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TO-DAY

KINGS MAJESTIC

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1953.

AT 2.30.5.15 Doomed Woman Returns To Her Home

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The story of just one of the men who, last year alone, victimized 31,175 women...

all under 30

000

...and they all crossed:

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The PLANTERS WIFE

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Mtn. Barbara Steweykx (right) returns to her native Germany from Australia with her two children and her mother, Mrs Mueller (left). Mrs Sxoweyke is suffering from cancer and has been given only three wetzy to live, Money for the flight was subscribed by Australians and Mrs Bzeworks hopes that a German specialist may be able to help her. Her husband had to remain fo Australia-where he works as a driver.-Express Photo.

Vessel Aground

Off Japan

Tokyo, Feb. 8. Japan's Maritime Safety Roard today said that the Liberty-type U. 8. Trans- port. Sky Raider

Eround on the Westermost Up of Honshu, Japan's main island, last night,

ran

All 25 crewmen are safe And reported, sald. an

injuries were

Army spokesman. The 7,254-ton ship was chartered by the U. 8. Army and was on Ha way back from Korea,

The spokesmant said, "There is no danger of the ship breaking up." A tug is on its way to pull the ship off,”--Associated Press,

JAPANESE

TRADE

WITH ASIA

Tokyo, Feb. 8.

Pearl Industry In Australia Wants Japanese

Sydney,, Feb. 9.

Japanese are once again filtering down through the Pacific.

Shy brides from Kure, wool men from Osaka and diplomats from Tokyo are, being received courteously in Australia's eastern cities.

But it is at Broome, on the North-West coast, that Japanese experts are most eagerly await- ed. Although this colourful port was the scene of Aus- tralia's most tragic bombing raid during the Pacific war, it ls also the centre of the valuable dollar-earning pearling Industry.

Today,

Broome master- pearlers make no secret of the fact that they are depending on key men from Japan to bolster up their lugger crews in the coming season.

few new divers have been trained,

The output has been low. Australian masters have had the shetl market to themselves. America has been buying precil- cally everything on offer.

With Japon back in the field, the price is sure to fail and Australian pearlers sky that they will have to either increase their catches or lay up.

Only 17 boats operated

out

of Broome last season. Several others remained on their sides In the mangrovO swamps of

its

Wera

The industry badly needs ex-Dampier Creek because no perienced Japanese divers and perienced crews were available. lenders, they say, and although Master pearlers say that they Exports have Invariably ex-all concerned appear to be will operate 23-24 Tugger next eeeded imports in Japan's trade agreeable about them coming senFon

Or if they get back some with South-East Asla in the to Australia, there has been a Japanese old-timers. post-war years, according to the disturbing delay in their do-

Pearling does not get

into Economic Deliberation Beard. parture from Japan.

until March. stride The Board data

on the sub-

again Meanwhile, Australian pearl- jeet, submitted to the Diet, re-ers fully expect Japan herself sinco

Several months have passed

the Australian vealed that South-East Asia to make

Govern- a large scale come-ment granted entry visas to 35 trade constituted 30 to 40 per back to the pearling industry cen of Japan's total exports and

Japanese key men who this season. 20 per cent of its imporis.

Woll equipped

work Japanese for Australian master pearlers.

reported to be anxious to wo Figures for the 1952 calendar Jugger feels are reported to be year up to November showed preparing to operate in 10 this month denied a, report that The Japanese Foreign Office that exports reached $309 mil-Aratua Sea north of Darwin, these men had been lien and Importa $208 million. where some of the richest pearl

refused Indicating a drop of $1,530,000 shell beds in the world are to passports The applications for exports

be found well and $1,850,000 for

the divers Had been approved, away from the Imports from the year 1951.

Australian coast.

but the passports had not yet For the past

been issued only because certain few years, Japan's trade with the countries

WORLD'S BEST

papers had not been received of South-East Asia registered a

by the passport department, a 1933 favourable balance of around

spokesman said. $100 million yearly

Japan's trade is chiefly with Indonesia, Pakistan, and Hong

kong.

However, in the 11 months of Last year, both imports from and exports to Indonesia were less than one-half of the pre- vious

year's amount, statistics revented. France- Presse.

the

Laundryman's

Windfall

Between

and 1940, Japanese had 40 large luggers beach, the Parry shoals and off working off Australia's 90-mile the coast near Darwin.

When the Pacific war start-

ed, most of the skilled crewmen the industry.

the light of a bonus for them- selves.

Whether or not Japanesu this season, shell-not divers join Australian luggers pearis- will remain the backbone of Few good pearls are handed on Australian-owned luggers in to masters these days. In were Japanese. They were re-fact, some crews have come to cognised as the world's best regard pearls, or baroque, in divers.

