monarchy of
at the lim the Emperor Bao status within the French Drifón,
Dal the Congres urged that though a unanimous vote was the Crown lands should be thought to be unlikely-Reuter, handed over to the independent State Vietnam.
Elghty three delegates abstained from voling on this resolution.
Observers here were sur- prised at the unanimous vote for full independence.
PUBLIC OPINION
They thought the delegates, carefully selected, would limit their demands, which would be the basta for later negotia tions W
with the
the French. opinion in Vietnam,
Public
SUGAR OUTPUT - ESTIMATE
Manila, Oct. 15. Philippine sugar output for the crop year 1953-54 will reach 1,300,000 short tons, or almost 74,000 short tons over the tatal export
sugár
and domestle
quotes of this country.
This estimate was made yes- running strongly in favour of jerday by the Government Sugar complete Independence,
was, Quota Administration based on
however. believed to
forced the decision.
have the expected production of 25
centrals throughout the country The delegates called emphat- barring damage by the elements. cally for complete independence-France-Presse.
Than Radium Hill LEE-PRINCESS
Darwin, Oct. 15.
The veil of secrecy shrouding the Govern- ment's Rum Jungle uranium project 68 miles south of Darwin has been partly lifted.
It is anybody's guess how much uranium lies hidden at Rum Jungle. Strict security keeps all production figures and statistics under a tightly drawn cloak of secrecy.
the
Bul some Australians Icef's time—all of which boosts Rum Jungle will be a bigger weekly pay-cheque to as much as and better field, when CUM- £40 week (more than double pleted, than the one at Radium the average pay for workers in Hill, South Australia. Radium Sydney and Melbourne). Hub; already In the production
Bachelor boasted The best stage.
airfield Australia had in the Lewis and Peat, the big The Federi Government,
during the the war.
wide-open north Singapore and London rubber which owns and contro
Spitfires and Mustangs £2,000,000 uranium project at roured up from its runways to house, in their current review of the situation, consider that, Rum Jungle gave a small party tackle Japanese warplanes keen with surplus production as of Australian newsmen a brief market background it is
Today the bitumen highway expect manu-sphere at Bachelor, the railhead reasonable
which Berves Rum from Bachelor facturers to pursue any other township
to Darwin has buying policy but that of Jungle four miles away and
been re-surfneed and is alr also at some of the actual work strips overhauled. strictly hand-to-mouth nature.
Latest-type on the hush-hush tropical houses At the same time, it is being done
are being built scheme.
to house men reasonable to assume that, as
working on the becomes cheaper. Its
Development of Rum Jungle Rum Jungle field. Accommodn Is a round-the-clock proposition for married men and facili States but throughout
tion, using the latest techni-ties for schooling, shopping and
of equipment ques
Territory Enterprises has beca totalling 180 allotted WARTIME AIRFIELD
Warning signo are Deadline for the start of everywhere
pisses scru uranturn ore production in July timised before anyone is allowed.
un- glimpse of the booming atmo Darwin" elr 1941 bombing of
natural
Pachecs, for his part, com-mption, not only in the plains that Weather Bureau the rest of the work, will tend American, British and Austra/recreation are also under way.
trying to
steal his
ometal, metaphorically speak Ing. arc thunder.
the of
and
lian know-how,
an area
miles. square
and-
to increase.
lot now depends on volume of compulsory usage synthetic rubber enforced
by the myUnited States Government, the
"It is to be hoped," the report 1, 1954. And the job is in the to enter the area. "the continues, that some deflate hands of private enterprise, Most of the men now working Weather Bureau officials, who plan to reconcile the interests of the project is in the hands. of constricte dect are engaged in i
under Government contract. on the
ant dinmond forthcoming at the termination Territory Enterprises Ply thrilling. When production gels subsidiary of a big started next year, they will bo meeting of the Manage-
"When I announced decision to make rain over Paralla valley," he said,
pre-natural and
for some weeks had been dieting fine weather, started predicting rain."
of the
synthetle will be
Lid..
ment Committee of the Intern- How much it is getting from and treatment-plant staff.
national miniag corporation. I replaced by miners, technicians
{n
lonal Rubber, Study Group now
progress.
The exact date for Pacheco's Paraiba rain-making in the valley. Anarced by a group of
But, like all other sources, the Brazilian industrialists and
report omits to mention or com- bas noment on what has been and is
being discussed. -
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several been fixed.
He is waiting for equipment from Belo Horizonte, capital of Minas Gerais State. where it was used for an earlier experl- to ment which also gave rise controversy between Pacheco ant Weather Bureau officials aver the authorship-they call it ownership of rains in that are.
Pacheco is confident that his experiment Ini the Paraiba valley will be successful.
Trade Mission
To Australia
Djakarta, Oct. 15.
An Indonesian trade delega- tion led by Dr Asmaun, head of the Directorate for Foreign "Everyone is invited to wit- Economic Relations of the ness one of the biggest floods Economie Ministry, left för Aus- of rain in history," he told the train today. press. "But they must equip The delegation will negotiate themselves with galoshes and a new trade agreement with the
raincoats. I emphatically decline Australian Government replacing to take any responsibility for that which has expired. any chills, influenza, coughing, The delegation will also dis- or rheumatism which may at-cuss ways and
сива.
means for ex- | tack those disbelievers who at panding existing trade relations tend my experiment without between the two countries which adequate protection."
have shown favourable develop- ment, a Foreign Affairs spokes-
His backers, who suffer from man said. the fact that the electricity After the visit to Australia, supply to the interior of the the delegation wil proceed to State of Sao Paulo is cut off for the Philippines to explore the 011⁄2 hours each day, hope that possibllliies of trade. relations he is right.-China Mali Special with that country, and to see Industrial developnient there, — China Mall Special.
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Jungle's labeir force impressed The labour force on the project is project.
At the head of the 500-man the newamen who visited Territory Enterprises
"I searched in vain manager for
man," reported: an idle Christie, a hawk-faced, Douglas Lockwood
the engineer of wide ex- Sydney Sun. They all looken as though they knew where they is popular with the sun are going and wist time tanned workmen,
It was the and eight years in the khaki shorts, heavy boots old hats. Each man works a Territory that I had seen normal eight-hour shift and running at their work," Lock- puls in a fair amount of over- wood added.-United Press.
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