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PAGE TWLVDv Drecks Nake Stopover i Singapore Descrihe Futures of This Great City While on Iuteresting World Tour On Board MV. "1Chinese Prince" between Singapore an d Port Swettenham, Malaya l5th March, 1950. Dear George, We came within sight of Singapone about six a.m. on morning of loth March The approach is not so spectaculan as at Hong Kong but very pleasant indeed with intenesting looking islands on both sidos. On dloser view it became quito clear that we wouid like Sîngapore. It lookod so fnoesh and dlean and airy., That first impression was later con- firmed. As in the case of Hong Kong it is impossible for me to write a full description, of ail we saw and the impressions we gained while in Singapore, so that I shail confine myseif to the most outstanding and, without going into too much detail. First lot me give you a fow es- sential facts about the island- (a) It is a Cnown Colony. (b) It Paint Agents. 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One ai the wonders ai the colony-to my mind at least-is the apparent harmony that exists in spîte ai such a conglomerate population and ini spite ai being sa clasely surnounded by unnost. Whene wo wone tied up was mast canveniont as we wene only a stono's throw away fnom a main thoroughiane loading t a t he contre ai the city. Aiso we bad a nice view ai ather parts ai the barboun, whicb is quite spacious, as well as a residential section on high ground an aur Toit. The port is kept in as good condition as it is passible ta keep a part and, due to sa much trouble anis- ingZ from communist activitios, is strangly ionced and hoavily guandod by a special armed police force. (As a matten ai iact, on neturning ta the siiip one day, we were asked by the afficer ta ro- main at the bannier until a certain spot ai trouble bad been cleaned up.) Although we iaund pienty ai busses gaing uptawn we took a taxi for aur fiist trip, as I bad no Straits manoy. We found the American Express office an the fiist floon ai "Rabinson's"-tho leading Eunopean Depatment store-and baving equipped aur- selves witb Straits dollars at 2.68 ta the Canadian dollar, we set out ta spend them, ion wbicb thene are ample oppotunities. Not being a "Free Part" pnices ai impanted goods and, in iact, Here is how you start on your way to WIN one of the 100 BIG CASH PRIZES FIRST ]PRIZE $3000' A genuw contest. to build goodwili - the f ull amount of $7000 will be distributed at the close of the contest. Hére i8 ail you have to do: Take the nine numbers from the square on the right and write ail of them in the nine stars below. ARRANGE these numnbers sa that you have as mony totals of three num- bers on a stroight line as it is possible ta equal 15. There may be mony different arrangements that give the same result, but there is only one basic solution. Send in any one arrangement you have decided is correct. lt's fun-try it NOW! I 8 7 213 191 4 TRMNE.ATLY ALONG DOTTED UINES--------- Nove ie My solution. If correct, ~$7~?zplease send me complote informa- tion on how I con quolify ta Win up ta $3,000 in cash. Mails oution to: Contest Manager, Hobby Ciaft Maga'zine 95A King St. West, Toronto, Ontarie. Name.........................................-. ...................-.. <Pleage print - Do not write) Address, WV18 P ....... . ..................... Prav........ 0 (DO t enter *.Count the Stars'" contest more than once.) & 1 ti , b. * jb SI native products, are higher than in Hong Kong. The centre of the city la Raffles Place-a large square wlth taxi stand ini the middle-and there we just stood and watched and enjoyed the kaleidoscope of color passing before our eyes. It was a beautiful morning, flot too hot, so much so that I can really say that I have not been so exhilarat- ed for a long tinie. There seemed to be--and there probably were- every nationality and forin of dress. Huge Sikhs from the Punjab with their curly beards, smoky eyes and white clothlng and turban, long legged Indians, both Hindu and Pakistan, thin as a rail, swarthy Egyptians, Indian women beau- tifully gowned in their native dress, Malays and, of course Chinese and pale faced Euro- peans. The place is just alive with taxis-mostly English cars -and Trishaws-a sort of tri- cycle substitute for the old fashioned Rickshaw, the use of which is now prohibited in the Colony. The taximan - Pakistan - kept a close watch on us, so that whenever we appeared to be headed for some place or ap- peared to be lost, we would find him at our elbow. So we just resigned ourselves to that con- dition and kept him until we re- turned to the ship about 5 p.m. We had done a bit of special shop- ping as we did not know exactly how long we would be here and, as usual, a Sunday intervened. Singapore, in our opinion, is a delightful place to visit. Streets are wide and, even in the native parts, are comparativeiy cdean. Buildings are dlean and imposing. There are many .parks, piaying f ields and other open spaces, whiie the European residential section is very attractive. Here we did not seem to mind rubbing shoulders wîth Orientais, how- ever humble, in fact. I would say that our people-men and women -could learn something in the way of carrnage, suitability of dress and deportment in public. Even the Chinese Coolie women, who do much of the laboring work here, have a dlgnity and beaning which I admire. The places of interest we saw included Raffles Hotel and Mu- seum, Maiay Arts and' Crafts Centre, Indian .