1955-01-15 — Page 8

TONY MOTTA discovers

A

CURE FOR RHEUMATISM

...and it costs just $11

DODDERING old in this form, or, in the more woman, supported by palatable guise of a Chinese two girls whose com- table delicacy. bined ages barely reached e

quarter of the

yeurs, stumbled

anient's

The latter is composed into the of a set of snakes-skinned

shop and from the inner re- and osses of her shabby coat with produced eleven dollars.

disembowelled-mixed chickten and boiled for four to six hour with a wealth of spices. This dish is served by many Chinese i

At far from re staurants,

for $25 three to four servings it is

a side the range of a good | many sufferers. Hence the adegholle brew!

This, # 81 which on her considering prosperatis appearance must have been a good portion of her fortune, she readily ex tended to one of the shop keepers.

Now ancient

what

the

MI

WHA

could 120 wanting urgently in a dingy shop which, oddly enough, hare except for a number of piled up crates and a few bottles lining dusty shelves

Curiosity prompted

*

Back to the shop. This is run by "Snake King Lan“ shake and is a secondary

the distributing centre in Colony. During the winter when rheumatie.. mouths,

and on entering the shop at fred an approaching "touch * So Hong Street ! fund of the screws," as many asĮ the lady waiting patiently 100 snakes are sold monthly. as a fuki put his hand into i crate and pulled out hissing COBRA!

*

He lifted the lids off two had other erato uml son three writhing reptiles in his grasp. The other two

turned out to be a Banded krite and a Ratsuake,

The foki, who was wiek. Jocked hike 11 what ing miniature "kukri," shit the and of the reptiles sitles pulled out their galls. The he rinsed with Chinese wine and slit ogen in turn to it

a small bowl with a thick

multi-coloured liquid.

Hues of green, red

mingled purple "witches brew." and top- of ping it off with a dash wine the foki handed over the bowl.

The reptiles, ull poisonous,

are

in

have their venom removed on capture, and without the Kalis felch only $1 a piece.

found They Rwangsi Province stud Wai- chow, and are distributed

Marzo by Canon dealers. niso imports the snakes, but smaller very much in qualities than Hongkong,

Rheumatisen

Taken

PORTUGAL

Jan

know

In Lisbon-

abre ol

kanale

hasen

ichd

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1955.

EUROPE-Best February| freese-up for 30 years-July

In Paris caldest for 76 yasi And floods, floods and floods

[U.S.‚—¡March) 7,000-ft.-

high dust stoHerro raged in Kanu

IN. AMERICA–3 major hurricanes in alɛ weaks during September and Odober

TRINIDAD-Wall

December floods Jar brenty yakı

Did the BOMBS upset

the weather?

By BEVERLEY JAMES WELL, was the weather of the past

WE

12 months affected by atom and hydrogen

bomba?

The experts will not commit themselves. Their weather records convince them that there is nothing ustonishing in the month-by-month story of 1684.

They are unmoved by the drought that came in Britain instead of April showers... by the down- pours in Juno, which is traditionally a month of gun- shine by news of monsoon havoc in inca and Chinn that rocketed the world's tea prices because of flooded plantations.

It has happened before, say the weather men. True. But the weather upsels in past years have followed tremendous naturut disturbances like earth- quakes or crupting volcanoes.

Such past experience still does not show that the weather is unaffecied by the tremendous MAN-MADE test explosions of the atomic age.

Despite their scepticism, the world's weather men have been concerned enough to look deeper into the effects of hydrogen-bomb explosiops.

Filteen nations belonging to the World Melcoro- logical Organisation set up an investigating team last September.

Those experts have not yet reported their find- big still dominated by 24 Ings. So the topic is question-mark and today's map puts a spotlight on some not-so-usual weather in 1984.

Do YOU think it was just coincidence?

GREECE Caldest

January for

60 years ~

37 degrees of

Joost

JAPAN~1,619 dead and, PRISAN 176 ships su

in September typhoon

BRITAIN --Drought in April-More than 2 mths normal comfall to dune - Coldest !

| August mali al Kew since records began

Flood →→→→

Hurricane →→✪

8. AFRICA-Capelown

now in May-14-

storms for 30

ASIA-Monsoon loads unprecedented duning July-August in India and Chima- Ceylon floods worel for 45 years

Typhoon

0

Drought Q

AUSTRALIA—Quesneland-

syclone causes two million poundi damage in February

Freeze-up

ARGENTINE Near 200

cold ware

in July

(0

Cyclone →→→

Sep 09 PALEN ARDLE

IT'S TIME TO STOP

THIS SECRECY

U

have

NEXPECTED ad

Ves brought atom power Jor industry

much wearer that a special

lolt In rountries all terrible over the world. Biltaa itse report has over three million sufferers Vision

And yet,

CHAPMAN PINCHER

closes his inquiry into atomic power

re first full-scale atenue elterielly Harwell research station led by

Sir John Cockeroft and by t power plant.

