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-THE CHINA ↑ MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1959,
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SATURDAY "MAIL" FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH NEWS DESK
HUSBAND
I Won't Go Back Until Dogs Gone'
London.
FRENCH-BORN Mrs Germaine Tack, refugee
from a house-full of dogs, booked in at an hotel with her four children Inst week after being missing from home and said: "Dogs! They have broken up my home. They have-as you say- driven me up the wall!"
The Horse's Mouth £££
London.
MARGARET JACKSON,
ut money rigist out
of the horse's moulla.
Margaret stopped to offer
itbit to a horse in a roadside fold on her way to school but found the horse already was busy -exting-live £1 noies
She risked getting bitten and took the money out of the horse's month. She reaclard Ja axala and retrieved a badly-chewed rent book made out in the name of Walter Prescott.
Margaret took the money and the book la Prescolt, sald his daughter who dropped them beside the feld on her way to pay tho reni,-U.P.1.
NET ENDS SULTAN'S STROLL
The hotel is close to her home in Elfin Grove, Ted- dington. "But," said 36- year-old Mrs Tuck, "I will that not go back into
house until the dogs go. It is the dogs or me and the children.
It was while the father of three of her children, engineer Gordon Tuck, was at Cruft's two ένα exhibiting
chows, keeshonds, and an Afghan deer- hound, that Mrs Tuck left
home.
When Mr Tuck returned at midnight with a handful of minor awards he found the house deserted.
Ports watched
He told the police, and sug- gested that Mra Tuck might the have gone to France-with children. Channel ports were wutched El French polico olicrted.
But all the while Mrs Tuck was in Wellingborough, North- amptonshire, seeing Mr. Tuck's
whern with
sho parenta
"Сал plended:
You
make Gordon get rid of those doga?"" They She was out of luck. suld there was nothing they could do. And so Mrs Tuck und the children-13-year-old Jeanetic, daughter of a previous terriage; Gordon, ten; Audrey, two-te- and Ernest, Deven, turned to Teddington, where London. Mrs Tuck continued her sad London Zoo's sega of life among the dogs. SULTAN, London Zho "I like a dog, yes," she said, "A dog la nico. But she dogst has tufts of feathers grow. And in my kitchen. They are They ing from the sides of his always in my kitchen.
there. head--has
playing live there. They cat
They sleep there."
"Fed up' Then with rising protests Mes has teen lying in one of the Tuck said: "Even in the night north lime, when I was still doing the open paddocks on the
washing, my husband he bak me bank of the Regent's Conal,
"But although we clipped his to stop and go out of the room to get so that the dogs could go to wings ho bas managed
tell! but several times,
up in one of the laces in the enclosure. When morning cime, he jumped over the paddock fence." HOUR'S HUNT
for wat
truant.
been
Headkeeper Mr Jack Ward
wald: "Sultan has been giving
us a lot of trouble lattly.
"He roosted high
He
Toad,
He never got very the other day when he slipped through thro Zoo, boundary fence, crossed the malu and wandered up Pelmrose H. "After about an hour's scarch I found Sultan sheltering in a bish new-the-top of the kill, and cheght fun
"But he is not likely to give us any more trouble," Mr Word adds, "We have put him in a clused aviary."
"Pah I am, what you say here, fed up to the neck.
"So now I am back in Ted- dogton. But not for long. I will probably go Back to France end there will be no more degs fur me,
"Tluz have caused Enough. trouble to last me the Yest of my life."
MUST CHOOSE
Bill Beards The Board
FARMER WHEAL
This is how he did it.
-
HE JUMPS ON DIRECTORS'
TABLE IN MUDDY BOOTS:
TO MAKE HIS PROTĚST
London.
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Not that much of it could be heard in the general uproar,
THE oh-so-dignified what did emerge was that 39-
THE
AUSTRALIAN
WANTS TO HOLD EMU RACES
annual meeting of year-old Farmer Wheal WAB the Midland Bank broke speaking on behalf of the "Mid-A preparing
12°
Bydney.
