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MONDAY,

NOVEMBER 12, 1956.

1

SIDE GLANCES

By Galbraith

OUR AUSTRALIAN NEWSLETTER

Story Of The Man Alarming Increase

IN

About Town

of colourful variety of cheque- books whose contents he used in

he was caught,

the same way. By the time Tim had defrauded 08

shops in rather less than three weeks.

the north-east England U young businessman and his wife quarrelted. The quarrel was a tearaway, hot-tempered

At Clerkenwell Court he pleaded affair, bitter and hateful to

of falac guilty to two charges both sides of it-Tim and pretences, and asked for 00 his wife, and hard, as most others to be taken into account.

2100 A WEEK such conflicts are upon the UE maglatrate, Mr T.F. Davis, num-combatants in this THE

the story case, Tim's six children. did some prithmetic on his

The children were

non-blotting-pad to this man's been combatants but it was from the living at the rate of about £100

harsh economies

took

a Lamily

when he heard

In Government Employees

FROM H. KING WOOD

Sydney, Nov. 2. With costs of government skyrocketing and practically all industries looking for labour, the Institute of Public Affairs this week reported an alarming increase" of Commonwealth Govern- from 67,800 in 1939 to 208,100 policeman said.ment employees

this year.

of a week, has he?" he inquired.

"Yes, sir."

that size forces upon a family. that the quarrel sparked. And when it was at its belght, Tim

the only way out that occurred to hun. He slammed the door on his wife and family, and marched onl autumn nighi.

TIS

Toko the

A GOOD TIME

hud

stormed the railway station and bought a feket to London-a single ticket. On the way here, he fell in with a man who like himself problem on his mind.

Tim's

new-found companion had

umbezzled very recently £700 from his employers, and was to get rid how his trouble of the money he had stolen,

he said to "Tell you what," Tim, let's have ourselves good time. you and me. We gut ney to burn, haven't we?"

CHEQUES

ELL."

Q

"who had not much more

than the loose change in his pockets.

on

I think he was trying to keep pace with the other man who'd stolen £700 from his employers. rather faxt, They were living sir..

What's

he done about lis wife and family, left them to bo looked after by mimeone **Lsc?** he naked.

"Yes, sir."

doing

Bee

LETTERS TO

THE EDITOR

himself

on

OVET-

on

move,

4.20

© 1996 by BEA BUNTING, BA,

"Bill is a perfect gentleman at all times, but I guess that's better than having no boy friend at all!"

The Wide Scope Of

The Duke's Tour

By TREVOR BLORE

SHEAFFERS

ADMIRAL SNORKELPEN

From Our Flies

100 Years Ago

When the naine of a bind radio programmine the rebaral public assuntic; that; to people playing the music will be tiå

the last occasion this same band performed:

Canton, 11th Nov., 4.30. Par at those who did so on

About four o'clock on Satur day morning the threatened fire rafia made: their appearance ... three in number, such a blaze but they did no mireniet, One went on the Hon point and quietly burnt itself, out — an- other exploded and the third the boats got hold of with grap plugs and anchored in a safe position where she, too, died out quietly.

There was naturally, a great hubbub among the Portuguese Lörtha' fleet of the factories,

vesaola most of the

getting urider weigh and dropping down below the Dutch Folly. The steamers unmoored 100, ready for dodging if necessary,

The Coromandel got up stemn and with a cortege of boats went

up the river some distance to

rest

becomes a trade mark and The name of the conductor fo one's individuai according taste one tanesin or not one bits a record or not? Start Kenton fans instance will

for acidom pars up a new disc by the master, and although Kan ton himself Is the presiding genius the wonderful music this orchestra turns out is main- ly due to the extremely talented brass and men in the wind, rhythm sections.

If Kenton merely picked up a different bunch of musicians for each recording sesalon ho would never have reached the pinnacle of popularity he has done.

