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MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1953.

PAY-AS-YOU-LEARN AT THE CASTLE

IN THE STATE DINING ROOM of Powderham Castle, Lady Devon sits at the head of the refectory table white Mr John Ber, the family butler, shows pupils how to hand a plate. Seated on the faft is one of the teacher, Mis. “ Pills Thornton, Standing or "Minty Yorde-Buller, Suwon Foskeit, Rosemary Mann and Caroline Mills.

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THE COUNTESS AND THE BUTLER TEACH THE GIRLS HOME-CRAFT AT £10-A-WEEK

FROM THE DOORWAY of Powderham Casite, Lady Devon watches the riding class trot through the turreted archway and across the courtford where meets are held, Helly, the cocker spaniol, runs out to meet the riders. The former tennis court is now a riding zzhzel. Two instructors gire riding lessons and take care al o dozen horses in the Powderham stables.

JOHN CLARKE'S CASEBOOK

"The State" And

Edward

WHAT it was that first, State," he said. But when they

raist:

isticl

"I've been calling on has trail it

followed ever people about getting a job." since. is anyone's guess He was taken to the police ttle later, a but Edward is convinced station, that for the last six weeks policeman visited all the build- the huge and ponderous ings Edward had entered.. None contained solicitors omees; and

machinery

has laid all other business

from EVELYN IRONS

IXTY-ROOMED. 14th century Powderham Castic

eight miles south of Exeter, is not open to the public view at half-a-crown a head. The Earl and Countess af Devon, who live there, have other ideas. Qirls aged 16 to 20 go to the castle to learn how to cook and sew and wash up-at a fee of £120 a term. That works out at £10 a week.

Bald 10-year-ola "Minty short for Araminta) Yarde. Duller. Lord Churston's daughter, as she rubbed the fat into the flour for pastry making: "About the only thing I could

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 17 By Air he calls The none

of their occupants had

Philippines, Guam, flawall, U.S.A., State (his capital letters) been asked about a job.

2 p.m. MIND READERS

Philippines, North Borneo, pm. marting, this story was Next

Formido, o p.m. aside and devoted itself ex- told to Sir Laurence Dunne, at

U.S.A. Canada, p.m. Japan,

P.. clusively to hounding him

Street, Bow

Edward where

Thailand. Malaya, Indonezia, Aus- down.

pleaded not guilty to loiteringtralia, New Zealand, Burma, India, with Intent to steal from offices, Pakistan, Middle East, Africa, Great

Sir Britain & Europe. 6 p.m. questions? "Any

By Surface Wherever he has gone Laurence, the Chief Magistrate,

· Macao, & p.m. London, the shadow of The asked Edward, as the last of

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19 By Air State has seemed to lie across the pollee evidence ended. his path, driving him from

Japan. Hawal USA. & Canada, 11.30 a..

Indo-China, France, French North & West Africa, 6. p.m.

By Burface

EDWARD TRAILED

in

the!

"No," Edward answered. "I'm course he would have followed, being victimised by The State, into devous,

unprofitable by that's all." ways leading nowhere particular.

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say?"

In

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would you. lkg

to

"What So a man might become whom

"Only that I looked in these tho paperwork involved

doorways without the object being

citizen in good

Baward answered bureaucracy, had driven a little in mind,"

have seen obscurely. "These coppers think round the bend. I

mind-readers, don't they're fanners ling in forms and

tele- they? I didn't know you could hard exporters on the

by mind-reading. phone to this or that Govern- be arrested ment department, whose eyes This charge is a decoy."

the

"Is there anything more you'd have temporarily had in them

Sir Laurence wild look

to add?" Edward's eye like

askod. wears permanently now,

Edward

"Yes," Edward said. "I wish

black-jowled mou, with a lick to Iny a charge against The

ga indon-faced.

black hair balding

which has been across a shiny State

Jost six head; a middle-aged victimising me the

That's all I want mon wimpped even so early in weeks solid,

overcont Os thick ns to my."

armour-platinig.

"I'M NOT 'KNOWN' "'

other day taking what seemed what I've heard of your actions,

Macao, .m. China, People's Republic. 9.30 am. Malays, Burma, India, 1 p.in. Philippines, Ceylou, Aden, Middle East. 5 p.m.

Macao, 5p.m.

Double Tenth

Cyclists In Court

were

Seventy persons. charged before Mr A. A.

Two policemen saw him the "Well I can only. Judge from Huggins at Kowloon this to them an unwholsome interest and from your explanation," morning for having taken "They're part in an unauthorised pro- in office buildings in the neigh-sald Sir Laurence.

bourhood of High Holborn, They wholly Incompatible. Anything bession on Saturday, the watched him slip cautiously into known?" onó after another--and dort into

A police inspector slipped into

the street again whenever any the box to say Edward had

one appeared.

declined all particulars

Double Tenth.

