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In Sydney Now

THE CHINA MAIL. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1946,

AN ENGLISHMAN TAKES A LOOK AROUND

Accommodation shortage la atilit extremely acute. Within a five mik radius of he G.P.0, there

art 360 buildings which are

By Our Special Correspondent

reduced to correct

brother,

veteran

· of Petersham, just And his

BY THE WAY

By BEACHCOMBER,*

The Only Job A Woman Fights Shy Of

1

womun

By MARGOT HIRONS

that tree

At Bumbletrowzer Manor Captain. Foulenough cama face to face with Vita Brevis, There ware ʼn score of guests precaut,

This contury and the last six who left for England, was his and as ahe attempted to move years in particular have proved

were away the Captain hisset, "Alone that woman can make a success did his best and falled, and now although there niany Press representatives....at last!" and laughed uproar of any sort of work. Without we must think of something else

In quaim she turns her capable for him to do.) Royal Navy

Harry ously

"How did you got here?" she hand to the sciences, the arts, 94, partially or wholly occupied by tin hogsheads) to Melbourne Figg.

"Come down from Brat asked insolently. They found politics, engineering, commerce. Government departmenta de-and Sydney from England and has

gooseberry bush," and schleven amazing resultaat once.” shrieka maternal an- partments born in wartime. none was spilt or pilfered. When aeroplane flight......A woman's me under a Government, however, has al

strength deputation has asked for special said Foulenough, with heavy in the factory and machine-shop, xiety to five-year-old astride a low branch, you'll only fall and nounced that none of these build

One job only she fears to hurt yourself." "Don't make there should be nearly 500,000 buses to take expectant mothers wink. "Are you staying?" nak

to hospital for pre-natal trented Vita Brevis haughtily, and attempt. The world saya-and him nervous," answers paternal ings, or similar ones in other bottles available to the public. capitals, will be vacated for nome

"leave him alone, and An urgent appeal to all ex-ment......Melbourne firms are then she added, "Tell me, as

matter of interest, how on earth with a tremor of apprehension sense, Victorian-

she agrees that time.

he'll learn to climb like a cat." Commonwealth depart Service nurses to return to clvi-experimenting with

alone cannot possibly bring up (Which he does.) ments occupy 613,000 m. ft. in tan duty has been made. One grown soya beans for production do you do it? How do you get

her children successfully. She sambunctious ented buildings in Sydney

can do everything else, but she isolationists who glory in their alone. It is hoped that the Red hospital has closed 80 beds due of plastics, hormones, oil, meal, anked to houses like this?" "In to shortage of staff. Maternity four and other valuable by-pro- this case," replied the irre- attitude, there is emerging today Cross will soon vacate premises accommodation in Sydney hon- ducts.......It is unlikely that pressible warrior. "I wasn't ex-

invited. I-er-I came 214 L How many mothers, in the in the United States a new type in Phillip Street, in which case pitala is being reduced and mo- compulsory military call-ups will actly asked, not what you'd call cannot play father to the family. shadowy hours when worries whose isolationism is based on they will be used by barristers thers are overseas.....Australia be introduced in the near future.

I'mer loom large and awful. nak them timidity. Many of them can be turned from the Services. The 100 brief a stay. In South Aus- The response has been better private detective to-to keep un

public has been warned by a

eye I'm keeping an on it."nelves what on earth they would tralia the shortage is so acute than expected......Sister Elizny on the jewellery. found in the State Depausenior Air Force officer against that many women try to book both Kenny, infantile paralysis Vita Brevis gasped.

do if they had to rear the from returned expert, any attempt to take over the beds even before they are pre- Their policy was recently well

family alone?