It may come as a surprise to you to learn that a great deal of fuss has been made in B- Lain recently by several of the popular music columnists on the subject of the "pick-ip" habit

be which spreading.

pects to

If any more of the fire gentry were on the wing. The of Saturday and Sunday passed off quietly-the only de- monstration being the getting out of the Bumpstas's heavy guns and placing them in the A band leader with a good Dutch Fally. The Sampson's name can usually get a data on eighty four pounder, if brought a radio or TV programme and to play will and a shot up to the White Cloud Mountains, and fairly astonish the Celestiala-If It does not hurt them in any

other way,

Deputation

There has

me of them are very tempted to use just, their name and pick up the odd musician" who is free for the actual per- formance.

Migh

When the Duke of Edinburgh opens the Olympic

NOT THE SAME Games in Melbourne on November 22 he will already

Although they choose com been another petent-band moni the effect, la have seen a good deal of the vast Australian continent. From Darwin he will have flown 900 miles to Alice deputation of "the Gentry to not the same as it would be if settle- pray the Consul that the the group were always toge- Springs and visited three of the most remote ments in the world — Daly Waters, a tiny aggregation Admiral may be moved to wait ther. The writes at home are communication can be had complaining about this bad habit uhell of outback folk; Brunotto "Downs; and Tennant's with Pricing. It is hardly likely and are calling & "fraudulent"

I agree that it merits

its such an Creek, an isolated mining settlement in the McDonnell His Excellency will accede to

the Pect faith practised on us in all are entitled to exp ranges. He will also have spent a few days in Can-arthing of the land. The bad adjective because the public former occasions of delay has grade musle they havo asso- 0 leader's pape berra, the Federal capitul.`

entirely placed the Curse clated with will Government, without the pale when he operates with his oễn

When band.

this stands up in front of a group pr of reasonable forbearance.

Nothing, now that the thing comparative strangers something has gone so far, can over-strvu la missing and the pubile are in to place matters on a proper fact being cheated. footing, but the absolute sub.

We saw an oxample of this mission of the Viceroy Yeh in Hongkong about a your and

house within the Let every

half. ego. Then one of the walls be destroyed rather than biggest names in band business

sere shall be one step towards came

́out' with an

In that 17 years the Commonwealth Govern- ment had expanded from 11 departments to 25.

The Inalitute concedes that established for 28 years and, considerable increase is justined until recently, had developed

the because

Government and flourished. watches over a far larger field Sydney finally caught up with The magistrale turned to Tim. than it did in 1939, but it adds: the other side of the world

"The increase in the size

when haramed fair-haired,

Monday neatly-dressed.

the administrative Public Ser-motorists were given the doubt. unobtrusive man. "This is hopt-

from nine less," he said. "I can't possibly vice

per 1000

of ful privilege of contributing to deni with this. You must go to

to 14 population in 1939

per the 185 parking meters which 1000 today seems quite out of now help to clutter up still more London Sessions for sentence."

Yes.

sir." said Tim. Quietly line with the increaDES shown the inner city footpaths,

for other types of Governinent Sixpence for a half hour he turned and went, leaving no

the latest tax on particular Impression. The sort employment."

parking is Di the of young businessman you

Chairman

Parila motorists and at the end of that In hundreds in every street, in mentary Joint Committee time he can't tickle the moter Pubile Accounts, Professor F.A. with another sixpence he st every tube-train; the sort that may very well have had a row Bland, MP,

an RU-

only to the nex¡ meter. with

matters, said How many men it is going to illa wife before leaving | thority on these

the Commonwealth Public Scr- tale to police that regulation is sald Tim,home that morning, and be con-

templating

vice needed a thorough something

motorists but most uncertain drastic.

feel that a half hour is useless hare only hope we have of in prying, to do any sort of stopping the unnecessary and business in the city. "Come on, now," said his new

phenomenal growth of the What friend, who did not think

with "No Parking" it

Australian Public Service is to signs, tram and bus stop signs, necessary it that stage to ex-

carry out a full-scale inquiry in "Tow Away Arca" signs, taxi plain how he had come by all his

the interests of efficiency. sima, "keep your city clean" money.

Tim and his companion began

"At Common-signs and rubbish bins, there is

"""stite food their assault

London its

inspectors just a little room on our foot- wealth and

with bars, clubs, dives and all those MP's Complaint

for pedestrians working side by side on the paths resorts that eagerly made wei- Sir.-Those in Hongkong who are same jobs, duplication between or of any eco come provincials overburdened getting no used to the type of Prem

and Commonwealth in the tion of undghtly steel posts.

