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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY,' NOVEMBER 12, 1954.
Trouble on the boulevards
for Mr France
LATEST MEASURE
MAY COST HIM
HIS
POPULARITY
Paris, Nov. 11.
Milk drinking Premier Pierre Mendes-France, who rocketed to fame and popularity when he ended the war in Indo-China, was today fast losing some of his popularity and all because of a glass
of rum.
In the market places and boulevard cafes, there was only one topic the Premier's stringent new measures to curb alcoholism, which approved by the Cabinet last night.
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And the meaaure, causing the most bitter protest, ban on the sale of spirits between five and 10 in the morning-though wine and beer is allowed.
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Thandrests of abattoir workers crowd closing down bara
market posters who start days a week. weak 16 the early hours of the And the univeran! question TL expected to pro-was "whe is going to enforce the les agatist the bon, which pre-regulations? DocS it mean
rm buying their untual policeman behind every bar?"
believe the tough But many penaltier proprsed--ranging from prison terins and ines to loss of! Licence.... will
persuade barnen to throw out the druntes nud dessunde them from serving minors
mam, Cosque in Calvados (apple imorly h
But the workers are not the enly ones expreted to protest.
BARMAID'S PROTEST
Marie
Blonde barmaid Louise Petit Jean mid "We operate in business centre and well between 20 and 30 title glasses every morning to propie going to
offices ant warehouses,
Nobody wants
| Caseados ait 10
actdeel.
rum Or
It's gelting the aperitif ne she
Cute owners are also worried about the effect on business of a proposest 20 per cent increase in taxes on drinks and the plut to enforce a one-day a week close down to fall into line with shops.
Louis Paneyrolle, behind the cash register of a bar near the Folies Bergere, said **The cost of living is high enough already but most people can still ufford to drink. We can't makc ព tving with coffee and lemonade.
Boulevard cate waiter Leon Delport compared it with war thine. "It's going to be just like the occupation all over again," The granted. "That was one of the workt thing the Vichy
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The measures are not expected have much effrel on the
Professor Albert Schwellzer, who was awarded the Nobel tourist trader. Few
Peace Prize this year, at a Press Visitors
conference in Copenhagen. drink betvrt 11 'clock. cafe
Professor Schweltzer, who was on his way to Oslo to collect juwners said.
the prize, stopped for a few hours in Copenhagen to see some
old friends.Express Photo.
GONE TOO FAR Up to Dow, most people have regarded the Premier's milk drinking QUEE
mlidi eccentricity in a traditional-
ly wino drinking country. But now they belleve he has gone too far with his mea- Bures to make drinking harder and more expensive. Must
the meatures un- nounced will require parliamen- tory approval and tough battle predicted,
M. Mendes-France is T underestimating the opposition to his crusade to stop an annual average drain of 150,000 million frunes (£150 million) on the cure and care of alcoholics ond the effects of too much drink on the working ability and morals of the nation.
Prince
Will Next
Charles Be Six Sunday
London, Nov. 11.
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There is a world of difference between an act of sin and an act of love!
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1 am golty to be attacked. Cornwall and heir apparent to the British Throne, "THE GOLDEN DEMON"
M. Mendes-France said today "But we must fight against this blot which is one of the worst in our country.
will be six years old on Sunday and he's all boy.
To the delight of his father, Charles is improv- "The French have only as and swimming, developing a mechanical bent, and ing his horsemanship, yearning to learn cricket preparing to learn boxing as soon as his parents consider him old enough.
Iden
ravages which alcoholism causes to the nation.
THOUSAND INMATES
of
"In my
my own Department, the Eure, for example, there are a thousand inmates lunatic asylums out of total population of 300,000 proportion of one to 300. "Ench year the figurey mount by 60. A quarter of the work neeldents in France are due to alcoholism. I'm not speaking of rund accidents, Alcoholism cosis the country hundreds of millions of franes each year." Reuter.
CANNED FISH NOT RADIOACTIVE
Berne, Nov, 11.
No trace of radicactivity Jas been found so far in canned fish imported into Switzerland from Japan, the Federal Veterinary Ofice announced here today.
the
It pleases his mother, the Queen, that he has a musical sense.
Sho regularly instructs him at piano. The Prince also shows a flair for drawing and painting.
But his father, the Duke of Edinburgh, will now take a stronger hand in making a mon of the boy. Ils swimming lesson will be lengthened. His father who only plushes with him row, will teach him to swim in the Palace indoor pool,
TO PLAY CRICKET
The Duke is an athiello ITEATI and has let it be known Charles won't be a sissy. The Ind will soon be playing cricket on a team with other boys he knOWE, directed by the Dake.
Riding lessons will be more
Physics fast
Numerous cans of ilsh have frequent too. Charles is learning been tested at the
on his bay Irish pony, Institute of Basle University and William, which he rides in the not one was found to be radio- ground of Windsor castle. But active.
something or an uneasy seat in The
Bwiss authorities have the saddle has shown up in been testing
canned fish from Charles as compared to his sister Japan ever since the atomic ex-
Princess Anne whe, although plosions in the Pacific last spring. two years younger, already.
shows the horsewoman's style of maar | HOP mother.
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on Nov. 19th & 20th at 8.30 p.m.
I Booking now opens at: Tsang Fook Piano Co., H.K.
Swindon Book Store, Kowloon. PRICES: $10, $5.
NO- IT WAS
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Studying forTM
Recently it was disclosed his parenta were making tentative inquiries about boxing lessons for Charles and feelers were extended to an American boy as a sparing partner. But the Palace now saya the boxing plans have been postponed until tho Prince puta on some pound-
PRINCE CHARLES (His Last Birthday,)
where the big cars are garaged, and "help" the chauffeurs wash and clean them.
OWN CAMERA
He has his own smalË camera and is constantly isking plotures on the “presa ; the button and · see what comes oul" principle.
| age.
Boys and girls whoso parents are friends of the, Queên wil Charles likes his model radio Join Prince Charles for his controlled cara
his red birthday. tea party. and
His fav- tricycle, with "Chunkie" printed ourite cheese sandwiches will the side. His joy is 10 be on the table and there will
to the Royal Mews, be balloons for decoration
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Yugoslavs Honour C'wealth Dead
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A. Yugoslav Army Guard of Honour thred three volleys over the groves of war dead at the Commonwealth cemetery here. during 4 joint Britian-Commnari-/ urbalah-United States. Remem- branos Day ceremony today,"
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