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COMMENT OF
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No. 36059
Butler's Action
T
THE sudden, almost Aur- prlaing ferment which has engulfed Britain
over
the disclosure of new
in atresten
the nation's economy and the drastic steps taken by Chancellor Builer to deal with the high rate of Internal spending has left the average tax- payer somewhat bewildered and perplexed. For months now he has been nurtured an optimistle appraisal of the country's economic condition,
on
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1955.
BRITAIN TURNS
SAYS
Claims
New
BUTLER
New Financial
British Measures Are
Atomic.
Tests
Canberra, Feb. 25.
He had been led to expect by)
well-informed observers and commentators that in view) of the fnel that 1956 may
tax] well be election your, reductions this April were a distinct pommibility. curre Buddenly the atmosphere
A new series of British changes. Up goes the Bank
atomic experiments are to rulo to
per and the Government clamps held in South Australia of later this year, Australian down on hire parchase
Minister Howard And re- Supply consumer goods. gardless of the prospects of Beale announced here today. a general election this year Mr Beale sald the tests would there would now seem to be fast be atomic explosions tut of high explosive no chance of tax reductions, detonations
cont
In fact, the Chancellor will charges to test atomic be doing well
to keep tax technique.
rales at present levels.
only
weapon There would be limited radio-activity following these tests, the Minis- Tin bad luck for the Tories ter said, adding that every pre- that the stressUK should caution would be taken to pro- danger to people or become obvious at such a vent
the
time for they can expect animals. little public sympathy their attempts to justify would be enrried out on a steps taken to rope with the situation. The brakes have been applied to the current spending spree because the country โค buying goods
Mr Bente said the British
new site in the Bouthwest of Sous Australia.
north of mam rallway we from Adelaide to Parth. The new site will be near the Woomera guided mis- sites rung.
The
Emubfteld
Success
London, Feb. 25.
Mr R. A. Butler, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said here today that the first reactions to the new financial measures and hire purchase restrictions announced yesterday by the government were good
"we have already taken the necessary turn.”
Sterling had recovered, he added both on the official and unofficial rates.
Yesterday Mr Butler raised the bank rate- key to the cost of borrowing money - by one per cent to four and a half per cent.
The Chancellor told à meeting of the National Produc-
Council, “Whether we tion Advisory
can hold on to that turn, I would not dare prophesy. But I am satisfied We have taken it,"
Mr Butler
THE THE
All This Is In The China ́ ́ Mail
ilore are the highlighta
of this Saturday's China Mail feature seciton:
P. 5: World's Strangest
Story, Qlles.
P. 6: The Great Gumbiers;
our new series begins, P. 7: The Secret Exploits of the Cloak and bugger Squadron: another now vertes beginning this week.
F. 8: The Archbishop of Canterbury writes on divorce.
P. 9: Wock-end Woman-
cube.
her
P. 13: A social welfare
docs case worker rounds to ilongkong. P. 10 & 17: Latest local
and OVOIRCAS
sporta reviews.
Explorer Claims He
Was Cheated
Stockholm, Feb. 26.
RELAX IN
DAKS
THE PAMOWS CONFORT EN ACTERS TRINKERS"
Whiteaways
Price 80 Cents
HONGKONG
KOWEGON
CORNER Hongkong's
NSW Floods Worst In Australia's History
Sydney, Feb. 25.
The most disastrous floods in Australia's history have engulfed the east coast area of New South Wales and 30,000 square miles have already been devastated.
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In the rich wheat' and wool area around Dubbo, 800 miles west of Sydney, 300 people were tonight unaccounted for. The lives of many hundreds of people were feared for as the rescue operations were inadequate to deal with the huge rescue problem.
N. KOREA'S 23,000 homeless people.
OFFER TO JAPAN
London, Feb. 25. North Korean Foreign Nam today North Korean
Swedish police were today | Minister investigating the claims of a stated told the Council Sterling improved against all young Swedish engineer, Leo government's willingness to that Britain's trade gap--the European currencies. Stock Komstedt, who alleged that negotiato with Japan on excess of imports over exports brokers say much of the foreign a beautiful Norwegian relations between the two -hal recently widened und money
is being Invested In
once 144 Gestapo countries, the Now China dollar reservük gold und
wore Stock Exchange
securities, Woman, nul rising.
particularly in companies with agent, embezzled the money News Agency said in a "In the เน half of 1964, big International interests, such he entrusted to her while he Pyongyang dispatch quoted trode figures were better than as Shell, British Petroleum and went off. to South Africa to by Peking Radio. in the corresponding period of Bowater 1953," he added. "But in the Various reasons
without the money to pay 1955 tests will include (experi- I was believed here that the for them.
menis with new triggering Generous loan terms and hire devices on atomic warheads, for purchase achemes enabled guided misalles, and also prob- the people to do this. The ably for the British hydrogen ob-bumb. Government's ultimate
Testing Jectivo la to bring about a; balance between exports and Grounds increased Imports. The almeries of British therefore must be to in- was considered too remote for
"These changes have made a this year's series of tests. The crease the amount of goods only easy
our access to Emubfleld considerable difference in available for export and At by air and it may now be import bill. the same time. reduce In-reserved for future tests of bombs.--France- ternal demand for imported actuai atomle gooda by withdrawing Presse.
liberal credit facilities. This
is
at-
the Government
tempting to do.
ists have been alurmed by
For some time past, econom-
demand.
were
Koment whe
At Maitland, a coal town 128 miles north of here, there were The entire population of 4,300 souls was cut off at Singleton.