There's not much nature in with purchasing-power.

reisasen or datements made, ter in-fields of agriculture and trade, Tim had no money, but in his stance, by visitors from Hongkong unnecessary departments within motoring in Sydney these days.

to the Cha Mainland or their the defence organisation

and In the inner area there are the pocket he had a cheque-book, return after having enjoyed the well-

direction and meters to pin one down to a But before reaching Australia in the southern hemisphere, it and he was soon signing cheques planned hospitality of the Govert vagueness in the

tight schedule, in the outer ares he w$11 have visitad the is hoped that the weather like a Alm-ster signing auto-ent as her guests will be able to scope of other departments.

understand why Mr Hankin has made

པ་ graphia

those remarks in the House about

"Australia has not investigat the tow wagon is constantly on Seychelles, Ceylon, the Fedora-permit the Britannia to take Hongkow which appeared in youred the organisation of its public the prowl, staffed by a police- tion of Malaya, the Australian bim into the Antarotic to visit

man and two muscular charterritories of Papua and New Graham Land, part of the Faik service for nearly 40 years," papers on Friday.

Islanda meters. Watched by crowds of Guinea--where nó Royal visitor and

Dependencita, SHOULD GET BONUS

up to 250 they are constantly had ever been seen before and where British scientists man That august body, the Vic- towing away trucks and cars to the volcanic Island 04 New weather and survey stations the and torian Racing Club, should give the importa

and the serious thought to paying New luckless

the Britain, Is for the

up Zealand horse breeders a bonus. best part of £7 before he can Informality is the keynote of

FINAL STAGE Whenever the Melbourne Cup drive away again On top of the Duke's Commonwealth tour, tools

The final stage of the Royal & conclusion before this great The murio. Was gooa but not as like being just another that he is likely to stop a plast- and highlights of his visit to the

attained. We have race along comes New Zea er for illegal parking.

more populated and developed tour will take the Britannia to point

reason for it being that racing men on lander to keep their toes and the cash customers full of phfalls that the Australian officiat opening of the Olympic

Clly driving has become south-eastern sections of Aus- those other Lolated outposts of borne too long with indignity as it should have been.

South and dishonest purpose and once

way was that the leader had, .Commonwealth tralia-apart from the formal | tho

and for all, let the Chinese see presumably, in the interests of busy scratching their heads.

da Cunha, Georgia; Tristan Transport Workers' Union has

economy, made up the band Two years ago along came decided that its members will ho/Gtones-will be a couple of days' I'tinH"way between Cape Town what kind of reward, we can m

Honolulu mighty New Zealander

the Philp Rising longer make commercial dell stay on a sheep station some-

South America, St. Helena; Ave them if they attempt. It from pines. Fast to wi

win the Caulfields Cup veries if it requires illegal park where between Sydney

Let's face it, Brubeck "nuedą and and tiny Ascension Island. Ab minim. without a great deal of trouble ing.

Melbourne, to relax in the Tristan the Duke will meet the

The lesson "read, here, be it Desmond" and a big name and racing men and fans start- This could cause a big upset in homely comfert of a typical 300 inhabitants who have most remembered, will be ponderes band; needs the superior talent ed the quiz: Could be complete supplies to traders.

Australian homestead, a visit to the rare double and win the

the Gippsland Lakes distelet of sprung from the original stock on in regions: far remote from of those men who have made.

and Pekin to Foo Chow-Loo. 01 shipwrecked sailors Melbourne Cup? He did.

Victoria, where

world's the

naktiers and their families who Japan, Siam, Cochin China, Last year he again made light In Sydney this week was Mr tallest trees grow, and an inspec- remained when the British gar- take note of it therefore by work of the Cautñold Cup. Again Charles Sickert, a Swiss, who ton of the greatest engineering interest rose. Could he take was on his way to Melbourne to project of the southern hemi-rison at St. Helena was with all means, let the example be a

The visits to Britain by many out the Cup

the again. He was supervise

of the better known American Installation of sphere, the Snowy River hydro- drawn in 1917. electric scheme. In the heart of Olymple timing gear,

And finally, a brief visit to

For what did the present stars has resulted in a surpris benten only by a wide yawn.

