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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1980.

Jumping jetliner

This is what it would look like:

LIFT ENGINES

New Rolls-Royce engine gives Britain a chance to seize leadership in the air

The "Flying Bedstead"

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after that-- Gambia washout

GGS became as devastating a joke as groundnuts. The scheme for miss egg-laying on the banks of the Gambia River in West Africa lost something less than £1,000,000-as compared with the tens of millions spent on the abortive oil-nut plantations in East Africa-but somehow at the time it seemed much funnier.

The newly formed Colonial Development Corporation had financed the world's biggest chicken farm in the steamy jungles of Gumbia. But tropical rains had washed away the chicken feed seeds. Then the birds themselves had died in hundred of thousands.

Written off

The Goverment wrote of a loss of £320,000. And that, one might have thought, WAB the end of the Development Corporation.,

Colonial

So it is suprising to find that this strange, hybrid Corpora- bon, born 12 years ago in the contion, is days of post-war currently engaged in some high ly successfui Empire-building.

Just who originally had the

547 ft

SCIENTIST of 67 is behind a dream simmer ing in the brains of the Rolls-Royce engineers for a vertical-take-off airliner with 45 jet engines -and no wings. It is based on a sensational new jet engine capable of lifting. 16 times its own idea is obscure. Some weight.

Marriage Menders

THE difficult and applied science of marriage

mending reached a fresh landmark recently. The Marriage Guidance Council moved into the former headquarters of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

There is an ironie significance Thi reasons? According to in this. For children-brought Mr Brayshaw the two main factors in a broken home are into the world by the latter-are

emotional inr more often than not a major selfishness and

maturity. factor in broken homes.

An unexpected child arriving at a time of financial hardship can cause havoc in the life of two bewildered youngsters,

A young mother with a big family facing neglect and luck of attention by her husband is another

target for the

Kady divorce-disease---

The lack of children too eat shatter what staried off as

happy marriage.

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are merely of either of these." "50 is the rowing

"Sex problems symptons he said. and bickering.

Te

youngsters come

lo

of B bad sexual us because

от because they relationship are always fighting each other In front of the children, Or

maybe infidelity-on-the--PRIT~~~ of husband or wife,

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"We look for the cause this. And more often than not "And yel" said Mr Joseph it can be found in the failure

Brayshow. Secretary af the

of these couples to work. as

council, it is the love of child- partners in cariage."

run which brings parents to us."

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Security

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He went on: "Youngsters getting 'married should get

-how

they

are

doing

It provides a breakthrough in "off-the-spa1" take-off which could make alrfelds out of date and give Britain world leader. ship in the air.

Next step

The engine s develop- ment

by TOM POCOCK

He remained in charge sti? "It's our job to get industry March last year, when he was going and then We hope that succeeded by Mr Nulcombe private enterprise will take over Hume.

Lord Reith quickly realised that a scheme of such vaulting ambition could not be run from

centralised.

an office in Mayfair. He de

A profit

ment kreas are

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would not have reached its bor..... rowing limit of £150 million.

Are there not enough palential Industries In the Empire to absorb this amount which is only enough to buy a dozen squad- rous of medium jet bombers?

Could it be that the Govern ment and the Colonial Develop- The loans we make oil the gap ment Corporation are still between direct ala to colonies haunted by the ghostly chickens from the Government and of Gambla sad the phantom private investment."

groundnuts of Tanganyikat Some of the largest develop- Here surely is the place for a closing new generation of merchant down. Under its terms of refer.dventurer. Here is the chance ence the corporation can put for enterprising men to strike money only into countries which put and invert their skill in the

of resources

the come under the loose title of boundless

Empire. colony. Whon a colony becomes

In the Colonial Development Others

can find Six regional directors-men independent it must stand on its

standing Creech of

and quality pwn feet and-while it may ask Corporation they

out for and get loans from the Bri- hacker with both commercial appointed to go

tish Govermanentit must ad- and technical know-how and Jones had suggested 10 years to the Empire and take execu-

tive command in the Caribbean, minister its own development stability. before

became

And when it comes to 10

Colonial the Far East, East, West and projects.

