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Top price at the first day's yearling sale at Newmarket re- cently was paid by Lord Rose-! bery for a bay filly by Hyperion out of Cinnamon. At 8,500 guineas this was not sensational as progeny by Hyperion is in great demand. Last year this famous stallion was winning aire with £38,730. The Sezin cote Stud sold ten lots for 25,000 guineas,
A ally that is expected to turd into n fast two-year-old was bought by the Gackwar, of Borada for 6,300 guineas. She way sired by Signal Light out of Diomyth. Another year- ling filly by Denturius sold for 1,800 guineas and a colt fetched 2,800 guincas, It is reported that Denturius, a chestnut stallion which cost Mr Frame, the Irish stud owner only £250 in 1941 has been bought by a syndicate for £30,000.
Britain Facing Grimmest
Winter In Memory
Britain, about to enter on its second post-war winter, faces its grimmest and most comfortless cold season in memory, threatened with heatless homes, possible unem- ployment and disrupted transport becauso of its shortage of
fuel, atates United Press.
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FLASHLIGHTS LANCASHIRE FROM BRITAIN NEWSLETTER
Britain's
National
(By Tom Lancashire)
Britain's Post Office is alrendy planning for the Christmas 1946 rush. Estimates of the amount of string required" to tie up Heavy rain and high winds bundles of letters and cards, and have endangered the farm crops special pre-cut lengths varying in Lancashire and Cheshire, The most recent monthly re- of what it uses from foreign fields. frúm 14 to 24 inches to the ap which a few weeks ago promised A major conversion to oil, Jaya mail bags, are being worked out to be one of the best harvests in port of Fuol Minister Mr Shin- well showed a drop of 95,000's industry open to paralysis so that Stores Department can the country. In the Ormskirk
war culs the tankers' sea lanes. Experts estimate that railways and keep pace with the demand. To area many acres of cut cereala tons weekly under June in the nation's coal output, with miners power companies now have a coal economise, the same lengths of are rain-sodden and beaten down producing 3,386,000 tons in July, three weeks. Much of Britain's in- again wherever possible, but fields are actually under water. than string are used over and over by gales and in some cases the or 104,900 tons less than in July, dustry has even lers, some concerns 1945, when coal production was existing with reserves as low na 48 even they do not last for ever One farmer estimates that 50 per and eventually find their way cent of his crops will only be fit considered dangerously low.
Authorities in the railway and to the salvage merchant.
for animal food and unless there The average Briton, long used to power business-estimate that unless
is a period of bright sunshine scanty, monotonous rations, looks the Mineworkers' Union forward to a winter in which he will members' output, the nation conceive Chairman of
Jacks up fla Lord Morrison, has been appointed hundreds of tons of wheat and sit in the one heated room home, with few of the always-ed this winter because of lack of the Minister of Labour is setting up
ably might have 1,000,000 unemploy-Juvenile Employment Council, which hay will be ruined.
In Wigan and Leyland the foods expensive cigarettes and virtually no fuel to run its industrial machines.
in accordance with the recommenda- were so serious that many families "Coal Naturally, The nation even now is suffering its on the pri, con for industry is firation in the Report of the Committee were marooned and police and NFS still is on the Juvenile Employment Service. teams had to be organised, to take worst shortage of cigarettes-average
sorely short of consumer goods for The dulles and powers of the Council emergency food supplies to the The Parliamentary Secretary to price, 46 cents for 20-and
her own people and for her expert will be to consider, upon remit by familles temporarily cut off, war-weakened beer, whose ingre- Britain's Board of Trade told re-dients have been diverted to the din-market, where she is attempting to the Minister or
or otherwise, all matters One of the worst spots in Wigan of
bulld up favourable balances of affecting the organisation, procedure was in Eleanor of the Federation
Street, Wallgate, presentatives
of Sports er tables of hungry Europe. Manufacturers
foreign exchange.