(Hindu) Temple, Siamese Temple, Chinese Budd- hist Temple, Botanical Gardens, the Singapore home of Aw Boon Haw (Tiger Balm) where we met one of the wives, and the Palace and grounds of the Sul- tan of Johore. This last took al of Sunday forenoon. With the ship's Doctor we engaged a car by the hour to take us to Johore -Twenty miles away and joined to the isiand by a mile long cause- way. On the way our driver-again Pakistan-who could speak very good English, pointed out various buildings and residences and ex- plained various customs as we drove along. We stopped at a rubber plantation where he show- ed us how they go about draining off the miik and, incidentally. rubber treèes which are not at ail like one's usual conception of them, were introduced to Malaya by the British and, as is weil known, are a source of great weaith. The Sultan of Johore was not at home-in England in fact- and so we were allowed into parts of the Palace not ordinarily per- mitted. It is ail very magnificent and just reeks of wealth. It wouid take me days just to describe one of the rooms. I will not even attempt it. Close by we found a large Malayan Temple which we looked into but did not enter as devotions were in pro- gress. As the weather turned unusual- ly sticky and hot we found that we were not able to do much gadding about without becoming very tired and uncomfortabie, so we confined ourselves to a visit to some place each morning, re- turning to the ship for lunch and rest during the heat of the after- noon. Kipling said that only rnad dogs and Englishmen stay out during the noondayheat. rhere is plentyftoA^do In'th INFORMATION- On How To Prepare YOUR 1949 INCOME TAX RETURN Official representatives of the Taxation Division will visit PORT HOPE on APRIL l7th to 29th inclusive for the purpose of assisting taxpayers in this area in preparing their 1949 Income Tax returns and answering inquiries on other Income Tax mattqrs. These representatives will be available for consultation at the POST OFFICE Taxpayers in this area are invited to take advantage of this free service to the public. - Let Youir incorne Tax Office HeIp You rooms of ]Robinson's store. Hair- cut, shampoo and bay rum, total cost, Straits 1.50, that la fifty cents Canadian. After the barber was through with my hain he gave me a shave forwand in tie chair and proceeded ta pummel the daylights aut af me from* the waist 'up. He jerked my head around, stuck his knuckles nto my back and neck, and finlshed up by playlng a tune with his cupped banda on the back ai my head. That was a bady massage which la included in the pnice af the haircut. Then when I came ta pay the -shot, a boy approached me with a tray containing cigar- ettes and matches. I think be was quite disappointed when I de- clined one, but not with the tip. These are two practices whlch 1 think the barbers ai Bowman- ville might very well adopt or at least emulate, don't yau think? Although we baven't finisbed loading aour cargo of nubber and tin, we had ta pull away fnom the quay by 5 p.m. last night, pnesumably to make way for another ship, during a tropical thunder and nain storm. We an- chored in the noads where we completod aur loading by mann- ing and are now on aur way ta Port Swettenham--on the west coast ai the Peninsula. It is nice ta be maving again. Like being in a standing train 'one is apt ta be impatient. while at anchor, ta get moving again. It may interest you ta know that the tin is shipped in the iorm of ingots weighing 200 lbs. each, and it is wonth 600 paunds Ster- ling a ton. The rubber we have loaded, so fan, is in bales on in sheets, wheneas at Part Swetten- ham it will be pumpod into deep tanks in the iorm ai latex, the tanks having been canefully lined with a coating ai paraifin wax. Ammonia is injocted inta the latex in orden ta keep it liquid until its destination. Pont Swettenbam, Malaya, March 17, 1950. You wiil observe that this is St. Patrick's Day, but no special celebrations were heid. At the moment ai writing we are Tying in a river about ten miles iran, its mouth, with dense jungle on bath sides. We have taken on aur cargo ai solid nubben and are now awaiting aur turn at a benth at the part, whene we will take on latex. Altbaugb thene is only a village bore besides the wane-, bouses, etc., it is a very busy part and cangoos are in such demand that if a ship is nat available at the appointed time, it loses the cargo. That is one neason why we are staoging anaund bore. Kuala Lumpur-the capital ai the Fedenation af Malaya-is dis- tant inland'about 30 miles. Some