1954-04-15 — Page 2

KING'S PRINCESS EMPIRE

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PECK

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HEPBURN

FILMED IN ROMANTIC ROMBI

-WILLIAM WYLER'S

PRODUCTION OF

ROMAN HOLIDAY

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SUNDAY, APRIL 18, AT 12.20 P:M.

EXTRA MORNING PERFORMANCE

Amiya Chakrabarty's

"DAAG".

Starring: Dilip Kumar

Nimmi

Lalita Pawar

Usha Kiron

A Mars & Movies Production (with English subtitles);

At Regular Adminion. Priess ...

The management of Princess Theatre contemplates a regular weekly performance of super Indian films

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1954.

EAST-WEST TRADE TALKS TO-NIGHT of 9.30 p.m.

London Talks On Disarmament To Be Sought

It

New York, Apr. 14.

understood *T

SVÉN

good authority hope that Britain Intended to pro- pose to the United Nailons Disarmament Commission today that the proposed five-power sub-commitco meet in London

should

after a prosedural acalon in New York,

Britain at

earlier

meeting had proposed that the sub-committee should consist of Britain, the United States, France, the Soviet Union and Canada, and that 11 should meet before April 20 in Now York-Router.

No Talks

On Dutch New Guinea

IN PARIS

Deciding What Can

Be Exported

To The Communists

Paris, Apr. 14.

Trade officials from 15 nations began highly. secret talks today to determine what goods can now be sent to Russia and its satellites.

The "Co-ordinating Committee" which con- trols East-West trade met to draw up a list of the products which the West can export in future

1067 Not 1066

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London, Apr. 14.

copy of

Was the Battle of last- Ings really fought in 10607

According to Grafton's "Abridgement of the Chronicles of Enkland," printed in 1870 and "powly and diligently corrected. the date is 1067.

The volume was found in Leok, Staffordshire, publlo library during stocktaking.

Churchill

MPs' Against

Pay-Rise

London, Apr. 14.

Sir Winston Churchill to the Communist bloc in Europe. The United sald today the Government States, Britain and France, in talks in London did not think members of

increase in anlary and & pension.

last month, agreed the embargo on trade with the Parliament should have an

Russians could be relaxed to some extent,

morning in the Palais De Chaillot, headquarters of the

A special session of the Committee began this North Atlantic Troaty Organisation. No official an- nouncements were expected from the Holland's Note To existence was officially a secret until late last year.

group whose Indonesia

All the nationa of NATO are wiped out, the price would

the Committen quickly fall represented an

tu normal world which is known as COCOM ex- market level and the illusion of cept Iceland.

profits now seen by natiy Today's sesalon is the result in the business would quickly of requests by д number of disappear. Western Britain to the United States to led by Great so the restrictions on goods which can be sent to the Iron Curtain countries.

The Hague, Apr. 14, Holland told Indonesin sho Was ready to start talks on revision of the Netherlands-Indonesia Union tatute in the second half of June but was

not pre- pared to discuss changing the status of Netherlands New Guinea.

nations

A spokesman would only say, The Paris talks lasted all day. "Pulicy matters were under dis

cussion and will be tumorrOW."

He indicated that the con-

will last at least

This was contained in a note ference handed to Lactonesian

Acting/week

Tietoprodju by Mr Oseph Lams. Dutch Foreign Minister without portfolio here, today.

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It was the controls that mnde the Hillcl price high, the United States balleves.

An all-party House of Com mons committer which studieri the problem of members, who And it difficult to make ends meet,

from £1,000 to £1,300 a year. It also urged pendon scheme,

recommendaci

recently their salaries should come up

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The Prime Minister sald there was no doubt that a number of members of Parliament were oppressed by serious culties because heavy and necessary ex- penses absorbed so much of the Parliamentary

He Bug- Salary. gested the House might like to U.S. INITIATIVE the

"COCOM" was established in debato alternative methods of initiative of the United States

Autumn of 1051 at the dealing with the problem. Alternatives suggested when the Congressional "Battle Increased allowances for Par Amendment calling fur controls

Homentary East-West trade came into

would Include the cost st

measures

Q11

Umes a

expenses.

These

ffect. Its headquarters are in secretarial

rial help. ligh Commissioner Susanto On March 30, after three e Palais de Chaillot

In general, Conservative mem- United States uny of talks In which the usually meets three

and it hers, mostly better of than Foreign Opera-week tions Administrator, Mr Harold meas

to discuss enforcement Labour members, are against an strategic embar-increase in salary on the ground Stassen, participated, the Big cota

that

it would not be popular announced they had At greed to expand trade with considers the problems of

its regular meetings it with the public, who nave been the urged to restrain wage claims, with individunt nations and their rean increase.-Reuter. USSR "compatible

Most Labour members favour

It was a reply to an Indonesion note of March 24 last asking for

restoration of talke

For some me past Indonesia han boen urging revision of the Unlon statuto established under the round table conference ugreements concluded inre in 1940, which were followed by transfer Dí sovereignty 10 Indonesia.

