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The Whole Country Is Talking About Oil
FROM H. KING WOOD
Sydney, Dec. 11.
Oil, of course, is about the only thing worth worrying about this week and is about the only thing that could push stories of bribery and corruption off the front pages of Sydney newspapers,
What we are looking for now is that unusual character who, a few days before the strike in Western Australia, didn't have the chance of buying a few thousand shares at 2/- "but just didn't have the ready
money".
Then
came the
Misy
It is safe to say that most of these 20 children have never seen each other.
Their schoolteacher, war which ended all thoughts to drilling Molle Ferguson, directed them and leter Dr Rogg over the Flying Doctor Service for oil had moved on.
pedal radio network from her. school. studio in Alice Springs public
Almost any man you meet in partment of Mineral Resources, the street will tell you the bad he bought the drilling equip Juck story of how he just missediment.
decent Ketting a
parcel. Strangely enough, we haven't yet met anyone who will admit owning any. Issued at 2/- there is still a mad serumble to buy them at about the £8 mark, By now you no doubt have just about had all the oil you wani, but
lower.
Than
came
sur-
explain why he had bought the Recently he was called on to gear, and he must have had a big laugh as he ended his ro-
survivor
of the
The play was a biblical one, and Ann Hughes, who lives... at Plenty River milea feld, 120' here are a few points port.
miles north-east of Alice Springs, THE STORY ENDS that might have been missed.
Finish was written this week played Mary: Peter Lotz, of Some weeks ако drillert at
urto a story that had most of us Hermannsburg 00 miles west of 3,600-feet brought to the
played Joseph. face à
substance. Non cge zbout two months ago Alice, WORY
Terry, . ແລ
Other "actors" were Peter and one pald much attention to it, but as
routine, a sample was
south of Grown Street Women's Hospital. Station, 150 miles America and the driflers sent to
new Alice, and Jennifer Jones, of Terry went to a brand went on drilling and getting Housing Commission 5-bedroom Murray Downs, 200 miles to the
the frantic
home in the tle country own north. me sage from US to get back to
of Gilgandra, instead of the bag 3,000-ft, for the waxy
11-
Ferguson gave advice and stance heralded oil. And at
cut in on the children as they 3,000-ft bil was found,
apoke their lines over the vast Seme idea of what oil will
Flying Doctor network. do for Western Australla. There
(School of the Air- This is already talk of piping the oil
the Northern Ter- 600 miles to 'Perth
ritory is possibly the only one from Ex- mouth Gulf, and spending
of its kind in the world, Miss We don't want to bore you Ferguson conducts her class in £500,000 on creating a harbour.
"If the field is big enough with tales of our mineral wealth, the normal. way of any school- teaching a couple of million pounds. is but there have been three new teacher, but neither here nor there," said aands of uranium in the Northern is done over the pedal radio important, and heard by pupils in their company offelal-and meant #. Territory, and more
Hudson quads, went hem: from Bruce Stalocs, of Eridunda
and the shack where the Hudsons M rehearsets this week.
were living before. were born.
the quads
Terry, a little over 21b at birth, wng 016 4oz this week and ready to battle with the world.,
·
school
in
all her
" signs of a good field at Tam-homes hundreds of mlies apart.
⚫ One man who is doing a worth, in New South Wales, less They attend regular class hours, little silent chuckling. A short hour before the announcement than 200 miles from Sydney.
of the strike last week, 53-year-
POSTMEN UPSET Sydney's poatraen, are getting over the issue of no saps
the futest
ok Dr Harold George Ruggatt hot under the collar put the Onishing touches to dccament defending his pur-fact that chase of deep all drilling plant regulation shirts have
on the pockets. that cost £320,000,
HAS LAST LAUGHI
The pesimen elalmi that because of this they are Icaing pencils, Dr Raggalt had been the tar-papers and registered letter books get of criticism from the Public and that everytime they stoop Accounts Committee for buying down to put a letter under a door the plant some years ago-plant their pockets empty. that was never used.
had for 20
The
UNIQUE SCHOOL
hear Miss Ferguson giving the ¡lesson; ask her questions, give her answers. Maybe she can even order them to "stop" in).