They worked in deeper water than divers from South Pacifle countries-down below twenty of the West pearl which was The famous pearl-shaped star fathoms where the hard, pure sold at Cristy's London in 1917 mother of pearl shells with high for £8,000 was found

le camouflaged against Menari lustre

field the sea bed,

Broome-Reuter. Their hauls were bigger they dished more Jodiously and took

more risks, scouring the shell beds TRADE UNION

BANS REDS

Singapore, Feb. 8. Indian laundrymam, which border An Karupplah, left Singapore by air today for his native town in reta Inciin with $250,000 which he had won in the shet prize of the Social Welfare Lattery.

Katruplah had had been working in a laundry making to 40 tons. about

(Malayan) per month when he bought the los tery ticket.

$150

9100

He decided, to return to India as he was afraid to stay

Malaya with so much money.

in

the dangerous

not

on the far from

P.M.

Formosa: AT 2.30, 5.15.

Mixed Comment

AT-2:30, 5.30,

7.20 & 9.30 QUEENS ALHAMBRA 7.30 9.30

P.M.

New York, Feb. 8. Two leading New York. nowspapers today, defended President Eisenhower's de- cision to "dencutralise" Formosa by withdrawing the United States 7th Flect.. But the Influential Middle Western newspaper, Colonel Robert McCormick's Chilcagu Tribune, mid the decision m7

ad to a situation where

Britain and the "United States

became enemies.

The New York Times said air Elzentower had disclosed 踮 good soldier's knowledge

making the decision.

In

There more times when it was necesary to take the lulliative and rob the enemy cá II.

The Communists

were off-

balance Initiative.

The New York Herald- Tribune said the limits of the Formosa decision could not be defined absolutely,

As a result of that

It was obvious, the newspaper caid, that the United States could not put itself into à strail-jacket by laying down the exact course of

of action it

would pursue in every contingency.

BRITISH SHIPPING The Chicago Tribune maid that Air Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretary, had pledged British raval protection for Bri- tish shipping in China waters.

It was assumed British ships would fire on Nationalist China's warchips if they attempted to stop British shipping.

This woult align Britain on the side of Communist China In the Korean War and would

make Britain an enemy of the United States and its alley and. ot the United Nations," the Chicago Tribune bald.

"Would American warships of the 7th Fleet then be within their right protect Chiang's

even to warships

resort to shooting iP

the necessary?" Tribune added-Reuter,

NEW FILM

PROCESS

ANNOUNCED

New York, Feb. 8. RKO Radio Pictures said to- day i had obtained licence to new camera to produce three-dimensional films.

use a

<

Buld RKO

camtra eliminates the technical short- comings found by screen critics in all three-dimensional movies seen by them to date,

not say

The RKO announcement dia

what extent RKO would convert to three- dimensional filmo, nor did it mention the methods of project- ing

the RKO Alms in theatres.

number of Hollywood studios have announced they planned production of new- dimensionat Aims.

These plans either involve the use of three-dimensional Alms that must be seen by spectators through special glasses, or the use of extra-wide screens und apecial projection methods,

This Intter process is not three-dimensional, but obtains the illusion of depth through the use of the wide, curved screen Associated Press.

Peron Makes

Offers

London, Feb. D. Tentative offers of Argentine wheat are being made to the United Kingdom on the basis of around £381⁄2 per los cost and freight

They mark the entry of Argen- tina into world markets for the disposal of wheat surplus avail- able following the harvesting of a larger crop,

The top pearler at Brooms to- day is a Chinese who shed 24 tons of shell last season. Japanese

Tel-Aviv. Feb. 8.*. Shippers, however, are not too No Communist I divers used, to average from 35

will be en- prasing as India will probably titled in future to hold any provide an assured market. It is official position within the Israel alsu belleved that large supplies General Trade Union Organimate due for shipment to Brazil tion, (Mistredut), the Exocutive under old contracts-Reuter," Committee of the Federation of Labour decided tonight.

HAVING EFFECT

Trade Union leaders nimo de- cided that the Communist unions within Mistradut must be dis- solved.

For averal years now, the Australian Industry has suffered from lack of the Japanese divers whose knowledge of the sea Asked what he would do with bottom in the pearling waters the money, he said: "God, who I was a legend. gave me this money, will cure- Malays, Chinese, Indonesians

The decision, adopted by six show me how best to spend and Koepangers have manned votes to two, needs final endorse- Dahing the mint by Mistraclut's General

ly

the

lugECTS

"He left - with his wife and turquoise-blue waterz But Council. It is expected this will náno-month old baby,France-many of them are past their be forthcoming, Associated Presse

prime na underwater men, and Press.

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* JOSEPH KAUFMAN presents

Is This The Man I Married?"

Joan Crawford Sudden Fear!

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JACK PALANCE - GLORIA GRAHAME • BRUCE BENNETT,

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Produced by JOSEPH KAUFMAN - Directed by DAVID MILLER

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