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THE CHINA" MAIL," WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1955.

Swedes Move A UNDERGROUND CAR PARK

£500,000 Workers'

Town Bodily

By Muriel Penn

Porjus, Swedish Lapland, Oct. 41-

A workers' town which cost 7,000,000 crowns (nearly £500,000) to build some ten years ago, is being moved bodily from Porjus, the small town in Lapland which has become famous as one of Sweden's big hydro-electric power centres.

For here at Porjus and downstream on the Great Lulea river, three successive dams in less than 20 kilometres (about 12 miles) today provide power which

Stockholm, is sent south to Gothenburg and Halsingborg, and north Kiruna, where it provides current for the famous open cast iron mines.

tol

The story of Porjus itself Some rows of houses are still goes back to the

War II, with geraniums and other ately precedient World Weedi-fully occupied. There are bright neros flowers in the windows and on when a dan was bullt

the purches. In the garden bo- hind these, there are still swinge for the children, and washing on the line.

the Great Lulea river to harness Tumultuous waterfall and utilise the waters which tumble of If not propald a booking fee down from the mountains of 60 conte le charged.

POSITIONS VACANT

Lapland, to produce power for the surrounding viDages

and

In contrast, are those already forsaken. Their erotwhile ten- Kinma, zame 100 miles to the fonts have loft to find new north. Behind that dam today is

Joh and they have the 2013 n Juke which stretches ten

cared for, deserted look of an empty house.

ACCOUNTANCY, BOOK-KEEPING, Swedish miles

Cure (For

(60 English

Company Secretaryship, Cominen miles) back into the mountains. "Intenso Method"

De Ansociate Dr Milling the broad valley whh Award of Diplom Follow) will Ang you to high water us far as eye can see. atatua and botter salary, lateresting After World War II, came a spare-time Postal Study with expert

second for

dam. harnessing the Сошес tutors: Guaranteed

Chainber

miglety Harspranget waterfall, of London 1.8.A., naitute of Commerce, etc.

I wo

was for the workers on this writa Now: Booklet, For Froe

power station, built almost en- London School of Accountancy, 07, Mormouth Street, London, W... tirely underground in the years

1945-52.

the workers town was crocled.

Egind.

MUSICAL

Comuneron,

&

"Steinway FAMOUS WORLD

0'2" oversimng. Bots" and pinio thoderm action, beautiful tone (per- fertly reconditioned) fully guaran teed. price reasonable, fnspection Invited. Mayfair Music Co., 24, Chu Lang Street, telephone 273a.

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LISTEN ta George Feyer Play italy. Echuas 4 Paris 13

Childhood, Hollywood, Viena, Broadway, and Latin America. Avail. able from The Sote Distributors, D. Dach, A. Des Voeux Razd, room 1, and floor. Lotephone 30100.

That

Finally, there is the smuller, Ligga project which key just completed and where the water from the same river is ullised to drive turbines for the third time in a distance of about 12 (miles.

HOME COMFORTS

Because the site was lonely. the climate severe,

and they from ony centare were miles which could provide the ameni- Lies for relaxation and amuse-

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES ment which modern civilisation

"ANCHINEK**

Damaged cargo ex this vessel will he surveyed by Momes. Paulsen & Bayes-Davy at ult's Wharf from October 6 and 7, 1955, and consignres are requested to have

10 am. on

their representatives prenest during the mirvey

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Agent

Hong Kong. Ocluber 4, 1955.

Oriente Comercial

Importers, Exporters and General Merchants

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stay at the POUSADA INN, Praia Grando.

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To ADVERTISERS

nt

has led people to expect as right, the workers' down Porjus was provided with everything the planners think of.

In addition

could

*

io a good range of well stocked shops, it had its own schools-two of them-its own Post Office, a church, cottage hospital. a cinema, community centre for dancing, playing cards, Indoor games and on, canteens, a laundry and even Finnish steam baths..

REINDEER BACK

But when all is done, it will not be long before the scurs ore healed. The forest of dwarf Artle pines and the first 151 which the settlement was buik, will again fake over and in the winter, the reindeer herds be longing to the Lapps in the area will again scratch

the away show in scorch of the special moss which is their sole food.

This year,

there are more chan reindeer

usual left in the forest. The winter Avas

they were unable severe that to reach their moss and of the animals were too weak when spring

40 migrate PRINC

with into the high mountains the muln herds.

had

50

marry

Six-Shooter – 1955 Style

146

It mounts

Latost weapon scheduled to appear in the armoury of the US Marine Corps is the Ontos, pictured above, a lightly armoured anti-tank vehicle. six 106 mm, rocaillass rifios. Ontos, incidentally, is a Greek word meaning "The Thing."-Daily Express Photo,

Servants Scarce

In Spain

Madrid Oct. 4. The shortage of domestic ser- vants in Spain is increasing, according to newspaper reports Пете

Soviet Refused The Brenner ProgrammeTime Pass Widened

By Jap Radio

The

Nippon

Tokyo, Oct. 4.

