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THE CHINA MAIL..
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1954.
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OUR STORE IS ARMFUL OF
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SEE SANTA
IN OUR TOY DEPT.
Lane,
OPEN UNTIL 7 p.m. TO-Night
Crawford's
Swiss Chronometer production hit new high
in 1953
$2214?ILIRLS
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On November 16th, 1951 the Federation of Swing Wich Manufacturer ruled that no watch should carry the the chronometer unless it had been awarded an Official Timing Cerificate by one of the five Swiss Goverment Testing Sizin situated at Bienne, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Le Locle, St. Imier and Le Sentier.
At the beginning of each year these Testing Stations publish yearly reports wich details of the watch more ments submited to them, the names of manufacturers and the results of the texts. Repons of the five Testing Stations published early in 1954 reveal that in 1953 the Swiss Watchmaking Industry produced the record num ber of 48,628 wrist-chemometers.
This is an eloquent, testimonial to the continuing progren of Switzerland's chief exporting industry.
Your guarantee of qualige, craftsmanship and accuracy...
Every Rolex, Chronometer Bears the words "Official Centified
Chronometer" on its diat, and accompanied by the Roles Red Seal proot, that it har pawed the rigorous trials of a Šelas Government Testing Station and has received an Oficist Timing Certificate.
Blieane and The Manufacturers of Rolex watches Genera, were the first for many years to concentrate on the serial production of Chronometer movements. Up 10 31st December 1953 Rolex have obtained zin less than 236,616 Official Timing Certificates, of which 30,555 were for the your 1953 alone
Thus in 1963 Rolex obtained 82.81% of all Certificates ised to the entire Swiss Watchmaking Industry.
An Official Timing Certificats is, in fact, an incontestabia guarantee of quality, craftsmanship and accuracy. In consequence the price of wast-chronometers is bound to be higher than that of ordinary watches. Through the channels of the top-ranking jewellers of the world, these remarkable precisjon instruments have become the prised possessions of the most eminent personalities of our era, to whom the exact measurement of time is imperasive.
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BY ROLEX....
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1963
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I landmark in the history of
Time measurement
"I heard Dad tell Mr. Smith that he's going to buy Mum a lovely set of new tyres for the car for Christmas.”
Eve Perrick
HAD to go to America to discover
the Russians. And the discovery I made about them if wisely acted upon-could. I think, prevent another world war.
} stumbled
momentous upon this matter at a party at the Russian Embassy in Washington.
1 was chatting, quite cosily, with the Assistant Military Attache, a small, dark man with bright black eyes and a row of meda's across his khaki barathea-clad chest which would out-jingle Douglas Fairbanks any day. Wihtout any fanfare this hero of the Soviet Union suddenly came out with it
He helped his wife wash up.
A husband at the sink was, he said, quite a common thing in Russia, and even more prevalent in America although (there was just the teeniest trace of envy in his voice when he said this) the Americans did have mechanical dish washers to help the human ones.
It gives me much pleasure to publicise this fact--and I hope that all bodies devoted to the cause of peace on earth will make full use of it. Because, of I am certain: Any man who helps his wife to wash up will never willingly go out and fight a fellow wife-alding washer up whatever his nationality.
to
age
ONCE SHY
P.S. to U.S.
•
-on peace
and poise
MOTHER Mary Martin and Heller as
London Brit saw her-1947.
her
How do you make the change Richard Halliday, from being a shy little girl in and short frilly dresses the Heller mother I remember from London to New York's Miss Halliday, self- interview giving an assuredly with, charm and sensibilty?
Well, all you need is the aplomb that comes from making
a success of your first-ever stage
starring
her under malden
name of Mary Martin.
The chango In Heller had not gone unnoted by Heller's
MY SKYSCRAPER.
SCRAPBOOK ENDS
ON
WASHING UP AND GROWING UP
● MOTHER Martin, actress, and actress-daughter Heller, as they are todpu-New York.
mum. Said Mary proudly: "She's in her little girl's voice while
becoming just an old trouper well,
you know my voice-I
part, which is just what Heller like me. "We have a duet to would be bawing away with
DISCOVERY No. 2: The way
acquire polse at the did.
In
gether in the show, and when mine.
"I think Heller "Peter wo first started Heller would
was a bit mother's her father sing sweelly and truly but softly embarrassed by
of 13, as demonstrated by. She plays Eliza young feller Halliday.
Pan," produced by her
DON IDDON'S DIARY
WILL IKE RUN A SECOND TERM?
MAMIE
MAY
MAY HAVE THE ANSWER
that the President has
four
old vaudevilo style of walloping a sous over. But now why on matines days, when I'm a little tired, I have to ask my daughter to keep it down a bit so that I can be heard too.”
ONCE BITTEN
DISCOVERY that disappoint- ed me: In America there is an organisation called
"Fatties
Anonymous." Wonderful idea, I thought, presuming it would workc ст the formula of Alcoholics Anonymous,
If, for instance, you felt you couldn't O another minute without going off your diet and
into
a cream bun, you could ring up Falties Affon, and they would
Bend round some sympathetic ex-alimmer. who would hold your hand: pand ven you through your darkest hour.
