THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1959.
MARRIAGES THE
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END OF THE HOLIDAY
BY JAK
'It couldn't be her taxi, Joe. She's not due back
tiff tomorrow'
JAK
London Express Service,
Unemployment
AND THE TORIES
The Budget aims at an expanding economy and reducing unemploy ment-even though at 2.5 per cent Britain has the lowest figure of any major Western country. But the big question remains: Is `unemployment, even at that level, a potent political factor?
leaves for
T is a long time-a. Mr Mucmillan
on April 23. The generation or more castle Dry, is atruaity since the shadow in the forefront, before the elec- of the dole queue fell tion battle really starts. across the ballot paper in facts of unemployment?
then are the political this country. Will it do so at the coming General Election?
Main weapon
The question will face Mr Maenllan when be tours
What
One of the outstanding fuels is that unemployment tends le
which always oceur in urens
It is vole Sosialist anyhow. therefore easy to exaggerate its
pent
where Sir Ian Horobin has Tory majority of only 380. In a hard-hit textile area, this is a desperately small margin.
1) The Socialist Party has never
Mr Macmillan will be calling there on his tour.
He wil call, too, at Preston, where there are 2,270 people out of work, and where, in Preston
Scath, Tory Mr Alan Green, a textile manufacturer, nurses the puny majority of 474. And in Preston Northi Mr Julian Amery. Mr Macmillan's son-in-law has
majority of 2,003.
broken effectively Into Irish politics, and although the recent by-election in Belfast showed a Kult in strength it has stila long way to go.
WHOLE WORLD WATCHED
Ruth Khama bears
no
grudge
RUTH WITH HER TWING
China Mall reporter in Africa John Redfern is on a milon of rediscovery....of marriages. Marriages that made news the whole world watched, for they were marriages that put krve higher than prejudice. Last week Redfern reported on the former Peggy Cripps, How Peggy Applah, from Ghana, Now he moves south to a one-time violently controversial couple....Seretse and Ruth Khama....
Serowe, Bechuanaland, Tuesday.
we all
The oli
has ...prickliness entirely gone. Her tine-month- old twin mens are more impor-
ant than rorembered battles.
Stan-
"Everyone here is friendly, Of course I don't know how acme of thern feel deep down, But we get along well," sho says, fondling Tshakedi ford and Anthony Paul.
Irresistible, sturdy chauners Both are light- lived not that that Important to Ruth.
THIS is the end of the world--and the beginning they are.
of full happiness for the chattered about for years.
woman
For Ruth Williams, confidential secretary at Lloyd's, whose marriage to Seretse Khama, Chief Apparent of the Bamangwato tribe, frightened
The chief
13
British Socialist Ministers and was the start of the long dusty lul!-for, the
long, big trouble.
The story is different in Scot-
Blackheath Ruth, bernet land. Consider Mr Patrick 35 years ago, had for yours aly Maitland, Tory MP for Lanark. (one permanent address the His majority is only 958. In headlines of the world's news- parts of Lanarkshire unemploy papers. ment is more than three times
Today she is settled down at the national average, Mr Malt-jast: a good-looking, often gay land's seat is not comfortable.
woman with the large family Glasgow contains some con- she always wanted, a fine house stituencies where local unem on a lonely hilltop in lon-and- Then there are Stockport and ployment could upset narrow cheetah country, and the mail Bury also or the Prime Tory majorities. Al Craigton for when she faced abuse and Minister's itinerary, where Mr Nixon Browne won by 210 In ostracism Tory MPs have only modest 1955; at Scotstoun Sir James
by J.W.M. MORRISON
his Socialist opponent.
Naturally
Scottish much unemployment falls in Socialist urers, where hard times locally cannot bring about any fresh uuli-Government swing.
elector importance when on majorities with which to struggle Hutchison was only 428 up on the present scale, at lenst.
against local industrial dif- culties. Looked at strictly from the
view of voles, it The Soclulisty may well prove Lanenshire {u { * * this makes p
difference whether over-optimistle in their hope of month. Lancashire is A unemployment at Ebbw Vale is winning more than a dozen of county of marginal senis, it or the highest in the country, these Lancashire seats, but the cons- eak facts of the situation are It is also a county where This is one of those
employment is relatively eles committed to return recognised by the Tories.
ina Socialist whatever happens. high. How will this unem-
For this reason, the Socialists ployment affect the votes? Sur
Title prospect of political advantage from unemployment thruughout Wales as a whole.
