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London, Apr. 8, THE flow of overseas
students into Britain increases each year. There are several reasons for this, but one of the chief is that continues to English grow in popularity as a world language.
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As World Language
British Counell's English library at Kuala Lumpar hau a member- ship of nearly 5,000.
Students have widely differ- ng molives for coming to Be- tain. Most of the Indiane wad Pakistanla alrendy spanking good English, are in search ef technological training, degrees, or practical experience. Their number kendily Increases each year. There are about 7,000 of them at present.
British Life
Although It is spoken by 255,000,000
however, people. Chinese is spoken by even more. ts, in fact, at the head of the "longunge lat", with 473 000,000 people speaking it, but there is inore than one Chinese language. Russian
with comes third, 200,000,000 and Spanish £115 with find are roughly equal, 150,000,000 each,
Britain is still generally co- idered to be the world's great cst centro
Its of turning.
be universities are thought to the best and the degrees which they offer the most worth hav- Ing and thousands of students come from foreign countries in London and
and well as the Dominions Colonies vach year to them.
The Desire
One alm all the students ap pear to have in comnion, what- is a lean something of British ever their anticality or age.
ways and British life.
But they d the cost el living high.
with
a shilling or two for amuse- aments,
But it will not include clga-
By
SIDNEY
TAYLOR
university
competition for places, and unless he, has cer- Tahn Qualißeations a. slucent will not be nocepted at all.
Tho ubject of authorities - Uko the British Council is to choose people who can profit by the facilities offered and lako back specialised know-how to coun tries which are most in need of it.
Some Colonial students who do not make their plans in advance and spall their changes of success, finish up washing dishes in a restaurant. Even this low-puld work is more than a foreigner would be allowed
suits for the money he, now pays for one mult.
Housewives are for ever com- plaining that the £ today 17 worth only 7 billings. Even since 1905, the price of bed and to take. breakfast in students' "digs" in London
and Cambridge has
risen from £2 105 to £3 3
A
Warned
wook. In the centre of London, lor person would And that former bill of £3 13s f 18 Overseas students are warned HOV £4 149 0.
trying to "work their Brainst Most Londoners live some dis- way" through college. This may tanco nothing of travelling 18 miles to jot America, but it is regarded Their
powere 141 places of employment,jes beyond human Many foreigners, however, do Britak, because
out of
From HKing Wood
AUSTRAL NEWSLETTER
SYDNEY'S Royal Show, now town and think be possible in the United States
iversity
not like doing this. They pre- tutors and protemors here ex-
|
fset that the Government is now
A young university student
Sydney (By Airmail). needs £33.10s a month to live £32 outside,
winding up for its Easter This will Layer toud
and
crescendo, has so far had some of the best weather in its lodglag, perhaps sharing a room mother fuderit. bus
history, yet attendances are falling rapidly behind other years. or underground fares but no taxis, some personal necessitles.
fer to alay In the centre and peet their students to work While the Show, ometals kept out of harm's woy, and
If Mr Joel succeeds in doing laundry, repairs to clothing,
hence have to pay more not hord during the vacation as well themselves shrug this off as wlikin ཐ
fow
months was anything worthwhile with the Istallonery, postage stamps, one only for their accommodation | by during term time,
all quietly, "Invalided" out of the poket machines in view of the being "prelly satisfactory, or two newspapers a day leave but also for resturant meals A student paying his own things considored," that is not army.
the story being fold inside the The latter-day Bill Wentworth, getting a tax rake-off of £1% grounds.
who is still a hot-headed MP million from them, it could be There satesmen,
second sideshow more frequently in the Prime written down as
of I, greatest triumph-als first un- OVITICIS. pic-stall meu, fairy Minister's hair than out Hoss attendants, 101 eating may toxiny multer a few tuts doubtedly was to successfully places and quite number of tute about young Eill's appear-back the party machines of two restaurants all say that once in court but his own great political powers by being do not remember less history will not lot him do very elected
Legistative Countli
Independent money being spent at such a much more. time,
member.
The Department of Road and
how hil
THE Transport
upon of
casing the traffic congestion in Sydney- the banning vehleles.
