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CHINA

MAIL

TWINGHAM VIKITE

HONGKONG

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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MARCH' 8, (1956.⠀

ALBANIA THREATENED

WITH WORST ECONOMIC CRISIS

Belgrade, Mar. 7.

The partial abolition of rationing this winter has brought Albania to the verge of her worst economic crisis during the last

Editor business communications and five years, according to reports reaching

advertisements to the Secretary,

Telephone: 26011 (5 Lives).

KOWLOON OFFICE:

Salisbury Road.

Telephone: 04165,

Classified Advertisements

20 WORDS $4.00 for 1 DAY PREPAID

ADDITIONAL INSERTIONS

$2.00 PER DAY

10 couts PER WORD OVER 20

here from Tirana.

The reports state that the Russians still maintain a stranglehold on the small country's economy but, partly perhaps because of her geographical isolation from the rest of the Soviet bloc, their aid is limited and tending to decrease rather than increase.

rc-

The Albanian Government Many Albanians have rela- chose winter-art, as it turned tions In Western Europe or the out, an abnormally cold winter | United States, who send them -- de-ration clothing and foot-gift parcels. But the reports wear. ou Jamury 3. levnigenid, often the intended Births, Deaths. Marriages, food

and other necessities cipient does not see bila parcel, Personal $5.00 per insertion | rationed.

as he is too poor to pay the At the time, the official nown- not exceeding 25 words, 25

Albanian customs duty on it. Zeri i Popullit, comment- cents each additional word, Ird: "The abolitan of the ration

paper

ALTERNATE INSERTIONS

ing of certain Industrial goods

the superiority 10% EXTRA

of our economie system over the capitalist system,

If not prepaid a booking for of 60 conta is charged.

Aznarica,

MUSICAL

LAROY SELECTION t

popular MA available Eartha Kit.

Estions" serier. Manibogama

Bal Museita. Julk Mule of Latin Brazil Argrolina, Path. quay. Ilok duy Maly, France, Corees. Dreame of Rupallos, Love at First night, The Inimitable Lane in latest wings, from D. Enser, 4A, Des Voeux Bond, room 1, 2nd floor, tel. 30100

SOMETHING

lars pecket

STAMPS

Blows

Joint Decree

71

of

4

state

Instead, the Stoto "Com- mission" (second-hand) shops offer the addressee perhaps 500 leks (about £3 11s or 10 US dollars) or 1,000 leks for the right to receive the parcel. The i shop then

the paya

customs charges, and sells the contents for what they will feich.

soap

In the way, the reports show, bar of ordinary toilet originating in Western Europe | Costa the equivalent Of five

dollars (aboui 368).

Privileged Group

with

Japanese Are Atomic Weapons Politically

·In London

Mail

The intest tirp.ce of posting shown below are those für uns- registered correspondence ported at G.P.O. longkong. The tates posting times elrowhere which, In general, aro earlier than the Q.PO. Umes can be ascertained by_enquiry at the local office,

The latest posing times for registered articles áre Fenerally one hour earlier than the times shown below. Particulara rogard- ing real mails can be aseT- fained by enquiry at any port afire.

The year 1950 began with a great victory

...the partlul whatifort ví rationing. important factor for greater results in the future,"

Prices of textiles and foot- Wear, under a Joint decree the Government and the Central Committee of the Workers' (Communist) party, were to rise cribed as the

The present situation is des- from their pegged level to

worst for several

THURSDAY, MARCH 8 ittle below the existing

yeass, though in a sense Albania

By Alt la permanently in a state "free market"

Pakistan. uf

Middle East, prices. Salaries economic crisis.

Great Britain and Europe, were to be increased to make upward id undeveloped she has. Always back-

Thalland. Burma, India, for this, though the decree did since Yugoslavia's break

By Surface EXCLUSIVE, Core not reveal by how much.