BUT NO WHISTLING! Extract from instructions, to schoolteachers concerning Royal tour.
the
decree that they cannot
“Established · 1845
MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, · 1953.
Pres. Auriol Decorated
T
General Block-Dassault, Grand Chancellor of the French Legion of Honour, decorates President Auriol with the new Great Collar of the Legion of Honour at Elysco Palace, which as Grand Master of the Order it is the President's right to wear. The old collar, which the President has had since taking office in 1947, and which has been handed back to the Grand Chancellor, dates from the beginning of the
Third Republic.-London Express.
Kidnap-Slayers To Die On Friday
Jefferson City, Missouri, Dec. 13.. The doomed kidnap-slayers of six-year-old Bobby Greenlease spent their last Sunday in heavily-barred Death Row cells today, while 3,000 other inmates of the Missouri State Prison attended religious services.
Not until a few minutes before they are executed on Friday night will Carl Austin Hall and Bonnie Brown Heady be taken from their cells.
Hall, wastrel son of a respect-
NEW
SHEAFFER'S
ADMIRAL
SNORKEL
PEN
Woman May Act As Spokesman For 21 Mothers
Minneapolis, Dec. 13.
The mothers of two American soldiers who have refused to leave Communist Korea have agreed to let Mrs Portia Howe, mother of another of the soldiers, be their representative in Korca, a newspaper editor said tonight.
2450 K$
From the Files
100 Years
Ago
overland, of the Allen Land- The brief notice in Our last
holders Ordinance, has, *WO tention to the measure, inso- understand, directed some at- much that had it not been de clared law before the public know
about
Mrs Howe told John Chapple, editor of the improbable a nonstrance Ashland, Wisconsin, Press via trans-Pacific tele-ald bofore the Governor in on the subject might have been phone that she would be willing to remain in the Council. But as the public de- Far East and act as the representative of the 21 mothers of the soldiers, "but I like to hear from the other mothers on this."
Mr Chapple told the United Press he was puiting in calls to ell the mothers and had erceived favourable replies from two of them and a sister of a third American soldier.
All three women bold, Mr Chappie that they would ask Proakdent Fiscrihower to make it possible for Mrs Howe to repre sent
them.
Miss Ursala Carden, sister of Plc. Richard G. Corden, East Providence, Rhode Island, said, "It would be a very good idea it she would represent the rest of is at Takyo and in Korca. I would surely approve of that and I am going to ask President Eisenhower 10 make it pos- sible."
"VERY GLAD"
Notices
:
low
partments at Home sometimes matters of greater moment to lie over for weeks or months, n. memorial transmitted to the Colonial Omeo by next inal may not be too late.
Wo have already indicated one radical objection to the
·Ordinance, ---- that besides being a deflance of the constitutional law of England, and indeed of all nations,, it confers on Allens
denied to privileges
Bettiah subjects.
Tho legal view of the ques tion we need not discuss
laid down by
is so distinctly
writers
the great insitutional as to render ¿quotations from them
superfluous.
may
We
state, however, that Allens can neither held nor devise within Her Majesty's dominions; and that the only modification, the law
The latest times of posting shown below are those for une registered correspondance posted- at GND, Hongkong. The inter posting times elsewhere, which, la general, are earlier than the O.P.O. Umes, can be ascertained by enquiry at the lost office.
The Latest posting times for registered articles ato, gazetally one hour earlier than the times shown below. Partienists
of 50- garding pareni maila ekz_be_29- ertained by enquiry at any post OMCE
Mrs H. O. Wilson, of Urania,} Louisiana, mother of CPL. Aaron T. Wilson, said, "I would be very glad to have Mrs, Howe represent me in Tokyo and in Korea to talk to my son: I am wiring the President asking If she may do this."
Mrs O. L. Batchelor, of Ker-Africa, Great Britain & Europe,
of Cpl. p.m..
