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THE CHINA MAIL," TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1954.
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Atom Age Engineers E. Germany Hitching
For Royal Navy
Plymouth, Sept, 13.
Marine engineers of the new jet-and-atom age are being produced at the British Royal Navy's engineering "university" here.
is
Officially, it is the Royal Naval Engineering College, Manadon, and outer countries #7.00 per month Devon, and in accordance with British-naval-practice for shore establish-
ments or "stone frigates"-it bears a ship name, HMS Thunderer,
But the 330 officers attending the tenth part of local crops Chief's Cup for selling dings either. Initial courses in marine used to be set aside as payment hies.. engineering to University stan- due to the Church and which The plumbers" have also dard, or more advanced studies legally guarded from destruc-penetrated the field of aviation--- after somo years at sea, enjoy tion as a scheduled unclent a fact which is emphasised by facilities and access to technical monument.
the four service aircraft, ond of Information which they could In
to sharp contrast
these them equipped as a flying, class- get nowhere else.
architectural gems of an earlier room, which are maintalbed at age are the huge englacering a nearby airfield for the students, "baya or workshops, the modern of the Engineering, College; - lecture TOOTIES and lobora- It over the "plumber was tories
engineering officer and the hutted living merely an accommodation for students. who kept the power units of has warships ticking, that day now gone.
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HIGH STANDARD
The Operetta To
Bandwaggon
Political
Berlin, Sept. 13.
The Communist regime in East Germany ig expected to try hard in the coming season to hitch the operetta on to its political bandwaggon.
East German newspapers have launched a vigorous campaign calling for a "reform” of the classical operetta and the creation of a "progres- sive socialist operetta."
to
made by
create "pro-
Special "collectives" (groups) of authors and For instance, there is avali-
composers have been formed at various theatres in able to the instructors at Mana-
East Berlin to realise this aim, according to "Neues don the fruits of the research of hundreds of scientists and
Deutschland," the main Communist party newspaper. technicians who form the Royal
Discussions
the on
the matter: "dubloueness of Naval Selentine Service.
These
original over the years have brought | version.” civilian scientists under Ad-
thesis Neues Deutschland said big miralty direction, are working
The highly specialised training about unanimity on the So history and science meet
that the now stylo operetta efforts had been at Manadon is divided into three the jet and atom age. constantly on the problems of
In this beautiful rural comer of main categories to meet the must have socialist content, "as thentrys in Leipzig, Dresden and western England,
needs of the highly mechanised a matter of course," the news Magdeburg They are the key
in
Yet the Royal Navy Engineer- navies of today. These concern paper dcclared, although itgressive and sociallat operettas," Britain's development of atomie
ing College offers ita students
are still but
East only, the shipa
Berlin machinery, aircraft and admitted that there give but one Propulsion,
much more than a University
that counter - argumenta
tie Metropol Theatre weapons.
has BO for major example.
standard
on-theatre-goDTS co education in marine
not LOVELY SETTING
want achieved any success.'; From general marine and aviation engineering.
Western observers here be Again, the officer-students at
As the Admiralty says: "In college the student of this "political operettas."
to passes
lieve that the new drive for « booking fee Manadon, including young mon addition to professional training specialisation" in
But, It adloc. "Johann "progressive" one of these
opdroit from Burma and Persia as well of a high standard, it is neces- categories, which in themselves Straus proves with his
to kill two birds uftempt as all the Commonwealth coun-of b
with mortal work, Die Fledermaus, one stone-namely, to fulfil the tries except South Africa, have sary to develop officer qualities are interdependent.
The advanced With this in mind,
stage reached that progressive content by no growing demand of the people a lovely setting for their studies, in students.
'The focus of the 100-acre there are excellent facilities for by British naval engineers is means kills the operetta, as the for light entertainment and at by the enemies of progress assert." the some time to infiltrato WE rell, buy and repair all kinds estate which forms the premises sport, including motoring, flying particularly illustrated
of the college Is Manadan
dan and selling in both dinghies and fact that the Royal Navy is in
Communist propaganda into the theatre. the van of the development of 7478 Kwan Pak Refrigerator Co., 47. How to the 17th century and for
a lovely mansion dating crean-racing yachts."
starting The
gos turbines, Executive officers of the marine of generations the home
Royal Navy have long given the after the war with a motor gun Devonshire family. wealthy
Joking title of "plumber"
with this form of pro- to boat is believed
Was which to have been de their engineering colleagues,
pulsion, but
the first signed by the famous architect the Engineering Branch has had vessel of its kind in the world.
