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US Cutting Down Agitation
Aluminium For For Higher Civilian Use
On
Washington, Nov. 13.
A 35 percent cutback in the use of aluminium for civilian consumer goods, effective from -1832 | January 1, was ordered on Monday by the
National Production Authorities.
Today Is Birthday Of Prince Charles
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RINCESS Elizabeth, I principle, presumably, that fate
understand,
de-ever strikes cided to abandon
has
her plan same place
to spend the third anniver- sary of her marriage with her husband the Duke of Edinburgh at Malta.
amount
of
Prices
Wellington, Nov. 13. New Zealand meat and dairy products Interests are loudly demanding higher prices from
Britain, their principal sumer.
con-
A Government member, T. P.
Shand, said: "If Britain con- tinues her present attitude, it will break up the Empire more
could!"
The cutback order limits aluminium they used during the quickly than anything else manufacturers of consumer first quarter of this year, goods to 65 percent of the They will be allowed to use
Mr Shand said that while Britain bought average
from the full normal consumption during
New the rest of this year.
Zealand at low prices it sent The
high-priced goods in return. At the same time, he said, it was buying beef from the Argentine and pork from Canada at twice the price paid New Zealand.
Mr. W.N. Perry, President of the New Zealand Federated
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The reason is that she wishes to be associated with cero- monies attending the official visit of Queen Juliana of long been interested
UEEN Ingrid of Denmark is one of the most beautiful of the remaining European don next month to open a rayon queens. She is coming to Lon-
Danish design exhibition of work, in which she has 50
Holland and Prince Bernhard- to London next month. The anniversary falls on November 20th, and the Royal Dutch visitors are due on the 21st,
In the circumstances, the Princess has decided to delay her departure to Malta by a Tew days. This
woek November 14-Prince Charles will celebrate his second birth- day, and the Princess plans to give a small birthday party.
The Princess will be back for the Christmastide at San- dringham "with the King and Queen and other members of the Royal Family. It is doubt- ful if the Duke will be able to take any leave at that time in view of the week's leave he took to be present at the christen- ing of Princess Anne,
Palace Safety ECURITY arrangements at
SECU
Buckingham Palace have
The older generation will re- member her as a lovely young. girl who spent many months in England. She always stayed. with her grandfather, the Duke: of Connaught, either at hin country house else at Clarence
of Bagshot, or House, his London home for many years. Her mother was Princess Duke's eldest Margaret of Connaught,_the
daughter, who
married the Crown Prince of Sweden, and by whom she had four sons and one daughter.
Princess Margaret died when Princess Ingrid was only 10. She in turn married the heir to the throne of Denmark in 1935 and has been Queen since 1947, Recently she was host to Mr and Mrs Winston Chur- chill at the royal palace of Amalienborg, in Copenhagen.
forming the major part of
These
British
will bring strength of this type to about 150 front-line aircraft, and later in the year the total may be increased to 200.
They are being supplied until British jet bombers come into production.
More Fortresses A FURTHER 70 or more B293, been the subject of talks be- tween the Home. Office and Sir Britain's share for the second Harold Scott, the Metropolitan year of the military assistance Polico
Sir programme, are to be delivered Commissioner. Harold recently called an ur-to the R.A.F. carly next year. gent conference of high-rank- ing police officers to discuss the matter, I understand a certain line of action has been decided,
Officers of the Brigade of Guárds
confer are to
with Scotland
on the Yard officers new Palace security measures. Tests,. I understand, have The American Third Air proved that the King and Division in this country is also Queen's personal
The force, apartments to be strengthened.
now 200 strong, is likely to be increased to about 500 heavy bombers. They will probably stay in this country for the first ten years of the Atlantic Pact,
are burglar-proof.
have al-
· Security measures ready been tightened. For many years Court officials have had the privilege of obtaining tickets for certain functions and distributing them to friends and acquaintances.
These tickets have been drastically curtailed. Officials who get them must be pre- pared to vouch that they have known the people to whom they wish to give them for a number of years.
Police Guard
THE first most obvious result >of, the recent, break-in at Buckingham
Palace is the of barbed
newly-fitted edging
wire which now augments the spiked railings,
A mile of brick wall sur- rounds the Palace. A spiked railing was added by the Prince Consort after a young man named Jones' was discovered hiding under a sofa in one of the State rooms, Until now that had sufleed.
Today, a four-strand wire fencing surmounts all but one shart. section, which remains unwired. This is the part where a mahulo
I was found trying to make an entry, recently.. It has been left to
the
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to on
game and West doubled
Declarer's play matched his bidding. Determined to take every finesse in sight- ho led 2 after romng the second Spade. East led ❤ 10. Bouth played low, and West returned 2. South ruffed a Club in Dummy and ◊ 3 lost to West, who led his last trump. South had still a fifth trick to lose. By making the correct lead of
3 from his own band at trick 3. South can win tricks
London Express Service.
