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CHINA MAIL

STNÚNAM STRIKI

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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1955.

'Pill Merchants' Abroad On Australian Roads

Melbourne, Apr. 12.

Tired drivers, doped with benzedrine, and. eager to make money quickly are racing unsafe

Editor, Bitness communications and lorries (trucks) along Australia's highways,

advertisements to the Secretary.

Telephone: 26621′ (5 Linea).

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Salisbury Hovil.

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DEATHS

KO-Ko Ho Ning, aged 77. passed way peacefully at his residence.

The Peak, Hong Kong

6 am on April 13, 1955. Date

of the Funeral to be announced

Later. No flowers. by request,

Donations to Chanty,

GOLD

FOR SALE

MEDAL

Enriched

America's leading brand,

available at the Baby Falezn

越

WANTED KNOWN

now

'DR. SCHOLL'S Foot Comfort Bet- vice. Telephone House (Mezzanine) Hongkong provides the expert atten- on your feet deserve - by London- qualified Chiropodist, '

MUSICAL

JUST ARRIVED Grand Pranos "Berry" 44", ""Albon" 5'7′′, “Challen" 411". Also a few attractive now and used Upright and Miniature PinoOS, all modern action overstrung. fully

inspection guaruzized.

welcome. Mayfair Music Company, 23, Chiu Lung Street. Telephone £7313,

STAMPS

STAMI ALBUMS - "Collection Bilder" Deries. New stock Dow avatable, $3. From South China Morning Post Street.

and Hoagkong Hand, Kowloon,

Wyndham

These "pill merchants" as regular inter-state transport drivers call them, are the latest feature of Australia's road transport boom,

A decision of the Privy, some form of licensing, 'within Council, the highest Court of the framework of the Privy tho British Commonwealth, Council decision, which would started the

boom. The Law allow them to collect a payment Lords ruled that State Govern- from the transport firms for ment efforts to impose restraints) wear and tear on the roads. en inter-state, transport were against the letter of the Aus- tralian constitution.

SECTION 32

The constitution. in. The controversial Section 92 guarantees free trade be-

tween States, The Privy"

Council decided

that the

effect of the State Govern- ment Licensing rules was to restrain trade.

Newspapers report that road transport Arms agree that they should pay something for the use of the roads, although most say that they find the present State proposals unsatisfactory.

Another State move 15 to require all inter-state lorries to pay registration fees in all the. States in which they operate.

It is likely that the Australian High Court, and possibly the

The State Governments hac sought to regulate inter-state transport to prevent competition Privy Council again, will test for the Government-owned rail- some of these laws before their ftpal form is settled. Impartial ways, which are already losing

and imposed rigid experts believe that the thriving money,

inter-state licercestry

transport in- expensive system of

road

bo 19 and weight checks to keep roaddustry will eventually

important to Australia as it is transport down.

the American economy. A healthy road, transport industry,

will provide, they argue.

the incentive badly needed here to improve the highway system.

But the Privy Coupeil, in a Judgment last year which sure prised State Governments, de clared all these controls vold Within a week. hundreds of extra lorries were out on the

inter-state

shippers rude as Tushed

cet their cargo carried by the cheaper and more efficient road transport.

10.

In addition to the legitimate inter-state transport firms. many "y-by-night" lorry

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rushed their vehicles

to the road to make their profit in the new boom. Mary

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INDUSTRIALISTS HAPPY

Pertups -the happlest people over the road trans- port boom are Australian Industrialists. who need cheap, swift transport to mavé their goods and raw materials over the hundreds of miles separating Aus- tralian cities.

of these meni, owner-drivers, For them, healthy compati- had lorries which, in the words ton with freely competitive of one newspaper correspondent. inter-state freight rates, is ap

gave me the shudders.

unexpected blessing. China Mail Special.

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Describing how these "y-by- nighters" had to overload and remorselessly keep going, 50 that they could make money, this correspondent added: "I've seen drivers come dark-jawed and glittering-eyed into road-! side eating houses.

"I've Salisbury

SOMETHING EXCLUSIVE, Colice- tors packets of assorted stamps. From 20 cents per packet upwada, An entirely Tverw

South

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TO ADVERTISERS

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NEW TERRITORIES

FANLING UN LONG G

SHEUNG SHUI DISTRICTS.

THE

CHINA MAIL is now obtainable from the SHEUNG SHUI STATION STALL.

SHEUNG SHUI RAILWAY STATION.

