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BRITAIN'S TRADE

THE drop of nearly eight million pounds in Great Britain's export ligures for October, as compared with September per- haps need some clarification, especially as German propa- ganda has been quick to seize upon this decline as a proof that the U-bont campaign and bomb- ing raids have been successful. The actual figures for the month show that exports totalled £23,- 000,000. In September they reached £31,000,000, Imports during the same period totailed £85,000,000-an increase £23,000,000 over the figure for

of

December 9, 1940.

Begin Reading To-day The Serialisation of JANE AUSTEN'S IMMORTAL NOVEL

The film stars Greer Garson and Laur-

enco Olivier

Chapter One

MARRIAGE IS THE THING

The splendid cavalcade clattering into the quiet English village of Meryton that bright May morning, rudely disturbed the sleepy tran- quillity of the little town.

Two smartly liveried grooms on horseback preceded the elegant chaise drawn by four horses with uniformed men on its box. Two shining earringes, each drawn by a fine pair. carrying servants, luggage and dogs, followed in the rear.

Not that Meryton had never before seen resplendent retinues. No indeed The furore, which shook to the

home depths every

thut housed marriageable daugh- ters, Was caused by the occupants of the chaise, and by the reason for their arri val.

The two handsome, dis- Linguished gentlemen who

rode in the chaise had come to take up permanent resi- dence at Netherfield Park, the finest estate in the country. Better than that-and the glad tidings spread like wild- fire to

hearth-Mr. every Darcy and Mr. Bingley were bachelors. Rich bachelors! The lady who accompanied them was Miss Bingley, who offered no complication inas- much as she was engaged to a young man from London.

In no household was there excitement than the more Bennet's. Mrs. Bennet was beside herself with joy. And why not? What other Mery- ton mairon had five marriage-

-October-of-last-year-and-an-able-daughters-with-not-a-

increase

a

of £4,500,000 over September this year.

While Britain can afford to. admit quite frankly that certain percentage of the decline shown may be due to transport and port difficulties arising from German bombing, that by no means is the whole explanation. In fact, reports have clearly shown that the disruption to business caused by raids has been comparatively small. an example, Germany claimed that Southampton had been completely devastated; that the people had fled and that it had been converted into a dead city.

As

Yet it is known that the bus service in Southampton was functioning normally within 48 hours of the raid. Buses would hardly be operated in a city that had been "wiped out."

There are, in fact, a number of sound reasons which account | for the drop in Britain's export figures for October, the first of which is the change which has been effected in customs pro- cedure, including the abolition for a large proportion of goods consigned to the British Empire,

CONCERT OF MADRIGALS of the system of re-entry of

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penny of dowry for any of them?

Mrs. Bennet, as would any good mother of that day when matrimony was a girl's only

career, hope and

pursued husbands for her five girls like a baying hound on the scent of a fox. Not all the charming wit of her eldest, Elizabeth, nor the beauty and modesty of Jane, nor the bespectacled pretensions to intellect of Mary, nor the flighty pursuit of handsome officers by Lydia and Kitty, nor the sardonic humour of her barrister husband could stay her.

Mr. Bennet's casual calm usually kept the household on

an even keel. Yet, even his imperturbability threatened to break under Mrs. Bennet's barrage..

"Mr. Bennet," shu stormed. "You must go over to Netherfield Park and pay your respects. If you don't, Sir William and Lady Lucas will get there before us. Her pushing way of trying to get her Charlotte morried is revolting!"

"I'll tell you what I'll do, my dear," he answered binndly. "I'll send

assuring Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darey of my hearly content to their marrying whichever they choose of the girls -though I- must throw in a word for my Lizzy."

over a note

"Elizabeth is not a bit better thon the others!" she retorted. "Why do you always give her pre- ference?!

"They're all silly and ignorant like most girls," he sighed, "but Lizzy has scme glimmerlings of Bense."

."Mr. Bennet!" Mrs. Bennet's teare began to Bow, "How can you be so resigned to your daugh-

documents before cargoes are shipped. This change resulted in delay in making entries from which the customs returns were compiled for October, but will not recur, while the total will be rectified In the November figures. Apart from this change in procedure, a largo larger measure to re-inforcing reduction has been made in Em- and supplying the Middle East pire imports of non-essential armies and in particular, aiding consumers' goods. This ban on the Greeks, where the presence non-essentials, while affecting of men, materials, airforce and export figures was made in order navy has been instrumental in to release all possible resources encouraging as woll as nasisting for the war effort. Shipping that gallant people in their has thus been made available in struggle for liberty.

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sister of hers-Ming Elizabeth. They say she has a lively wit."

