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IN GREECE

VALUABLE FINDS

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Start

Digging Season

Athens, June 8,

As the sun grows hotter, and Greece's sky becomes a limpid blue, scores of Greek, British, American, German, French and other scholars, belonging to the various long-established schools of archaeology in this country, are starting their annual campaign to discover the treasures hidden beneath the gay spring carpet of brilliantly. coloured wild flowers.

Winter is the season of meditation on and study of the finds made during the spring and summer digging season.

For archaeological excavation, ments are the ones probably must be done. when the earth is used to mould the gold out of dry and no rain is Ekely to in- which the statue's robe was terfere with the careful digging actually made. which often has to be done of with bare hands, a piece wood or a penknife in order not to harm:

fragile the usually Ands.

The well-known archatologists Professor Alan Wace of

Britain, who last year uncover-

1ablets

PLASTER PRINT

German archaeologists are now busy fitting the moulds together in order to make a print in plaster and see how the robe actually looked.

Further north. French in is cury, everyone est do mhnscribed with the cryptic pornt Profer, M. Georges Mycenae. more clay archaeologists, under the Sor- sets supplied cumplete with pre- planned Carry pre-inxed una, and

Greto-Mycenaean scripts, and Deaux, Director of the French Brush. Available trum all euska

Professor Jo

Joannis Papadimitriou stores and stawoners.

of Greece, who between 1952 Archaeological School in Athens, have made importary discoveries 21 graves at ancient Argos. and 1954 uncovered chating back to the 18th century Before Christ outside the citadel Argos, which flourished be- at Myrenae and also found. fare Athens and Mycenae, hay quantity of pure crystal jewel-san inestimable

*0- treasures. Jury at the site, will be operat-archaeological ing this year in the same area.

experts. Most specta cording to cular of this year's finds is

18 metres huge mosaic floor.

wide 3.30 metres long by teel by 11 feet approximately), belonging to a wealthy citizen's house of the 4th century,

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This prediction was made

Sir yesterday by

Robert a pioneer in the Watson-Watt, feld of radar and President of Research Inc., of Logistics Redondo Beach, California,

sir

M. Ronco, the inventor, is sten demonstrating on the River Seine in Paris his new type of water-ski, Towing by motor boat is dispensed with, the new water skis being

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Presidential

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Washington, June 8. Eisenhower

President Laked Congress for

MOLUCCAN

LEADERS

SENTENCED

Djakaria, June 8. Twelve high officials and mi- lary leaders of the socalled

$1,125.000 vere sentenced today here

CANBERRA IS GROWING TOO FAST

Canberra, June, 8.

Australia's federal capital, Canberra, growing too fast.

is

Like Washington, Canberra was designed to be an administrative centre, a city of leisurely ways and

with few outside distractions or pressures.

But the increasing number of Government employees has sunt the city's population soaring to 30,000 and Government statis- ticians predict that, in only 20 years, there

be 100,000 people in the capital.

MANY EXPERTS

will

has

A Senale Committee called in many experts this year to discuss the growth of Canberra, a tople which one writer described

Is happening "What Canberra?"

Canberra

35:

to

is A compromise between the rivalries of Mel bourne and Sydney, Australia's two largest cities. Both wanted to be the national capital at the the turn of the century when Australian States came together into a federation. The argument between them was loud and

bitter.

Canberra

hours previously, The city site still looked desolate and bare.

on

SOME RESIGNED

In the years that followed. as Government departments moved into Canberra," many civil servants protested that they

ta were being posted the widlerness. Some re- signed,

Mr

Public 020

By the end of World War II, Canberra had settled down into

elty looking very much as Grifin had planned it. servants still

complaining. writer said recently, but only because they have to leave it

retirement.

how. In the last few years, ever, the numbers of civil ser- vants have increased enormously va

Government the Federal 03 carried out its plan of moving most of the major Government departments to the city. Mush-

spring room suburbs have

say.

up

roughly halfway and many architects and writers between, and then a treeless bove

have complained that the row. rolling plain with a background of hills, was the solution. From upon row of similar houses are a departure from the spirit of the beginning the national Canberra. They look too much capital was planned as an Aus like the industrial suburbs of tralian showpiece. Mr Walter

alter Sydney or Melbourne, the critics Republic" Burley Moluccan had "South

Griffin, 蒜 Chicago .to architect. laid out a pleasant Even with the sudden growth for special presidential projects from three to 10 years impri-city of semi-circular boulevards of building, there are still not including the study of "the en-sonment by a military tribunal. lined with trees which frame enough houses to go round. The Government views of parks, gracious build-waiting list for tire question of disarmament,"