The nunaber Di foreign students and professional men AMERICAN COTTON RUGS, Tub-visiling Britain is to some ber-backed, washable, y x 12′, bad- tent evidence of the desire for Form Fata--White, yellow, surguulep
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In great demand all over the week-beer or wine, chocolate, warld. The British Counell's ex- fruit, hire of a radio or tele- hibitions of books and attiodivision set, telephone calls Dr Nor will the cos have been to various parts library fees. MODCHN DALLROOME
Brazi, student be in "Emplate Intensive coursen""
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The British Council Suys there are more propio studying English in Latin America ihan any wine else and the requests
In a boarding house or small coming in for places la classes hotel, with a private family, he are extremely heavy in Argen (will pay £5 week for a
sonably pleasant ruoin with ina and Brazil.
Stxtren English language breakfast. As he gets to know teachers from Brazli vislied his way around, he will find a Britain eorly this year and 44 Zairly good tunch for 5s and a scholarships.
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British Institutes are flourishing many places, notably in Spain and fialy, In Milan, the The cost of living in Britain -British Council -is-teaching has doubled--or trebled-romT)---| about a thousand pupils, which pured with what it was before is as many as they can cope World War II, when a mun with at present, in Mulnya, the I could buy an overeval nud two
'Who Says Paris Has Got The Best Stripper?'
By HENRY W. THORNBERRY
London, Apr. 8.
London, joined in battle with Paris today over which elty produces the best amateur strip. teasers.
and einemu scats,
Iway at Oxford or Cambridge One of the biggest mistakes requires at least £350 a year lodging and made by foreigners is to arrive for fees, board, in Lendon
without haying clothes. No spare time occupa- ilon normally open to a student mady any arrangements for nd- inirsion to an university course would yield anything like that Many do not seem to fealise sum. And to get the greatest from life in a British that these things require carefu! benest preparation, extending over university, the overcas rudent several months, perhaps even must take part in its club and a year. There tremendous social life.-China Mail Special,
Ching Mail Entertainment Guide
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT
ROXY & BROADWAY: "A Farewell To Arms.” Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones in Hemingway's great novel.
KING'S & PRINCESS: "The Bridge On The River Kwai." William Holden, Jack Hawkins and Alec Guinness_in_an_ Aelemy Awards winning war picture.
HOOVER & LIBERTY: "Merry Andrew." Danny
Kaye in a comedy.
STAI & METROPOLE: "Love In The Afternoon." Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn and Maurice Chevalier in a romance.
LEE &. ASTOR: "Sayonara." Marlon Brando falls
in love in Japan. ORIENTAL:
"The Man In The Sky."
Jack
Hawkins, MAJESTIC: "Desert Rats." Richard Burton and
James Mason.
CAPITOL: "Bagdad." Maureen O'Hara, RITZ: "The Brass Legend." A Western.
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RADIO HONGKONG
Smart they
The director Association,
of the Royal
Lt. - Go
Sir
Frank
Berryman, admits
is not
that about thin
Poker Machines
the money
There are all the pointers that year but said that everyone was that man, Asher Joel, has done
man
it again.
the
15. an
ultimate Iden
of private motor
Ban Traffic
dcing exceptionally well cun- sidering the economic situation, There is not the slightest
Asher Joel, who calls himself doubt that there has been a a Public Relations Consultant. considerable lightening in all who is now a Member of the Heidy of business over the last State Upper House, a personal This is so elementarly simple few months.
confidant of members of partio- that the next step will be to who ment A big business
parties, but ban oli motor vehicles, so that before Christmas would smock particularly Labour, is the man overnight ne traffe whatsoever you hearthly on the back and who a few years ago, acting on will be in the Cily and therefore
Various Say "We're sat to the beards behalf of
returned no congestion. ald boy," today buys a holl Foldiers' organisations,
It is reported that the Scotch and tells you how bad mainly responsible for inducing Premier, My Cahill, had one things are.