Broadcasting Company, one of Japan's major Reasons for this, it is claimed, commercial stations, has refused are that 592,000 more women i to sell any of its radio time to ad- are at work in industry than inverties Soviet publications and

and that 1940,

the averge gramophone records. of number

children in the Spanish family dropped from 4.04 in 1990 to 3.08 in 1950.

Brennero, North Italy, Oct. 4. Work has begun on the road through the Brenner Pass, one of the main highways across the Alps from Italy to Austria and Germany, to ease a worsening traffle problem.

motor

Paris Firms Compete For Big Prize

By James Norris

Paris, Oct. 4.

About 50 French constructional engineering firms are taking part in * 16,200,000-franc (£16,200) prize competition aimed at finding the best plans for nine underground car parks in various parts of the city of Paris.

The Paris City Council announced "the competition at the end of July 1955, and invited entries by September 1.

About 50 entries had been received by the closing date.

The competition was restricted The City Council envisages to architects and engineers of another 30 underground car French nationality.

parks in the Paris area if the During its autumn session, the|irst nine prove a success. Sites special commission which con of the first nine will be: tols the competition will draw

do

the

up a short list of competitors, (1) The Carrousel Gardens---

Are little based on financial references and beneath the other records supplied at the Triomphe, at the eastern end of

the them of entry.

magnificent vista stretching trom the Etolle along The first prize for each of the Champs Elysons, through the nino car park plans Will Fince de la Concorde and the 1,000,000 francs (about £1,000); Tuileries Gardens to the Louvre the second prim will be

500,000

Painco The City Counell sag- francs (about £600), and the third prize 300,000 francs (about csts three floors to hold a total £300). The winner of the first of 1,830 cars. prize for each car park plan wül

The (2)

Square Louvois- not, however, receive the prize close to the Paris Bourse and money unless the City Council the Bibliotheque Nationale, with fails to award him the building ave floors to hold 600 cars. contract within two years of of the announcing the result competition,

SCALE MAP

(3) Square Emile Chautemps off the busy Boulevard -just off Sebastopol which runs from the Seine to the Gare du Nord. A 5-floor

for garage on this site could

about 945 cOTS.

Those on the short list will

(4) Squaro du Temple-a tule receive, later this year, a 1st to the cast of the Square Emile ui the sites chosen for the nine Chutemps with four floors to underground car parkte, a scale hold 1,660 cars, (1:500) map of each site, showing (6) Saint Merri-at the june- existing installations above and tion of three roads near the below the surface, and detalls Hotel de Ville (the City Hall), of traffle density in the area with five floors to hold 1,600 They will also receive a copy of the contract

With completion of the second road, treffle will be split into two one-way lanes to cut jams A distributor

ever-increasing Soviet among of By the time they covered,

publications a Tokyo was turned truffle from the north. the ice on the rivers hud melted and the

down when he applied for a 33 melting snow trad so swollen

A similar doubling is expected programinė featuring minute the that they streams

could not

to Britain and other European |Soviet muste and advertising the to begin shortly on the Austrian make with the City Colinpil storey car-park beneath the cross them to rejoin their herd. nations where domestic help is magazine "Soviet Union." side of the pass-China -China Mall Special.

scarce.--China Mail Speciai, China Mail Special.

Special.

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Mnty servants, too, emigrate

MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN

WHO--ARE a

YOUR HOW'D YOU GET IN T

Street upon street of small one-family houseo went up. some in brick, but most of em, with an eye to the future, in wood,

For these timber houses which Bro very popular, CS- sma) OWNCT- pecially among builders in Sweden, are largely

pre-fabricated. Wals. 1001s

interior partitions etcetera are delivered ready for erection. All the purchaser has to do is to put them in position, lock them together firmly and paint them.

to

They have the added advant- jage that if the owner has

move, he can literally take his house with him,

So now, at Porjus, the homes which have housed some -1,000 workers are being dismantled and taken away. Those which belong to the workers are going along with them-indeed, many have already gone-to their next place of works.

BELONG TO STATE

The great majority of them SUNDAY POST-HERALD here, however, belong ultimate- Врисе for commercially fo the State-since the advertising should be power stations were built by booked not Istor than the State electricity authority-- noon on Wednesdays. and these will be taken to an- other, similar site, where work is about to start, and re-trocted for the workers there.

