THE CHINA MÁIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1957.
'Blimey! I'm not surprised they let 'em go'
PARLY MAI
HONGARY
Emmistrera.
RELIEF MEN AND
STORES FOR
S
OME 80 men - young scientists, radio and mechanical technicians -spend two years at [1 stretch manning the British bases of the Falkland Islands Dependencies. Often
it blows cold and rough in these parts of Antarctica: temperatures drop to minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit, wind speeds rise to miles per hour.
over
100
The work these men per form under auch conditions is continuous. Meteorologi- cal readings
are taken
THE
SOUTH POLE
by R. W. B. TRUSCOTT
Ar no two seasons are cundi- pointy to maintain a comfortable
temperature. tons the same.
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on the new ship are going to make this job much easier and safer in the future.
Navigation in ice, accommoda. tion, cargo handling-this are important features Incorporated in the design of the new John Bisece. But where this ship has the main advantage over her
HUNGARY'S URANIUM
by John Lorrie
in point.
by
JE Soviet nuthorities There" is no reason to doubt scientist, Professor | Janossy, in
recorded have been exploiting Mr Nagy's account of these un interview
termé, for the Soviet Union has Budapest Radio, on November 1, rich uranium deposits modo similar agreements with three days before Soviet tanks in the Pecs areas in South- other matellites and they have re-entered the capital, aald: ern Hungary. They have unfailingly arcused very bitter the exploited been doing so
"The Soviet authorities with great feelings In secrecy, in an effort to con- countries. Polish coal in a case closely guarded anything cca- nected with uranium... The ceal the fact from the
Hungarian experts were left in Hungarian 'people. But the Two further things concern the dark. I, the vice-chairman main details have now been by Mr Nagy should be noted. Commission, received ho infor
ing the agreement as reported of the former. Atomic Energy disclosed by, among other First, Hungary may not with mation... I do not know the sources, a leading Hun- out Soviet consent agree with garian atomic scientist and any other State about the ex- Souls of the contract with the
Soviet Union." a Hungarian engineer hold- ploitation, in processing, of her Secondly, the ing a key position in the agreement applies not only to Resentment uranium mines who recent the depoalts discovered when ly fled to the West. The the agreement. was made but
also
By gist of the story is this.
to nil deposits discovered
degree, however, subsequently. This already has formation that uranium ore was After an earlier search in the practical Importance, for the being worked near Pecs trickled
deposits at post-war years uranium deposits original
Kova- out and public feeling against which are described as rich gorzollos, a village near Pecs, the exploitation of the Pecs de- for Soylet benefit were found in the Pecs area in and at Bakonya have now been ondually grew.
Half-hearted The dis supplemented by deposits dis and misleading admissions were the autumn of 1954.
covered at two further plices, and covery was followed by
the
Pilisborosjono conclusion of a secret agreement in 1955 between the Soviet and
Fured. Hungarian Governments under which the Soviet Union received
uranium
arkl
la-
Ministers,
The King of Whiskies
SANDER
Available everywhere #18.50 per Bottle
the most up-to-date
Balaton made by Hungarian
and during N
Imate Nagy's stort period us Premier one of the de Sole Agente: DODWELL & CO., LTD. Other sources continue the mands he conceded was that long-term and exclusive rights story. In September, 1985, a Hungarian uranium should be
When visiting the to exploit and utilise Hungarian number of people living in Poca reserved for use in accordance
"PEARL OF THE ORIENT" were ordered to evacuate their with the interests of the nation.) uranium deposits, The ext-
at 48 hours' ploitation was to be done under homes
natico. The manifesto of the Revolution-
don't miss the direction of what is describ Some were allowed to remain ery Committee of the Hungarian ed as a Soviet mining company. go elsewhere.
in the town; others were told to Intelligentsin, issued
on Novem They were dis ber 17, included At this point
* pledge to ing for place the to provide placed to
entire quantity of housing for refuge the familles of Soviet workers uranium are engineer, Mr P. Nagy, provides at the uranium workings in the territory at the disposal of the exploited in our further details, According to th
There workers international organization set him, 70 percent of the capital neighbourhood.
