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LAST CHANCE Failure of the Deputies of the four Foreign Ministers, entrust- cd with the task of clearing the ground for their principais, even to agree on an agenda tor next

conterence week's vital

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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1947,

The American SCENE

INDIAN SUMMER

AFFLICTS NEW YORK

produced. earmarked before an! the U.S. has more or less a world monopoly because car- bon black flier, one of the muin components, comes from

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By John Drummond

A Veteran

Bridesmaid

Yet Mr. Badham, former director of companies, in

organisation Powell Duffeyn

In and piebed

beat down

Landon, Nov. 18. American, Polish and Czecho

Tall lovely Lady Mary Cam- slovakian agents like nimeni.bridge today gave

me an in- the present work situation, of coste, helped a Hle with she would-be clients from the Continent.j When the Queen izabeth at last cleared the Manhattan fog banks the sign-

contracts were safely in the Lagt, with first deliveries pro- mined for this month.

Ten million dollars' worth of

sight into the life of a "ters

idesmaid, as the 23-year-old life-long friend of Princess

Elizabeth described herself.

A neighbour, told us she picked armfuls of wild violets and a quart of strawberries in Hudaon the gaunt, leafless Woods. Eighty degrees in Oc- tober."

At industrial Yonkers, which is halfway to New York from

peared from nowhere, nearly wrecked Brophy's Bar and Grill, then Tom Carroll's tavern, to land up in a local

for hospital-as venison

the patients.

Than

roller-skating chim- panzee in Central Park, full of the joys of spring, shook hands no heartily with a baby apucia lor that the little girl had.

even medical attention.

Even the squirrels in my garden seem to be leafing un. around and not Reasonably minding their own business.

-Briefly

"It gets easier as you get older. Now I don't havo to Survey in Los Angeles claims arry a train," she said, with a that one American working mila when staw her in her girl in ten is deferring her

pf flat London

#mid

the high pre marringe because nrations for her 11th wedding cost of living,

bridesmaid this time at Yet another shows that 340,- the marriage of Princess Eliza 000 couples in New York are Lieutenant Philip sharing homes with other fam- th

ilics because Mountbatten on Thursday.

of the housing |

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CARNIVAL

By Dick Turner

COPE TINY TEA BERVICE, WI. T. M. REI., U'IL PAT, CFP.

9-2

"By the way, why don't you and the wife drop over to night for a game of bridge and bring-our-bridge tabla

with you?".

MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE

By Margaret Bradbury

ILK. REPRESENTATIVE

ON UNO

When the Queen Elizabeth docked at Southampton the other day, Mr. David Badham, J.P., of Cardiff, had very little to declare to the Customs-but | his briefcase hold secret con

tracts which may mean coal In a much shorter time. Bur This second spring la having Mr. Badham, a one-man mis- Mr. Badham,.modest about hir 4 peculiar effect on the Ameri ston with a vision, made few achievement, has nothing can four-legged kingdom. Some purchases in the U.S., but he declare.

animals are beginning to act did spend all, of £2,500,000 on If this is New York's Indian like human beings here. "Call- unromantle stuff called consummer, then give it back to ng all' cars-watch for a dog)

the Redakting, I say!

with a purse in his mouth," re- veyor belting..

in Shopping for conveyor belt- In the morning we've been ported the police radio

Tho like having clammy fogs. By noon, Uniontown, Pennsylvania.

canine future of Germany, reveals, witning now in America is

anatched the the acuteness of trying to buy unratloned row-a colander instead of a therm canny out more ado,

moter is necessary. Inld eggs in Piccadilly for the difficulties that lie in the way shilling

Summer handbag from a local woman a dozen! Manufac-sultings have been plucked from and made a slick getaway in at agreement, It would, how turers in heavy and light in the moth balle and the hot, the crowd. ever, be premature to regard dustries here are hollering humild afternoons have even failure of the London meeting as their heads off for each foot fooled the forsythia bushes up

Genera

Every length a furegule conclusion.