Central

High Africa, and the

More money Secretary in the Labour

Commission Territories-Basuto-

decide on the future support land; Bechuaitaland, Swaziland, Government,

and Tristan da Cunha.

For

was Oliver Stanley. belleve

The

that

Arthur

that

the

Iden Was Of that used in the Government should set up

commercial enter- much-scoffed-at "Flying" Bed- strictly stead.

were

the past five years

the

Thus, in Malaya, where the it will give this vital stimu- CDC had put millions Into A power station, land development, lant of the Empire, the

cocoa, housing and

a Corporation has been showing a palm oil

proft and, except for one year,

prise to finance Industries the Empire which were profitable enough

in

u sharply rising proft.

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The new "uplift" det engine yet is less than one-quarter The size attract private `money.

the and weight of that, in

bedstead."

The team which developed the engine was led by 67-year-old Dr Alan Arnold Grimth, who has just retired as chief scientist at the Rolls-Royce worka at Derby.

His work led to the creation of the Avon, the most famous let engine in the world, which drives the Comet and Frenca the Caravelle Jetliners, and 1300 mh. Lightning fighter.

Farnborough-

At the moment, more than

general industrial development, Government might do well to

and Nigeria, where 18 different projects are absorbing nearly

:

(London Express Servics.)

£10 million, the newly Inde try and forgot its fallures £100 million 15 financing, rendent governments must now and be inspired by its new wholly or parity, some 50 pro- themselves take charge.

So more money becomes BUCCORS. Once the Corporation had jects. The largest single outlay pul each project on its foot is the £15 million invested in available to other colonies. Even hydro-electric were this not so the corporation it would get its money

back the Kariba dam the industry project. There are others giving running

employment to thousands. part- itself, or by going into nership with existing indus- trial empires or Colonial gov- ernments. br being taken over by them completely,

bv

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The rubber, bunund oil palm, Cocoa, leo and pepper) planta- tions in the Cameroons The 150 square miles of new forest Swaziland and the pulping The CDC was allowed to bore plant which will be run by

£150 Courtauld's and the CDC.

The hemp, rubber and cocoa in North Borneo. £20 million industries

Cement in Rhodesia, In British Honduras. lobster tails

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maximum A million, all but

from the Government.

of

on

A hotel Canned Tristan da

a recently we build engines credited with the ground CDC headquarters

by Denis Pitts

There is, said Mr Brayshaw, his aspect of the thing clear Brayshaw. "The

realisation now

among from the stari, Patriarchy is parents that they have a duty outdated in marriage. Partner-

youngsters meet in a private house and talk over all the problems of mar- kind of discussion

to give their children security ship is in. And too frequently

Most of the 12,000 couples marriage will break to pieces ringe in who came voluntarily to the 100 because one of the partners tries #roup." guidance centres throughout too hard to boss." England and Walce last year The council tries le stress this "In many cases it was a need in a series of "getting married" for psychological and emotional courses which they give to en-

gaged couples, adjustment,"

came for this reason,

said Mr Bray "These courses are growing in shaw. "We don't ndjust them.

popularity every week," said Mr We simply try to help them."

The council is 22 years old and had helped mor than 100,000

couples during tha

period

How many marriages has it actually saved? Mr Brayshaw would like an answer to thi

"Some time ago we made a survey of some 25,000 cases dealt with by 15," he sold. The result went like this. "

ONE-THIRD of the couples sald that they had beneated from our help;

ANOTHER THIRD said at they had not been helped;

THE REST did not reply.

Wo estimate that we raved about half the number who have come to us."

No 'tutting'

The council

strict and

scientific in its choley of couns ellers who will work in' district centre-all of them on a volum. tury boals.