At Orders Accepted:

Deliveries Undertaken.

other

drivers

heard say: 'He's a pill merchent. Six quid a ton, he's trucking for and you ought to see his bomb, its falling apart."*

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"Six quid-£6-a ton was the rate some drivers were offering for leads between

and Melbourne. Sydney

Re- cognised hauliers, using drivers for reasonable periods the wheel and making sure that their lorries were safe and not overloaded, were charging £11 a ton:

SPELLS DANGER

The creat increase heavy road traffic spells dangers for other road- Australian experts

USETS,

say.

at

An international authority, Sir Donald Gainer, of the Inter- national

Federation Roads

his agrees with them. During recent visi: to Austalla, he toured thousands of miles of main highways and said that

main most of the

inter-state Toutes were too narrow.

He suggested that Australia needed four-lane highways be- tween the capitals to cater for the great amount of long dis- tance traffic.

Sir Donald advised that road visers. including the transport Arms, should join with the Governments concerned to for- mulate a 10-year plan to rew

main organise the

roads accommodate the increase

traffic.....

to

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One reason why road trans- port firms in Australia can offer such keen competition to railways is the change of gauge which breaks many inter-state railway systems, including the heavily-used Sydney-Melbourne route.

TRANSHIP

This means that at the border town of Albury, rallway trucks have to be unloaded and their cargoes re-loaded other

on

trucks for shipment on another railway systems. Loading

and" unloading, adds pounds in the cost of freight

Railway oficials “also com- plain that the railways have heavy capital costs, while road) Users can run treely between States without having to pay anything for the rudds they are

using, at me

State railway chlets have had several meetings on these probe Lems and are expected to make freight reductions to bring rail- ways into better competitive position against road transport. Individuel State Governmenta are drafting laws to establish

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Latest Addition To Queen's Flight

Soldier Who Ran Amok Captured

Turin, Apr. 12. A soldier who, ran amok yesterday, killing two persons in wild shooting spree in the cap- village of Fontestura, was tured today by

2 Carabinieri sergeant and banded over to the police authorities.

He is now in gaol in the small town of Camino.

The soldier was still armed with the US-made Garand rifle with which he killed two per- sons and fatally wounded a third. The sergeant arrested him as he was waiting for ferry boat to cross the Po River rear Camino.

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The soldier started running but came to a stop when the Carabineri fired two pistol shots in the air. For some strange reason, the soldier did not use his rifle but held out his wrists to be handcuffed.- United Press,

MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN

I DON'T BEUTTLE CARD TRICKS, BUT I DON'T USUALLY DO THEM, MR.KERN.

FERDINAND

NANCY

́DO YOU THINK THE

ICE IS STRONG ENOUGH FOR SKATING TODAY,

NANCY?

SURE, GQ

AHEAD

JOHNNY HAZARD

TWITCH THE SPY...

I HAVEN'T PRACTICED THEM FOR A LONG TIME,518

GET OUT OF HERE FAST, THAT'S WHATS.

| THE GIRL - ALL GONE!" || BUT THERE'S NO NEED

WHAT DO WE DO NOW,

GUST

TO GET PANICKY?

The latest addition to the Queen's Fight, the famous Royal Air Force unit re- sponsible for Royal travel by air, is this executive version of the Heron Serica 3, by de Havillands. Equipped to

six carry passengers and a crew of three, it will replace one of ̧· the Vickers Vikings of the Royal Flight at Benson in Oxfordshire. Radio equlp- ment and navigation alds installed in this Heron 'are exceptionally comprehensive, and the aircraft is "fitted with flashing navigation lights, Graviner fire warn ing and extinguishing equipment In all engine nacelles. Two five-seat dinghies aro carried and comprehensive de Leing equipment 13 installed. Aerofoil leading edges"are fitted

with rubber aver- stices

working од the pulsating boot system, while the propellers and windscreen are provided with fluid de-icing--Renter-

photo.

--BUT IF YOU'D LIKE IME TO SHOW YOU A FEW CARD TRICKS, I'D BE HAPPY TO.

BUT JUST IN CASE ANYTHING SHOULD HAPPEN TO TWITCH, PEL-TAKE OVER/UNDERSTAND 7.

THIS BIRD IS STILL WORTH,

PLENTY!

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PAKISTAN ORDERS V.I.P.

VISCOUNT

Titanium Production Being Stepped Up In Great Britain

Vickers-Armstrongs announce that an order has been placed by the Pakistan Government, on behalf of His Excellency the Governor-General of Pakistan, for one Vickers Viscount airliner. This brings the total number of Viscounts ordered to 180.

The order is for a V.I.P. version of the Viscount-the second of its kind. The Government of India has already ordered a V.LP, Viscount, to be operated by the Indian Air Force.

Accommodation in the Vir- elapsed time clock, radio cam- "count for Pakistan will be pro-pass and compass repeater

vided in three separáte salcons. British European Airways will The forward V.IP. saloon, or probably carry its half-millionth rest-room, will be equipped Viscount passenger today. This with two divan beds, two aft-figure is an indication of the facing chairs and side

tables. nesse popularity which the A clock telephone, call buttons turboprop and cooling fans will also be

cabin altitude, aircraft result of its popularity, and of

enjoyed with

airliner has since

passengers

Home And Car provided as well as indicators it first went into service. The

Package Deal

Miami Apr. 12.