is Tarrytown way into blooming Tarrytown, a young deer ap- completion, again. Marshall's statement in Chicago Tuesday, without mineing words about Russia's stubborn in- sistence upon having her own way, at least refused to prejudge the issues, and indicated Ameri- ca's readiness to take into the conference a spirit of comp.u mise. In Britain, Mr. Bevin has throughout regnided the as ti last chance of avoiding asar | division between Eastern Europe and the Western Deinocracies, and may he tested to peas in that objective until its futility can no longer te resisted, Every- thing depends, of course, on the mood of M. Molurdy. There is still some hope maning. While it is true that the last meeting of the Foreign Ministers in ates cow pickled no positive results, its belting in British mine is also true that the results of means quite a few more tons their earlier conferences in Paris of coal- rambling to the surface and New York were not entirely nghave. At the same time, it is undeniable that since the Forcign

ns junior bridesmaids, carried York Daily News-"I just saw the Far East, Mr. M. K, Lo has been Ministers met in Moscow in May

the Duchess of Kent's train in a movie about pre-revolution chosen to represent the Colony in the 30AC have at the moment 68 air- this year, the general situation

her wedding in Westminster Jays in this country. Who do work of the Commission which aims raft operating services from England has tended to harden along lines

Abbey on November 29, 1934. you think stood the hardships at initiating and sponsoring measures to fodia, the Far East and Australia. is fulfilling the that appear to preclude compro-

Then next November, she before we were a nation? Who for the economic reconstraction of to India, BOAC misc. The principal issue at

was bridesmaid to the Duchess broke the ground, got scalped these areas, Mr. Victor Purcell, re-largest aircraft chaner job ever their London meeting will be

of Gloucester at the Chapel by the Indians, aurvived with presentative of the U.N.O. Secretarist be carried out. A collected flight of out doctors and hospitals and who has just posted through Hogg 21 aircraft are being operated there Royal, Buckingham Palace.

evacuation and trans whether or not this appearance

On hangers In the living so on? Why, it was the. Eng-Kong on his way to the Philippines,ngaged on

shipments Inside the country. Pending corresponds to reality.

(From the files of the "China

two beautifullish. Now what's bothering moj proof to the contrary, it is til. Mai")

The 64th and 83rd Regiments dresses-a blue crepe dinner is: Who owes whom what?' too scon to say that the four For-:

in Detroit housewives tole- are to embark next Spring for dress her mother is wearing, eign Ministers and their Govern India; the 26th and 41st Re- and, a blue brocade off the phoned the City Hall asking ments will, by failur to 4

giments for the Mediterranean; shoulder evening gown that what they should do with the gammon ground in London, pro-and the 70th for Hong Kong, she will wear,

slice a day they saved for claim that the a

The 70th Regiment, now station. Tomorrow afternoon, Lady President Trumani Every loaf them are irreconcilable and that ed in Cork, and which returned Mary will go to the party Prin has two heels, but it only needs the major reality u

1843, cess Elizabeth from North America in

is giving for one to throw it into the dust- monarchs, prepare foreign

queens, bin and as Jimmy Durante will be intractable antagonism has received orders to between East and West. This for colonial duty, and will pro-princes and princesses at St. would say "We gotta million of may happen. Should it happen ceed to Hong Kong in the first in- James Palace to see her wed. em."

stance. As this regiment hasing presents. all hope of treating Germany as

been long effective up to. la After the party, she and the are trimmed with peppermint an economic or political unit will rastd etablishment of 1,000 ther bridesmaids are going to sticks or bon-bons. Well, t'u vanish in the immediate future rank and file, it will embark at Westminster Abbey for are eat my hatt and the outlook in Europe will Cork as acon as the necessary hearsal. be-sumbre. Yet it-is-hard-tu.cec tonnage can be provided and After the rehearsal, every what country or countries could will sad probably in January body is going to bed to reat for gain any positive advantage from next.

the big day," she said.

At 9.40 am. on the wedding named Lilian Luck. who frac- the crystallisation of present dif-i

The Chinese authorities at day, a car will call for Lady tured her arm in three places ferences into a hard and fast divi-

the Mary to take her to the Palace. when her ambulanca toppled Shanghai have purchased sion. More than once Marsha

a. London bomb crater, got a Anal check. into Stalin has declared his belief inachooner "Boxer," of 150 tons, Then we

and Atted her out to cruise All bridesmaids have not born won £82 on the "Strike it rich"

that fitted together. | she possibility of co-operation be against the Pirates on

Mr. Hartnell, alio quiz. Contestants must tween Soviet Russia and

the coast.

the Queen's dress-maker, and confess why they want the prizo Western world. The Russian She has gone to sea mounting his assistants will be there to money Miss Luck will use her Fareign

Minister, M. V.M. 14 guns which are stuck into

Boston specialist. adv Mary declared.-Renter. Molotov, has also admitted that her as close as possible without put a stitch in here and there," winnings to pay the bills of a co-operation should be feasible any regard to room for working though he has surrounded the them, their appearance and noise admission by so

being probably mero relled on the Western countries that the than any injury they are expect

ed to inflict on the enemy. value of his words has been ob- scured. Eager though the Bri- From Conton

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It is her third Royal wedding. shortage.