Hundreds of people were spending their second successiya night on rooftope awaiting a recue which may not come for days. Food and clothing were being dropped wherever possible by a combined Navy-Army-Air Forte operation.
Rain continued to fall over the stricken region and poor visibility was hampering the rescue operations,
Footballer
Of The Year
In 1954 the China Mall Instituted popularity poll
to ascertain Hongkong's Footballer of the Year,
The uile, and with it a China Mafl
waa QUD, deservedly won by Michael Granger, the Army zpal- keeper.
for
Poli
It is the latention of the China Mafl to mako this search for Hongkong's Footballer of the Year an annual event. Each year the winner will receive an Inscribed trophy to com- memorate his achievement In order to give soDOCK fans plenty of opportunity taking part in this before the current season ends, a nomination coupon ly published today on page 16, and this will appear every day in the sporía pages of the China Mati until entries close.
The two qualifications for the Footballer of the Year are (A) playing ability, (b) sportsmanship
Send in your nomination NOW.
on the field of play.
Rare Honour For French Philosopher T
London, Feb. 25. IL KNOWN DEAD
Queen Elizabeth has Eleven
persons have been made Dr Albert Schweit- killed, 25 are missing and many zer, 80-year-old. French thousands are homeless, It was philosopher and humani- reported today.
Rains-swollen rivers
tarian, an Honorary Mem- out of their banks in ber of the Order of Merit Central New South Wales to one of the highest awards cause such havoc that the altug the British monarchy: can tion was described as approach-
and consequently is prepared to dunne. Foro and Navy only other foreign member.
the great flood of 1949 President Eisenhower, is the
alerted planes
In extreme poverty in establishment and development for the big and helicopter Beltzer has lived and
D
SEI
Dri
for most of 40 years in the humble missionary hospital in Lambarene, in the jungle in French Equatorial Africa.
second half, the opposite was given for the new foreign in-rare beast that is one-third mocratic People's Repubile of
being try to capture a Couagga, a
"The government of the De-paged
e
It was point-zebra, one-third donkey and Korea terest in London.
declares ita positive "For this there were two rea- ed out that interest rates her one-third horse.
response to the recent state-
ing the proportion of a national, bestow-it was officially pons: first, the terms of trade were now extremely attractive
Kamstedt claimed that he left Minister, Mr Hatoyama, who in
ment of the Japanese Prime tragedy. have recently moved against us.
announced tonight. compared with those abroad and "Early last year, the fall in [may lead to short-term money 60,000 Swedish crowns ($12,000)
New South Wales Premier, Mr The order is limited to 24 that statement expressed his with atrid Dorwle-Duilis- the used for the 1953 the import prices ceased as a being deposited in London.
catastrophic Dahlgren on the understanding willingness to hold negotiations J. Cahill described the attuation members with special provision of bunyant world atomic-trials, consequence
with for honorary membership "for as well as to improve the econos "near NEW CONFIDENCE that she would make the necce-
sary arrangements to forward mic relations with the Repubile: conditions worse than they were foreigners. The important factor
is the the
for his expeditiora new confidence inspired by the
discuss with the Japanese gov- is at present ernment problems regarding the Bank of England's decision to living IMPORT PRICES UP
he has taken a where "BY
Import support the rate at which trans-Tangier this January,
ferable sterling is quoted
Job as
as a photographer, inform- prices were six per cent higher abroad.
ed the police that he waited in than any year earlier and a six
Following the decision, the vain in Johannesburg for Astrid per cent re adds almost £200
rale has climbed to 2.744 to send on his money. He nullo a year 10 the cost of dollars from the low level of further claimed that when our unports.
2.72. A rising trend in the rate father learned he was in "Export prices meanwhile
means
over En- that foreign investors difficulty he handed zave been virtually steady since who put money into London can other 10,000 crowns ($3,200) to People's Republic of Korea is
exchange the woman for forwarding,
this sum too never reached him. profit,
A consequence of the new-France-Presse. foreign investments which were made here today has been the sharp fall in premium at which dollar securities were quoted on the market here. This premium declined to one per cent today from two per cent yesterday.
