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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1950.

EXPANSION OF FAR EAST

OIL PRODUCTION VITAL

POCKET CARTOON

by USBERT LANCASTER

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་་ suppose you radicals selli try to explain this away by saying the fellow had had one tomato fulce too many!"

The Battle Of The Sparrows

Despite protests from the! local RSPCA-"birds have rights and feelings, haven't they?"-medical research workers

at Birmingham

By Ronald Boxall

LONDON, March 1.

Industries in the Far East have been faced with their own peculiar problems since the end of the war. Not only have they been affected by the abnormal economic conditions of the postwar world; they have also had problems of rehabilitation which, in a number of cases, have prevented them from working to capacity while, world prices have risen, partly be cause of the scarcity of their products.

have shown, the

لام

Hugo unsatisfied markets Before the war, the consump-in Australia await their return to full tion of oil per head of the Far need is for more ond still more Eastern population Was very production from Far East oil-

with! production, and perhaps in

compared

the fields, no other commodity is thinmali

correspondlag consumption

Moreover, as Industrialisation Western countries. The surplua more true than oll,

Australia and Rothers pace in The Far East was once re-production was really taken up the Far East the need for more!

most by Australia and New Zealand, world's

from oll

readily accessible Harded ng the

civilisa olf-bearing important

region. countries whose Western

n far greater Before

markets will be accentuated. Far Eastern 011 Long before the huge resources tlons demanded

able ato

to meet of the United States, Venezuela, amount of oil. The Far Eastern

Unlor, the Soviet

the Middle follfelds, therefore, provided the

this Increasing demand from Carribean were major proportion of their own

their own East and the

and neighbouring Australasia's all require. developed, the Far East was and

countries ways must be found oil

the technical of overcoming Producing

further involved In sumelent

problem satisfy the rather to

development. primitive needs

the local populations and, in later years, even certain of the needs of the outside world. But, today, its output is only a minute fraction of the world's total yield.

on

of

scalements,

NEED FOR MORE

resources

In regions where oll is likely Today, as the recent Anglo- American oll controversy and to be found, the terrain is not difficulties of restoring always hospitable towards those the unrestricted supplies of petrol who

She Has Written

250

Books

In

University are pressing There are few young boys and girls in the world today their appeal to the public who do not delight in the adventures woven around "Mr for 200 or more house Tumpy," "Rubbalong," the "Sauce-Pan Man" and the sparrows for more accurate many other lovable characters created by Enid Blyton. confirmation of the medical book, magazine and newspaper, the stories told by this school's initial evidence

popular British author are road wherever children love that these birds carry

fair tales-and that is everywhere. germa which

cause food- poisoning.

The research workers do not want small boys with airguns

to start a mass slaughter of the birds, but they say that it is essential for them to be sup

lied with the sparrows within the next eight or 12 weeks. On the other hand, the local RSPCA are against the proposal and cundemn the whole idea. Says

spokesman: their

have "WC

to teach spent years trying

tights and feelings."

as "Britain's is this spinner of muke-Ilans Andersen"? How does believe who is fast becom-she manage to write so pro- lifically int, apart from her books-she has written 250-she produces a great number of short stories, fortnightly magazine, film

But what sort of personing known

REARING

religious books for children?

SNAILS FOR scripts, school readers and

COOKING

A wild French snail can, people that these birds have if he is lucky, live until he dies a natural death at the But Medical experts any investiga. ripe old age of seven.

revealed

that at if he is one of the pampered tions have times the birds carry one of kind the boiling pot may get

food the germs which cause 100 him at the age of two. poisoning. Stuce the war there) have been several big outbreaks Three is the perfect edible yin age four the limit for a juicy, of food poisoning, particularly in canteens, where sparrows flew

succulent chew.

in and hopper about the tables

would deprive it of its wealth. No doubt, with,

12nancial backing, these

difficulties could be overcome and some of the strain removed from other oil-producing reglous. to be a but this would seem task

for those

governments which are interested in develop- ing the economie resources of the Far East rather than for com- mercial undertakings which, naturally, reek safeguards be- are investing huge sums capital development.