tho Government to legalise look at the idea and promptly poker machines, which have locked it up in one of his pigeon - Irds club tire in this State holes, equat, if not better than any thing of its kind in the world.. A fortnight- ago Sydney's first
11 19 the same Asher Joel, start on an express highway who neting on behalf of the
Traffic Jams
way
Sir Gardeld Barwick, QC, new Liberol_member_for_Farma- matta, and a persand) friend of the Prime Minister, Mr Menzies, has returned from his initial
the sweeping curve around brewing interests, more than visit to Canberra with the view Circulor Quay-was declared open and within two days had somewhat concerned about their that the place hasn't got much
falling pronts, who has been buriety created all sorts of new trafe working behind the scenes to He would probably he the problems and troffle jams.
have something done to put a only MP ever attached at his Police admit that the number brake 011 poker machine first appearance in the Hous of care using this stretch of
carnings.
this by Labour's deadly Eddie highway off the Harbour Bridge
It is
now reported that the Ward-and he would certainly is beyond all expectations. And Government-is-planning-to be the first MP whose maiden- did not foresee the possiblity strictly limit their use.
speech was personal explana- of so many traffic snarls on the There are suggestions that no tion, castern fringe of the City.
more pre to be Teensed; that Gar Barwick is pretty used to This has caused BO
many 27 machines the great money | in-fighting when it contes to a alterations in trame rules for spinnersore to be abolished | tongije bash, and no one has one-way streets that motoriste end that clubs may bo only any doubts that once he settles are not quite sure which street permitted to operate then he will be well able to taice to lake as one-way which day. machines for certain hours, coro of himself,
It must be admitted, however, that the new highway is relley- ing inner elty congestion and drive across it now and realise that, it was blueprinted more than 30 years ago, gives some indication of the outstanding foresight of the bridge designer, Dr J. C. Bradfeld.
You may have read that three students endeavour- Show Personality Parade-Mated to re-enact the opening stunt
university west; tib, Henry Jerome Blow; 7.30, Billy May and his Orchestra:, 7.45. by Captain de Groot of the 5.30 . Evening Serenade: 4, Time Signal: Lucky Dip-Listeners'
Story Of Jane Arrollage: 1. Timo Harbour Bridge in 1931 when As of this month the French Raymond,
29-year-old Requests prested by Margher Forecast Announcemema and Inter-
Signal and the News: 8.09, Weather he slashed the ribbon before the capital's monopoly of simon-dynamo of the theatrical world 7 Ahsel Schult iterari; 713. Patch Jude: 8.10, Tops Popular bivale then Premier, Mr J. T. Lang. will be who has over a dozen girlie work 2.50, Weather Report: 8. Time. presented by Nick Rendall; 8.30, This pure pecing contests
time students tried fo Signal, The Newa: 8.10. Commentary: Diamond Musle Show: 9, when the first, of shows touring the country, fork-fats, Come tale the Parlous Mule challenged
"The cut the ribbon across the high- amateur od out some $400,000 to provide London's best-looking
"Jewel "RobDĚTYDY from Northern Ireland; 6.43, Werner Edward J. Mason; 19, Men Behind
way before the Premier, J. J. strippers beging her maroh down a plushy backdrop for the con- Muller and his orchestra: 0. Time The Melody George Gershari: 10.30 Cahill, could do the job, but Signal: Wednesday Theatre - the hugs runway at a New Soho | feet which will be run la con-
One Night Stand: 11 Date With "Tinusky" and "Late Viskoz': 0.58,
toucher of when within a Girlie Palaco.
Dreamland: 11.30. Prelude To Mid- junction with a permanent flour Weather Report; 50, The Signal The News and Hotive News from Producer Paul Raymond, Bri- | Show. Iain's "Mr Striptease," said The audience-all of whom rain: 10.13 The Music of Cole Porter: 10.45. Eddie Füher sings old Why should the Parisians have will be "club members" because Italf to themselves. We're going nudes in Britain can move only to show them the London" gals | it appearing in a "club"--will look better without clothes." be the judges. (Legal note: in a ----- | pubile theatre, gudes must rel
main motionless.)
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con-
| patcher's asellänt, hjvė applied
for spots on the stripper tenis,
Raymond la nirendy under fire e scheduling these contests. Newspapers in which he placed advertisements for applications attacked him on grounds incx- perienced girls can't strip artis- tically.
Nonsense
rontense. Raymond started.
