THE HỎNGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1950.
CUTTERS PRESS/SIRVACIONS TRUEVINDRIES
Pai The American Magasike by Henry Daye
"Who told you what to do
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before you married Mom?”
RISING COST
OF
LIVING IN U.K.
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
4
TEMBERS of the Parliamen- fall levels, from the nursery to
tary Labour Party have the university. ecided to raise the cost
of
ving as the special topic of iscussion at their next meet 6.
pro- British trade (or
About £600 a head is spent on these visits, in both sterling and dollars, from funds
E.C.A., the Anxiety is running deep vided by
and the mongst
Government's Treasury, ack-benchers about the trend professions) concerned.
money values.
For Canada
the
former London land-
The recent increase in trans-WO ort fares, the growing upward marks the original Trafal ovement of food prices, as gar Square fountains-are being ell as essential domestic com-shipped to Canada. The foun- odities, are being closely tains, made from red granite died with a view not merely from Peterhead, are to be stabilisation, but to reduction, erected in Ottawa as soon as a Many Labour M.P.s are dis- suitable site can be found, rbed by the inevitable clash tween the Ministries of Food d of Agriculture, The for- er is striving to get food ices. down, whilst the latter
. land more intensively. Some members
think this sition is intensifed by the tthat the Minister of Agri- Iture is in the Cabinet ile the Minister of Food is
Responsible for this arrange- ment is the National Art Collections Fund. It is only by chance that they have been able to
this
make
offer to
3
2
offering every imaginable Canada, centive to farmers to rear The original-fountains, re-- pre live-stock and cultivate placed by the
present ones— made of Portland stone-in
were discovered in 1948, scrap
merchant's yard by vigilant member of the fund.
Fortunately the designed by Sir Charles Barry, fountains,
who planned Trafalgar Square as we know it today, were com- plete and undamaged. They were bought for £200 and presented by the fund to the National Gallery of Canada,
In The Gallery
ANY Members of
Parlia- ment who have visited the w Press Gallery of the House Commons are envious of the rnalists, and consider that y, and not
the members, re now the "best club in the rld."
The authorities have certain- done the Press well. Enun- tors are installed to tell the rnalists what is going on in
Suid the organisers of this gift to Canada: "We try arrange that no
to works of art
FOR THE BUSINESSMAN
Hongkong Realty's US Economic
Annual Meeting
"While I do not suggest that our. Govern- mental Departments are unmindful of the needs of business, there does seem to be a tendency to grandmotherliness. - 'the Department knows
best."
:
These remarks were made the full that right of criticism this morning by Mr G. E. of the action of Government Marden M C, presiding at the Departments which is inherent annual meeting of the Hong-in a Democracy....There are kong Realty and Trust, Ltd. many good reasons why this Mr Marden was speaking of should be the case, but on the the Company's unsuccessful' supposition that effort to obtain a loan for build-Goverrunent has prevented out- ing purposes from the Colonial side capital from becoming Development Corporation,
available for housing in the He said: "It has not been Colony, I feel that we ought fashionable in Hongkong for vigorously to protest their some years past to exercise to action,"
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Brighton In Room Lthe French North played the nand quietly in Three Clubs after East had opened
In the other room East made a cautious pass and South's One Heart was › raised to Two. His rebid of
Two No-Trumps
allowed North to show the nature of > his hand with Three Clubs. which South should have
but passed.
be made a further trial bid of Three Diamonds North could only bid Three Hearts yet South went on to game
The French defence was brilliant
won the returned 2 to West's
West now led 44. South ruffed 9 m bummy. but East won the next trick with ♥ A and returned a Club. hold- ing South to nine tricks.
South Spade lead and
London Srpresa Service.
our Own
ARGYLE STREET FLATS Reviewing the past year, Mr Marden said further purchases of residential property had been made on generally satisfacto. terms.
Construction was now being carried out of 102 flats in Argyle Street. They would be leased
an
to the War Department for 14 years with
option for a further seven years, while the Department had a further option to purchase the property during the currency of the lease,
Dividends from subsidiaries were higher by $50,000, and the profit transferred to appropria- tion account was
more than double the previous year. It was proposed to add $500,000 to General Reserve, Property had increased by almost $1,500,000.
The first five months working had been most satisfactory, and an increased volume of business which restored confidence would bring in its train could be ex- -pected.
Tin Prices
In
Aid For Philippines
Manila, Nov. 14.
The United States will give the Philippines $250,- 000,000 of economic ald under an agreement signed today by Freakdent Quirino and the Marshall Plan Að- ministrator, Mr William Foster.
This follows the recom- mendations of an Ameri- can survey mission headed by Mr Daniel Bell whose report also recommended a drastle overhaul of Phillp... : pines Government depart-
ments-Renter.
Exports Of
Copra Near The Record
Washington, Nov. 14. The Agriculture Department. predicted on Monday that copra. .and cocoanut exports would approach the 1949 level largely as a result of the re- cent sharp increase in Philip- pine shipments.
