1961-11-23 — Page 4

That

silly fall-out

scare...

by

Chapman Pincher

The "cloud" of debris from Mr Kruschev's bombs has passed over Britain.

THE great milk scare is over.

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1961.

ANNE SHARPLEY reports from Ghana

ACCRA.

The Queen's visit-expect

the Mammies to make

POLITICS apart, the men of

Ghana are in a fix. The Queen's visit is all that the women of Ghana needed to win a decisive battle in the sex war.

And the Amazons of the sex war in Ghana are the bosomy, ebullient, incorrigible market mommies of Accra,

Today is the day of women, they are proclaiming to one at other in the market

rhetati "The Queen is a woman. Jules over all men,

Now

She

men

Ajil know how powertul We ACT arr."

T met rif Ghane might well tremble The women les present not only a political and

set fores but when one sees them together in their shing black amplitude they seem to

force 100

super-represent a natural

And as figures to be issued by the Agricultural Research Council recently will show, milk has not become dangerously radioactive.

Indeed, measurements in Ireland the other day were so low that the dust from the dreaded 50-megaton bomb had either missed the country deficient in was astonishingly completely or radioactivity.

the work By the time the lumb is blown round

the rated as again the iodine in it--which scientists hazardous component--will have last most of its radio- activity.

!!

Strunlane: 90-the other potentially dangerous ingredient in The insphere, which stays up tiger may be felling aut greater quanties next spring.

Bu Mal Research Counei scientists agree that even then the danger used by Stromnim 90 should be negligible

Millions of parents with be relieved that the danger of milk becoming radioactive, which has been given such prominence by Government spokesmen and on TV. has not materialised,

They should also extremely angry because my feet hus never reaily existed

The fail-on risk from the Russian tests has been played up for political motives But all the Government has surroded in doing is frighten the Bush publie unseressary

I am not just being wise after the event. From the moment the Government talked about issuing emergency supplies of dried milk for babies I pointed out that the risk was being greatly exaggerated

I could find nobody who realy believed that milk would be seriously contaminated.

No scentsy doubted that the itussins would take the fullest precautions to ensure that died own population--which would receive more fall-out then any other would not be injured.

Yet the Government repeatedly cried "Wolf" over the Russian fall-out when there was no hazard. If danger really threatens in the future the public will be less likely to take notice of warn- Ings.

"I hold no brief for Ma Kruschee of his military advisers. They had been planning their tests for at least 18 months while pretend- They must have been setting ing to negotiate a testhan at GenVi

Surely that double-dealing was the issue on which to attack Them not the false fear of fall-out which now rebounds on the Government.

up the testing grounds for a year.

The West and particularly the U.S.-has also been at fault for insisting that the main purpose of the tests was propaganda-to sow fear and terror over Berlin.

Nobody in the nuclear weapons business) have consulted, either in Britain or the US. believe this. It is also denied by the duct now kun about the tests.

If Mr K. singly wanted to terrorise the world by nuclezer was to explete nove saperlon, in a

par ganda 11 had Mon taske cut an

a

pl where multions enale! see ik

-(London Express Sernie)

that could bear away 1 Acera In a thunder

feminis

When

Protest

the city

Full of

the most of it...

"Three," I said.

And when President Nkrumah is "So the world be" with leaves. The soft lead that is feels she may ask how many tuok Mr Sandys to the market "Foor no friend" as runner-up) ground up to make kohl, the the Queen has. Mr Sandys was given ample

dark silver eye shadow that is proof that not only was the Mammy then carries her belleved to keep the flies away.

his market mammies. President popular again with goods from the parking ground glitters more alluringly than all but he one thousand wagons parked the imported, brightly packaged could come in for some of the daily in Makola alone) on her cosmetics next to it. adoration, too.

splendid unbendable head.

know

of len

FLOP OF FLOPS'

by The man

who rewrote

the Bible

THE script writer of the most malign-

Aab, it is different for you ed film of the decade remains unperturbed. He has not even read the reviews.

women. For 25 three is not enough. But we are strong, we have even 15 or 20 children.'

Esther Akole, mother of 12, asks if have any children.

Critic

Okule Biney, mother I was 5 wise progtanve Some martinies come from as children, for 20 years a market pinner then who included A far សង Nigeria for mammies mammy. shows me а kaba

So Philip Yordan does not visit by The Queen 1: the

don't shoulder (a corruption of cover principal market

that the Makola mr-

know

Film the shoulder), the cloth into which

with ket is superb evidence that the

soak she winds herself

Leonard Mosley such

has said ap female norm is not chans but

careless case. On it is a picture

hopes

ΟΙ "King

Kings→→→ miscellany.

of The Queen and President

Yordan's rewrite of the life of Jesus Christ will be a flop of

Instinct

natter-

Sedim

There

not ing of

organisation [T to 11 Batt

womto could fail to find her way round it by instinct It is such an improli-

Nkrumah's

able utilpouring of gouts, food and female force and know-how Budge was unnounced

that men seem to have reaseri it was the

market who marched to his residence to exist and parthenogenesi t protest. An unprecedented only round the corner.

