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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1957.

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NOTICE TO

BY CAROL CDCHILL

Copenhagen, Dec. 2. DANE in distress, bo- cause his motorcar has been emashed, his house flooded or his dog mauled, has probably more chance of receiving rapid asal tance than the citizen of almost any other country who finds himself in a similar predicament.

The reason is a nationwide rescue aervice, claimed to be the sperdiest and most efficient in Europe today.

The rescue work is spilt up between two private organbas tior. the Falck Redningskorps (Stivage Corps) and the Zene: Redningskorps, of which Falck is the oldest and by for the most extensive.

31

This

Does

motorcar came

about

£3

Anything

ambulance

THE 'BIGAMIST'

66HD Bigamist" which comes to the Roxy

two women. It

and Broadway today, is п austrated by a regent "rescue | Falck

aircraft poignant, emotional drama action" In which a Falck brought home 71 sick or injured of a man trapped by his de- machine was sent from Copen- | Denos.

votion to hagen to the German border to In 1936, Falcks Redingskorpa deliver half a dozen passports rendered assistance of various reveals the talents of four which the drivers of some deep-kinds in almost half a million of Hollywood's brightest The average in Copen- stars in Joan Fontaine, Ida had inadvertently cases.

hagen alone, where the Corps Lupino, Edmond O'Brien, duly maintains its own medical scand Edmund Gwenn. documents WETO

emergency calls dropped from the air and a device was 400 lap which would cormally have a day. been 24 hours was reduced to one hour.

year. This entles the owner to have his car, in the event of a breakdown, brought back home free of charge, no matter how often a breakdown occurs Othe services to which A private person can subscribe in- clude free transport of sick and injured members of the family anywhere within Denmark.

In Denmark, the State only provides free ambulance service for citizens with an income el las: than £600 a year, and many therefore safegund them selves by subscribing to one of

the rescue organisations. In Over 70 years ago a certalaminy cases local authorities also Sophus Falek, then aged 19, took contract with them to carry the nert ir salvaging trer sures during sick and injured.

Are in Christiansborg Castle l Copenhagen,

experience convinced him of the need for an organised salvage Corps and 22 years later, in 1900, founded Denmark's first private salvage company under the naine. at Falcks Reddingskorpa,

Organisation

he

ify

During the 60 years of

the Cerps has existence, developed from an organisation intended to protect plant and machinery against fire and flood damage, to give first zid in esses ol sickness or accident, and to help humta beings or animals in danger. into what I jokingly

Danish gled

People s Nanny".

Today, It undertakes almos under the CONSIGNEES ang coming

trending of an emergency, from catching an escaped bull to dy ing home Danish school children who have been spending their holidays abroad and have been struck down by Aslun induenzt.

Although the corps is a com- real company, it has to some

character of extent the philanthrope halitution as the dividends on the original capital are not allowed to exceed Ave per cent, while surplus probis ule used for further develop incut of its services.

"LYCAONTM

Damaged cargo ex this vessel will be Burveyed by Merr. Paulsen & Bayer-Davy at Holt's What from

10 am, on December & and 5, 1937,

and consliters are requented to have Uteir representatives present during

the survey.

DUTTERFIELD & SWOLE, Agents.

Hong Kong. December 2, 1957.

TO ADVERTISERS

for

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

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The subscription fee for the calvage service covering

Fire Fighting

freeze vans left behind.

The

con-

WHAT TO DO IF A 10 MEGATON

BOMB FALLS

By WALTER DAVIS

London, Dec. 2. Instructions to the man-in-the-street on what to do if a 10 megaton hydrogen bomb-equal to 10,000,000 tons of high explosive-fell on Brl- tain have recently been issued by the British Government.

