1950-03-17 — Page 3

Australia's progress traced by Trade Commissioner

Reminders

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|An unknown wilderness 162 years ago, Australia today is a virile, independent nation with more than 8,000,000 people, said Mr. H. Wrigley, Australian Government Trade Com- missioner, yesterday.

He added that Australia, one of the world's big- gest wheat producers, is one of the self-gov- erning dominions of the British Common- wealth of Nations.

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Australians. Shek

"Heavy rain falls in North Kong, 11 a.m.

proud of their present world Queenstand-up to 100_Inéhes 5 St. Patrick's Society Annual Ball status as a nation and of being year, and in Western Tasmania,

IIK Hotel, 8.30 p.m.

an integral part of the British 140 inches. Falls of 50 to 60 inches European YMCA Gervlees Dance, Commonwealth of Nations. occur on the Eastern seaboard,

Mr. Wrigley was speaking at

around Darwin, on the West Kim- Nine Dragons Services Club,

the British Counell's weekly Almber coast and in the highlands Toinbola, 8 p.m.

of Tasmania. HK Stage Club, ensiing meetling

show at the Helena May In-

"Altogether 57 per cent of Aus- for "Gaslight" at PHO lecture stitute. His address preceded the room, 5.30 pan.

screening of a film entitled "Australia has a rainfall that does not exceed 15 Inchies a year--an European YMCA Women's Svetia,tralia Today."

He described Australia as the effective answer to the accusation Beginner's Dressinking, 10

thut 8,000,000 Australians have stpallest continent and work'r

prevented other people from oc- with an area of Cheera Serviers Club, Amateur largest island,

Night, 7.30 pm.

about 3,000,000 square miles. The cupying areas they themselves are History of English Handwriting settlement of Australia began in unwilling to develop. In point of exhibition, Gloucester Uld, 1788 although the existence of the fact, three-quarters of Australia is simply because continent had been known to sparsely settled Lecture in "Simplication of En-Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, Eng- glish" by Dr. 1, A, Richards, lists and French sailors au for back

Mr. Wrigley said:

1st. fr., 9 a.m. to 7 pun.

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ehusstent concert at Divecson Roy School, H.15 p.o. Nine Dragons Services Club, Table

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Industrial nation "Australia was almost from the. Australia is a self- earliest days of settlement a great

Commonwealth of Nations. Her porting large surpluses overseas, Federal Parliament of two houses and to-day the overage person sits at the Federal Capital. Can overseas (and to some extent in berra, in the Australian Capital Australia) is inclined to think of

In addition, the six the

Australian us a man averoge

New South Wales, Victoria, South

"But

although Australia retains Australia, Western Australia and her great primary Industries, she Tasmania-have their own partia- has become one of the world's Tennis Tournament, 4 peitles. The Northern Territory is and her value of production from ments in their respective capital most highly industrialised untions, Tombola, 8 p.m.

dministered by the Federal Gov-industry has overtaken that from rnment with the assistance of an

the land. elected council.

"During the year 1947-8 the net The full privileges of government were granted to New

When South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania une realises that 405,000 people and South Australia in 1855; to are on the land and $70,000 in Queensland in 1859, and to West-factories, the average or typient ern Australia in 1890. Thus, these Australian is more likely to be self-governing territories become found behind a factory bench in Crown Colonies.

the cites than driving sheep or Or he might be found driving a tram or delivering mail

SUNDAY

H clansion) concert, 50. MacDonnell. Road, 8.30 p.m. IIK Art Club, sketching party to Stanley, members to meet it Queen's Pier, 10.30 a.m. Nine Dragons Services Club,

Tombola, 8 p.m. European YMCA Armchair group, talk on "Secret of Christianity" 8.30 p.m.

Coxswains cautioned

THE-CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1950. -

Wedding at Registry

Captain and Mrs. O. J. Apold, who were married at the Registry yesterday, 'Captain A. Apold is the captain of the my, Hormod of Thorsson and Co-~-~("China Mall" Photo).

Half Century reviewed in speech to

Rotarians

In a talk interspersed with humour and wisdom at the weekly luncheon of the Kowloon Rotary Club at the Peninsula Hotel yesterday, Major "C. F. Milas, FCCS, FHA, called upon his au- dience to let "bygonus be rissoled” and to face the future with confidence.

self-value of production from indus-Speaking on "The First Half Century", Major Miles,

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tries was £1,037,000,000.

cattle

who came to Hong Kong soon after the re- occupation as Assistant Director of Medical Services, rebuked those who took a pessimis tic view of the world today. In spite of its chaos, atom bomba and talk of hydrogen

quite as bad as people imn

People, he gined, he said. added, remembered only the good things of the past but forgot the bad.