For the SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST and the CHINA MAIL, 48 hours before date of publication, Special Announcemonte and Classified Advertleo-ba monta ze usual.

WHO IS

"MISS

JANE RUSSELL"

is

When the great removal over, all that will be left of the workers town of Porjus svill

about

200 permanent brick houses

uses which will be occupied by the men who are employed at one or other of the power stations. The 200 families hope that one of the schools, too. may be left for the bonet of their children, but that is not yet are

Meanwhile, already this "satellite town" is beginning to present a scene of desolation. In his once trim streets, thero are gaping holes where only the usual debris left in the wake of a removal Buttons uncertainly in the breeze. In axe coses.

the house once stood have been lovelled.

of HONG KONG? even the foundations on which

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THERE'S IRMA ---I'M AWFUL MAD AT

HER

JOHNNY HAZARD

THE "FIRING SQUAD SCENE” IN THE L

I'D BETTER DISPOSE

OF THAT, IT MIGHT GO OFF/

By Lee Falk and Phil Davis

"

STAND STILL--

I AM --A

| AS YOU ARE--/

AT LAST! YOU ARE

THE TOURIST!

TOURIST. ARE YOU

A GOOD MAN OB 'ABAD

MANT

WHO IS THE TOURIST?

CONTINUED-

By Mik

?

By Ernie Bushmiller

THAT'S MY nickel

PLAYING THE

JUKE BOX

➡ERNIE- BUSHMILLA GRAS

HEY---

WHAT'S

THE

IDEA

OPERA TOSCA PRODUCES AN UNEXPECTED DEVELOPMENT A SUPPOSED BLANK

| CARTRIDGE ISN'T A BLANK/

IF SHAP HAD BEEN SITTING HERE HE'D HAVE TAKEN THE SLUB RIGHT

IN THE CHEST/ACCIDENTS LIKE THIS

| PON'T HAPPEN THEY'RE PLANNED!

By Frank Robbins

SOMBBODY IN THIS COMPANY ISA BUG FÖR KEÁLİSMICHIVE LITERALLY

OUT TO "KILL. THE AUDIENCE/"

(0) Champs Elysees a two famous boulevant could hold

20Cars. which the prize- winner would be expected to

Mail for the construction and financial 1

exploitation of the car park.

TALK

ABOUT

MAGIC!

Have you seen

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Admiral

AIR CONDITIONERS

AND REFRIGERATORS

Couldn't be fresher!

Libby's

try

FROZEN PEAS TODAY

DAIRY BOX

MILK CHOCOLATE

.this situatio

San Miguel

car.

between tho

Pare Monceau-a small west-end park. A five-storey garages unde“ the's party! could hold 1,800 cars

(8) Place de la Trinste

Gare St Lazare and Pinco Pigalle,

with tour floves to becommodate 500 cary.

(0) Coute Albert Prémlek-a long two-noor car park beneath Que quays

the

between thʊ. Alma bridge and the Invalides bridge over the Soine could hold 1,500. cars.

Preliminary studies by geolo-" gists and engineers attached to the City Council established the provisional gures given in the List of sites.

:

OWN SURVEYS According to these studies,- the nine underground car park. could hold a total of 11,925. vehicles,

But competitors are: free to make their own surveys; and the final figures may well be very diferent. According the competition rules, the en tries will be judged on the basis of technica

aesthetic and financial

All prize-winning plans will be the exclusive property of the City Council, which will be free to modify them and to incor porate material from plans, sub- hiited by winners of scoond. and

third prizes Winners of frat

prizes will be bound to accept tho City Council's modifications to the plans which, they have submitted,

Compoiltors will be disited lo submit the following data to the Council's technical branch"

(1) A general plan on a noble of 1:200, showing the position of the parks and its entranties, and in horizontal and vertital boundaries.

(2) A plan on a scale vf. showing the underground floor or floors.

(3) Boctional plans across tho length and breadth of the ear

Details of access to the

park

(4) ehr-pack.

(8) Specifications of materiale to be used and the typo "ot mocharlam envinged for con- veying

the car between tho floor

(0) An estimate of the con structional works planned, and of the alterations to height bouring Instalations made necessary by the car park. An outline of measures required to restono the surfnen ko ita original formatters.

• -- the- car ・・・ parked as bullt,

beson

(7) Bxbiches and other Bus-

* "howing how "the cor park would- ·workersP

(0)

Written

"detalla of the

cluding an estimate of the tikra

parte completion of the CAT kero) Detalle or trailding.com, MA of cutimated

ponses, whieri the car park (18) completo.

dompany: With sumolent, capital

to

ofer

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andrito with the