Police told the court defend- about ants were riding bicyles in

After ten minutes of this, himself and refused to have his pairs along Chatham Road to- wards the Hunghomi Police Edward went to a cafe and had Angerprints taken.

Edward chuckled, hearing this, Station about 10 nm. on Satur-

day.

A cup of tea. The policemen,

who were in uniform, usext this

tall.

EXPLANATIONS

as if he had enjoyed for once

Well, you'v sald ordinary

things,ne extra-

Bald

Sir

make before coming here three weeks ago was a cup of tea. Now cookery is my tayourlic subject

Lady Devon. in well-worn tweeds, sat by the fire in the Dagstoned, tapestry-hung hall of. the castle and explained why. she had starled her domestic school."1 wanted Powderhant to have a useful modern life. not to be just arello of the past. The idea of having the school arose, because I belleye that every girl nowadays ought to learn how to do the work of a house. I mean every girl- the intellectual ones, too."*

JUST PLANNING

One of her own daughters by. her former marriage to the late Lord Cottenham had just come down from Oxford, she added. "And she in a very good cook. I wish many more. university girls were the same."

What does the Countess think is the secret of successful house. wifery ?Method," she said, without hesitation.Planning takes all the drudgery out of domestic work,"

Lady Devon looks after the administrative side of the bust- ness. "I am a slave to the types writer. I am my own secretary.”

White-coated Miss Elgle Barnes was teaching the pupils how to make pastry” at a huge table 'in the ancient kitchen of the castle. The Devon family's own, cook takes over uso kitchens only for Biternato-weeks. The rest of the time the pups are responsible for all meals for the family, the servants and Diemselves.

The object, saya Lady Devon. is to make the girls capable of catering for family-more

d:ficult she thinks, than turn- ing out the odd cookery scheol dish.

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DINNER FOR 18

Puplis on the week's kitchen duty aro responsible for the 8.30 breakfast, the two-course lunch and the three-coursQ dinner, usually for 18 people, One night a week there is a dianer- party menu Sampie menu: Prown parties, roast" pheasant with all the trimmings, home- made Ice cream. The girls have their own common-room, but they have their meals with Lord' and Lady Devon, and are treated as members of the family.

The former. Documents Rõëm of the castle has no documents in it now. Just charts showing such processes as sewing on buttons and patching. Sowing machines -electric. treadlo and hand- powered -- aland purposefully round. Here Yorkshire-barri Concher Mrs. Phyllis Thornton 'takes her class in home dress-

making and mending.

When I visited the castle the class was in the laundry, and Mrs. Thornton, businessnijke in her,wiltg_overal}, was showing another 16-year-old. blonde Rose:

ABOVE THE FIREPLACE of the stula dining room in this curred and painted coat-alarms of the Duròn Tamily. The motto: Ubi lopaus, quid feci ' (Where have follan, what have I

done).

mary Mann, whose home is near Bath, how to fron the fruit of a pillowcase.

After the laundry činas ahe was out with the Fiding class. The former tennis court below the castle terrace is now a riding school. Two instructora,, Mis Ann Churchley and Miss Jil! Burt, give the riding lessons anú take care of a dozen horses in the Powderham atables.

Other non-domestic olasses aro In plano and. Prench, Girls taking their French seriously go on 10 a Bumiber term at a finishing school at Versailles. There is dancing once a week. A tennis coach gives lessons wil the year round on the covered court.

BEAUTY TIPS

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Make-up not banned at Powderham. Far from it. beauty expert calls once a term to show the girls how to do the oh properly. Thorough: clean- liness Inatde and out to her main beauty tip." said Lady Devon. she tells the giris not to plaster Loo much cream on their faces and to drink plenty of water."

The Devon's family butler, Mr. Join Bex takes a finnd in educating the girls In the long state dining room with its oli panelling family coats of arms and minstrela-gallory he showed them how to lay the refectory table for a dinner for 11 people. and how to hand the plates Correctly when waiting on the guests

"I also give them practical Jessons on silver cleaning," is

bre

ahoe cleaning lessons Included and such mechanical Jobs as defrosting the refrigera tor and mending broken fuses. Lemons in homework include, turning out one or other of the Castle rooms for a thorough clean,

What does it all tend to? Some of the pupils have gone on to study domestic science at college or to nurse in hospitals,

Bald blue-eyed, black-haired Susan Foskelt, solicitor's daught- ter from Epping: "I want to be An Ilustrator of children's books particularly books about horses."

Salata Caroline MINIS, daughter "of. A professor af anthropology, "I want to be a travel writer"

And the Countess taken tho view that whatever their tutumes their domealle chores Bi, the coalie:do them all good.