COMPARISON

In

The following table illustrates how Far Eastern oil output com. pares with the world total all production:

Oil production in metric tons, including natural gasoline:

Far Eastern production 7,870,000 (1948), 10.130,000 (1938).

World

total production 480,000,000 1948), 200,535,000 (1938).

Far Eastern production of oil in 1948 included 4,410,000 tons from the whole of Indonesia and Enle Blyton Is a charming

2,790,000 from British Borneo. brown-eyed Englishwoman who other countries namely, India, lives with

and husband. Mr

Japan, China Pakistan,

the re- Darrell Waters, a distinguished Burma--contributed and two teen-aremainder. surgeon, in a beautiful house daughters

shire. about

her

.

at Beaconsfield, in Buckingham- The postwar drop in produc- with increased 20 mlics fromtion coincided London. To her, writing is not demand from every country in the For East, except Japan, hard work but a pleasure,

where the decline in military FLOW OF IDEAS tiemand more than offset the "Ideas flow into my mind and growing civilian requirements. At the same time, the reduc- take possession of it," she says. "My characters come singing tion in American exports com- and dancing into my imagian-pelled Far Eastern consumers to unmolested. Suspicions even- There are several different tion. Take the Sauce-Pan Man rely on larger supplies from the tually turned to these birds, and kinds of cultivated suails, cachis idiosyncrasy is bursting into Middle East. This means that

excellence insuly songs which alway begin increased production is

more specimens are now wanted from with individual

and taste. Big with the word Two Why than ever a matter of urgency if various parts of the city and, colour, size

White" is the gourmet's choice he always comes on the reene those countries are to maintain suburbs,

though the "Small Grey" is very singing is beyond me--but he healthy economle progress.

veet and tender.

always doest"

Although the proven reserves The French were by no means

Twenty publishers in Britain of oil in the Far East prevent the

The figst snail enters.

and four in the United States estimated at the beginning of sparrows getting near human Bomans laid out snail parks, fed are kept busy issuing the flood 1019 to be 200,000,000 tons--less food or places where It is pre- them flour and special fattening of stories that come from Miss than two percent

of the total pared.

foods and ate them for pleasure Blyton's pen. The first print-world" ngure-only a few areas

medicine. For wheezying of an Entd Blyton book I have

been

developed. fully raw. in bestseller I Meanwhile, the battle of the chests they swallowed then:

advance, for Others, where oll may be found, the cod-liver seldom are sparrows between incdical re-iSmall syrup was

fewer than 50,000 are being developed by British. coples sold in the first edition American and Dutely interests. search and the Association con- off of the Roman young. tinues.

i Cultivation is ensy and cheap. and more usually it is 100.000. Still more awalt exploration.

Tany countries, particularly Two million can be bred in a half-folland, broadcast her tales in nere park (walled to keep them Water-Bus Route at tume), and give an annual regular series.

are con-

if present Andings firmed special precautions will!

he recommended to

To Be Extended

and

were

SOCIAL BENEFITS

Among the Far Eastern oil- harvest of between $60,000 and Mies Blyton claims she 18

producing countries, Indonesia, 1,000.000. Fanciers recogulse among the happiest women in which is by far the

mast im- Not only for her

reason Lo age and quality by size and the world.

portant, has most work and the happiness of her regret the decline In oil pro home, but for the constantly ex-duction. The all industry in pressed affection of her world- Indonesia has brought important wide audience. She has a fan-

benefits to those who are socia mail of 30,000 letters # year.

engaged in it and, in the present FIRST AT 14

circumstances, the new Govern- ment would not wish to see these jeopardised.

are

blue

blooded,

winter

Leofour.