ai the passongers went ashore and hirod cars ta tako them thet7e. Most ai tbema enjoyed the trip but the beat was awful, wbich is one neason wby we old fogies did not go. Our statenoom bas been around the 90 degree mark and aven ion some time naw, sa that we conserve aur energy by moving around as little as pas- sible. This is ideal alligator country and se we see the oc- casional one sunning itself on the mud when the tido is aut, alsa the occasional monkey. Between Part Swettenham, Malaya, and Belawan fleli, Sumatra, Marcb 18, 1950. We finally got ta aur benth at Pont Swettenbam-should really be called Pont Sweating Hale- yesterday aiternoon. The Latex is pumped fnom storage tanks through metal pipes ta the dock and thence tbnough lengths ai heavy base, eacb about 30 foot long and perbaps 10 inches in diameter, ta the ship's deep tanks. By that method we took on somo 500 tans. At the samo time we discharged drums ai ail wbicb we bad taken on at Alameda, Cal. Our cargo ai nubben bad alneady been loaded from barges while we were at anchon. We were aIT thnaugh by midnigbt and are now an aur way ta Belawan Deli, then P en a ng, Maiaya. As we wiTl not be long at Belawan Deli I am going ta close off this letton now se as ta bave it neady fan pasting as soon as we neach Penang. Even the Captain doos not know bow long will be aur stay at the variaus ponts until the Agent cames aboard with information as ta the amaunt and nature and destina- tion ai the cargo ta be loaded. Thus, in the event the stay is shonter than expected, I like ta have my mail ready. I must admit that the heat in the vicinity ai the Equaton bas been a bit tnying, but I believe the worst is aven as, fnom now on, we wiil be beaded in a genena] North Westenly direction. Ono 1 condition, hawever, wbich, I con- siden nemankable and most wei- came, bas been the absence af masquitoos, with fies only oc- casionally. Sa long just naw. My next letten will likely bo from. Colam- b0, Ceylon. Wanma regards ta yau and yours and tea allaur other friends in and around Bowman- ville. Sincenely, Tom Breck. Dean George, I bave just beard fram the kids that my lettes are being publisb- ed in The Statesman and that you have been klnd enough ta send them a copy. Thank you sa mucb. I hope the arrangement I resorted ta in sending tbem ta my daughter-in-law in Kingston bas been quite satlsfactory. The neasan was economy oi postage. Rememben my natianality. 1 migbt mention bore that 1 have just neceived the pnints ai two pictures I took of the cemetery at Sai Wan, Hong Kong. They have tunned out exception- ally well and I considenod send- ing them witb this sa that you might get balf tones made, sbould yau sa desire. However, I de- cided against entnusting them ta thç mails, but, if you like, you are at liberty ta annaunce the information and that I wilT be glad te supplv prints ta those within range of vour-paper-who Sert Hutcheson Recalls Visit Here Back ini the 80"S of Political Rivais Sir-John A. MacDonald and Ed. Blake 1 wonder how many af youn readers remember when Sir John A. MacDonald and Hon. Edward Blake came ta Bowmanville the same day. If my memony has nat gone too far astnay I think it was about 1885. 1 wander how many of your readers recali that historic ovent in Bowmanville's political lufe? We taak aur politics protty son- iausly in thase days and thîs centainly was an event for Prem- ier Sir John A. MacDonald ta visit aur town an the same day tha' the local member and leader ai the opposition, Hon. Edward Blake did. Mn. Blake arrived at the head ai a hanse and buggy procession at least a mile long by way of Newcastle. I ar nont just sure how Sir John arrived but the Blake procession pnoceoded ta the drill shed grounds wbere Mn. Blake took a seat on a piationm. Sir John, followed by anathor large crowd, was escantod ta the drill shed and ta a platformn in- side it. Soon bath orators. on gladiatons. wene at it and really it did seom queer fan these paliticai nivals ta be campaigning within souzid ai each othens voice, Blake an the outside demanding "absolute Free Trade as tbey had it in England" and aId Sir John, on the insido, elaborating on bis National Palicy ai a moasure af protection. Rathor an amusing featune of this was that most ai us are in- cined ta twit aur Scotch friends ai being short on bumor and ta compliment aur Irish friends as being ful af humor, yet bore we had the Scotsman, MacDonald, bubbling aven with jokes and vivacity as ho orated ta bis aud- ience while Blake, the Inishman, absolutely devoid ai humor or a joko, ponderously and monatan- ausly discounsed ta his listeners. I recali a storv Sir John told that day. Mn. Blake was thun- dering at the extravagance ai the wicked Tories. I think Sir John must have hoard bim thraugh a knathole, and s0 told the stary ai the Dutcbman and bis dankey. Ho tbaught the animal was eat- ing too much sa ho started ta cut down on its diet. This seemed ta wonk fan a while but, ho said, "just as ho got it down ta one straw a day the damn tbing died." The