700 keeper Jack Cain is Д special
up in pandemonium und Bank Shareholders' Com-
mittee," which he had formed track to race, emus at New. when a burly, bearded himself, and that he wanted to castle Zoo, about 100 miles
from Sydney. farmer jumped up on to elected to the board. to the highly polished Mr Wheal, who, in addition directors' table in his to his farm, runs a garage and a vintage Rolls-Royce, said muddy gumboots, and afterwards that his committee paced about on it mak-has only 14 members. ing a protest speech. "If only the bank would give
The directors-including the chairman, Lord Monckton, Lord Alanbrooke, Sir Alexander Fleck, and Sir Alan Lascelles gasped.
Uproar
The shareholders stared. And the chief general tonagor, Mr Oswald Wood, tried to pull the
front angry farmer down "platform."
ولط
But farmer Bill Wheal, who comes trom Shoreham, Sussex, refused to be trudged, and went on with his speech,
me a full list of all the share holders I'm sure that hundreds all over the country would join me in opposing the board," he sald.
He explained that he main complaint at the meeting WDS that Lord Morcicion bad de- clarod it closed before inviting trom shareholders. questions "It's illegal," ald Mr Wheal. "I'm going to consult counsel for a decision on his question."
Then the athletic, 8ft, farmer Jammed on his deerstalker hat
and strode of.
Space Toys Popular
But So
Are
The Cowboy Outfits
London
SPACE travel was in the ascendancy at this year's International Toy Fair at Harrogate, although cowboy outfits, toy soldiers and dolls were still formidable contenders.
Amid an army of kits for observe the craters of the moon, from the Bristol Aeropinza Com- building models of the Intesi and the planets.
pany's plans and was part of the conceptions of space-ships and A Kent company which last company's display at the Earn❤ satellite stations one London year hed great success in Bri-borough Exhibition last year. firm displayed a reflector tele- taln and the United States Foam Rubber
Outstanding for the tiny tabs is for the junior astronomer, to han now produced a pedal- scope with which it is possible with a miniature grand plaho,
operated organ to the same series of foam rubber dolls scale, it is the only instrument and cartoon animals which can of its kind made In Britain and be bent into any position with-
out
Midillesex damage. The streamiine support a Ane
manufacturers have this year appearance it is musically per-introduced many new characters "Popeye" which is
Danish Women
Smoke More
Cigars Than
me
Most Men
Added Mrs Tuck; "I am not
Hamburg.
않다
including a
"Emus are gluttons and w13) run like mad after pleces of meat and bread," he said.
"So we'll got them to chase a feed-tray down the stright,
"It the new sport is popular I'll consider applying for per- mission 10 have organised betting at week-day meetings,
First Race "After the first race I'll seo if any of the birds nerd handl
caps,
Some could start behind seraich, as as the trots,"
Mr Calu sald a Ruslan Alm of emiss
racing had given him the idea, Thè fim show- ed emus racing with monkeys on their backs,
"But the feeding-tray method should prove just as successful," he said,
The tray will be attached to cable and riin on a wire single rail the same as, a tin hore at a dog mesting—probably over six furlongs,"
be
'Ten Racers
He hoped his 10 emus would
within racing
several months.
The races would be held at feed time in the twilight at week-ends and on weekidays,
The speed of the emus. about 30 mph-wald "amark people."
No one could get mad at mi emu if he barracked for it and it lost. They wore "good honest runners."-China Mall Special,
THEATRE
TICKETS
AT DEAD
OF NIGHT
London.
Television has had a marked expected to have grent appoolHANKS to an American
musical, Londonors can
office
fect.