MONDAY, DECEMBER 14
By. Alt Formosa, Okinawa, 0 p.m. Philippines, North Boruso, 6 pm. Japan, 0 p.m. Thailand. Malaya, Indonesia, Aus- tralia, New Zealand. Burna, Indin, Ceylon, Pakistan. Middle East
mit, Texas, mother Claude J. Batchelor, said, she would wire President Eisen- hower and Gen. John E. Hull at Tokyo making that the Supreme Commander in
the Far East name, Mrs., Howe to the ex- plainers team "so she can act for me and the other mothers as well as for herself and her son,"
Mr Chapple said he expected to contact the relatives of all 31 soldiers.
plowing Mrs Howe to see her son in the eutral nations compound in Korea was based partially on the grounds that it would dis-
against the criminate mothers.United Press.
The government's refusal in
other
LONE PRISONER
Munson, Dec. 14. The United Nations Command-
By Surface
Indo-China, a pun. Macso, pm.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15 By Air
10 am
Japan, Hawaii, USA and Canade, Indo-China, 0, p. Thatland,
Africa, Great Britain and Europe, Pakistan, Middle East, p.m.
By Burface
recognises, In the case
a resident alion merchant, who, for purposes. of trafile, may hold property on lease for not more than twenty-one years, provided ho himself: ro- side and carry on business there.
· THE BENEFITS But those for whose benefit this. Ordinance was devised aro non-resident allens, whose only interest in the speculators in houses and lands, colony is us
and with
who can rid themselves impunity of any or all their allotments whenever they become unprofitable.
Owing
legiance to another sovereign, and residing out of Her they can. Majesty's dominions, not bo
procceded against for ar rears of taxes or ground-rent, ntable lots, leaving government and may thus retain
stain only pro to make what they can of such ns are unprofitable. For debis
China, People's Republic, 8.30 am. they may contract within the
Malaya. Noon.
Fakitan. Noon.
Japan, Canada, i pm.
Macho, 7 pm.
N. Borneo, 3 p.m.
Indonesia, 1 pm. Macao, o p.m.
NUNS TO LIVE
calony to the government or private persons, on the credit of their being landholders or other- Wisc their property cannot be made answerable so long as they ovada
service of a personal summons by remaining beyond the bounds of the colony,
GREAT ADVANTAGE
Wo-need-not-say-that, in all.
today asked the Neutral Nations AMONG TRIBES these respects, they are, by the
Repatriation
Commission
bring forward for interview lo- morrow the lone British prison-
Johannesburg, Dec. 14.
Three French nuo are due to er who has so far refused re- leave Johannesburg this week patriation.
Ordinance under consideration, placed at a
Great
advantage
over British subjects, who only by emigrating. to
foreign
sued country can 'clude being and to whom the Government
refuses
surrendering
"Children will be instructed that while they undoubtedly will cheer her Majesty, there will be no whistling". A meeting of their Union this And while on the Royal visit Dr Raggatt, head of the Na-week decided to protest against... Bachelor members of Parlia- tional Development Department, the shirts being issue without ment are not accepting calmly
ycars been trying consultation with the Protective the
the bring partners to the State Ball to persuade major oil companies Clothing
Committee. that there was bil in the Ex-Federal Executive of the Union. or State Dinner to the Queen
The Protestive Clothing Com- next year. mouth Gulf
arca. He formed
Is a Jobit K the wife of a member can- that opinion as a junior Committee, we discover, monwealth ・ efficer and visited:partmental-unten body set up not accompany him, he may to deal with all questions affect bring a daughter aged about arca.
18" but he cannot take a married For years he tried to sell the ing clothing and uniforms.
daughter nor may an unmarried idea of all at Exmouth, and succeeded to far as one company
member bring his girl friend. decided to make a survey. Even
Iarly annoyed about it all; call will die for killing the son of The Labour Party is particu-ed family, and his sweetheart when the surveyers eventually
the rules "FantasticW
millionaire Robert C. Greenlease fald."no cll", Harold Ragea
last September, · after receiving
to live among the Bustinen BISHOP'S
The Command told the Coni-tribes in the northeastern end of did not give up the idea.
