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THE CHINA, MAIL, › FRIDAY, OCTOBER
'Drinking Is Sign Of Lack Of DANISH ARCHAEOLOGISTS
Culture'
Czechoslovakia Launches Moderation Campaign
Prague, Oct. 18. Czechoslovakia, worried by alcoholism statistics, is waging a war on drunkenness.
spent
Members of Parlament have In 1954 Czechoslovakts appealed for
of three-and-a-half times as much the removal posters and shop wladow dis- money on drink as they did on
andbooks, einemas and theatres, plays advertising liquor have called for a campaign
in added. favour of soft drinks,
it
The Health Committee of the Alcoholism was a serious prob- arcca National Assembly (Parliament) lem in frontier farming has also put forward a number where
of Kroupa
volunteer
of other proposals aimed at cur-worker from other parts of the talling the sale of intoxicants.
Two Per Cent
country
live in hutted camps.
| separated from their families.
Not enough care was given to the spare-time activities of these According to a Prague How- puber, two per
een of the young people who turned about
or 1,000 crowns 12,500,000 population 1,500
(abonit country's
a month are affected directly or indirect- £75 or £80 sterling)
and had plenty of money 10 ly by alcoholism.
Last year there were 40,000 "burn." They showed little In- terest in culture and sport and but the registered alcoholics,
wasted much of their cash on were only the worst cases and about twice as many again are drink, said Lidova Demokracie.
In the newspaper's estimated to be addicted.
Tudova Demo-stale-owned retall shops and re- The newspaper,
Catholic staurants selling beer, wine and kracie, argEBEL
also shared the blame for spirits
because they Lakenheavier drinking
forced sales to gain bonuses.
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· Cafe, men-kabte · forming, po "hang-over"s in run-blue ́enpoules:
10
STOWIN
Cathedral Cornerstone Laying
Opinion DISSIDENT
GIVES UP
If the families were into the reckening this brought
In spite of instructions not to! the total number whose liver were adversely affected by drink advertise alcoholic drinks, store windows were plied high with to mound 250,000, it gued.
of bottles. Walters Altogether Czechoslovaka spent pyramids
to serve 3,100,000,000
(at must learn to refuse £155,000,000 sterling) drinking nine large rune to a customer $1,000,000 uros (about 11,370,000 who came in during his work- ing hours, and not to give drink Kations) of Liquor last your
18, said the This was an average consumpto youths under Fort of fur trus ("
Freud th seven 47 population
The only alber country with a per hand
bucher consumption was Sweden, where there wje prohibition until recently.
nawaaper.
Warning
altvilsom
takar be by
Salgon, Oct. 18. Colonel Dau Thanh Su of the dissident political-religious Cuo Wis known as Dui sect, who Colonel Phoung, today rallied to the South Vietnam Government The sel's hend- at Tayninh, quarters, some 70 miles west of Saigon.
officially Thoung Colonel renounced his dissident activi- ties together with 18 of his offl-
rers. 41 non-commissioned off eers and 50 soldiers,
He presented the banner of fils by unit to General Mal Hou Xuan. commander of the "Truong Tan Buu" operation which coveTA seven provinces, as a symbol of his allegiance.
it runentheri Lini cannot disajapens overnight mamtained that it could
16! At this rate. Czechoslovako eradicated gradually.
total prohibition but mainly 41 1745 141ne druking lovel Denmark, the United State, at "educating" the pubile. France.
Bryan, Holland,
concluded The newspaper West Germony with a warning that the money lut behind.
the at the whleh
Government made from drink sales was lust again in repairing the damage caused by alcoholism Chlau Mud Specia).
Wha
| Belgium 12! Bhauling
NEWSPRPET
Customary Sight
Drunken drivers cuused 1.071
ük of last year's 15,023 traffic eldents and crimes committed under the influence of drink rose by 43 per cunt between JUS! and 1951, according to statisties quoted by the newspaper.
Reeling "drunks" tomary sight at night in Prague and anyano taking a stroll along the main thoroughfare, Wence- slas Square, between 11 p.m. ank certain tex midnight is almost
about count at least a dozen
are a <1%-
a quarter of an hour.
Many are noisy, and rowdy "closing-time" arguments common but street browla UFC few.
41 1 **
Most taverns and restaurants close about midnight or one a.m.. bul revellers can carry on drink- ing until three or four am. An night clubs and night bars.
Those who feel thirsty around breakfast time can get a drink us early as soven a.m. when cafes open their
many aguin
General Le Van Ty, chief of Vietnam General Lic "South Stalf, was prescot at the my-France-Presse.
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
CAN'T YOU MANAGE HIM?
NEVER
(PUFF)
--MET
DIFFICULT. MASTER.
ANYBODY
--50
STRONG!
FERDINAND
doors
Beer Favourite
Prague, with a population around 1,000,000 has 1,069 cater- Ing establishments--one for every 600 citizens-and liquor. İs on sale in most of them.
of
Beer is the favourite drink in Bohemia, the most westerly pari of Czechoslovakia and home of the world-famous Pilsen
brow.
