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FLYNN REAGAN
Lead a Commando raid to the heart of Berlin
and Back! 175
TERRIFICI
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WITHOUT
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Dr
WARNER BROS. STIRRING HITE
Nancy Coleman Raymond Massey
ALAN HALE ARTHUR KENNEDY
RAOUL WALSH HAL B. WENS
KINKS
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1946.
Canada Urged To Adopt vigorous Immigration Policy
nican
Immigration a word which „paradoxically can prosperity or depression, wealth or poverty, Is becoming increasingly apparent in the language of Canada, which many say must have a greater population if she is to retain her hold on a half-continent and thrive.
With the war over and its travel) Partlament, who have urged that barriers dissolving, the word has Canada embark at the earliest posul- cropped up on the tongue of theble moment on a polley of selective average Canadian, the social worker, immigration. the wellwylsher and the Parlin- mentarian-all urging that Canada open the immigration gates in a partially lifted. In May, it was on- manner, telective or otherwise, that nounced that relatives of Canadluns will help to people this country's will be allowed to enter the broad and sparsely settled lands and dominion from foreign countries, provide markets for those already providing their Canadian relatives
here.
The bara already have been
enn support them. Since then; steps
In
It came up again and again during have been taken to establish acill- debates in the Parliamentary session ten for civil and medical examina- just ended and the talk was finally ton northern 11:26 southern quited when the Minister of Re-Europe. sources, Mr Glen, whose department handles immigration, disclosed that been the Government's decision to Another immigration project has an inter-departmental committee was now drawing up a
bring to Canada for farm work 4,000 post-war
Poilstr Immigration policy which he hoped army which fought beside the 1st
unmarried veterans of the would soon be announced.
Canadian Corps in Italy. These men will undertake to work in agriculture in Canada for two успев after reaching these shores.
But none of these mensures has the scope and append urged by the pro- immigrationists. They sny Canadu faces the alternative" of using
her vacant space and resources ur, even- tually losing
then to other peoples. The problem was brought to the
That Cannon cannot torefront recently
her' retain Indefinitely Immigration Committee, which told 3,500,000 square miles of territory, the upper house that Immigration including the rich, lush lands of the was of pilme importance if we are north-west, in the exclusive owner- to hold our prices abroad and mainship of 12,000,000 persons, a handful
t of population tain and improve our standard
thickly-settled living at home."
Closely linked with this announce- inent are the current deliberations of the United Nations Social and Economic Council, which hopes to develop a scheme by which Canada, The United States and other lands of the new world will absorb some of the war-displaced, homeless peoples of Europe.
by
the Senate They argue
In a nutshell it urged that the world. Government start a vigorous policy
10
in comparison
countries of
with
the
But while there is emphasis
un
of selective immigration as soon as immigration there is equal stress on shipping space becomes available) emigration. A surprising number and that Europe be combed for of Canadians have turned to the persons who would become real south and are answering the coll of ussels in Canadian" Hfe.
larger
salarles and greater opportuni- That report, based on the evidence lies in the United of scores of witnesses over several more important, most of these have
Winifred Shotter, stage and screen star, has been chosen as woman tele- vixlan announcer for the BBC. Miss Shotter was selected from 119 enn- didates and has commenred test work. Photo shows Mb Winifred Stier photographed on the set with the television camera crew making a test at the Alexandra Palace Television studio,
Notes And News For Film Goers
Film
The London Scientific Society, re-organised and en. larged, plans to give a monthly' show of scientific and, docu- mentary films, and to organise programmits of scientific, films It is to publish for children.,
a quarterly journal "The Scien- tific Film.".
Willam Eythe, Hollywood star in England for the making of "Meet Me Al Dawn" at Denham, near London hos some interesting observations to make on Britain. English cinemas, he says, are more comfortable than those In the USA, with plenty of leg-room and smoking allowed. English tech- niclans are on top of their jobs and the "week-end hübit" is restful and necessary. But best of all, he says "English" autograph hunters are nice, shy people and they don't try to knock you down."
Britain's first Royal Command film performance, to take place at The
Empire, Leicester Square, be London, on November 1, wili attended by King George VI, Queen Princesses. Elizabeth and the twe
in which will be
Cinematograph fea-
The programme,
aid of Britain's Trade Benevolent Fund, will ture the new film "A Matter of Life and Death" which will be having is Brst public showing. This was one of the outstanding British pic- tures to be earmarked for the in- ternational Film Festival organised at Cannes by the French Govern- ment.
