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Forces In Kure By Dennis Warner

rest

alone,

to Janu

troopa hud gained) similar experience. at Darwin and at Port Moresby, but the Japanese experiment is on a much bronder scale.

In December, 1945, a month operative as they have been. their neighbours. But this Ja not before the advance guard of the Red tape alowed up delivery of a problem confined Briusir Commonwealth Force urgent materials. arrived in Japan, Kure was n Slowly the camps took shape. Field Experience bleak, cold, bomb-battered town. By the end of the first summer Apart from its value from a with none of the facilities and all men were out of tents and purely accupational view, the comforts of acrupled areas in into proper barracks. There nucleus of a permanent Aus- more northerly Honshu, or even were houses and roads and hot|tralinn brigade group is now in Kyushu, where the American showers and reasonably well getting excellent experience in Marines had installer themselves stocked santrens, football and the field. On a small scale, with a good deal of efficiency cricket grounds, and exeuralons Australian and convenience. The Americans in the Inland Sen. knew they were not remaining long in the Kure area stid the Concessions Won degree of preparation they made

Original plans that BCOF "INTERIM PERIOD" for the winter, not unnaturally, should be confined exclusively to The absence of complaints the southern end of Honahu and from the troops themselves la n The world is today passing was governed accovilngly.

Su the British came in the the island of Shikoku were upset first indiention that events are through what experts in foreign coldest week of a bitterly cold by the force itself. It needed procceding smoothly. In mark- | Laffairs call the interim period."

January to take up their occupa- leave and camps, and fed contrast to the disappointment That is how they describe Bon poats. Many of them had gradually concessions were won and disgust at their carlier American aid going to Greece and heen for months, some for years, from the Americans, The Maru Japonese surroundings, the Turkey. That is how they ex-In the tropics. The Australians nouchi Hotel in Tokyo was one: troops now ୨୯em content with

Kawana Hotel, com their jo plain the assistance America is had been camped almost on the luxury

They have reached with the best golf the stage where they can excente prepared to give Europe under Equntur at sweltering Morotai, plete

were made for course ja Japan, bullt espcelally their orders without annoyance the Marshall Plan. This "interim Their clothes period" refers to that uncertainpical temperatures, not for for the never-held 19 Olympic en upset at their busle Diffeting

enduring feel of now and chili Games another Lakeside Hotel, and domestic arrangements. period between the end of the scils from the Japan hinter- high is the mountains at glorious i Shikoku and the southern end Ermengenev that immediately fol- innd,

Lake Chuzenji a third.

of Honshut are not picked spois lowed the wai and the time when The barracks Incked heaters.

At Kene and Osaka, big pre in Japan, Kurd in a wrecked ¦international institutions designed ! And some of the barracks were

war British trade centres, British daval Inse, Hiroshima a tawdry to bring abour world economic pot barracks at all, but leaking, furtes made their appearance in trantier town. Interesting only

at first, later because of the Japanese

atomic ware- small numbers Conoperatinsl

bomb. function fully and broken-down |effectively. Recognition of such houses and stables, The food appeared in inerensing quantities, Shimonoseki at the southern tip the British Common-of Honshu was fired centurles a period albes not represent a lack was different; there were no ICON,

amenities.

wealth forces paper, published age by British fleets in resent- of faith in the United Nations or

in Osaka and officially not for ment at the elusing of Japan to [its institutions. Rather, it means New Experience Japanese eyes, gated wide 42-, foreign traders by the Shoguns, thaontil these institutions arel For the Australians and New culation and respect as the best otherwise it has nothing to offer. jercated anl functionhing,

in paper the Zealanders, the task of necupy- English-language

The heat throughout the area world must continue to meet from Ing a country after the formal Japan. day to day its responsibilities in conclusion of war was a brand Luther ways and through other new experience. True, some had channels. What it means also is been in Syrla and Lebanon at that thr

the end of the Syrian campaign, experts considerably under estimate both the extent nature of a rest and in prepara- but their stay was mere in the

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BARCLAY ON BRIDGE

By Shepard Barclay

"The Authority en Authorities"

EACH HOLDS

13 CARDS

First, If West happened to hold the spade K, there would be no

A VERY simple fact is the re-entry to the South hand in Second, it was pretty certain clue to how some Important sulten the diamonds broke badly. may be divided in the opponents' West was short of diamonds be two hands-the fact that each