"Each Colony was reluctant to in. another of the tertiary or bombs, the world today is not The Boxer Uprising took place in

pr

service industries.

co-operate with its neighbɔurs at The tertiary industies include first, and went its Individual way people working in building and But experience gradually brought construction, transport and com- home the need for inter-colonial co-operation, particularly in rela munication, property and finance, tion to defence, immigration and the profesntertainment and commerce, public administration, tariff matters. From 1803 onwards, two conferences of Premiers of the Colonies were held at irregular in-

summoned by the Marine Police

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wealth.

so forth.

the

18. per cent of workers are employed in primary Industries, 29.7 per cent in manu- facturing and 52 per cent in fer-

Reviewing the past half century, the speaker said that the world is an infinitely better place now than 50 years ago, and that the century could hardly have started

in a worse state,

"We were in the midst of p small but disastrous war, and frankly, were not doing very well:- Ladysmith WOR besieged, also

Kimberley and Mateking, the lat ter not being relieved until.May. China. The only bright spot of the year was the founding of the Aus- tralian Commenwealth."

he said. down the decades, Major Milles Recalling the chaotic events

the

said that in D10 when he saw the funeral of King Edward VII be also saw 欧 symbol 1nt monarch's casket that most of the crowns of Europe were soon to be buried with it.

Worst ora

The worst era, he said, was, of course, the rise of the Nazi --that led to the last world war.

The speaker closed his talk on a note of confidence, say

saying that and of the record of transition achievements in selences was un- and unequal in he world's history. He cited the do velopment

of the aeroplane, radio. radar and atomic research. The speaker was thanked by Mr. A.F. Peterson.

ss. President parallelled Wilson arrives

The ss. President Wilson ar- here yesterday from

Mr. Neil Garland, Marine magistrate, cautioned coxswains of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club yesterday at Įtervals. the Marine Court when they These meetings helped to fos-tary industries. were summoned before him to ter an urge to create a truly "Wool is Australia's greatest answer two harbour offences. national Government. This urge primary

She had 108,- industry. Defenlants, who

developed into were repre-ventually

thousand sheep in 1940. sented by Mr. P.-J. Griffiths of Federation movement, resulting in #Their wool sold for £195,860,- Wilkinson and Grist, clanged the Constitution of the Common-000. With an annual clip of more their original plea of not guilty wealth of Australia established by than 1,000,000,000 pounds, Aus- to one of guilty, yesterday.

an Act of the British Parliament, tralla produces 27 per cent of all Counsel for the defence admit-assented to by Queen Victoria in world's wool and $7 per cent of ence. 1900 and including all six of the its merino wool. It produces 40 ted that it

Yip Yuasa technical offence.

colonies, which became, in this per cent of all wool and 70 per and Fung Mul, both employees of the RIIKYC, were way. States within the Common-cent of all merino wool entering into world trade. Lamb and "Australia is a divers dates

self-governing mutton (310,000 tons in 1948-9) for being In charge of a motor bant which democracy in which every man and sheepskins are important | rived

and woman hos coal share in parts of the industry. Was under way without a certi-

Manila. fleate, master, & certified engineer try. By exerelsing their

the ultimate control of the coun "Beef production in the same self-year was 572,000 tons, and the and failing to obtain a certificate governing rights through freely dairy industry produced 161,000 of survey for the Ibunch.

the people tons of butter and 43,000 tons of The Police withdrew the Inst elected Parliaments, summuns of insuficient evidence are wholly responsible for their cheese. More than half the beet,

The defendants were original-own political destiny.

multon,

ton, lamb, buiter and cheese ly tried before Mr. D. G. Cairns, governing dominions of the Bri-to Britain.

"Australia is one of the self-produc

production is exported-most of it when they pleaded not guilty.

tish Commonwealth of Nations. Australia is one of the world's Defence counsel requested a re- heuring by another magistrate

teen Australians, are proud of their

on

present world status as a nation wheat producers. In 1848-9 the harvest from nearly 13,000,000 and also proud of being an in-acres was 102,000,000 bushels. monwealth of Nations. This mem-wheat is exported.... tegral part of the British Com- Nearly two-thirds of. Australia's bership of the British Common-

"Other Important Australian wealth of Nations is interesting

primary industries are sugar to oversens people in its relation

fruit, wine, vegetables, graine, to the independence of Australia.

mining (gold, cual, copper, pigs "Behind the democratic freedom

iron, silver, tin zino). of Australia, there is a story of

the ground that certain expres sinn, had been made before the ease closed to the effect that his client was guilty,

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"Principal manufactures include development Australians have in-iron and steel, textiles, électrical troduced .political Innovations and radio equipment, druge, which other free democracies chemicals, paints, machinery,

have followed.