effect on this year's 'toys and at the New York and Melbourne many stands carried "official" shows in March. One of these now book thoatro tickets pistols, handcuffs, badges and toys probably had the most even in the dead of night. spura as worn by Wyatt Earp severe test any toy has ever had Just phone the theatrical and other small screen heroes which it made crossing the booking agents head Games manufacturers, too, have Antarelica na a mascot on one and a cultured women's voice found TV has to some extent of the Commonwealth
Trans-sagði called the tune and mote and Antarctic Expedition's mowhere is no one her to
and didn't even 1090 deal with your inquiry but legally married Gordon, I The Association of German more of the weekly quiz protractors,
grammes can be bought and colour,
this machine wilį sutomatically, at previously was married
cigar manufacturers on-
played at home, Even Making pictures with brightly record your order." nounced that the women-wayurkore like anakes-and-coloured felt-sheges-haxlong- She said she had left T
of Denmark smoke more fadder as 1500 SER
have When the ofûler staff deriVEN Tuck once before, five yenta ago,
elgars than the men of means back numbers. An Essex bamshire manufacture to France and
firm has combined six of the now added circus and danyard in the morning they just play when he went
most c
-old rames-with-six-new ones in cutata to the rice which back the tape recorder and Female cigar Smokerf a compendium Wiler the be Američan, buyersgewich genesis process ine orders. Denmark, o norrnal sight in "tuned in" to the desired game March. These toys have been patar Cadbury, of the agency. the kitchen cr al a concert, by manipulating two knobs on proved to have an educational said he got the ides from the pushed their country's number the side of the container. value and all London County
telephone answering service lighted cigars up to
featured in the muslcat "Dolls per head annually.
Are Ringing."
torced
brouela luar back
This ODD World UNDERWATER FLOWERS FOR THE PRETTY BRIDE
London.
THE priest who married pretty Enrichetta Bozzo to handsome Sandro Dioli in San Fruttuoso Immediately afterwards dived into the sta for a bouquet of "underwater flowers" for the bride.
have fooled + "The water was key cold," "would not said the local parish priest, Don child of alight."--UP.I. Duilio Marcante, "but I had to
.
get the bouquet for the baldo Turkey · Rider
bacause it's part of an ancient
tradition here."
Enrichetta was the first bride
to be trattled at this little sept-
Allenta.
Samples, 12, has found
E· the bantam rooster. he was
sido villago near Genes in the slven as a pet.
past moven years; the reason
The frightened bird, possibly
being that there are only 24 in fearful he would go the way of
habliomis in San Fruttuoso.
the turkey, had been' riding for
"Just as well," Don Marcante two days on the rear axle of a added. "Otherwise. I'd bon
neighbour'a cor--UPI,
bed with the flu most of the Hot And Cold.
Winter-UPL
His Hobby
Edinburgh TORD GUTHRIE Judge of the "court" of nemaloni' here; ad- Birraingham, Joumed some because the PUIDERICK Martin, 35, start« | courtronen / was 200 bot, On
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countries..
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No other country can make that statement, the association
Bold.
Yester-year.
90
Ita
| Counell nursery schools now, LIDO
them.
almost
ane
A section of the toy industry World Market But ha bald, "As far as I which seems to be moving into the past and into the future atmakers still have the world as
"The proof that British toy-know thest don't have it even
lin Americă." SECOND-BEST
the same time is the manu- their
market can be found in
Own Idea miniature models. Second-best in the honour facture of
the order books of Harrogate Ha admitted it was, his own rolo was Holland with 108 One London firm has added exhibitora. D
every Idea
to have modela iseries of yester-year
the recording stand the talk was of heavy done by his wife Benedicts. elgora per head annually, then
cars, orders at an early stage in the Switzerland with 97, and West of famous race-winning
old
busca to trams and
for there's only show, and rainy of the salesmen Ladiation to Germany with 90.
the service. It range. One which is The United States numbered modem
they device to make cer-lain a damal 35 cigars per hondsure to boost the company”. / Were calling on the Interpreter won't get tickets for "My Fair
already considerable sales to had excectly translated the Lady" behind it came the United States is a model of por year and
An Doser, company who were all Sweden, Canada, Austria and The General" one of the wishes of oversus buyers.
steam locomotives involved in showing a range of However, German cigar the great locomotive chase of artificial toworn in addition to where "My Fair Lady is experts him that women to the American Civil War. Moving toys took an order from the go playing-UPL
and Germany
Holland are with the time analber London | prietor of an Amsterdam, firen making molest attempts to company, hina introduced a col• j fox. £700 worth of dowers--in- smoke cignan, $00.
lection of rocket age equipment, cluding tulips. The perfume is The Association said the the star plece of which le 1 added while the plastic from German clgor Industry is model of the. Bristol "Blood- which the flowers: are made starting production on a 'Hight | hound" guided minille with still. la powder form, It | 39. mild brand elgur for the ladies, launching ramp and transporter, claimed that they hold their -UP.I..
This particular, model was made perfumé indefinitely..
France.
perfumed
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