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or at least until the cold war is called off. ·
Tightening Up THE establishment of an An- glo-American - Canadian Atomic Security pooted to be announced shortly. Board is ex-
new organisa-
In Britain a
co-ordinate the activities of all the security departments, which, say's not been working together closely enough.
tion may come into being to
NPA Administrator, William Harrison, said the cut- back order was issued becauso there is not enough of this vital metal. available ‘currently to meet the full demands of both the defence programme' and the Farmers, said that by refusing expended civilian cconomy- to pay more for dairy products, ordered Britain The Government
was not giving New the justice she had
the cut to insure 300,000 toZealand 350,000 tons of aluminium for expected. defence production next year. "During the war, and since," Furniture, cars, toys, electric he said, "New Zealand, with the lighting Axtures and a host of possible exception of Australia, other civilian industries will has supplied food to Britain at the cheapest prices she pays. Nobody would have suggested that we should hold Britain at ransom. We have let our hearts rule our heads.".
be hit by the order.
SOME EXEMPTIONS The only exemptions will be small producers who use less than 1,000 pounds annually.
The defence industries, which had been getting only a small fraction of the aluminium in- dustry's 1,000,000-ton annual production until recently, step- ped up their use of the metal to 100,000 tons annually last month.
news
Mr Harrison .told a conference the prospects were poor for any, sizable expansion of aluminium-production-dur- ing the first half of 1951. United Press.
The New Zealand dairy pro- is ducts marketing commission negotiating for a seven and half per cent increase in long-term contract permits,
United Press.
Cut In British Coal Exports
London, Nov. 13. A cut in the tonnage of Bri- tish winter coal for export was announced in the House
of Commons today by Mr Philip
Tin Price Again Noel-Baler, Minister of Fuel
Rocketing
and Power.
The Minister said that be- cause of the present home con- sumption and output, the ton- nage will be substantially less than a year ago.
London, Nov. 13. Tin prices rocketed again today at the morning session. Replying to questions about Turnover was 140 tons, in- manpower in the mines, the cluding 20 tons for spot,
Minister said that the possi→ Prices closed today at thebility of recruiting foreign la- end of the official morning bour was being considered.-- session as follows:-
Business done at
1.103 Spot tin, buyers
1,110 Spot tin, sellers
1,110-1,100 Three-months tin. sellers 1.075 Three-months tin, buyers 1,070 Business done at Settlement
1,075-1,040 1,190 -United Press.
Reuter.
S'pore Rubber Futures
Singapore, Nov. 13. Prices in the rubber futures
Whitehall, have One Family In Five market here closed today as
Has Television
follows:-
Number 1:rubber. per lb. Sir Oliver Franks, the British
November
210-211 Ambassador in Washington, is
Chicago, Nov. 13.
Number 1 rubber, December 190-200 Industrial surveys believed to have been told that
on Mon-Number 1 rubber, January
(1951)
109-190 resumption of an Anglo-Amer-day reported that nearly one
Number 2 rubber, November 204-205 in atomic out of every ican partnership
five families in
Number 3 rubber, November 190-19 development will be unlikely the United States has a televi- Number 4 rubber, November 102-183
Britain's security ma-sion set-or 70.0 percent of the Spot rubber, unbaled
Black crepa United Press. *
until chinery has been thoroughly nation's 40,300,000 families. overhauled.
210-211
No. 1 pale crepe
174-178 210-220
United Press.
Douglas MacArthur
No. 9
By MELVIN WHITELEATHER & NORMAN MYERS
Douglas MacArthur's extra-
While walking by his side on Mopping his brow, Mag-Back from the Russo-Japa ordinary career in the Pacific, an outlaring island. MagAnt Arthur's sergeant,a, with sa·by--nase War with his father, began three months after he wide ironed wiibo hubimos, gone politeness, said: “With Douglas was gewunded by Pre- noceived his commission at jaw shawty by a shot in the Lieutenant's kind permissident Theodore
evelt. West Point At twenty-hree, burst, As MacArthur leaped slp; may I.remark that the T.-R. – made him : his military he was sent to the Philippines over - him, va second burst heat of the Lieutenant's life, la aldei Teddy was very fond on his first tour of city. He knooked the Lieutenant's hat now, on syölyet?!' The sergeant both filhé ani dom. remained hetoon months in off. Had he not bent down to was indeed prophetle and Mao- he had been told by Lyo the still unpacified land where succour his dying orderly, he Arthur says the episode show- Depe ment That both his father had more to great would have received the shot ed that luck was with the Mac hight compétenti. That's namme for himself.
In the breast.
Arthurs from the beginning. be sent them to Mönchuria.
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