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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1956.
Interesting News Stories From All Parts Of The
World
AIR CHIEF'S
CHIEF'S SON
MY HAT! it's the
it's the AIR
H TIERE stands Senior Under-Officer Anthony Boyle. There lies bis hat. Life could hardly have staged a more embarrassing situation. For.... Not only did Cadet Boyle lowes his bat at the Royal Air Force College But he lost it as be led a passing-out parade as the cadet who had most distinguished himself in leadership and general influence for the good of the college.
at Cranwell.
And the whole thing was watched by his father, Air Chief Marshal Sle Dermot A. Boyle, Chief of the Air Staf.
Which all added up to a very embarrassing moment indeed.
EXPLOSION on THE SUN
-AND THE DAY EARTH WAS BOMBARDED
WITH COSMIC RAYS
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Chicago.
A scientist explained recently how he took advantage of an opportunity that knocked 93,000,000 miles away.
FLAMES
Lungs tongues of flame lick hungrily around the edges of the sun.
This phenomenon la catted a solar prominence ani Som t are rattmat erh Measure up to 500,000 mties!
tu
Hot Welcome For Police
Naples.
Police ralding Naples
huge
13-12-
they
t back all their Thalernor John A. Shinson, of the University of Chicago, said a miten by radne zes
Lugard. the riunity was the great-nut
est vorded explosion ever seen
on the str
11 occurred on Feb 21
Min whig at all the record-
an aloha sweeping the earth
m nec the Sou Pair
ot of an inervase of 2400 pen · Chang, attunene devices cent in cosmic rays tencbing theres ded the event. earli
Prol. Stm 404) a physicist, 19 research expert cottie TAY
flls particular interest is to find out wirut smic rays and how they rebreduced
Great Energy
Normally the
produres lees than une per evnt of the cosmic rays reaching the earth. For the sun is unly a minor
1 Btter. "
to
our
The great. proportion of rays ferma from beyond the solar system from somewhere in the streat salaxy
which system belongs
These rays have great energy, ranging from a billion to million billion electron volts. They travel at nine-tenths the speed of light,
COSIMC
Prof. Simpson said ray may travel one million years before it hits the nucleus of another atom and starts to slow down.
The Flare
Prof. Simpson's long years of cigarette blackinarket got more prejavullon paid off when the that they bargained
resun preduced the flare of Feb.
cently.
for
The blacknorkelers' wives
21.
ray
equlp-
le hny Ave cosmic rushed out en to their balconies stations in Peru, Mexico, Sacra- and showered the oflleers with mento Peak, New Mexico.
and colourful Climas, Colorado, and Chicago, boiling water Neapolitan insult.
Luckily, a ship in the US. bu; e termined, the expedithm in the Antarctic also Dous:1
arresting was carrying recording police succeeded in
blackmarketers for 1- ment on Feb. 21. shree h sisting arrest and a number ot "1 <uptled from the In- others for illegal sales,
crease of activity on the sun the The police also confiscated week before that something big huge quantities of American, might happen," Prot. Simpson English and Swies cigarettes- | said. "Everyone was alerted and United Press
the equipment double-checked."-
'Fairy Tree To
Be Lit Up
Melbourne.
Melbourne's "fairy (rer".
A Bell Rang-
Thon at 9:46 p.m. a bell rang iriside his office.
that An electronic computer works steadily had noticed something unusual. The elec- tronic brain had waited 10 this minutes to be sure that
500-year-old red gum standing increased activity was the real in city parkland, is to be bright-thing. Then I set off the alarm en up for the Olympic Games. (bell.
his col- trunk of the tree with carvings leagues sent aloft two balloons of fairies and goblins in 1934 is which had been kept in read!- painting them for the third time. ness for such an alert,
Australian sculptress Ola All the, stations were alerted. Cohn, who Ierally covered the Prof. Simpson and
They
She wants them to be bright went up 19 miles. for Olymple visitors.
The tree One came down in Kentucky,
is similar to the Eifin Oak in but the other han never been London's Kensington Gardens found. Prof. Simpson said it does China Mail Special.
not matter. The equipment on
Wax Model Causes Stir
Bourton-on-the-water.
A buro-legged young priesters lying on an altar has onized
in this & furore
peaceful village tri the Cotswold Hills. The pricatens, a wax model, in part of an exhibit of witch- Fifteenth-Century craft in
house on the main street. Sho lies in the temple of the wwich goddess Tanat in dim light.
The
exhibition Jas drown protests from villagers who
horned god of devil worship-
pers.
The villagers have protested that
This part of the country superstitious enough
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anyway
without having witcheraft swell.
Mr Williamson's wife, Gwendo- line, said "We got lotters and visits from all types who think we run a blick maile Crete. We could mato R footune at that sort of thing. but we have nothing at all to do with it.”
have written, that it is (1) The pricutées remained tho
obsceno (2) degrading
(3)
encouraging black ingic
the
Tho exhibition of witcherat
oblocts from throughout world, was collected by on Englishonen, C.. Williamson, What has upset early everyone da a collections and fau” Mau atrocity pictures. There - ary, níku, bones, and a
focal point of everyone's attention. Her legs are amlood and hor
outstretched. Her body is covered with – a fight wedi "nortdreink. But the Parish rector, the Rev. J.K. Névtipförd - malā BISO wastik too bad. “After all you ban #šo such wasworks izí (bul Windows of the big stores
Camera Clicked
Shame Of
The Cane Made Boys
SHE FOUND
HER LOST RING-IN
A
Run Away 4 POTATO!