A building company and a car dealer have come up here with a new "package" in instal- ment buying.

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יפעת זב

They

offering

the house with a new car in garage for the down payment|

£51 and 145 dollars (about sterling) a month.

altitude, and airspeed,

SEAT SIXTEEN

In the central VI.P. saloon there will be four- abreast seating for sixteen tu

four aft-facing and twelve forward-facing chairs, with a pullman table between the first and second rows. This saloon will also have clock, telephone, call buttons. and cooling fans and the same instruments

..as in the forward rest-room.

The rear saloon will comprise the servants' quarters with six The house would be at Pom- seats. Behind this will be a pano, 35 miles north of Miami. tollet, and a galley with a Advertisements say "If You Are cooker and refrigerator. For Presently Paying More Than 150 ward of the rest room will be Dollies (about £53 sterling) another toilet and a wardrobe Monthly Combined for-Your Car compartment. and House Payments...

An interesting feature of the

the passenger-appeal

of the

Ambassador, showed in a BEA load factor last year which was the highest in the airline's his tory at 68.1

per cent. Simul- taneously BEA's costs dropped to the lowest Egure since it started work, at 12.9 pence per capacity ton mile, 10 per cent less than in 1953.

On. April 17, Viscounts will London begin flying between and Edinburgh putting the two city

than airports less

100- Glasgow, Bel- minutes, apart. rast, and Corsica will also have new Viscount strvices this summ- mer. New Rolls-Royce Dert 506 engines are replacing an earlier model, increasing cruising speed by m.p.h. to 320 m.p.h. and Its maximum take-off

weight by 3,000 lb to 60,000 lb.

In 1955 and 1956 more than VIP. Viscount for Pakistan, one-third all the large twin- "This is our combined offer," (Type number 794) as with the and four-engined transport air- the advertisement says. "With one for India, is that it will

craft delivered to airlines'in 23 per cent down payment you carry, full navigational equip the United Stater will be Bri- receive a home and 1955 car a ment, including a Kelvit, and fish. They will be a fleet of combined monthly payments of Hughes periscopic drift sight, about 50 Viscounts, out of 60 only 145 dollars."-China Mail Rebecca Mark 4 periscopic ordered for Capital Airlines. Special.

sextadt, air position indicator,

By Lee Falk and Phil Davis

YOU WIN! FIND

STOP THIS! YOU-

MY PAINTINGS!|

By Mik

By Ernie Bushmiller

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TITANIUM PRODUCTION

New British plant for the production ef útantum, the !metal which bida fils to revolutionise seronautical

design because of its great strength and low weight, will be ready for full-scale operation in July this year.

The plant has been specially built by the General Chemicals and Metal Divisions of Imperial Chemical Industries Lich to handle up to 1,500 tons of raw titanium annually.

Thanium is one of the most abundant metals found la the earth's crust where it is avail able titanium oxide.

'as

For it is 50 times more example, common

Was

than copper. It frs: recognised as a metal 165 years ago by an English clergy. ma The Revercad Williaan

The

Supplies did not become available commercially until 1952. when it first became possible to establish

mariafae

turing techniques. The great interest shown by designers in the metal since then is based on its novel properties.

Titanium is roughly equal to stainless steel

in strength, authough it weighs little more than half as much For Imany purposes it resista corrosion even better, and this is particu Jarly important in the desgin

ing

of high speed aircraft

Because it is relatively new metal. techniques for process- It have not yet been për- fected, and the many difficulties involved make it expensive. „But if a' modern fighter is dem signed from the outset maiting full use of the metal, savings of up to 1,500 lb in the total structura

welgot

may

be

achieved

At speeds of more than 1,000 m.ph, when the heating prob- lems on an aircraft's skin be come acute due to friction with the air, the high upper tem- perature

limit-500°C of the new metal means that

will be widely used. Some of" applications, to name only a tew, are for gas turbine com- pressor blades, engine cowlings, exhausts, wing leading edges, and fire walls. As alreraft fy-

A ing in the supersonic speed range

are built in ever increas- ing numbers, so the demand for titanium will rise. ... Manufac- turing costs will be reduced. 26 production increases, and

techniques are im

present

proved.

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COMPETITION Advertising stunts are always interesting, particularly if there is money to be won TWA. have thought up a rather novel contest

est which they have label- led

"Cosmic Contest." There áre two section

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Sections, one to be won now and the other in The first part.réquires 30 worde or less to be added to "Flying is the way to travel and TWA

is the way to fly because

The 1985, part of the stunt

unt (also worth US$50, 000), peep into the future. TWA WADS to know:int300, words whit air travel will be Like 30 years from nowe