The Department's report said exports from the Philip- Ceylon during the first half on and pines, Malaya, Indonesia
from the same period in 1940. 1950 were down 17 percent
But after that, Philippine ship- ments swung sharply upward so that at the end of nine months its exports rose above the 1940 nine-month total.
The Department said: "Should the trend continue, the total 1950 exports may be larger earlier prospects indi-
Ease than London
London, Nov. 14.
Tin prices eased at the mor- ning session. Turnover was 80 tons, including 15 tons for spot.
Prices closed today at the end of the official
morning session
as follows:---- Spot tin, buyers Spot un, sellerg Business done at Three-months
tin, buyers
sellers
Business done at Settlement
which reach the sale-room or Terrace is reassuming its digni- Three-months tin. the scrap-yard disappear al- together. That is why we re-
fled and attractive pre-war
A scued
pale primrose the fountains
appearance, for
colour adorns the buildings, Canada."
Shaw's Corner EORGE Bernard
•House whether they are Brightening Up ting in the lounges or libra-THERE will soon be paintings outside as well as inside reshing the inner man in the the National Gallery in Trafal- cious dining-room (whichgar Square,
working at their desks, or TH
seat 80) bars, verybody in the Gallery a typewriter now: yet it is so long ago that the Gallery a furious controversy on introduction of typewriters. he Gallery has a fine collec- of Parliamentary pictures, ecially Spy cartoons, and
or the cafeteria
1,070 1,075
1,000-1.075
1,040
1,045 1,055-1,040 1,075 -United Press.
cated."
Malayan exports climbed 18 percent during the first half.of the year. But Philippine ship- ments dropped five percent, Indonesian 25 percent, and Ceylon's 54 percent.-United Press.
Jap Agriculture
New York, Nov. 14. Kaoru Tanaki, professor of economic
geography at the University of Kobe who is in the United States studying agricultural methods, said to-
Shaw's Silk Prices Soaring day the great need to Japanese
home at Ayot St. Lawrence,
on the remoter fringes of Lon-
New York, Nov. 14. den, is to become a permanent Raw silk prices reached the memorial to him. He gave the highest point in three years This does not herald a series house to the National Trust and are expected to climb of open-air exhibitions. The during the war, making a pro-higher, causing uneasiness gallery is to be painted and | viso. that he should have the silk circles' here, the Journal brightened up as part of the use of it during his life-time. Commerce reported today. plan for putting a clean face on London in time for the Festival of Britain.
Not far away, Carlton House
engravings which were BACKGROUNDS: n by Mr. Sydney Robinson Cardiff, when he represented conshire in the House, he old treasures are being. ight out again. A great el which is being placed more in the Library bears names of chairmen from beginning of the Press
ery..
Productivity
E joint: Anglo-American efforts to improve the dards of industrial efficiency both countries through the chango of productivity is to be carried on. At nference of the executive
te Anglo-American Produc-
It will soon be taken over and preserved with its present contents as a literary shrine for Shavians the world over.
in
of
agriculture is increased electric power to produce morc fer- tiliser.
Japan should also adopt Ame- rican agricultural extension techniques in which Govern- ment experts go directly to the: farmer to show
him new methods of production and con- servation.
Japan also needs
United
greater farmer community ac- tivity
in
It sald silks prices were quoted here at $4.40 a pound for 20 by 22 grade. Press.
Douglas MacArthur No. 10
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mode
similar to those America.-United Press.
By MELVIN K. WHITELEATHER & NORMAN MYERS
T
The At White House Aide, Lieu- -
President's alde saw
Council, just concluded, tenant MacArthur learned how that
Several dull years followed When World War I came,. the chief was about to the stint in the White House the Heutenant had become programme of reciprocal
that stretches far into to be diplomatic. A story is boll over, so MacArthur pre- which was filled with exciting captain and was sent to the told about a secret cabinet pared a position behind which events. Between 1908 and 1810 Texas border where there were the President could retreat he was an instructor at Fort Mexican, uprisings. His com- gracefully: he tripped a waiter Leavenworth, taught advanced mander was General Fungton, carrying a tray of refreshments engineering
was even his father's friend from Philip- and in the confusion T. R. re assigned to the unglamorous pine days. When Funston un- tired. Mac, you're a great dip tob of superintendent of the dertook the Vera Cruz expedi- plomat," said the President, in old State, War and Navy tión", in 1914, Captain Mac-
Building in Washington,
lher- went "alloffg.
was drawn up.”
enlargement on the. ori-meeting the subject of which idin, which dealt only President Roosevelt did not industry is that three sets want to divulge: But journal itish visitors will go to the Ists, and congressmen, tipped #2 { from ~. Bchools and off, were. waiting when the peg es, They will study the slon broke up. The President dosaway of learning" at was very angry!
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