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"THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1947.

ROUND THE PACIFIC.

Australia And Britain's Economic Plight

The British economic overshadowed all other now Australia this week.

course,

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By Arthur Morley

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crisis, of resilam. The Government ap- while employers try to find some;

pears to be comprised of a team; basis of settlement. of muddlers and theorists and because they are theorists they are dangerous."

It had been expected, of The Prime Minister, Mr. J.B. Chifley, has been in frequent conversation for some weeks with the British Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Da ton, and has received long reports from London from his Secretary to the Treasury, Mr. S.G. McFarlane.

When the London Stock Ex-

"It is no use the Attlee. Gov- ernment or any champion of the Atlee Government shouting excuses. The stark results make excuses sound very hollow."

Ex-Divinity: The Emperor Hirohito, ex-divinity, had an- other cause this week to regret the Pacific War into which he (nominally) led his people.

In Tokyo, American statis. ticiana calculated that the Em- Australian Politeness peror was now getting only This is much more Intem- 8,000,000. yen per year to sup- perate innguage than the Mirror port his eight palaces and 1.500 change sagged this week, hows ever permitted itself in any servants (pre-war total 6,000). criticisms of its own Govern With the yen pegged at 50 to ever. Mr. Chifley called

Is the U.S. dollar, this representa but the sentiment ment:

Hiro- "emergency conference" of the echoed with varying degrees of poverty compared with Dominion's top economic ex-

tralian. Press.

of 0,000,000,000 yen, when the perta to devise ways of giving politeness throughout the Aus-hito's pre-war personal fortune yen was worth many times its Britain immediate assistance.

present value.

WJH

(1) Freezing of Australia's terling balance in London of 178 Milion Stg. until such times as Britain regained her financial strength,

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"Okay, Joo! Where do I put the mother-in-law?"

Mr. Chifley remained allent

Good business: Simultaneous- with news of the British after the conference broke up. but Canberra sources allowed it crisis, the Australian

ment released its own foreign Still Alive: In Tokyo, alno, a to become known that a three-

trade figures for the year ended group of scientists met this point pan of assistance being formulated. This would

June 30. It male a happy story. week to check the prediction of include:

The Dominion's favourable a former member of their pro- tide balance was $77 millions fession that his body would re- ports were up to record level of Saburo Utsunomiya, casi y an all-time record. Ex- main alive after burial,” 307 million (previous highest pioneered the bent-resisting dubious that their former collabrunt. (2) Accepting severe cut in 200 million. 1924/25), and in- brick and waa responsible for league's prediction would be ne-

valuable research, de- curate. cluded a high percentage of other importa from Britain, includ-manufactured goods.

signed himself a speclusi ́stec), Saburo died in 1902. machinery and machine

collin containing mysterious tools Australia badly needs for

chemicals. The coflln was sealed her own expanding industry

after his death. tils would enable Britain to

Selentists this week decided divert more goods to the dollar'

to go ahead with the exhuma- countrics.

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out

(3) Supply Britain with vita increasing raw-materials in quantities, to be financed of credits that Austra ia would make available.

No Doubt

There was no doubt in the mind of anybody in Australin

Britain was again Austra 'ia'a best customer, taking goods to the value of £87 million.

And getting better! Twenty- Нечев British and American companies have recently in- dicated to the Australian Gov- ernment their intention of set-

Capital of 6,000,000 will be up new factories out here. involved.

This expansion, superimposed

were who tion; but they

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The Australian Cricket Board of Control have considered their complaints and. I now under- stand that members of next year's team to our England will get bonuses of £800.

Richer Cricketers: Australia's star cricketers have complained in the past that they have lost money by taking time to re

Previous highcal Bonus bas been 4609.

AN UNUSUAL VILLAGE

Deep River is the most unusuo)

| village i Canada.