London.
Benoni, Transvaal.
A woman lost her wed-
Twelve of the best, right on the traditional spot, fording ring in a potato patch a year ago and found it re- The pain ten schoolboys.
cently in a potato! didn't trouble them mach. But the shame hurt.
Sent-
110!
A keen gardener, Mrs M. Labuschagne lost the ring while It bothered futer of therst so working In her vegetable much that they ran away from garden. As the seasons passed, Derbyshire, heading
110 stone was left unturned. The land
garden soll was carefully sified When John Hobis, 15, and--but still the ring was Malcolm Roope, 14, learned that I found.
whole The
of Tapton House Then they moved to a small- These
Ove-ton units ΠΡΟ
School.
Chesterfield, blocks of lend sandwiched with
was holding a few miles away. Mrs their talking about
whacking Labuschagne planted flowers in parabln. In them. the effects of
they parked rucksacks und
her new garden, her husband slawed tamle ruyg 21 down enough to feed informa-started their 200-mille tramp.
gave her a new ring and sho Two other, Robert Morgan, tion to an electronic computer.
The electric brain works cos-13, and John Gilhooley, 15, lett promptly forgot all about the onc
but tiruusly.
automatically with them, but after one
returned home. Every 15 minules, it stops and a camera makes a record of its resulls at that moment.
The wealth of dala produced by the Feb. 21 lure has not yet been resembled and analysed, Pret. Simpson sold.
Indeed, Prof. Simpson said his prajcet as a whole is nowhere neur muy grand conclusions or any practical results.
man's
TURNED BACK
duy
she had lost.
This year she decided to grow vegetables again anxi obtained some sted potatoes from telends who
moved into her old
Wakefield, home des Were planted and
THE
All four reached about 50 miles from home. Then Robert and John, fed up with
a few days ago Mrs Labuschagne [the rigours of open-air life, and her family sat down to a
"home grown" turned back.
meal
of
Sold Robert when не gat vegetables. back: "The plan was to go Slicing a potato on her plate, Stranraer and 'bitch a if the knife came into contact withi "It's another example of pure
abourd a terry to Northern a hard substance and there in research," Prof. Simpson said,
Ireland.
the centre, unblemished by "another way in which selence
"We were going to stay there frying pan or fire, was-her adding to goes about knowledge of nature."Unitedt we were 18 to allow time wedding ring! China for the talk to die sway.
Special. Of the caning administered by headmaster Arnold Jennings he caned ten boys for pranks Chesterfield-Robert had this to say: ̧ "They can't just
Prost
NEWS IS RED HOT!
Sydney.
One Sydney mun gets holler news than any- one else in the city-it comes out of an old- style electric toaster,
When £1 reporter visited the suburban home
Ted of Mr Spensley recently ho saw-and heard the toaster cooking bread and relaying the 11 o'clock news at the same time.
The toaster gives local radio programmes whether it is switched on or not.
The riddle of this "radio-active" toaster electrical
men
has pazzled.
NO SECRET WIRES
There are no secret wires or leads from any wireless.. The toaster and just broadcasts toasts.
Mr Spensley said: "People laugh when I tell thom... they think I'm mind, but it's been, broadcasting for days.”
But there is only one handicap the volume cannot be adjusted.
And to change stations you lift the toaster Into another position!
hope to avoid the disgrace by They are only running away. n.aking it woTSE.
"Twelve strokes is a lot, but we deserved it and we got it That's the end of it."
Chester eld's education chief, Mr Arthur Greenhough, frowns corporal punishment in
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schools. Не
Royal Jelly
Mall
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the of
Bologna Scientists recently
reported encouraging results from by humans consumption "royal jelly," the
super-food produced by bees to nourish the queen-bee.
One scientist said good results were produced by giving the jelly to premature or underweight said: "It is discouragod, | bables. Another reported three but it is left to the discretion of cures of duodenal ulcer by the the headmaster."
oyal jelly-United Fres.
TOURIST TOWN MAY BUILD ITS OWN RAILWAY
Berck, North France.
Irate seaside landladies, hotelkeepers and cafe owners in this channel coast resort lying among the sand dunes eight miles from fashionable Le Touquet, plan to reopen their own train service if the State railways refuse to help them.
The resort attracts 170,000 tourists annually. Until a year ago most of them come by rail.
to
la
But the branch line
Berck, opened in 1909, had a £120,000 deficit by 1954 and French Rail- ways closed it, The main line station
four miles away and the local bua company say, they can no longer cope with the summer. in- vasion,
Why is the resort-without-0- train ao popular? Bærek tourist office claim
that
holidays here are cheaper Aban
in other resorto in the region
Now the town council is leading the campaign to get back Berck's train service service. An
action committeo plaster- ed the resort with coloured poster calling for a meet- ing in a local favern to discuss with residents
0.
way of loaning money from a public company. Cost of buying a new rail- car and rebuilding the line to connect with the Paris main-line "Sunday by the www specials is
estimated to be £70,000- China Mail Special.