Malayo, Ceylon, India, Adan, ut assorted sikitini

Middle the Cominform

Great Britain & From 20 cents per packet upwarda Later reports reaching

In 1948, been

Europe, Beg. Parcela p.m. here cut off An emirely new series

from Soundreste

her allies. Her Letters & Packets, 9 am. 9/3, weeks 1,100,000 inhabitants had prob Muna Morning Post lid. Wyndham street Hongkang and Halsbury for the new

came ably the lowest slanderd force, its effects were aliving in Europe today. Road. Kowloon

into ready roving disastrous. Work- Collection |ers had received only nominal New stuch Availible

tochulcians. From South just over Morning Post Lid Wyndham Stre

one yard) of cloth engineers and doctors in Albaniu and Salisbury Kuw. Kowloon

had unped in price from, for

are a privileged group example, 000 leks to 4,000 icks | Carpurt. They might almost be #colonial com- compared to munity among a outive people— who.

though admitted Warsaw Pact, have not been allowed, though Communists, to Join the Comiform. China Mil Special.

STAMP ALBUMS Buter

Neties

To ADVERTISERS

thot

several medgure

salary increases, while a metre cording to the reports

ы

BO US dollars

50

ol

were

(from

514 411 10 United Stoles dollars

mulre £20 10x ur BUNDAY POST-HERALD İoMeinl rates; advertising should bo

Beggars, once rare.

In- booked not later than creasing

311 number

the noon on Wednoadaya,

streets of Tirana Many were boys, ragged and barefoot

For the SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST and the CHINA MAIL, 48 hours before date of publication,

Special

Announcements

Advertise

and Classified monte sa usual.

Gift Parcels

3

Nu white bread was to be had, but only black-brown bread which was stated to rost approximately the equivalent of one dollur and a half fer a kilo gramme Cabent is Def way it.)

diplomats.

Notices

die East, Great Britain 10a.m.

China, A.M.

& Europe. People's Republic, 10,30

Portuguese, East Africa, S. Atries, (N. & S. Rhodosio. Parcels via L. | Marques), 11 am

Macao. 1 p.m. Thailand. 1 p.m. Indonesia, 4′′p.m. Macao, ↑ p.m.

SATURDAY, MARCH 18 By Air

Peking, Shanghai, Honkow. Kun- ming, 10 s.m

Thailand, Malnya, Indonesia, Aus traite. New Zosland

Ceylon

Africa,

11.

p.m.

Indo-China, Noon

[

p.m.

Philippines. p.m.

Europe, 5 ..

Malaya Indonesia.

Thailand, India, Pakistan, Middia Enst. Africa, Great

Britai K

Australia

New Zealand. 8 p.4n

fawill, U.S.A., Carveda, 0 p.m. Indo-China. p.m.

By Bartaco Formers. a.m.

China, People's A.M.

Republia,

Australia, New Zealand. Reg & Parcels, & p.in.: Letters & Paciorts,

Macao,p.m

the

[1

the

FRIDAY, MARCH 9

By Air

Fortress, Japan, Korea, Okinawa, Guam Hawall. U.S.A.. 1 p.m. Philippines. Austraila, New Zea Imd. 2 p.m.

Formus. p.m

US. A. & Canada, 6 p.m. Thailand, India, Pakistan, Middle Exist Aflos. Growt Britai Europe. 8 p.m.

Japan. 6 p.m.

By Burface Australia, New Zealand. 9 a.m.. Malaya, Ceylon, India, Aden, Mid.

MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN

HERE'S THE MESA! Hmm--

I WONDER IF THE COWBOY

GUS IS CONNECTED WITH THE TWO MEN WHO TRIED TO STOP US.

THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING

CORPORATION

announce the opening of their

NORTH POINT OFFICE,

410 King's Road,

on Monday, 12th March 1956.

Current Accounts may be opened now on application to the Queen's Road office.

Other facilities will include

Savings Bank: Fixed Deposits: Safe Deposit.

FERDINAND

མ་ཆན་མི་.

PENINSULAR

NANCY

& ORIENTAL

OQUIS HOS

WE CAN DRIVE HALF- WAY UP, WE'LL HAVE TO FINISH THE CLIMB ON FOOT.

