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ON THE BEACH

The

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Story Of Our Time!

introducing DONNA

ANDERSON

[Screenplay by

JOHN PAXTON

From the novel by NEVIL SHUTE

Produced and Directed by STANLEY KRAMER

Released thru UNITED WA ARTISTS

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1960..

Wilde's Last

ON VIEW Ann Gets

FOR FIRST

TIME

London, Jan. 3. The manuscript of Oscar Wilde's last work, written whan he was in prison, has been opened to the public by the British Museum Trustcos after 50 years..

But It was something of an contents anti-climax, for the were one of the worst-kppť literary secrets in centuries.

na "Do Part was published Profundi" in 1905, Ove years after Wilde's death in his self- Imposed exile in France.

De Profundis was an apology, couched in terms of remorte, for Wilde's life.

The

Wilde's #terary executar, Robert Ross presented

10 the British manuscript Museum in 1908 on condition it should remain unopened for 50 years.

No Rush

The Trustees of the Museum made the original manuscript available for inspection on New Your's Day. But there was no neth to examine it.

The Brst of the manuscript's sverets wan revealed in 1912. This was the name of the friend 19 whom it was addressed-Lord Alfred Douglas. It was Wilde's with homosexuni association Douglas that brought him to two years in Recoding Gaol, eventual bankruptcy

self-imposed and exile.

Arthur Ransone, engaged

a literary study of Wilde

on

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Ross. In his book on Wilde, Ransome without mentioning Douglas by name, said the manuscript was addressed "to a to whom Wilde felt that he owed some, at least, of the circumstances of his public dis- grace."

iman

Sued

Lord Alfred promptly for libel.

sued

The manuscript was

Work

Ann Gets Tough Too

Police Chief In

Row Over

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London, Jan. 4.

A row began yesterday over the official Christmas card sent out by the Chief Constable of Birmingham, Mr E. J. Dodds. In a written protest a city councillor said the card was tactless and unlikely to improve relations be- tween police and public, The front of the card bears o

City

of Birmingham police. Inside Is the message: "All good wishes from the Chief

of the officer and member

of Local Government Officers. Be wrote to Mr Dodds:

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lsh Museum strong room and a jury found for Ransome and dis- missed the case.

Douglas died in 1945. Four years later, a year before the copyright expired, Wilde's only surviving son, Vývyan Holland, published the entire text of the manuscript.

The must interesting thing about the manuscript now open to inspection is that it was writ- ten in prison, at a time when prisoners were allowed to write three one letter unty

every months.

When he had served Hittle more than a year in prison, Wilde appealed to the Homé Secretary for writing materials to "help distract the mind." Otherwise, said Wilde, he feared he would lose his reason,

One Sheet

Materials were supplied and the prison governor was order-

ed to allow Wilde one sheet of paper at a time, cach com- pleted page to be held by the

governor.

wilde Anished the maru- hie de March 1892, pad was freed two months later,

Within 24 hours, the sailed across the Channel to France- AP.

Boycott Inadvisable

Capetown, Jan. 3.

J

Sir de Villiers Graaff, leader of the South African United (opposition)

considers

sequences."

Constable and the City Police Department." Facing the mess- age is a photograph.

The photograph is the cause of the protest. It shows police escorting food convoys through an angry crowd during the rail- way strike of 1911.

The protest came from Coun- cillor William Ensor, a welfare

U.S. TRACTOR COMPANY

FOR U.K.

London, Jan. 4.

"This is a tactless card. It reminds people of the bad old days when trades unions had to their 8ght tooth and nail for rights,

'PROVOCATIVE'

"Christmas is a time when people are supposed to forget their entitles and to show good will towards one another.

Co

"In any case, the photograph has nothing

whatever to with Christmas. So why was it it could be interpreted used? provocatively, especially in view of the recent spate of Midland ririkes."

A Birmingham spokesman of the Transport

General and Workers' Union said: "This card is in extremely bad taste. 'There appears to be no just- fication for the inclusion of the photograph.

men

The girl between two tourh 20-year-old Ann Thomas and in the last six months she's had to get pretty tough herself. That's the time It's taken her and her father (left) with three crewmen, to sall the 48ft ex-irawler Isabel May from Anglesey to Austra- Fla-20,000 miles. The crew chanred two or three times during the trip German Bill Halling (right), 28, was picked up in Panama. After touring Australia by car, the Thomases plan to all home again. →→→ Express Photo.

WEDDING RING NOT SCORNED

London, Jan. 3. The career girl who scorns a wedding ring is a thing of the past, say British social workers.

British Airk of the rock ** to roll generation Just want settle down as wives ond

sooner mothers and the

the better.

One marriage guidance coun- sellor says 10-year-old lassies who aren't married consider themselves on the shelf—“they just cannot wait to plunge inte the responsibilities not only of marriage, but of child-bearing." In a new survey "Working Wives" Dr Viola Klein,

at the social research worker London School of Economies. end more married women now hold jobs-brit they're not striving for success in a man's

A Birmingham police head- The J, I. Case Company of quarters a spokerman said that world.

the thiet constable was not

America,

one, of the avalable! He hides that no world's looding, monufer we cut count tamento turers of tractors, has chuss the photograph and, why, formada E1 million British intrat used..

subsidiary,

it was nounced here today.

an-

The new subsidiary, register-

ed as J.I. Case Company Ltd, will

have headquarters in service London. Sales and

the centres are painned for Midlands and Scotland later.

Initially British operations busic comprise will

eight nodels for industrial and con- structional use.

The new

Didn't Like It Down Under

Falmouth, Jan. 3. A large group of passengers at Janded from Australia

abourd the be Falmouth today

Party, that the proposed boycott of

company will both for manu- liner SS Falrsky, which put South African goods would be responsible

with a damaged "Inadvisable, Ineffective and facturing, sales and distribution into harbor would have dangerous COD- In Britain and for sales in repeller.

Among the 350 Immigrants Europe, the Middle East, India,

Africa and Pakistan,

other was Bert Hawkins, who is re- turning with his family to Commonwealth countries.

Cristol

"There is

no security out there, either in housing jobs," Hawkins said.

He expressed this opinion"

n letter to Mr C. 1. Aub, who had written to him on behalf of United Cambridge University

Nations Association, which has appointed a commission of five to go into the question of boycott-Reuter,

Churchill Dines With

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The

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Sir Winston, appearing excellent health, spent the day in the luxurious Hotel De Paris in Monaco where he arrived yesterday for a winter holiday on the Riviera,

SOUTH CHINA morning poST LTD.

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LARGEST, MOTIVE Money is undoubtedly the

largest motive for going out to

work." Dr Klein said. "Three

of out

every four women Interviewed gave this as the main reason,

"Home and family are the focal point of women's interests and ure

them- regarded by selves, as well as by others, as All their main responsibility. other occupations are sub- ordinated to this central func- Uon."

**

More than a third of girls gel- in Britain today Ung marries! are under 21, marriage coun- seller Rose Hacker told audience of women public health officers.

"Statistics show that girls are maturing earlier," she said-

AP.

London, Jan. 3.

Council

The Cardigan City One of the passengers, Mrs seid today that construction of has been held Flurence Foster, 53, who left pubile housing

because thousanda DX Shefeld with her husband in up 1937, died on route to England. starlings have eaten the fresh Offelats said death was due pulty on the window frames.--

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