and development of the Juvenile where the floods were nearly a foot British
The major național concern at the
Britons received last winter' as Employment Service in Britain and
deep. NFS ven worked many Equipment and Games that arrange- ments have been made for imports, moment is coal. For the first time from India of cricket balls and other since 1926, railways are converting little as 3,000 pounds of coal to heat from time to time make such recom- hours pumping the water away be to a nine-room house. Fires are neces-mendations and reports to the Minis- fore the familles in the street could their long-distance locomotives cricket equipment, up to a value of The Ministry of Transport re-sary in Britain from mid-September ter as it thinks fit in order to promote be released. This summer has been the
£80,000, between now and
wellest for many years and in addi- conversion until May. The result is that many the eficiency of the Service. willcently authorised such June. These supplies, which
effort householders were able to krep up
tion to the great damage to crops include about 200,000 cricket bulls, for 1,200 locomotives in an
and an open are in only one room
The hull of the British liner Queen the weather was responsible for the an. of coal meet to save 1,000,000 tons should help considerably to
many apartment balldings with cen
Elizabeth was treated with a plastic cricket season just ended being the next season's demand, which connotally.
tral heating maintained an average composition while the vessel of worst in living memory. Club erle be fully satisfied by home producers
temperature of 00 degrees or less.
35,000 tons gross was in dry dock at ket in Lancashire and Cheshire was half of the owing to shortage of skilled labour
nearly and, materials.
For the little man, there is no bl-Southampton, so as to reduce friction very badly hit ne
coal. In wood-short when travelling at speed. The coin- matches being interfered
with by ternative to Britain, kindling always. is hard to position, applied below the waterline, rain. Some clubs were able only to get and currently logs are selling for smooths out the ridges caused by the finish nine matches out of the sea- the fantastic price of $20 a ton. overlapping of plates and presents son's 24. The financial loss has put
several clubs in a dimcult position. ars even surface to the sea. The
Industrial news in Lancashire and Queen Elizabeth reached 31 knots on
continues to be good. one war-time voyage and the Queen Cheshire Mary averaged 31.6 knots on another There is less unemployment and voyage. Both ships were built for meny new industries are shortly to the Cunard White Star Line to be opened.
maintain a weekly service between Southampton and New York.
next
While Soccer booms big in Britain more news comes of developments on the Rugby football front--both Unlen und League. The Welsh clubs are expecting record gates this season while the Intemational matches at Twickenham, the Arms Park and Murrayßeld will attract
than they can more spectators commodate.
of its
that
also
Mr 'Shinwell has suggested where it is feasible, industries convert to oll. A commonplace in the United States, such a suggestion
little
short of sensational in Britain. The country has little do- mestly oil and must transport most
́CRITICISM OF JAPAN
U.S.
DIPLOMATIC CHANGES
Policy Attacked In First Class Minister For Allied Council
Portugal in China
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In the North of England where they play the 13 a side League game officials predict H record season. Most clubs have pretty good sides
Tokyo, Oct.
Oct. 13.Lusitania, Macho, 18-United States. and the Manchester club, Belle Vuc
to rival the repeated defence of the Japanese Portuguese news agency in Lisbon, Rangers, are planning hester City Government against Allied Counell-announces that, among many
pointments and changes in members' criticism was the cause of Portuguese diplomatic front, Dr Distinguished an exchange of words between Jono Lebre de Lima, second class Chairman George Atcheson and minister, and formerly in charge of British delegate Mr MecMahon Ball the Portuguero legation in China, to-day,
has been transferred to Mexico. The vacancy is to be filled by Dr Jono de
elnes minister. Barres Ferreira da Fonseca,
City's Soccer teams, and Manchester United, in spectator interest. Belle Vue Rangers used to be known as Broughton Rangers, but they have moved to another district of Manchester-Longsight.
The older North of England clubs like Salford, Wigan (whose full-back, Sullivan was once world's greatest, only rivalled by Nepia of New Zen- land) Castleford, Leeds, Kingston Rovers and the rest are out to do
ble things.
There is no doubt that the sports boom in Britain is not yet at its greatest height.
