on their arrival at Among the crowds who greeted the Queen and Duke Marion Junction, New Zealand, was this elderly lady seated in her wheel chair, she was more than rewarded for her long wait when the Queen stopped and
chatted to her.- ('entral Press.
A Change for the Brighter and Better in the Satellites:
Now Even Charwomen Go To The Cosmetic Shop
The Iron Curtain
Behind
Vienna Jan. 26.
to
In the cultural and social life of the People's Demo- cracies, as the Communist-dominated states of Eastern Europe are called, the "puritanical" or "austerity" phase seems be ending as increasing demand is made for more pleasure, more liberty and more voluptuousness.
As in every revolution, immediately after the taking over of power in these pleasure-loving lands of Eastern Europe, the iconoclasts were in the saddle. Their task was to destroy all traces of capitalist manners, dress and art.
Men wore cloth caps and open-neck shirts, with no ties. Women were not allowed to use lipstick, to have their hair permanently waved, or to wear any clothes which were elegant or becoming.
that
American dance music waying increasing's abundant. Thus, especially eerdermined. Folk songs to example, during December, and Soviet Russian music were the Czechoslovak Vice-Premier. rub stábulódź,
Mr Vacity Kopecky. Minister of But music in general was Hitle Culture, told the Central Com- encouraged and lectures, confer- Imittee of the Czechoslovac Co-
party eces, work and production were immunist
"many the order of the day.
comrades who are responsible for That this is not entirety over cultural oolley have a wrong iden 14 seen, in, for example, an article about art, cultural life and exclad
in Trade Union Ilte. in the fungice newspaper "Neprava". cently as Desember 24, 1963, which reported that a Mrs E. Gabor, described as an expert in Labour relations, was dismissed without police from the Budapest Timber Wholesale Works Council because "she colours her lips, hos ond petty bourgools manners neglects her work."
AS
-oi
But signs of the change to n leas austere attitude are berem-
25 New Taxis A Week
fornus
THE
cagnette expert. Without them
190 a
I feel as I should feel if I did not brosh my teeth,' she said.“
The Hungarian writer added this cominent: "I gasped-and obviously others did the same, I thought of all the backward clever, of them people, many well-trained Communists, who have scolled, And still scold,
who women woulding little rouge or nail polish.
"But now there are more than YO cormetic
in our shops Ivetorics, This does not mean that they make stiff cyebrows, bula eye-lids and purple mouths, By good example, we may pre- "vent our women from aping the bad taste of the Hollywood girls, Today, our workers, including charwomen, go regularly to the factory cosmolle shop."
They think that the advent of Socialism means that people cease to be human beings with normal Joys, desires. passions, hobbies nod needs, and beecne mere machines for the reception of nothing but theres, formulae, stereotyped phrases and so on.
"Under Socialism
"These dried up minds think under socialism
of the culture and unusement should cease to exit. That, for in-
In the same way, there have sinnce, popular operas, operettas been several articles in both the and bullets must
be Czechoslovak and Hungarian performed, that
satire and
press recently condemning people variety humour must stop, that who go to the Opern in sports people must not dance, and that clothes" and wearing great hob- under socialism good taste, nailed boots as though they elegant dress, footwear and were going mountaineering furniture are not fashionable.
One writer was attacked for New inxicabs for the London
"These people think it in his article and asked whether he at the trade are being ordered
spirit of wanted to copy the effete habita rate of 25 a week, it is estimated, compatible with the
of the former capitalists." By the end of December, 683 had, scellist culture if a love affair
He replied that though he did been licensed in the Metropolitan or a family affair is the subject of play, film, a novel or a
not want people
to go to the aren since the Budget
They regard as socialist theatre in dinner Jackets or tails, poem. art only plays, Blus, novels and he certainly wanted them to go poems which ram spoonfulis of in dark suits and with clean ideology down people's threats." shirts and nice tits.