Its brilitate is higher than

on that of purely Australian Egypt's, the must prolife country erense

By PATRICK NICHOLSON

justify special classes, so they go by bus to the High School at the nearest town, Pembroke, 30 miles away.

that Britain had the complete companies, is expected to in-in the world. Yet no mother-in- known professor of architecture. If a Deep Riverite is it or as

the nation's Income

Inw lives here, nor does domestic scrvant. No.one bas

. any

THE VETO During the several weeks since the Security Council started its discussions on the Greek froutier

Russia situation

has inade abundantly plain ber firm resolve to employ the veto as an instru- ment for reducing the Council and the United Nations Charter There is itself to a mockery. overwhelming testimony that Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Albania systematically permitting their territory to be used as a base for guerilla incursions inte tireece and that at least one of hem is furnishing facilities for the training and equipment of rands. This constitutes a sutinuing aggression pursued br deliberate policy. If the Security Council is to perform its most

ementary function this is clear a case for intervention as ever likely to come before it. Yet M. Gromyka followed up his veto on the appointment of a frontier commission by also vetoing the further resolutions lling upon the three, countries to debist from provocatich and

He set it among the pine trees, often happens, expects a baby. on aiding and abetting the "ympathy of undemonstrative,

pipe-smoking Labour leader greatly within five years. rerillas. Manifestly the aim Chifley. It was equally clear that Furthermore, falke now in ever been unemployed here, and completely hidden from the main there is a hospital with 14 rooms. of Russia is to shield her satel- Chifley believed that Britain progress in London regarding is not likely to be at least in road, and created an atmosphere It is staffed by

of neighbourliness with, the wide gradunte nurses, 2 dentists ans, 2 many 09 one lites from any interference by tl. would rise again to the rank of increasing Australia's food-pur Hellme. Az Council with their nefarious nearing world financial power. stuffs exporis to Britain, have third of the inhabitants hold one unfenced lawns along the curving dental nurses.

the or more high university degrees, roads. activities, in which they would Hnd he not thought so, he would raised the possibility of

work at a plant Families are alloted homes ac- Sandy Beach not be engaging without her own he diverting Australian exports British Government Investing and they all

and which is unique in Canada. 'Their cording to the husband's status "Deep River is an ideal place connivance. M. Gromyko's to new markets in the Pacific 25,000,000

production in task is to unfold the mysteries of and the number of children. They to live. It is very well run and argument that a frontier Com and Far East; trying to create vegetab e-oils mission would involve infringe- goodwill among consumers who Queensland. This would be one the products of nuclear fusion vary from a 3-storey house for wonderful for children," ment of the sovereignty of the would replace the housewives of the greatest single develop. In plain language, they are atom- the Director to 4-room bungalowa David Kyes, the Director, sald and 4-room flats for Junior mem-to me. And he pointed to the ments in Australian Industrial splitters.

Seven miles away at Chalk bers of the staff and childless road white sandy beach where three States is a cynical piece of

Australians, united on the history.

River is the hush-lysh atomle recouples. All single, mẹn and children were playing. "ophistry. Aggression is always question of helping Britain,

Kearch plant operated by the women live in the large hotel. New Spirit an exercise of sovereignty, and were also fair'y unanimous in

Canadian Government. It was to The everyday requirements of The Ex-Canniba's: Over in

"The youngsters can go along the same argument would there criticising what they considered

house the scientists working the 1,550 inhabitants can fore hold against any action the inactivity of Britain's Giov. the so-called Cannibal Isles--

be to play there or to swim in the Tho Sydney Dally, New Hebrides-this week, there, and their families, that bought at the shopping centre.shallow waters of the bay with which the Council wight initiategrament.

fronted by B covered complete safety, Their parents against aggressors. The cyni-Mirror, normally sympathetic to Pacific natives there had been this village was specially built by Here,

arcade, there is a post office, do not have to worry about them 1 Labour, had

stlaging new spirit was stirring. The Government. cism is enhanced by Russia's own

infected with the strike virus.

years ago the site was bank, beauty parlour, department because there is always a líc flagrant infringement of the things to say.