They Mr James

houses is now about 2,000. were found guilty of ings and the hills beyond. Hagerty, the Pre-f

said leading a revolt against the Mr Griffin divided the city On Capitol Hill, workmen are sident's Press Secretary,

Indonesian Government in 1950. into several sections, grouping just finishing a great new ad- today.

round ministrative block which will be Mr Hagerty said that the dis-The self-styled army commander the Government offices

the House of Parliament

on one of the biggest buildings in armament study was already of the republic. S. D. Jaeck

the Capitol Hill and sling the comi- capital. being conducted under the direc-was given 10 years and his

chief-of-staf.

Nussy,mercial centre some distance In the Robert made the prediction of Mr Harold E. Stassen.

Bway seven years. tion at a news conference as he Other surveys for which the announced the development of a funds were requested were:

for military

The South Moluccan Republic 1. Methods of increasing inter- "memory drum" aircraft. The "drum", which is national understanding and co-

was proclaimed in April, 1930, in diameter and operation.

following disturbances in West only one inch weighs a few ounces, can

involving Netherlands Ways

improve co- Java, to "electronic place

equipment ordination in foreign economic colonial army deserters, led by a Captate army now in use which weighs 35 policy, and

former Dutch he

3. Co-crdination in public Raymon Westerling, who is now said, United |

in Helland.-France-Presse. Works planning. Reuter..

Press.

The pictures in this show the twelve months of the

year January is represented by the figure of an official greeting the New Years February is a pea- sant holding two ducks under is a warrior arms; March starting out for battle. while pounds," The American School other spring and summer months Archaeology, under Professor show peasants carrying wheat, John L. Caskey, who last year water melons and grapes. The uncovered a magnificent 4.000-winter months show men carry- car-old bronze age Palace, ating bottles of wine, woodcutters, Lernhi, near Argos, will continue and finally, December, is in- its work there, as well as in thedicated by a stooping old man

southern part

the holding his baggage. of Peloponnese at Pylos. where depart Professor Oskar Broneer has

uncovered hundreds

Another mosaic found

tablets of inscribed with Creto-Mycenaean shows a 'battle between

hunters and a wolf, and is also script.

jan exquisite work of art.

Diost

Most schools are scheduled to slart their digging in June, but

ready do

(w)

O Consul de Portugal em Hong Kong e a Senhora de Guilherme de Castilho tem a honra de convidar todos os

"In addition in only two membros da Comunidade carly starters in this year's weeks since they began digging,

archaeologists, have Portuguesa de Hong Kong a campaign" have already been French

and found graves belonging to the successful uma Recepcao exceptionally

first Hellenic, the Geometric, comemorando o Dia de Portu-made finds of outstanding value.

the Mycenaean, and the Roman gal que se realiza no, salao Guided by Pausanias, the and Byzantine ages. Many con- "Camoes" do Club Lusitano second century (After Christ)

tained

beautiful vaitsi, urns. no dia 10 de Junho as 18.30 traveller whose writingsde containers and phials, the form

which Gretce ancient scribed

unknown horas.

until faithfully, 56-year-old Dr Emil now. A peculiar teapot is in- Kunze. Director of the German- cluded among the ands, as well Archueingical School in Athens, as a cup containing a myster who has been working for more ious green dust which has been than 17 years at Olympia, the sent to a laboratory for analysis. birthplace of the Olympic In one of the six Mycenacan Games, found an important clue epoch graves uncovered 21

Was found 3 to how the ancient Greeks Argos

shall moulded their statues,

amphora beautifully adorned with drawings of birds.

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cbtained.

Damaged packages are to be left. in the godown for examination by consignees and the company's sur veyors, Messrs Goddard & Douglas

1955.

as

"I started carly this year to dig. in what tradition and Pausanias considered as being the the workshop. of Phidias, most famous sculptor of the antiquity," Dr Kunze said.

"Sure enough, we found there all the implements of a sculp- tor's workshop: tools in bronze and bone, marble ivery

and

glass ornaments

And

al 20 ti on Saturday, 11th June, I cured stones and hot, by no

No claims will be admitted after means least, some 25 teria cotta

the goods have left the godown and moulds used, as I believe, make the Golden Robe Phidias famous statue Jupiter at Olympia."

all goods remaining undelivered after the 13th June, 1955, will be subject to rent

•

All daims against the vessel must

he presented to the undersigned on

or before the 7th July, 1935 or they

may not be recognised.

