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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1958.

We've now reached the point where the enemy emerges. in brutal and terrifying form. and on top

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Can we afford

Doctor NO to go on paying

By Ian Fleming

JAMES BOND), žvestigating the mysterious Dr No', sinikler. iston in the Caribbean, with s seashell collector called Honey and a Negro called Quarrel, fa armed hounded by being guards. He has just killed one of them in a swamp. . .

THE girl tugged at his

sleeve. She said angrily, "It's time you told me what all this is about! Why's everybody trying to kill other? And who you ??

Band looked down into

TODAY:

The men in the monster

place, There was a singlo pult PERKKOMASTA SU of orange and red flame inn the bushes Bond's right and

me unearthly scream, diately choked.

them at about 10 miles an hour, throwing up a creamy wake.

imme-

Satished, the searing tongue of ilrocked back into the snout.

Quarrel whispered, "Gawd, The tung turned on its axis and fearful stopped dead. Now the blue hele

cap'n ting"

What's

sta

To scare

•

50

of Its mouth aimed straight at Boni

-here was no time to think of

in the melted sond. Soon he too would Game like a torch,

The single scream would be

wrung from him and his limbs

ま

this doctor's bill?

IT was July 5, 1948. In bars and cafes people were discussing an air collision over Northwood, Middlesex, in which 39 lives had been lost. Others were indignant that Len Hutton should have been dropped from the third Test against Australia. And some were saying that Bob Falkenburg had been pretty lucky to win the Wimbledon championship.

But amid all the talk there was little comment that Briain hud just embarked on the greatest social experiment in her history.

For Vers

on that day-10 ago- the National

Bond lood and waited for his unspeakable end. He looked into the blue jaws of death and saw the glowing red niament of the Bond stood up. Heald frer deep inside the tube. shortly, "Don't know exactly.

Ile thought of Quarrel's body Some sort of a tractor affair dressed up to tighten. 's Querel and imagined the running on a diesel engine,

blackened, smoking agure lying you can forget about diagona.

Now let's see," Bond spoke Bond took it. It was U.S. Army Remington Carbine, 300, half to himself. "No good run- each These people certainly had the ing away The thing's too fast

Quarrel for us and we know it can would jerk into the dancing pece Health Service came into equipment. are right

of burned bodies.

operation. echood his thoughts. "He so is over anagroves and swamy. What'll

Then would be Honey's dat Doctor love to fight 11 here. sly mungouse,

its weak apois be? The drivers.

tuin. What had he led them Anci though ordinary feller."

Why had he been so

say Whe Bund sadd

man people had little to Of course they'll have protection, ital We don't know how much,

bisme as to take on th "Quarrel, you stori firing at wh hs devastating armoury. about it they showed even

realisation that dome on top when it gels Why hadn't be been warned by less

of yet 200 yards. Aim carefully, the long finger that had pointed another fact that a great,

I'll go for Bond, Honey, and Quarrel and keep on firing.

hule out its headlighus when it gets le at him in Jamaica? make for a place to

inland, 50 yards. on the night

"

thoughtfully. "He angry, wide-apart cy t Burry, Honey, It's just bad luck must be quite a man."

you being mixed up with

BL

ike this. I've got a bit of a war

on with these people."

"What do

you

mean?

•

Are for the you some sort of a policeman? The two men take turns to kerp Are you trying to send Chinaman to prison?"

this watch)

The grip n "That's about i1." Bend was urgent. smiled down at her. "At leastly on his feet, you're on the side of the angela."

"I'll be all right so long as they don't send their dragon after us. He can go through the waler. I've seen him do it."

"Oh well," said Bond diplo. natically, "let's hope he's got a so, e tall or something."

Bond's shoulder He was instant-

Quarrel

whispered fiercely, "Sumepa cxeniti' across de water, emp'n' It de dragon fe shop"

She said The girl woke up.

happened anxiously, "What's

Bond said, "Stay there Honey! Don't move. Fll be back."

Half a mile 112 What was

the latte, Rwby, cung berass was a shapeless thing with two glaring orange eyes with black From between these, pupils.

mouth might be, The of the where &ttuze1 guylued it

He was carrying a Buttered a yard of blue flame. IDETOVCs.

The thing was making a low rille. He said apologetically, Nu ham havin' anudder gun. hoaning roar that overlaid un- a deep rhythm'e epin. Looks like us may feed other noise,

It was coming towards ihud. Jat."

The girl morled. "All right, Mr Know-all," she told narily, "Just you wait."

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kind them

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now rald on their pockets had started.

It's not running on tracks. Must have spine of giant tyres. I'll go for too."

There came the twang of Ilu called coftly. "Honey!

howled voice Make a hole in the sand like we loud-hailer.

out, "Come on Behind the metallically,

Quick did on the beach.

roots Get into it and Laney. And the doll.

in hell like your le down.