"How would my described by Clare Luces that two houses at Point Piper and gnant. Between 1940 and 1946 America but has refused to dis-

sons get on without a father's of the three monkeys-"See Darling

influence? And for the matter the private hospitals in Sydney tak cuss her plans or her experiences

An excellent method of pre-of that, my daughters, ton?" -

Love! What a pitiless whip it evil, hear no evil, speak on e il." R.A.A.F, vacato

breaking into

can be to crack round young Many of these tienid isolationists manith." City Council's King's medical, surgical and lying overseas..... Australia in not

the fantastic world of the Com-

But in how many homes, alas. shoulders. It has often Beer- are high-minded and ideatisi in Cross mansion. under offer 10 66 ad those taking confinements in compulsory V.D. testa. The venting reality their approach to foreign policy, the State Government at a pep- only from 82 to 451 In one hos Australian people would not submona was found the other day. the woman has to face this probed to me that even in normal'

mit to such a law......Bob

Three Ministers failed to hear em not only in imagination but homes parents sometimes clam- But they are very adept in fadingercorn rental, mas pass to the pill 102 babies were born in a

control of the State Council of week., 21 arriving in 17 hours.

Dyer received his summons to

the number called out by the in fact!

our for too much applied affec- court on appear in high-sounding excuses for aiding the Returned Soliers League

Speaker at question time, nd

tion from their children. They When a few During an inspection of in- The parade in French bathing answered the wrong questions found myself in this very situa-monstrative, too grown-up love; decisions or positive action. They for homes for ax-Servicemen, it

I domand as their right a too de- in Wel costumes attracted 100,000 at folly Jack Hopkins, with a light are also adroit in the manipula will cost A £2,000 to convert it desirial undertakings

into lats. Duzens of house hua- langong several officials refused | Bondi Beach and Dyer's costume laugh, once suggested that notion, I asked another widow to:

and they are constantly probing tion of red herrings; and in o

odd... Doctors

tell me the secret of her sUCCCAS to see ters unsuccessfully visited and Lo meet the Duke and Duchess fetched 430

if it exists, forgetting attempt should ever be made to der to avoid facing the real dan

in bringing up four splendid that the love of a child is a small because they are now free to work anywhere,wer the right question, as Mons. Success?" she queried. telephoneil the Tooruk home off of Gloucester

green growth, frail, and only yet Lieut-Gen. 4, Northcott since his thought the building should not but control of medical equip

ing of information.

gers that confront the world, they love to make scapegnats out

af

Point when

hem. "Mara-

in enses decreased from 86 to

Ins

to follow America's lead

April 17.

On. A Point Of Disorder

years ngo,

Quiet, ufusay common sense in the fatherless home. Tremble if you must, but tremble in nolitude. is the trump card

There is no moro certain road to disaster than to pull out the suffering mother stuff: "You wouldn't do a thing like that sniff-if you really loved poor mummy."

spall fry. An example of this appointment as Governor of be need for receptions but should ment,' especially drugs, will be this is likely to lead to the giv- {"} don't know-I've been far too developing. If forced too hard latter tendency is shown by the N.S.W. It had already been let. bi: "converted into a hostel for continued to ensure the Services (Enter, swimming, an old, old busy. Ilving minute. by minute it may wither and never grow~

vehemence with which thes

tack tin-pot dictators like Cirm-

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for

One brides

New

turbot.)

no lantern-metal.

I was

files

to think consciously of either Success or failure." She con- sidered moment, then added: "Well, whatever you do, don't fusa. I believe men are so good with young people because they are hardly ever fussy?

Must Not Fluttor

endeavour.

There is no getting away from the fact; man has a no- is important and what is not- turul aptitude for deciding what when to lay down the law and when to be silent. He knows that the failed scholarship must be

and nut with Bym

into a sturdy natural plant,

How deeply this fact applies to the mother-alone. She must live in her solitude, asking for nothing. But one day she may discover that all the time ahe has pouseszed everything; shy tendrils of care and affection and compassion have been springing up all round her.

Last summer a mother cross-

mote railway-balt, bought the tickets, and then sat down to look at the view. A few min-

across after her "I've come to es later 14-year-old padded see what's happened to Mummy, I don't much like you crossing the line alone:

you,

you

might catch your heel in the points, or get cut off by the train. You know darling, sometimes you're very dreamy ~and~~absent-minded:Who, I should like to know, was look- ing after whom 7)

Cun

Mistakes Inevitable

was, employers but this action made not go short. A disabled ex-naval ratan jonable to. Ho beyond A£300 then most unpopular.