Virgin forest. It was chosen for store, grocer's. shop, tailor,guard on duty," The copra industry came to a and freedom of sovereignty

In a special editorial headed standstill as al but a few hun-its due position, on slope over- barber, chemist's shop and soda

Alver fountain. Has

In mid river, grown-ups were several of her neighbours for "Attlee Government Ledred of the islands' total 6,000 looking the wide Ottawa example, Hungary-and by her England Down," the Mirror de-

workers went on strike for a and facing Martia Mountaio, To. The Community Hall serves as antling and canoeing and swim-

day, pretty modern pretence that Greece is alone to clare "the Government must 1200 per cent increase in wages dower gardens, sports grounds modate the town meetings. Con- and their elders cross the frozen homes, church As well Bs to accom.ming. In the winter, children blame for the disturbances accept responsibility for and an "attractive European

the slopes social failure. Its across her barders. hastly

like a holiday resort.

ments are staged there, and tims Martin Mountain.. The disturbances are fomented theories have not stood the test i diet" including tinned meat and and a sandy beach make It rather certs and theatrical enterton river to akl on

Imported biscuits.

Mi tons of coconuis were rat- Model Village shown three nights cach week. The climate is sunny and dry

the on the ground and ting

It was laid out as a model self- The Hall is also used for indoor the year round, and even in the plantations are rank with bush contained village by well.sports, and it has six bowlingmiddle of winter when show is alleys and a badminton court. deep on the ground and the tem- Most of the children can be perature below zero, Deep River educated in the village school. amuses itself by stuging a Show a Snow Five teachers fake biasses for Carnival and electing children up to 14 years. The Queen.. older children

few to (Continued on Page are too

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and perpetuated by the assistance which the three countries are rendering to the guerilla bands; and if some of the repres- sive measures taken by the Greek Government in self-defence are deemed harsh, these are the natural. consequence of the dis-i orders from which the aggressor neighbours hope to benefit. To put it bluntly, Russia is conduct- ing through the medium of her three satellites a policy designed Mall.")

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cept with some in spades. He led! to the spade K, which East duck ed, but the A had to play on the Best known among the throw-in 9, South discarding a club. Wesl took the returned heart with the a tenaça

cashed his heart A and put

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plays are those which compol nn honour or honours or to give you South back in with the heart opponent to lead t a chance to ruff in one hand to the 8. Seeking some lucky entitled

thwhile discarding

ducting it by means of which the officials we are not unreasonable; Nazis were arch-exponents.

method of but a respectable body of faithfu: le more than this we do not expect

British subjects the this cancession, and we are satis

ordin- quent,

the search for a circumventing the veto

to

In Chinese Art

United States is now proping to fied that had it been granted years opposite or from the break, South scored his two top ton of those who died in the Chinese artists, ranging as it,

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and club 6. Hoping West had afford to miss. a detour via the opponent's hand. | the 'diamond J and a spade for his, They are the work of MrPu of life. Sometimer, perhaps,

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Linked with the seven-day! The scope of his subjects Is, Buddhist, memorial service at generally speaking, fairly wide, Caroline Hill in commemora- as Is often the case with the Far less fre-diamonds and the club A. When take lion under Article 5t of sgo (and the drafts of the ordi

known, is the play the fell, he laid down the K to last war, there is now on display docs from landscapes to flowers,

But, whatever he whereby at oppinent la compolled down the

Q. Then he scored the a collection of Chinese paintings and birds. the Charter, which affirms "the aneca published after a first read to lead to winners in one of your diamend Q

by contemporary artist which lays his hand on, it is always inherent right of individual oring, as is done by

That left him only the diamond no real connoisseur of art can full of what the Chinese estile Governor)

llengkong would haveholdings, winners for which you

calls "chlyan" or the resonance collective self-defence" against been spared much wretched, and tur via the scene armed attack and would be a mischievous legislation.

of the critle may like to be excused last two cards, he led the diamond. Ju, the second grandison matter for the Assembly. That

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enough, West had to win Prince Kung, who was so well for misgivings when his artist and then lead the space 10 the dummy's

give the declarer known towards the end of the tries, his brush on auch animal the final trick, his ninth.

