THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1961.

THIS COMMON Selwyn Lloyd clamps down-here's something going UP, UP, UP

MARKETEER BINGO

WILL GIVE US NO QUARTER!

By Brendan Abbott

IT was a good day the other day for Professor Walter Hallstein, the 60-year-old German who runs Europe's Common Market organisation.

As he sat in his Brussels

headquarters now! camo through from the

Market

Common

Conference in Bad Godesberg that the heads of Governments the Market

had come round to his way of thinking.

And his thinking means that Mr Macmilion-If he is deter- mined on a link-up with the Six the Common -caphol Join Markol exempt at the expense of a Commonwealth sell-out.

A cruise

Half-way through their talks

QUOTE

by Roy Llewood, father of Bouthil over ut Derby three, for climbing soft up scaffolding for a 21 beli-

IT was the height of stupidity.

by Miss E. Abbott, heart mistress of Cuttermore Secomi- Jary School, Nottinghamshire:---

T one time one rarely saw

A a parent unless she came to

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MANIA

Behind it I detect one ailment the Welfare State hasn't been able to cure

Aberdeen

THIS afternoon, thou- lutto, tombela UT housey. The Opony at Blackpool, which housey has been dragged from seats 3,000, has already switched sands of women from the nursery, refurbished with to Saturday bingo sessions, Twe to Reading an adult gloss and an electronic Essoldo cipomas have done so, scoreboard, and is melting a The Royal County Theatre In new pattern in social behaviour. Bedford, shut for the last 18

months, has at last found a box- that 75 Britain has gone Bingo crazy.

At Wat office success-bingo. ford, a theatre plays bingo. At Bournemouth it is a cinema.

will leave their kitchens and the ironing, to com- mit the Nation's most prevalent sin. They are off to play bingo.

This modern phenomenon has roused the 31-year-old Methodist minister at Harlow, Essex, le a high which of morgi Indignation. The Rev. Cyril Blount has told his parishioners

thnt here

is an expression of greed that I put even above sexual im- morality and hypocrisy.

are worshipping a false god."

THE HIGH

The three high priests of the movement are Mecca Dancing. Top Rank and Belle Vue, Man-

chester. Of these, Mecca can claim to be the prime aporile. Three-quarters of their 40 dance hails throughout the country new have twice weekly sessions with hundreds queueing for a chance at the jackpot.

On Wednesday, the Granby Halls, Leleuster, open for bingo. And at Brentford, Middlesex, they are planning open-air blago on the football ground.

per

cent of their audiences are women, and that, of these, 60 per cent are over 40. For most of them the outlay is not excessive.

First they

must apply membership to a club. may cost

for

That them is. or more. when there is the entry charge, and the cost of a five-game book Never has sin been more of cards. At Mecca no one is popular.

allowed more than four books.

there is an audience

A Mircea's 30 bingo halis, A cup of tea, a biscuit, perhaps of about...hardly enough to upset the 1,000 at each sliting,

Because budget, the 1000 Gaming Act does not

range from

£10 to £320. Half the money staked allow the organisers to take a

the poach game constitutes Jackpot, and the rest Fors towards subsidiary prisos,

Prizes You

PRIESTS

The Rank Organisation which already runs sessions at Camden Town Watford, Prektum. Hackney and Shepherd's Bush, le about to plungă further into

the boom.

On August 13, is Trocadero cinema 21 the Elephant and Castle is to start Sunday afternoon bingo. with

two-hour period, after which

I will revert, in the evening, to showing flims.

Fulse ur not, tho cult

In Manchester, too, they are In dunre halls, in dreaming. Belle Vue has plans in schoolrooms and to stage bingo for up to 5,000 centres, this venerable, players ni a time, with "prises Humne ££ ww eulled totalling £2,000 in an evening.

in ad Cudesberg the German complain. Today most of the boons. Chancellor, tha French Presis | parents who viali me came with | pubs, dent, five Premiere, and 1x a gonulus desire to disopan thoir village unported Foreign Ministers daughters. troopul abord sălu for a cruise

down the Rhine.

