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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 14-1950.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SATURDAY "MAIL" FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH NEWS DESK
Sound-Waves Cure Sprains
Doctors Begin Using
Hi-Fi Therapy
AUSTRALIAN
Sydney.
doctors have begun
research with sound waves of ultra- high frequency for treatment of sprains, strains and tennis elbow.
Records 40 far show that results from ultrasonic therapy are erratic, but it does at times succeed when other methods have failed.
"Medicni
Writing In the Journal of Australia," Dr L. T. Wedlick, of Melbourne, says the ultrasonie frequency used in the treatment is produced through a crystal.
a thin
It la conveyed to motal plate in the Hand head" which is applied to the patient.
The massage effects generated by the ultrasonie frequency penetrate the body tissues to a depth of several inches,
Dr
widely Wedlick sayя divergent views are held on the value of the treatment.
"In Continental countries and in some centres of the U.S.A. there
almost fanatical enthusiasm, whereas in Great Britain it has been almost dis- carded," he says,
Research Needed
Dr
Wodlick belleves the therapy has something to uffer, but that further research is needed.
"The term ultrasonic is up piled to sound waves at a tre- quency beyond that of human audibility (16 to 16,000 cycles per second)," he says.
tho
U st
the human far-benica *Innudible dog whistle. "Unlike audible sound, ultra-
transmitted round localised beam and local effects un the body are confined to the vicinity of the beans,
"Ultrasound applied to the body r:sults in a violent shaking or micro-mussage of the issues,
To-And-Fro
"The to-and-fro motion of individual particles is less than one 10-thousandth of a mil- limetre, yet the acceleration, and force exerted are very great."
A study of 159 cuscy treated shows that results were most effective in the treatment of Bigament sprains; 19 out of 24 cases being successful.
"The results in tennis elbow are poor," says Dr Wedlick, "ut this 'fortunately is a condi- tion that ally responds to treatment with hydrocortisone and other methods,
The outstanding value of scemy to be in ultrasonics
the treatment
of fibrosis of the neck and shoulders as- scelated with cervico-brachial
"The dog's ear can detect a much higher frequency than neuralgia."
CRIPPLED SOLICITOR
AWARDED
HIGHEST
DAMAGES EVER
Dublin.
HA
[ANDSOME solicitor Kevin McMorrow, 38, crippled for life in a crash in a client's car, was awarded £87,402 in Dublin High Court ---four times the largest damages ever granted in the British Isles before,
That Top-Dog Look
Bound to impart that the top-dog feeling is coat of summer ermine worn by Starza, a chlhua- hua owned by Mrs Joan Forster, from Surrey at the Cruft's Dog Show, Olympia, London, recent ly-Reuterphoto.
LANDSCAPE 'STOLEN!' MAYOR CRIES
Home.
Is it a crime for a resort
tova
10
"steal"
other resort's Bandsexpe for its postcards?
Riviera Mayor
yes.
The indignant mayor of Camogli
the Italian on
The Jays
of offending Viareggio, 50 miles away, shrugs his shoulders.
The landscape battle be- tween the two resorts originated when Viareggio firm put on salo postcards with the worda "Souvenir of Viareggio” The people of Camogli Carda took a look at the and cried out: “But that's our landscape, not theirs."
The Mayor of Camogl! wald in a town council acasion that the Viareggio people "committed a legal
offence." the по been
Life was fine for the de- The jury decided that
6 bonair, ft. Irishman, tanker driver had
negligent. father of three, until the
accident.
The previous highest damages
in an accident claim; £20,201
-The Mayor of Viareggio
the retorted that
city fathers, could not be held the responsible and that blame, if any, lay with the
Europe's Royal Playground To Expand
By LUIS TEIVES
Lisbon.
ESTORIL and Cascais, adjacent seaside resorts situated about 14 and 19 miles respectively from Lisbon, on the Portuguese coast, are to be] made more attractive to international tourists.
Atready widely known as the | and arrange, within a year, for playground of Europe's Royal the floodlighting of the park at famili s in exile, this area, Estoril and the tennis courts unde A rocent Government which form a part of it. decree, is to get a new luxurious casino and now £500,000
# hotel.
Smhor Teodoro dos Santos a spokesman, for the new conces= sionaires, told G oross con-
C-
Gambling concessions hereforence here that his society, aro granted by the Government, called "Estoril Sol" (Estorti and the decree defines the con- Sunshine"), has already ditions under which new con quired the land nocentry for cession will be granted to re- the construction of the hotel in place those due expire this
* park at Cascais, year, at the end of a 30-ycor teria.
The decree sets up permanent zones of gambling at-Estoril and various other places, including Funchal, capital of the Por tuguese land of Madeira, in the Atlantic. Gambling conces sions granted in these zones are exclusive and awarded after public tenders from Societies whose capital is not less than 40,000,000, escudos (£500,000)
Leas than 6,000,000, escudos (£75,000) in the case of other zones.
He hock are DESC vera pameran start and not
and топ two sub-post youits-Ir
tica
offices as a sideline.
Then one Novermber day in 1937 he was cluing bone is the cur of draper Edward Knot! after a business deal in Dublin. The car collided with a nine-ton petrol tanker,
Mr MeMorrow told the court of that wild gusty night. Mr Knott, he said, was driving at About 60 mph. They wero overtaking the tanker.
THIS IS PHONE SERVICE!