For London
This was more than four times the number of new cabs licensed during the whole of 1952,
The improvement follows the
decision of Mr Butler, Chancellor
A Comis
not
All reports indicate that this The days have gone, it seems, artistic life which the People's when an article in the "Szabad of the Exchequer, to free the prime le regimes have sub- Nep, and to make it clear that London taxi from purchase tax ute
gay, while it was true that the tie stituted for the former restrictions. and hire
Bohemian life of under the
Prague, is true had in the past been a symbol set up chairmanship of
anship of Viscount Runct- also of Budapest and Bucharest. of the "upper classes", it was Mr Kopecky demanded that now perfectly allowable for a man, recommended these rellets, It reported in April that the this situation in Czechoslovakia worker to wear one in the even-
Ho men- London taxicab was threatened should be changed.
Democracies The entitled
People's with slow extinction because of tionest
"Holiday with an Angel," which have passed from the "cap, and uneconomie conditions.
had been condemned outright by mumler"
Before long, phase.
that
Д
ing.
CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1954,
TRADE and
COMMERCE SECTION
Page
BROADENING THE SPHERE OF
US Wants To STERLING TRADE
Sell More
Tobacco In
Far East
Washington, Jan. 25.
The Agriculture Depart-
ment announced today that
two tobacco specialists
Whitehall Seeks To Extend E.P.U. System
By Patrick Maitland, M.P.
London, Jan. 26.
Even before the Commonwealth Finance Ministers met in Sydney, would go to the Far East the Treasury apparently felt that Britain's—and even the Sterling Aren's soon to study ways of pro-balance of trade with the United States was about as healthy as it was moting the marketing of likely to become. American tobaccos.
The two will visit Hongkong,
Japan and the Philippines.
They pre Mr George w.
Thomas, Director of the Tobacco and Troplent Products Division of the Foreign Agricutural Service, and Mr James Thigpen, Director of the Tobacco Division of the Commodily Stabilisation Service.
They felt on Saturday for o tour
severn) of
European countries to discuss "ways of which overcoming problems have retarded exports of United States tobacco."
how
The Department did not say leng they would be in Europe, but afterwards they would go direct to the Far East "to explore all possible means to promote the marketing of
United States tobaccos."
They will niso "devote particular attention to the probe
tobacco
lems of international trade and how to solve them."
Malayan Miners Favour
Tin Agreement
Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 28. European tin miners favoured the restrictive international tin agreement the Malayan Govern- ment announcedi todny in making publie the results of a poll.
It was, furthermore, authoritatively suggested in Whitehall that the balance of trade with the rest of the world was equally important. This contrasted with earlier assertions made by public figures that the dollar trade was all-important.
Australia Must
Buy More From Japan
Soviet Oil For Argentina
Rijeños Aires, Jan.-26. The first shipments, of 7,800 tons of Sovies nýla- ‚tion petrol and 4,500 kome of crude oil are expected to Keriya hero in February, Ully reliable sources sold here.,
It is understood that the equivalem; of $80 Rod $19.12 per tan, pœrs, of Buenos Aires, respectively, were the price paid.
The purchases were made under the termi"; of the trade treaty of fast August providing for So-: vice export to Argentina of 500,000 tons of crude oil and $500,000 worth of petrol by-products-China Mall Special.
Following the Sydney Conference, it is obvious UK-Australian
that what Whitehall thought yesterday the rest of the Commonwealth — or most of it — thinks today. It is
generally accepted, at any rate, that the sterling area' Talks On
trade with non-dollar and non-sterling areas is just as important as dollár trade, and must now be driven ahead by any means.
Meat Buying
London,
Jan. 26.
New Convertibility to-trader purchases will begin it.
Move
This is within the tolerated range for officially approved dollar-sterling conversions,
Angio-Australian talks on tho prospects of a switch-over from bulk buying of meat to trader-
London this week, a British Ministry of Food spokesman said today.
The spokesman declined to give details of the talks but added that an official staternent was likely to be made later to- day.