But in Moravia and Slovakia, the central and eastern areas of the republic, drinker's prefer wine and alivovice, a fhory plun brandy.
Slovaks drinking habits came in for some criticism recently in their own Communist Party newspaper, Pravda, published in Bratislava, capital of Slovakia. Too many of the thought that a. good time moant drinking lot singing' vulgar Aongs and fighting, the newspaper plained.
"It is very painful that
com-
Wo
NANCY
NANCY,
MEET ME
ON THE CORNER---
I HAVE A
SURPRISE
FOR YOU
it
of
do not know how to antise our- selves heartily and humanly but also with a certain dignity. commented, and put much the blame for this on alcoholism. This was most rife, among best paid workers and was "eloquent in lack of culturo proop of their way of life. Drink was not so necessary in theso enlighten- ed days of "people's democracy" as it was in the past when it was the only consolation of the harch-driven worker under capit» alism, according to Pravda,
Lidova Demokracie also pick- od out "low-cultural levels, as one of the causes of alcohollam In the country as whole, Other reasons, mild, were bad lying conditions and too much encour→ agement to drink by liquor stores, restaurants, and Inna.
Work Way Up
to drese
Poople who wanted welk buy books,.a ̋iolovision set or a refrigerator would hardly spend mors of their carnings on alcohol. But thowo, with te lower piltural Jevol must work their mayi lp to such needs. And shayy could y saliaty than, gondo Testy thra bionty they back, fibályz they spent is dilfforinkan Wald
the pepepaDA
JOHNNY HAZARD
US President Eisenhower, Archbishop Micheal of North
and South
America.
Ambassador to
George
Greek
Washington
Melas and May
Elachower, are plotured at a
recent
ceremony
Sophia
Photo.
cornerstone - laying
tho for
Now 81 Cathedral-Express
Australian Cows In Japan
Cows
Japanese
Tokyo, Cel, 18. Some 190 Jersey milk
by the purchased
trozn Australin Government arvived today abourd the 7,109. ton Japanese freighter Ankoku Maru.
spokesman government A
the dini said the cows were shipment of some 2,500 cows to be imported during fiscal 1956 Govern- under the Japanese meat's dalry development pro-
grammu.
The spokesmen said the re-average cost of the cows was 90
pounds sterling each.-Reuter.
THEN I MUST USE LOTHAR IS THE RAY, WE CAN'T) SUDDENLY WASTE TIME.
"FROZEN")
AIR: AXIOM'S DON'T WORRY, KITTY GIRLMA YMADE HE FIRST AVIATECH'S ENTRY WILL BRINGSLEZ NO ONE YOU THROUGH A WINNER! OUR ON THE OUTSIDE OWS. HOW MY PLANES DON'T BLOW WINSTIPÈ INNO-AREA. J
AMI BROKE
GOT TO LET JOHNNY KNOW WHAT I'VE
} FOUND OUT CO
FAR!
Australian
Cabinet Reshuffle
Canberra, Oct. 18. Australian Premier
Robert
of
GOING TO BAHREIN
By PHILIP BARNES “
Aarhus, Denmark, Oct. 18.
Danish archaeologists, will leave again this winter for the ail island of Bahrein in the Persian Gulf, once more famous as the world's largest ancient cemetery.
A
Undeterred by the fact that The ancient capital was last winter's expedition, found located of Qala's near the
the north coast, where it forms themselves besieged" In ruins of an old Portuguese fort large mound about 60 peros in during a geroral strike, they area and 20 feet high.' Here, will continue their Investiga- monumental building about tions of the island of 100,000 5,000 years old, covered burlat mounds."
nearly 25 feet of settlement
walls,
standing, are up
These mounda alipple the depoolts, is being excavated. Its Island landscape from the oll town
atill
of Awall, In the centre, to the 15 feet in height and three font
heavy
thick, and consist of luxuriant groves of date-palms blocks of stone, which, as the
on
the north coast. Before Danish expeditions began their base, are over six
the Sunk below work there, archacological ex-
foot Long fipor levol
peditions had made Unds In were two earthenware coffins in these mounds, but had failed to which the datad lay curled up
in a sleeping position, find any trace of ancient villages, town or temples. The
theory was, therefore, advanced that the island, which is about the sire of the Isle of Wight, had served as a huge burial place for tho Inhabitants of Arabian mainland.
INITIATIVE
the
The Initiative for the Investigations
camo
from
Danish a
the
diy
THREE TEMPLES Near the village of Barber, in northwest
the Bahrain. three temples foundations of contemporary with the capital Built one on
have been found.
top of the other, they had each been demolished
turn. to ground level.