"showbus" ha. move, for the always liven their darling.

Austerity in July mamies

By the time his statue was blown up they seemed to have ven him, since they held a

rather grisly ritual sacrifice of a sheep below the shattered feel of the statue to "purify" it.

QUOTE

no frontiers and hold with passports. rich heat the foodstuffs the senses

in

Now it is bananas that attack Nkrumah together. every pore until the world seems only composed of bananas and bananas. Next, it is smoked fish that has one reeling.

Relief

В

The farinaceous foods, cassava. maize, rice and yarn provide

centless relief But soon it is red as their peppers as bright favours and a sharp smell.

shield their The mammics

Smarter

Not, I must truthfully report, n strong selling line, she tells me. Topical cloths are getting to be dowdy in Acera.

I say none. "You don't like man, or man don't like you?" she asks with a roar of mirth.

Reason

"You like 】 get husband for you?" she said kludly after she i was had stopped laughing. clearly letting the side down for the market maminy may be

womar a po-getting career but she does not fail in her fenitly duties.

a

the sole

It is smarter, I learnt, to wear only abstract patterns, an influ- Dol attributable to,

For many of them ence Although coincidental with, reason for sitting for ten hours modern art.

a day by their goods is to send Ten thousand mammjes

us not mlace sun (or, let "Still make back on de matters £21 respert ut these ring bells, cry their wares. heads with huge plafted straw cajole, chat, tend

their home mammies need hats others what I loses on dem," robust ladies, a young lover) to

university. to cover their says Okule, looking rueful- children, cook-and some maple forns--and sit in patience. I at the Royal visit cloths

England.

times when the sun shines 100 bright sleep in Makola market.

There are at least fire more markets in Accra-but Makola is the liveliest.

Transport to the market park-

title, motto name or

four feet

porie

Often enough

to

mammies become

Jobs

But Philip Yordan slick Une of defence.

the

Bas

"How many critics have reed their Bible, I wonder? When you write for the wide screen you don't exactly write as it the picture is to be shown in a iclephone booth. You have got to fill it up with something." he said in

in London other day. What people will go to on

of Sunday with a feeling exalta- Lion they won't necessarily go to an ordinary days to pay see. It's

ifferent experience sitting in a a cinema to sitting in church. One is

a darkened house, and one is lighted up."

stid

The suave, fortyish Mr

Yordan, who is in London for

of another

Bim, says he doesn't mind what the critics say.

the premiere fortunes #UD- Esther,

For Some days they have no sale (a costly £1 188.).

quite rich with yet the Avepence a1 all-and stall money has to be paid.

She also sells brown sticks of wing into Ave figures. A

which the women rub

for example was selling from pennyworth of corn beer served chalk

themselves as powder- we barrels of plug tobacco, a in a half calabash is the mam-

anci

of pennyworth's nies' elevenses.

loose wholesale expenditure of £605 powder in a screw of paper

and it would take her two months to sell it all.

A

úver

How many

Although to ask children & woman

Sugar sweats in the sun. g ground is by the fabulous woman in a wrapper printed "Мелипу wagon," the light with skulls sways past with, on

ter head, six zine buckets in a by Caplain ian Macdonald, open-sided trucks with always

"Made Tory agam in Oswestry, Shrop some

Black with

in Poland' share. by-eletion, talking of abstract inexplicable exclama- stencilled on them. dozens of Toy posters beington painted over the wind- Cola nuts that are both the indelicate question in deninged:-

screen (My favourite, which benzedrine and chewing gum of Africa, since I have asked her perturbed. NEVER have I seen such wan- keeps changing, at the moment Africa ате sold wrapped in how many she has, Okule now

top and malicious vandu)-

INT.

by Pensions Minuster Boyd- Carpenter, on why Belions stuf; sleep soundly in their beds:--- TT is because of Mr Macmillan.

1 don't belleve that any

other Government could do the other man, or set of men, or any

job so well for us at the ment as Mr Macmillan and has

team.

by the Heeler

mo-

of Wolver-

(London Exprem Bergicos,

THE JEWS

"I am not a literary man my- self, so I am no longer irritated. "Now get marry

girl," was The most important thing is not her last advice to me. "And to offend. But I ask you, how still you can work. That way fan

familiar are people with the how many you will be better than a man." Scriptures? How imbued re has is an Market mammy wisdom no they with prejudice?"