ME KNEW

RIDING

TOO GOOD TO LAST.

Bag, 01. 2. Pas Orian Again mana

Porzosa, Japani. Oklawww, Korea, 0 p.m.

A party of eight Japanese parliamentary delegates, In Britain for a 10-day visit, went last week to London's historic

Manalon House. where they were received by the Lord Mayor, Alderman Cuthbert Ackroyd. Pictured

I contre

the 'delegation's leader, Dr Risujiro Vychara, as he thakes hands with the

and Mrs Mayor.

Ackroyd other members of the delega. tion look on-Express Photo.

Thinning Out NZ

Possible For NeutralSweden?

By Thomas Harris

Stockholm, Mar. 7.

The Swedish Government and Parlia- mentary Defence Committee are jointly busy making up their minds whether Sweden shall be the first neutral state to have tactical atomic weapons.

Such weapons are militarily necessary but are they, the doubters ask, politically possible.

Tho

Commander-in-Chief, in the world, can carry atomic General Nils Swedlund, stated bombs. in a report to the Crown on ways and means of keeping Sweden's defences at maximum emciency during the next ten years that sho needs tactical atomic weapons to repel any Invasion. Ho added this warn- ing:

ENDORSED

All this being so, the ques- tion facing the Government” and the Defence Committee, in which all parties except tho Cominumist represented, is, "from where shall we get our atcmic weapons?"

One or two people have sug- gested that Sweden

might make her own. General Swed- lund oald, however, in his report "If a small state lacks atomic to the Crown that she lacks the weapons and fails to join any men rego wtes alliance

to produce disposing such an adequate supply at least weapons, then this can, under within the next ten years. This certain circumstances, con-view is widely accepted. stituto a temptation Aggressor."

the

The

of

and

in

for

presa

Deer Herds reported in the army periodical

ttia

Wespons

to

GUARANTEES?

Amy-

As an alternative 10 home production, the Army Com- Commander-in-Chiefa |mander-in-Chief, Lieutenant- views have been undorsed by General Carl August Ehrons- other military experts in pub-vaerd, suggested that it might lic statements

be possible

buy tactical interviews.

ntorle weapons from abroad.

Colonel Torsten Schildt of Defence Stuff's Research Institute, said in a lecture

This suggestion raises the Militar Tidskrift" "Ny

that problem of whether Sweden can Sweden could afford buy atomic weapons from abroad tactical atomic Wellington, Mar. 7.

be unconditionally, or whether The herds of wapiti, the deer cause they are "relatively cheap potential suppliers would that roam the mountainous in proportion to their pose political or other condi- region of the South Island, are | efflency.”

tions irreconcilablo with her to be thinned out to keep them

neutrality policy. 10.30 within

the

winter feeding Other experts have disclosed Malayo, West Africa, Parcela via capacity of the range.

in the Swedish press that The answer, apparently, turns Lagos, & Gold

Coast, Parcela via Older and

inferior animals Sweden's latest

tactical Accra, Noon.

atomic warships ато Macao, 1 p.m

will be shot and an attempt being

with equipped

hot weapons are still regarded robot Indo-China, India, Pakistan, (Por-made to balance the number of missiles which could

*** "unusual" weapons, or whether carry tuguese India, Parcels via Karachi), males and remates.

"con- I p.m.

atomic charges. It has also been they are now felt to be disclosed

the new light Venonal" weapons. bomber, "Lance", claimed by If they are "conventions!"* the Swedish Air Force to be weapons, then Sweden should one of the fastest of its type be able to buy them as free of unacceptable political conditions ast she purchases, Centurion tanke, jet fighter aircraft ond other "conventional" weapons from Britain.

Japan, p.in Philippines, 4 p.m. Thailand.p.m.

China, People's Republic, 0 p.m. Macao, G p.m.

THIS IS A SHORT CUT. WE CAN CATCH THEM BEFORE THEY REACH

THE END OF THE ROAD,

THEN WHAT.