But ch dear, not a bit of it.
The founder of the Fatties club is Mrs Ruth Dougian, who is an international lawyer and Human Relations Consultant at Brooklyn College.
Sald Mrs Douglas-no longer ཚ་ the 19st, she used to be: think that for the overweight food is a form of satisfaction which they don't get from any. thing else in life. If you ake away their food without giving them a substituto they would do Gonething wornC,” ......
So the members of Fatties Anonymous
are there thousand in New York, thousads more nil over the country- practise something known as group physiotherapy: form choral groups, play cards, attend art class and pay 10 dollars (£3 105.) a year to belong.
TWICE CRAZY
AMONG my other discoveries: The American women are crazy about white fox. It goes on even towelling awimsuits (the kind that are not for getting wet).
everything
Meanwhile, President, like, herself, and gossip with
the President Everyone is mad about the New York, Tuesday. ring, called on the
after a few pleasantries her hairdresser.
realises it won't be easy to mambo, and the Arthur Murray F President Eisenhower and
blurted: "Mr suddenly
Prest-
rally popular support lor and Fred Astaire dance schools. gets his way-and he dent, you must run again; you
Since the Elsmhowers made "A.T.A."" (Ald to Asia), the now report that these same zealde usually does the must run to save the party." the White House their home alphabetical organisation now who went, along to learn, the United States will launch Mir Eisenhower, gollant with there has been a procession of in the back-room stage, because camba are back again in force opposed a fow years older, but not nee soon the suggested new women, said gently: "Let's take visitors, among them one King many Americans are
two Queens, one inperor, une to what they call giant give partiele less active, to be laught Marshall Plan to raise the it step by step.".
Pre- away schemes.
the latest wiggly stops. standard of living In Asia
This is the first indication Governor-General,
cidents, live Prime Ministers, For months now Americans even two
Chancellors, onc and woo the Far East from considered a second ferm in the Prince,
Crown
have been told about the giant Commisaloner boom in Europa, and partscu-,
TWICE IN VAIN Communism.
- has said over and over General, and a whole group of larly in Great Britain.
Foreign Ministers, Financo The President is now "sold" again in private, and now and Ministers,
members of Parlin-
A suggestion
BUT the picture from this. on the programme, but several again in public, that he can't ments, leading foreign scientists,
edion.
of... my
„Skyscrüper members of his party and some wait to get to his farm in
Industrialiste, and other mon GO the U.S. taxpayer is saying: ber most
Scrapbook which I shall remens“ generals and admirals are very Gettysburg, but Iko Is a Aghter, and women of distinction. S
vividly was ob much opposed. They think a and if he éonalders that Sensfor much simpler polley would be Knowlend la out to wreck his to "strangie Communism in its policies and his party, he might cradle" in the Far East and again becomo standard-bearer after that let the Aslans largely for the Republicans. take care of themselves.
Senator William Knowland, the most vocni spokesman of the "got tough with the Far East", pou l en as the new plata loading opponent.
▷ Hif there is such a big photographed (on my mind that The Eisenhowers have had to boom over thero why don't the is) in New York or anywhere entertain most of them, and if British and Europeans pay back else in America. the visitor has been the head of some of the Marshall Plan State, he or she has had to be madey, or at least contribute to It happened at boat drill on ́an", overnight guest.' ̧·
po thoj
hone. Two mátrona, from the Ellen. Some people, Americans and Middle West were trying to
British, havo evastated to achieve the impossibl got either in conversation or in
The pace has been punishing a new ad for Asla pro- board the Queen Mary coming
párticularly for, Mirs "hower," who Bays: haven't
got housemaid's knee, I've
·First Lady's foot."!
Social round.
Her choice)
VERY day Mr Eisenhower is
letters that it would be a win- The feat they wert; tryine (79 under pressure to run again.
derful parture if the United bring off was someflow at other One of Eleenhower's friends One White House alde told me:
Sintes bestowed honorary cititu den lifejackel" without told Knowland the other day! It is almost like the old Chl-
zenship on Sir Winston Chur- taking off or crushing to "You have not Just burned three water dripping tortue to
chill,
the enormous "ODSTATION bridges between yourself and wear sway resistance." fire, you have, dynamited them." might f
There is case" · "person who rWERE
Mr C. L
Sulzberger of the very large very purple orchid ar formal banquets
Now upwej tha plans of the "with"-rich food, receptiana. York Times, their chief they wore pinned
export
spent two || bosomsÁTT which That hours and, entally foreign
hours, with Elena Winstonze- Calls it mutiny relatan and prevent the
from being Indiaenced thousands of handshake only and, of course did not Eventually they ve imo Tinker for a second term, drewry-out limcheonse boring.
him directly but his drill is only, a roulDEXEE and that
and consiane, phaing for patch made it plain in any» BOWRY.
and] elevision
knows the Englali who
that
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