1954-08-09 — Page 7

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Italian Public Life More Corrupt Than Ever Before

Rome, Aug. 8.

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1954.

Many Italians believe there is now more corruption in the government and public life of their country than at any time since united Italy was founded in 1870.

This belief was occasionally expressed before the great Montesi scandal broke upon the nation at the beginning of this year. Now, it is a commonplace of conversation wherever Italians meet.

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have wished widely Kir:wn Contact with all quarters. leading figures in Of these contacts he made use for his business dealings. sufficed that it Art lef be own that he had generally These contacts for him to be esteemed, respected and helped in the business feld.

People straus, in buses, in, the resultant bars, we have never seen cach | tum. other betore. Gal to telling To the excred Chamber t Blogies of how continets are Deputies, the Minister arst read handed out, how fats built with mat the Marquis' criminal record; money are allotted, how eight months impris.nment for by The bildung

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stop giving intain officials homes at Christ-parties in his Bat; two trials for ms and Easter,

how a ellizen frand in which the Marquis was All this happened before the

"Second, the acceptance of his goods though Customs, how a collapse of the Fascist regime.

invitations was due to ignorance fortune ein be made solely by Then the Minister described

of the past of Montagna, to an the Marquis

during knowing people, and so on,

the nasumption that he was a person The steres differ little from war, adding: "It can be assumed

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many people while acting as a Nazi spy, the have broken off his own relations anal da poreble, say that there is more exrruption | Marquis al patreed Italian with him. now than in the most decadent unti-Fascists in hia huma

Sigmor de Care then made a days [ the Faselst regime and Rome and in the country, and detailed. examination even more than in the three ured pert-Wiki War 1 years which Atghan diplomatic number plate tax situation. H priceded 11.

to carry people to safety and to names of many eminent The Monted stundas tint deme iliati bate" 4w. underground ehting the Pope's phys ple mue to bring this widespread Communist newspapers, "Unity" who were erncerned with the state et mind into the forefront] (tuity), and “Baridiora Rossa' Marquis in building speculation. of the political scene. Beginnmg | (Red "Flag).

and be read out a list, running with the body of a Bird on

After the wir. when the into hundreds of millions of ire. beach, the scandal blew up into Marquis was sought the of taxes which, it was calculated,

year-old pillar Liberal party.

TRADE and

Swedes Win Philippines Contract

Stockholm, Aug. 8.

The Stockholm_contracting firm of Widmark and Platzer AB has signed a contract for blasting and construction of the underground machine halls and the feeding and discharge tunnels for the new Ambuklao power plant in the Agno River in the Philippines.

The order, reported to be worth Kr 30,000,000 (£2,070,000) was obtained in face of keen inter- national competition. The work is to be com- pleted within 18 months.

carbide steels. Other Swedish equipment such as Flyæt pumps will atro be used.

The Widmark & Palzer con- tractors have previously carried

The Ambultipo water-powe project, which is being carrie cut by the Philippine National Power Corporation is the Arst large one h the Philippines, The

plant is designed for

out large tunnelling operations capacity of 75,000 kw and for power stations

the intended to cover the domestic Scandinaviat etuntries, China and industrial power require,

Mail Special. inents of Manila.

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The giant earth dam is being! bullt by an Americans construel- Ing firm, which started on this Job a year and a half ago The #lucluse

be one of the worth largest earth dama vath a height of nó less than 120 metres (300).

A SURPRISE

The World Wool Markets

New York, Aug. 8. Reduced United States

The Philippine order came a somewhat of a surprise to the Swedish contractors, The Arm's engineers Sven-One Platzer activity in oversens wool Bertil Ekjof--the fatter WHIM

W markets häs been more than works manager for the Jage

infoffset by Harspranget power

plant

a growing de- Aretle Sweden some years Romand from countries which -had been sailed to the

Phillp-

HP previously were not large While consultants. pines as

consumers, it was revealed. there they were requestCH

Shifts in geographic distribu- the submit o

sub- lender for ferranean blasting and concrete do of world woul imports in- dicule that this country inay Including certain machines.

not continue to be as Important instulintions and plate works.

Whereas other Arms had been the world market as in the making calculations on the past. works for months, they had only debnitely are in an

Although United States mills open to weeks ai

disposal. Nevertheless they were success- buy raw material position", the have ful in obtaining the contract in Woel Burtau said, they enllaboration with the Phillip- been postponing purchases,

UNFAVOURABLE TREND pine Engineers' Syndicate.

their

EQUIPMENT

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COMMERCE

Jute Price Lowered

London, Aug. 9. The Ministry of Materials today

#nnounced reduc- tlong in the jate controls selling prices of raw jute following a fail in Pakis« tan prices.

It cald has In the bas of inill firkta the reduction would bo 28 per ton. maklug the new price £95 per ton. Thées would aëro be reduction in the dơ trole selling prices of im- ported jule tooths.

The new prices would be effective rom tqday-- Reuter.

HONGKONG STOCK EXCHANGE

(From Our Correspondant)

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