Frankfurt.
probably, the Mayor said, the printer simply made
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cacemfg Eng=m/£gravermel=£amogl
was pondering whether to bring the matter to couri. -U.P.I
Only Old Ones
He said the tanker seemed to THE City of Frankfurt has to play a role
Mr Knott denied negligence,
swerve towards him as bo started to pass,
TREATMENT From
that
crash McMorrow emerged a helpless
Mr
THE
1
Concessions
Novel Type
and
Plans for a novel type.2-cinza hotel havo already been aub. mifted to the outhorities work will start ng soon or they are approvod, Senhor Teodoro dos Santos added,
In
Senhor Teodoro das Santos described the new hotel as an innovation in It will offer accommodation both the top luxury and the tourist classes and will be "one of the best hotels in the world both for le magnificent sit tion overlooking the beautiful Bay of Cascals and for the ex-
Concessions for the permanent cellence of its equipment." zones will end on December 31, 1973.
The Society which receives
Facilities will include a swim- ming pool, Furage, a car park, Turkish baths, a "boite de nuit," NHS local theatro company the concession for the zone of (night club), a hall which will advertised for an old parrot Estoril must, under the provi-hold 1,300 people, a barber's in Treasure dons of the decree, submit, byshop, a hairdresser's, medical June 30, 1959, plans for a now services, and so on. luxury casino situated on the
It will have 300 zooms, with son coast and casting not le 500 beds 20,000,000 cecudes than (2312,500). This must be built by December 31, 1953.
more added two
SOT-Island," vices for relaphone` sub-' scribers.
Housewives not knowing what to bury for dinner or who want to check on the latest prices of
"No young parrots need apply, co the young ones only pecic ears and repent a stranger's everything they hear." sald pro- duction manager Gerald Barly- 0 UPI.
As soon as the authoritics have abosen the alte for the new Casino at Estoril, works on that The society granted the con-will begin. It will take fifteen ression at Estoril will also have months to build. According to to submit, within the same limit guthor Trodors dos Santos, "the of time, plan for an hotel, cost- ing not less than 40,000,000w Casino will be the most cacudos (£500,000), to be built modern and most. huxurious in
Europe," in the area of Comcule, adjoining WHEN police recovered a car Estoril. This hotel must also be lottery and foutball pool results, stolen by three teenagers, ready by December 31, 1963.
invalid, paralysed in the legs by gonds. In the market can call
number for this information.
And those wandering how to get home after a late night out can call another number schedules of the last trams and buses.
Other subscriber services are daily menue, latest horse-racing,
a spinal injury.
He was awarded the damagea against draper Knott-by a judime and all-male jury at the end of a five-day hearing..
Aslay of execution granted provided that £20,000
immediately. is pald McMorrow.
Where if the money go
was
Young L-Drivers
Newton, Iowa.
the senior member of the trio
to
movie schedules, the correct
The same society will also
bathing existing
Every penny will be spent
time, weather forecasts, road aged 15, was teaching his two trying to make life bearable for conditions and stock exchange younger, companions to drive have to enlarge and modernise
Mr McMorrow. All his sayings quotes/UPL
and those of his wife Esthera qualified chemist—have · KOND + paving for treatment, since the accident
As soon as the hearing ended Mrs McMorrow flew from her hotne at Carrick-on-Shannon to Lendon to take her husband the news,
Hain in the world-famous
UP.I.
Diviner To Search For Missing Woman
London.
abinal injury hospital at Stoke The Uny village of Upton Cross
Manderille, Buckinghamshire, whore his treatment: must. yon- tidum at least another your,
Mr Melforrow: brought - his action against Mr-Anolgy and Iriety Bhall, the owners of the AVREGED HEREIN frith shell.
in the Brisle riviera kina hired a diviner to take up the search for a‘missing woman. afior fatile watching by palle
Installations
fi adllion to the gambling rooms, it will have a cinema, theatre, festival and lecture halls, and three ballrooms. Tourist Trips
+
Senhor Teodoro dos Santos stated that the "Estoril Sol," niso intends to start organising next year wurlet tripe in the river Tagus and a boat service between Llabon and Cascais.
diving red at dawn, a' time of The search by the diviner won day that he works best.
Organised by Frankhall, the At present, Lisbon fa Ind village, carpenter," who said to Eatori) and Cascalo by a good y have found the bodies of the villagers wooyed road which skirt the river inany: people who vanished' in Mro^ Parks was müürdered, in Tagus and the weekend inn Cornwall after other scrolice - Burgogne, said- that... You Goc electrid railway, Estoril can be had filled,” Bürgorne ssid, plons the polior lávo - miked roshod, from Extrots (les: 25- far uzy nanlabanon, and 1 once minutes by car, and some 40 10 hetpet, Boullans. Yard to find cu minutos by train. Cascina La. the bodies of way misindered ) anly: Avs • milotitem from Katurli
• The missing wonedas la Mie Clars
tanker, No datongós were White Barguyne, 75, oak in ||| Parke, who“ disappeared
Thirty In Bus Queue Sprayed With Rubber
London.
NIGHT people in a bus
EIGH
queue were taken to hospital with shock after being sprayed with liquid rubber.
The rubber was in gallon cans which fell off a lony in Gates- head. Another lorry ran over them, and showered, the 30 queuetu.
Many of them were "glued" to the pavement. The more ther tried to struggle free the moro they stuck.
The solution covered their faces, ching to their hair, ruined their clothes.
'It's acid"
Thoes taken to hospital spent hours in the casualty ward having It sponged scrubbed ok with spirit.
Jean Liddle,
and surgical
A 19-year-old GFO. telephonist, fainted when someone in the queue shouted, "It's neid."
I thought I was going to be blinded or have my Lace surryed fon Me,” she said last night. "As it was, my shoes and nylona had to be ripped off, and my brand-new cont was ruined. Someone is going to have to pay for all thin...."
hospital spokesman said: "They looked like things out of a cartoons. The rubbed was stretching of the mda of that fingers so they tried to pull I from the
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