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CHINA Serious Dangers To Britain's FARMING IN EIRE
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London, Nov. 15. The heavy costs of military operations in the Middle East and the resultant disruptions to trade pose some serious dangers to Great Britain's economy, in the opinion of experts here.
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and reports from other parts of Je country
mentioned
seizure of "Ühousands."
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The paralysis which rrigned in Budapest since the end of the street-fighting con- tinued today.
alministrative buildings, hundreds of employees stood m corridors or offices, not knowing what to đo, or who their superiors were.
The official Communist Party newspaper Nep Sabadozag had not appeared this afternoon. which sermed to Indicate that the threatened strike of printing workers had gone into effect.
There were no buses ber use of the strike,
There was no shortage of principal food products, but long quotes stood in front shops..
Soviet Patrols
of li
Soviet soldiers in Budapest ware tonight ripping down strike nollees posted on the city walls by_the_revolutionary committers, The city was patrolled by Soviet troops who, when they
garlans, all repeated their care- fully learned lesson, that they were there as a temporary measure to crush Fasclen,
They sometimes added that they would rather be home,
are quickly overcome by got into conversation with Hun
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Marsellies, Nov. 15. William Tubman, President of the Liberian Republle, today left France on his return to Liberia, after a two-month European tour,
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IS NOT A PAYING BUSINESS
Dublin, Nov. 15. Farming, which is the national industry of Eire, is far from being a profitable business as it is practised here now, according to a survey made by the official Central Statistics Office here.
The survey shows that not Here are some of the results: only new a great many farmers In "poor" farms it was found making a poor living out of the thai 39 had an income of under land, but in many cases they are £10
distribution an acre for earning less than they have to hired labour. In the same cate- between the family and the
pay the hired labour,
Office.
Financial Results
deals
zory,
40 farms had an income The survey covers 1,024 Jarms of £10 to £18 per acre; and 63 in all parts of the country. It hud £18 and over. was begun in January 1955 and
In the case of "average" farms, a preliminary report ban now 119 had a labour and family been issued by the Statistics Income of under £10 on Gere: 129 farms had 210 to £14 an acre; and 106 had 14 and over. In the "good" 30 to 30 acre class, 100 farms had a labour The report
with the and family Income of under £10 financial results of the survey Jan acre; 120 farms had £15 to only, and maiters such 418 14; and 130 hod £14 ult volume of production are to be over. dealt
On an individual farm basis. with In a further repart which is not expected ka be family Incomes are shown โป range from an average luss of 145 per farm on 37 "poor" farms to an average point of £1,815 sterling per farm on 45 "good" farms. The best farms in the over 200
acres group had family average
incornes of £1,815 but this hud to be shared by 1.85 units of "family" labour. (A labour unit was regarded as is scarcely an an adult working for 52 weeks.
Child labour was treated as a fruction of the
labour
unit).
completed until next year.
Thailand. India, Middle Africa. Great Britain, & Europe. Dr Robert Geary, Director of O P.M.
described The Statistics Offee, Malaya, Indonesia, Australia, Newthe survey as the
"most l- Zealand. 9 pm.
portant enquiry" ever under taken by bla office,
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Hawaii, USA., Canada, 4 pm. Formosa, Japon, Okinawa, Kurca. Indo-China. France. 0 p.m.
By Surface
Chans, People's Stepubie, 7 4.m. Formon, a..
Macao, p.p
Japan, Hawaii, 1 p.m.
New Zealand, 4 pm.
Thailand, 4 p.
Korea.pm.
China. People's Republic, o
Maso, p.nl.
PROMOTED
"The problem was approach- ed on the basis that agriculture was an important industry, important that
on
exaggeration
ULY that nothing matters in Ireland ex- cepl agriculture," he said. "The These farms had invested
of about £6,000 on p.m. Inquiry might be said to signal overage
crops, Uvestock and machinery. the reeng
It to this investment, were add- ed the value of the land buildings.
end the total investment would be more than £12,000.
The promotion of Destnond
in
|business," of farming as
For the purpose of the aurvey; farms were divided into severu
groups, according to size: five to 10 acres; 15 to 30 acres: 30 to 50 100 10
and
acres 19
of
General Conclusions
The family income on these Carms was therefore about 17 per cent of investment. If family workers were paid labourers' wages, the return to the farm- er for his capital and manage- ment on these farms would be were about eleven per cent.
in
Ernest McKenna, of the Hong-cres; 0 to 100 acres:
200 acres, and 200 acres Naval Volunteer kong Royal Reserve, to the rank of Probu-over. Farms of five to 10 acres were regarded as "poor" farms; tionary Acting Sub-Lieutenant,
of 15 to 30 was announced in the Govern- those
"average" farms; and those ment Gazette this morning.
30 to 60 Deres as "good" farms. The resignation of his commis. During the period of the sion in the Royal Hongkong De-
survey. [aum accounts fence Force of Lieutenant R. Akept by the Survey officers Pereira has been
All the forms in all the classes And been coproved.
respect of each farm surveyed und the farmers themselves appear to be mixed farms with Whilst la Europy, Tubman. A
cine large quantity of
were not asked to keep the ac- crops, callie, dairy produce, pigs, visited Italy,
And France, Swkzer- camerA equipment was stolen counts. In view of the results, it poultry
sheep and tand, Germany and the Nether-trom u private car parked is worth noting that the survey wool. lande.
He returned
Road from Upper Albert
between covered
1955/30 Some general conclusions the period
to Geneva this morning.—Franco- | 2 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. on Wednes- which was the best year for be seen in the report show that Presse.
day.
farmers ever recorded in Elre. on farms of between 50 and 100 acros the earnings for each member of the family who works on the form come to only
£319 year or about week. Even on farms of over 200 acres, the incomes of individual working members of the family come to only £489 a year, or about 29 10s a week. In many cases, this represente a capital outlay of up to £18,000.
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The report shows that on the farms where the lowest income per acre is earned, rearing and feeding of cattle appears to be regarded by the farmers ns the most important part of their work. On the other hand, on the (arms which are earning most per acre, cattle are secondary to crops and dairy produce.
Poor Living
on a
report.
Commenting
on the the Irish Independent, a large- circulation, politically indepen- dent, newspaper. says that not only does it prove that the large | majority of farmers are making a poor living from their forms, but it also shows that many of them are living
smaller wage than they have to pay by law to their farm workers.
The newspaper's Agricultural Correspondent wrote: "11 also shows that the real reason for the fight from the land' is not that the men and women of rurai Ireland are tempted to leave the country by tho' amenities and amusements of city lie, but that they are being forced to leave the land because In many cases It is only giving them something better than a pauper's existence."* Utilise Resources
One of the most important re- sults of the survey is that it shows that efficiency, ns mea- sured by income per acre, has little to do with the size of the Larm
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It is, therefore, in the
words of another commentator. "valuable algnpost to what formere could do by improving their efficiency."
It is intended, eventually, to supply farmers with statements comparing the efficiency factors on farms of simllur sizes. In this way, it la hoped to "educato”. Karmonw in the best ways to utilise their resources. ---China Mail Special.
Education For Malays
Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 15:- Malaya's Federal Council, to- day approved a plan to provide education to every child in the Federation above that, nga bi peven front
Malaya is derice
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