The first step in the adminis- of British occupation ration was the building of homes for dependents, Centred principally standards of living have now on the island of Eta fimu, former largely offact these disadvant Japanese naval nendemy, and ages. It is toubtful that any and character of the consequences on for the major war against now headquarters for BCOF, the section of the occupation forcen of them holda 13 cards. If one cause of his nine-trick vulnerable houses are flimsy but attractive is completely happy in Japan, of them has made a highlevel vereali in hearts, and quite a bungalow types. Like all homes But today the British force is a bid of some une guit, which he good chance that he might have one at all. In view of all this, in all community

could not possibly risk without a Mr. Murray decided to protect centres they happy and as well cared for as large number of cards in it, he himself against a holding of all suffer from close proximity to any-Reuter.

la not likely to have many in four diamonds by East. nome other one sult, Conversely, his partner who is marked as the diamond 3, playing the So to the second trick he led being short in the suit calledummy's 9. East' got that with across the table-is inerked as his 10 and, lacking any more Bikely to have a pretty falr

hearts, sent back the apade J. number of cards in any other Mr. Murray was pleasantly sur- sult, including the one about prised when the Q held. With which you care the most.

sure stoppera of all sulta re Lained, he now could afford the club flnesso, which succceded. The diamond 2 was led then for the marked finesse of the J and the entire suit run.

Thus 11 tricks were won by him, beating the declarer at the other table,

Senior officers at

af the " Whereas it was the Germans in the Western loped and expreted that emgr-¦ Desert. rener aid could be dispensed with Japan represented, in fact, a within two rears after the end of major development in the inter- the war, and the foundations laid national status of both Australia by them for real international co and New Zealand. And it be operation, ጎ

highly dangerous gan badly. "interim perind" is developed. During this "interim period," many nations are compelled to adopt shart-range expedients that are foreign to its ultimate objec- tives.

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What principle should guldo West'a defence against South's 3-No Trumps rubber contract after he leads the spade 57

How long will this last? Mr. Marshall in his Harvard address

A quarter of a million miles | "push' to force it at virtually. of fright spune lie between the unlimited speed through the mentiosted three or four years.

earth and the moon, and en- nicar-vacuum called space. Assuming everything goes smooth.

thusiastic members of the Bri- "It is conceivable that ly (which it is 1141 at the

tish Interplanetary Society be may become interested in some moment), the new International

lieved they could construct to direct application of atomic |Trade Organisation now being)

day

space ship which could energy to reaction propulsion created in Geneva cannot begin

cover every one of them-if when we consider interstellar operating until

The 1910.

they only had the money. veyupes," wrote member A.V. United Nations Economic Com-

The ship they envisage would Cleaver in a paper read at a probably be chemically propell | Society meeting. "For these, on mission for Europe that is still

(Dealer: ed. Atomic propulsion, they account of the time factor (the in the organisational stage cannot,,

During our five years pro- think. holds great prasibilities nearest star being four and vulnerable,) with even the best of god for-prietorship of this paper we for the more distant future. cae-kalf

North years away tune, accomplish anything of have not paid one "continental when the problem will be to travelling at the speed of light, 1 C Poss 2 NT 3 II 5 10 8 6 5 value within the next six months. dimo" to any correspondent. design interstellar ships and a mere 180,000 miles a second)

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crucial with talk or of any other class. This

to fravel at a high fraction of that contract player by M. G.D 7 craft will be commonplace. already arising of special explicit avowal will remove any

But Society members, who the velocity of Hght."

Murray, president of the St. GK 73 session of Congress to extend erroneous impressions-should now total about 450 in Great Moat planetary voyagers be Peterburg Bridge league, in a

Britain and

team of four match.i aid ahead

United Heve the first space ships will Florida temporary

of the they exist.

States, realize that much work be powered by hydrogen carried Counting on West as holding the working out of the Marshall

“Sir,-As I know your Co and many collections-lle be- as a liquid to conserve space, A he saw that two tricks in the Pian. There is 7313 hiding turns are always open for the tween the pluna of today and then atomized and fired by heat sult would be probable if he took the fact that Washington exposure of abuse and unnoy the thrilling voyages of tomor- from an atomic pile working this opener with his K. He did officialdom · holds Soviet Russia ances in this Colony, I would row.

at a temperature of perhaps that and then made the safety primarily responsible for the just nume to you the very dan- "There is no possibility of 4,000 degrees Kelvin.

play which won the deal for his existence and indefinite continu gerous amusement that Mr. space fight by manned shipa

team. Wondrous Fuel

It was based on "sound ance of what it calls this "interim uddell is permitted to practice in the near future." Arthur

logic. But many problems remain period."