London Azores Service,

Woman Savagely Murdered

New York, Oct. 11.: A

A savage killer stabbed a 88-year-old prostitute to death early today and carved her body, into six pieces, then dared the police to catch him by describing his getaway car, j

interval to telephone for pla refusing to give detalls to the

All defendants pleaded not clothes reinforcements. Whom

filern-in of forma, There's ulty. Remanding them for Edward lett› the cafe, two men in civilian suits were on his nothing wrong with me, and I'm seven days, Mr Huggins granted

not known," he said.

ball of $25 cach

Upoa this announcement, Follce closed the doors of the report." to the first floor in some, 'nač "Aye," Edward agreed, and not produce ball were taken at 2 a.m. found

into custody. Only sight were torso In a aulicase it outside when they had seen all they picking up his battered grey released on bail. wanted to, they went to Edward hobo-hat, he allowed himself to

Hearing has been fixed for the Mooningside Height campus

fof Columbia Univerally, and asked what he was up to be fed way to be for one week November 3, and 4.

"I'm looking for some solle- a guest, in a' senso, of The State *** tors to protect me from The he despised and feared."

They followed him into and Laurence. "

out of more offico buildings, 'up | for a meolzalali remand court, and all those who could

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Row Blows Up Over Union Preference

FROM H. KING WOOD

Sydney, Oct. 6.

A great storm blew up this week over a State Government move.

to make compulsory absolute preference to unionists.

But a lot of people can't just see what all the row is about. For many years now absolute preference has been enforced by the majority of unions themselves -- and enforced 100 per cent.

No one can work on Australian wharves unless he is a member of the Waterside Workers' Federation and the ranks of that union are closed tighter than the gates of a gaol.

A coal miner would never |bzby boy to foster parents and 800 cubic feet of deep-frecao get down the pit unless he was a against the wishes of the un-space.

of

member of the Miners' Federa-married mother has started Д The Norab (baron spelt back- Uon and in practically all other greater flood of public letter wards) will retam her nagle unions you become a unionist waiting than probably any other because the new owner thinks it the moment you start work al incident for years.

unlucky to change the name of a the trade and this goes for the Sydney newspapers alone must fishing vessel. Journalists' Association and tho have published hundreds With a 300 hp diesel engine, Printing Industry Employees' letters over the last 10 days and the ship will have a cruiring Union.

It is comewhat remarkable that range of 3,000 to 4,000 miles, All the Government is pro-almost without exception they be equipped with an echo-sound- posing to do, then, is to make have been in favour of the ing machine und will be able to Ash in water up to 100 fathomis legal what apparently hasn't mother. been strictly legal

Many of the writers ceep.

CATTLE SEEKERS sympathised with the judge in

or

MONEY FOR OIL

If all is ever found in Austra- what they termed "a difficult

Eight Japanese cattlemen no Islands, it will Becision", but the general tone is nearby have to flow very freely for a that mother has a right to her now in Sydney to collest B time to square the ledger, child until she proves unworthy Jersey cows and heifers to the

hast Japanese Government. The Minister for National of it no matter what her past. Okubo, only English-speaking Development, Senator Spooner, A number of women's organi-

Mr A.

said this week that already two satjons are to ask the Minister of member of the party, said the companies had spent more than Justice to alter the Child Wel-cattle had been brought by Japan £10-million on

arch for fare Act the search

prevent such a case under agreement with the Com

monwealth Government. oil in New Guinea, Apparently, arising again.

He said 200 head of Jerseys sufficient they are just getting

Meanwhile, an appeal is to bu endouragement to literally keep made to a higher court on the would be bought each your by pouring money down the hole.

mented that

the Island Exploration

had struck gas in

The Ministerio ly

13,743

feet,

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NO TROUBLE AT ALL

Japan for the next few years.

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Customs officers this week: seized contraband found aboard then operations had A member of the well known the liner Taiping, which bad been halted temporarily pend- Halvorsen boat-building family arrived some days earlier from

and Hongkong cliff home overlooking Japan Ing the Installation of fittings has a which would permit further Sydney Harbour that is about officers seized eight watches, 08 lighters, stockings, work to be done without risk of 70 steps below the street. en- cigarette.

trance.

1,300 cigarettes, seven strings of blow ..

Australian But there is no trouble get-pearls and 200 Company had been ting up and down-there's an chewing gum.

feet, and electrically driven, ski-lift, with completed at 10,042 was the first bore to penetrate two seats, and all you do la successfuly the flowing mud-sit down and press a button. store zone, according to the FISHING PROJECT Minister.

American millionaire's

A bore Petroleum

of the

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In Queensland, the Associated former · luxury yacht is being Australian Oll Funds had com-remodelled in Sydney Harbour pleted two bores in the Roma to undertake a dollar earning district without striking crude fishing

MORE WOOL FACTS

project off the Aus

packets of

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2. "Songs of the Prairie" by Janes Moston (Tenor); 2.15. Jazz Club with lumphrey Lyttelton and his *2.45. H.M.8. {BDCTS); Band Pinafore (Gilbert and Sullivan). oil in commercial quantities. The tralian coast.