Chief Petty Officer Frederick A 550 (op hid Wan

The Lantern-metal Muddle Colonel Donald Norwood Ver-Sexton 1 of 1.M.S. Anson eral Franco and Colonel Jon Crown and on which he was non, author of "Stony Ground," was married during the week to

Mrs. Dulcie Bilbound has been Peron of Argentina

sub living.

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A claims that the extracts cabled Miss Jean Fitzgibbon at St. informed in quadruplicate that stitute for devising any ette tive $150! Having served 46 years from London have given a fal Mary's Cathedral......Wing her permit to dispose of lantern policy to resist the power pokies in the Navy and forced by total impression of his book. No Comdr. Richard Shaw R.A.F., ismetal is out of date. She replied of Soviet Russia. U.NO. has incapacitation to live on an in- official request has been made on a flying visit from Singapore, that she had never had either a proved a godsend to these id valid pension, he said, "Thanks by the United States to Australe married Joan Tyler, who was permit or any metal. They said

for the welcome home," after tia for the handing over of secretary to Lady Wakehurst... that according to their

Odd snatches of thought gentry. In the past, they used in

Anuther ex-Service Manus Island, but it is expected There is a generous sprinkling permit had been den tot was no plucked from very fully-occupi argue against any proposedd use the sale.

replied that if it had her, of action on the grounds that is an is offering to paint a port- the request will be acceded to of Navy uniforms in Sydney's air of hers. They said that the ed years have underlined the ed the single-track line of a re-. rait in oils and give a pair of without demur.....The A£70 night clubs just now following possession of a permit made it truth of my friend's words. night upset the Russians. Now nylon stockings to anyone who million Security Loan has to the arrival of H.M.S. Formid-ligatory to dispose of the lan- More than half the help given they are beginning to add that it will tell him of a vacant house date attracted A £62,750,000 but able and the submarine depot tern-metal- She replied that she by a man to his family comes

worried sabotage

Adamunt. U.NO. or flat in Sydney, A

They said from his Among the had would also

most of this sum has come from ship

sense of proportion, offered four the efforts of institutions and officers wore noted Thus, some members of the Senate ex-airman hns

Lt. that she must have, otherwise no have gone so far as to say that pairs of nylon

stockings and companies. The "Monterey D'Arcy Burdett and Lt. Andrew. permit would have beer ise and his capacity for not being fluttered by trifles. These are They

used recent pro four cartona of Chesterfields for left for San Francisco with 701 Robertson Comdr. Douglas. She said she had nothing. Winston Churchill's

would qualities which must be Zealand Briault, R.N., one of the surreplied that an inspector

daily and hourly if a young posal of a "fraternal association ay information about 8000 Australian and

ft, ut office space to rent.

and children......Mrs. vivors of the St, Nazaire raid, eall on her.

family is to avoid unnecessary of the British and America pe returned soldier hun only just Ethel Livesey has been ordered met Brian Wallis in Castlereagh It Was It Was It Was It tensions and nerve-storms. And ples" would "cut the throat of secured a 10ft. by 10ft. room to pay A114/6 taxi-hire incur-St, Wallis was the only Austra

these, are qualities which the U.N.O." This is the language of ur the city after trying sing red at her expected wedding last lien survivor, and they had not

delighted to see in the mother-father must Hysteria. If the twenty-year-treatynst August-A-girl-takes-televe Australia's-merchant mot since. Sado Leader John Observer last Sunday a nortrait

La ampluy of mutual defence between Bri-1 phone calls and he works nt shipbuilding programme for the Matthews, R.A.F., captain of lof John Milton at the age of ten tain and Soviet Russia does not home. In the section taken over next year provides for the con- Admiral Lord Louis Mountbat-to illustrate a review of a book alarm the United States nor "cut by Government at Herne Bayatruction of 62 freighters rang-ten's Avro York plane, is prov- of war reminiscences by Miss Ger- The only thing that the threat of U.N.O.." why Naval and Military Hospital ing from 550 to 9,000 tons..... ing very popular in Sydney. He trude Stein.