达

The best defence against chaos whitewashed

windows were

and confusion, he has been told, broken by the slower-noving

"a recalute spirit of self-blast. reliance, based not on ground. less colimism, but on knowledge of the facts,"

The picture aimed in wide- screen, forthrightly reveals the story at a tragic love triangle, a Inventiveness

problem which has found its way to the front pages of news

and papers

magazines, which has exacled its toll from humens caught in the swirl of conflicting desire.

for

Danish Nor do the

rescue services restrict their services to Denmark. Falck, In

Often the requests are such junction with the Danish motor that they test the inventiveness clubs also runs a continental

ard resilience of the "rescue service, which goes into action

Onc subscriber. men," when # Danish tourist is

example, demanded that Falck stranded owing to filness or de-

should arrange the purchase cident.

and delivery of a rate orchid continen-to a girl friend, while another lal service is a Folck

station telephoned to ПЕК If the ir Hamburg, manned entirely

erranisation could supply by Danes

fourth man for bridge. In both case, the corps obliged.

The main base of the

Both services are used for fire For a cost ranging from 15 fighting, and Falck is respon-blings to £7.5s, depending on sible for the fire services in the countries visited, a Danish can take out more than half of the country's | tourist with 1,300 parishes. This corps has a Falck subseirpilon covering

100 fre and salvage period ranging from four days over stations, which are spread out in te scur months and entitling such a manner that no accident him to have his car brought can occur further than 12 miles back from any part of Western from station.

Europe in case of necident.

Guarantees

IC

It also guarantees the driver free air transport home in cas? o serious fiess, or injury. In

the subscriber addition, celves Falck Letters of Credit which he can use to obtain re- pairs on the road, and legal or medical assistance following a

n

Other activities to which "rescue men" may be called is the cordoning off of publle places during Stato Visits, the arrangement of country tours for the aged, and the washing of circus elephants.

The cost of maintaining the organisation amounts to aboul

£1,500,000 n

ог year. Mast this sum is obtained from sub- cription fees paid ter variona the services by

Governmen'. the local authorities, industrial undertakings and private dividuals. Incone

from payment derived

to non- subscribers.

services

and

no defence against the H-bomb The official view is that whlle

is possible, millions of lives can be sayed by an efficient civil defence organisation if people know in advance what to do.

written for A booklet, Home Offee, which love responsible for civil defence. morale stresses that civilian

be decisive in any

Edmond O'Brien portrays the title role of "The Bigamial" and the Missen Fontaine and Lupino, the women who are suddenly caught up bewilderingly in the mesh of this complicated uffair, or lova, aftales, rather.

Gwenn in cast as a new type would of detective, an investigator for nuclear war. an adoption agency, who delves Into the lives of a couple who

NEW FILMS

11-

v

for

ANTHONY FULLER

rendered

The steady various

forms

Increase In the of assistance

the

عا

The Pressure

Explosion of a 10 megaton bomb. 500 times more power- ful than the

bomb alom dropped on Nagasak! in 1945, would leave a crater one mile across and 200 feet deep. The would be 50 pressure nearby thnes, the atmospheric pressure and the dreball could be up to three or four miles across,

Threats,

the booklet says, under come

these headings: the the danger from heat.

from blast and the danger danger from radio-activity. Precautions advised against these ure:

The stations are manne by u 'otal of 1,000 men, with half as and many again in reserve, bave as their disposal more than 1,000 vehicles, including am- bulances, fire engines, mobily

und vans with floodil, ciste cqui, ment.

Fnick employees, or "rescut men as the Dunes call them, are, with the exception of frog- men and fire Bghters, trained entirely by older comrades and do

nut have to pass any special crash. examinations.

The corps 1s It is estimated that 10 per required in a modern com- open to all Danes over 21 yearscent of all Danish tourists tak-munity necessitates a continu-wish to adopt a child and dis-

prospective covers the

father of age and the only qualication, ing ears abroad make use of ous expansion of the

keeping an amazing, secret from apart from health and com-the

society.

40 In addition to co-starring in -maker's production

Brid writer, Miss Lupine also directed the picture, the first in Hollywood history an actress has directed herself.