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It has just been revealed that over 070 milltary and civil awards have been gained by Britain's Post Ofice men and women during the war for gallantry with the Forces or civilians at home. These include Flying Cross, 50 Medal,
20 Military Cross 93 Military Medal. More than 665 have been mentioned in Despatches, and among the other decorations gained have been sOVER Bronze Star, nine Croix, de Guerre, first Czecho-Slovak and 'Norwegian Gallantry Medal; and a Bronze The change in rank is significant Medal of Honour of the Royal member was always quick and eager as an effort to foster better relations Netherlands Navy. One man become
with China.
on Officer of the Legion of Merit of Dr. Francisco do Pauln Brita, the USA. formerly Consul In Shanghai, is, transferred to the Portuguese. Lega- tien al Pretoria.
Mr Bull asserted: "in recent months whenever any members made statements criticising the Japanese Government,
United
to defend it."
the
States
Mr Atcheson replied that he was only giving merli'where merit exist ed. "We wish to encourage the
Japanese people and Japanese Gov- Consular appointment to Hongkong ernment and we should give merit is eagerly awaited, but it has not where merit exists. The Allled yet been revealed-Our Own Corres- CHUNGKING'S POPULATION Couricil should not always be an pondent.
lustrument of discouragement”, Mr Alcheson added.
MASS POISONING IN JAPAN
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The number of broadcast receiving licences in force in Britain continuca to increase, and has new reached a total of 10,073,000. Included in this total are 1,750 television licences, but this figure does not give any Indication of the number of televisten sets now in use, as viewers holding unexpired radio licences need not yet take out television Heences.
and
At Crewe the 57 acro war-time cast Rolls Royce--factory which £1,500,000 to build and employed 10,000 engineers on Merlin engines. is to switch over to two new peace. me industries. Part of the works has been taken over by a firm whien manufactures refrigerators, and work will be found for 1,000 men women. And
Another part of the factory will become a wool clothing export works
nearly 1,000 employing women, who will be tau American manufacturing
Machinery Exodus The export of second hand textile machinery from
om some of the cotton mills closed during the war has been industry. causing anxiety in the Protests were made by the United Textile Factory Workers' Association and as a result Mr J. V. Belchor, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board 10 of Trade, came to Manchester tulk the matter over.
Mr Belcher gave the meeting an issurance that action would be taken Export by the Board of Trade. licences for second hand machinery would be continued but where its sales would involve the closure of the mill Ute Government would in- effect on employ- vestigate the
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ment and production before allowing the machinery to be exported. Mill owners must not assume that licences. would be automatically gran
granted.
new # Beginning next January opened. Young miners from Lan- cashire collieries will be taught ahot fring without going underground, and older miners will have refresher
Chungking, Oct. 16-The popula- The debate occurred during
dis- cussion of the Russian proposal in tion of China's wartime capital has been considerably reduced since the respect of "election of local admin- end of the war At the height of the Istrative-organs-of-Japan"--when
eas-were stricken with four poison war. the population ran into three Mr Atcheson called Gen Derevyenko's
ing. millions.
Tokyo, Oct. 18.-Another case of A recent census showed criticism on Japan's first post-war
The latest case of flour poisoning that at the end of last month, the election as "very broad statements mass poisoning occurred to-day when is not believed to be serious since all population Bgure was 1,002,710, and allegations apparently based 101 Japanese were reported suffer but one is suffering from minor ail-mining college at St Helens will be representing 202,783 households chiefly on newspaper reports-Cen- ing from flour poloning after con-ments. Central-News..
tral News.
suming Government rationed four in The Polleo are investigating the cash! the Suginaml Ward in Tokyo. This case and it is believed that the pol- Is the second case of mass poisoning soned flour originated from the same in Tokyo, the first occurring a few source as that in the first poisoning weeks ago when some 2,000 Japan-case-Central News.
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room were damaged. General MacArthur, has five British MP's to visit Japan. Two of them are the Rev Gordon Lang, Labour member for Stalybridge and Hyde and Brigadier Filzroy McClean conservative member for Lancaster. through (They recently passed the
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