Princess Elizabeth. Letter writer to the New She and

were room

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New turbans around town

Silent sponsor of the night! hours station WLIB is, off the air, a mattress company.

Delighted to hear neatly

BARCLAY ON BRIDGE

By SHEPARD BARCLAY

"THE AUTHORITY ON AUTHORITIES" PICK THE LARGER SCORE

roietin

Jon, Calcutta en route for England. Object of Mr. Hrancker's visit to the Far Bast in to make a routine survey if present BOAC flights, and to

view to

UN.O. study existing chin Japan

Hong Kong will shortly become" ar axenciair member ul the Economic Commission for Asia and

MR. VICTOR PURCELL,

was for righ months secretary of the working group of 12 nations concert- ed with this U.N.O, branch to Shang- hal. In consequence of the Repart Issued, the Commission was crtuhliat- ed,

lazer

My certain Wen Born:o, the Malayan

refused ed is

of

with a

that country

up service in the Dear future.

Mr. Braneker, who has been Gen- ral Manager for British European. Airways since it came late action last year, was in India at the be- ning of the war. He was also in Bangkok when the Japanese arrived. sit managed to escape and eventual- reached Australia. Of conditions la England with regard to air passages. of the country, Mr. Brancker sald hat although BOAC faces

keen petition from several pirlines, the Company's flights for South Africa. are booked up until February year and most of the Eastern ser- vices are full for nearly year.

H.K. PORTUGUESE ART IN

1008

rutie

Mr.

from the

"-oter,

O her

COME-

Bext

(nave Mrs. Dick Noronha) and Maiters Hearique Lopes, Fer- indo Remedios and the Portuguese anwins, Mano and Luiz Osmund. The ges of the children ranged from five

12 and even the pianist Mis ther Xavier, now Mrs. L. A. Bar on, was a tiny tot of some six or leven, summers,

ל.

The recent ahow given by Porta- youngsters At the Club de

recall to

many old decreto may cidente in the Colony the three nusical plays the Portuguese Lit- Club Lusitano iputians at the old ray back in 1909/10. They were pro- Cuced by

Tate the Mr. Actur da ilva, father of the local solicitor, Marcus da Silve. Of his co- elpers two are still active, Mr. C. M. S. Alvan, Secretary of the Sports" Hub, and Mr. Josezinho Guterres, The first play, produced in 1908 war The Belle of New York, with Miss Camilla Castro, later the wife of Dr. 2. M. Graca Osorio, in the principal tish Government is to promote that a woman 32 years of age

A kinitxer remarked that East was Mr. Purcell who went

her youngsters in the prin Friendly trade and

intercone has been executed in the man-

xtremely lucky to make out so well Lake Success Headquar-ers of U.N.O.

ipal parte the Misses Evelyn with Soviet Russias is shown ner commonly called "cutting in-

when he had "stuck his neck out hizo Shanghai last May to quit in thebes, Elvy Remedios and Mariacha by the proposed resumption of the to ten thousand pieces" (Teen) A good dest otw.nning bridge with his double on an almost setting up of the Commission, attend-

Tozario In first session in June. Anglo-Russian trade talks-hche) on the Execution Ground consists of selecting the more protit-worthless hand. The

o accept the indictment. With four August he toured Squth, East Asia, British Prime Minister, Mr. Cleat the Teen-isze landing placeable of two options or the less costly

by order of the Criminal Board of two. This question arises in ards each in the two uabil suis, he Hong Kong Singapore, Sarawak, ment Attlee, has felt bound to

in is whether your would have. protest publicly against unfound. She had been convicted of pol- great majority of the cases in which

one or the and Burma before returning to her husband Bomene base problem Boning

de should became the decinter or other to make a sacrifice profitab.c Shangbai in October to take part in ed aspersions cast upon British months. back.,

you should play against an opponents if his response got doubled at a low the

the preparation

reports and policy by Soviet leaders. In his 120.-

Vulnerability decides the point. His tactics, however, are hard materials for the next me ting of the speech at the Mansion House, nublic support for the Foreign outract.