"A provincial young lady with a lively will" Darcy exclaimed, "Heaven preserve us And that mather of uers

"It's not the mother you have to dance with, Darcy" Bingley in- the daughter.

terrupted. "It's

She's charming."

"Oh, I admit she's tolerable enough-considering the class sho comes from." Darcy shrugged as they started to move away. "But I'm in no humour for low life this evening."

Elizabeth rose from her chair and peered out after them. "Well -what charming man!" She

a

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

Adapted from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture.

by GERTRUDE GELBIN

ters growing up to be penniless uld maids leaving all your money to that cousin of yours--that odious Mr. Collins."

Mr. Bennet almost lost his tem- per. "For the thousandth time, my dear, this estate was entalled when I inherited . It must by low go to a mile heir-a male heir, Mrs. Bennet. And, as you possl- bly remember, we have no son."

"All the more reason why you should alre some responsibility about getting husbands for your daughters." she cried. "But you your escape Into

unintelligible books and leave all that to me,"

Certainly, Mrs. Bennet assumed full responsibility the night of the Assembly Ball, that Merylon event which marked the first public sp pearance Mr.

of Darcy and Mr. Bingley, Fur the hundredth time, the anxious mother posed lovely Jane, admonished Elizabeth, scold- ed Mary and cautioned Lydia and Kitty against their preoccupation with the uniformed officers who thronged the hall.

A sigh of relief escaped her, when at last, after what seemed like hours of waiting, she saw Mr. Darcy enter the room.

To say that Elizabeth Bennet's heart didn't skip_a_beat would be untrue. She had too much spirit und intelligence and was too much a product of her time not to be conscious of the fact that rleb. eligible bachelors were perfect grist for the marriage mill.

"What a handsome young man Mr. Darcy ist" exclaimed Mrs.

Benuct..

"And doesn't he know !!" Eliza- beth observed with a mischievous smile.

"I like Mr. Bingley better," - Jane mused. "Mr. Darcy's 80-10

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"So superclllous," Elizabeth fin- ished. "But he does have an ur about him."

Jane's eyes grew suddenly bright. Sir Willa was heading directly tor them with Mr. Bingley in tow.

set her mouth angrily and fanned herself to coul her, femper.

"You

mustn't be offended, Lizzy," Charlotte contoled. "He didn't know you could hear."

. "What difference does that make?" demanded Elizabeth furl- ously. "It's not my hearing that matters-it's the fact that he said I The complacent, self-satisfied arrogance of the man! Oh, it makes me so angry!"

A young man advanced and elaimed Charlotte for the next dance. Elizabeth took a seat along the wall. In another moment, Sir William approached with Darcy.

"Miss Elizabeth," beamed Sir William, may I have the honour to present Mr. Darcy? He is enger to invite you to dance,"

Darcy smiled at her, "Now that you have been forewarned of my eagerness to dunce will you, may I hope you will to me the honour."

Elizabeth,smiled back coolly. "I'm afraid the honour of standing up with you is more than I could beur, Mr. Darcy. Pray excuse me."

He stared at her in amazement. "Are you saying you don't care to dance with me, Miss Bennet?”

Elizabeth's smile gave way to stony pride. "I'm begging to be excused, sir."

"It's my loss, I'm sure," he an- swered coldly.

"You perhaps know best about that, sir," was her rokm rejoiner.

At that moment, Mr. Wickham, Lydia's officer, appeared. He greeted Elizabeth, then turned to Darcy with smiling good humour. Darcy stared at him, his Ince darkening.

"Mr. Darcy," sald Elizabeth, "may present Mr. Wickham."

"Mr. Darcy and I have met be- fore," Wickham snld casually. Darcy, making no movement of salution toward Wickham, bow- ed stimmy to Elizabeth and walked away.

She stared after him, astonished

Mr. Bingley was promptly present and incensed by his manner. "The

cd to the Bennets and quite as promptly asked Jane to dunce. As they moved toward the floor, Lydin danced by with a handsome officer. "Lizzie!" Lydia shouted. "This is Mr. Wickham. He wants to meet you. He thinks you're a lovely erenture."

in

Elizabeth flushed at her sister's boisterousnESA, but bowed smil- to Mr. Wickham who acknow- ledged the introducetion with a guy laugh. Elizabeth then turned to Kreet her friend, Charlotte Lucas. "Ilave you no partner for this dance, Lizzy?" Charlotte asked banteringly.

"Well, neither have 1,"

Shall we brazen it out in the open?" Elizabeth laughed. "Or shall we go into hiding? I know of a goud place."

"Lead on," Charlotte lamented with mock scřlousness, and the two girls made for a small alcove off the ballroom.

.