West wonder the men of Chand are. Yordan stopped for a moment

to

sip his Bloody

Boody Mary and then raidz My Warpose, 1 cap. ture

ex- pecting to walk out hating the Well they have been disappointed. I w not interest- ed in making & hate picture,

"And why all the fuss be cause I have made Judas out to be a fine character. It's his- torically accepted that Judas was the treasurer of Christ abd his Disciples.

Huge ore deposits

discovered

HUGE

been

iron ore deposits have hampton, Canon John Brierley, discovered in the Pilbara district, 750

10

in St Prier's Magazine:---

ODAY

we appear have miles north of Perth in Western Australia many thousands of Necoes

world which could amount to 1,800 million tons, playing binge while the

in danger going up in and about five times Australia's known flames.

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The reat significance of

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AUSTRALIAN

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companies are already being mode.

Some of the prospecting has been carried out in rugged and difficult country over a belt of more than 100 miles in length, but in some places within 50 iniles of shipping points,

for National announcing

the

The Minister Development find said "A steel industry in the West will lay the economic foundation for the state's 1- dustrial development.

Fivepenny

blunder

The new fivepenny Apstra- 11an Christmas stamp, shown here, has been described as the fivepenny "blunder." experts agree that the slanıp which was described as #warm

brown colour" has been badly designed and is "sickly in colour."

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BY EMH

The lettering has been de- scribed as "ghastly" and the

"They wined and dined with

Important people.

They

many

had to live and eat. You can't beg all the time. Donations were made, I expect. And Judas kept the cash,

**The

legend 1 that Judas be- trayed his master · is an absur- dity. After all he could easily have dipped into his pocket for cash if he had wanted to Instead of selling Christ for a few pieces of silver. He had lots of money." But what about the strays ing from the text.

Text? There is no such thing as being really fadthful to the text because what text

are you talking about?

THE SERMON

I asked rather gently about matically illuminated with

the Sermon on the Mosent 16 140 floodlights between had been rather extended so dask and 10

pm from one was told

Monday to Thursday and The Sermon is the high p

Sure," answered Yardan, until midnight on Friday, of the film. Look, if you want point Saturday and Sunday.

THE FIVEPENNY BLUNDER

Con- ter Unity Society. tributions will be at the rate of 2/- a week for adults, children will be 1/- per week, with a maximum family rote of 6/- weekly.

- to get impact you must surround the scene with lots of details to Dental benefits will range

The lighting system cost sustain the interest. I have to print 00 the left hand from 12/6 for filling, 10/- for £20,000 and it was considered have a certain amount of film- side of the stamp can only be

eastern side an extraction and £7 for a full that the

was the making time. For that I

I chose read through a strong magni- set of dentures.

greatest tourist attraction But sayings attributed to Jesus Not fying glass.

MLA's from the North Optical benefits will be £2 four

orth just sayings in the Scriptures," But in spite of all the for new spectacles or lenses, £3 Shore think that people living he added vaguely..

"People criticism there was a tremen- for contact lenses, and 7/6 tot on

who want the real dous rush on first day covers replacement of single lens.

purity of that Sermon can redd and more than 12,080 of them

it all in about 12 seconds, in the The scheme will function in were stamped. The stamp will the same way as the existing

Scriptures. And there you have it. It's different in a fim," on sale for about nine medica) services fund. weeks altogether.

Indeed?

De

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Dental benefits

A new dental and optical benefits fund will be launched in Sydney in the next few weeks, which will be set up by the Manches-

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Discrimination

מס

the western end of the Harbour and

the North Shore are as deserving of a view of the floodlight bridge as those in the eastern suburbs.

They feel there shouldn't be any discrimination especially as North Shore residents contribute so much to the toll.

But it's a question of economy, and the best side from a tourist attraction, and at present there are no plane të illuminate the Fledlighting of the Eastern western side of the bridge. See

side of the Harbour Bridge picture. by the Department of Main Roads began three

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weeks bgo, and it is auto- Ther improved trend-in-the dermand for labour-has become more evident since the end of July and figures issued by the Department of labour and National Service show that during October, the number of people registered for work fell by 12,57% This foll is the third in successive months.

The New South Wales survey shows more seasonal work in vegetable cannid tih pro serving and... in production, For bottles, beverages and Christinas Brondteel mills, moto Vehicle membly and spmning and weaving

There seems to be a Dobri”

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JOHN CRUESEMANN

(London

POCKET CAI

by OSBERT LANCAST