The Australian Meat Boord delegation to the talks is headed by Mr J. L. Shute, Chairman of the Board. He wants to estab- both governments but declined to ish machinery satisfactory to any whether trader-to-trader purchases will mean that ment that the change from anofficial in Britain would cost less. appear to be only a formailty details for a changeover to official convertibility would
The conference will work out from as far as transferable sterling
to Government" 1s concerned.
trading and ensure that: a thir More recently the dollar rate minimum price Is set
sterling has Australian meat producers.
That is a pollte way of saying transferable account system is that the sterling countries cati casily extendable to the whole no longer afford to ignore doing Communist bloc. business, with Russia, China and Tokyo, Jan. 26.
their friends. They could only The Japanese Foreign disregard the Communist bloc Minister, Mr Katsuo Okafor political motives so long s zaki, today urged that steps to right price was going to
London, Jan. 25. The likelihood of à now move be taken to increase Aus- be paid by the United States, tralian baying from Japan
Now a new picture unfolds. to make the pound sterling not underwrite convertible is being canvassed to offset heavy Japanese The U.S. will
the restoration of sterling con-in Onancial circles here. A fort- vertibility; nor will it, despite
ago the dollar rate for purchases from Australia.
the contradiction.
endorse the night Mr Okazaki stated this in a Commonwealth Plan
transferable sterling in the un- to retain official New York market rose message to the British-owned
such trade restrictions as are "Japan News" in an Australia needed to beip sterling
to 2.78 to the Pound, work Day trade supplement.
its passage back onto its feet as
freely convertible means of Referring
and to Australid. New
wool, exchange. Zealand's large wheat and daily product cx- So now the prospect vanishes ports to Japan, Mr Okazaki said that a single trading world for
however, "Unfortunately,
our | sferling, dollar and their asso- New exports to Australia and
clated curreneles may presently Zealand
have been relatively come to hand. small,
making it impossible for us now to import as much from We now turn, therefore, to for
Government -"to-Government them as before. It is therefore the consolidation, rather than the fallen away. It seems that the
be elimination, of economie blocs market hope that steps will
was disappointed that trading in meat between Britain
for decision taken this year to rectify this This is a programme that will no
immediate and Australia, beran in October situation.”
hit India, Pakistan and Ceylon action was taken at the Sydney 1939.
The Australian mission in- hardest if they are not helped Conference of Commonwealth Mr
cludes the Acting Manager of Okazaki, thanked Aus- most energetically by the other Finance Ministers. tralia and New Zealand for Commonwealth partners. These
a Federal Govern- need
development
This, however, was never a supporting last year the United countries
ment representative and Nations General Assembly re- capital desperately. They will possibility. Britain is still a envoy of the beef producers. solution for Japanese member-only, on present form, get it I member of the European Pay-
they arrived on Friday, January the rest of the Commonwealth | menis Union, of which ship of the United Nations.
cither denies itself correspond-rules prescribe a partial con- Britain and Atistràlia signed a ingly or works correspondingly vertibility that would become 15-year
meat agreement on and create unworkable it sterling were October 11, 1951. It became
fully convertible. The Union effective from 1982. The dgree has a lease of life which ex-ment stipulated
our
The Government said 61.3 per cent of the tin industry favoured the agreement, 29.9
PEARLING DISPUTE per cent opposed it and 1.8 per
He praised cent abstained from voting.
Australia's attitude
befitting WUY on the friendly nations" in agreeing to The poll was based amount of tin produced in 1954. joint submission of the pearl The Government arounce fishing dispute to the Interna- rrent anys mines officers, will tional Court, tomorrow introduce bill into
the Federation Legislative In another column, the Aus- Council asking Her Majesty's tralian External Affairs Minister, Government in Britain to sign Mr Richard Casey, in a special the agreement on behalf of the message, said: "Foundations are Federation of Malaya.
being laid which can lead to The proposed bill says the in- the development of friendly re- ternational in agreement would atlons between our two coun-
thetries in the future." be " the Interests Federation.”