"We choose only about half of the people recommended to us," said the accretary, "These sie mainly middle-aged men atid women, haurewives,' doc- tots, and lawyers among them, who need the ability of deep uhcleretending, fact, "and in-

"1 stress again—we do not udvika. Nor do wo butt in. And, we don't tut tutina zibile how unfaithful - a· husi bank) or wife may be?

Most of the merried couples who go to these counsellors for Help, arm-under· 90. -Bornar“ of

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Significantly, several of these youngsters decided against mar- riage, shook hands, and parted.

"Perhaps this is the most valuable job of all," said the marriage mender

(London Elitess Servics).

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A Rolls-Royce spokesman said nol aircraft. Now we have the engines and the know-how, all we need are the aircraft to put them inta."

At the Farnborough als show the Short SCI, with its Rolls- Royce RB108 engine. showed how it could take off without a runway, hover, and then zoom ahead,

The next step is to put the new engine into a "test-bed."

It gut off to a bad start. So Cunha,

At any one time 80 or 10 pro- bad that nowadays it is often

groundnuts jects are being studied at the in Hill Basco, which wes, in fact, the CDC responsibility

of the Colonial Street, Mayfair, Food Corporation that had been set up by the Labour Govern- ment under the game Act of Parliament,

There they edmplain that ther "have to be cold-eyed nod bard- hearted." This is beezuss the

But Its own record was bad enough. There was the farce of Corporation is essentially com- the Ganibla eggs, and there were

spectacular. By merelal. others, less 1955 the Colonial Developrgent for was in debí Corporation about £3,000,000.-

But already, although it was Already the West Germans

apparent in bank and the Americans want to help not then. shoulder the development costs statements, the tide had turned. and pay the company a royalty. In 1950 Lord Reith, that brilliant, But Rolls-Royce want to keep loved and hated giant of the was appointed their and 100 per cent British past 30 years,

chairman. with Government help.

** Lady—when

all finished peacemaking what's the betting

Before going into business in the Empire they must be con- vinced that they will eventually get their money back. But they are not so demanding as most private enterprise firms,

"We are 1 this is their great value. primer," said

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the

and

sort of

pump executive.

one

DE GAULLE

WOOS

ADENAUER

by Richard Kilian

Paris.

A game of musical chairs is being played in

Europe this rainy autumn.

France's General de Gaulle, in the belief that America may one day pull out of Europe, wants to strengthen Franco-German friendship.

But Dr Adenauer is fearful The Franco-German éifi han that de Gaulle's policies may

de GADIEM wreck Nato and undermine the deepened since whole concept cf Western

rumbling televised Press. Con- Europeon defence,

Adenauer refuses to belleve that Amestea could ever pull but of Nalo oryreduce ker heavy tommitments In Western

Europe.

ference a month ago. In which be allacked with sarcasm the "European Institution" which cover the Continent,

His harzt Noto too.

words struck, át

The politicat crisis between

De Gaulle, the realist, dons Paris and Boon ja on not think that Western Europein bigger and bigger/during the

integrated

Summer months 11 got so bad countries should lose their idea- that one political comment ly in a totelly

Europe. tors in Paris suggested that Dr Adenauer called his planned. Adenauer does. And Add- trip to Chartres where he the auer ennnot conceive en t tendey to participate the tegrated Europe without Nato 100th anniversary of that and America. magnilleent cathedral,

Instead, a German chair will be on hand to sing High Mats,

Top secret

But wily Dr. Adenauer is tot the man lo slam doore... And the Arm French stand on the Berlin crisis as well as Sin Military Agreement, which, mhic give the Wahrsacht, básti: (So Pronce, had helped to desiden the rover.

There is no suggestion that Generat do Gaulle is Bro President de Gaulle told

worried over the understandin Adenauer he would like to visit which seems to have developed him in his top secret later between Britain and Geizharty which Adenauer received,

But the tolter itself was n

clear indication that de Gaulle

recently.

All this tends to fend weig

the, report, of. a. "Mh!

1 tenerly interested in patch- ing up his quarrel with the West guaren 14. xiaoling

German Gaver fetic