Heading the supporting com- pany are Kenneth Tobey, Jane Darwell, Peggy Maley, Lillian Fetnine, and John Mcxwell.

rescue

Falck services in some organisations. In addition to a pleted military service, is an form. Falck aircraft make one number of new stations, Falck or two trips a week to the con- is also planning to extend its

ambulance driver's licence.

In addition to a network of tineri during the summer park of aircraft in order to be the

which Collier Young served as

rescue stations, Falck rung a monthy to foleh stek Danes able, in the Jet Age, to respond

to the ever greater demands for producer fleet of motorboats to carry sick home. persons among the Dautsh

This year, 97 domaged Danish rapid assistance and thereby islands, and five aircraft.

raptor vehicles have been uphold the Falck motto: The unorthodox uses to which brought back from West Euro- "Speedy Help is Double Help"

can be put are pean countries by Falck, while China Mail Special,

a Falck aircraft

AMERICAN OFFICIALS

ALARMED

OVER INDONESIA

By STEWART HENSLEY

Washington, Dec. 2.

Hong Kong Developments in Indonesia, including the attempt-

Birds

Herklots, G. A. C. 1958. Hong Kong Birds, Pp. ult233, 11 pla., 8 in colour, numerous black- and-white drawings in text. Hong Kong: South China Morning Past, Ltd., HK$35.00.

་

a most welcome handbook for ornitholo-

gists resident or station –

ed assassination of President Soekarno, have further alarmed American officials who al ready were fearful concerning the future of the wealthy but strife-torn archipelago. The stern economic sanctions Instigated taken against the Dutch because | attempt,

10

the

assassination

Speculation

from

of their retusst 10 conluer varlous quarters blamed every- Indonesia's claim Western body from the Communists to

The New Guinea have added

anti-Communist Sudanese concern here regarding the Youth Movement, prospects of achieving stability

in the newly independent nation which streiches for 3,000 miles across the South Pacific.

The

anti-Dutch economic

Most

Unhappy

authorities here have

hla

e in Hong Kong. All measures had been threatened been unhappy with Soekarno's

cre

the hitherto recorded by Djukurta if it folled, as it did, efforts to continue to co-operate species Included; to win United Nations endorse- with the Communists in plumages are clearly and

and there has been 11s demand that the country ment of concisely described, and Netherlands negotiate the fate considerable feeling that

bis

a short account is given of West New Guinea, However, course would lead to increasing of field characters, officials here had hoped that unrest. There has been increas voice, babits, status, steps such as those announced The illustrations, yesterday against Dutch business except for three plates interests could be avoided.

etc.

of photographs, are all

by Cdr. A. M. Hughes,

and include four attrac-

tive plates of the heads

of 42 species and many bidden

Forbidden

for- American officials are

to the

China Mail Entertainment Guidë

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT

KING'S & PRINCESS: "Across The Bridge." Rod

Steiger in a superb picture.

QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA: "Paris Follies."

French spectacle.

A

ROXY & BROADWAY: "The Bigumist." Edmond O'Brien as the man and Joan Fontaine and Ida Lupino as the women.

STAR & METROPOLE: "Man Front Del Rio,"

Anthony Quinn in a Western,

HOOVER & LIBERTY: "Action Of The Tiger."

Van Johnson, Martine Carol and Herbert Lom in

Communist Albania.

Stevenson's Position

Be Clarified

To Be

Washington, Dec. 2.

The State Department said today that the question of whether Adtai E. Stevenson will be asked to attend the forthcoming Nato summit meeting in Paris may be "clarified" tomorrow.

ing speculation among oficials here that Sockamo's attitude was playing into the hands of the Communists with the result that they would show starling gains in next year's plections.

