1951-09-19 — Page 3

TÍN CHINA - MAIL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19,- 195F

Blind In Commonwealth Conference On Hitch-Hiked

British

Colonies Supply & Production

RESEARCH TEAMS OF SCIENTISTS

London, Sept. 18. 'Six research teams of scientists are to go to British colonies to enquire into blindness and the control of pests that cause it, it was learned here today.

The first of the teams will go to West Afirea in 1952. Others will be organised in Malaya, East and Central Africa. They will - Include ophthalmologista and entomologists,

are being

-10

The teams ganised by the 18-month-old British Empire Society for the Blind

Forty colonial governments are supporting the work of the Society and a £1,000,000 ster- ling fund has been opened,

Societies have been formed In 20 colonics and teachers and organisers trained In Britain have been sent out. Many languages have been adopted to Braille,

The Society's regional off- eer, himself blind, "opened (11 ego in West office six weeks Africa

school to

be

In Malays, a called the "Princess Elizabeth School for the Blind" will short- ly be built in Johore. A for- mar Gurkha officer who Was bilnded in action in Burma has been trained as an adviser on blind welfare to the Mulnyan Government.

The headmistress of the new school will be a Malay giri.

The Sockety said that plans were being pressed forward for 20 new or extended schools and training centres for Braille printing presses, a new cye hos- pital and new eyo clinics in Bri Ulah colonies-Router.

BRACED FOR

DISCOMFORT

at

SECRET LONDON TALKS

London, Sept. 18.

Over 30 Ministers, officials and representatives of the Common- wealth and Colonies are assembling here this week for a Commonwealth conference on supply and production problems, which begins on Monday. India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Southern Rhodesia have accepted Britain's invitation to at- tend the meeting.

Quirino Visit

To Franco

New York, Sept. 18. President Elpidio Quirino of the Philip- plutes announced today that 'he has accepted an invita- tion from General Fran- cisco Franco to visit Spain and will salt on Septem ber 25 in the Uner Con- for Gibraltar. return

in mid-

stitution He will

October.

Me Quirino has been in

United the

States for several weeks for

+ medical check-up, — As- sociated Press.

DIVERTED

GOODS

UNLOADED

Basin, Sept. 18. At least three British

ships carrying scarce goods diverted from Persin hove unloaded steel rails and sugar in Bastu instead of at a Persian port.

Mr Richard Stokes, the Lord Privy Seal and Minister. of Materials, will lead thé British delegation and is ex- pected to preside over the talks.

The secret Ministerial talks. It fears that the present lull which tro expected to katin world prices will not continue. about a week, will be preceded and will emphasize the im- by discussions on the oficial portance of the agreement with. level between the repregenta- the United States on measures Lives of the various participate to deal both with shortages and ing countries.

rising prices.

The leaders of the delegations

JOINT STAND will be:

India-Mr

the Delegates will consider H. K. Mahntab, Minister of Commerce and importance of the

Common- Industry.

wealth being able to take a joint Pakistan-Mr Nazir Ahmed stand on raw materials in dis- Khan, Minister_for_Industries.

cussions with the "United States. Ceylon-Mr J. R. Jayawar- Minister of Finance. Australia-Mr John McEwen, Minister of Commerce and Agriculture,

dene,

Canada-Mr Clarence Howe, Minister

They will run through the whole range of the problems bedevilling the flow of increas ing, capital goods and equip- ment for developing other Com-

of Trade and Commonwealth areas. merce and Defence Production. The difficulties of exporting

New Zealand-Mr C. M. Bowden, Minister of Customs and Associate Minister of Finance,

EXPLORATORY ONLY

metals and engineering products during the three-year rearmn- ment programme in Britain it- self will be especially explain- ed.

But Britain will

equally as- The conference stems from sure

the other Commonwealth the Comunonwealth Prime countries that she is doing her Ministers' conference in London last January.

utmost to supply them with capital and manufactured goods. The talks will be exploratory

Tho delegates will review and the Ministers and represen- the prospects of production, tatives will have no plenipoten- consumption and prices of raw tiary powers. They will make materials in relation to world recommendations to their governomle trends and the effects emmcnts for finnl approval.

shortage of raw materials supplies of manufactured

Their cargoes will be shipped the need for more regular con- They will consider these in

back to Britain which last week sultations banned many short supply goods

the

|

Across U.S.

This is Colin Clyne, of Chelmsford, photographed in London after his return from America where he had hitch-hiked across the country. He left Britain with 35s and a tin kettle tled to his rucksack; he returned with £1.London Express Service.

