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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1947.

FRANCE'S WAR IS ON

THE

By

KITCHEN FRONT JOHN FISHER

Tho Government falls, thol. 10d. Cooking oil 'costs s. a trams stop, tho ziocl workers week, potatoes at d. a ib, come knock off the postmen don't to Bs. a wook. Add to this healing light and hidden extras knock at all, tomchors out classes, and and revolutionary committees which have forced Emile to bor- oocupy, workshops.

row from time to time from the What was the background to firm. the strike that brought France It was King Henry IV', Idea

every Frenchman made the people fear that

should so low and ful of a civil wart

have a chicken in the pot from I went to Marseilles to find time to time. Emile is one of out, and I looked into the kit the Frenchinen who is still chan- chens and jorders of Frenching that chicken, GUTTERRES. Dr. D.M.P. Gut. families for the answers,

The Critical Age board terres, Surgeon Indo-China SN, Co., Ltd. To begin with, I would like s.s, "Loketng" as the sad ro. Arst to introduce to you Emile sult of an accidental fall into Gousset, whose bluo beret the ship's hold at Kobe, powdered with white flour from Japan on the 10th Dec. 1947. the Moulin de la Palud, on the

edge of Marseilles.

DEATH

on

HOTEL RATES

It is perhaps purely coincident al that the mounting total,of pro- secutions against principal ten ants for breaches of the Land- lord and Tenant Ordinance by charging excessive

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Now let's switch to the centre of Marseilles and consider the firm of Picon, which, from orange skin, quinine, gentian, and honey sugar, fabricates a number of agreeable aperitifs.

firm la Armed Vernin, who lives The chief accountant of this at 117, Boulevard Longchamp, and if any man can balanco his budget it ia auroly he.

He concludes that the Govern ment might be strong enough to prevent a coup by either Commu nista or de Gaulllets alone, but troops dispersed in Indo- with China and North Africa It might put down not be possible to clashes between the two.

Only events can show how far these speculations are justified, but they exist not only in the pager of newspapers but in the minds of the people of France.

When the riots broke out in Marseilles last month the Com- munist-lod crowd not only storm:

od the Palais de Justice, but ly broke up the night-club dis occupied the Town Hall and final- triet around the Place de l'Opera, unsettling breaking glass and many of the citizens who were perched on high stools,

Hidden Dumps

Ho ts tall, peaky-faced, und Awarthy, and earns £26 a month washing wheat, (He works under

Here in a second-floor, flat live protection during tho

the arch-enemies of the Com- Public dissatisfaction with the police atriko).

munistaa middle-class bourgeois police was so great that two com- Emilo has almost reached the household. Every tile is spotless. panies of the C.S.R. (police mo.. critical age of 25 when he must

Hore la a family whose income, bile guard) were dissolved. marry or pay a bachelor's tax of

to over £700 not, But he amounting

as prosperous, yet a quartor of his income. has a mother to keep and he can't labels thom rents should

afford to get married any more French middle class.

they assist at the funeral of the than he can afford to stay a

They have had to sell their car, bachelor,

holiday for four month, £3 goes on

He reckons that, of his £20 aand go without a

M. Vornin, who used to taxes and yours. social insurance and almost all buy two suite a year, has had one new one in seven years and, with the rest on food.

an extra pair of trousers, it cost him £32.

have given rise to louder and wider protests against hotel rates. Let it be said at once, however, that there is a close affinity and that it is a fairly natural reaction to indications of firrner official ar- tion in one direction, to enquire why the casier and not less on vious point is not also attacked. We should have thought, indeed, that this was a matter of direct interest to the Government since a very high proportion of civil servants is compelled to reside in the hotels, and the bill has to be footed out of public funds.

▾

Because his father worked for 40 years in the mill he pays only 2s. a week ront, but milk costs 128, Od. a week, bread 17s. 6d., and an egg is. 3d.

None Content

in

meet

People believe that though the gendarmes are loyal enough the C.S.R. have been infiltrated by Communlate.

CARNIVAL

By Dick Turner

SWEENEY BEACH

CHANGING CLOTHES

IN AUTOS FORBIDDEN!

| SERVICË, MA, T. Ar nen. D.d. PAT. OFF.

7.10

Do you call this an auto?”

One man whom I do not mis THE COMMONWEALTH pects of exaggerating told me he thought that from dumps hidden near Marseilles the Communista could arm 4,000 warriors.

By coincidence, the next day aja goat grazing in a quarry near Mar-Marseilles drew its owner's at- tention to dump of American

A

I found it hard to His usual lunch is potato stew without fat. He has a 1s. 10d. contented Frenchman bottle of wine once a week and Refiles. smokes 70 cigarettes casting Even the hardened traveller, rifles-62 of them-hidden under Gs, 10d, a week.