No danger
Unemployment sometlines runs in constituences which are tradi-- tionally committed to the Tories, of course,
The Tories need not fear much
at pinces like Blackpool, al- though the unemployment there.
ane
An example of this 'Is Storno- way, one of the binckest of black
than spots, with more worker in three out of a job,
Is In the Western Stornoway Isles constituency, which elected Socialist in 1955, Mr Malcolm Macmillan, with a 2,172 majori- ty.
Hopeful
The question, of course, is mi confined to Loncashire. The
But in a few sensitive regions Soelasts will make unemploy ment and the fear of it--one of it must be reckoned with. Mr beir main clection weapons, Thifigs tells me that in, Lanca- their stire, he thinks unemployment Bir Morgan Phillips, Carly secretary, tells me gives Labour "good prospects" is currently 6.5 of the working But st the Socialists are This is an issue which must of winning at least a dozen seats population. The two Tury MPs hopeful in Scotland as in Lunca- be in the forefront."
He was thinking of places ko for Blackpool had majorities of shire. Mr Phillips has just come Oldham, where unemployment
1 cm for from crying. of bac's from Tancashire. Mr is more than twice the nationni 16,030 cnd 12,225 in 1955.
Acain, loen! considerations Gatinhell Was there net bling average of 2.5 per cent, and
tions with be fulled;
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Scuth Africa had branded skyscraping Johannesburg "Golf" is the Afrlerns call it, hin a prohibited immigrant.
Today in Serowe outwardly the elty of gold.
Ittle ha changed. Seretse is Scrowwe, the Bingwall prohibited
frem crossing capila, has exactly 94 whiles the border.
Bechuana are Many other and several thousand Africans. away on their lands and colle ranges,
Water worry. Bat there is peace in the lord, and Ruth is happy.
Seretas, magnificenlly buill, fond of boxing and Rugby, is is in bed not eve-s.rong and
But Ruth w/h getris trouble.
This is a village without proper roads, without any hotel, but with a chreats shortage of water.. Panting in the sun, Sarowe Ereathes on the broad, and I talked about the Khamas' tough shoulder of the Kaithari banishment
Desert.
plane,
British by the Government, their long exile in
and
The Khoma
Surrey, the disturbances, house,
Sercise's exclusion through Lord about 3,500 feet above sea level,
Salisbury from his rights of has two glossy magazine-type
succession, bathrooms, But at present every arep of water has to be taken up from the village three milles
It is nearly 10 years
came the
below.
ngo
Tight lips
Ruth will never forget the
слу
As she walks the locks down
bringing her other children from their schoolhouse. Soon they arrive: Jusqueline, yot nearly nine and poised
Scree wisttul. six-year-old Lan. Just minus two front teeth but ready for anything.
in otiniard Jacqueline s thuce. History is her test gub- 1 to a she wants Jeot, but decter of a nurse.
Ruth's house, which she ruch with 1 servants including ganden.cre and drivers L named Moehata. That the place of the Chief,
means
Coco's Models Are Society Girls
SAM WHITE'S
PARIS
NEWSLETTER
PARIS. Tuesday. [ADEMOISELLE
Соса
MChanel, veteran dress
designer, la carrying out a minor social revolution.
Unlike London, where model. ling le a fasjonable occupeilun, Peels It has always been a socially despised and ill-used cne,
Now Mile. Chanel hos tradition by challenged this unploying as her mennequins young women of outstanding social eminence. Among them cre the Princess de Crouy, the Countera D'Arcangues and the Counters De Muña.
Prominent
Only one strictly professional model is employed by Mite. Chrnet and she is an English- woman, Miss Gay Welch.
By employing these young woman Mila. Chanel has not only raived the social status ot the profession but is wage standards KO. mannequins are
The Chanel pakt
is roughly
week, which times the standard wage estat "the minnequine Par..
£30 a
three
for ini
In addition, their hairdressing and beauty treatment bills are paid by the house, and they are free to borrow Chantel clothes at all times.
