1950-06-20 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG

JUNE 10,

Threat To Tea Trooping The Colour Scenes

Plantations

DARJEELING.

British tea planters on the Himalayan slopes in the Darjeeling area and in the hills. of Assam are going through a period of difficulty. Their problems have been increased by the activities of the Communists.

OT-

A planter who has beenjensing of the situation in Dar here more than 30 years Jello district. But plantera re- and whose garden (planta-ard this na merely a temporary respite. They expect renewed tion) is regarded as among agitation combined with the best in the country,ronised violence before long.

In Assam Communist - said: "Present conditions.

Altration is more serious. Mr are the most trying I havel sri Prakana, Governor of ever known."

Arsant, speaking

Shillong sald that "Arsam is now il- thatting on &

Is volcano. There will increasie? of operation

uneasiness In the more than offset higher sell- Assant hills and border

Managements report ricing cosLs

areas

ing prices. The mal factors due to subversive activities."

in the situation are:

. Breakdown of transport facilities caused by the Indo-

Pakistan economic cold wari

High co:1 of rice to feed workers; Communist agitation among jabour

plantations.

Normal

forces

on the

trafle between rall tea-growing areas and Calcutta 2 January when was cut off Pakistan stopped Indian Lentis erorsing East Pakistan.

unsolved despite insue in . recin improvement in relations between the two dominions.

This

RAIL LINK INADEQUATE

The so-called Assam rail ibic.

U.S.

Denies

Hostility

To British Films

NEW YORK.

Inquiries throughout the United States show that there is no sup- port for the belief that American exhibitors are hostile to British films. The hox-office is the deciding factor.

The request by Mr Wilson, President of the Board of Trade, at the London filin talks that the American trade should give British films a making! roundabout reasonable share of the American market is being examined in the light

of these facts.

a hastily completed single-track

line

of

route over Indian territory, can handle less than one tenth Hormal requirements. Es- ential supplies Аге being brought in by air, but freiht costs are very high and large

calo carriage of tea by thin means itincconomic.

Representatives of the pance "Great Expectations" en

run therd British film companies here eyed a five-weeks! agree that they are handi- in 1947. capped to sorne the fact

extent by A spokesman

for the Bank

hal

that Hollywood Organisation said that many of the company's ms were sent to If India and Pakistan do not companies, not unnaturally, small "art" theaters as a matter

rad Son reach agreement on

policy. preference to their or

Experience trafic

East истова

Faktan give will planters

be in a serious own productions in cinemas proved that long runs in small cinemas corned mort money purttion. The cost of rice they control.

than short runs in big ones. three or four times higher than before the war.

Britishi Inawakemeals have undertaken 10 supply rice to workers at old prices and meet the difference Themselves. la

of system

four

this way they will maintain

localized

subsidies.

TRAINED IN RUSSIA

United States, including one of

The

picture above khows the Royal parly arriving at the Horse Guards Parade In London for the celebration of His Majesty the King's ofl. elal birthday with the cere- mony of Trooping the Colour. Picture above left shows Her

the Majesty

with Queen Princess Margaret

they from drove

Lo Palace

Huckingham79 the ceremony. Right: Prince Charles, son of Princess Elizabeth and thr Duke of Edinburgh, watches the parade

by as it pasKER from Lic carden wall at Clarendon Hause, (Central Press)

SEX AND

the biggest on Broadway. "Tight SUICIDE

Little Island" ("whisky Galore"), which would probably

have lost money on Broadway. BALLET earned something like £30,000

in a 21-weeks' run'at alugle newsreel theatre here,

Comments on the reception of British pictures in various parts of the country include:

HOLLYWOOD:

THEME

Sex, suicide and slums will be the theme of the With attendances iluwn to the

34 WEEKS' RUN

dances performed by the lowest level since 1934 and un-

Chumps Elysees British flm Freuch employment rampant in Holly-

"The Red Shoes," one of the always do well in Los Angeles. ballet company during its wond, they have every templa- |tion to do so. It is also agreed most profitable pictures, Briti "The Red Shoes" ran 47 weeks five months' season in Aus-

exhibitors, including American, in tim history, is at advanced prices at a first- that few those with strong feelings about now in its 82nd week at a anal runs house on Wilshire Boule-tralia and New Zealand this

Now playing all year. real at Palestine, dislilee Broadway cinema.

ran here for a year, then played

over the city. Hamlet had a British pictures,

une of the bit circuits and is to terrific run at advanced prices. Sir Benjamin Fuller, director return to this circuit next au- "The Fallen Idol," "Passport to of Fuller's Theatres, says the Pimlico" and others, havo had company will perform in Syd- ney and Melboume for about successful runs.

Ave months.