There was no doubt here that 10 Gay anything for the indonesians had the ability

about Indonesia's

The statement came after an fullest their to enforce

against the

ake to the two-lime Democra→ nomince said since the Netherlands the Presidential appeared in no position to do

that Mr Stevenson would con- elder altending the top-level anything about it.

However, the big question in meeting, scheduled for Deceni

Mber 16-18, 17 the Bdministration What: mlads of officials Washington

whether esked him to go. DjakePia was being wise lo

Dutch

useful drawings in the publication text. The writer of this troubles beyond deploring the economic sanctions review

have attempt cei Scekarno's life ena would

from the killing of a number of per beneßted greatly this book when station-sons in the vicinity, ed in Hong Kong some However, privately they make years ago. Even now, no effort to conceal their co on referring to it, some cern about the course of evants 40 unfamiller species in the country.

GD

was

which notes were The State Department So made at the tirae have far has been almost completely adopting such a course when i

dependent upon press reports for might lead to economic chaos Its information from Djakarta United Press. during the past few days, Ambassador John M.

almost all proved costly FIdentidable.-D. W. S. <Extract From "The rate official organ of the British Ornithologluta Union, Brah Hukum).

S. C. M. POST

HONG KONG

KOWLOON

US

on

Allison vas vacationing in the kills at the time of the attempt Soekarno aud the Embassy hus sent nothing more than a brief report of the grenade-throwing. Officials here declined oven to speculate on who might have

REMEMBER

Listen to

RADIO HONG KONG

TO-NIGHT at 9.15 p.m.

Compensation Claims

Mr Stevenson himself zold reporters there had won no diecussion of whether he would go to Paris where the North Atlantic Treaty Allies hope to strengthen their time to meel Russia's spree-nge challenge.

NOT INVITED

"I haven't been invited," he

said.

Things Will

Happen In Russia

With Los Angeles and Sen Francisco as backgrounds, "The Bigsmist" reaches its powerful elimax in the courtroom as the testimony of the wives and other important witnesses Beals the case agakist the man married women simultaneously, and the judgo delivers his verdict.

to

The ending is ironic and poses the question of which woman will ultimately claim the man cace he has paid his debt to society for an emotional crime.

Leith Stevens has written a moving original score, and Matt Dennis, popular singer and com- the author of "It poser, is wasn't the stars that thrilled me," the Alm's love song.

A unique pictorial highlight is tour of the. Hollywood stare home ... a different treatment to a lovers' first meeting, this time as two lonely humans in a strange town trking a ride on a sight-seeing tour bus trying to paas a lonely Sunday afternoon.

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1 By ASE Thailand. India, Pakistan, Middia East, Atries, Oral Bhan di Barope, 6 p.m.

Formosa, Korea. 9 p.m. Lee, 2.01. Canada, UB. Hawail Dim Korea, 6 pm.

By Surface Macao, _.za.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBKE 4 By Air Formosa, Okinawa, Japan, in am. Philippines North Borned, 11 am. Indo-China, France, 1 pm. Malaya, Indonesia, Auftralia, Now Zealand. 2 p.

V.B.A. lawall,

Canada, 6 p.m. Chikum, Prople's rupulilic, 7 a.m. Macao. 1 p.m India, Pakistan, Iraq (P. India, purto via Kamoni) Perlas out, Parade via Kuwali, 1 p.m.

North Dorking, 11 30610, Indo-China) pim. Saco, & P.D.

Liverpool, Dec. 2. British Foreign Secretary, Mr Selwyn Lloyd sald bare tonight that ho belleved "things will

in

monallthie the happen structure of the Eoviet Union Mr Stevenson, who has been and the satellite areas which Cairo, Dec, 2.

acting as a NATO consultant to will cause it to be easter to live

"Administration, made the with." Egypt's muwer to claims for the compensation by Suez Canal winterent after conferring on Company shareholders over the the administration proposals for Speaking at an electoral mett- nationalisation of the waterway about an hour with speaker Saming In Liverpool, he said, “We have been given to Mr Aly Rayburn.