No Fire, Insurance will be effected.

CIE DES MESSAGEKIES MARITIMES

was

OPEN-AIR THEATRE

Clearing a large open-air Roman theatre capable of holding 20,000 spectators. and which was built over the rting of an ancient Greek theatre, included in this year's schedule of work at Argos...

Digging through the various of earth superimposed layers

to covering the graves and monu-

of ments, the Frenen archaeologists of are now able to rebuild scienti- Acally the history of ancient 1805, from pre-Mycenacan through the

classical

According to Pausanias, times Phidias' statue of Jupiter was period and

then

to the from 39 feet to 42 feet high. Roman and Byzantine epoch.

Not have this year's archae The god was scaled, holding üt

far gold-and-ivory Victory in his clogical finds in Greece so right hand, and, in his lett ນ been confined to those resulting sceptre surmounted by an eagle. frem digging at known archae The bore parts 3.e. the feel, clogical sites. stomach and torso. together NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES with the head, were ivory, while

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BUNDAY POST-HERALD Spato for

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be

While carrying out works to build an avenue round the Acropolis in Athens, workers stumbled upon the remains

the robe which hung from one shoulder. fell over the thighs and covered the legs was of an ancient temple. Mr Mälades, gold, studded with gems,"

GOLDEN AGE

Phidias, who lived and worked during the Golden Age of Pericles, in Athens. is also reputed to have built similarly large statue of Athens, in f

in ivory and gold. This is believed to have been stated in a niche in the Parthenon, and was so biɛ that Its golden lancé seen by incoming seamer! from a distance of 15 miles.

was

Director of

tempthe.

Acropolis Museum, conducted excavations and brought to light 3 Large Roman Nymphs

The templa walls of this temple, dedicated to the Nymphs, divinities 01 Nature, rise to a height of 3

med and are adorned with a (about 9 feet) from the

of reliefs which are at

of the nymphs.

being studied by arcizaeologists.

Such temples were used in for the worship ancient times

Unmarried girls used to con-

it

to drink water fucky Neither of these famous aider statues exist today, for, carried from natural springs within the Constantinople by the temple and marriage ceremonies than off to

Christian Emperors of Byzan- were often performed there.

Archeologists in Greece tium, they were destroyed there

hoping that these first finds of this year's archaeological cam The moulds which Dr Kunze paign are an excellent omen ci- CHINA MAIL; 48 hours

If this early pro before date of publication, firmly believes were used to the season.

of mise continues, then 1955 may shape the goldenrobe'. Special Announcements Jupiter, are of different sizes well become an "historie year" discoveries. and Clasified Adverties. Some of them seem to be direct for archaeological

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MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN

A FEW FOOLS ACTUALLY CLIMBED BALD MOUNTAIN AND WERE NEVER SEEN AGAIN, ALEENA TURNED THEM INTO BEASTS

FERDINAND

NANCY

AR-1

SQUEAK

JOHNNY HAZARD

HI, SNAP! SAY, YOUR BUDDY MELUSO HAS. REALLY DONE RIGHT jBY HE GOT ME A

JOB ALREADY. THANKS

TO YOU {

YES, BEASTS! SHE HAS A WHOLE ZOO OF THEM-- ENCHANTED!

MAYBE YOU WON'T THANK ME WHEN YOU KNOW. THE DETAILSI, TELL MAT, WHERE ARE YOU FLYING THAT CHARACTER?

DON'T EXACTLY KNOW, [SNAP! ALL I GOT OUT

OF HIM WAS A HUNDRED-

BUCK ADVANCE/

Thomas

WE HAVE TO GO. WE'LL DRIVE AS FAR AS WE CAN, THEN WALK OR

CLIMB, THANKS--

-ERNIE

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LOOKS LIKE

·MONEY..

Embassy quarter of the capital, the bright new bricks of Civil servants' homes were to the Cape Cod style of the United be in garden suburbs on the States Embassy clash with the outskirts of the town.

quiet colours of the hills in the On May 9, 1927, The Duke of background..

But time will mellow these Cornwall and York (later King

the George VI opened the first bricks and in a few years

one Canberra session of Parliament United States will become

a"temporary" Parliament of the most pleasant. buildings House; completed only a few in the city-China Mail Special

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