1960-06-01 — Page 6

THE CHINA MAIL,

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1960.

His informality has won by him respect

By Richard Berry

The Right Honourable Malcolm John MacDonald, British High Commissioner in India, has danced at a pagan feast in deepest Borneo, rubbed noses with Maoris, and walked upside down on his hands to entertain the King of Siam.

of

as the he has served as: Parliamentary "When in Rome, do Romans do," he says. "That's Under Secretary, Dominions my philosophy. I try to con- Office: Colonial Minister (twice); Dominions Minister: Health form to what is appropriate."

There is no record of Me Minister; High Commissioner in

visited a Canada; Governor-General Mudbonald huving nudist colony. But he has At Malaya and British Borneo; fot with Commissioner - General himself be photographed naked native girls and he once South-East Asia; High Commis-

ski club oner in India. opened a new water by taking oil his trousers in The assembled front dignitaries and plunging into the water.

remains un- Mr MacDonald abashed. In Malaya, in 1952, he was criticised for appearing at an evening function in his shirt sleeves. He hit back by calling

for brak with the tyranny of the dinner jacket."

he wiken! In 1953. receiving the freeduin of Singa

und said: "I

do

Was

RETIRING

this ALDonald is 10 retire utumn when his five-year term Delhi comes to an end, but few people can believe that it will be the end of the career of his dynamie diplomat who rates un of Britain's greatest assets in the Far East,

Commonwealth affairs have Mr MacDonald's chief interest since ha student days,

as

been

got when, as a member of a univer-

puts, he stood on the City Hall schurente honour, As you are aware, 1 do not really knew how to behave pro- perly.

"Sometimes

sily debating team, he toured Canade, Australia Zealand.

The son of

and New

Ramsay Mac- of the Lounders my Donald, one I take off dinner jacket when I should pad the first Prime Minister of 1 put the Socialist Party, he grew up tie in my pocket when a in a nest of politicians and was gentleman would have it round only 22 when he first stood un

Occasionally, I wear successfully for Parliament.

keep

my

it 01.

his neck.

Often

a Hawaiian shirt when I should wear a bush shirt.

"And its well known that some of my friends do not wear shirts at all. They do not even

wear trousers."

ம

Mr Malcolm MacDonald

of

Donald studied the works Rudyard Kipling to find out more about the country. He explained: "I know little more about the country than I read in the newspapers."

Again, he Btted in easily with the Indian way of life. Unlike other diplomats he stays in Delhi through the summer heat and Premier Nehru is frequently his but quest. He lives simply.

surrounded with exotic things fade and porcelain from China,

from

П

THE

BY THE

WAY

Beachcomber

HE hot breath of the Social. Survey is on every neck

in England. On behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture they are making an Inquiry.

AUSTRALIAN NEWSLETTER by EM.H.

A touch of Hongkong

in Sydney harbour

Sydney (By Airmail).

A sentence from their leaflet The new Television Bill which was rushed through the House of Represen

tatives recently has been criticised for placing Australian Television

runs this: "It is just as im- us to get a reply portant for from people who do not keep pigs and poultry as from those who do" (their italics). That should cover everybody, as the angry woman said when she a tea leaves at a posse of bailiffs gathered in the yard. fun the postmen will have delivering ribald replies trom all the people who do not keep pigs and poultry.

What

In passing

This

in a straitjacket despite the fact that it received quite a vigorous protest from a group of Government backbenchers.

b. contains

some presentation,

and of informed modate 15 to 30 people, and can

sicey six people. unusual and extraordinary fea- and responsible comment."

tures among them being the that В programme provision owned by one television com-

it required. be The south-west demanded by another company pany can provided it is not in the sime

of corner

The Interior of the junks are co televi- beautiful. Shown sion, they are very modern with beautiful wood work and

New South Wales had its carving and www tastefully heaviest May snowfall furnished. Two are in Sydney for 25 years at the week- at present, the 35 feet model has a 70 hp. molar and will cost end.

around £8,500 and the 30 feet

they will be very

In eight hours on Saturday model will sell at £5,500, and it

area. Any television company can go to the Control Beard. it permission is refused, and ask the Board to compel the other

is expected more than six inches of snow television company to make the

Critics fell on a 50 mile front from popular. programme available at a fair

Victorian and reasonable price.

all the rights border and snow broke many point out that this clause is in Nimmitabel to

it power and telephone lines as far direct negation

Bombala where of private ownership and

as

the

#

thirty A Sydney pathologist re- cently urged the State government to order searching survey into the effects of alcohol on New South Wales motorists.

motorists were stranded in be- feet of snow was still lying at low freezing temperatures. Two

Kosciusko

and attracted about 500 skiers at the weekend.

dry

colourful batik work Malaya. and temple carvings trom India.