Snails The

water-bus Thames service, which for the past two hungry vegetarians, years or so has become increas, ground and sleep all

It ingly popular with Londonery without food or drink. and visitors to Britain's capital then they are gathered.

They pay no attention to their city, is to be greatly enlarged |

have laid for the Festival of Britain 1951, offspring; once they Work has already started on a their eggs their parental duties new 85-feet river taxi to carry jare over.

250 passengers and other boats'

will be commissioned to aug į

rent the present bus fleet.

The water-bus route at pre-

Flaming Ices

un-

When her youngest daughter, Imogen, now 13, fell ill from In-

and two

fantile paralysis two years ago, Moreover, the country's other main industries-rubber a great spate of letters cables of sympathy arrived, and tin-are encountering their! "So you see", she says, "although own problems, Ilubber is faced I have only two daughters, I with serious competition from have, perhaps the largest family the American synthetic rubber In the world."

and tin production is oping consumption to such

vent extends from Greenwich in Proudly a soda-fountain in the cast to Putney in the west.Pittsfield, Massachusetts,

When Miss Blyton had her an extent that an international Plans are being made to extend veiled the ultimate in ice cream first story published at the age scheme to restrict output is now the routo westwards to Hamsundues-vanilla ice cream of 34, she was so happy that she believed to be the only way to mersmith and to build new doused in hot fudge sauce and decided that henceforth writing prevent disaster.

at London Bridge and then a

For marshmallow topped must be her fo's work.

piera Blackfriars.

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business

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with three drops of alcohol, the children of the world that It is apparent, therefore, that which was

ignited before was a most fortunate decision. expansion of this important in- Landing stages

dustry is a main factor not only on the south serving, banks of the river will lead. But just

Enid Blyton's stories appear in providing employment directly to the Festival's exhibi- tooming. the

in Arc brigade regularly

directly concerned, the Hongkong those

in facilitating economie tion grounds in London, which arrived and banned the Baming Telegraph Boys and Girls' Page also extend along the riverside be-sundaes. Too dangerous for every Saturday. The current progress in the For East, on

fur coats tween Westminster and Water-people wearing

or serial is "Five Foll Into which many vital political issues

depend. loo Bridges.

Adventure."

celluloid collars,

K. O. CANNON

SMALL CELLS, THEY AND,

I'M AFRAID "BUT THEY'LL HAVE TO DO YOU FOR THE

NIGHT. I'LL ĞER YOU GET

A FRECH FOO YACH IN THE MORNING... GETTING NEAR MY DEOTIMI, A-

TOO.

The Riddle of the Red Domino

V-AHNS

I BROUGHT THAT FOR CANNON. NOW WE MUST GET OUT OF HERE QUICKLY, MA ROSEBUD. YOU GET BACK TO THE HIGHWAYMAN'S REST,

PROFILE WILL HAVB-LEFT \UY NOW, I'M DOING BACK

TO LONDON

NEWS IN PICTURES

THREE GENERATIONS OF HOOVERS-America's only living ex-President, Herbert Hoover, enjoyed a short vacation at Miami Beach, Florida, recently. Shown with him are his son, Allan Hoover, and his grandson, Andrew Hoover, to complete the family group.

SWIMS, TO0 Actress Lizabeth Scott poses at the Pacific Palisades, near Hollywood, California. But she does more than just pose when she goes to the beach, for Liza- Beth is

bathing beauty who is also an accomplished swimmer.

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AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION-West Berlin polico officers study the city's US-Russian border to map out plans to prevent a scheduled Communist demonstration Dr from spreading into the American section. Johannes Stamm, second from left, Police Chief of West Berlin, plans his strategy three months before the meeting.

FUN IN PARIS-A one-humped, home-made camel is led through the Latin Quarter in Paris by a Beaux-Arts architectural school student during the tradi- tional celebration of Rougevin Day. Floats and unusual figures are constructed weeks before the parade, which honoura a former student and benefactor.

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