Red Propaganda

Provides Tommies With A Laugh

With The Eighth Army, Sept. 18. The Communists have extended their peace propaganda campaign to direct it at British troops on the Korean battleline.

MAIN POINTS

British officers today held, inch-deep collec- The prospects for copper tions of filed pamphlets brought back by troops cotton, lend, manganese, nickel, rubber, sulphur and pyrites, tin, from "letter boxes" the Communists have set up tungsten and molybdenum, wool and zinc will be examined in in the no-man's-land between the opposing forces detall,

on the western front, The fourth and last Item co the agenda will be the con- Similar lotters had been

earlier sideration of manufactured and reported

from Albed units,

The Commonwealth Primo on Ministers agreed in London on goods.

between the Com-relation to the position reached monwealth countries on all at the International Materials

of Conference, for Persia. Persia is still get-questions of supply and pro-

wilch Ung shipments of rails

United States was a member, from duction. Rome, Sept. 18.

Еигоре, especially

They agreed to recommend to Germany their respective Italians braced themselves and sugar under contract from

governments Pint for 48 hours of discomfort na Hussla.

the existing machinery for the country's public

consultations on economio ques- servants and transport workers go on In London, the British Bandtions be strengthened. general strikes

midnight of Iran and the Middle East They also recommended mou- toxlay.

slated today that for the last surea for exchanging economic Communist and non-Com-two years none of its profits bad information within the Com-

monwealth, munist labour unions have act- come from Persia. હતું.

last It was commenting on

As a result, a regular review Jointly in causing Italy's

crisis for night's decision of the Persian of capital goods supplied by Greatest several years. They are ex-Cabinet to prohibit the Bank Industrialised Commonwealth || semi-manufactured goods.

nt from pressing their indignation

transacting any further countries to their sister under- The conference will not deal Troops on patrol action and Partisans' what they term "atterly In foreign exchange business in developed nations had been with detalled prospects for white Or otherwise brightly adequate pay raises proposed Persia.

carried out by the Common- | new or expanding production painted boxes in deserted villa by the Government recently.

Committee in or questions "about" the avail- wealth Liaison

all-ges calling their attention. ability of particular types of The first half of the 48-hour

London.

Inside they find invitations to manufactures to Individual strike seriously affecta more

gather with Communist soldiers countries. Such

wiil to matters than 1,000,000 Staic workers,

talk peace, to leave their :

Munich, Sept. 18. between the representatives of Communists in parties at which that including railway personnel."

be left fargeparate discussion lines and visit villages to join-A-Polish refugee said today. Employees of municipal bus,

the governments concerned.

anti- tram and suburban rail and

The British delegation road services will walk out for 24 hours on Thursday.

labour

A statement issued by the Bank today said its board had not yet received the notice nor had it been told any reason for the prohibition, which would require six months' notice.

"The Bank added that it did business in the Middle East in Syria, Jordan, The railroad stoppage will fraq, Saudi Arabia, Kumwalt, bo complete throughout the Bahrein, Dubai, Muscat and country for 24 hours-Reuter. Persia-Reuter,

The Lebanon,

A British Crossword Puzzle

10

4

16

18

19

121

24

25

26

ACROBS

Banters (0). Scorches (5).

3 One of the U.S.A. (4)

1 Spruce (8).

11 Unearthly (5).

14

18 Fish (3),

(Cubes; (4).

10 Raytrý (4)."

20 Chest (0)

21 Candid (6).

25 Trid1 (0)..

20 Deogy. (4)...

27 Shek (B).

28 Vessol (6).

DOWN

1 Cipher (4).

3 Mountains (4).

3 Heating material (4).

4 Long step (0),

5 Gladdend (7).

Dexterity (7),

0 Fruit.(7).

10

13

Intelicus fright (6),

14

Coward (?)