Included Russian Investment required for
senior up to utilise atomle energy for pro- ducing uranium ore was to techniclang, though symo Hun- peaceful purposem ̧"*/
bo
garian engineers Mr Nagy is an
recruited
Soon after the outbreak of example were
the Hungarian, revolution well.
Revolutionary Council
the
Fixing Prices
23
Champaque
Betore
the the end of the year founded at Soviet
equipment had been During the installed and deliveries of the mines near Pecs were the
FICA
Д WEL mine.
Dalicious
CAN.
period of fighting
TONESE
FOOD
there
The
com.
provided in the form of machinery by the Soviet Union and
30 percent the
remaining by
Hungary.
Hungary is re quired to repay half the Soviet Investment that is, 35 percent of the whole-in uranium ore. The Soviet Union is to return to anjum ore to the Soviet Union focus of stiff resistance by Hun- had begun. The ore was taken arlan patriot forces. Delegates. Hungary 10 percent of tho
the from the mines got uranium ore delivered after it in lorries to Mohacs DT
Danube and shipped from touch with the Soviet has been processed in Soviet
in barges to the Black mander in Budapest and were works.
Sea and thence to a Soviet port. told that they should return to work. The mineze replied that secrecy which the they would not do so
until the Russians sought to preserve is Russians had returned to their that if their and But at two points certainly shown by the fact that workers own bases, and almost certainly at a third were forbidden to divulge that demands were not met and
and i point also it is the Soviet Union uranium ore was being extracted attempts were made to force predecessor is her vastly in-
it was
to was them
work they would creased
range. The Antarctic which has the crucial power of from mine near Pecs and
that the mine con destroy the shafts and equip. Aixing prices. The certainties given out summer is all too short and in
only bauxite, the re pald talne]
Towards the beginning price
rement. that time it is essential that all are the purchase
art and the pro- um which aluminium is made. of December it was learned in the bases are visited. The new Zgarian
The Hungarian authorities were Lonion that this threat has been charge pala by Hungary left in the dark about the Pecs fulfilled and that the shafts at of ship can call at each base with on the 10
percent out refuelling and ar-
still have The third point is that the mine to such an extent that a the Pees mine were dynamited in ship, fuel
reserve. Living in Soviet Union
leading Hungarian decides what blizzards and semi-darkness for
pald for the Soviet machinery half the year it is comforting to
These price - now that next season's supplies supplied.
fixing are outward bound from Eng-powers mean that Hungary
uranium committed to deliver ore to the Sovjet Union on un
terms for an inde- favourable finite period.
For many years the brunt of these relief duties fell lu
Stowing cargo on the old Joho wooden-hulted, ex-naval vessel
Biscoe was also a problem. Al- of 200 tons, the Royal Re- most as much had to be lashed search Ship, John Biscoe. With to the decks as could be accom- in the limits of her range and
and modated in the hold. When the cargo capacity she did the voyage in m
new ship sailed on her malden
Southampton at successfully. Since the founda-
in tion of the Survey In 1044 its November, 1956, the only item regular intervals night and work has grown
To above decks rapidly.
a grate day, sledging parties survey meet this expansion a new re hydrogen cylinders which regions, the lief vessel of 1,800 tons, bear- lived hertly before the unexplored
neme as the old left. What more important is many physical phenomena ing the same
the case with which off-loading common to Polar regions one, has gone into service.
can be carried out. There are are studied.
no whurves or harbour facilities at the Antarctic bases and
the much needed stores have to be
best they got ashore as Three powerful electric
There is no support from the land for these men no crops only live- can be grown, the stock are huskies. Each of the ten British Anturelle bases is completely deperdem krg food, fuel and the equipment it neaks for its scientifle work, on annual relief by sea.
In Uncharted Waters
Ang
arg
The new John Biscoe has been planned from the start for her specialised job and in this respect the ship is unique. First for and foremost was the need a vessel to withstand ice, The forward section of the hull has one-inch thick steel plating, the
r bows are the "Ice-breaker"
and rudder lype, the screw and protected by heavy
All these features could clearly be soen as the ship neared сот- pleton in 1956 on the stocks of Fleming and Ferguson Ltd., the Clyde (Scotland) shipbuilders.