There romaine caly one nag- ging uncertainty as regards the icdels' future; whether they CIRMĀTS show the professional
Pario required to remain in
the throughout August when winter collections are shown, their husbanda and while friends are out of town on
For in spite of Mr Patrick holiday. Gordon Walker (of unallowed.
memory
hereabout.) Sorelso will always be the chief to the villagers of Serowo and Icy
any mides around,
In her special position as the white wife of such a man, Ruth is treated with true respart. She serves ca a few mines-- Girl Guides, clubs and such like. the entertring.
One cloud
In Between
As for Mile. Chanel, now 70, she remains, if I may say sơ, a remarkably durable monument to her friendship with tho late Duke of Westrainster.
'Her cutlock en the world and even the clothes she designs have been rikingly influenced by this
friendship and fis resultant knowledge of pre-war England.
She tends to deprecato France and exclt England solely on the baals of life, as it was lived in aristceratie houses in England at the time.
Solly
hor eyeing
busy children Ruth
she tells me Warra them to have a tall
of Her final refinement education ending at university.
mobbery is to deny that she is **ID All scris of prople are making
a sab with the words:
with a inquiries for her about a auzit-
just as much at home able
g:ho: for Jacqueline.
petent as with an aristocrat. It Perhaps somewhere in Rhodesia
is the people in between that I Then she adds in a whisper; ¦ don't care for." "Really, I don't want children to hurry off to board-
ing schools. Children can
very cruel, you knew,
our
"When Jacqueline is older
she may be lonely here, where
Chanel: “Women -Mademoiselle "Coco"
should never hate anybody.. cancel out the political Citect of arse, that all these expectans the world we tot hussy, tiek lipped "welenge" she there, is not much mixing, cr. The reason to that after 40 unemployment in Northern The only certain thing to Bellol-trained Seretse Khan received from some of her own abroad. I hope the world grows every woman has the facu while Jacqueline la grow she deserves. If aftor that Ireland, although the rate there emerge so far is that unemploy-en the dust-billowing track. His people when she cone cut as a Is the highest in the United nut will be back with us need was furious ther and so bris. Yet there is no rancour traz up." Kingdom.
There is not a single Socialist as a principal talking point was he is girl-(the boksi licket & Butha fok dago her face is marred by
He was being pushed around younger than nearly 30, her hair rudicly strictis Izce.
And i saw the cne dorkable sight." MP from Northern Ireland In the House of Commons today, is one of the great unknowns of by
How It will affect the voting by the politicars and pursued is betufiful and her skin stays
reporters milk-white in: these thirsttands cloud on this hot winter's day race-conscious
white
often people and scant prospect of one after pallies today.
at the end of the world. because he had dared to bring where the coming election.
cut his bride to his homeland. acquire a "kippered" icky.
In this elcollon.
· SEMJOLTIMENTOS ANNUAL COMPETENCE"
BAKLAS-ISLE WE MA
(London Express Service).
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"As Mr. O'Toole will no doubt accept any benefits achieved by this conterance portape
he would be good enough to favour us with a few moments of his undivided attention."
Startling
London Express Service. A STARTLING secne cecutrof in the dining room of the Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo His week.
Landon Jeorija, BOTTLES
Lady Michelham, dressed in red from head to foot, entored the room and walked at a piately pace to a table occupied by the
Archduke jcamer
Ollo of Austria and a few friends,
Reaching the table, she made a deep curtsy and cried: "Leng live the Emperor," After sheic“ Ing hands with the Archduke. her ladyship walked to another tablé occupied by the ex-Queen of Spain.
There followed another deep.
tromlou curlar and cnother
cry: "Long live the Queen."
There was only one other table to call upon-that occupied by the ex-Queen of Yugoslavia, This time the performancO was alightly marred...
...Luty Michelham Boci- a cheir dentally knocked over while making her deep curisy.
I was at a party this week given for Miss Eva Gabor, one of the Gabor sisters. The party was in full swing whan magnificent-looking- girl, wearing skintight slacks. from the French colony of Guadeloupe, made a tensa- tional entry. Miss Gabor Im- 'mediately hissed to her host In her heavy, Hungarian sa- cent: "She la charming, Get- her out of here,"