Bishop Moyes of Armidale a record $800,000 ransom.
mission it would accept for the Southwest Africa. He
Only half the ransom was re-
tomorrow explanation process the World
30 South Koreans or six Ameri- lie order "Little Sister of Jesus" Council of Church covered when the pair, were
Members of the Recrian Catho- privilege
which property this week that the struggle by drrested in St Louis on Octo-
cana or the one British.
not worth the ground-rent. Asia for a
founded 13 years ago to help the Rome, Dis. 13. society could ber 8. A Federal Grand Jury new
American prisoners had re-poor, the nuns will found a per-re
Government has power over destroy the world.
will opens
Twenty-five thousand lesser fused to come forward for ex-manent Hearings in Kansas
mission among the Her Majesty's subjects any Other speakers at the meeting City tomorrow in a new attempt criminals and short-term political
wlicre within Her Majesty's urged recognition of Red China to and out what happened to prisoners will be froad by Christplanations due today. Heuter, world's most primitive people.
They will try to make theen dominions,
*nst mas under a Government amnesty
exonerate them from "evolve slowly in their
com liabilities, bill expected to be passed in the
lines without departing from the circumstances may escape.
which Allens under like Italian Strate (upper house).
One of the prisoners to binent
pattern of their lives", one of the nuns said in an interview
partial legislation from the amiesty will be Dante
"Sol"
France-Presse.
characterised by some Brunt, who
a. pirtisan
flaw; and the present is, priest to the Germans--his celion
we think, no exception. For we for Roberto provided the plot Rosselini's flim "Open City."
see nothing in the mice, or In the leases, Another will be
Francesco
holder of en Meranino, at present in Czecho-
disposing of it
In Central Australla yesterday afternoon a number of children enacted a play while sitting hundreds of miles apart.
The youngsters-20 of them- plugging the are all pupils of the Nere told the Australian Council of went on
of the Iden und just before the war, Territory's School when he was chief of the De.(see below),
HOW MANY SCHWEPPING DAYS 70CHRISTMAS?
Schwe
Schweppes) GINGERBER
Air
and increased aid to Aslan countries.
Bishop Moyes said the problem of Asia was the greatest issue felog mankind today.
after
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the rest of the money.
Hall and Mrs Heady have bete kept isolated since they entered prison on November 20, the day Federal Judge ordered them to die. On Friday night, they will be removed, from their The struggle in Asia has lit acells. and drivce, through the fre which will warm of burn the denit prison yard, to be executes world. Asia has a quarter of the world's population but produces almost nothing.
"It is an issue frightening to mankind," he added.
"It is a land of hunger, peverly and constant femmine and the people harbour “resen'mcuts,"
Radio Hongkong
HK.T
gramme Summary: 5.03,
a few seconds VISITORS
after midnight.
PEW
CHRISTMAS
AMNESTY
Their only contacts with the sitvakia, who could returns to outside world have been a hand-Italy to take up his rest in the ful of visitors. The only rela-Chamber of Deputies.
tive to visit the pair has been He has been accused of k- Mrs Heady's aunt, Mrs Nellie ng sive non-Communist parti- Baker of Chicago. Hall's main sans because he suspected them Rev. of "untimely negotiations" with
vialtor has VISTU
been the
George Evans of Kansas City, the Allies. But under the a boyhood friend and a minister. amnesty the charges against Neither of the doomed pair has him would not be pressed. asked for friends or relatives to Under the amnesty police will
0. Time Signal erich Pro attend the execution, although also drop the case involving 32
dmn's Half Hour"
presented by
Chill they are permitted to have a carloads of Fascist treasure Bally Ann (Studio)---A3 Babs and total of six present.