And both Hallstein and the cruising politielona musi

Zelt the symbolisen of i

have

the

No

the fact that vessel was named the Deutsch- land that was just sutneone's thetlessness. But in the cruise.

FUT Professor Hallstein, swiping zestfully at Britain, inst month described the Common Market as "a ship whose eruis- ing speed and course have been

set,"

And. In case anybody did not get his message, he nuded: "Anyone who wants to come aboard must accept those condi- tions and not demand that the ship return to purt or change speed and direction."

Here was his declaration of war on those politicians who wont Britain Lo join Market--with special terms.

Tactics

the

In this Hallstein has differed

with Adenauer, his former master, on lacticz,

Hallstein wished to speed up

the closed market of the six in

child's

Lord Lambton, MP, reports

from a troubled continent

NO, I'M NOT SURPRISED SO

MANY ARE BITTER

Bulawayo.

HAVE always admired Kenneth Kaunda. His

moderation and his ability

siderable.

the hope that Britain would A month ago I flew into f make a speedier effort to join,

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11

Salisbury with

him and

dignity

conducted are both con-

the an end on that Sunday morning with of rumours.

In-

The Gurman Chancellor eye-calmness and

Gaulle ing President de

a which he accepted the tile fearfully, was believed to dignity of a eustoms search was a lesson from which cer- be willing to make a few con- cursions in the hope of getting

tuin mumbers of the Labour

ፍር Party who tried to make Britain in

balance Fur

much of the incident should France.

nut But

Hallstein, whose

have profited. eventun! alm is to change AN economie organiralion into 1 political United States of Europe. In Washington, Hallstein bas

without Mr Sandys. Certainly the skilful, patient and scrupu- lously honest way in which he the his part of negotiations WOR Him the respect of the Rhodesians,

They folt that though they mighi not agree

•him with they could trust him and he meant what he said,

What is going to happen Actually, despite what

The Rhodesian Government, represented

next? by Mr Greundeki and Mr Evans, came to a coun- plete deadlock with Mr Macleod und Mr Sandys.

1te is basically a Nyerere, Candidate Hot Nkrumah type of African leader and it is upon such men as he that the hope of

A

explained his views personally peaceful transition period! In

to leading politicians, including President Kennedy,

His friend

His chlet American ally s George Ball, Assistant Sceretury for Economie Affairs

in

the

| Afriva depends.

Everything that would dono to make him trust and rely upon the British Govern nent should therefore be done.

TO LUNCH

State Department, whose rough Unfortunately he is at the tactics in favour of the Common moment very bitter man and Market have caused concern it is necessary to try to under- inside the Kennedy Administra-stand why, Recently he came tinn and at the British Embassy. to lunch with

Litsaka me in Now Hallistelu hopes for a and the following questions and European Parliament which replies are self-explanatory.

M.F.9 would eventually be

The question was over the percentage of votes that each

must get from each race; and the Rhodesian request that he must also get at least 20 per cent from one or other roll.

Mr Mucleud was immovable and so were Mr Greenfield and Mr Evans, There is no doubl that tempers were running high

Mr Kaunda says, I belleye that there is still a chance that he will take part in the elections,

STRAINED

Since his return there have been algas that the threatened strike may not lake place, and the extremisis have found to their disppointment that the mine workers in parilcular are not enthusiastle about risking Mr Sundys, however,

their pay packets in protesting mained calm and insisted that about a constitution which to under- the matter should be referred they cannot bogin to the Prime Minister. I was. and Mr Macmillan came down on the side of the Federni re- presentatives.

FC-

stand.

This, however, is looking on the bright side of things för in the interests of accuracy and realism, it is impossible to deny The unfortunate part of the

deliepte race Folations whole matter

have Is that the con-

been strained. stitution probably deserves Mr

Moderation has had a poor Callaghan's description of it as

for a dog's breakfast,

Mr reward and the word of the Q-Do you find that the Macleod has literally had to the British Government's plan

kn 10 zatlary British, Government is no longer

else) that he has retained his original intentions,

Things, however, would prob-

cut from the stake-money, Mecca charge a 23. entry fee.