No Chicken

It

is it not against the daily rates that criticism is levelled. against the refusal by hotel man-

It is

for his mother's rhoumatism comes to 10s. a month;

tarpaulin.

WHY ANZACS VOTED TO

SPLIT PALESTINE

ro-

laft

used to the whims of Inflation, a

De Gaullists, as well as Com- can woll feel a tinge of discon-

alang the munists, have the remains of

last When Canada, Australia, South this time, votes wouldn't as he wanders tent A haircut once a month costs Qual des Belgen, Marseilles, lock their Resistance Movement to call of on. The Cimmunists are believed

Africa, and New Zealand voted havo counted." wicker baskets

There will have to be 2. Od, and the newspaper (Soeling at the alist) 2d. Electric treatment oysters and lemona

that stand to have infiltrated the Air Force for Palestine partition at the

Assembly in New York routing of the "Empire Litaline" outside the waterside restaurants, Police (which corresponds more J.N. A pound of meat a week each for he knows that if he goes into or less to the R.A.F. Regiment, they dealt a blow at the mono- after next August, when the fast "Imperialism" dominating U.N. Palestine. Aden, sun-baked out. agements to accept clients on any for his mother and himself comes one it will cost him 10s. 6d. for but the Navy is strongly Right-tonous Russian charges of British British soldier will have

his bowl of bouillabaiser, and wing.

post at the Red Sea entrance to voting. In Marseilles the ships in port then there may be

Buer will assume added Import- other basis than the daily rate. to 158., and a box of tomatoes that oven their refusal to make any conces-

little more than a few cuts of have been paid off, not a tram

Here was a classic example of ance and responsibilities. It Is ecl floating in the

brownish runs, postmen on their rounds sion to

permanent residents

liquor instead of the more suc have been threatened, there are the absolute freedom of the Bri- almost the same distance from

nalla on the roads: to puncture tish Commonwealth of Nations the Persian Gulf as Haifa. culent potssons

golfe du One morning, when I read an tyres, soldiers are needed to un- in the conduct of their affairs.

With article in a paper called France load the flour on the quay.

Britain abstaining, it Dimanche headed "These forces

might have been supposed that the Commonwealth Nations would

as

arc

they could and should by quoting on a monthly basis. Government may have good and sufficient rea- sou for refraining from interven- tion. But those who find them. selves unable to obtain accom- modation elsewhere and monthly required to meet charges roughly six to seven times the cost of equivalent room and ser- vice priv to the Pacific War, and are not subsidised by govern- ment, would like (if there is a satisfactory reason) to be inform

and Tenant

100 Years

·

Ago

are at hand in case of civil war,"

I felt embarrassed.

But

per

Price Of Victory

-LANE NORCOTT-

Does Your Head Ache

Communalty?

of na

+

Canada

A nude painting by a famous

Local authori

and

Saya:

of children and

an Australian New Zealand ceme respectablo parents are expected to see Mr Massey's exhibition, tery.

official and o nude is not the kind of

An Australia

House

gave me his view of why the picture they would want to see."

voted for Australian delegate partition:

TWO complete generations of

BARCLAY ON BRIDGE

Australia

The dollar blight has hit Aus.

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Near the station, In the Bourse fall into line and do likewise, but British artist is causing a wind the auhor clearly had nu such inhibitions and had made du Travail, Lucien Molino, a they voted as they individually on the prairies.

large man with gold teeth and felt, and not according to any ties in Winnipeg have banned the nude painting by Mr Mat- A careful study of his subject,

He reckoned that if a civil war a red ile, and a blue shirt with Whitehall wishes.

Three of the four Common.thew Smith, 67-year-old York- wealth Nations who voted for shire painter-he last two SOT were to break out (and he was grubby cuffs, leads the Central

New Zea- in the last war-which is includ- (From the firs of the wise enough not to take this for Strike Committee.

the desk, he partition-Australia, Thumping on cent. of the

South Africa have, ed in a collection of Mr Vincent granted) 60 per "China Mail")

Massey's works of contemporary through the wars, earned their

British artists. Sir-Romanista. Protestants, police would back France's Fourth says: "Confident in their fate, land,

da cent. But who is it a victory for? vote on the future of Palestine.

A few months ago Mr Smith's Zoroastrians and Mahometans, Republic, 30 per cent. the Com.the workers will seire victory."

the bread. In the first World War the The Communists or have each their allotted places munists, and 20

Gavle.

Anzacs helped greatly to throw nude was thrown out at Reghin, Divided Forces winners? ed of the facts. As they see it for Interment; not so the Chin-

to Marseilles I the Turks out, and in the last an adjoining prairie city Before I

came , there is something puzzlingese, who may bury their dead In the Army 50 per cent, would

Mounties." back the Government, 10 per cent, was not sure. Now I know that, war all three were on hand at training centre for the famous

Alamein when it locked as though nnywhere..