portrait was printed the right should a "fraternal association" of eight families are now housed Low stocks of coal in Victoria is 6 ft. 6 inch tall....Capt Alex-marred my pleasure was that the

and another 16 families will be is causing concern.......700 ander Ramsay,

R.N., was at way up. the English-speaking peoples pre moving in shortly. As a pre trams and buses stopped running Prince's during the week, while

any thoughtful person duce such die effects in Moscow enution against squatters each for three minuter in Sydney as a party at Romano's ended up

deny that people always get the and in the U.N.O.? Article 52 tenant mist-produce a card of memorial tribute to a conduc-on board HMS. Artifex with it desired parties reach Shang- faced with sympathetic sung children they deserve? One of U.N.O.'s Charter specifically identification." Behind barbed for who was killed on a foot-a birthday cake baked under in- hai not later than June. Par- froid

doesn't need to look far to see provides for "regional arrange wire once again! Despite this board tram last Sunday, Teaf-structions from the ship's cook tics from Australia, South pathelle volubility. (The child that bad-tempered people get ments" for the maintenance of in-chats, Australia is considering fie was dislocated for some time members of the Royal Navy will area will meet in Hong Kong who was sick in bed.....Four Africa and the Southern Pacifie

irritable children; back-biters acquire offspring who soon turn ternational peace. This clauseways and means for large-scale.....A discharged American

rotind and savage them; parents has gone into sacort debutantes to the dais to and then go to Shanghai as a was inserted at the desire of Rus- migration from the British Isles front Brooklyn

the scheme to bring 50,000 partnership with an A.I.F. be presented to the Duke and single body to join the main referce Las Pearson has resign with a slack and inverted sense sia in order to bring their very

children, particularly war or soldier to mass-produce babies Duchess of Gloucester. They group. President of the A.C.A.el because the management have of humour discover that they tight treaty arrangements with

phans. has been described a dinpers in Sydney....Hearing of are Lt. (A) Geoffrey Dunworth is Dr. J. Young Wai, and Mr. pandered to Hockey Bennell's re-have bred up dirty-minded brats. Poland, Czechoslovakia and the

impracticable--while the Au an assault charge had to be post-R.N.V.R.. Sub-Lt. (A) LH. Heary Ming Lai is the honor-quest for a change of referee in If my children are misfits in life Balkan countries into technical stralian Minister in London has poned because the accused was Migotti, R.N.V.R., Sub-Lt. (A) | ary treasurer. One of

bout with Tommy I shall be quite sure that it is its his return

the who have made them 80. harmony with the spirit and before hom now a plan to set walking the 30 miles to the Jimmy Primrose R.N.V.R. all main activities is Cantonese Ward. Pearson declared Chatter of U.N.O. It might, of the 100,000 natives of the Baltic court.....It is announced that from H.M.S. Implacable and classes--at the last exam there first fight between these two "no

The bringing up of a child is course, he objected that the "re States in Australia. It is a very the Federal Government takes a Sub-Lt. Richard Warren. R.N. was a 100 per cent. pass-under contest

the tuition covered by the British bewildering situation for the re-national view of Lord Nuffield's V.R. of ILM.S. Golden Hind.

Racing interest is concentrat the evolution of a complete per- of three honorary gion" Commonwealth and Empire and armed Serviceman..

car factory decision.... A.W.A. News has been received of the tutors, the Misses Irene Young ed on the Autumn Double The Bon & maturing, not just the Doncaster Handicap (1 mile) piling up of years. It is a mat- the United States is a very large The Rocket Mission has arriv A.F. Section Officer has com- marriage of P/O John Kent and Pearl and Minnie Chung.

and the Sydney Cup (2 miles).ter of constant, but of almost, "region." Maybe it is, but it ised in Australia. Lieut-Gen. J. plained that she had to strip to R.A.F. of Newcastle and Strath-

Favourites for the Doncaster to silent, endeavour. It is so easy the visit was the waist before two alrinen field and Joyce Parker of Eden Diany Pails, Australia's No. 2 bo run on Saturday week are to talk too much; to fuss. also smaller than the "region"P. Evetts said covered by the British Common-tarely exploratory and he hop- when having her chest x-rayed in Park, Kent. They hope to visit ranking player, has been grant Immediate (Davis),

Children are experimenting ed to completa his report by her medical examination prior Australia soon......Mrs. Narcy ed permission to compete at Legend, Abbeville (Thompson); with the art of living; you can wealth and Empire and, the So the end of May when he would to discharge. Many others had Porter, widow of the late Wing Wimbledon. There is every pos. Accension (Cook), Royal not expect them to become pro- viet Union, who have a formal return to England. Provisional a similar experience.....Appro- Comdr. Eric Porter, R.A.F., issibility Geoffrey Brown will also Gem (Breasley), Silent, Native ficient in their first

twenty for the world's longest ximately 7000 serving personnel engaged to Clive Hall, ex-R.A: go. Palls will treaty of alliance. This, in short, site

partner Jock Son. River. Hero, Bragger, years. They are certain to make is dished up

form of rocket rangs has been selected have applied to join the interim A.F. of Edgecliff.... Mra. Harper, Harry Hopman o Cragsmap (Mulley) and Murray mistakes and do foolish things, "escapism" by those who wish to across hundreds of miles of the Air Force...A priest toid the Gerald A. Kent, American wife Brown in the doubles, Jim Wil Stream, (Manro), while Sydney Wasn't it Chesterton who said avoid international responsibilities Nullarbor Plain, and over the Probate Court that he had never of Lieut. Kent, R.N.V.R., left for lard and Mrs. Huxley (formerly Cup hopes are Silver Link (Mul- that if a man really cannot mako seen any immorality at King's America by the bride ship Thelma Rice) have been rain- ley), Swan River (Cook), Don a fool of himself wo may be and obligations. The same forces Great Australian. Bight.

Cross..... A Queenslander, Mr. "Monterey". Lieut. Kent was in stated as amateura. of appeasement which caused the

Pedro (Heather), Craigle (Dun- quite certain that the effort is Lord Louis Mountbatten was, A. Cooper (former Queens- charge of the Royal Naval Bar- "Bowling, rather than batting can), Ruasin. Cordale, Magni-superfluous? Very well: it is t last war are already at work mobbed by enthusiastic women and Promise), may be nominat-racks at Acton, while Mrs, Kent, was the primary weakness of cent and Gay Lad. Cross-coun- mistake to think that your cf- again, camouflaged this time un- when he arrived in Brisbane. He ed as the next Governor of furmerly Miss Caroline Monag- New Zealand cricket,, sald W. try jockey Bill Foley died on forts have falled utterly if the der the banners of idealism and was nearly pulled out of a car theenaland in succession to Sir han, was secretary to the former A. Brown, Australian Test can-Sunday following a fall during young person sows just a few. world cooperation. It has been by admirers and when leaving Leslie Wilson.....A Aerious American Minister in Canberra. tain, when interviewed. Brown the Corio Hurdle at Geelong on | rolled-oats, Don't be a fussy said that the League of Nations Lonnon's Hotel he was rushed shortage of corpses at Sydney They were married In January said he liked the six-ball over Saturday. Fifty Australian Then; were you completely wise failed because the Senate of the by a screaming crowd of women University Anatomical School is and Lieut Kent left for Home and felt sure most tening did, as racehorses have been ordered by at a similar ago? United States repudiated their who called, "We want you, impeding the work of the by the, "Orion," Mrs, Kent will it allowed the bowler to have Ceylon owners. Owner of Mel-

Louis". In the one day he President's signature to the Ver-shook hands with 1,500 people.and

students.....of 310,198 men spend a few months with her longer spells at the crease. Bourne sprinter Attley has given A corporate sense of humour, sailles Trenty. It would indeed The public were

women demobilised only mother in America before she Jack Johnson (12.6) knocked all his stakes winnings to the an appreciation of the ridicul- be a tragedy if the new attempt Eagle Farm aerodrome, which is 111,517 left the discharge depot goes to England to rejoin her out Herb Narvo (13.8%) in the Security Lear-nearly A0,000 ous will often carry a family

to return to their pre-war jobs.] busband. ... .Admiral Rivett-fifth round at the Stadium on to date.

reund dangerous corner. The to build a world organisation were under American control.