"Buy America” Concessions
Britain's wave of extra-
the muddle of 1963 as a result vagance. With the ending of
Washington, Feb. 25. of keen competition in over SCAY The United States Secretary markets," austerity and the advent of
Mr Buller added "At the higher wages, spending has of Defence has issued a direc risen to lavish proportions. ve permitting a more liberal same time, the volume of im- the "Buy ports LS rising without any Certainly
yet of a marked directive evidence
to forward movement in exports," He added: "These changes in trade, I have
of
interpretation
of
"The
overscad
position is
some check was America Act." necessary. What is puzzling, permits the armed services however, is why the Chan-give contracts to foreign firms cellor, who is noted for his if their bids are six per cent or cautious
and
conservative more under the lowest offer by described, are not violent and handling
the depart-a United
It the fundamental States company. states that mental reins, acted so im- further
materials sound" when and supplies will be considered petuously this week
In the export market, Mr only when Butler said: "Stiff competition is origin he had obviously been aware of foreign
the cost of such supplies
Japan, Germany con- now the rule. stules 50 per cent or more of the and the United States have their
This
of the danger for
some
hope
Reuter.
to make
Fishermen To
time. His almost convulsive total cost of the manufactured salemmen in every corner of the Be Repatriated {
manipulation
of the Bank product involved.
com- globe and restrictions against
rate has startled and alarm- pares with the previous margia dollar goods which have been a
ed the country.
of 25 per cent.---Reuter,
SANTAL SOAP
ROGER&GALLET
PARFUMEURS
feature of the post-war world are fast being dismantled.
"Under these conditions, the task before this country in in- creasing its actual share of world
Reuter.
trade is formidable,"
RUSH BY INVESTORS
American
the state-
merey airlift in of trade and cultural relations, Australian history,
wel! as other Korean-
About 50 towns, villages and Japanese relations,"
cltica in the region north of The Gruar" of Merit was in- ment said.
hore, including such places as troduced a 1902 as a “special hia
"The establishment of the Gilgranda, Tamworth, Malta | dis-inction for eminent mon [2] above-mentioned relations be- land and Singleton, were hard and women." Unlike most nigh tween Japan and the Democratie hit by the rising flood waters. honours bestowed by the British Houses were ripped from their March, it corrice no titie.m not only in accordance with the day, and 0,500 persons were
foundations in Gligranda during Router. vital interests of the and Japanese people, but will evacuated from Singleton yes-
United Presa.
Still Seeking Ceasefire
St Pierson permanent delegate.
sali Colorado, today
New York, Feb. 25.
Dixons, Britain's United Natione tm Boulder, that consulta tion, study and diplomatie con- tacts were still going on in an effort to achieve a ceasefire in he Formosa Strait,
Ao obtain
the
also be highly conriucive to torddy, France-Presso and
the preservation of peace in the
Fast as Far
well as to the relaxation of international ten- alon," the statement added.--- Reuter.
STOP PRESS
Test Again
Rained Out
Washington, Feb. 25.
"What is required" he said. The American government, has taken steps to repatriate to is for the Peking Government Communist China even asher to be brought to agree as a fust
not to try men from the Chinese Island Stage of Hainan who were saved by their objectives by force. They air force planes last may not give up these objec- May Informed
tives, but they must recognise said sources
will rot achieve therm that Landon, Feb, 25. today. They are expected to be
by fores Forcion rooney
been repatriated next Tuesday.
Sir Pierson Dixon, speaking rushing to London from all The @shermen bad been European centres today. Dealers shipwrecked
on the
Paracel at the University of Colorado,
Len Hatton and Ian Johnson, In the foreign exchange market Islands, 100 miles from the sald It might be necessary to
the -two captains, decided that report they had me of the Indo-Chine coast. They were use a method other than through
no play was possible today after
the inspecting business since taken to Manila and expressed the United Nations "either
ground the markets reopened after the a desire to return to Hainan conference or normal diplomatic morningRouter,
channels,”—Router..
heaviest
war,
days
Jas
Franco-Presso.
For flashing starts!
Sydney, Feb. 25. Continuing rain again; pre- vented the start of the Bfth and Anal Test match between Aus- tralls and England today.
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Film Actor Sued For Divorce
Request For More Atomic Subs
Washington, Feb. 25, The United States Navy Department today naked Con- gress for authorisation to build three
new.atomic-propelled submarines,
as well as a fifth Santa Monloa, Feb. 25,
super aircraft carrier, Mrs Gladys Lloyd Robinson,
Navy Secretary Charles, S. wife of actor Edward G. Robin Thomas
presented his case zon, today filed suit for alvorce before the Senato
Armed after 28 years of marriage. She Services Committee, meeling in physical executive session, but part of moral brutalityFranco-he testimony
Bocused Robinson and Presse,
CR
was later made
public--France-Presse,
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