Disregarding the profits on the catering, this means a clear

£300,000 a year from premises. which would otherwise stand idle until the bands struck up In the evening. Passing phase or sol, this la useful money, Who pays it?

The answer. overwhelmingly, women. The organisers day

JUST A

'SMALL BOIL'

These are the secrets of o rage which the Bishop of Man-

BINGO!

BINGO

CARDS

chesior has called 'a boll on the face of an affluent society." When you enngider that the an- Britain nual gambllag` bli in touches £683,300,000 of which one-sixth is devoted to the foot- ball pools, bingo looks iko being rather a smali boil,

Nor are churchmen united in their views, In Scotland, it is looked upon as the Brst step to perdition. The Church of Eng- land "neither

approves hay disapproves" though the Bishop of Southwark has said, in the Evening Standard, that he is not opposed "to

· Autter."

0

THEIR VIEW

i nowerful volco in Methodist circles, is also the owner of one of the largest operators,

What the Ray, Cyril Blount probably worries about is the degree to which a person can become a slave to the game, fur- for Faking home and family the mad refrain of "Four-0, blindforly.... AR the fours, forty-four on its own, num- ber two....Bingo!"

Utt

to those who rush to condemn it, there is the com- ment by she devotee: “It is betw ter_than_television, Isn't (12"

This is not pred modest

Ir loneliness, the one disease which the Welfare State not been able to eure.

IS MILDER

The Roman Catholle Church

has taken an even milder view, and runs some bingo sessions lu its own church hall, Lord Ranke,

BY JAK

BINGO DRUŠ

ADDICTS

Mark Christie

-Landos Express Service).

"I don't know what you see in it, night after night, night after night I'

London Exprans Service

Some of the 'dangerous' radar

land may be returned

elected on a universal European Bree constitution puts you in himself (and probably no and trustingly accepted either by the EQUIPMENT

electoral roll,

This is the sort of project for which his academle background has prepared him. Always top

of the form at school, he was a professor at 29.

Although no Nazi himself, he Rucceeded in holding uninversity. posta undisturbed under itler.

an awkward position?

A-1 plainly does.

Q-Do you think

that the present plan is in the frame- ably work of the old?

A certainly is not. Q-Were you given ASRITANC that the plan

any

was

After serving on the Western going to be different from what

Front, he was į prisoner for kwó

United years in the

States. There, his views on federation were reinforced.

Spotted

Adenauer spotted him in 1948 aya men who shared most

his views. Within three years

he was a head man in the

It turned out to be?

A have publicly said so und I told my followers that was assured that we would have the originet constitution or something like 11.

Q-D you therefore And! yourself in an awkward post-! Li?

A certainly do.

Q-i i viner intention to boycott the coming elections?

A will be dimeult for me

not to.

have

been much

worse

Africans or Europeant in Northern Rhodesia,

---{Londont Express Service).

Nu speling!

1,000 FIVE-YEAR-OLDS WILL

TEST AN ALPHABET

NEW 43-letter alphabet will be tried out on 1,000 five-year-old children next September.

Foreign Ministry where, in- Q-Do you conaltior then And if the educationista think

Diplomats who knew him than

say he was doctrinaire, almost

without humour, but with a

highly developed politlent peTest.

INEVITABLE

I must аду 1st AL BETTAR

rather

like

IS SAFE, SAY SCIENTISTS

THERE is now а

chance that some of the beautiful country- side earmarked by the Government for building Britain's ballistic missile early warning system may be handed back for the nation to enjoy.

Internal burns to people who come too close.

Recently, I stood just a few fuqi front of one these transmitiors on the insistence of cientisty .operating the station at Thule, Geyerland....... I felt nothing.

The World of Science

men crawl over the Installations in complete safety."

When the Government 11- nounced its choice of the Fylingdates alto it

caused A furore emong bird-watchers. Naturalists feared that wild life would be hurt, or scared away. I con put their fears at rest. I've seen Arelic buzzards wheeling within feet of the antennae, as if they did not exist and actually building their nests on them.