Of
Smaller Rice Purchases From Thailand
harder to carn capital.
There may be
moro far-
reaching consequences in Europe. The European Payments Udlon was renewed for another your to reassure the European countries Uit Britain would not plunge into convertibility on her own and leave them in the lurch.
GERMAN CONVERTIBILITY
transferable
| "Government
the Board,
that it
for
pn
the
would
their
pires at the end of June, and purchase of Australian meat it seems move towards convertibility may, both governments were to make likely that the next was returned to private trade.
be expected then.
such arrangements as A clue as to the form which enable them to meet this may take is provided by obligations under the the Treasury action in tighten-China Mail Specjał, ing expert controls on con..
Lebanon 1 a normal place of
sigaments to the Lebanon. The Aerial Survey that convertibility entry for British goods consign
last two
further away for Britain,
the
+
restraints that have held' Gar-edit Iran and the Persian Gulf Of Pakistan The Japan News itself said: many back in this regard are less shekdoms. In the
years these territories have To Be Extended "Australla, cannot expect the content. It must be expected gained wealth from oil royalties, present ridiculous distortion of that Dr Erhard will rampage and they have also been active à two-way : trade, withs Japan rhoad. It is possible that Ger- In arbitrage between the buying 16 times more than abe many and Belgium will marge sterling and the dollar worlds, sells, to continue,"
as the two countries of Europe convertible cur- "Japan cannot expect Aus- with freely
of the trala to subsidise, it the ex-runcles, enjoying many ponte of other customers, advantages of reciprocal tariff Japanese purchase of wool by concessions with the USA which
which the Randall Report proposes buying Japanese · gröds are not competitively priced on the world marke
The
15
Singapore, Jan. 26. British territories in South-
A
could be consequence disaster for the European Pay- cast Asia will buy 270,000 tons of cleo from Thailand during
editoriak · maid: "Both ments Union and it will not be
substitute the first nine months of this
British Governments must take positive surprising a of the year, leader delegation Mr 1. R. M. Willis, and co-ordinated action which sought,
wit be unpopular with certain announced on his return hert.
|sections in each ecuntry in order Mr Willis to Deputy Director of Commerce and Industry in Singapore.
Last year, Singapore, Malaya, Borneo received 320,000 tons of rice from Thailand.
In addition to replacement of the Czech newspaper, "Literarni perhaps, they will be aping the old taxis, many proprietors are converting cabs to diesel power, Aloviny," as being "petty bour-lover-claborate evening dress and Hongkong, Strawak and North geais, mpericial and lacking in the silk faced dinner jackets of almost doubles the vitality mileage per gallon. Conversions pealsed in a long article in the China Mail Special.
which
Bro being made at the rate of about 100 a month.
had been highly the Soviet concert performers.
Sovict newspaper, "Pravda", sa
& "successful come the Czecho- !
The Austin Motor Company is He suggested that
the only manufacturer of the slovak Communists should not
London-type taxi.
HIGHEST YET TAX YIELD
London:
The tax yield from tobacco
try to be more realous than their
the Russians.
Iny, too, it is compar}-
Soviet example
Those Horse Marines!
A witness in a civil aelion in surprised the
son with the which has led to a realisation Lawes, Sussex, that "puritanism" has gone too court and has subsequently sur
prised the country by declaring far in Budapest.
