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THE OBSERVER, SUNDAY, MAY 80, 1943 "Forts" and liberators This little Pig Outgrow 1' the wartime job that MORE RELIGION IN EpBCAdl Halifax calls it "Vital rOED' HALIFAX, British to United spoke of- or returid'to rellgion'-in 'education yesterday'''-1 he New Bombing Developments A little pig only two inches can be your earner ifroiri nose to tail. Carved in wood By FEDERltK TOJttLlNsbN Obikir Correspondent BOTH the Flying Fortfess from Britain, and even in the to have PROTECTION FOR CIVIL SERVANTS T.U.C. Determined on Affiliation BV OUR LABOUR CORRESPONDENT UE are determined to see that no revengeful punishment, no deterrent measures are imposed by anyone without the power this movement being placed for the protection of the individual Civil Servant." This promise was made at Nottingham yesterday by Sir Waiter Citrine, general secretary oi the Trades Union Congress, when he referred to the Union of Post Office Workers' formal application for T.U.C. affiliation- Tne application challenges the Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act of 1927. Sir Walter, speaking at the annual conference of Trades Councils, said that war was being used as a pretext for further withholding rectification of the Act.

We have spent much time." he added, In consultation with succes (received the honbrary" ''degree 6t outgrpvn fighter escort tfar.enOTyLte,rrttorv mat snort-ranee ngiuers can mofmDrerjnanrvaix-uiemon and Liberators wMchinttot omieht have Ov-iif doctor at Laval University, -fV-'' we find a false Idea aboutnenrfJU origin lies in false Idea -of That Is' certainly the case with Nazi philosophy the 'culmination of this destructive For the black bog oak Mary gave him to ma before I went to Canada iLong ong ago the day she and I bless her but never mind. He's Jived here in my pocket day bombing of Gofean'ltar-gets in Western Europe were1 -everything, the individual is. and sent to tne and rightly so. They could not be in two places at once, so the' Americans here have had to can oe, In latest-ana most formidable challenge to Christian -philosophy the "State becomes the '--final repository" ofT-truth and morBi law a usurpation that no Christian may With rare courage the Bishop bf Berlin reviewed' these grave matters last- Christmas in a pastoral wait for reinforcements, which are now coming in quantity; They are sharing hi. the onslaught on the Luftwaffe' and Regis Aeronautica bases and ever since.

women 10 intensi 1 Br: 33E9hak tSsFk Over Germany fied of carini' (or ole sive Prime Ministers, with represen letter to the faithful Of his diocese. 'The. mgment mankind." he wrote. other Axis targets in the Medltet prior- -riven WMfc for tatives oi xne conservative ana Liberal parties, to try to get" the justice of our case demonstrated. We have made no real progress.

No other countrv Dossessinir the nrin- rieariy suppie mentary- well enough' to iiye-'in 'their some stay lnypernwnent twilight because ranean; they are now being -Used in larger numbers from United States bases in thefeBy as far and as high as the Fortress; are as well-armoured and armed; ciples of democracy has ever found tney, canhu. up the black-out care that afresh Collecting ration wneiner as individuals, as larger communities, dra nations, no longer, feels bound by-an ete'nal law, the results can only be strife, and discord, hatred and disunion; disorder and Ground for Hope Lord Halifax went on to say that to-day we saw in retrospect what, 100 years ago. was only a foreboding, the disastrous consequences in "effect of the war on a old 11 necessary or aesirabie to detach the Civil Service worker from his coLleagues in the general trade union movement. "Now we have decided that what fove France over Italy Tunis hry little pig goes with me. He mounts the sky like a bird.

He rides the storm without a murmur. He dodges the flak tike a half-back with me ever the risks may be we are going dpiurm me puuuc inmuiHuga as have the Fortresses, which remain the symbol of American bombing power. The Fortress, an idol to the American public when the Liberator was still a name, was the first American long-range bomber to be used operationally by United States airmen based in Britain. rC IthY Britain- e.nmC Become TRATMINC WITH PAY HtEE UHIF0OO itm SUJUV SOU HOUOMS.WITH PAT WIKjMKEOP- IMIEKSlHfC; POSTS 1 IB- for ana drive people is harder than on anyjothers," said, a Health official. 'have melted-away around them.

The' Public Assistance authorities, everywhere are looking- for Increased hostel accommodation, although realising It Is much better to leave old people in individual homes. To get them Into Institutions is, however, -an interim policy of necessity District nurses have solved innumerable problems of old people who have no family or friends left, but we cannot ask them to shop or scrub or do black-outs: their work is to nurse." Post-War Ideas As soon as war ends the Ministry expects many applications from local authorities all over the country for permission to launch communal schemes of flats or bungalows for the old, with communal services and the care by a matron or nurse. Meanwhile, there is an ever-growing demand for hostels run with a minimum of rules. The Ministry, knowing the dislike of such words- as "relief or "public assistance," is calling these homes "Eventide Homes." The First Raid On August 17. 1942.

twelve Fortresses, a speck of the shadow to come, bombed the railway yards at Rouen. It was a great day evfen for the R.A.F., hardened by many months of offensive fighting. Spitfires flew over 140 miles of sea and 1U0 miles of enemy territory to escort the bombers. The bombing impressed the ILA.F. pilots who saw it: the Fortress crews appreciated their escort.

So everybody was happy. Now Amer.can bombers have outgrown their first stage of development. The experimental period ended with the raid on the Vegesack submarine yards on March 18. Day-bombing, correlated (and it is to be hoped, dove-tailed with night TO THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE (Dept. NJU, S4, KINCSWAY, LONDON, W.C.2.

Please send illustrated literature on Midwifery as a wartime job and as career. Also details or TRAINING, PAY, etc Name and I Address I Toton) I Iltt HjtXX UrtBtS County. 0-4 many countries of education unsupported by, and even forcibly divorced from, religion. But there was ground for hope that the importance of religion in education was now winning a greater measure of recognition. It is this which gives importance to the joint letter signed by the late Cardinal Hinsley, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and the Moderator of the Free Church Council at the end of 1940, enumerating the principles on which a lasting peace could be established, and emphasising afresh the necessity for all countries of a just foundation for their social tife.

"It would seem to follow that in the domestic field of a country, which wishes to keep its civilisation Christian, there is no more urgent task in these days than to restore Christian education to the place it ought never to have lost So only can it hope to make its contribution to the securing of the application of what are essentially Christian principles both at home and in the larger world without" More Prayer Needed Lord Halifax emphasised that more prayer was needed prayer in which day by day we commend A ah here comes a Hun there goes a Hun where all bad Huns should go. Mary lovely Mary your little pig has done it mite nga.m 10 re-estaoiisn oiresi connection with the Civil Service Trade Union." Legal Position In accordance with Section of the Act, the Treasury in 1927 decided that no established Civil Servant could be a member of an association which had not a certiflcate of approval from the Treasury. To secure such a certificate the Service unions had to revise their rules: to confine their membership to Crown employees: to be free from affiliation to labour bodies outside the Service, and to have no political objects. A Civil Servant who contravenes the regulations has, on the first offence, to be warned by the head if his department, and if at the end of a month he still contravenes he Is then disoualifled from being a member of the Civil Service. No Union Contravention A Service union, therefore, wh eh applied for affiliation to the T.U.C.

would not itself contravene the 1927 Act, although it would probably be breaking its own rules. The T.U.C. in accenting an application will in no wav be acting illegally. If. however.

Treasury approval is withdrawn from a Service union, then the legal responsibility falls upon the established Civil Servants In its membership. Even If all established Civll'Ser--ants were to resign their membership after a warning it would not mean that the unions concerned would go out of existence, for they alt have substantial numbers of members who are Civil Servants. These are not bound by the Treasury regulations. THI MINISTRY OP POOD FOOD FACTS No. Ill Aga BEFORE YOU GO your new ration books the souls of brave men who have died for their country Into the hands of an all-knowing and merciful God.

Small wonder if men and women everywhere are nnsaiisflprf aittKrtiij win ku uij. cilice nuKUol, 1942. the Americans have learned a great deal about war in Western Europe and, with a galaxy of .50 calibre guns, they have turned the Fortress into something which it certainly was not eight years ago. The Fortress is the product of American strategical and tactical thinking of nearly ten years ago. It was the first really big military aeroplane the United States air experts had asked for, and its romantic title gave it public prestige to which it was not entitled on the operational promise of the first model.

Its pioneer, Claire Egtvedt, president of the Boeing Company, produced Fortress blueprints in 1934. Then the United States Army Air Corps asked for its first multiengined bomber, and in July, 1935. Boeing gave 'the Fortress to America and the worlj. do these 3 things and ill at ease, since in their hour of greatest need Ihey have lost that Our boys who fight the enemy carry our mascots and our affections with them wherever they go. But mascots and affections are not enough.

We must support them also with work and sacrifice and saving. The Nation as a whole is doing just this and doing it magnificently. What, about you Could you spend less and save more You know the answer. Wings for Victory hstxd bf lb Saiioaai zariaj Comaium wiucu waa inaeea tneir oirtnrignt the knowledge of how to pray. None the less, it is the freedom of man's will which is being vindicated.

and tt-m tnanlfnlrl nffjrin SB! GENERAL (Buff) BOOK Page 4 Something different is wanted no less urgently for the many old people with reduced private incomes whose families are engaged in the war. For these cheap nursing homes in some cases and no-rule hostels in others are needed, not run for. profit but as an act of social service. Some have already been opened, of which a particularly good example Is at Streatham, but there are long! waiting lists. Furnishing is an almost insuperable difficulty.

Coordination of Services A home-help syBtem is required for all old persons, and many nave hoped that the Women's Voluntary Service could see their way to undertaking this as a national work. At Plymouth an old people's welfare committee employs both home-helps and visitors. In Nottingham volunteers vis.t old people and Finchley provides hot meals delivered to their doors. A co-ordination of these services should be a national duty to otd people. Sixty Old-People's Regional Welfare Committees, co-ordinated under the National Council of Social Welfare, advise on the care of the old but are not necessarily empowered to do actual work.

They have sent memoranda to the Ministry of Health on the planning of future homes for old people, which It is hoped will Torm part of every big estate planning. At present the only body of old people who can claim hostel room by right are those In evacuation areas. that we endure to prevent the domi QUEEN MARY AT NEW PLAY Queen Mary, with the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, attended a matinee at Bristol's eighteenth-i century Theatre Royal yesterday, of Judith Guthrie's new play, Queen Bee." nation oi, evil are a dramatic repudiation of ignoble creeds. We can, therefore, turn with firm confidence from the temporary triumphs of the evil-doer to the unshaken faith and hope with which the saints have enriched our world." Attention to these details NOW means time saved when you get there 1. See that the particulars on your present Identity Card and Food Ration Book- are correct, and that they agree.

If, for example, you hafe moved or changed your surname do not alter the card or book yourself. Take both to tbe Food Office immediately. COMPANY MEETING COMPANY MEETING CHILD'S THE RIO TINTO COMPANY THREAT TO LONDON MINING MARKET The seventieth ordinary general (Green) BOOK Page 4 meeting of the Rio Tinto Company. Limited, was held on May 21 In London The Rt. Hon the Lord Geddes.

chairman nr ih. G.C.M.G., K.C B. On page 4, which Is the back of the Reference Leaf, write the name and address of tbe Milk retailer with whom yoti are now registered, that is, oar present Mflk soypljer. On page 4 oJtbe CUldTsrJreeh) Bookiiritei.lC: addition the tames ai addresses of the child's Meat and Egg retailers. (See Dliistratiofi.) Make sure that; palge 38 has been properly filled in.

uumpaay. in uie course ot his speech, said 1 think I may say that considering all things the accounts disclose a position Better than might have been anticipated. With no market whatever on the Continent outside Spain, we have been able to maintain our installations In reasonable efficiency, pay our taxes, meet our debenture interest and redemption liabilities, earn our preference dividend, and add some 7.000 to our carry-forward, but this was only possible because we had 1n our peseta balances, built up by our extremely conservative practice In years gone by. funds from which there Is now brought into revenue tbe amount of 194,660. London has for many years been a great centre for the organisation and Designed for Pacific Originally the Fortress was designed for Pacific warfare over continental distances.

It was designed to fly high and to produce accurate bombing of small shipping or land targets. It was not intended to attack concentrated industrial areas from nearby bases. By present standards the first Fortress was a modest aeroplane. But it was big and psychologically important in 1935. It had only 3,000 horse-power to pull it along and a mere five .30 calibre guns.

The 1936-37 model was given 4,000 horsepower: Its speed was increased from 232 to 250 m.p.h., but it retained its modest armament When the B-1TA was evolved it flew at 259 m.p.h. for 620 miles with a bomb load of 11,000 pounds, and it had exhaust-driven turbo-superchargers. March, 1940, saw yet another version of the Fortress with engines producing 4.800 h.p. and a maximum speed ot 320 m.p.h. Two more guns were added.

Surprising Figure In September, 1940. 59 Fortresses were In service with the American Army Air Corps. The figure is surprising The majority of British people almost certainly visualised the sky over America darkened with Fortresses Eight years ago it was thought that the Fortress would fly too high and fast to be seriously attacked by enemy fighters. The appreciation of battle experience in Europe is shown by the B-17 ninth and latest model which carries a maximum bomb-load ot about 4 tons. It is armed with twelve .50 calibre guns, which, although they do not fire so fast as our own .303.

throw more lead," as the Americans say. These guns have a flatter trajectory and their destructive power would appear to be enormous. A Fill in page 3 of your present RatJoo Book (the RefereoM Leaf). Don't forget sectioo'Z," tncliidirjg signa-tnre of the book holder, and sctfM Y.n If trader 18. IMPERIAL CHEMICAL I INDUSTRIES FACTORIES AT FULL.

PRESSURE The sixteenth ordinary general meeting of Imperial Chemical Industries Limited wai held on Thursday in London The Rt Hon Lord McCowan. K.B D.C.L.. LL the chairman, resided The following is an extract from the chairman's statement circulated with the report and accounts The Intensification of the war during 1942 raised to still higher Levels the pressure ot demand foi the products of our They have worked to full capacity throughout the year Our plants generally are being run at the highest possible pressures, working many more hours a day in some cases than normal and giving output well beyond usual rated capacities Considerable quantities of exports have been safely carried through all perils to their destination We again pay tribute to the courage of the merchant sailors and the high degree of protection afforded by the British and American Forces on the sea and In the air. Our business with Far Eastern markets remains practically at a standstill, but we are giving much study to the problems which will arise after the war, both there and In other over-seas territories. Our main manufacturing subsidiary or associated companies In the British Empire have continued their successful careers We have played our part In scientific developments during the war and are ready to adapt our novelties to the many uses that will come with victory diid peace We are convlnred that British Industry must be prepared to invest much more generously than in pre-war days in research and development.

For ears past we have spent considerable sums, but we are at the present time considering a marked post-war expansion of the company's scientific staff. Its laboratory accommodation, the necessary experimental engineering shops, and ail other branches of this work Pharmaceutical Products We have a substantial Interest alreadv In the plastics Industry and same notable achievements to our credit In the production of new and highly complex nt a sites with a DromisinK future finance of mining enterprise. I believe Think twice before you lift the receiver to get Trunks. If you find it absolutely necessary to use the long-distance lines, keep your talks short. The greater the number of essential calls connected each day, the greater the war effo.

t. CENSORSHIP FOR PORTUGAL Communications to be Restricted Dr. Salazar, the Portuguese Prime Minister, announcing severe military censorship, to come into force on Tuesday, says, according to the Berlin Radio: Newspapers, books, and other literary publications may be sent out of trie country only by the publishers; Cipher messages will be prohibited, except for diplomatic use; Postcards and pictures showing landscapes are prohibited; The only languages permitted for communications abroad will be Portuguese, Spanish, French, English, and German; Telegrams from Portugal to Madeira and the Azores may only be sent in Portuguese. French and Spanish. Letters must be typewritten, and none must concern the morale, health or living conditions of the country.

Portuguese colonies are included in the restrictions. me pruspcrio, even me continued existence, of the mining market in London to be gravely threatened from the DOlItleal friri hv Itrnnrnn h. AFTER you-have' made sure that your books are in -order, look out for the Hters and newspaper advertisements in your locality. You will find the poster Post Offices; and elsewhere. Watch out foi your initialiV go at any other time, or to any other place than that shown, becaiiscrybur books probably will-not be there.

Bat remember, someone else can go to.yoq prorlding it is your day. Don't forget to take your Identity Card and present Ration Book when you go for your new ones. loquacious agitation which, were It to succeed, would deal a very severe blow to the prosperity of this nation and. to VOXiC y.Whtn you gel don't turds il ot sake ir to xJu mailer yU POINTS NEWS me wage earners in many oi our manufacturing Industries A Hazardous Enterprise Mining is at all times, and even under the most favourable conditions, a hazardous enterprise, and the overall return is surprisingly small Were il not for the bi onzes that occasinnaiR Partod No. ir MAf 30 JUNE No chsnge in vilue of Points Coupor.

reward the mining prospector and lhe miner, mere would oe little develop CANNED LUNCHEON MEAT, POftK LOAF and MAM LOAF 6 Ibi. raited irom B6 to 130 per on A 57 So 3 43 6S 11 36 S- reduced 14 11 12 on. 18 16 In sny ocher contslner or lilced 24 per )b. CANNED MINCED MEAT LOAF contslner reduced from 24 to 14 per lb. GREEN SPLIT PEAS reduced from 2 to 1 per lb.

CANNED PLUMS, DAMSONS and RHUBARB no loAgsr on points ment by private enterprise of lfie mineral resources of any country. II the taxation nf thi rlfltlvlu profitable mines becomes so onerous as The telegraph service is very busy too. TELEGRAPH LESS zo reauce unreasanaoiv tne reward ui success, the same effect will be obtained. The mining industry Is exceptional in that the niinciDal caDltal asset namely, the ore must necessarily be Two Clues to Puzzle of Byron As Man and Poet COMPANY MEETINGS "winy consumed uie process ot production. Every dividend paid to shareholders In mines contains, therefore, It is now nearly seven years since an element of return of capital, but under English law taxation is such that the whole dividend, including the capital element, is subject to income ONE AIM we aecmeo as an initial step to commence research on pharmaceutical products with a view to later manufacture NORWICH UNION LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY The one Hundred una tblrty-Uttb annual general meeung oi the Norwich Union Lue Iriautunce Society was held un at Nuiwlch in inougn it were an net profit Xherc has tslnurlv hull, In England over the past too years or so We bad In our yea tuff a enterprise the essential basis for entry into this highly specialised field, snd In our powerful research establishments in oreanic ASSOCIATED GAS AND WATER UNDERTAKINGS ADVANTAGES OF CO-ORDINATED CONTROJ- The lenLb ordinary general meeting Of Associated and Vraier Undertakings, Limited.

Vfflj hLd urf Wednesday 2, Chart -lane Rtigale, Surrey The chairman. Mr. Bennett, aaid Revenue receipts at 172.71 snow increase of 4 5 Lxpferallture baa risen by Net profit amounts to chj.JIU. which is very ciTiciem, very complex, nnanrlal. trvhnlral MP- and commercial, which Is spoken of as the London Mining Market It is engaged In mining exploration in o'er- Mr truest Hickj presiding, tald: Your director nave curitlliued to support the Mrdi eltuil ol Uus tuuntry ana ot Iru ana Inaia lo the utmost uf their power, and during 194 we increased aui holdniza of Hntish the Lancaster and fhe-; countries, ana in Tinancing.

de veloplng and managing mining enter Drises Government becurlties by over El.750.ouo. addition to purchasing on behalf ot ollI membrrs Mmi E2.Sii.iKtn of Savings Bonds under our special HE Immense Interest taken In recent years in the biography and personality of Lord Byron had left out of account the fact that he was a poet of Immense energy and overwhelming contemporary fame. Mr. Harold Nicolson. President of the English Association.

In an address to the society yesterday, said it was the habit to-day to regard Byron's poetry as a mere adjunct to his personal adventures and to assume that his poetic fame was due merely to the chance that he happened to catch the literary fashion of his age. The poetry of Byron could not, however, be dismissed so lightly. It was Impossible to ascribe to a mere mood of the moment the deeply serious appreciation of men so gifted and diverse as Goethe. Lamartine, Pushkin, or Walter Scott. Much of Byron's poetry was slip-shod and ephemeral, yet if we approached the mass of his work with a fresh and unprejudiced eye we should find that, underneath much artificiality and much empty rhetoric, there was a centre fibre of real poetic inspiration.

What was that centre fibre? vt1r Mosquito are universally rexoonisedfe ataeroplanes of exceptionally Similarly, the gfneers all over the worM W-jbr Jiir-f5r I- Li k-i- These overseas mining enterprises. Empire and Foreign, make in the aggregate a verv targe contribution to the export trade of the United Kingdom, visible in the form of mining fachjriery, stores and accessories, and in the form of wages, salaries. and Interest remitted to the United Kingdom, banking and issue commissions, -shipping freights and Insurance premiums, and so on Metals arid minerals exported from Empire mines to countries outside the sterling area are an Important source of foreign exchange The industry Is also a surj-stantlal source of employment direct and Indirect Finally, the control in country of verv large sources of Mr. Nfcolson illustrated his contention by quotations from the first and second parts of Childe Harold." Being an immensely self-centred man, Byron was often apt to get himself out of focus. But the fibre of central sincerity could always be recovered if we sought for the two central themes which ran through the whole of Byron's poetry.

Remorse and Frustration The first was the theme of frustration. In the first two cantos of Childe Harold." this theme was expressed by somewhat petulant dissatisfaction with his own environment; in the second two cantos It took the form of serious remorse at the wastage of his own gifts and opportunities. The second theme. In which the note of sincerity invariably recurred, was, the theme of liberty, especially when that theme was. so to speak, personified in the slavery of Greece.

The twin energies of anger and sympathy which these two themes released enable By ion to achieve a note of major poetry. And in his masterpiece, Don Juan," he was able to fuse and soften these two themes by adding the element of humour. If one approached the poetry of Byron with these two themes In mind, we should come to understand, not merely his powerful influence over his contemporaries, but also his poetic significance to-day. chemistry the necessary instrument of progress Dun ng the years Immediately preceding the war we were pursuing the objective of discovering new sub-s-tances. but on the outbreak of war a tresh situation arose in that there were many Important drugs which had hitherto been available solely from Germany, and our energies were turned towards mitigating this difficulty.

Our entry In to manufactu re has therefore been accelerated until we have now felt It desirable to co-ordinate our activities by the formation of a separate company, by name Imperial Chemical (PharmaceuticalsV Limited we have had the satisfaction of providing the Government with a number of essential pharmaceutical products The total gross Income shown in the consolidated income statement Is-E22, 1 82,000, compared with 19.956.000 for 191 The net consolidated Income for the year has risen from C6.g43.ooo to 6. ft? ynoo. an increase of 630.000 The estimated total National Defence Contribution and Excess Profits Tax. both British and overseas, chargeable on our home and overseas companies exceeds 7,200.000 The post-war future Is clouded with savings bono bCftem.es We have also been able to pass over to His Majesty's Government a turtner C2OO.0O0 worth of those oversea currencies needed to finance out heavy purchases from abroad In addition to these contributions to the Home Government the society has Increased its holdings ra Dominion and Indian Government securities by over eesu.Ooo During Hie pant fouT years this society and its ulster institution, the Norw.ch Union Fire have increased their total holdings as shown sn the balance-sheets In British Government secuntie iiv C6.4O0.0O0, and In Dominion and Indian Government securities tv Although we continue to exclude I ram uux accounts all interest in respect of ecuriues in enemy-occupied countries much of which we hope to realise when peace comes we are able to show a ret rate of Interest of acceprea as ine nign ngni oi quaj-ny. BumntQi 10 pay dividends 01 per cent on the Ordinal stock and bi per cent on the newlv creeled Deferred and to Increase the sum carried forward" by In the development of this company we have aiwayt had in mind the at-nui-.

it! on of a majority Interest in contiguous undertakings so ab to facilitate where economic and practice bLet the closing down of smaller units and the maintenance of the gas supply by inter connection with Larger works coupled with co-ordination or management and technical end commercial supervision Whilst hobtUiUes nave necessar.lv placed: oui schemes in abeyance, definite progresi hu been made during the war and we are now chiefly operating in two compact area in Southern England It Li Interesting to observe that ttii policy and practice 1 which we have pursued for the past nine years and Intend to extend to the utmost when victory is secured now appears to be the accepted basis for Che post-war Slannlng of the gas industry by the overnroent nd the Industry Itself The development oi this Ideal will be facilitated dv the closer co-operation between holding companies, which is being brought about by the Association of Gas Corporations, of which vour comoanv Is a founder member We face the tmmedlst future with complete confidence despite the fact that our primary objective of increasing the output of our undertakings cannot minerals nas roved of vital importance in everv recent war ReCIRTDatuihb Anirn The position of the United Kingdom uverseaa mining enter prise nas been of recent years Increas ingiy challenged and the mainspring of 2 challenge -lies in the much more favourable taxation position of mines registered In other countries compared wiih those registered in the United uncertainty ror everyone ui only one I "i nonn America ror man, years past. In South Africa more re cemiy. tne exceptional position of the ei as bd per cent oo the total funds The small but very welcome Increase 9d per cent on the 1941 figures Is mainly due lo the fact that payment of Interest on some of the securities held by the society which had been nuspenned In the early stages: of th war was resumed during the vear. Turnina tu tha balrice-ahvL 4ni FOR SPEEU5H.IRBILITY Two Famous Judgments Mr. Nicolson suggested that a clue to the riddle could be found In two famous judgments, pronounced by two great men of letters of entirely different temperament and tradition.

The first was Stendhal's reference to Byron's Apollonic quality." The second was Swinburne reference to the excellence of sincerity and strength." If one sought to disentangle this excellence from the many attitudes and insincerities in which Byron indulged, one would find that It was, in actj of Apollonic quality. thing can we an oe sure mat for some years conditions for trade and Industry will be subject to varying measures of State control in drawing the line between public and private enterprise, I would emphasise the truth thai whatever measure fr international co-oper ation may be achieved in the future, no instrument of progress and prospentv has yet been found to equal private enterprise in originality, celerity, oi accomplishment Industry. thereJore has to look to in own organisation It. order that by discussion and consultation its vlewi may be effectively presented ir the press of argument ou of hlch future detailed policies will emerge. We are already active in this a eld- ujuiiuK uiuuau-v respecT or trie wasting nature of Its capital assets has been recognised by the e-ranrlna or ore de oletion or like allowances Unless the handicaps under which mines registered in this countrv no labour are removed new mining ventures will seek registration abrujd Many have alreadv done so With the loss of United Kingdom registration will go not oniy much of the invisible export represented by dividends and remittances, but a large part also ot the visible trade In the form of mining machinery and accessories.

The report was adopted. CAN YOU SAY? (Answers to Questions on page B) 1 Ui Roland. 121 Sir Bevii 2 Marshal Ney 3 Poms Henry Part 8. II, iv.l. 4.

A halfpenny one Inch In diameter 5 Gladstone by Lord Randolph Churchill in 1BS6 6. The pulpit. In staiua, of Butler's will see that the funds at the end of 192 stood at approximately and show an u.trease of I I was able tell you last year that the market value of our securities Was much above tne figures shown In the balance-sheet, and I am clad to be able to repdrt that there haa been a further very considerable increase lrr valua during the year of account. dc rufiy srtamea owing 10 xne imperative needier IuJ conservation, to secure which we aj as you would expect cooperating with the Ministry of Fuel and Power lrr its fliel economy campaigns The recent establishment ot this Ministry has been wider? welcomed by the fuel industries. The report was adopted..