arying drastic

of Britain's

In nine years the Government has invested about £130 million

equipment,

and atomic > develop anim weapons and power. This sounds

a lot, but it is no more than the run which the British Eiccurie.ty is spending every year on coal-

should be thority despite the efforts plans is being drawn up for 2 THE British Eletricity Au- Kakers heated by Sir Christo- fired power stations,

Kant

able

of to

is Britain

by

extremely clrcumstance

well to

to pher Hinton

The

atomie workers placed many

the alem, but our Luiked I have

to engineers profit from the power-station siles, project should have gone ahead spiestials from the laboratories, much faster

administrators— pre tap-kvel

the biggest meal bram., the Cabinet by the Atomic start bukang large numbers power stations remedy Energy Authority.

produce millions of extra kilo- It will be submitted early watts of power within 10 years

Year, in time from now, and probably sooner. in the New um have for Chancellor R. A. Buller 9 THE clectricity derived from tackle the formidable problems

3

atoms thould be substantially of atome power with an almost recommenda- that include s

grading spirit. bix Budget cheaper than that derived from Whitle seil-professed European tions

leeding thinking. The report rienth the make four confident experimentents:

anal in the

1 100

percent has been found.

Chinese mehetne rolled it by many, difichevers ་་【

prual

medicos Were

stil iu

Chinese hnd been

This little demonstration, their patients which concluded with the woman downing

the L'on.

coction, is China's answer

to rheumatism!

Yes. for centuries

thought

will

fore.

Even in the earliest planne to of ortuary uranum costing

£10 about

may yak

215

More Speed

ing successfully with herbs for BRITAIN told how st veral much electricity s 70,000 Lons DUT the

Betheid is governed by it

centuries?

1

d.sent k.td-

11

t inental

power p

towity

While Hongkong's cold spell hut and

is wreaking haver with aching into the Grid within seven years

beat the latest. maight now bones

Theuntuatie the Chinese have averted "a tempted "to do as

of the screws" by do if they louch taking a set of snake galls snakes,

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JUL

IN THE ATOM SHIELD

PEACE...

THERE'S

THE new coat of arina of the Atoute Energy Authority show

repreavisting Arnge beraidie animal chained to the carit the feruelty of the atom under control. The stars have 12 pmusis ayeshellsing uranium. which la No. "92" in the list of chemical

irnurnis.

The inverted trangle on the shield to at heraldic symbol calles apie." which i clan a name for tragium power furnace

and erected almost anywhere, is already being built.

The lines BİR KE represent the electricity the

➡il!

01

Kan the

provide

in top of the Brimet which lea symbol ot co-operation, a

tigoldes benign

puwet of the Atom

1

bird inside is

A sign

from the arvet

σε

the late

Lord Ruther

at ni domiír

sctruct

ford

The

mrans -

Over

father

matto

The

mast from the smallest

The thortage of atomic skill

experience in

industrial

is likely to be a most in our bd dangerous werkness

leadership,

god

Arms

spur of

give to Britado is

the

ป

now

for atomic view.

In my

Tho recent

reorganisation which took atomic crgy away fron A Civil Service Ministry and put the atom experts them- nelves in charge of it has done much to take off the brake. But far more m.ney must be invested we are to make the most of at which they

atomic power at home ad com- atomic America for festing £220,000,

ATOM

plants

Cheir are so factur outs.de

contra pele with

export markets. safe that they can be built the Treasury decision of how

Mr Garden Deon, the former The cost much can be spent cael year on in town

chief of the US. atcm project, Thanks to the extreme alem work,

refusal The taxpayers money must be believes that American firms are US. health venations medied for the

capable of building and selling atanic seprets,

The full significance and the power-slation staff will add less carefully spert, but I was dis-

learn that Harwell acres of portable atom power self-sufficient in the stom bust- thur; one prident w the epurating turbed to

countries

But the Americans have nearness of csi. plants to 15

experiments, vital to the power

the advantage of more money, atomic power The excaling advances which project, were held up for several within two years,

The first of these packaged more man-power, and much strucl: home in surprisingly few Five

Mulderly umproved maths while Treasury villis

experience of British fema. whither อ furlar power plants, which can be pre- wider industrial Bratam's alemis prospects have seided

A cmic sucrecy, whh stems £1,000,000 could be afforded. of the

fabricated, carried macrop.aats, atomic work. been møde by sentirts

tha Russia has cxcessive now the H-bomb, is pat to blame. This is bad for science and bad An industry. The restriction of knowledge to few minds may zesuit in a dangerous inbreeding of ideas and eventual sterility,

Jucl-short

THE MOST POPULAR PARISIAN

Paris.