are only too ready to come 40 Shoeb, Pakistani Director of the While Mr Stevenson was terms with the Soviet Union on World'

Bank, who leaves bere talking to reporters at the capi- any genuine Inflative to compe for Washington tomorrow.

the tal,

State Department to any disarmotient agreement Mr Shoch, who had his final spokesman, Lincoln While, told which would be properly, can meeting with

Egyptian newsmen that Mr Stevenson's, trolled, but in the meantime we Minister of Tupace, Dr Abdul future role as a NATO advisor have to stand Exm." Moneim El Kalssuny, today will raight be "clarißed" tomorrow,

to the

“This is a battle of wills," the zenská, But Mr Whita said in reply to carry Egypt's answer shareholders, Including a pro- question that "no decision Foreign Secretary said, adding Green

"Teller things will NO posal that a World Bank Com-that I know of" had bein mado that,

Pallippines, Noon Inisalan should visit Calro on Inviting Mr Stevenson to at- happen in the monolithic strug

yballand, "Bunday India, a p.m. discuss details of gompensation tend the Paris moeling-Unlled ture of the Soviet Unioch,”

IPTORS.

the

Blast:

"Irreparable" damago le done up to five mlies from the explosion, and light damage for 25 miles, In Japan,

few injuries were caused directly by blast, but many by falling masonry and fragments of glass.

covered with A lit trench, earth, or a cellar or basement are advised for protection. A picture in the booklol shows a family sitting, quite unper- turbed. in à trench while buildings and telegraph poles ore falling overhead.

★ Radlo • Activity:

symptoms

sickness Arc

The

of radiation The described. victim does not feel anything for a few hours; then vomiting and fever, but little pain. Then come loss of appeilie, loss of and Internal bleeding. hair

affected should, it People

από posible, be kept warm

allowed complete physical and mental rest

Slit Trench

As with blast, a slit trench, with overhead cover of two or three feet of curth, would give very good protection from radio-active fall-out, but people would have to stay in it 40

Heat: At 18 milea, ex- posed skin might be in-hours or more while the sur- jured by the heat, and at four rounding radio-activity decayed. miles the heat would be fatal

or

and

anyone slanting in the open. The chances of escaping serious burns are increased by wearing hal and gloves sincks

trousers. AL Japanese Hiroshima, Bomu women who had on white patton dresses with a dark pattern received burns only beneath the pattern

The skin under the white material escaped, because whi'e er Bght-coloured material re- flects heat while dark material absorbs it.

Colour apart, woollen clothes, the booklet says, would be less likely to calch' fire than cotton. If clothing catches Bre, the best way to put is out is to roll over and over on the ground.

The Blost

knowing

Householders, bomb can start fires up to 20 miles from the explosion point, would do well to remove in- flammable materials such 风劲 curtains, from those parts of their house which have an open view of the sky. The lower storeys would probably be

elded by other buildings. Windows should be white- wathed.. This would block scme 80 per cent of the rays and, as these rays travel at the spied of light, most of the heat would have passed before the

A prepared refuge room in- side a house, the one with the fewest outside walls, could give

protection. good

Again, its stay occupants would have to there for days if necessary, until told it was safe to leave.

The windows would need to be blocked with solid material at least the thickness of the sur- rounding walls. It would help If walls were thickened with sandbags or boxes Alled with earth.

The booklet says that radio- netive dust should be washed off with soap and water, parti- cular attention being paid to nails and hair. The burning of clothes

will no! destroy any radio-activity which they have collected.

to have a re- It is essential serve supply of water by keep- Ing the bath and other tainers fled,

con-

In heavily contaminated nrées, many livestock would get a fatal dose of radiation but the flesh would be edible if the animals were slaughtered_be- fare they died from the effects of the radiation.

The growth of crops would be little affected. If they were contaminated with fall-out they would be dangerous to eat, but. some crops, cabbage for example, might be made safe by thorough washing after the outer leaves had been removed.

