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Archie's

Glass

A never lacks excuses to

N experienced drinker

indulge his hobby. If he is

CHINA MAIL

Wheat Pact Signed By 34 Countries

To Come Into Effect In August

London, Apr. 24.

The new three-year International Wheat depressed, he drinks to en- Agreement, subject to ratification by governments, liven his outlook; if he is is certain to come into effect on August 1, it was happy, he drinks to celebrate announced today, the fact. When he feels he

The International Wheat Council here said

is sickening for something the new agreement had been signed in Washington alcohol to discourage the by 34 countries.

the true drinker turns to

germs; when he is con- countries. valescent, ke arders the

same again to spect

departure.

their

RS

11

In the London courts cach day, experienced drinkers offer these and many other expluna-

being arrested ttons for

There is nothing, drunk. would seen, that simulates the imagination

effectively more a fierce bout of drinking followed by a quiet night in the cells.

than

Archie drank because he was depressed. And as the fumes of alcohol coiled upwards Into his banished brain, they not only

misery, but filled him with which, a top-sided exuberance had he been able to give full thave I might expression to brought about noticeable change in the face of the West

End of London.

ค

ONE SHOE 'POISEDA,

OR Archie, when the drink good hold of

ud taken him, developed a pronounced towards plate-glass, antipathy

arrested and had he not been when he was, a fair number of London's shop-windows

Xorning Boarded up.

might

ww

30 importing and four exporting

Colony B.I.F.

Delegates Entertained

(From Our Correspondent)

London, Apr. 24. A lunch was given today by the China Association for the Hongkong delega- Iep to the British In- Cutiries Fair.

Sir

to

Horace Seymour. China Claliman of the Association anıl

A former China. Ambassador prealded.

Hongkong delerates who siterded the lunch were Mr P. C. M. Sedrwick, Direc- tee Commerce and In- dustry. Mir 3. K. Wilson, Zanrging Director of Bwire and McLaine, Mr George M. Lau and Mr C. V. Silas. .Colton the Nanyang

Mr E. G. A. Grimwood, of the tongkong djrzc.or Government office la Lon- don, also attended.

have hud

to be

cf

M

Archie is

a mournful-looking slightly man, pencil-thin and

ho

bottle

and

and reached

for

he

bulit

a jockey, and 05

the

reached for

drained it,

another because he feared

was going to be fired from his

Late in the evening of this

Mr H. J. Collar, leader of the Hongkong delegation, was unable to sifend.

The B.I.F. Monday.

the

drinking day, a policeman

Archle

came upen

Strand. The

polsed before

little man was

LL plate-glass

window; he had taken off one

of his shoes und had it in his

hund.

an He was about to strike

Inoffensive w.ndow,

CAUGHT.

"HEY, and the policeman,

of

und raught hold Archie's praised erm. Archie how Em- explain began to portant it was that he should and the smath the

window.

ofcer arrested him.

Next

morning at Bow Street, Archie pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly.

the

opens

ON

Japanese Again Go

To Polls

Elections For The Upper House

Tokyo, Apr. 24, Japanese voters went to the polls today for the second time

week

elect 128 new members of the 250-seat House of Councillors.

most

in

to

The weather favoured

To bring the agreement into force asuming ratification.

favourable requires a

yote of 50 per cent of the importing and exporting countries, based on their quotas

wheat

The importing countries have 0,878,000 account for. signed metric tons of whent, equal to 61 per cent

of the total im-

new port quola fixed in the agreement, the Council said.

All four exporting countries

United States -the

Canada. Australia and France -- have signed, accounting for the en- tire export quota of 10,208,000 Lons.

As in the agreement ending on July 31, Importing countries will be obliged to buy whent only if, called upon to do so by and the exporting countries.

then only at the minimum price of $1.55 a bushel. In the existing agreement the minimum price is $1.20.

吞

Similarly,

the

exporting

countries will only be obliged to sell I called upon, and then at the new maximum price of $2.05 per bushel, against the present $1.00.

CEILING FIXED

to

The guaranteed quantities fixed for exporters and Importers set a "celling" nol a "floor" their wheat commitments under the pact.

The current agreement came into force four years ago, and was designed to stabilise world wheat prices. accounts for

most of the world's trading in

wheat,

Britain, the leading Importing country in the existing "agree- to sign the ment, has refused new poet..

Established 1845.

SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1959.

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Hassett Picks XI

Against Worcester

London, Apr. 24.

No fewer than six of nine nowcomers to this country are included in the Australian XI which plays Worcester in the Arst match of the 1953 cricket tour of England.