FEW BIG BOOKINGS

tumo.

"Hamlet"

Among Communist leaders in

"Quartet" remained at a small this area at least one man has

fashionable New York But it is held that, generally but been trained in Russia, Com- munisis

them-speaking, a tlm is shown if it cinema for 34 weeks, and fol established

it will make mort of that time it was neces- is believed that kelver here duri the war while professing "co-operation" money. Comparatively few Eriary to queue for seats. "Chris

topher Columbus" enjoyed the distinction of playing 300 datea simultaneously, although it was considered a poor picture.

with the Government,

tinh pictures are booked for big Arst-run cinemas on Broadway and in other cities.

Action by the authorities in rounding up Jocal Communist ringleaders and

the some of more notorious agitators on the pluntations has resulted in on

NOT

Hall, the Radio City. Music biggest einemn in the world, has not had a purely British picture

FRIENDLILY

"The Third Man" can now be seen in clueman all over the

DISPOSED

LITTLE Michael Cameron Brierley, aged 16 months, does not appear to be friendly inclined towards one of the puppets belong ing to Guldo Van Deth, of The Hague, Holland. The child was en route from Belgium to Colorado, and Van Deth was taking the puppets to Philadelphia to be displayed at a Dutch fair. (Acme).

K. O. CANNON

60.MSIEU CANNON, YOU SAY IT WAS GOME OTHER PERSÓN ZUCCI DID NOT SEE, AND WHO ARIVED AFTER CARESSE HAD LEFT - WHO ACTUALLY WIRDERED HIM?.

vard and

"RED SHOES" RECORD

In

London Novel

Women's College

11

Pretender Due To

Return To France

Henri D'Orleans, great-great-grandson of King Louis Philippo, will go home soon to the first welcome France has given a Pretender to her throne since 1886.

Pierre Delongraye-Mous-] tier, the Pretender's re- the 41- presentative, said year-old Count of Paris Twenty-two members of the probably will wait for his company have left London on the Orion with complete ward-return until the Council of robes and singe sels.

the Republic, the Upper Expert dancers will be recruit House of the French pariin-urbon Pretender as we the

CHICAGO ; Increasingly favourable reception especially in theatres catering to criminating patrons. "The Reded in Australia.

dis-

Shoes" established record at the Selwyn, in centre city, un re served seat basis.

ment, seconds the National Assembly in lifting his the Palace Theatre,

The company will open at

Sydney, exile. within four days of arrival, and later will perform at Melbourne's Princess Theatre.

FIRST CLASS

Then, for the first time sinco 1020, the Count is expected to go back to the nation once ruled by his forefathers. His first visit of about a month is expected to tourbe strictly incognito. And closer to life than Holly-

Sir Den- were completed by wood

En- products, "Brief

jamin's son, Mr Ben Fuller, and was big hit. "Henry counter

****the company's administrator, Mr the Fifth" and "Hamlet" aroused

Jean Robin. tremendous interest. "Men of Arait" was shown although other distributers would not touch it.

BOSTON: Regarded by pro- ducers as most discriminating Almgoers, Bostonians flock tu British pictures which many Negotiations for the

Seattle: Received well at Var- sity Theatre, which specialises

CHATEAU AWAITS

Afterwards,

his

the Count, Sir Benjamin adds: "For the wile and their 11 children are settle temporarily first time Australians will be expected to

Paris while the historic able to see a first-class French near

chateau of Amboise, in the ballet troupe in its entirety.

Loire River Valley, the cradle "Ballets performed by the of French kings, is prepared Champs Elysees company are for han.

in forcim pictures. One criti- | something different.” cism at major cinema was that Sir Benjamin says transporta- the talking

difficult to tion costs for

the ballet will understand. especially cockney, total £8,000.

British

WRD

expressions were not understood. Many

"The company is booked to go Americans teel that Brillsh actors jumble on to the United States after six their words and speak too months in Australia," he said rapidly.

"But we hope to extend its engagement so that it can per- form In other capital cities.

Washington: Any week this year residents could have seen

European crities have com- or more British Alms at

pared the principal Champa cinemas specialising in foreign | Elysees male dancer, Jean

one

and American classics. Babiles, with the famous

British productions are shown Nijinsky.

more frequently than American

classics of French and Italian.

Lingua Afrikaans

Stellenbosch University De bating Society in South Africa have passed by a large majority อ motion that "English (language) has no chance

of

F.

| survival", The speaker.

Harris, in moving the motion, caid that Afrikanna wUZKO gressing culturally at the Dense of English.