GLASS CUTTING MADE EASY

Ghandyman.

To begin with, alt humans miles were kept al poveral distance from this transmitter. Then the scientists sent caler-

OOD news for the homo

That dif The reason Scientists have piller trucks, loaded with sensi- tive instruments, to measure discovered the powerful rader precisely how much radio energy ficult job of cutting glass than was previously thought. equipment to be much safer reached different parts of the for windows or pictures

Alringent tests in

Paterile area." The trucks were

been solved.

Two of these are thrown out too, have their own embols.

Diptongs, that the four-acre site at dying. Complete safety Univerally, has invented a imple

And 10

J

cidentally. he embarrassed his that the neoitations were "ait is a good idea every five-years. A. hard ZH looks like a plece chief by blurting out that triumph for Sir Roy Welensky? old in Britain will be spelling of old-style German, Europe streiched "from The A. They plainly were.

the Rew way in three years' Then there are some lettern Atlantic to the Urals,"

Amerien able to go right up to the trana without breaking it has timo.

ornamental and Greenland --- where two out mitters without recording But after

the age of seven version of something from the at three BMBWS stations are enough energy to harm a fly, Dr H. F. Slecdmah, of the they will return to the old Greek. They stand for various already, working-have proved

Zoology Department at Glasgow fashioned 20 liters.

double sounds.

dates Moor, Yorkshire, does not

but Ingenious, gadget which can All his life, work has been his rather a pity that we should in the new alphabet.

The start of a story prepared need sterlie mono" In front,

turn anyone' Intó an expert only houby. fo is still un-now, as a result of the extra-othere are brought in.

for next September's achosu from which the pubile must be This discovery, should remove cutter. Example: There are two forms Tune "Wuns upon married. Friends spy he ordinary promisos handed out to

alem." Barred, in the Interests of safely, one of the Brush publie's main Other glass-cutiers, whether never had time for courtship. many people int Cenital of TI -- a soft sound as in Another says: "Heer el gog.***

doubts about the 243 million they um a diamond or n wheel, The union of Europe must Africa, have succeeded in due "lhink" and a hard wound as In

three-year experiment

DMEWB Lallation at Fylin demand a good dent of skill in will be fried seem a tietying aubsitute as oppolating everybody. But for "the,"

Jarrow at

dales. The whole question of getting the correct angle and In the woft TH the tail of the Middlesex), Oldham (Lanca- he surveys the Continent from year. I have seen this as inevit-

safety precautions for it must premire for cutting, Dr Blend- the hire), and schools in Stafford- able. One must speak the truth is extended below lith big office in Deusmell.

cœan's simply has to be pressed In the past, it was feared that bow be reviewed. not make incom-line. In a hard Ti the "" abitp.. Only the growing opposition and must

In Grenland, a scientist told down un the ginsa ex hard s Inside thin

atande patlilo promises to both sides. has its tall turned to Use jati,

Mat for parente: A-child the ultra-powerful radar trang- counting

to 10 : "Lekijnos hant and fich now possible. Il thien automatically milters--they It is posible now to recon- ie olie direction to normal reading well BEFORE choose million wellnight fan in what some authorities ones adopts d

generate between Walter Halstein And

beat angle. age. Will be æsepesă the new

wouki have to bas | Why did a zoologiat inyent it? out racią alphabet,

energy which could · Taki, "London Kapreso Bermies),

dimatu.“, eroulant, de

Maintenance Out of irritation at weing hit -causa, prykitallo

по

1

his next aim-to rupa in Britain struct how en Halston's letra,

and bondón Baxpršau Zovuloji

the London gon-|writing, ference over

the Northern Example: A soft BH is write Rhoderlan constitution came to 'feh with an old-style mask nogm

The

Felt nothing

kas

students break dozens of shests of class as they tried to cut up aldes for Inbornory micros- copes.

The new cutter can be used successfully fret time-even by a child. So impressed with it is the Government sponsored National Rosearch Development Corporation that it has decided to arrange for mass production in Britain.

-{London Express Service).

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