Arabian Nights. Part 2 "The Jars of
which fell lato the hands of
the Forty Thieves-A Tale from the Mrs Heady's attorney, Harold Communist, partisans at Dongo. O! (BBCT 1; 0.50, Composer Caval Hull, said he had received alx in northern Italy, and the death Gaded Lecha Bpoliansky: $50, offers for Mrs Heady's story of of 10 Fascist officials escorting Weather Report Time Bignal, her fall from the life of a re-it to Germany, gemma, World News and Nows Talk (London Relay):2316, Box 200 Bert Qulett spected St Joseph, Missouri, They are belloved to have at the Organ (08); 7.30, Chinese housewife, to the accomplice in been ready to prosecute a num Songs sung by, Wall-Known Chinese a brutal, premeditated, kidnap-ber of leading Communists on Sintors Barbara Tel (Soprano) and slaying. The couple have re- charges of murder and robbery. Tion Ming (Tenor), BOOKHTIDEM TUCS by Mark Wes, Banat fused to look at the Songs
many The amnesty will wipe out
troduced by Chow Kat Young Joon pounds of mail sent to them thousands of other cases pend- cert Hall) 148, Artist of the Week and Mrs Heady has stuck to her. Ing before Italian courts.-Itcu-" Albert Bohweitzer (Organ) A refusal to turn to religion ter neuanoor Choice presented by
wwe 2.0LTY Coxhead (Studio); #:30, 11th | United Press,
Exhibition of Hongkong Producza. Hosenhas made at the Opening by His
zoellency the Governor Bir Alexan- der Greatham, : 02434,
and a
detoriagion of the exhibition bra. Paris. Dec. 13,7;
Comfort Party
FIRESIDE CHAT
9/grand=hốyfh or Legend?--h, Talk on
The Ave Foreign Ministers of
| Pyongyang - Radio, sald
Tokyo, Dec. 14.
"comfort
a
Denn Bray Kitsgorded OB); *. Time
Knowsds" by Dr Charles Saltman the Brussels treaty powers met Communist Chinéso
BBCTU); 18, Concerto: Concerto in here tonight for what one officialparty" led by General Ho Lung D. Major for Violin and Orchestra,
B PPELLE Besarns)*Peter Rybarwio-called "fireside chat about left Pyongyang today for China.
island-Wore Austrian Radko Oreft. the international scene and com-
SCHWEPPERVESCENCE LABTO THE WHOLE DRINK THROUGH.
Printed and hed by "WILLIAM. ALIUK ¿GERENKAM ́and on behalf of South", "China" "Mornin', Port. Limited -at! Wyndham, Street, City of Victoria, in" the Colony of Hongi
conds, by Hand Moliou: 19, Varietymon problems. Fandubai frogs" "the" North of BORANG [RUCTS}]=epest of last Thursday e
Ministers
Kim Il Sung, on the eve of inthoire depafturo, conferred" "with" representing General Ho Lung, for more than bare 10,41, Landsche Benelux countries met at the tarhe party numbering fore Hmadonst: 10km 9° international Britain, France, and the three two hours, Kulike Rims Dayld and furythm Dutch Embassy for nearly three than 2,000 membera Jasveral accomp.1: 10.50, Weather Report11, Timo isinal „Radio News Resi) (N024 hours.c corded, London-Haley)1" 11-18, Good-
and groups, had been making a Bills Mules God Save. The Queeni No communique was--ftsued round of North. Karen since the
Clara Gown.
after the meeting--Reuters
armistice tout
"What's His Lino?' Solution DEEP-SEA DIVER London Express Service.
SIDE GLANCES
COVI
By Galbraith
biggest size, bloyales come in? When - akole:his father carries, his paper, route!")
of Hongkong
But
of
has become
and willy'
to
113
the
lot
an unprofitable
Allen; and the transaction being registered, Government might then have to look to a non-resident foreigner, who, after arrears have accumu lated for some time, might prove to be a man-of-straw, or one who may have found it con- venient to transfer his residence to places unknown. Perhaps some one may try the experi-
ment,
Diamond Rush Days Over
Bloemfontein, Dec. 14. There was a ballot instead of the traditional diamond, rush, when the now diamond diggings at Klipfontein, were proclaimed.
The diggy drew for the 120 "mines", cach45 foot square. Conditions have changed since The old days when the diamond rubh
by the fring of a pistol. Companies hired profesional runnors to
istake
was starter
claims for them and there were frequent, fights, sometimes with. fatal results among the diggers.
Nowadays, the „claims, :, are available only to professional diamond diaders, who will work' {the claims themselves" arid: not: bopa žito etriko It rich" and scil
Amoria, the dizzers who have, applied or licences are several