SECOND AMERASIA

INQUIRY

Washington, June 19. Vice President Alben Barkley today reluctantly Procleared the way for a second Senate investigation of the Amerasin case after publicly rebuking 21 Republican Senators who proposed it." In one of the rare reprimands he has delivered from the Bir Barkley presitting chair, obliquely questioned Republican motives for, and the "wisdom" of, the

whole Amerasia

WITH WHISPER IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE

THAT SEEMS TO BE THE THEORY,

AND NOW THIS PERSON-WHDGYÉN

IT IS -IS ON THE WAY HERE.

I'M BEGINNING TO FEEL

A LITTLE SCAREY,

YES,WHISPER, I HAD A HUNCH THIS CHARACTER SHOT ZURČI. 1 SAID THEY'D HAVE TO FAY MG TO HEEF QUIET, THEY'RE COMENG HERS TO MEET ME WITH THE MONEY, I HQFe.

.

In-

quiry

The case, involving the theft of hundreds of Government documents in 1945, already is being investigated by the Sinate Foreign Relations Sub- Committee headed by Senator Millard Tydings.

With obvious reluctance, Mr Barkley passed around to the Sente Judiciary Committee a resolution by 21 Repubileans asking for a separate Amerasia inquiry by that Committee. There was no assurance the Committed wojild approve thờ resolution-United Press.

The only students. ad- mitted to Denman College. one of the most unusual educational establishments-- in Britain, are country-

women.

The College was founded Just over a year ago by the National Federation of Women's Institutes, and more than 1,200

wives of farmers and farm workers have already attended Courses in the spacious old mansion sot in the heart of of England's lovellest countryside. about 70 miles

from London,

The aims of the College are simple-to open now vistas to countrywomen and

their

set

brains working along new lines of thought and to enable them to contribute fully to the

eduentional tradition of the countryside. Because tow

country women can leave farm or family for long, courses are short, usually about four days.

In this time it is, of course, impossible to give detailed in- struction, but it is suficient time, say the College authorl- julen, to start an alert mind. {working-a mind which will continue under its own energy if given that initial impetus.

FROM EVERYWHERE

Lecturer for the course ara drawn from everywhere 0%- ford

University professors, architects, musiciens, cookery demonstrators, skilled Kar- deners. What

surprised them all is the way in which a countrywoman of, perhaps, 40 or 50 years of age, has man- ared

10 keep up with current trends by. reading and tho radio,

not

only

in practical poetry,

bing, but

drama, polities.

also in

A

So far, most popular courses have been in interior decora- ting, toy-making,

craftwork.

cookery, gardening, flower decoration and kitchen design. And there is a long walling list

art

Onc course recently ron- cluded was In

archaeology, followed by a visit of inspõe- Then the young French. Re-tion to the remains of an an-

clent Saxon village. pubile

under the still lived threat that the then Count of A course In dramatic Parts, undisputed heir of the ended with a trip to a famous Bourbons since the older branelt Oxford repertory theatre to mes of the family. dlext out three Chekov's Three Sisters", and a years before, would succeed in visit backstage to discuss mounting the throne of France. Aner points of production with

The of 1880 exiled the players and producer,

the heirs of the Napolean faml- ly, who empire fell when the Prussian armies swept nerON France in 1870.

REPUBLIC' UNAFRAID

In a manifesto before leaving France, Pallippe, the Count of Paris, charged;

the

SHE LEARNED GREAT DEAL

India

Bombay, June 18. will try to emulate" Britain In her National Health services, the Health Minister, "The Republie is afraid. In Rajkumari Amrit

Kaur, told exiling me, it designated mo as reporters today. the leader of France."

קה s

re-

Rajkumari Kaur, who The Republic

longer turned to Bombay from the afraid. Only the Cemununists World Health Organisation con- were against, lifting the exile of ference,

said that thoi rend the man who entered the Forn

learned "a great deal" about elgn Legion in 1939 to theht for

national insurance from Bri- France against the Germany, tain's National Insurance Minis-

ter, exile of the

Elith Summerskili, Dr Prince Napoleon Bonaparte, who also during her stay in Britain

She would won call a con- Joined the Foreign Legion and

of the State's Health later the underground, was set ference

the aside after

war-United Ministers for preliminary dlà- Priss.

cussions on a scherne-Reuter.

It took only 40 minutes debate by some 40 deputies in the assembly to abrogate the law of exile, one

France's most hotly-debated issues when it was parsed in 1880.

of

The

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SEEING-EYE

HORSE

COWGIRL Reno Brown of Los Angeles is talking to Patterfoot, a gentle, tour- year-old which can do practically anything but play ping-pong.⠀⠀ - The horse, with its trainer, has been instrumental in teaching, dozens of blind children to ride. Putterfoot has an enviable record in that he has never been tempera-

mental while carrying a blind rider. (Acme).