Tories had a torchlight pro- cession that nigbt. Well, the event passed off. Mr. Blake retained bis seat but failedl ta bring in bis party and flot vony long aftorwards ho retired fnom the position ai leader ai the opnasitian and went ta Ireland. Sir John kept bis p)arty in power, but flot long aiterwards died. His mantle did nat faiT on very broad shaulders and in a few yoars the party lost aut and the Free Trado Gnits came in and what do you tbink was the first tbing thoy did? They raised the tariff. I think bath Blake and Sir John would get a laugb out ai that ane. H. G. Hutcbeson. Pont Penny, Ontario. are relatives or friends of those buried thero, when I get back. I hope my effort has been in- teresting ta you and your readers. I know I arn no stylist, being just a matter of fact Scot, but I wili centainly be pioased and amply repaid for my trouble if I have affonded any measure of enjoy-1 ment to you and your readers. We are on the home stretch now and, withotît wishing you any bad luck, I hope you have had a heil of a winter. Tom The Siaiesman Sold Af Following Stores Dyen's Drug Store, Newcastle. D. G. Walton's, Newcastle. Wilson & Brown, Newtonville. T. M. Siomon, Enniskillen. F. L. Byam, Tyrone. G. A. Barron, Hampton. Newton Taylor's, Burketon. Wm. Hackwood, Pontypool. H. T. Saywell, Blackstock. C. B. Tyrrell, Orono. H. K. Reynolds, Kendal. W. J. Bagnoli, Jury & Lovoîl, J. W. Jewoll, W. J. Berry and The State3man Office. rfNATURE UNSPOILED Arguing From Opposite Premises By Lewis Milligan Trhe recent verbal exchanges between U.S. Secretary of State Dean, Acheson and the Moscow- press reminded me of a cartoon which appeared in Punch some years ago, in which two house- wives were depicted as slanging' one another from their doorways on opposite sides of a London by- street. In the foreground were two professors looking on, and 1one was saying to the other: L"Those two women will neyer Eagnee, because they are arguing from diffenent premises." In an address to the teachers and students of the University of California, Mr. Acheson said that if the Kremlin wanted to live and let live, in a wonid whene men may disagree without going to war, there were seven steps which it could take to secure world peace. These, in bnief, were: 1. Sign peace treaties with the de- feated enemies of World War Il. F2. Lot the peoplos of the oastern European satelites vote freely for "tnuly independent national ne- gin-es." 3. Drop the "walkout and boycott of the United Na- tions" and respect the wiii of the majority. 4. Work realistica]ly toward limitation of armaments in general. 5. Cali off the Soviet- controiled agents throughout the worid who are seoking to over- thnow established govonnments. 6. Treat accredited diplomats with decency and respect. 7. Stop dop- ing the Russian people with stor- ies that they are surrounded by a pack of capitallstlc wolves who art plotting another wanld war. From our point of view those are the logical and sensible steps which the Soviet Govornment should 'take if it realiy desired peace and amicable relations with the Western World. But the trouble is that the Soviet Gov- ennment, wbiie it may not wantï anothen world war, very plainly1 does not want amicable relations witb the domocratic governments. It does not want ta live and lot non-communist countnies 1 i v e their way of lufe. Those are the premises from which the Krem- lin views the rest of the wonld. That was made quite dlean by tho Russian pness in its reaction ta Mr. Acheson's addness. It did not deai witb the seven points laid down, but resonted ta abuse. Among other things it calied Mr. Acheson an "incorrigible and un- ceremonious lian," a "bired lackey of the warmongers," and a "sim- pleton." We can dismiss the changes that Mn. Acheson is a hian and a lackey as vulgar abuse, for the Moscow newspapers know right well that the seven points are nothing but the tnuth. There is somo truth, however, in the charge that Mr. Acheson ila a simpleton to think that the Krem- lin is amenable ta reason. In making that charge the Moscow press virtually admits the truth oi the seven points, and that it is useless and foolish ta, appeal ta a Communist government on the grounds of commonsense and decency. But Mr. Acheson la not s0 ýsimple. He iully realized that he was arguing irom opposite pre- mises ta those ai the Kremlin. In bis speech he said that what separates Russia and the United States "is a moral issu e af thD cearest nature. Let us make n. mistake about it. The West i* now, and will aiways be at oddt with a philosophy whicb dlaims a monopoly of the knawvledge af what was wrong with human beings." Yet Mn. Acheson said it did not follow fnom this that the two systems could not exist concunnently in the same world. In other words, it is p)ossible and evon natural for nations - like thase two women neighburs - ta disagneo and argue fnom dii- forent premises. Canadians ato three times as much ice cream in 1948 as in 1939. j . 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