Mr Alex Musgrave; curator of about a Landlord

On the hills

Rommel would be keeping his Ordinance which limits the legal westward

immediately the Communists, and 40 per cent. alas, it is a victory for both aver

France. of the Tapingshan, de Gaulle.

date with the Mufti of Jerusalem. Winnipeg's Art Gallery,

In the Holy City Itself there's "Thousands rights of landlords to increase | Burinis,of Chinese are of daily rents, whether for business or occurence; indeed I am induced commercial premises, and ex to draw your attention to the cindes its application to hotels. subject by seeing this morning Private residential hotels, other such a grave being opened

within a dozen yards of the wise known as boarding houses,

They have now sent me are equally inaune to effective Queen's Road.

This, Mr. Editor, should not

room.

Do you think it is a Australians have shed their blood 192 forms. control, although in many cases be; the locality alluded to, from

mistake, or must I all in so in defence of the Holy Land, and tralla in a big way, and the It's about time the Jews and the Federal Government is tackling operators are themselves tenants its healthfulness, may hereafter

many? and are protected, presumably, become one of much desirability

You seem to be entirely Arabs took a bit of responsibility it in a forthright manner. Prime It is sometimes asked how we A.:

Minister Chifley has slashed dol- from inquitous increases in for European residences,

and can

Increase production at the lacking in enterprise and inillaen their own shoulders.

bedroom "Partition is the hard way-50 lar imports, and has refused the Repaper your

at

suggestion of. Opposition's was storming the beaches rents. The principal tenant of then, in desecrating the graves bidding of ideological planners if, tive.

Gallipoli. If Hitler had beat us American loan. the ordinary tenement block is, to erect them, the Chinese may as it is claimed, we are already with the forms and say no more Recording to law, under severe net on precedent and strike at geared by ideological planners to about #. restrictions to how much he the head and front of the the very highest pitch

tional efficiency and numbing auL may charge his sub-tenants in re-offending.

The The best site for a Chinese terity. answer. 03 everybody lation to the total rental. The Cemetery is on the hill west-knows who has ever listened to wide discrimination in favour of ward of the Bay beyond that an ideological planner, is: By the lesser of private hotel pre-where the Farsees have got one, massed grouping and the elimina- mises the Administration

au and the sooner the Chinese are ton of the profit motive, com thorises calls for explanation. compelled to bury their dead bined with intensive mobility and high-spirited community singing Under the complicated conditions there, the botter.

at home.

2-Clubs the bas called for plans for build. existing at the time of the Libera

Speaking to a bewildered au- NOT NECESSARILY SO Hand No. 2 to deny extra strength; ing exhausted. So much so that

they feel that a rebid of tion, specialt arrangements were

dience of co-ordinating cheese- "When the opener bids a new suit would show some extra, We have aling special 1,000-passenger ships TO BE LET-The House and puddlers at Stilton recently, the at the level of two on his second ways contended that this is illegitin Australia to carry fnamigrants. 300.- probably unavoidable. Today, a Godowna on Queen's Read, next Minister for Vulgar Fractions turu, after his partner has made sal, especially since the rebid might 250.-much clearer picture is discernible

the Oriental Bank....two said: The maximum of output one-over one call of another suit, he have been on a hand like No. and there is 400.- for the

case Houses on the North side of can only be steadily increased bois showing some strength shove possibly the club in place off It's going' to be a glum Christ- . of the Gough - re-opening

Street....the House rond its highest or saturation minimum Indleated by

In actual

The Q.

mas for New Zealand children. 200.- whole matter.

thi 1 competition,

There are many points of valus Because of an outbreak of in- any ground for complaint by present occupied by Mr. Tozer and scientific method of nation.

If 20 350.-

allsing arithmetic, thereby allow It is especially not

favour of the 2-Clubs rebid anfantile paralysis In Auckland all the managements.

and pantos are to be If our opin- ...a pleasantly located House in us to speed up the multiplica the new suit he bids is the one rank No, 2 instead of 1-No Trump. First einemas 120.-ion were asked, we should say near the Club....the House in lion tables, to suit our ever-growing komediately below the ane with its merit in locating the side

closed,

Ten positive and seven fact, such In that they have had a very good Queen's Road recently occupied ing needs."

stoppere and

and warning the partner not 300.-

opened, "And even then," he by the "Hong Kong Register" innings.