Pit
in
In the latest of these temples was found for the first fine the
of offering British archaeologist, Mr T. triple feature Bibby, of
Prehistoric after and libation stones, which Muscum at Aarhus, Trained as previously had only been known
found archaeologist at Cambridge from cylinder scale University before the War. Mr Mesopotamia. On these, a god Bibby worked with the Bahrein is seen sitting on a throne (the Oll Company before his archavo- nitar), in front of which priests Into are pouring sacred water Irgical matinets were challenged by the unsolved problems of
a libation
g'ono or bringing Q. Menzies today announced he
Bahrein.
offerings to the offering pik hos re. huffed his Cabinet
Under the leadership or Pro- Although the pit. it, this case Aarhus had been ransacked In early The Cabinet reorganisation fessor P. V. Glob, of
University, the first Darish Cx-times, many interesting things tho followed
resignations
They included the former Attorney General Senator pedition went to Bahrein in the remained.
be figure of a man with his hands another in 1955 folded on his breast, a copper John A. Spicor who has been
and now another this coming figure of a bird, two fine alabas- vessels, bauda, a lingam- appointed chairman of the now followed by Commonwealth Industrial Court
winter.
They succeeded in finding the shaped gure in the tapis lazuli objects of and Sir Eric John Harrison
Mini ter of De Island's ancient capital, several and many broken Council and
and tempics
of, copper, Д number
the two carliér temples, time, At the rame fence production. Sir Erle has been appointed United Kingdom villages.
this one was demolished to ita High Commissioner in London, their work threw new light on
allars Bahrein as an important placa foundation stones. Tho one
probably Mr Menzies appointed
were left untouched, Minister Tasmanian of call and cultural interchange Liberal Senator N. Henty and between the ancient civilisations from fear of the gods who were
LEGENDARY CITY reduced the size of the Cabinet of Mesopotamia and the Indus worshipped there. from 22 to 21.--United Pro's valley in what is now Pakistan.
now
By Lee Falk and Phil Davis
HE WAS DIFFICULT.){ HMM-THAT MY LIMB IS
OLD BREAK.
LET ME
SEE FT.
INJURED
AGAIN.
GREEN BLOOD!
1.
By Mik
BOOM
By Erale Bushmiller
BLASTING
VI‘LET ME JUPGE HOW: SOOD YOUR PLANE 15. MRSAXIOMI T'LL TAKE" {HER UP FOR A TEST FLIGHT
By Frank Robbins
WHILE ACROSS THE FIELD.
EVEN IF KITTY DOES FIND OUT SOMETHING, BJOHNNY, HOW WILL SHE: CONTACT YOU WITHOUT ROUSING THEIR SUSPICION? REMEMBER YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ENEMIES.0
WE HAVE THAT? ALL WORKED OUT, SCOTTY! ́SES, BHB'S TAKING OFF NOW...« THAT'S OUR CUE. FOR A SECRET MEETING!
winter
EVEN
of
1953-54, to
MAGICIANS Cant Carlsberg Face
If we were
any fresher we'd still be
on the vine!
Libby's
TRY FROZEN STRAWBERRIES
TODAY,
ROWNTREES
MILK CHOCOLATE WITH ALMONDS AND RAISINS
this situation
for a
an
Migue
The excavated
expeditions hava also number of the leland's multitudinous bural mounds, A feature at two graves about 2,000 years old. presence of camat skeletons, confirming for the ancient legend that
Wea
the
Arst time An
from
times pre-Islamic camels were sacrificed at tho
graves of heroes,
The Danish excavations so far have helped' to establish Bahrein
as the Bllo of the legendary Dimun, which oc-
cupies an important place in the mythology of the Sumerians and Babylonians, Dilmun was the Sumeriana parading, to which they traced, their origin. It waE Particularly associated In Sumerian legend with the god NROU, whose worship in turn was associated with - the- bull! Finds of topper oxheads nå temple sites
and in Bahrein, stones decorated
with animal heads and apparently used to tethor, sacrificial animals, in thợ temple courtyard at Barbar, in- dicate the importance of the bull in ancient religion, of the Island.
From Dilmun, according to the Sumerians, come a fabulous half-st creature, half-man,
taught them the arts of
who tal
agriculture and irrigation. When tha
gods sent the great food, the Deluge of Genesis, the only sur vivor, Zíusudra (the Noah Bible), want to live on Dilm where ho was granted im mortality. Later he was sought out by the legendary hero, Gilgamesh, during his search for the secret of immortality.
at
There is evidence of the portance of Bahrain' ne a great commercial contre, altuated bo tween the ancient civilisations Mesopotamia. and India, whore two of the world's first grent urban centres were found. Links with India are suggested/ by small articles of lapis lazula found at Barbar, and by pottery and fint at Qala'a of the mer ́chandise Buch as copper and copperware, pearls, precious stones, lapis lazuli ivory, ye pigment, rare woods, onions, and figs, mentioned in Sumerian cuneiform Inscriptions as being This
Imported from Dilmu,
few are found on Bahrein,
is belloved to indicate that
the
island was chlony a trading stallon where goods from 5. fant places la India. northeast
** Arabia, wes
Upp LARGE FIRMS
and
This trade was doubild Handled by, Large" trading örme and it, is the burial mounds o their owners which now cover Bahrein, and their palaces which ard being excavated at Qala'ni, The position of Bahrain on the Persian Gulf fibollaved te have determined its Import face i cupocially, as it had rich's wh water springs which made the island an essential port of can on the long) BOR (VOURER UNI tween distant places from Important raw 'YTERENYZELIS? be procured for the
of