BOGGY

Hunting during recent years has depleted the number of "good heads" among the wapiti builu-Chiou Mall Special.

By Lea Falk and Phil Davis

YOU MEAN

SHOVE

THIS ON

PEM?

EXACTLY. GET READY!

WE CAN'T LET THEM

GET TO THE TOP !

WHAT'S AT THE TOP?

By Mik

By Ernie Bushmiller

DON'T TOUCH THINGS

COME HERE, NANCY

NANCY, LEAVE THAT ALONE

ANTIQUE

SHOP

STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY

R.M.S. "CANTON"

SAILS:

NOTICE TO PASSENGERS.

BAGGAGE:

Friday, 9th March, at 12.00 Noon for the UNITED KINGDOM, via Singa- pore, Penang, Colombo, Bombay, Aden and Port Said.

Passengers are requested to send ALL BAGGAGE to the Hongkong & Kow- loon Wharf Co.'s Godown at No. 2 GATE, CANTON ROAD ENTRANCE, By Noon on Thursday, 8th March.

SPECIAL NOTE: With the exception of hand packages

carried by passengers themselves, ALL BAGGAGE must pass through the Wharf Co's Godown for loading on board by ship's slings only.

EMBARKATION: Passengers should embark between 9.30 and 11,00 a.m. on Friday, 9th March, 1950.

Subject to alteration with or without notice

JOHNNY HAZARD

BROOK HAVEN, BOHNNY AND SHAP FOLLOW THE STOLEN CAR TO RECOVER THE SECRET D DOCUMENTS **** |

WHILE MILES AWAY, THE SPY GANG...UNAWARE THAT THE DIPLOMAT IS CARRYING DECOY PAPERS

{ ... START THEIR DARING ATTACK/

NOW!

“KANIA

By Frank Robbins

PULL UP.

ALONGSIDE {

EVEN

that.

MAGICIANS

Can't Carlsberg

If we were

any fresher we'd still be on the vine!

Libby's

TRY FROZEN STRAWBERRIES

TODAY

on

whether

weapons

If tactical atomic are held to be "unusual”, then the Western powers, the only possible suppliers, would prob- ably refuse,

their Own security interests, to sell them to neutral Sweden ог Impose

ת!

guarantees which her Govern- ment might feel unoble to give.

The latest official

this

statement problem, made

In Parliament recently by the Defence Minister, Mr Torsten Nilsson, disclosed only that "there are no possibilities at present for buying these weapons."

TRADITIONAL – POLICY

Conservative and Liberal newspapers, notably Svenska Dagbladet and Dagens Nyheter, bave suggested 羈 formula which may meet any stipula tions by the supplying powers without clashing with the Swedish Government's neutral- ity policy.

It is based on the terms under which Sweden bought "advanced" radar equipment from the United States In 1952.

She signed a declaration that this equipment would be only for the maintenance of internal security, for justted self- defence and for carrying out security measures in accordance

charter of

ROWNTREES Nations Organisation, the United

MILK CHOCOLATE WITH ALMONDS AND RAISING

this situation

calls for a

San Miguel

The equipment, the declara- tion added, will not be used for any attack on any other state but employed only in oc- cordance with Sweden's tradi- tional polley of promoting international ponco and secur

The Government's poolion ko mado more difficult by the fact that there is a minority · In its own Socialist party which strongly opposed to Swedezi having tactical storie wespone at all, elthor by home coRINI- facture or by purchase

frosn abrood. This minority argues that these weapons. are offen- sive and not defonsive and that Sweden can have no we them since she is pledged senge only defensivé wRON

MAKE UP MIND

for to

One member of this minority, Mrs Nancy Eriksson, said Parliament that to acquire atorio espone “would be tha spme thing, as abandoning our mitrality policy?""

In the mosntime, the Oppoel- tion parties are urging... the Government

to malce - up ̄_Ite | rnind quickly so that Sweden shall not delay' in, implement- Ang Genral dwedlund's recOE- azeriikkiota: for