China Mall Special.

RADIO HONGKONG

030 pm. Not ror Squares"; 6, Tima, (Chinese), Presented by Alexander Signal. La Demi fleure Francaise: Sun: 0, Mr District Attorney, Star- 8.30, B01100 "Pops Orchestra plays ring David Brian: 9.30, Report From "Offenbach"** 6. Weather Report: America" 10, Festure Film: "Hawaii 1. Time 8gal News: 7,40, Com- Calle," Featuring Bobby Breen; 11.30, nitary: 1.15, "Emolding

en- |-· Nows Hendlines, Weather Report and quiry into the habit and dia poesible | Announcements; Close Down. danger. introduced by Robert held! 7.45, RAF Band of the Far East; 0.13. Take It From Here: 8.45, Ross- munds. Op, 26 (Schubert) Czech Philarmente Orchestra: 8.50. Wen- ther Report: 9. Time Signal. News and Home News from Britain: 9.15, Motoring Magazine produced by Ted Thoma; 0:46. Look What I've Found. prestated by John Wallace; 10.40.

and his Jascha Daisko

Gypay Orchestra; 10.50. Weather Reporti 11, Time Signal. Radio Nowsteck: 17:15, And So To Bed; 1139, Clove Dow

REDIFFUSION

D. Musical Maunee: 330, |A

Partners In Song- The Androwi Sistem: 4 Tea Time Rendezvous! 4.30. Vocally Yourleaturing Palti

and Perry Como; b. Children's Corner Preventud by Auntie Ray! 8.39. Progreraiya Jazz-Presented by Ray Cordeiro; 0. Torch Tonga

Tariff Bill Passes Second Reading

London, Dec. 2.

bill to moderniso. Britain's tariff procaduro was given a second reading in the House of Commons to- * night.

Bidney Torch and his Orchestra! It will not alter existing 0.25, Birthday Maillogt; 0.30, Baid rates of import duty except tu Colt-Fommy Dorsey's

Orchestra: amall ways but is designed, to 43. The Story of Jane Armitage:

BBC News: 7.09, Weather Foreshoplify the classification of chat: Announerments and Interlude; gooda.

7.15. Military Bank Mizle-Played by Sir David Eccles. President of The Royal Air Force Band of The the Board of Trade, said it For East: 745. Glenes Milier and Mis

FOLLOWED

Orchestra: . Personality Parade would make Britain neither Petula Clark; 8.15, Strange Tale of more liberal nor more protec- Eastermain-Episode 15: 8.30, Optionist than she had been in the The Other Sido-Presented by Nick Kendall 9, Squad Room-A story of last ten years. Crime and Pundament: 030, Hung- werd kundemĄ. BELLRINI Travelogõe written and Presented by Jook

Mr Ronald Russell (Conserva- Binginer: 10, Nhine Hall Varieties! 1983, afoods Is Music; 11. Date With live) said he hoped the bill Deegoland: 11.30 Protude To Mid-would be followed by similar Tight: Midnight, "God Save The measures Queen": Come Down

ETRUKDDAY, DECEMBER 5

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Thailand, 8 a.m.

5 p.m., Children's Hour "Cartoons": 5.19. Children's Timu 3,39, Belaya, Indonesia, Australia. Naw

Fabulous Colonel Jack". Close Ceylon, India.

Dow Pakuten.

7530,"Adventures

Conducted by Ann Less. Producer:

countries.

in Commonwealth

Earlier Sir David Brcles EX= plained that the lion was to

taris: Introduce a ↑ "common language" becauso Britain's Was

out of date. The bill provides

for

· Import · · duties: Board, Independent of the Government,

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John now, to audio Premptationi: 7.45. Redifusion. Nowweal; 8. Can- Comune Buried Film: Wing and 3000. | sy The Two Beaver (ParkSN 036

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