SCIENTIST-ENGINEER Inigo Jones.
its revenge by excelling in sal]-
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HEALTHY BALANCE Declaring that It is the duty Serious musical and dramatic of every theatre now to create works
hoye already been healthy balance" between changed in the last few years cultural inheritance and
the to suit the Communist ideology,
"new progressive realism," It Schiller's drama "Don Carlos" cited as an example of success- has appeared on an East Berlin So the "plumber" today beful rewriting the version of the siege in a rovived version
The estate also hos
re- a muching, and HMS Thunderer older stone Tithe Barn, where icently won the Commander-in-comes a scientist-engineer who old, operetta "Bolero" done by "doing away with the remping
knows all about his ships, his the his aircraft and engines, guns.
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“VIET-NAM
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ja
East Berlin Metropol of the capitalistic epoch," as the
his Theatre two years ago.
| East Berlin proas^ put ́lf.
At the time, the official East But there is one branch which German news agency, A.D.N., i
not catered for at Monadon. said that the new libretto "has
Is the Navy's electrical nothing in common That branch, newly established after
NEW ENDING
The 125-year-old French
with the opera, '"The" Mute of Fortlei,"
by Daniel Francols Auber was the last war to meet the rooid operetta except the title."
Neues Deutschland particu-performed at the East Berlin quirements imposed by the
version of Johann Strauss and many other changes. ment which constitutes the eyes "Gips Baron" now in the East and ears of a warship in this derman repertoire.
istghly complex electronic equip. /Jarly welcomed the "modemised" State Opera with a new pnding
sailing Oct. sailing Oct.
80th
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"IRAQUADDY"
"PEI-HO"
Since, no for, there are,' no "new and progressive operos." East German theatres have
gap with been filling the adcantatus and choruses in praise of the "forces of Inbour" or its Intpolitical leaders from Stalin to the East German President, Wilhelm Pieck.
new age.
Electrical
ofcera have separate training, for the
A
ADMISSIBLE
Bailing Oct. sailing Nov.
5th
6th
The engineer has more than mough
new libretio in to keep him busy outside the missible, it said, because feld of electronics, China socialist content has been Mail Speciel.
proved And because
of
the
By Lee Felk and Phil DavIN
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JOHNNY PROPS THE DUMMY ON'A PARAPETA
(
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THAT === FIRST.
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I'VE BEEN STANDING
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Few contemporary "operettas have
survived the Ideological censor's rod pencil. Provincial stages have therefore produced Soviet operettas.
The sole post-war operetta which has had some success in East Germany is "Every Year in May," dealing with the annual Communist-organised cycle race between Warsaw, Berlin and Prague.
Critics welcomed for its "profession of -International solidarity," the composer hav ing "successfully" Included number of foreign folk dances and folk songs. China. Mall Special.
Yellow Fever Outbreak
In Trinidad
Caracas, Sept. 13
The Government today clofed. Venezuelan ports and Lirports to ships and planes from Trinidad because of an outbreak
of
yellow fever in that island, only
a Iow miles off the
Venezuelan const.
The Ministry of Health said.
every person arriving from Trinidad by means other than scheduled carry The
airilners or ships must
E certificate of health announcement sold the the measures were taken after the Trinidad public health authori- ties thornsalves declared the city of Fart of Spain and the surrounding area an "infooted"
Gizone.
TEMPORARY MEASURE The measures are temporary and subject to revision once the situation in the "infected", bred is better known, the announce ment wald. In Port' of
Spala a spokeshon said that, under: the.. present manitory regulations, all aircraft and maritime shipping. aro subject to spraying on arrival at and departure from Trinidad, United Press.
Plane's Cockpit
Recovered
Shannon, Sept. 13. Salvage workers tonight brought aahore the nose and dockpit of the KLM super Con stellation" ""Triton"; in which: 28 people lost their Uvel when: crashed into the River Shariton dear here on September Si Tha parts, asivaged contained the qua (es): -fristrúmnania, which wIE ba partitinimmet by ameisis, of the
and Dutch