THE most popular Pari-

TE

sian for 1954 has un-

doubtedly been the city's

Chief of Police, 51-year-old where

From SAM WHITE

the official a policeman's range of obliged to occupy M. Andre Dubois-the man insults and sarcasm has long fot et Police Headquarters. of professional This is a chandelier-It Victorian who six months ago in- been a madder

monstrosity. froduced

experiment pride. an

An occasional absent-minded Says M. Dubols: "I often get which everyone thought

fake one horrified look motorist who blows bis horn home,

L# decide thero and was doomed to failure.

in traffic jam will be gently around

nothing for it but to turn out 11 was hc

ended the admonished "Monsieur is sure- who

in ly from the Provinces" and the lights and go to bed" crcophony of motor horns

who Inte-night reveller Paris. Since that initial Iriumph the

will tnxi door to slamos M. Dubols has дове Induce

Purls rubbish collectors solcamly reproved."You might

have woken a sleeping child, hot to handle rubbish bins is

M. Dubois, a tall, handsome were drumming a dawn yelile, pedestrians to use Z-

bachelor is a professional civil art con- crossings

servant and a noted

He works a 12-hour noisseur. day beginning at 7 am Under him Paris has never been better administered.

on

and Paris policemen to improve their manners.

The results in each case have both confounded the cynics and made Parts a pleasanter city. How has he done it in a city so

Individualistic turbulently Parls?

SAYS

as

A

bc

SINGERS' SCALE

the coming age of

to soem

bave

Finalis, a university professor

The scientists are convinced of forensic medicine acceptod the task of carrying out a new that the locked laboratory doors are now shutting out more than inquiry-but he has just died.

With no mare volunteers for the are keeping in.

Briinin atomic ace is tho the task, the French Ministry unrivalled quality of her selen- of Justice are considering aptits. pealing to a foreign expert help them in their inquiries.

A COIN VANISHES TUNANCIAL NOTE:

LO

The

French Treasury issued Just before Christmas 100 frame coln (23.), which looked like a one franc plece and "felt like a 20 trane plove. No fools, the French After a few days of confusion the new coln has virtually dimppened from cir-

performers in Paris for 1954 THE most popular music-hall were all singers. Here they are in order of popularity:

culation. Mourice Chevaller, Montand,

Plat and Tino Rossi, Edith Charles Trenet.

Yves

QUOTE

I believe we annnot on- courage them too much cr invest So them too heavily at this stage when the fteld is so ripe for rapid development,

Two-faced

THE

THEIR achievements are in- pressive, but his orians will rate them crude, for far greater marvels await investigation.

that There is a fair chance evin the hydrogen bomb reaction can be tamed for industrial use, so, the hydregen which could be released from one

glass of water would yield the power of LOUS GUERIN, 600 of cool. proprietor of the Lido

It is an old twist of human "I had to find my

that the force which fortune In England

6 threatens most danger should And French

PIERRE DOCTORS WANTED

chiets

JD

a

Previous Paris police seemed invariably to

develop Napolconte tendencies and passion for political intrigue.

Because of this they achieved

bone

riches or run will be annely

JUDICIAL NOTE: The French cabaret:

out of chorus girls run police have medical experts to

cause you can't feality

who

dance. The also hold out most hope. Yet it 13 because the atom is two-faced GENTLE HINTS

against Marie Besnard, arrested girls

nudice are French, they don't that I believe the dilemma of QAYS M. Dubois: "By making

five years ago, charged with the

have to do any dancing. As a deep inurders a certain notoriety and

by arsenic poisoning every reform appear like

matter of fact they can't even sporting challenge Parisians public suspicion. M. Dubols, an of 13 members of her family.

was walk in time to the music. In 1952 her first trial to other hand, appears are natural sportsmen-and by the insisting that the police should devote himself entirely to

"The best looking ones ure the the stopped owing to dissatisfaction be polite about minor infringe full time job of running a great over the evidence of the pro- dumbest. It takes me more time ments."

city.

secution's medical witnesses. A to get them into line than to

entire for rehearse socond trial was annulled the same reason.

This new civility" is charm- Ho finds one great disadvan- ingly incongruous int Paris, lage in his job. By law he is

JOHNNY HAZARD

WHAT SORT OF STORE [DOES YOUR UNCLE HAVE,

-ANGELAP

A PET SHOP-IT'S JUST ACROSS THE GRAND CANAL ON THE MAINLAND! WE CAN REACH IT IN A SHORT TIME BY -FERRY!

A PLEASANT BOAT RIDH BRINOS JOHNNY' AND ANGELA TO THE MAINLAND 1990;

YOU'LL LIKE MY UNCLE ALBERTO, JOHNNY! EVERYONE DOES.... HE HAS SUCH A WAY...

WITH BIRDS AND ANIMALS I

number."

By Frank Robbins

THERE'S MY UNCLE'SŸ YES, I SEE IT......AND {SHOP, "JOHNNY,JUST. } IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S

UP AHEAD! JUST RECEIVED A BU. „TRUCKLOAD OF BIRDS!

dance

resolved.

Surely the more effort the rutiena put into winning atomic power for peaceful purposes, the fets will be the likelihood that they will ever squander it in wer.

.....this situation

calls

San Miguel

1

[HKM-OSTC)