To cope with the specic melts sufficiently to make this navigation problems in Antore rellof possible. Even then such the waters, the latest raday voyages are
risky operations, radio aids are at the disposal ef Tee can still be a menace to
To the deck officers. The bridge is navigation and reaching some of
of placed high to give elear vision the bases involves negotiating ahead for several miles and a narrow, rocky inlets in unchart powerful searchlight is mounted cd wolers. Every vellet voyage
op cach wing of the bridge. is in fact a voyage of discovery, Radar may plek out an iceberg at close quarters but it is com- forting during darkness to able to see it as well.
It is only during the short Antarctic summer that the
POCKET CARTOON by OSBERT LANCASTER
العليا جلدية
ONLY L
"Mrs. Cornelius Van Slaughterhouse-III and the welcome committee of the Daughters of the American Revolution to see H.M."
ice
and
land in a ship that has every chance of getting through. The can. designers of the New John
cranes Biscõe have seen to that.
fur
retumu.
is
DON'T MAKE HIM WASH UP
-IT'S DANGEROUS
By CEDRIC CARNE
WAS going out to dinner when my secretary told bemt that Mr Boyd had made a late appointment to come to my consulting rooms be- cause of his rheumatism.
Protection Against Extreme
Cold
In the old John Biscoe there was below decks a place called the "Fidery", the name given to
But rheumatlı to a doctor means a variety of conditions, To tell the doctor you have rheumatism is like asking walter to bring you fish.
the
the cramped assortment cr "What sort of Alsh?" the bunka, cabins and mess-rooms walter
which accommodated the relisi parties of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey sailing out To the bases, and the lour-
completed men returning. It may
have been anug but one had to be on the best of terms with one's neighbours.
All that is changed in the new ship. Messes and real-rooms resemble dining-rooms and lounges of modern flats. Cabins are spaelous, comfortable and One cannot perhaps plentiful. get lost in the now ship but there is plenty of elbow room. All the living-quarters are pro- tected against extreme cold by having their outer walls in- sulated, while 'a flow of hot air con
be regulated at various
JOHNNY HAZARD
SECURITY COUNCIL UPSTAIRS! THE MEETING'S ABOUT TO START/ I'M AFRAID YOU'RE TOO LATE ALL VISITORS' TICKETS ARE GONE!
I'M NO VISITOR, LADY! THANKS, ANYWAY...
ou
will ask. And so the doctor will inquire: "What kind of rheumatism?"
You see, it could mean rheu-
matic fever, fibrosills, theuma- toid arthritis, asleo-arthrills, lumbago, neuritis and the rest.
RHEUMATISM
is
of to walk
the pain
of,
atomic and the mine was flooded.
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species "rheumatism" which can occur diagnosis of slipped diac would through engaging In some not be so fashionable, because activity which leads to an un- it would not occur so common- usual strain on the back,
It may come on suddenly when jumping out of bed in the morning or even after washing up dishes over too low a pink,
That activity is particularly dangerous for men unused heavy work.
CRANKING
"I think I got from cranking the
var,"
to
my trouble Mr Boyd sald. "Anyway, now I'll go to work on a bus. Save petrol and my back at the same time.”
He was almost happy to hear that he had lumbago. He thought it might have been worst: that he had a slipped Mr Boyd disc. But, in fact, lumbago may through the be due to loosening a disc.
which
From the way door I guessed at once walked gingerly
form of rheumatism he-had.
"Yes, I's in the lower part my back," he said.
I emphasised that lumbago should be treated promptly to
ty.
"Well, what do I do, doctor?" naked Mr Boyd.
"It's important to go to bed,”| I said.
I advised him to rest flat on his back with a small cushion or rolled-up towel propped un- der the arch of the lower part of the spine. After a while the muscular cramp would subside, particularly some kind of heat, like a hot-water botile, were applied to help relax these muscles.
ASPIRINS
"Go back heme now," I said, "and have a hot bath. Take a couple, of aspirine and then go to bed as I've suggested.”
After the pain passes off
of prevent the dise from truly some stiffness may remain, and alipping If all people who it is often helpful to strap the suffer from bouts of lumbago · affected area of the back with In other words, he had an took their backache more, adhesive plaster for a week ou acute attack of lumbago,
seriously and did not just try : 80,
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