Those who

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The public ballot for bath- Ing hute, and altes on Mid. die and Bouth Bay

baschba will be held at 3 p.m. Monday in the Urban Coun. cll Chamber, General Post Office Buliding, top floor.

Application forma not ira. turned yet should bo Bont to the Saaretary. Urban Counell, Immediately, other. wiss it will not be possible to include the names in the ballot,

Bucessful applicants will be notified individusily by the Becretary, Urban Coun-

cil.

Obituary

Mr. H. G. Wellington

Mr. Harold George Walling- ton, MA (Cantab.), formerly Principal of King's College, Hong Kong, died at his home in Wellingborough, Northamp- tonshire, on March 12. Ho was 51 years old.

Mr. Wallington arrived in the Colony on February 8, 1924, to take up an appointment as As- latant Master at Queen's College where he taught Chemistry and Phyales. He served in this ap pointment until 1938 when he became Headmaster of Yaumati School and, on the retirement of Mr. W. Kay, whs appointed principal of King's College. He held that post up to his intern- ment in December, 1941.

In Stanley Comp Mr. Walling- ton became seriously 1, Altrough after treatment in hospital in New Zealand he became ft to travel, his health did not line prove and he was invalided out of the service in 1940.

Ife was a keen sportsman and a very active playing member of the Hong Kong Football Club, the Civil Service Crickol Club and the Hong Kong Cricket Club. Almost from the day of his ar rival he played regularly as left full-back for, the HKFC and was selected several tincs for the interport team and on one ocen #lon was

was chosen as Captain.

cricket regularly for He played the first eleven of the Civil Ser vice Cricket Club until 1938, after which he was to be found as scorer for the Hong Kong Cricket Club whenever that Club had

1 match. He also played da League games of Lawn Bowl for the Football Club and luter for the Cricket Club.

Mr. Wallington was n. Lieu- tenant in the Royal Flying Corps in the 1014-1918 war. He was shot down in Belgium the day before Armistice. On the out- break of war in 1939 he became a Cable Censor, and later. Deputy Chief Transport Offeer to the Medical

During Department. hostilities in Hong Kong he car- rled out the important duty of Chief Medical Transport Officer. He will be remembered by a arge circle of friends in Hong Kong and by a large number of his pupils of Queen's, King's and Yaumati. He was a very popular member of the Education Depart ment, a teacher of high Ideals and a true sportsman.

Visiting Rotarians at yesterday's luncheon were Mr. Paul Hove and

Mr. Wallington is survived by Dr. Joseph Yu, of Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf included Mrs.

disembarked ab Canton, respectively.

his widow and his only son Mr. Guests Included Messrs. W.P. Guy Walllogton, who is in the Allee Rauch, wife of the Assist Smith, H.

Y.H. Oldham,

Colonial Administrative Service ant Controller of the Chase Na-Peacock N Winshouse District Commissioner-in-tha tonal Bank of New York, Hong T.H. Edgar, A.A. Dean, F.S. Lt Solomon Islands. Kong Branch, and two children, K.P. Chan, C. Chan and T. Tals. Dr. C. L. Culpepper, of the Sou- them Baptist Convention.

Sums of $500 and $50 were Culpepper, Miss I-wen Yuen, Mr. contributed to the Community Yee Singoo, Executive Secretary. Service Fund by Mr. Eugene Penn Chinesa Products Importers As-and Mr. Petersen, respectively, on | SA c Laelation, Mr. Un-hong Dee, Pre.the occasion of their birthday. sident of the Continental Com- Mr. Elmer J.S. Tau, President,

Company, Mr. James was in the chair. merical Kettlewell, and Mr. Ray H. Le char, of the General Motors Car

poration.

Mrs.

Dangerous driver fined

Among the passengers who are." on round-trip cruise: are: Mr. Erwin Heieck, President of the Heleck and Moran Company, H. G. Proudman was charg

umbing supplies arm, Saned before Mr. Thomas Tam at Mrs Helech, Mr. Central yesterday, with'_dan- E. Alvord, owner of the gerous driving and failing to metal work, clothing, motor en-Padine Academy of Accountancy, stop after an accident on March

cars acroplanes, Portland, Oregon, Mrs. Alvord, 12:

A.H.

They were among the first peo-gines, notor ple in the world to pass laws de-ships, locomotives. Secondary the Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Breslove further. signed to make a fuller life for dustry made reold strides during Mr. and Mrs. K. F. Carraber and while under the influence of liquor charge of driving overy citizen. The vote for women, the war and almost overnight

Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Cunningham which was preferred against him the secret

industrially arbitration courts to resolve dis- mature nation.

wil, and industrial | Australia' became an

The President Wilson is due to was later withdrawn, after Dr. "Australia's main exports are leave today for Kobe.