The match starts at Worcester on Wednesday.

team will be The Australian AL. Hassett (Captain). A.R. MacDonald, R. Morris, C.M. Beriaud, R.

Archer, R. Lind- wall,

G.R. Langley, G.B. Hote. R.N. Harvey, WA. Johnston and I.D. Craig.

Hassett has been bold in the choice of his first team for no fewer than six of the nine now- comers

to this country have In addition to been included She was prepared to accept a maximum price of

young fan Craig,

Keith A notable omission is $2.00 per bushel but no higher. For virtually the whole of the Miller and others left out

Ring, Talion, de Courey life of the present agreement,

Davidson. the actual price has been the maximum price. In view of

the huge prospective surplus of wheat in the coming crop year, wheat Britain is hoping to buy more cheaply outside in the free market.

BEFORE JULY 15

Mr Bertram Reece, magistrate, heard the story out- lined, and when it was done he put back the case so that the. probation officer might have a falk to Archle to try to dis parts of the nation but the turn-ratified before July 15. cover what the grudge was out was less enthusiastic than Sunday's elections for that he bore against plate-glass in last

the new House of Representa windows.

The new agreement must be

The new Wheat Council is cx- pected to meet between then and August 1 to consider application from countries wishing to ac-

officer, toumak" Spring snowfalls oc-fede, the Council stated.

Mr

Presently, Archie was brought tives. back into the dock, and Badger, the probation went into the witness-box.

THE BOOZE?

"I think he was

Hfrightened of joing his

the low in

Any adjustments necessary to bring the guaranteed quantities of importers and exporters into

balisée would then be made.

partly for

some turn-out percentages parts of northern Honshu island and Hokkaido,

itself Tokyo

showed the

The importing countries which poorest percentage with only on

cent of have signed so far were: Aus- 44 per cstimated

the tria, Belgium, Bolivia, Ceylon, cligible voters going to

Cuba, Denmark, the Dominican Republic The nailonwide turn-out was

Fouador, Egypt, West Guatemala, tatal 65.5

of Germany, per cent of the

*India, Israel, voters. In the last Hall, Honduras 47,000,000

Italy. Japan, the Lebanon, Upper House elections held in

Liberia,

Mexico, India, Holland,

job, which he's only had three wecks. He was here yesterday for being drunk....If he could only bear in mind that it is polle. drink that is getting him down, think he might bo uli right.......

I

Archie Ilstened intently to this expert opinion, and great- ly daring, ventured a postscript. "I dare say it is, the booze," he sald,

"Booze?" said the magistrate, and consulted a report on Ar- chle that lay before him. "It says here, 'drink.'"

electere voted.

June, 1950, 72.3 per cent of the Nicaragua, Norway, the Philip

pines, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Switzerland and Seuth Africa-Reuter.

ly

The final results of today's veling will not be known until lale on Sunday atterson.

Pre-election forecasts general- favoured candidates put up by the Prime Minister, Mr Party and left-wing Socialists who made considerable gains YOU must try. to pull your in the new Lower House. How-

self together, you know,"

said ever, political You that the unenthusiastic turn-out the magistrate. must cut down your drinking today probably would work out give it up altogether for unfavourably for the Conzer-

doctors according to what the

no good rative forecs in the ranring. say, it's doing you

United Pris3. physically...

"That's right, sir," said Ar-Shigern Yoshida's Liberal

chie:

THE CURE

"You

sală,

"No, sir," said Archie, who, Indeed, looked far from well.

"I shall put you on proba- tion," sad the magistrate, "You must do what this gentleman towards tells you the nodded Mr Badger). Do you agree to that?"

observers

TITLE FIGHT:

are

and

Four of the players took part al in the corresponding match Worcester five years ago --- Morris, who scored 138, Hassett, Lindwall and Johnston,

L

Court Martial Verdict

Vienna, Apr. 21.

A British officer, said to have lived in army hotels with a woITATI be brought Lo Ausirla and faltely declared to be his wife, Jas been sentenced by court martial to dismissa! from the Army.

May Admit Refugees

Bill Introduced

In Senate

Washington, Apr. 24, Senator Homer Ferguson (Republican, Michigan) to- day Introduced in the Senate a bill to permit the entry into the United States of 240,000 European refugees in the -next-two years.

President Dwight D. Elsen- hower on Wednesday urged such action.

migration quoin

The measure would increase im- temporarily the present

154,000 of to allow en person annually extra 120,000 in annually for the next two years.

Senator Ferguson in a state- ment sold approval of the bill by Congress would "enable the United States to discharge (19 humanitarian responsibility to the homeless

of refugees Europe.