....An Australian successor to Carnac, R.N., attended a service Saturday. A series of heavy

can laugh is a Sporting organfeations have family which to fail because the United States Today is B-day. In other Tarzan is a 6-year-old who in commemoration of Navy dead eight hand lends laid the founda- decided Servicemen will not be family doing nicely. If allowed should vacillate "through craven words, the beer is on again in stands 4ft. 3ine. with a chest at Balmain......Australian Chi- tion for the heavy-weight cham-ndmitted free In future.....The to develop naturally the average fear of being great.”

Sydney. Tooth's Brewery have measurement of 28 and an ex Tene Association of N.S.W., plans Buccess. Johnson has English Rugby League team child is quite extraordinarily promised: 5 million' bottles by pansion of 2 inches, His bicep which has greatly assisted pat-overseas ambitions, having had are

sensible; from a very early age expected to arrive on the end of the week. Black mar-(tensed) la 9 inches round....rlotle causon and Chinese relief offers from England and Ameri- H.M.S. Indomitable on May 6it la ready to co-operate, and to keteers were selling beer yester-One and a quarter million Eng-Ly raising large sums of money, ca. There in a possibility he and

It won't blanc all áre hoping to Baten to reason. Batavin, Apr. 23, day at 5/- a bottle in a last lah cigarettes ure, expected to will hold its Annual Ball on may meet Bruco Woodcock, and take back with them food and the mother alone if she cannot Indonesian sources yesterday effort to make big profits. A be or sale in Sydney, and: Mol- April 27 at the Grace Auditor there is just a chance ho will clothing......Prices of the now afford it extravagant luxuries. reported that the evacuation of bottle normalty costo 1/74d. bourne on May 1 at 3/- a packet Jum, Broadway.

W. nteet the winner of the Gus Les-golf balls will probably range mbaphore of security and mas- 200,000 Japanese from the in-H.M.A.S. Hobart brought 100 of 20 New Zealand has re- Ling, the honorary secretary nevich--Freddie Mills fight for from 8/- to 3/8 for the cheaper culino cnim the child will be con- terlor of Java has begun.-As-dozen bottles of Japanese beer coivad 800 million cigarettes said the Chinese Government the world cruiserweight title. typo and 8/9 to 4/- for slightly sociated Press,

to Sydney for a farewell party, from Canada which are selling had announced n. scheme for Eric Macready (0.0) suffered batter ones......A grant prior to transförs and dis-at-1/10% a packet of 20........ Government-conducted tours of his first defeat in 20 fights when : A£2,000 towards, the coat of On second thoughts I question. SMUTS LEAVES···

charges, but Custome officials Chilese food has become so China by oversesa Chinese, dur-his bout against Ted Sprouster, bringing a leading American if successfully running a family Pretorin, Apr. 23. have ruled that it cannot be popular in Sydney" that several ing which Generalissimo Chiang (0,0%) was stopped in the swimming coach to Australia-is alone to a completely. Impracti General Jan Smuts, South bought ashore or consunted in now Chinese restaurants have Kat-shok would, wesive partles adventh round with the cartilage being asked of the Federal Gov | cable undertaking. For I hear; Africa's Primo Minister, left Australian waters! The Blue been opened. Chopsticks are a courtesy, cúf the capital in Macrendy's nose, displaced ernment......Thirty-four swim thousands of women onewer in by air tonight for London to Funnel ship Rhexenor, on her, used. Only persons to fare and various Government off and blood pouring down his face, mers have already been selected the absurd words of Ilma's' attend the British Empire Pro-maiden voyage, brought 200 well Mr. S. M. Brace, former cials would nim be visited. Ap-le nhowed grant pluck and to train intonaively for the 1948 comic Welshman; "It's an im mlors Conference--Router. tons of overproof Scotch whisky, Prime Minister of Australià, pifcations are unlimited, but it gamoness. Leichardt Stadium Olymple Games.

possible

Job: we're doing it!”.

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