Coombs, medical offices of the Queen Mary Hospital said that he could not be positive that the drinks which the defendent had would have affected his driving.

He was found guilty and fined total of $750 and ordered to pay $230 compensation to Mr. Wicks,

Kowloon

whose

putes in industry were some of food and wool. Her main imports the roforms the young Australian democracy put into effect.

are from the United Kingdom,

"Including Tasmania, Australia metals and textiles and some

has some, 12,000 miles, of coast.

Unique animals

machinery, paper and drugs from Canada, metale and machinery,

Taiyuan leaves

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for Australia paper and timber from the United

Geographically, Australia is States of America, machinery, to-

one of the oldest of the con-bacco, oil and drugs, with some tinents. Millions of years ago surgical and optioni instruments much of the continent was and paper, and from Asia, includ~ beneath the sea, and the great ing Hong Kong, oil, tea, rubber, Lake Eyre region in Bouth Aus

sacks and hes tralia is still below sea level.tton, fin

The existence

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In other land, indicates that the "Australia's population continent was isolated very early ly centred in the capital

foo that

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In the world's history, Australia, the towns. Some reasons for this alone, has egg-laying mammals

t settlement has been mala-

are

two new luxury ships of the car had been Yald

The ss. - Taiyuan, one, of the of the

China Navigation Company, Sub-Inspector

Limited, left for Australia yes that following a telephone call tenlay. Among those who left from Mr. Wicks at about p.m. by the ship for Sydney and Mel-on March 12, he had checked with bourne were A. Lammert, the Traffic department and had Mrs. D. Ambrose, F. W. Goodwin, managed to find the owner of A. W. Lapsley, E. Boycott, N. Car No.

No. 332, Ho

However hi falled Hard, Mr. and Mrs. A. Coghill, to find the owner at home and on Mair, Mr. and Mrs. V. Rumian Mits V. Rumlanzelf, Mrs. E. M. going to the scene of the accident in Barker Rond he found the des zeff, Mr. and Mrs. B. Thomson, fendant already there. Mrs. E. M. Townsend, Mrs. later taken in the Queen Mary He was Bower, Mrs. L. Norman, Miss V. B. Seraphina, Mr. and Mrs. Hospital. Yara medical examina

Didn't stop

such as the platypus, the missingly on the fertlie cadatal strips; link between the birds and rep- Australian agriculture

highly tiles and the mammals, an mechanised and the growth of big

"The natives:

had obviously lived in and later charged.,

ring in Australia, exp Bulls, and Bweaters with our❘tion for long, nges. They had a velopment of the ports, tanki in Smith, Mr. and Mrs. D. In Moore LRD

Inew garment baga:

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110 Instances, are the State copi- JG Mitchell, M. Mitchell, Mr. cultivated plants

and the bow and

and Mrs. R. Goody, J. Jế Mo arrow

unknown to them. "In New South Wales the call Master, R. Tallor, bamey, the greater part of the way radiate from the capital, Mr. and Mrs Bhandrovsky, Mrs. A. Gotfried, Me:sand (Mes, G., B. resembles Sydney, like the spokes of

of a giant Southern wheel The same

Labrum- and; Mr. and Mrs. G. of Vic France or Cattle and cheep toria (capital, Melbourne), South 3 MING. grass in the opon all the year Australia (Adelaide); and tog

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"MP, J. Wicks said that he was Budriving along, Barker Road near the Old Victoria Memorial Hong 'pital, whân" ho`tarve ahotṭfor-bar approaching at a high speed. Ha

· had, puffed, to the alda of the road but the other car, örushed, kintor.hla and then continued

without stopping. !

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round; and it is only in the winter leer extent of Queensland (Bris Perth Is 2200- mües, equaíí lo a

and Western Australia trip from New York to San Fran

Air, wroutes total 53,710-miles in who

In Blue Yajlow, Wine, Pink, White | months in the mountain areas of PIZZA" SKRIPSmit, there are 28.000'elaco, and3 from Londón tö: Colri Ferment: all that he was in

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THE EVERGREEN You, here, there is a surprióomiles of Tallways which do |- Aautiklia;/they carry <--1,180,000 |

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them thors of Bw Corland, and type OVER 500,000,000 turned Austráliene trave some of the best Air transport, is playing a big miles yourly with an unsurpassed dent. At the time of the collision winter-sporto

country in the pars in Australis a land of im "TOKOLL TOLT BRIety = Amitralia has no did not thing that any seriou world,

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