"Many people of East Ger- many, Poland, Hungary, Ru- mania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and the Baltic states have been homeland forced to flee their

and break through the Iron Curtain because of the... terror visited on their homes by the Communists, Senator Ferguson said.

A BURDEN Senator Ferguson-said, "The refugee is an ever-increasing burden on our Allies in NATO and a burden in our own hearts. "We must do what we can to the Inad on our Allies In ense

Greece

to

leave

to our

own

own

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DRASTIC

CUT IN

PRICE

OF COPPER

London, Apr. 24.

The Ministry of Materials to- day announced a cut of £27 in the price of electrolytic copper

to home consumers.

Two new Yorkshire bowlers, The new price will be £253 Whitehead and Ashman, who

a ton, compared with the pro- have been specially registered,vious price of £280. are included in the Worcester- shire team.

East-West

Trade Talks A Failure?

Geneva, Apr. 24. .....Trade experts--from-25- East And West European countries are "not satlifled" with secret talks they have been having here on increased trade, a

official said to- United Nations

day.

Mr Gunnar Myrdal, Executive Secretary of the Economic Com- mission for Faurope (ECE). Enid he could not yet give any details of the talks which began here last Monday,

It was also revealed that the Whitehead, fast medium, has Commonwealth producers have made several appearances in agreed to a now arrangement the Yorkshire County side and with the British Government have been held.

slow, has for pricing future copper sup-

plica.

Ashman

left arm played occasionally.

The Worcestershire tour will In future, the Government be Bird, Richardson, Perks, will pay Commonwealth pro- Jenkins, Arnold, Kenyon, Out- schoon, Broadbent, Whitehead, ducers on the basis of the New York domestic refined electro- Ashmen and Devereux, The hours of play for the match will lytic copper price instead of the be 11.30 to 0.30 Wednesday and world export price. Thursday, and 11.00, to 4.30 or 5 on Friday.-France-Presse,

Yankees Defeat Senators

The actual price to be used In the calculafion will be the

of

Over 100 bilateral discussions

The British representativos, Mr C. H. Baylis, Board Trade experi, and Mr C. E. Coffin, Ministry of Food official, had conversations with dele gates from almost all Eastern countries,

They are due to fly back London on Sunday,

the

10

At the final plenary session tomorrow Mr Myrdal will out- Iine the report on the "alks he New York Engineering and will make next weuk Mining Journal's average. It is interested governments-Reuter.

not

yet certain whether the

OT

weekly the monthly average

will be used but final details are being worked out.

As in the past agreement, any changes in the pricing policy will be subject to 15 days' nolice of termination.

to

N.Y.

HONOURS

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New York, Apr. 24.

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recently James

Van Fleet

Tollred currently Commander of the United

прод

markcot have

are

weakened and Cup:

Davis Egypt Wins

One Singles

Gene

a

ton Slates forces in Korea, as he

the

New York, Apr. 24. Eddio Lopat scattered eight Washington hits for a New York quoted at around £240 Yankee victory today with the West Continent.

The weakness refocis help of a two-run homer by. Lorean Babe in the eighth and a peace rumours, and a general

easing in world metal prices. enlo hemer by

Wood-

Belgian Recently

producers who ling.

RHE have been offering supplies in Washington .000 100 000 1 8 othe New York market of around 30 cents. Today's cut brings tha New York 010 010 02090 British domestic price to around

-Winning pitcher: Lopat.

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Babe,

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Cairo, Apr. 24. Egypt won the only singles match completed today in the first round European Zone Dayliling, Cup lawn tennis tie against undefeated Philadelphia south- At Boston, Alex Kellner,

DARTWORDS SOLUTION ` Boston,

Apr. 24.

Austris here.

·PESCÁDÍLLO — Trifle — Rune` `-- 'Jimmy Carter," world light- Mazzel Coen (Egypt) beat Fredi baw, today registered, his third Burgie Burgee Pennant weight boxing champion, had a Huber (Austria) 1-d, 3-0, 6-2 victory of the season by pitch Pendant Pedant Pantod

light weight advantage of 4 lb. 6-8, 6-2 in the opening match ing the Athletics to a 7-2 de Ranted-aved-Roved Dover

clion over

the Boston Red Solo - Loss - Tose -- Propminut Profound Deep - Devil -- Archie nodded agreement. He over Tommy Collins when they trut the second singles between

runt were Hindinost Last Cobble -- Hob-

1. London, Anr. 24.- the first scored against him in ble ➡ Limp — Limb -- Life -- Stat was trembling rather as they weighed in for tonight's 15- Adly Shadel (Egypt) and Hans Box. The Boston

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| Major, Benjaminy Dávid Chap- him out, as though the round title fight here.. lod

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