A unit alming in the Hudders- feld area for Walter Forde's ple- ture of the Yorkshire best-seller "The Crowthers of Bankdom" has Meteorologient appointed its own Oncerformer ini-hond Joshizu Holmes, keen student of local weather lore for most of his 02
AL 2.30, 5.10,
States. Even CHINA'S SHARE OF | Germany Heaviest m weeks, trumpeted the call that has been persons highly trained in pro- JAPREPARATIONS 7.15 & 9.15 p.m. been sounded by private organisa-fessions and selences that Canuda can
tions and private members of afford to lose.-Renter.
The Heart Speaks in a Great Picture! M-G-M'S
LASSIE COME HOME
IN THRILLING
TECHNICOLOR
with
Il's true to Wof It's. 'packed with power and tenderneat
It's thrilling!
RODDY MCDOWALL DONALD CRISP
Dame May WHITTY · Edmund GWENN Nigel BRUCE · Elsa LANCHESTER LASSIE
ADDED! SPECIAL METRO-NEWS
ORIENTAL
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TWO GOOD SHOWS FOR ONE PRICE!
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RANDOLPH SCOTT RUTH WARRICK ELLEN DREW
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WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP
FIGHT FILMS Taken at the ringside,
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Walt Disney's "SALUDOS AMIDOS"
&nd "BRIGHTON STRENGLERS"
MAJESTIC
At 2.30, 5.20,
7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
M-G-M brings you the thrilling story that
will end up in JAPAN!'
"BATAAN”
Starring Robert.TAYLOR as Sergeant Bill Dane with GEORGE MURPHY * LLOYD NOLÁN. THOMAS MITCHELL * LEE BOWMAN TO-MORROW:
"PARDON MY SARONG”
Starring: BUD ABBOTT LOU COSTELLO
Reserve Citizen Army Jap Schools to Abolish
Of 500,000 For PI
11
of the Philippine Army and training will be done over a period
to-day.
Taxed Country
Europe
In
Holmes looks at the sky and the trees and tie animals, he sniffs the air he's known since boyhood, and he tells the txt cách morning. with astonishing accuracy, whut-
conditions will be like during the rest of the day.
nut
*
Nanking. Oct. 10.-More than 13 million tons of machinery and equip- ment will be stripped from former
The old axiom that you can never Rescript on Education rms production, aircraft chemical Germans are paying for the
and other plants in Japan proper peace nearly three times as much tell a woman's nge, is being borne "Nicholas Nickleby," the for reparations, dcclared Me Wu
in taxes as they paid for the war, Charles Dickens story which is now Tokyo, Ort. 9 (UP)-The Eitúen-Pon-lung of the Chinese Delegation
making Germany the most nearing completion in Londen. tion Ministry has sent instructions to Japan at a press conference here heavily taxed country in Europe,
Cavalcanti was shooting the Ken- Manila, Oct. 9 (UP)—The Sectes to
Several all schools, abolishing "diving"
family sequences tary of the National Defence,
says United Press. Mr treatment of the Imperial rescript While the amount due to China has
youngsters from fourteen years up- Ruperto Kaugicon, in a radio speech, on education. The rescript, granted not yet been decided, Mr Wu said. They got off amazingly lightly wards had been engaged-and the gki
the war, paying, only
playing one.
the part of the eldest Kenwig suld the Philippines is going to train by the Emperor Meiji in October that, considering China's heavy war during
1899, has been' the fountnig head of damage, she should receive more quarter of the current cost of the was the youngest of them all; the reserve citizen army of 500,000 all Japanese education.
than most other countries. If grant-war out of taxes as compared with girl appearing as the youngest Ken-
vin Was men during a programme that is a
the oldest. The instructions GiNO abolished cd 30 per cent of the total amount, Britons, who paid half the cost of wig virtual revival of Gen MacArthur's compulsory reading of the
war in China may get about four million the
taxes. So when the This anomaly was explained by the rescript national defence plan.. A part of on ceremonint occasions..
tons of industrial machinery and Allies took over In Germany, faxa fact that Faith Balley, fourteen years the programme includes reorganisa-
tion had to be drastically increased. old, was five feet tall, whereas nine- equipment.
Law No. 3 of the Allied Control only four feet four inches in height, teen-year-old Enid Kenworthy was tion
Mr Wu said the Japanese Foreign Council increased income tax and Minister has established a Repara- the wages tax by one-quarter. Law So they changed ages for the picture.
tons Bureau and las carmarked, an
12. In February this year. estimated amount of 370 billion yen increased income tax and the Is the aim of the Army to te omy Nanking, Oct. 8.---One of the notor-to cover the expenses for stripping, poration tox still further. Philippine Military Academy flous traitors in North Chinn, Wang Lictories. When this measure
Then other taxes were increased in graduates ns officers of the regular Ying-tal, former Vice-Chalanan of fully carried out arm
production corpy and the reserve will be com- the Puppet North China Political factories will have disappeared al- the property tax, another increased quick succession. One law doubled
the motor tax by one-half, still ans be other increased the turnover tax by But certain industries will
half and, finally, the in- allowed by the Allied Council to one exist, such as iron, steel, alumini-heritance tax was trebled.