Collecting things is one of his chief hobbies. He hòs a magnificent library, said to in- clude one of the best collections of books on Asia in the world; a fabulous display of Chinese

MEMORANDUM from procelain and pottery and valuable picture gallery.

A Charlie Suet suggests that, Ornithology is another hobby as speed limils are not enforced, of his. He has written a book it. would make a favourable

the birds Canada as High Commis- about

of Asia. At impression on the non-motoring 6.30 in the morning he often public if a twenty-mile-an-hour sioner.

Overstas, MacDonald enjoyed wanders the lawns and shrubs limit were announced. No driver immense popularity which of his three-acre garden, armed would take any notice of it, but rarely used except in the 752 in with binoculars and notebook. it would look as it the authori- of an emergency such as war or experienced had never

attitude is From the He has recorded over 120 difties were acting rigorously at a threat to national security British politics.

in or last.

If

the phrase "non- The Government's was his friendly Ferent species of birds beginning, it

and obvious sin near his Delhi garden.

motoring public" is met with that it will prevent the corner- are his Sk!-ing and writing him which

the

the usual comment, "Everyone ing of the market by any tele

slation in informality

spell has been other interests. He wrote

is a motorist today," may I vision crity

After five successful years in book about Canada when he was point out that the pedestrian is television films. Country D- deepest respect.

plicants have made it clear that broken in Sydney with a very returnca High Comunissioner there and

not extinct--yet?

they 'would prefer to use local heavy downpour Canada, MacDonald

Canadian when he worked in Borneo he

live Australian films and talent and light rain has again fallen to England with a

wrote a book about the former ta widow with: two

because they feel the country this week, though the tempera- wife

people need & different type of ure is still about six degrees below normal and winter does children) and expected to settle Dyak headhunters.

Welsh land-programme to the city people.

not officially start until June 1. down in private life possi

offering There is therefore no justifica- special terms to anybody named tion to think that any attempt Jones may have bitten off more would be made than they can chew, as the man station to comer the market:

station buffet ban. It is sald that 1,798 people in Lien- said when he dislocated his jaw

bwith are changing their names by deed-poll.

anacuralist.

Won

realised how far. Mr. Attlee

What will

盟

Malcolm Mac-

They may rue the day.

ladies who

Donald do next? His future is E group of He had nol

uncertain. But, at 58, he is much too valuable and energetic diplomat to be allowed to settle down to private life. He be found another job

of

the

should

would recognise his talents a a diplomat.

Against strong protests frota the left-wing of the Labour

always been far more appre him for his "desertion” in 1931, ciated than at home.-Central Party, who had never forgiven abroad where his talents have

appolated Press. MacDonald WOS Governor-General Malayan Union and Singapore

The Union never came into Malcolin MacDonald reached Westminster at the third at- being, but MacDonald remained Governor- tempt, when he was still in his for three years as twenties and bad already servei General of Malaya and British Commissioner- served as for two years as a member of Boraco. And from 1948 to 1955 the London County Council, he

years he was General in South-East Asia, his After two more Parliamentary Uncer-Secretary term of office being extended

for the Dominions four times. State Oille.

Malcolm MacDouaid's sar- torial shocks and general in formality have won him the

Though it took the strength of storn disapproval of stuffed-

At that time, in 1931, he was General Templer to deal with shirted Europeans. They have

of one of his biggest headaches- also won him the warm affec- fared with the choice

his (Socialist) the long-drawn-out Communist llon of Asians in all walks of maining with

in Malaya-MacDonald ilfe.

party or sanding by his father repli And MacDonald, the diplomat in rapport of a "national" Gov- has generally been a tremendous extraordinary,

father's success in the Far East. now holds a crnment. Against his unique record for continuous advice he made the second

Without any trace of racizi public service. He has not been choice decision which un- out of a Government job for a doubtedly had a very adverse prejudice and, with his sincere He effect on his political career. appreciation of Asians, he has single instant since 1931.

In 1935, however, he entered been able, more than any other has served under six different

Cabinet 45 Dominions Westerner, to gain the trust of Prime Ministers, through Na- the tional, Coalition, Socialist and Secretary and in 1940 he was national leaders the Far East, appointed Minister of Health including men who have spent Tory ministries.