Thres

the

security requirements.”

PREPARATORY WORK

quests For examplo, f 2 member nation wants permis- alon to sell

the

ball-bearings to Britain Is They also agreed that regula-Hungary, brings the question Wons on business with Russia to

Co-ordinating Com- would also have to be revised | mittee first to see whether It is so that there were lesa.conipus

possible. but stricter policing.

The

three ruled

food

Eating More!

מנצח

"COCOM" has exposed many With

in 10 workers In out any violations of the crabargo. Many Brituin is producing a querier

and

drink industries,

change in the existing controls have been sent to gaol or fined more food than On trade with Communist for their part in illegal East-

in 1948-and China and Northern Korcs, West trade. But the high profits

enting more. been considerable involved continue to lure many dustry issued

The Treasury Bulletin for in- There has preparatory work for the present firms and

in London faul altract many swin-week reveals that about 825,000 conference. The most interest-

dlers. Ing question will be to see how

people are in food and "COCOM" recently traced one

drink much the United States will yield shipment of copper ostensibly

ladustries

Two, in every ave are women. to the pressure of its partners. consigned to a Dublin (Ireland)

Last year people spent is. in The United States answer to dealer

Germany. When the £ more on food-reckoning from the lifting of controls has been "COCOM" checked the Dublin prices as equal than in 1953. that politically the control deale

late and sweets (one-third up Most of this went on choco- on 1952),

ham and meat,

The

Netherlands statute of New Guinea, a vast and pre- Ucally undeveloped and un. explored Territory adjoining Australian New Cuinca, was left undecided by the round table agreements.

dealer it was a small tradesman to exercised on Communist coun-who knew nothing of the ship foiland hus continued

tries must be having a iro- Sovereignty

50-ment. The copper exercise

the mendous effect. That could be

the De behind territory but Indonesia has judged from the perstatence of consistently claimed it as part of Communist spokesmen's appeals for freer trade and from the Indonesian territory.-Reuter.

gold the Russians poured into Wentorn Europe recently to balance accounts.

More Japanese

From the business point of vlow, the United States answer la that if the controlu on ball- were

bearings, for example,

Cotton Exports Not Guilty Of

Predicted

Manchester, England,

delivered Preps.

Iron

was already Curtain In Poland.United

sugar, bacon,

Salca fell of beer, margarine, flour and canned fish.

Paramoun Freabre

Forging £1 Notes A NEW THEATRE GRAND OPENING TO-MORROW!

London, Apr.. 14. A Maltese woman, Mrs Maria Magro, Apr. 14.

42, and her two sons found not guilty at the A cotton industry union were

Old leader here today predicted Criminal

Balley, Central London Court, today of that Japan would increase possessing 124 £1 notes know- her lend as the world's |ing them to be forged. They main exporter of cotton were discharged.

notes

knowing

at Shan Tung St., Mongkok, Kowloon, H.K. Tel: 54530

textiles following the re- Mrs Magro was also found not cent Anglo-Japanese trade guilty of deliberately issuing and payments agreement. one forged £I note and the two sons, Antoine, 23, and Francois The union leader, Mr Alfred Paul, 10, were found not guilty Roberts, asid in his quarterly of possessing six and four £1 report that although world them to respectively

forged. trade in cotion textiles had The prosecution had wald that expanded substantially, Lan- the mother tried to pads a cashire's export trade in cloth counterfeit £1 note at an East was still far from satisfactory. Londoa cinema box office. When police searched the room in Mr Roberts, necrotary of the which sho and her two sons Card Room Operatives Amal-ved, they found 124 forged 21 notes wrapped in two balls of gamation, mit many colonial wool.

COMMENCING ON 16th APRIL, 1954 markets were now restricting Tho mother told the court purchases from Britain and she wILS given the

Starring money in "DESERT LEGION". thero could be no

Marseilles, "where she had lived, doubt that by a man who asked

By Technicolor

''Alan Ladd this reflected the beginning the Japanese competition

of change it for him in England. “Admission Prices Loge Seate $2:40, Drass Circle $1.70, the result of the agreement.

She did not know that it was Box Seats $2.00, Back Stalls $1,20, Front Stalls 70 Cts. forged. China Mail Special,

The Government had tried to Justify the agreement as an x- panionist move which would boneft the national economy, but it was ittle consolation to Lancashire to know that the textile industry was to bent tho burden for the rest of the com munity..

ali no

Mr Roberta sold the Goverti ment's action in signing the agroament had been unani- moudy Dondemned by textiles interests bocsusa consultation with the industry took place, and secondly be cause it had reinforoni tha viów that the cotton industry was no longer" rémurded as ári, kabet. in Govermentofrotus, any China'

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