Titus, in "Nepszava" recently, on oath that he had served with
sarticle
described how the the Horse Marines,
I always thought that was a Stakhanovite
WEEYET,
an
duty in 1882-53 was £010,750 | Soviet Thibjags, "twico do joke," said the cross-examining
recorded
000 the highest yot Commissioners of Customs and
states the Annual Report of the cotated with tih Order of Lenin" | QC, and so did other people Excise This is some 100, years polarised for being late at n
sinde
Omelal, inquiries, reveal, there hoking started in Britains cture she had to give in are no Horse Marines à suck, bey "today, the but in the 1914 war some mich
which is said to date from the ressor, and cosinetic people of the Royal Marines Arch
Crimean War. The statement
hha, bees frequently made that do not finish quickly enough.”
the practice of smoking tobacco
packed in little paper tubed
woe Introduced Into Dites by
soldiers.....
returned
Mädium Shade
*indced” the writer, added, Crinics where they had copied Bublase had
prindit add a' fiveri
The doug Dick made us were dalfcater practice of rolling tobacco into rouge
mounted
dirtiest so there have been
ticanted Marines
பழம்
The
days of
of the fa
The price was reported, to be "lower thip
year's," although no figure was given,
The Thal Government, how ever, was said to be retaining
its export duty on zloeil inspite of efforts 15 sell more grain.
Big Trade Fair In Singapore
to
London. Jani. 25. The $2 million aerial survey- co.fict undertakda in Pakistan by the Phcicgraphie Survey Although contrary to exchange Corporatostantially extended, it „Lide of Canida, is control rules, this arbitrage has to be
ciated here hitherto been tolerated by the was officially
The extension, arranged at the. British authorities, and their decision to tighten up at this request of the Pakistan goyest stage may be significarit.
of 140,000 square RESIDENT STERLING .
miles of territory and for survey of agricultural land, and The point is that they have solls over sil areas of present chosen to tighten up on dealings or potential agricultural In Resident sterling, that in terest.
of
worked the aerial
111
-
1952, hus
One of Whitehall's ideas le te sterling owned By residents
The original contract, the sterling aren. To, this it nouneet in August EPU system to achieve a common sense solu-extend the tion which will benefit both," embrace some Latin American may be inferred that the new been described as probably the greatest natural resources inven- China Mail Special.
countries that now experience! move to convertibility does not be
the give any extra freedom to re-tory ever undertaken spanning dollar difficulties liko sterling area, Brazil is a natural sidents of the sterling area. The four years in time and 166,000 plan seems to be to make all cundiante,
It was given to the Photo- non-raident sterling convert-quare miles in space. ible, so that there will be only graphic Survey Corporation, one foreigh exchange rate for Limited, by the Canadian Gov sterling used for current
Colombo transactions.
WHE
Anglo-Japanese Negotiations
London: Jan, 20.
economic Here a kind”. Monroe Doctrine might well Feelers and come into play. exchanges with Brazil on this
Anglo-Japanéto delegates to problem a year ago cauted In-
As part of Canada's
this important to
It involved 42,000 square
the seven-week old sterling pay-stant reaction in Washingtor pending.In the monetary field monte tanks with this week con- Hotfoot, Blasters of the Ameri-It will not be surprising if miles of aerial mapping for markets develop an dind improvement, projecial, and thus their detailed examination can administration spod south London of the 1954 export and Import ward to revive goodwill and irregular tone in the months 123,000 square targets for various commodities good neighbourliness For
*
Would
mapping
of geological
The new extensión will com- plate the photographic coverage stimulus, to
to of the whole of Wolf Pakistan, "nčinál,"Opera" ||
to be traded between Japan and obviously, Brith recovery of the successful sehievement of
trade in Lathy America could sterling convertibility the sterling area,
not automatically command provide great universal Ambriem approval, business,
The delegates are not meeting [today, but are likely to hold a
further mésmida, 1 tomorrow, authieriiative source said héré,
Hot while those who stay EPU Vill no doubt
bat
Con is technically vary dificult did of bout 308,000 square
of the coun Uncertainty, tantil it 1 falely over.
and confidence : i Hound, tayinleri %3 about one hilf
of uncertainty ebrierna) the composition of the satent Brilian Government. It is thought mixen that Sir Winston' Chur
chin wm vores his retirement
for
den
generally
garded as the dueloval streetsfor
but the change of ome
Betions for if the a
would emoniall may
Eine when,