Oyly Carte Opera, Conipany and company had recently started on The vessel is the Norab and otra cond, by indura Clodfrey: a third bore-and no doubt will she will specialise in obtaining Allernoon Concert; 3. Time for Mude Twentieth Century Berenaders keep on boring while there in lobster tails exclusively for the cond, by Monta Liter (BBCTS): 2.30, “Roberta" (Jerome Kern) sung the slightest hope,

American market

MacRac end Luctile Experts have for many years The Norab, 120 tons gross, 120 by Gordon

Norman, with Cisors and Orèh. considered that Australia's hopes feet long, ance the last word cond. by George Greeley; 6. Tir

and olf rest on the Roma district. In Juxury and still very comfort-60%-The-Wind In-the-Willows

Programme for More promising signs have been able, has been idle for years in Adapted from the Story by Kennsly unearthed in that area than any- the Harbour. She was built in Grahame. Part 2: "The Open Ready where else in the Common- 1929 at San Diego for Baron Long, BCTS); 0.30, The Songs of Frank Locmor. Danny Kaye singing. wealth....but no one has yet millionaire owner of the Lay favourites from "Hans Chriftian Andersen": 0.40, Dance Time In been able to start the oll flowing. Angeles Bilmore Hotel,

She came into the Pacife Havana, 1.35. "Box 206" Bert Gillett #t the Organ (03); 750, Variely during the war and was used in Tantare. From the North of En Wool received into Australia the islands for a brief period as land, Repeat of last Thursday stores by September I totalled Genern! MacArthur's headquar- Broadcast (BBCTS); 1.09,

with ter ship, then by the Royal Report: 6" Time Signal and World News (London (Roly); ́8.10, Artist 647,000 bales compared

Australian Navy as a hospitat of the Week-Evelyn Rothwell. 534,000 bales at the same date! ship,

(Obos): 8,30, Announcer's Chofen inst year.

In her original state she had 11 presented by Diane Harris (Studio);

The The entry into the market of large staterooms,

Nerminiscences of Wickham each with a steed. A Talk by Wickham Steed, Russia and America has begua Tied bathroom and hot and cold No. 3: The Kaiser's Germany". much earlier than in recent rimning water. Three of these): 9.15. "Record Review"

Curtis years and experts actor

presented by this can staterocens, with baths and tiles, studio 16. The Forces Show become

big

10.60. 2.

in will be preserved when the Norabecorded London" "Helay): determining another season of go fishing.

Weather Report; 11, Radia News stable wool values.

Provision is now being made night Music: God Save The Queenie

Roel (Landon Relay); 11.15, Good- Clearances at auctions have for 2,000-ft of refrigerated space 1140, Close Down. been near-complete, and at the first Sydney series averaged £105.17.0 a bale compared with | £98.1.8 at the same series last

year. Japan's support in the

while market,

Bidpated

been better than

Wool activity at port of

with

the

has

northern conalderable in-

watched Newcastle will be terest by trade circles. this SCOSOI The sales in that city this year are being conducted moxiern in Australia's moet wool exchange--converted at a cost of £53,000.

Disposals at Newcastle last year reached a record total of 207,092 bales- big jump from the 32,000 bales when the first sales were held in 1938-19,

The

opening of the modem wool excmage is tribute to those growers of the north who ted the have consistently supported market as their contribution to the call the for the decentralisation business. That Sydney should continue for all time to be the privileged terminal for Than a million bales of the State's clip scomed illogical to northern

also growers. They realised that Newcastle was 100 miles nearer their woolsheds and that the city, had ideal facilities for shipping end selling.

mare

A housewife walking her dogs; was found, a man telephoned

World buyers ungrudgingly the victim's the police that "if you're look-strpported the growers and play- inger someone in the torso ed a leading part in establishing a wool entre. murder, 'look for a man driving Newcastle: Es 0.1040 green Lincoln sedan:" Last season they bid the State's record price of 2408 lb for its The many

-called from any

a pay | top telephons in, u gue station near This season, for the first time, the Manhattan end of the all Sydney Brokery · are opera- Cleorge Washington Bridge from ting at: the new centre, New Jersey. The station atten- endast week's decleton of mon dant said he was "tall, thin and Equity, Court · Judge to : "give" sa blondish,United: Pross, E

Sho was Identifled from fagetorinis te Koy. Gibson, 38, who twice Chad been convicted of Brostitution. Later Ming Gibson # Inge, neatly sovered at the hip, were found in a garbage 'can nearby:

Three hours after the torso

Weather

Hindson

SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith

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