118 Subdued laugh (7). -

17 Longed (6)

19 Exertion (6).

21 Unfallerad (4).

22 Peruss (3). 33:8:ain (4)

YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD_Asra: 1 Clong. 4 Escort,

raw

投

try to points.

to

other

Success

a force of 1,300

will entertainment. ds pro- | Communigis captured a railroad

main emphasise three

On

BALANCED TRADE India, Pakistan and Ceylon were then believed to have opposed a suggestion that n permanent organisation on

junction

the Russian- Troop in frontline positions Polish frontier on May 1 and Ministerial level be set up to consider pooling and allocating

told Reuter today they valued cabotaged equipment of any strategic and scarce raw and

before the Russian troops terials, although bringing tem-material for lightening the daily other materials,

of High prices task, providing porary benefits

an olament of three collectively re These

The refugee said the parti- the largest Commonwealth pro harmful to the development of for elaboration

particular producers, are fun in war and offering scope sans lost 400 men killed in the ducers of

of the materials, Brimary producing and indus letters,

usual attack but destroyed all tran- some saying, "Dear

establish- and particularly rubber, jute, cotton, trial countries alike. Shortages Mother, I do change my under-ments and equipment. The re-

sport manganese, wool and hides and will also damage the defence wear."

One Canadian soldier read who

fugee is Wastly Staruch, 20,

spid

he himself was They expressed the view that effort in the immediate future.

For some materials an from a Communist pamphlet, member in the interests of equitable irade active polley of expanded pro-you are being forced to fight ganisation and took part in the

partisan or of the and economic stability the outflow duction is necessary to meet the for Dupont and Morgan." attack on the of their raw materials to the rest growth of demand during

railroad station of the Commonwealth should be next few

He nnid, Weil,

that's at Ossowick where the Polish interesting. That's news to railroad

the balanced by an inflow of capital monwealth

Russlan mc.** goods from the more industrialis- hold back through fear of sup

need not

and PEACE TALK

freight ed sister countries.

plies diminishing. Britain In The London talks follow the willing to help in

letters to separate units, perhaps

The Communists address their from train to train

said that about 9,000 in suitable cases.

including White mid-September meetings of the

A great stability

balieving that these units are partisans, of

Russians, Poles, Lithuanian actually in the sector where the International Bank for Recon- prices is necessary in the

are operating struction and Development add tarasts of

and Ukrainians, letters are left. the Commonwealth

the Communists. The troops are told that the against

1.-The shortage of raw ma- the leaflets very highly as usefulptured it four days later.

skins,

in Washington,

2.

the

years. The Cam countries

meets

the International Monetary Fund Governments. Such a stability was could easily be ended it the United Press,··

Some related raw materials requires their active co-operation soldiers questions have already been dis- Materials Conference and other together, Emphasis on ending

Leunsod with

International the Materials Conference thore. The

London agenda will cover short- term as well as long-term sup- ples. It will not cut across In

in the work of the International

international arrangements.

EXPORTS ISSUE

on

the ground got

the war was seen as significant, In view of the possibility, now renewed, that the Kaesong talks

•

Financial observers hero caft / might be re-ond the troops

The letters

any way the work of the later that the prices of many raw that they are forced Into batilo national Materials Conference but materials Touched a peak in

by such "criminals" #3

is likely to provide additional February and March this year man, Alilee, Achason." opportunity for closer Common- They have fallen back sharply Disregarding a fact obvious wealth co-operation.

since then though the fall has in the British Lines that troops been for from universal.

not like it being implied that The prices which have fallen they are so stupid, the letters broad most include several important go on to suggest that they agreement within the Common- sterling arca dollar-earning

ing should stop

HIGH PRICES

The talks will sock

do

wealth un problems of shortages materials, including tin, rubber those "criminate as "tools" of and high prices of raw materinis." and wool. These were, how

Britain's ever,

material prices,

The likely to

89

ALEO the

The messages are duplicated, Mr Stokes,

commodities often not even by a typewriter spokesman, is expected to urge which rose mort In the period but by band-produced stencils Reuter. June, 1850, and the on the cheapest paper. for greater stabilisation of raw between

peak in the spring of 1951.

tho On the question of exporta British delegates aro

prets for an inter- main objectives of the British national agreement on both delegation will be:

1.To ascure an understanda of the difficulties with Britain, will be faced the rearmament period regarding exports of metals and

prices and nipplies and for greater production of some

Including

ulphur,

zinc.

LORD JOWITT IN AMERICA

San Francisco, Sept. 18,

copper and Commonwealth angiovering: products, “mhllo at Ilend of the legal profession and

In return

the same time seeking to dispel COLMÉTIER, BAY exported, to, r0- ceive an hasnance of a dustained exaggerated fenes which other

effort

Lord Jowitt, Chancellor and the House of Lords arrived here today on roule New York where he will addrown the to maintain exports to Commonwealth countries may American Bar Association, cons tho Commonwealth dospite have on this aspoet, zar

Comvention Inter this mou

month by 27--To convince ather Com- rial shortages and the ikim

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