ISLAND TO BE ‘ABSORBED’
The Hague, At the end of next year Höllaral will hava ono island lees. Tho picture que sales of Marken, in the former. Zuyder Zeo wil be connected with the main Rund by dike.
brielakk Atta Dec. 18, 1907,
tourista svili go there by cir instead of boat.
Thousands ́ vlalt. Marken each your to see the queint wooden houses Gnd the national costumes 'ora.......... Gisle flafernoon's
Seland Within a few days, the' Arnhem
Constructov Inte of JP. Brockhoven, W13 jo start to work.ph the elled, which will COME About AM 1000,-**Ustavn Prem
IT HAS A SECRET
*
St James's NEW YORK - GREAT WORLD
Park To Get A New
Bridge
London.
There is to be a new bridge over the lake in St! James's Park and the Government decision to puli down the fron suspension bridge realises one man's ambition of 30 years ago.
The bridge will have three spans, built in conerele and tho Portland stone. That was kica of the man in 1920. Ha offered then to pay the bill, but his proposal met with opposi- tion.
He died the same year, but he left £20,000 for the bridge which he knew would have to be built one day.
His name is known only to the lawyers who dealt with his
estate, for the bequest to the aption was on condition Thot tris identity should rever disclosed.
be
In his will he fixed a time- limi: to resistance to his bequest - was April 10, 1956.
Two other dates
He fixed two other date the ten bridge was to be dis mantled by the end of this year finished by and the
Tew one
the end of 1957,
On the last day the decision could be taken the Minister of Works, Mr Patrick Buchan-
Hepburn,
had'
announced
to the written
that
he trustees
the
'
"gratefully necepting generous offer," and accepting the conditions of the donor.
The man never made chown his objections to the little sus- pension bridge, from which Prime Mindsters royalty, and - ports have arijoyed one or the finest views of
Minion, Said a
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Works
SHOWING TO-DAY
A Motion Pictura That Will Not Be Easily Matched Or Forgotten!
The
wedding might the anticipation. the
kiss.
the
knife.
BUT ABOVE
ALLN
THE SUSPENS
PAUL GREGORY
ROBERT
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MITCHUM WINTERS
THE NIGHT
OF THE HUNTER
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LILUAN GISH
WER MARIES GLASON
EVELIN VARDEN PELLA GARNER
inda BenQuest Castle -
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Baly Chain Sully Java Truce-
Directed By
· CHARIES LAUGHTON
RUNTED ARTHIS
Trencar by LINES ACTE
theby DANTS GRESBI) Produced in PAƉE, GREGORY
SUNDAY MATINEE AT 12.30 P.M.
NEW YORK: "PINOCCHIO"
official: The bequest will cover GREAT WORLD: Walt Disney TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS the
The suspen- | Abb ertito cost. slon bridge is almost 100 years old and would have needed re- pairs casting over £10,000,
ORIENTAL
SHOWING TO-DAY
AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30
€ 9.30 P.M.!
Beggar's Hoard IN PERSPECTA, DIRECTIONAL STEREOPHONIC SOUND!
at
Athens. Police
Volos in central Greece arrested a 10-year-old beggar who admitted he had a board of 1000 gold sovereigns, the "result of lifelong begging
on the streets"
He said that he continued begging at his age because "he wanted to build an earthquake resleting housy in Volos A great part of Volos, was destroy- od by a devastating earthquake last summer, --- China Mail Special.
BIG BLAST
OF SCREEN EXCITEMENT
The MARAUDERS
MANNG COLORI
· ĐAM BURTEA-JEFF KIZAARDY" KEERAR WYCH » J
SPECIAL MORNING SHOW TO-MORROW AT 1230 Richard Widmark In "A PRIZE OF GOLD"
An event unique in the history of watchmaking
The 250,000th
ROLEX CHRONOMETER!
THE MOLEX OYSTER PERPETTIAN DAX JUNE, worn by the muciók fannon HOME NË BËT HOU. The 250,000th Rolat direnovistar og afirhane
lu now on the seriel of cos of the meat e
met fix the world. Waterproof in the Oyster made, wound by the Purpetana "coter" w Al-A it allows the data inn window can the dat
Facts & Figures
The Molen Red Bond aliached tò a watch shows shot it has obtained an Official Times Cardi- bad from Wite Goranairai Visitný Stučka, with sine persiał ziale of chronosila jar.
The Swiss Watch Industry During 1953 Produced
33,030,000 WATCH MOVEMENTS But only 48,628 of these won the right to the name o
of this 48,628, ROLEX produced 30.555 CHRONOMETER,
Year after year, Rolex have produced more Offcially Certified - Chronometers than any other manufacturer. Altogether, Rolex have obtained Three out of Four of all Ometal Timing Certificates ever awarded to Wrist Watches.
ROLEX
A landmark in the history of Time measurement