There may be some or you'll fry

To rub in the command, thickest

Don't worry about pal,

briefly shooting. dragons. This is just a painted the bolt of flame sout up motor car with some of towards him. Doctor No's rep in it. Don't be

sou heat. He felt the girl's frightened. I'm quite close."

All right. Be careful." The body against his back. She said

hysterically,

corne. "I had to voice was high with fright. Blue flames

Not to blame

You can hardly blame

For had not them. Government actuary gone on record that Britain could

Britain

• Ten years ago this wook started the greatest social experiment in her history. How has the Welfare State "worked out? Here is a balance shoot of the Health Service as it stands today.

-by BERNARD HARRIS

It would mean that income tax could be slashed by 35. in the £, bringing the standardi of 5s, 6d.

children. For the rest of us charges must be raised.

Doctor

Rising

Price

Of course, such a proposal will raise a storm of protest amon those who stil delude themselves that they are now getting some- thing for nothing, or at least for very little,

But the choice is snely this:--- To put ever-increasing amounts through taxation; or 2. To keep the blit down to a reasonable level by paying more

Bond stepped back from enjoy a "free" health ser- rute down to the pre-war level at the time we maler use of the

I had to come."

vice for the modest sum of £170 million a year?

But the first year's Bond said, "It's all right, working showed just how loney. Keep behind me." preposterous that estimate

He had made up his minds There was no alternative. Even Wan. For the rush by the one, knce

later genuinely sick, the out-of- if death way to cUITIO leaves and sand and couldn't be worse

and the than this sorts kind of death. Bond reached

Bonel kreft (35)

and

somehow."

at

single shot ahmself for the llc.

There was the clang of an iron

then a burst. The bullets ham-

nervice.

The only way

Or it could mean the complete abolition of purchuse tax, while still leaving the Chancellor with enough in hand to knock Pd, of

Only by higher charges can the income tax.

We stop using up mountains 'Or it could result in the retail of drugs (and puylog

spirits and Americans handsomely price of beer and plain elgarettes being

than them) and costly equipment,

new benefits bill of #1

£360

An au-

more

Concern

the for

Only by a charge fur service can we solve the problem of doctors spending far too much or their me on patients with to petty colds or all- imagined

done

the

For,

doctor has said, the present sys- tem places the

prac- "at the

in e o nsiderate I am convinced it is. And

who patients I am equally certain that re-

destroy his forms will have to be introduced leisure, render

in the peered out.

Now the thing was only about for the girl's hand and drew malingerers to take advan- halved. 300 yards away and its yellow her after him out on to the tage of the

produced headlights were lighting up the d. sandspit. Blue flames were still The voice Jowled. 'Stop million. Buttering from the mouth. They there. Good boy. And drop

Of course, no one wants were coming from a long snout the geo-shooter. No tricks or You might have thought

Service see the Health macked-up with gaping laws the crabs'll by getting a cooked that after the initial rush away with. Yet we are no con- ments, ду опе

we sure tant like breakfast. and gold paint to look

the spending would have cerned to make The

for best value Bond dropped his gun. dragon's mouth, Fleme-throwerl There cane the crack of

enormous spending on it, Quarrel's Remingun. A spak whimpured. Bond squeezed steadied, even if it did not pet the

"Stick it, Hones," diminish. her hand..

Is it possible to modify the generat flew off the domet cabin

Indeed, no less there was a dull clung. Quarrel he said. We'll get out of this

Bond sneered

present system so that it provides tioner thority than Lord Beveridge a better service at a lower cost mercy ei persis- tent mthority of H HAVING travelled thousareds of miles and talked to hundreds of red another

the had predicted that there to the nation? sailors, soldiers and airmen in all types of units, Government mered ineffectually against the door being pened. From research teams, who have been myyatigaling Amy recruiting, cabin.

back of the dome a man dropped would be no increase in the

walked cost before 1965. are now matring their report, Sir James Grigg, who was Civil The thing soiled on, swerving into the water and Servier head of the War Offer and then War Minister In Sir tightly to make for the source towards them. There was a gun

от course, Beveridge had quickly if the burden on our s work dig. Winston Church's was the Cabinet, and his committee who of the gunfire. Bond cradled the as his hand. mide the Tuquity will be making important recommendations to Smith and Wesson on his fore- He kept out of the line at fire reckoned without inflailon. But pockets is not to become com- tasteful,

flame-thrower. arm and took careful aim. The of the

wreak haVOL The even that cannot excure what in pletely Intolerable. encourage Everuiting to Me Duncan Sandys, Minister of Defence Never before has such a comprehensive Inquiry been made. A deep enugh of his gun sounded futterlag blue flame lit up his hat has happened,

What about the doctors who with the doctor- above the rattle of the Remning- sweating face, c Was Vice-Chancellor of a university, a retired unton official, a com-

the headlamps Chinese Negro, a big man, glad Ten years

after the in- see the system from the inside? patient relation-

money can be ship." prehensive school headmaster and a former cunmamland of the ton. One of

in trousers. Something troduction of the State medi- Do they think

the standards of diagnosis and And because of this overload- W.R.A.F. are on Sir James's committee. Pay, promotion pros-tiered. He fired four shots at only

f his left hand.

treatment which undoubtedly cine monopoly the bill has saved?

ing of the doctors many seek an pects, married quarters, “bull” general conditions of service, food the other and gol it with the dangled

Boared to the huge gure of round in the When he came closer Bond saw

have fallen as a direct result I have no doubt that if easy way out by sending pallents and uniforms were includert as their survey. Soine members of Birth and last

£765 million. it was handcuffs.

taken it to

of the present system. on hospital Malaya and | cylinder.

the slightest The committee went to Cyprus, others to Malto, Singapore.