During

of in the Churchill war Govern their lives fighting British rule. procession J

A year later he went Cabinets of all political shades, ment.

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Teler's solution

London Express Service.

TARGET

words of

HOW many RORoar Letter

EHA

of more can You make the from Letters the ante in the left T making

DVE Fch word,

the letters in each of

the small squares may be used pace only. Each word must con- talo the large letter in the centre square, and there mai be at least one nine-letter word in the st. No plurale: no foreign natives. words: no proper TODAY'S TARGET: 19 Words, good; 2B words, very good - 31 wardi, excellent Solution tomorrow.

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION: Able ablen ankle bari bake bale balk tane bank base ask bag9 beak bean blank BLANENESS bleak kale lake lane link 19ss Jesk lean sable wake male mne sank seal scuna skean slab slake snake sneak.

London Express Service.

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He who abides in the doctrine

of Christ h both the Father

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for any one

controlling interest in Mirror Newspapers Ltd. publishers of the Daily Mirror and Sunday Mir- ror, Sydney, has been sold to News Ltd. of Adelaide.

The

on Thursday

to

Alcohol has become the killer of the road and has been the cause of 50% of the cause of Australia's roud deaths, A Moibourne Police surgeon said that alcohot he was convinced caused many road accidents in Victoria, he said often in an accident if the driver is sober, the perstrian is drunk.

The Orient has come

In the state of New South Sydney Harbour in the Wales the same sad state of shape of two splendid affairs exist despite the fact that in New South Wales there are looking junks which are fewer cars per hundred people lying in Rushculiers Bay than in other states, but they at the Cruising Yacht still provide the 50 per cent of Club.

Australia's road deaths?

Who would believe it?

In New South Wales, the Interviewed an television re- WHEN I read that "the con- sciousness of being well

cently, Mr Watt said this touch pathologist, who is a member of the Road Safety Coinell stressed harbour dressed gives a

of Hongkong in our man self-con- fidence," I remembered a cer-

would undoubtedly publicise and to the government the need for for tain business man who overdid

promote the sale of other compulsory blood tests The managing director of junks. He said they are very motorists charged with drunken this idea at his country place.

driving. He said any law pro- When he found a scarecrow in News Ltd. Mr K. R. Murdoch popular in the USA as a plca-

ready-said "We believe that the people sure cruiser and he hoped they viding for only voluntary tests his garden wearing a

would be useless, Voluntary would become here. hade suit, and shabby at that, fof New South Wales will wel-

tests had been. tried in New he sacked the head gardener,come a strong and completely

with met

little The main attractions, he said, York and and had the scarecrows independent new force in Sydney

It will be our are

The graph below pre- their safety, low cost of success." new sults. He journalism. measured maintained that the birds were privilege to work towards bring maintaining, comfort, and ease pared by the Melbourne Police kept away, not through fear: buting to this state. the highest of handling especially in rough Surgeon shows the effect of alco-

They can accom- hel on drinking drivers. through respect. A short-sighted qualities of news and features weather.

all for

dant went up to a scarecrow with a footing le bowler filled forward on its head, and

a neatly-rolled umbrella in its hand, and said "Didn't I meet you at the Cranstons'?" On another occasion, she mistook a fashionable beauty for a scare- crow, and congratulated her nephew on the idea of having female scarecrows.

Tra-la-la

THE mania for breaking silly THE

records is not as new as many people think, Long before the pre-war American pole- sitting craze, when I was, for a very brief period, the worst reporter ever scen in Fleet- Street, was

write sent to

was trying about a man who to play the piano for I forget how many hours, non-stop, His hands and arms were bandaged, I arrived he was and when already haggard and dizzy asked from want of sleep. I how they kept him awake, and they said, "We bang this in tray loudly." It also transpired that he did not care much for music, which was just as well. -London Express Service).

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The

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NOT LEGALLY INFLUENCED

DRY AND DECENT

DELIGHTED AND DEVILISH

MINIMUM OF 3-4 QUICK

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DAZED AND DEJECTED

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PERCENT ALCOHOL IN BLOOD"

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BEERS OR 10023 WHISKY

ON EMPTY STOMACH

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EVERYONE CHES ABOUT

THIS LEVEL

This graph was prepared by a Melbourne, police surgeon to show the effect of alcohol on drinking drivers. It demonstrates the effect of .05 to 50 per cent of alcohol in the blood.

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