Dean Acheson in his in the Public Road-le. that Clarke, scientific minded asals to be solved. Some think thoj of breaking in Horses. Last tant secretary of the Society first space ships will look like valedictory, speaking more freely evening he was driving furious told the United Press. "But and frankly than any American ly a Poney harnessed to an instrument-laden rockets may be spherical like the official had previously done, ac-Omnibus and in his

Astrono- career be landed on the moon in five) cused the Soviet Union of pur- passed close to our respected to 10 years."

mical bodies it is meant to suing policies diametrically op- Governor and his Lady in their

wander among. The Society, Outside Atmosphere

however, is constantly "afded" posed to the very premises of carriage, as well as to another He thought that "manned by suggestions supplied gratis]

carriage containing two Ladies.space ships, which may appear by persons more international accord and recovery: These Gantlemen who take their within 10 to 15 years, probably than learned.

Fort St. John, B. C. Supt. 5. enthusiastic The Canadian Press said today Mr. Acheson's extensive list of

prospectus, in the far north, are Soviet failures to cooperate, his walking exercise regularly of would be capable of circling the

On gentleman wrote to the selling a fabulous story of Bolld analysis of Soviet policy in Man- an evening will not fail to have world just outside the atmos- London branch asking them to River, 400 miles north of Nawɛon gold nuggets found on the Firth noticed the dangerous proceed-phere, at heights of a churia, in Korea, in Iran, in ings I now allude to. The gen hundred miles."

fow design an engine to go with a Yukon.

elty Such ships wondrous fuel he had invented; Greece, in the Balkans, in Italy, oral exclamation is, why do not were in the United Nations, answer the Police Interfere and stop projected by German scientists the Manchester branch and dian Press said that a mining

at least

The reported field is_north of half-aeriously at the time he wrote to the Klondike goldfelds. The Cana- why the present "interim period" such a nuisance? exists and gives evidence of con- "Can you, Mr. Editor, in- of manned satellites

who, during the war, dreamed asked them to develop a fuel engineer, J. Maxwell, flow to circling for a marvellous englao he had the place and reported that he For the form me why such conduct is the earth at a height of a few built.

had confirmed stories of the find (FARL) layman, the semi-permanent state permitted? My, fear is that thousand miles, capable of To another's suggestion that brought out by Eskimos.

of crisis that characterises this day or other the system wreaking destruction

They told of finding gold worth will have an abropt termina-helpless world.

he had 'mastered gravity Tues., Thurs, & Sat... HK$180.- period may be deplorable, but as tion, by

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that, secondly, there was no ed Press. 300.- with the statesmen, he must learn alaughter.-A PEDESTRIAN." hopes to become "the profes- Society politely suggested he

The Society, sald Clarke,

such thing as gravity, the 400.- to live with it. Mr. Acheson's "A Pedestrian" has perform-aional organization of rocket prove his contentions by step- 200.- parting advice to the American ed a public service which we and astronautical" engineers. ping over the white cliffs at

the have too long neglected, and We regard ourselves people may help maintain

now in Dover, whereafter he presum- 350.-prise needed today: "Tragic as for which, to name of the pub much the same position as the ably could discuss his findings 35. it is that we cannot achieve the die We thank him. Mr. Dud- aeronautical societies of about face to face with Sir Isaac

delt is an old and-conspicuous 1890. whole promise which once seemed sinner in regard to

The main difference is Newton, almost within our grasp, there is driving and riding;, but there developing much more quickly furious that the rocket scoms to ba not doing what are others not much if at all than the airplane." If our own power to better. We direct the atten "But it also has a lot for- help is limited, so is the power of tion of the Superintendant of ther to go!"

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URANIUM FIND

Ottawa, Sept. 6. Discovery of now Uranium deposits in Canada's North- lands tune reported.on Thurs" day by a Government spokes-

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slaughter should include the climb out of the earth's gravity diametrically opposed Eleologies Civil Service List for 1947

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are the great urges of individual 1845. The duty of his authe ambitions of the rocketeeri spirits throughout the world to ordinates is there clearly do and would-be-space pilots, few

Major rebuild, in some way to push on cd, and wo opine that in the of whom would linger over an Belghtler, President of the War General Robert S. event of a homlelde from furi offer to voyage in to a better day."

anything Personnel dus riding the verdict of Man- that looked as though it could

Board, declared on two that "with Thursday

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trying to live peacefully to has rejected an daily, and the Constables who

gether in a shrunken world Argentine Invitation to join in ought to apprehend the parties. Committees of the Society "war is certainly a possibility": a declaration of principles on without a warrant look on with have drawn up detalled plans Making the principal address pence. Canada agreed with the indifference; to the sable gentle for space ships which, they beat the opening of the National Argentino objectives but said mon of the Constabulary. it is love, could reach the moon and Encampment of the Veterans of the dolution of the world dim- the subject of mirth.. They may return. Such a ship, a' pro- Foreign Wars, Heightler do culties could be achieved better not know their duty—it la. Mr. | Jected,, would be propalled by glared a The greatest hope for through the United Nations. May's/ duty to teach them - the rocket principle, burning a successful United Nations in Associated Press. ?

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