Now

Emperor of China, Hieutung, Ing amount of criticism. it's Redcraze.

the West Airbon colony Having This 1 no watch-in-hand the Australian Alps..

Gambl before the Britaxia insultingly > Apurn the cordial takoen

out the Caulfield Cup business-the equipment is worth

salls home again. The Duke of jetter of the Queen of England with a buge weight on a heavy

to in 1850. track, all Australia is asking now

will. I retton London by air, after an absence similar, advance only a few months ago on the part of the of nearly four months,

Preskiont of the United States alike—rejreted?..

G8 SHOPS

* Mr Rankin's slay in Hongkong on

sad knowing in whose hande he was so exclusively taken care of,

THE no mley

fact that he had no money 10 disconcert him. When he ran short of funds he went to

there from the version he was given shop, "bought."

cheap to believe. It is only understandable sny, a watch, made out a choque In that Mr Rankin trad chosen to make excess of the price, and asked such complaints in the House, which the shopkeeper to obliga

him are totally untrue. We Chinese have a famous saying: "Biting down in with the change.

the bottom of the well to view the be used aky." How much of the sky can one Lo open from there? And this is exactly the cane with the Honourable Labour

HONGKONG CHINESE.

From time to time, some of the proceeds accounts

with other banks, Member acquiring by that

A

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Sizes 8 to 20

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if he cap complete a treble-the Metropolitan, the Caulfield and the Melbourne Cup.

WARMING UP

more than £75,000.

The

Games organisation

warming up.

Is

NEW ZEALAND Now Zenland, the next stage

on his tour, will also be making More than 100 International nirliners are scheduled to bring the Duke's tour as informal as 10,000 Games visitors to Sydney of life like that in Australia, but possible. Here he will find a way [Editor's Note: He couldn't} And all the while the VRC and Melbourne in the next few on a geographical scale mora sits back with a smirk of snus- faction.

take up available parking

The common

old potato now

reigns supreme,

logo

many**

smoothly what unfortunately, not particularly of New Zealand.

year round

Edinburgh

"Son of

of

Wen-

the

of

sharp are,

For what was

Bigotted Dynasty

In

The

orchestra

It worthy of the top rink.

MURMURINGS 25

and then Lionel Hampion. The First it was Louis Armstrong

familiar with the music of their favourites through the modium of gramophone records, are realising that even the most

msextro can make mor þave an off night."""

|days. The planes will more than like that in Britain. Here too. Radio Hongkong

proves obed again that a disc can be a dangerous thing for at Melbourne airport and many in a few days, he will see much of local development in town will be shuttled to Sydney and and countryside, with the cra-Time With

"Waite, Polentates with whom the A pop artist. Wherever a record 1 * pum.

Time Signal,

Frank Deved Adoialde.

and greatest mosurchs on earth are is released it is naturally a good It may be just one. phasis on meat production, dairy | Orchestra;

performance. 1.10, News. Now 2/- ib..

And to be contial, find, from this of a dozen versions put on tape. suburban Two-mile long queues have produce and forestry, and' a ther

Specti Report and

1.30, BBC Concert paltry, rotten: bigotted dynasty. The recording nouncement; the been buying the last of the glance at the development of

company, choder store is splash advertising

Hall BBC Symphony Orchestra nothing but contumely and it fact that te manager will per-Games-tickets,

geo-thermal steam power amid On Morxiay the Olympic Vil the world-famous eyers and

Conductor: Sir Malcolm Bergen sultTo an end with it. And the best and the artist too usually (BBCTB); 300, sonally hand l-lb. to every cus-

officially tomer spending £1 or more,

opened hot springs of the North Island Prairie: sung by James Stelion and by the blood of the Englishmen.refuses to let a bad performatico It Isn't that long ago that we

Therefore the publle bear, on the the Sons of the Ploneers3usic Frenchmen, and Americans who be released on record. väg for Tanace Alchard Ragman and have been murdered in China die they buy, a top waters, zondition. lumped home 7 lb. for a 1/- on

with the

his Orcheria; 3.20; "Memories

When the performer - REDERIE JON Hungarian flag being holsted -After this ho, will be home- a Saturday morning.