Manchu Dynasty, and therefore life as the tiger, but even here

it might easily have been just. Basically this is simple. a cousin of Emperor Pu YI.

play

Pu Ju, widely known to the a case of, individual, taste. The player put in the lead must then have left nothing except the Chinese by, hla alian Hain Yu, It will be noticed that there is rull to which you wish him to and also by his oiler appellation a very large number of fans in leal. Sometimes this play is com of Hsi Shan I shi or his study's the collection. How much this bined with the first typo

personal of name of "Hall of the Cold Jude", has been due to the throw-in which gives him chnico ef leading into a tenace or into is now 52. But it was not until taste of the artist, it is difficult ect-up cards. Very rarely can the age of 20 that he started to to determine: But it might be be combined also with the ruff-try his brush on the pictorial pointed out that in the early years of the century the Em- vul-and-discard. play or with both of artist

the main types of throw-ins. Strictly speaking, Pu Ju did press Dowager Chi Hal was very

not learn his painting from any fond of the painting of fofis. particular teacher. That he hus At a preview of the collection, privileged to nevertheless achieved such suc- the writer was

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smashed ledgment that the machinery of bours had their lamps the Charter had broken down, as last Tuesday morning about indeed it has. The abuse of the an. by hall a dozen overge.wn children averaging from 39 19 48 veto is not merely reducing, the years of age (without having the Security Council to innition; it fear of God before their eyes) and is turning it into a positive disorganising the good and whole. CQJ menace, since the Council is being some laws made and provided by government of this Island for used as an obstacle to prompt the protection of her Majesty's action against threats the government and subjects. penen. Russia is playing dan- without fear or forethought, In Cups, they gerous, game, but if peace and the height of their

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cess and fame may be attributed have, a close inspection of some to two factors: First, ho has of the artist's excellent works. not only in his own possession. He was particularly, attracted by largo collection of pictures which some of the albums. the loherited from bla forefathers, The panels in these are of a but he has also ready and 'direct) smaller alze than those one access to the immense treasures generally comes across in an ex- In the Imperial court, a thing hibition, "In these units the denled to most others less artist is certainly at his best, favourably placed for the masterpieces remind one Recondly, he travelled far add of the monk painter, Shih Tao's wide in his younger days, not famque production' The Lo-fu nly in China Japit, but also in Mountaing'":"--In composition, in

to club together and make up the seen, it to bid that over the No 32 Parly, Aug. 25.

sum to pay eight bicken lamps. Trump gamo call. But he felt, H03 General de Gaulle · toplay ¿"As all the six Gentlemen word that his three consecutivo bide of De formally launched lils "Union" of well dressed in a Pall'. Mall | the suit over Bouth's throw malthGKQ54 trþing the French People with the an- fashion, and a rodil sprinkling of were sufficient warning. Perhaps nouncement that he will present them in the service of our Lady otot putting, the side into the hora could be censured Hata of candidates for the. Octos Queen, I think it but fair and for not

just for them to clób together and suit, at which one trick, could be fijurie ber municipal elections... IN

hand over the

4. chief opponent is French Com-allow-the poor Constablow to West led the heart Q 42 the K, berable). munism, was not a political party shorst cut their hard earned is giving South one practically With both at bidding pro which has exerted, a great in. and in colours, Mr. Pu^Ju” in but crossed the party lines for their churning bilya gratuitous trick, but still he could clesty, what should be the ultimate fluence on him, as evinced in his them actually leaves nothing to

productions.ARIMA

A be desiredi A SCOTCHMANDU: 206 DO. Way to got nine trická 4x,i contract on this doni?

Ho. Inslated the Union, whose 30) to 0. May of that in trumps and two in hearts, & Variet Both" üldoe Til" ["Japan, the scenic beauty of the, choice of subjects, in tone

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