As they ant down, out of sight, Datey moved into view and loung- ed disconsolately against the wall. The dance over, Bingley joined him

"Come, Darcy," he remarked. "I hate to see you stalking about

by yourself In this stupid way. Why don't you dance. The place is full of pretty girls."

in the alcove, but completely with in hearing of the conversation, ex- changed glances.

Elizabeth and Charlotte, hidden

"I've only seen one-and you've monopolised her," Darcy replied. "Ian't Miss Jane lovely!" Bing- ley said happily. "But there's that

.

man must be mad," she said.

"Mad?"

Wickham

smiled,

The Mere Man

Control

Of Rice

Prices

Government

last week no complished

B

very timely act by fixing the retail prices of rice which had gone up out of all proportion to the real situation and which, but for official action, would certainly have been forced even higher. But let the Government not stopTM there. It should at once proceed to re-examine the situation as a whole and devise means to cn- sure that in future prices will not have to be pegged any higher than they are,

Distress, widespread as it is, would only be made the more severe if, through lack of fore- sight and preparation, any real increase in the cost of rice im-. ports should result in the fixing of new maximum prices, thus passing the burden back upon the suffering poor. If cheap rice can be guaranteed only at finan- cint loss, then Government should be ready to meet it with taxpayers' money, and tax- payers, I am sure, would be will- ing to face sacrifice.

It may

be Chinese

that the Sino- Japanese

Success

In Hupch

war

has insted too

long to com~ mand more than the ordinary interest of the average news- paper reader; even spectacular events do not seem to be impres- sive. Whatever the reason, the recent Japanese operations in

the Hupeh and

successful Chinese counter-measures do not appear to be so generally talked about as other similarly significant moves in the past. Taierchwang exploded the myth of Japanese invincibility and gave China new hope; the latest Hupeh battle, in which the Chinese ran ringa round their adversary, is the fulfilment of that hope.

"Ron rings round their adversary" is right, too, The Japanese, who have always fought according to the book and never with much ingenuity or resourcefulness, once again tried their much-touted pincer movement. The

tactical anticipated the whole

design, and cleverly manoeuvred themselves so that the Japanese had nothing worth while around which to close their pincers. It was the Japanese who were aur- rounded.

There has been a paucity of news about this battle, but there seems to be no doubt that the Chinese have scored a victory sufficiently effective to prove that the hope engendered at Talerchwang was based on something solid. The Hupeh battle is not the end of the war; more battles, per- bups, will still have to be fought; but henceforth, confidence will do much to help Chinese arms and hasten the day of reckoning for Japan.

General Li Tsung-fen, the genitus of Tulerchwang, has scored another brilliant success. One of the "Big Two" of Kwangsi, he has shown that he and General Pul Chung-hsi more than earn the trust reposed in them by the Central Government and the Chinese people.

Are the people

Mysterious who give news to

"You're too charitable, Miss Elize Authority

beth. If you were better де quainted with him, you would kee another man."

him a long

"Have you known time?" she asked in amazement.

"Since childhood. But, ay you saw, we're not on friendly terms. You sec-well-my father

WAS steward of the Darcy estates."

reporters moro modest nowadays,

or less sure of themselves, or are, reporters getting their information from other than properly authorita- tive sources and attempting to hide this fact? In any event, I notice that, in other countries as well an In Hongkong, anonyms hold sway.

Speaking as an ordinary news- paper reader, my favourite character either "Government nowadays spokesman" or "Leading authorlly." I am not sure which. "Military ex- pert" comes not far behind,

"Lending authority" scored very "de- Jane, meanwhile,

heavily the other day. He was glowing with the delight of being presented

clared that, the figures of non- by Mr. Bingley to his sister.

combatants killed in recent raids on "When one's accustomed to the

London are smail compared with the fashionable world of London," Min total civil population or with the Bingley remarked, then stopped, losses of the fighting services in this, with an elegant, deprecating get-

or the last war."

Elizabeth blushed for Darcy's snobbish pride. "Without know- ing anything more, I'm on your alde," she cried.

ture. "Frankly, Mixa Jone, you

atrike me as the only civilized per- son In the room."

the

"Oh, you're unfair others," Jane protested, Mias Bingley patted

her arm patronisingly. "Sweet child. What a charming disposition. You must come over to Netherfield one day, I shall be so bored, you know, morooned out here in the wilder *ness. We'll arrange It, shall wo?

Very soon?"

What happens when Jane vizli the Bingley estate? Will Eliza both red Darcy again?. Read to morrow's chapter, A

To reach that conclusion, it necersary to be a leading authority. No ordinary

would ever person suspect such a thing.

Then there is a "high outcial" who rays that "there are only two alter- natives before the Italians-to retreat er to fight on."

There are also "Government cir- cles,"

How. lucky we all are to be sur- rounded, hedged in and propped up ily so many cohorts of brilliant-but.

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