The Vienos State Opefa with Hilde even within the current year BOSS SEEKS PENSION

upside down, and the fing of ward bound in the Royal Yacht Quedan (soprano), and the Orche murdered without redress by stage, in a large, crowded, of sterlin Rod China Governing-director of a large of that of Nationalist. China.

Loing up instead Britannia, with a thost stop at stra conducted by Max Schönherr; the margaere at Formosa of the bekime to put over Astension per

4, Thirty Minule 77PATIW.. Wähe unoffending. Ann's: crew, the circumstance. Sometimes he makes Chathami Islands, before be Twelve-Pound Look by Jame Sydney importing firm has in- These are only rough corners|rounds Cape Hor to reach the

Barrie, Produced "Frederick missionarica off Ningpo, and at ■, fkEnka/end ? before", "you know formed the Acting Minister for that can be smoothed off be- Atlantic.

Bradmum (naera): 450, A Concert Fuh Chow-du the Hwang-chakee reputation by the Hongkongsight Orchestra tragedy, and the many similar poor recording amer

piuhotfred. Trade that he intends to apply.fore the big day. They have of the effect of import restric-got

At the beginning of the New cond. Victor Crvallard crimes of which we have a 10- muchi/miny feet range wall: poud to be too, because the

RIP VCarinen of the effect of important restric world will be watching. Mel Year, when it is high summer play Selections from SACEKEE Ford. tions ou, his business,

bourne particularly, at the The Governing-director, Mr start. A E Butfield, tas told the Minister...that because of the restrictiona his

Is

+

by

and 1 and "The Eddy Bichli Story: 815. The Nowe, 605 Admiral Seymour should be Bignal and Programme Summary:

A large truck carrying -BOIL drinks caught fire in a busy

plode company finding trading dimcult

city, street, neatka old, so to Smoke and 'fames'were' pour- “I am now 65 years old, ease the strain 1. propose to _aping from it

and there seemed fatalists

IZOLY (RALDEL PARALIS)

Comfortos (Lindie faga tezs, favourable

where: you 'PEDÁ

• but rist too

ODDS AND ENDS

Bong Goodman Colony in £808,257, but these have now cá, Favourite Melodies, with Sirodjured to go on with his de

tovaal and he Orchestra: 6, rime monstration until he has effect, nagas (maty been recouped.

allmnnis Donald Wolder in "Marin od—not :* micro The company, - which was

-revenge-but it in, hoped, that "he' formed 10 years ago, hak car

Chuzzlewit by Charles “blakus. thae ? which in the future: Will a joint. Dve"

11:

and I imagine rled $.5:500,000 DRAGONITES - DI-"The city (BBCHS), (3,22 classical prove the best preventive to Pay scheduled services 'without - a

{Allem | similar indadienas. Yeh, mut miha'ullar 0.66 Weather Report: 824 Time Signal, and the News 27.15, made to come out at once- The Gloon show. Pyler Saffer. His profonded reference how badly the Import Harry Becombe and Boike Mike the Emperor is simple: subterha

in the House of Testh "ARegent, në pouring restrictions have hit this coun2481 atarder brondeat) (kciate to gain delay he knows abouaghioce

Jajesty lemonade, orange-crush and so ry, Is Dected in the fact, that 379, asking a boy Dooked well enough: wbMTHĨA

Bay-the ar policy: pt. the BAIT # trust that when my op forth on the Are and li-soon last week an average, of 2,100, Wite ond

wharf laboured Cay could macros Love Man Manchaye, is well. plication goes, to the authorities, fizzled out.

AIRLINE'S PROFIT not it works Gydy was there the mo for the pobalón, ¡1 will be

Cinatha past there has granted without any difficully, The Government' aliline bens Just as soon as some reller in Trans Autralia Airlines has labe but (the) Dötvechik | Chien

ply for the old age pension," he every prospect of a total loss. ** wrole. I feel thas my company: But the driver and his mate can well do without me in these ] startedí smáshing the bénda:of difficult times. being forced on the us by the Commonwealth.

given - in: Imports, so I will

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