...the bungalow in Hollywood solemnly, we can only hope to rebld may be considered sometimes to go on with No Trumps unless he pected cases have so far been re- Better Spirit

Road, second east from the Un- reach our targets if nobody buys mild warning that the high card can plug up the heart suit. Second ported, and the Health Depart ion Chapel....the bungalow in anything and their boots don'trength may be rather sketchy and is the chance that it may disclose ment, led by Miss Howard, Mini- the hand justified opening at all clubs as the best declaration for the ster, in preparing to cope with Valuable

of enfely because has been Lyndhurst Terrace, formerly

distributional pair. Third, it gives the partner. an opidemic.The Dominion's last support

was in 1936-37. verlous epidemic Incidentally, our own

values to offset a lack of full honor cheap chance to rebld spades...or. given to the growth of better un occupied by the Hong Kong tion for escaping from such *

show preference between the Greatly increased prices of derstanding between the Domin- Reading Club....two Houses in world a planned ant-hill erant strength.

minimum Let's take a look at two holdings minors if he himself has a ions of India and Pakistan by the Gage Street, containing each mod with frantic, all-mobile, all.

concernin all singing ants that may be held by a player in the and favors fainonds. After such a building materials from Britain conclusion of a standstill agree four rooms, bathrooms and producing,

right rebid, the partner should not take the are, causing It is compul-second hand position after hinz simplicity itself

bit in bis teeth and hop; away up in Dominion. Figures given to Par- baad opponent had passed: ment for one year between the other conveniences,

liament by the Supply Minister, sory rigos mortis all round,

2. 8. 97 6

any declaration unless bis Indian Government and the

Puestion: My son has an empty 1. 97.6

H. None

H. J.7

Justifies doing so opposite-holding Muslim Kingdom of abroad is admitted; great

Dominion chicken-hut that he doesn't want,

D. K QJ91 D. AK 19 7 like either of these, Hyderabad. · This is a victory troops are to be withdrawn from because all his chickens have died

c.qj87 for commonsense on both sides. Hyderabad early in the New of starvation. May I move into Delicate questions of prestige an Year; and both › Governmenta

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Tomorrow's Problem

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Immigration Minister A. A.

· Calwell" didn't get much change out of a telephone call he made to Whitehall recently asking for alrips to take Britons to Australia and to return with food.

Knowing that 400,000 people in Britain want to get to Australia, Mr Calwell's patience is becom

New Zealand

the

Mr Nordmeyer, show an 85 per cant increase since 1989,

The price of reinforcing stool from the UK. has jumped from 218 10. a ton to £19.

Bermuda

Can you imagine portions of debate in the House of Comfuoris | Soing, suppressed?_{\Wall-It has H. 2 7 4 2. happened in the Bermuda House D.75 c.xas.

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her of these hands would fit Neither the literal honor trick 'requirements of of security were involved in agree to co-operate in discourag The Controlled Citizens' most good bridge teaching. But in

rent, aggressive, play, among"}

good justing the Nizam's' unique status ing subvenive activities directed

players both

would be

be opened by as the "Faithful Ally of the Bri- against each other and in improv

BLOED.. competitors in sition, tish. Government to the situa-Ling facilities for trade and com

after two panes 5.9 3 and, likewise by a good

of 34. K 10 65 percentage of tion brought about by the Britis munication. The worth of the empty chicken-hut that he doesn't

want, because all his chickens them in second position after a pass D. 4.2 withdrawal. The foundations agreement is threefold. It giv

have died of starvation. May I were laid by Sir Walter Mänck, Hyderabad and India a breathing move into t

by one opponent had given a light|C. J 9°4′2) Indication of the likelihood that your ton. Although the ultra-patri, space to consider what form Answer: Certainly not.

hould your son has a vacant oldaten alde had some balance of power, and some of them would bid either as tic party in Hyderabad at one their permanent relations

of vulnerability Control Dffier of the District on the basis of his protracted an that some coup d'etat might mulating Board Allewild of 2.Clubs after the partner

-According negotiations in Delhi, they were be attempted Lysinst the "krostest sex - ah, 10% may take responded with spuds to the open-able) in the PANIONS C24 tourist frame, Parliamentary re glad in the end to profit from its and more historic uslim: Kling, place in the theme of wisdom. The Niesta over) dout in the, Indlars

stage flouted the advice he gave takes it allays; the fear of Pakişi/Ait then he must notify the long dealer, regardless of theorists GE ||

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questions

about hotel policies and, alleged discrimination against Jews.A sides vulner- Because Bermuda Hvesson,

ing 1-Diamond, would indicats sup. If the pair uses the Blackwood porters were called up by the

to my plus values la-high, cards Above convention on this hand, which part Speaker and ordered to delete Poaching for minimui. These people would like her can make the better uan"s of in- the debate in which-Jews are

mentioned, SELAT my beds, es baza: you, bid: 1-Na Trump on formation Italicis? Why?: