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THE OBSERVER, SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 1945 MEN AND MONEY 'Kerchief, Fashion Mothers' Right To Draw Child 3) Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose adopt the popular war-time kerchief fashion at a ceremony in Windsor Great Park. The King and Queen with the Princesses and the Duke of Norfolk planted five oak trees in celebration of the first 5,000,000 raised by the Red Cross Agriculture Fund. Naff helps to cheer the boys on their way On Miss Naffy's ready shoulders falls yet another task. When the boys come home on leave, no effort is spared to ease the burden of the journey. As the men speed homeward, Naafi girls on the leave trains serve tea and snacks in special buffet cars.

And when leave is over, soldiers and airmen again find Miss Naffy waiting to serve them, not only on the trains but in bright and cheerful canteens in the special transit camps where the men pause before returning overseas. End-of-leave can be a grey and sombre period. Naafi has provided extra comforts and amenities to bring gaiety to the waiting hours. But its efforts will be useless without a small army of Naafi girls to provide an eager service, to cheer and encourage the boys going back and give them a parting memory of comfort and goodwill to sustain them in the days ahead. Any girl free to TOlunteer for this vital work, should call (stating her preference for Naafi) at her local Employment Exchange.

They will give her full details of this service. Clothes Ration May Yet Be Honoured By ALISON SETTLE RADE meetings are taking place almost daily to urge upon the Board of Trade that the problem caused by the grave shortage of stocks in the dress and textile trade is not without hope of remedy. A deficiency amounting to one-fifth of the necessary supplies to honour the civilian ration is anticipated by the trade The official canteen organisation for H.M. Forces (Uvy, Army Air Force Institute, Huxley Towsrs, CtaygaU, Esher, Surny "TFeVe knocking the Japs out of the sky over here. Keep those War Savings sky high back there," LET'S SAVE AS HARD AS THEY FIGHT Quick HOT dishes they need less fuel too! QUICK RICE PUDDING within the next few months.

Agreeing with the Board of Trade that this is mainly due to a labour switch in Lancashire which has allowed spinning to be reduced to its lowest level, the trade suggests three plans to overcome this shortage. The first concerns skilled labour in Lancashire, which is now standing by in war factories on the chance that the Ministry of Supply may find a renewed need for it by next autumn. These workers should, says the textile and making-up trade, be at once switched to the mills. Northern Ireland offers a second solution to the shortage of spun yarn and of weaving shortages in the rayon and cotton industries in this country. Idle mills in Northern Ireland can be made available.

Staggered Production A third solution under discussion suggests the slowing up of the manufacture of demoblisation suits for the Forces. With the war in the Far East still far from ended and with, Germany to be occupied and policed when she has been beaten, it is argued that there is no immediate necessity to have the whole work of production in hand at the same time. Just as release of the men from the Forces will be staggered, so also can civilian clothing production. The shortages so far visible have taken place mainly in the rayon and cotton sections of the textile trade. The wool industry finds its present shortages mainly on the knitting side.

It anticipates, however, serious shortages in fabric by next Unable to buy the rayon clothing which has. throughout the war years, helped through the warm months to conserve wool stocks for winter wear, women are now denuding shop shelves of every kind of light woollen fabric for summer wear. Mr. Dalton's Chance Shortages of made-up goods are more acute than a cursory glance at wholesalers' or retailers' shelves might indicate, for it is impossible now to get anything even approaching a full range of sizes. If Mr Dalton, says the trade, were even now to stand up as the champion of the wives, mothers, and children of the men fighting, resisting the claims of other Ministries in the essential interests of these civilians, he might still win a measure of that confidence which Lord Woolton enjoyed through the hardest periods of the food rationing system.

But so far the Board of Trade and its men leaders seem to me to have shown neither the desire nor the intention to champion 'the cause of the housewives of Britain, whose shopping difficulties are so great. Women appreciate that there Is a shortage of raw materials and of labour, but after five and a half years of war, of queueing, and ol making-do," thousands of women would more easily be able to reconcile themselves to empty shelves in the shops if they could feel that the Board was really doing everything to ease strain. Woolworth's A Remarkable Achievement By W. Manning Daeey, (Financial Editor) THE feature of the Stock Exchange on recent days has been the strength of Woolworth's shares, which at one time touched 79s. This represents an advance of some 10s.

since the beginning of the year. It is by far the highest price reached since before the war, and is rather more than double the slump level of 38s. 6d. touched in the dark days of 1940. The recent improvement Is, of course, a response to the 1944 accounts, which showed a substantial recovery in profits to something like the 1941 level.

Although earnings are still considerably below the pre-war peak, last year's upturn Is a remarkable achievement under war-time conditions, with strictly limited supplieslof goods for sale. Dividend Misleading On the 1944 dividend of 45 per cent the Shares 'at their presem level yield just under 3 per cent. If the distribution were restored to the 1938-40 level of 65 per cent, they would still yield not very much more than 4 per cent. But in the valuation of Woolworth's shares there is a further factor to be taken Into account, and that is the possibility of further capital bonuses, such as that of 1936. In his annual address to shareholders, Mr.

Stephenson very significantly pointed out' that the present dividend ratio, based on a nominal value for the shares of only is misleading because it does not take into account the full value of the assets employed in the business. Since the end of 1939 profits equivalent to 90 per cent, of Vhe Ordinary capital have been ploughed oacic into tne Dusmess. so mat ine surplus and reserves carried forward now stand at a figure largely in excess of the Ordinary stock. It is interesting to compare the position of Woolworth shares with those of Harrods. At the present price of around Harrods yield rather less than 21 per cent.

In this case, however, dividends have been cut rather more severely: from 18 per cent- to 8 per cent. On the prewar dividend the yield would be nearly 5J per cent. Higher Consumption If the prospects of a return to prewar dividends were the only factor influencing markets, in other words, Harrods" shares would appear slightly the more attractive. But we have already seen that the possibility of a capital bonus has to be taken into account in the case of Woolworths. Moreover, many people would expect trading conditions in the immediate post-war years to favour low-priced goods rather than high quality wares.

is quite evident, for example, that for some time to come direct taxation will remain at levels distinctly higher than before the war. That is not to suggest that Harrods" shares or any others are anything like over-valued at present. Quite conservative estimates of the national income assume that consumption in real terms will be somewhat higher after the war than in 1938. Allowing for a rise of. sav.

33 per cent, prices, this means that postwar expenditure on consumption is likely to be of the order of 6,000 millions compared with the 1938 level of about 4.000 millions. With a 50 per cent, increase in turnover, equity earnings should show a very much greater rise. Even allowing for some special taxation on company earnings in place of E.P.T., and for the continuance of price controls for a period, it would seem that there is still scope for appreciation in most Ordinary shares, though the scope is greater in capital goods industries than in consumption industries. The Future Of Advertising At a special general meeting in the Kmgsway HaU on February 20 the Institute of Incorporated and Registered Practitioners in Advertising authorised the Council to pro- patrol nnmanf a ra rr, ceeo wim a i The Institute will create a research and information department after the war: it will co-ordinate information collected by individual agencies, i and investigate matters of interest to i practitioners in advertising, such as reader interest in newspapers and advertising tetumquc. The provision of educational facilities will be extended, and larger offices will be needed, to include lecture room, reading room and library.

They will be a central home for the advertising profession COMPANY MEBTINQ BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY The forty -second annual general meetSnS of the Britifth-American Tobarro Company, Ltd. was held on February I'l. Str Huo CunliJTe-Owen, Bt the chairman, after announcing that he was about to retire from the chairmanship and would be elected president, said The accounts show a net profit for the year, after deducting all charges and. expenses for management, and providing for taxation, of 3.404,02 7, an increase of 02.252 over the net oroflt for the previous year Last year we carried forward a balance of 2.505.707. To this must be added the profit for the year as prevtoudly mentioned of 3.404.027, less the dividend on the 5 per cent Preference stock of 225.000.

on the per cent. Second Preference stock of 30 000, and the two interim dividends paid during Ihe year nn the Ordinary Mock amounting to tl T9.B13. leaving a disposable balance of E.V 344, 921 Ou of his amount the director? i ecommend the distribution on March 31 next of a final dividend ifree of United Kingdom income taxi on the tssued Ordinary stock ot 6d per 1 of stock, amounting to 593.944. and the allocation of 250.000 to general reserve." leaving 2,500.977 to te carried forward Since 1 last spoke to you. there have been tremendous events In Europe and the Far Eas and victory both spheres has been brought considerably closer It haa.

theiefore. become all the more important to aik ourselves whether we are fully prepared to cope ith the problems and to seize the opportunities which are likely to present themselves in the near future I think I can answer with confidence "hat vte are doms? eerythine pcsisb within The limits nf the resources rlowed to us to anticipate and rnr ihe problems v.rnch will arise at end ot the war Our business cannot flourish unless exchange ntability and orderly exchange arrangements between the nations, v.th an elimination nt exchange restrictions and I betievr ihat if the proposals discussed at Bret-on Wnods are put into effect they w.jU en a long way to promote these objec- The report was adopted SHIPPING LAMPORT A HOLT LING BRAZIL. URUGUAY Si ARGENTINA. Rol Liver Bulletins Liverpool 83 Gracechurch-st London. 3 ELLERMAN CITY A HALL LINES.

ELLERMAN A BUCKNALL LINE. by th Natlontl SrriniJ CommlttM Pay Defended By Our Parliamentary Correspondent "THE question whether the five shillings a week family allowances shall be paid to the lather or tne moinet of the child will be vigorously debated in the Commons this week. The Government propose that the monev should normallv as or -right to the father but that, for con venience, tne mower snouid oe to draw it, by agreement with the father. Some women Members, with support from male colleagues, will contest this view, holding that the mother has the planning of the family budget and the major part in bringing up children. They observe that in the Dominions it It" the mother who, by right, draws the family allowances.

Lawyers say that the question raises various knotty points about the status of the man as head of the household. Miss Eleanor Rathbone, for the Combined English Universities, is leading the mothers' campaign," and the Government may be able to meet her to some extent. There will be a demand for a free vote, with the Whips off. Reduced Allowance The amount of the weekly Family Allowances will also provide brisk skirmishing. The Government figure is the Beverjdge Report suggested 8s.

The Government justifies the smaller amount on the ground that considerable assistance in kind is being given, in addition, to all schoolchildren. In any case, the 5s. allowance could not be increased without the whole of the proposals being recast. The Government will therefore resist any pressure to raise the allowances. Another question on which there is considerable feeling is the proposal to exclude the first child of each family from the allowance.

The argument is that every married couple ought to be able to support one child, and that when the father is receiving some sort of State benefit because of illness or unemployment the first child is to get an allowance. The Government may be open to conviction later on this point, but a concession would mean a heavy addition to the financial burden. Services Estimates In normal times March is the month of searching debates on the activities of the spending departments," for the annual estimates have to be passed before the Budget, which will probably, I understand, be presented on Tuesday, April 17. But. nowadays, for reasons of security, only token amounts are asked for 100 for the Army, a similar amount for the Navy and R.A.F.

This preserves the age-old right of Parliament to criticise Government Dolicy before granting the money to nay for the Services. It will be exercised this week, when the Air Ministry estimates are de bated on Tuesday ana tne wavy esu mates on Wednesday. Private Bills A Question of considerable im portance to the man in the street is iq be considered on Friday. Major James Milner, as chairman of Ways and Means, is to seeK we commons approval for a set ot plans to simplify the passing of private Bills legislation promoted by local authorities, railway and water companies, and similar institutions. These rules have not been revised or modified for a century, and the new rules which fill a book a quarter of an inch thick are largely the work of Mr.

O. C. Williams, chief of the Private Bill Office. The change, by making private legislation cheaper, simpler and speedier, should have an important effect on many aspects of post-war reconstruction. Peace But Not Plenty Peace will bring few additions to siderable time, stated Colonel J.

J. minister oi rood, at Torquay, yesterday. We were all right until we started liberating oeonle. That made additional claims on the world's food sup plies," he said. We have to meet those claims from stocks in Britain." Eight points, instead of four, will be needed for a pound of whole rice during the four weeks' rationing period beginning to-day.

Supplies of Palestine grape fruit have beei allocated to Scotland, Northern Ire 1 '1 V. ,3 all I 17 ,1 otiu tin fai except London, the Home Counties, and Lincolnshire. AUCTIONS THAXTEO, Essex. Picturesque oak beamed Ihld. dwelling Hse.

3 bath, h. as 2 rec. studio, kitchen, etc. Modern services Vaa possn. Auction at Thaxted.

March 9. wncrrinD, OHiruu waiaen. ICli. Auction 15, 3 p.m. at Bligh's Hotel.

Sevenoaks. Charming Country BLAOKSOLE HOUSE; 4 bath. 3 rec scullery, offices. Excellent repair Main wit, mn 'Db. a Tennis lawn.

acre. Solicitors aiessrs. rearon. tiro a away. Woklns.

Auctioneers. PHILIP CHAMPION Drtford (3346) Ac Eatte OBlce. Wrotham (Pairseat 41.) GROUND RENTS INVESTMENTS for feffiteSLA610? Mart, by wtt t.tto PARKER MAY Ar TUVBTV1 By order of Trustees. 5. LOWER rona.

reversion in aDt. 79 Jrs. 450 p.s. 3 4. ABWICK-ST.

riiio. vi.ffc., reversion in ani. 325 n.a. OT WTNniuCTT i Phld. Shop i Upper Part lot at rentals totalling 305 o.

a. Solicitors McKenna waterjoo-psace 8 W.l. PICCADILLY CIRCUS. Snow's Chop Bouse, 3. W.l rvriirrui Viblim.

meat. 3 upp. firs. Vac Possn. Benefit of way ijic.

solicitor carpenter, xsq. eers NIGHTINGALE. PAOE As BENNETT. EaBle Chambers. Klnjzston-on-Thames.

BRIXTON HILL. S.W. EftTa Court. Lorn? Isebld. modn.

block or 69 lists. Total Rent Roll C4(66B p.a. Held for abt. BBVz vra, ii tOU p.a. FUXJ1AM-RD.

8.W. 14-39. Hereford House. Loner Ijinhlrt Mock of oa fl.fc Total Rent Rolf 2.230 p.a. Beld for abt.

60 yrs. at 302-2-6 p.a. Solicitors: Pollock Ac ou. Ffaii man. b.w.j.

HILLTJSR, PARKER. MAY ROWDGIN 77. W.l. (MAYfalr 7666.1 FREEHOLD GROUND RENT with rever sions in about 17 yra. amply secured on 66 properties beliw Shops and Upper Parts.

45-55 (odd I. DEN MARK HILL (oppt Odeon Cinema), and smaH houses. 1-25 (odd I and 2-48 (even). 1-41 (odd), and 2-30 even and 4-14 (event, CAMBER WELL, amountlnjt to 523 p.a. Auction (unless previously privately), st the London Auction Mart.

3 55, Queen E.C.4. on if arch 21 2.30 p.m. Solicitors. Cunliffe At Alrv, 48. Chancery-lane.

W.C.2, Auctioneers. JOHN D. WOOD 23. KSNT, By order of the personal of P. O.

Cornwall, Phld PALMBR8TON." SWAN LEY JUNCTION. 3 ret. 4 bath, domestic office, garage, vac. possn. Auction at the Royal Victoria Bull Hotel.

Dart ford. Mar. 21, at 3 p.m. (unless sold prl-vetelvt. Particulars from Vendor's Solici tors.

Chancellor Ac Ridley. Marttn's Bank-chambers. Dartford. and Auctioneers, PHILIP CHAMPION St SONS. 13, Dartford.

(Ph 3346.) eSHER. Close stn. and commons, white-I rented under green pantile roof. mod. irr ht Tfnt.inTi alio fll Ikd bed rh.

At c.i. tiled bath. linen 20 It. to unite kitchen Ac maidi room. Oarage.

Oak firs. Exaulslte gdn. or Auction, March 22. GOOD- MAM At maw in cmoerpTooa 3uu. CREDITON, Devon, about 8 miles Exeter VtlnmrVt fhld.

fuliv lie. commercial hnrl "THE SHIP' Csrediton. on main rd. to r. ueroa ana vrtjinwu.

nun va.possn. Aimtinn at the Rousemont Hotel. Exetr on Fr Apr. 6 (unless sold brlvately. air tt r-n1 arm from Auctioneer.

HARPTW Xr Crediton, or Solicitors, Sparfces and There are many ways to cook more quickly, and get equally good Tesults. Here are several recipes and suggestions which you will find useful at present for saving time and fuel. QUICK HOT-POT A Uttle fat; Vt lb. mince or sausage meat or 4 cutlets: 1 lb. potatoes sliced thtniy; Is lb.

leeks, chopped; Li lb. wedes-; sltccd pinch herbs; seasoning; water or stock chopped parsley. Fry meat for a few minutes. If you use sausage meat, make into smalt Quick ffot'poi cakes first- Arrange in layers with vegetables in a frying-pan. Season well, add herbs, and enough liquid nearly to cover.

Cover with lid. Cook 20-30 minutes. Serve bot sprinkJed with chopped parsley. (For 4 people,) QUICKLY-MADE SOUP 2 pints water or stock; 1 lb. parsnips or other vegetable half a leek; seasoning; 4 level tablespoons flour; 4 table-spoons milk; 2 tablespoons chopped parsley.

Grate the parsnips (or other vegetable) and chop leek finely. Put into boiling water or stock, with seasoning. Boil 20 minutes. Mix flour to a smooth paste with a little cold water and stir into soup; cook frr 5 minutes. Add milk and parsley just before serving.

(For 4 people.) 3 oz rice about 6 level lablefpoom) 5 level tablespoons household milk, dry; I fir tablespoon dried egg. dry, 4 level tablespoons sugar few drop vanilla or other flavouring. Boil rice in a pint of boiling waler until lender and most of the water ii absorbed. Mix the milk, dried egg, and sugar to an absolutely smooth paste with a little water. Stir this into the nee and cook for 5 minutes more.

Add flavouring. Serve with a Utile jam or syrup. tFor 4 people.) quick tricks that save time and fuel Cook steamed puddinxi la individual moulds or caps (Kii way tSmy talca only half or thraa-qaarten of an hoax. Two small cakes bales mora qutekrr than ooa laxf oo, and a caka baked tn a large 0t tin take Jeu time than in a For a last-minute quick rnaal, verve cooked Tecetablee with (rated cfaaeee on top. Brown under the grill.

Yon mmy find that the potato Trm bay at prevent include some small ones. Tbeaa are bein issued In order to elf oat tfa "apply. Sbt time and trouble bj boiiipg tbem in their liiqfr Tbey taste excellent this way. Root vegetables like carrots, turnips and parmips cook in double-quick time if you diem them or slice them finely first. Cook In a very little boiling salted water.

Burma Relief A Test Case For Britain By O. M. Green EVERY mile that the 14th Army advances adds to the urgent need of relief for the destitute Burmese. The same problem, it may be said, faces the Allies in all liberated countries. But Burma will not be a subject for UNRRA.

It is peculiarly Great Britain's province. As the first of our lost territories to be recovered, it will be a test case of our forethought. Sixteen million Burmese and 4.000,000 hillmen have been stripped bare by the Japanese. At present all relief work is done bv the Civil Affairs Service, which is -an adjunct ot tne Army and entirely subject to the Commander-in-Chief. But notice has been given that six months after the reconquest of Burma the Army will hand over the country to the Burma Government.

Obviously there should be close liaison between the latter and the C.A.S., but, frankly there appears to be none. Transport Obstacle The Burma Government has got together again its servants who were scattered over the East after the 194i retreat; and some of the senior men are in London, together with the Governor, working on the many administrative questions which the restoration of Burma will bring. But the danger of a serious gap in the relief work cannot be denied. Transport is, of course, the great obstacle. The Army's needs are paramount and at present can only be served by the slender railway to Dimapur in Assam, the Ledo road, and by air.

But, surely, it might be possible to collect private cars in India to be reserved for relief work. Burma's needs are simpler than Europe's. There is. a fair amount of food in the country, if it could be moved about. Clothing, oil for cooking, salt, needles, matches, are the chief need; and, scanty as everything is, it ought to be possible to collect a supply of these in Calcutta against the reopening of Rangoon, if a start were made at once.

Common sense certainly suggests that relief work, instead of waiting for some arbitrary date, should be transferred step by step as early as possible to the Burma Government, which has the ultimate responsibility for the country and the widest know ledge of its conditions and of the former Burmese omciais ot tne ad ministration. But the decision can only be made in London, where the real deadlock is; and so far there appears no sign of a long-term policy adequate to tne reany tremendous issues in volved. FOR 100 YEARS the Brompton. Hospital has struggled unceasingly agaEnnt Tuberculosis. For those irho sutler from this terrible disease alad for those who may yet suffpr The FiRbt Must Go On.

Please gic your support and Remsmber Brompton In vour Will. The Treasurer. Brompton Hospital. London. S.W.3.

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