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"Some of my regular showgirls-registered articles are generally will pive them a low lemons be- forchand in the basic principles or stringindg. After that it's up to the contestants."
Raymond laid down two firm
for dealing witte girls rules suxious to outdo Paris Crazy Horse Saloon pesters. They have all to be young and they must all he pretty with good, sleek bodies,
"t, wan't taka mybody mca- Imuring! more than 30 inches around the bust, he said. "There's no place in my club for the 40- inchers. The big bosoma lack sex appoil and more often than not display bad tasto. It jegde to embarrasment among the auch ence and draws" "ribalday." United Press
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CITY FATHERS TO
TEAR DOWN HOUSE
OF
H
JOAN OF ARC
Orleans, April 8. [ISTORIC ́~ ́Oricang was rent in Two by~a decision of the city fathers to tear down the SUCCESS were pretty roughly house of Joan of Arc.
man-handed off the scene by *
make space for a steel-and concrete apartment building.
entrenched English.
small battalion of uniformed It was being destroyed to the furious chargo against the and plain-clothed detectives.
One of the students was young B Wentworth, run of a Oghting member of Parliament
That was Joan's most famous victory and ever since then she The rating of the rooms where has been called "The Muld of of the same name who is a great "The Mald" lived at the Ume Orleans." great grandson of. William | she forced, the English to lift
The house was last severely Charles Wentworth, one of their alege of Orleans in April damaged by German bomba in Australia's, greatest statesmen. 1420, was evoking a storm of 1040 when the Loire River be-
Good Guess
It is a pretty good guess that Bin Wentworth had a hearty-
came a French lost-ditch de- citizens colled it fence ilno.
and "shameful
protest.
The "sacrilege" barbarism."
Rebuilt
Experts called in recently lo appraise the historic value of the ruins rendered a unanimous verdiet; it had been rebuilt so many times that Its southern part, where the historlo rooms
laugh about young Bill's bridge opening activities, because he himself in the past has pulled Rut elty talkera, hacked by were located, no longer existed, more than one fast ens on the the Cathalie Church and
The last reconstructiop, 1004, authorities
archaeological experis, replied had eliminated the remaining Australia silil grins when It that the house has been rebuilt historie vestiges:
among other remember that in 1942. Just many times In past centuries, things the. house was moved after Japan entered the
back from the war and that it has lost its historie | several yards Captain Bill Wentworth and his | võlue,
street and away from its original
Japan, U.S.A., C. & B. Ameries.platoon was given the task In Their task of persuasion was location,
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Brazil, (Argentine, Parcela direct),
| Noon,
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Army centuring" Fort Kérübid:"
malioeuvro
of
Direction
far from easy. In city which. calls itself "Joan's town,” where Maybe BI Wentworth did the memory of the French, It was on this basla that the. not know they were only play National heroine is venerated Direction of Historie Monu- ing soldiers, for he did capture above everything else..
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He bundled the
ments Department of tho the Ministry of Housing, permitted
policemen out of the polles Before World War II
oltizuns station and put in his own men bowed aft a low house made of the modern apartment block.
of Orleans proudly its destruction to make room for captured the power stations and bundled
the stono and bricks at No. 33 Rue The decision was taken, with out employees, railway stations and overy Tabour, where the narrow street the unanimous upproval of the tha Historie voint of alrategic. value forms an angle with Rue Du Archaeological
(fied Horse Society of Orléans, EEN around the fron works of Port Choyal Rouge
Society chairman Abbe Guil- Kembla were in, the hands of Sircell
There Joan who treated for Jaume was circulating" a com- Bill Wentworth's soidlers bétare down.
wounds she received on May 7,|munique to all local newspapers Whon ho lab the news aproud 1420 while leading her troops în for publication next week to Sydney through he captured attack against the formidable formally announcing that the Welethone qetem, facte became Fort Des Tourulles, destruction of dean's house has redker and rekler and Caplain Her victorious white pennant, i been approved, Wentworth, was speedier: Bennes so, the legend goes, was prend For inhabitants of Orleans, to a Sydney fortreat to her after battig through the the old town will not be quite
count below window. Bie back lost fi în 1 the comte,
festod
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