Indirect taxation has also been mum. shipbuilding, and sulphuric
beer. greatly increased on alcohol, Regarding textile industry, Japan tobacco_and_matches. biggest post-war industry. Mr Wu said already 2,416,000 spindles had about 3,000,000 spindles the maxt been repaired and 1.200,000 spindles mum number allowed by SCAP for were under repair, making a total of the time being-Central News.
of ten years
Mr Kangleon announced the st
TRAITOR TO DIE
to together in Japan.
posed of reserve officers and trainces; Affairs Council was sentenced who must report for service when death by the High Court here to-day they rench 20 years of age.
for high treason.-Central News.
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The Crown Film Unit, that made so many of Britain's documentaries during
Approaches"-has now made a film Including "Target For "The Silent Village" and "Western
on juvenile delinquency, universal legacy of war.
Thanks to the fact that Britain never knew invasion, and thanks to the Service of Youth
Inaugurated by the Government at the outbreak of war to counteract the ́dameṛtic upheaval they knew must Britain has perhaps lost delinquency than other countries. exists. Nevertheless, the problem
follow. Juvenlic
This Alm, "Children ол Trial, fictional but based on fuct, shows how
it combuled.
are real The boys taking part schoolboys, but the girl heroine is played by a professional actress, Julia Lang. The Head of the Ap" proval School for juvenile della- quents in the film, is played by the actual headmaster of the Liverpool
School. All Farma
school the soquences were shot in actual Ap- proved Schools.
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Now South ruffed a diamond to enter his own hand and a third club lead was rufted In dummy. Another diamond lead, to which East had to follow, permitted south to cash in Holiday-makera became Alm
in trump nine, and though he never players
of support
Google the made a natural club trick, the ace Withers and Jean Kent for their new king of trumps rounded out
Alm, "The Loves of Joanna Godden," doubled contract.
which Charles Frend is directing for Ealing
At the would appears
Studios, London,
have slipped back that a diamond lead by West would same time they
40 years, to
the days
when have defeated the contract, but over
women wore long dresses and bod actually, South could have garnered the necessary ten tricks against any was
wasp waists. The setting of "The defence.
Loves of Joanna Godden" is 1905. A Perhaps the most remarkable tea call went out the other day for ture of this deal was the lack of holiday-inalters and local residents, to enterprise shown by North in bid take part in the Lydd fair sequences
Almed in being
tho ding, and the
shown by English county of Kent. repl
Init, South. It is quite true that North
with roundabouts, hoop.
of the same Caranding surplus
.which were
was poor in high cards, but certainlyla's and side-shows of the 1905. period was hired from a veteran his excellent distribution for spades
over three hundred West opened the heart seven to deserved some mention, in view of showman and ove
vulnerable bidding.
The holiday-makers and local people pre- This South's partrar's original bld. was ducked in dummy and declarer three-spade call v. North, was even sented themselves to the unit office.
They donned
grease-paint and Ed- ຕ "prence"It was a win won with the nce. He then ruled Ices than
club and led the heart queen "rescue" of the club double. wardian costumes,
One
There was an ATS girl on demo- through East who, since his king must admire South's nerve in going bilisation leave, doing the con-con
located, covered, Declarer on to game!
outside a a side-show with a clerk from the American Embassy. Both were hallday locally. A Land Girl and her sister were on the Es. Local housewives and their child
enjoy- ed themselves on the roundabout. Young and old had all the fun of the fair--and they were paid for it, then called again to repeat it all the following day and the day after that It's one way of spending a holiday, anyway!
BOY---DIS IS SOME BIG OUTFIT I'M WOIKIN' FOR---
SLUGGO..-7 WANT YOU 10, WATER THE PLANTS EACH MORNING ... YOU'LL BE IN CHARGE
OF THEM
PLANT NO. .
By Ernie Bushmiller
-TANIE
MUHALEA
HEY, NANGY**
I'VE BEEN
PROMOTED
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Shanghai tea merchants have sent n delegation to Hanking to polition' the Government for substantial casty subsidies to enable them to continuo their export business. They Intend also asking for the "resumption of trade with Soviet Russia on a large. scale, the Chinese press reports, Rester.