Reforms such as this will out Put in homely terms the cost would show that a big majorly excuse.

Britain's 21,000 general Indeed, I heard the other day bring about મૈં

Aner Health each family this year will be of

with practioners favour changes

of one pallent sent from a doc- Service, and by bringing home close on £50, compared You

that would improve the service for's surgery to the out-patients'. Its real cost to all who use it, £20 in the Brst year.

the and cut the cost,

waste and department of a hospital merely will eliminate

extravagance that now go on

If we They see money wasted every to be treated for warts,

One thing is certain. day in excessive control

I suggest that instead suffer Willehall. They

fram doctors being paid according to let the present machinery grind much buremerncy.

100 the number of patients on their expenstucly on we shall face And in try list they should be paid for each bill at the end of the next 10

years of 1,400 million much paper work. ing to make The creak item of service.

"free" medicine

HIS THREE CALL-UPS

A scream

The man stopped a few yards

Hold away. He sold: your hands. Wrists together,

towards me. Then walk The thing didn't care. It first, Ley. Slowly or you get rolled straight on towards an extra nivel."

Bond did as he was told. The TAOR the third time in his fe Clive Hastings, of Berwick Road,

hiding place, Bord Quarrel's Wood Green, Lendon, has heard from the Ministry of Labour reloaded and began firing at the man put his gun between

The teeth and This time he hopes the huge bulge of the yies, and National Service about his call-up.

Clive is now 16 and he is a range was now only 30 yards mapped Ministry means what it says,

Te and he could have sworn that be Bond's wrists. lloratory assistant at a rwbet factory in Wood Green.

his

reaclied ou the hondcuffs

and

On

More to pay

A week tomorrow every man

Secret

nn in job will start paying extra od. a week to help foot the

puy an extra d., every juvenile

2.

years ago, when he was eight, call-up papers arrived, but his hit the nearest wheel again and parents decided not to take any nutice. There must have been again. No effect. Solid rubber? "r No." is to be published by Capt. bill. Every woman at work will

The first breath rf fear stirred a mistake," they said, But three weeks afterwards a heavily underlined letter arrived warning Clive this was his second notice Bond's Bitin,

the Suddenly, from Su Mr and Mrs Hastings and ordering him to come at pene.

1 yellow-tipped wrote back saying Clier's teacher would not like him to leave bling snout, school at that time. Now Clive has his medical examination, bolt of blue flame had howled out towards Quarrel's hiding and is hoping to go into the R.A.F.

drib-

TOMORROW

The end

of the road

JAK GOES TO WIMBLEDON

TIN.

Berlic

"And which one of you todios is Little Mo?".

London Express Service

Olit

But Even with thene Increases, that part of the weekly insurance Biamps which is reserved for the Health Service will provide only one. seventh of the cost.

100

ballot were

from

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machinery operate, many are eonvinced that the standards

of doctoring are failing.

The evidence

And what about the custom- ers, the people for whom the service is designed and who foot The great bulk of the bill will the bill? continue to be met out of the national Exchequer Which

Here too there is accumulat-

means that you will be helping Ing evidence that more and

to pay for "free" doctoring when more of them do not believe they

ever you light cigarette or get value for money. drink a glass of beer or have

income tax extracted from your For this is the oululanding fact, Although nobody cart pay packet,

Suppose for 1

crcape paying for the Health. moment Service there. are today in there were no Health Servlee. Britain about 2,000,000 people What would by the effect on who pay extra to avoid having Our pockets and our bank to avail themselves of it. balance?

. It would be treniendous.

ARTIE.

Truss

"I might not sound so hot but I can assure you I'm wholesome."

of

Through voluntary associa- tlons of one sort and another they are putting money aside to ensure that, in the event serious illness or accident, they will be treated privately outside the State system,

Take a simple illustration. Since the Health Service slarted, membership uf the British United Provident Association- which operates by far biggest private health insuraneo scheme has increased more than 10 times.

The

To get the advantages of private treatment la members are now prepared to pay more than £2,500,000 a year.

Here, surely, is the clue fo what must be done to improve the Health Service, and, at the same time, prevent it from bankrupting us all.

I suggest that for two sections only of the community can wo afford a free health service-for the genuinely needy and for

Cummings

of

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And

have

This would encourage, good brought Britain to the verge of doctoring and help to restore penury.

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