CASER, A sue in many

Commition to be held in Bagulu.. for exily a playly to be recommended A chance sa at the meeting of last week. Mr. Attlee refuted the Secretary it -300.-

gainst a a not-vulnerable opponent cansumption as s nourishing die. The agenda for the meeing is very * complete constant Russian indictments of Foreign Ministers he should feel oubled contract should promise They, will more often prove to be extensive and includes

survey of economic problems in this Britain for "Imperialism." "If bound to speak still more plainly. andsotne pensity score in arder for poison.

West's bid of hearts over the re-region of the 'globe, there is Imperialism in the worl? Should M. Molotov attend the you be prepared to abandon chance

an uncom game, let alone slam Estimating double by South, however, does not today, by which I mean the sub- London' meeting in fection of other pennies to the promising or aggressive spirit hehe totals from the two options should come in the same category. He could

guide you triward selecting what pro- tell the ends were loaded against his. This was not Mr. Purcell's first is lively to meet with resistance inises to be the larger scott, political and economic domin

side, and

·Partner fitted hearts.

he could be punished badl, visit to Hong Kong. In 1924 he was tion at a powerful nation, it is both firm and devoid of provoca

vulnerable opposents could have attached to the Government here at the Geisha, was very favourably certainly not to be found in the tion. Should he arrive in a spirit

Inspector of Vernacular. Schools. He eceived. There was hardly a night British Commonwealth," Mr. of conciliation he will find the

learnt Can onese In Canton and Tater without a packed house. Among thone Attlee said. "On the contrary British Government ready to

wrote veral books on the language who saw the play more than once Among them are "Chinese Ever

ver were Commodore Lyaux and we see the progressive developmeet him half way. This needs 9984

green" "Spirit of Chinese Poetry Lyons, later to become Lady Clementi, ment of the transformation of an to be sald if only because there HKQ1097.

and "Index to the Chinese written

ad several talpans" of German Empire into a union under the has hitherto been no counterpart 13

Ara language." Service for 26ber of the Civil Arms, The Jait play to be-produced

yeasi Mr. Purcell was The Mascotte in 1910

with nations. I can only think that manifestatings of public aciaion.

spent most of that ilme. In Malaya tires Elfride Damund

And Phyllia During the war he was Director d'Almada norge Vasina the

and Masters Rodolfo members of the Soviet Gover to the severe strictures upon So

General of Information and principal Bap ista kod ment have failed to take note ofviet Russia which have been pub

adviser on Chinend Forces to the Although it was the most difficult of these things or that having onlished in the United States, In

Military In Malaya..

the three pisces, this "Mascotte". "doned the thesis that Britain is Britain there, has been no talk

Of Hong Kong, Mr. Purcell said: also the most successful, it enjoyed "It seems to be the happiest place the longest run and was also shown... an Tenerialist power, they are of a "cold war" between Russia

I have sten in Asis, and also the capacity undection with the houses in Shameen, and unwilling to discard it."It was and the Western democracies nor Par

most orderly,"

Macso time that something Fke this have the rulers of Russia been Pas

visit con must recall the should have been said by the headed as they are in the Harri-West managed to take four tricks

Porncy: fans of the

pianist the of the Reitish Government. The man report to the United State

iste Mr. Julio; Rosario. He; left: the DKQ 10 8.7 83 3:2,

ore behind but managed to | plana score Prime Minister erred, if at all. Congress, of aiming at world at that contract, so was down, four at a cost of 200.points. But it turned

play, the whole opera-from memory by speaking too moderately and domination by ruthless ideolour that Nogth, and South, had

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M "The Mant

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hfBOAC--Bastern-Dillonpastel.without h understood Soviet Ruwis. The ing towards the Soviet Uniónge. They could have made. 74No able)-Kaza

The occasion was graced Trumps for score of more than After West bid, spades fand hearts, through Hong Kong this week end on colle" alio truth is that British public-frel and the future course of British 200 points Ever mall am Fast Clubs and hearts, South gets Jara bir way to Janan. This was hit first farmace ing much stronger than Mr.liw nay well be determined by have bald, more than twice, ac F-Diamonds, How Abouff he play for visit to the Colony, but he expect ty, the presence of Sir Frederick Attlee's words "appear to indicare; the outcome of the London meet tuch profit as the penalty score col it after West lenda the diamand. A to return in about ten days before Lugsed the then Governor of the

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