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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1988.

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SHARKS

Interesting News Stories From All Parts Of The World

France's Answer To Germany's 'Beetle'

Paris.

The French nationalised car firm Renault unvejled recently its new "Dauphine"

да economical, family Lype car with a fresh ste sign.

In other European countries,

the car will provide competition

for

beetje-shaped

Germany's

which,

Volkswagen,

the

,

From Pompeii: An Appool Has Been From London: British School-children

Launched To Save The Ruins Of This Famous Town.

Sit Exame To Determine Which Kind Of School They Will Go To.

From Malta: Men Of The Ark Roya! From Paris: a French Car

Don't Miss Homeside TV - They Have Their Own Programmes On Board.

Firm

Launches Its Rival To A Popular + German Model.

World-wide Appeal To Save

Pompeii.

Pompeil has asked the world for funds to save

postwar years, has become atus ¦ its ruins from ruin,

of Europe's leading reotomy

сага.

The "Dauphine" 1A cleanly

styled, with

ง

sloping hood simultaneously providing excel

Jent visibility and good streams Inlug. It is analt enough to hugoeuvre and park in Game and at the same time was five passengers, although futa muke to more romfortable Jone,

Secret Tests

The company sprang The new modes on the public only after giving it serví, strenuous test ing throughout Europe, North Afrien, Scandinav la Middle Fust

An

The "Dauphine is driven by cylinder

inth-cooled.

zzil

inolon Jovated a the enz *1*114+ aiz-cuoling vents are placed just abend f [1 Thus anti-freeze Busidaches in winter are eliminated,

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Toji speed in 75 MPH and wil terunding to latus, consume bent 34 miles to the gallon,

The "Daujaname" bas three forward speeda atal one reverse, Jis get

United Press,

SIDE GLANCES

12:20

1. MRU. 8. Pri Off.

| Cuper, 1903 by MEA Barzine, tem.

|

Unless money is raised, all that may remain

in a few years of the most wide-open town of the Roman era is a well-preserved brothel and a few dirty pictures.

Scholarly Professur Amedeo and a dour were added to the ink which visitors Mann, in charge of digging out structure,

from under It may enfer only when accom- !centuries-old protective ayer of panied by a guard, who unlocks

volanie Javn, bas organised the the door "International Association of Fuse Friends of Pompeil" to help

thing.

Pompeii Ruins

-From Ruin

Maluri

has

The destructiveness of visitors, since then. Prof. Inside, the brothel is divided plus the effect of wind and been in charge since 1924. into cubby holes, each of which weather, threatens to dissolve

Protection similar to that al- tane of the girls, the ruins and merge them again Funds from subscriptions will blunted to

whose barne and Specialty" Is into the lava from which they ready provided for the Lupanar to preservo be used to provide doors, roofs,

scratched

The wall. Also were

axcavations brothel is needed rescued by

to Pro- Klass cares and weather-proof scratched, and 611

wild-19th the ruins, according clearly which began in the as already pinteet the

fessor Maluri, who has striven "Topanay," a two-storey brollyel Vesbirs after 1,000 years, are the century

to restore the town as much as of Man of the Roman Just down the street from what numes

Buried and torgotten. Pompeli | possible to its original state. used to be Pompeu's best hotel, jelents, obsreur Lain words und

WIS accidentally rediscovered way back in 79 A.D.

Henaissance architect The appeal for funds for the

Association Domenico Fontana between 1594"International

the Friends of Pompell" while building and 1000,

been sent to cultural groups and jaqueduct,

Individuals all over the world.

RED LIGHT DISTRICT

The Lupanar,

heart

of old Pomper's red light district, the munn altruction for prement

Indone

by

」।1e 1stafÎ'au;tzHe「a. except To two-hiths which is still fo the excavateL If an open

to the $X$eved mum. elements and to sightseers who

chipping

day tourists and victors, 500.000 are not always above

of whom ever

Jevery yea

*11-

I th

Liga 24

Mount Jean eruption Vesuvinis

its VP AD fait.ed Pompels under tons of lava atıl

ashes from the eruption rained

4

120

down over

VIRT 小 southern and centrid Italy

When ikumpoul was Unearth ed in lern times, the Lupanar was found almost intact. A roof

By Galbraith

"This exam will be conducted on the honour system—

please take scats three apart in alternate rows!”

Sheum's Circus

VICTORIA PARK, CAUSEWAY BAY

COMMENCING TO-DAY

2 SHOWS AT 2.00 & 9.30 P.M..

Special Extra Performances on Holidays (12, 13, &.14 Feb.) at 12.00 Noon & 2.30 p.m. FUN FOR YOUNG & OLD

MOST ATTRACTIVE

PROGRAMME

Thrilling! Wonderful!

a piece of alone or picking

authentic India if they

SCIENTIFIC METHODS

дг

tive

of

did not Regular excavations begin.

1748. how aver, They were speeded up in days of Napoleon and his Mar- They have plenty

King to attract shal Joachim Murat. them Sex and i were nungan Naples,

the old fresh, to judge from The wall paintings, objects and deegations found in the streets Tuxurious and in some of the villos

of

has

Subscribers will be contribut- of the ruina ing to the upkeep and to the continuation of the digging. Yearly membership in the Association will cost 2,000 Bre (Just over £1) and in cludes treo admission

the ruins.

ແ

The Association will also pro- vide

Pompeiian lectures on

Exacting selenuife methods in Bek) and were introduced the work of excavation has civilisation and scholarships for proceeded almost uninterrupted students.

'WHICH SCHOOL' TESTS

or black?

Half 47

FOR CHILDREN

London.

Is snow white, red

Д

also somo geography questions and a history quiz without Jackpot,

What does the letter E look like in a mirror?

Could one cradle contain 80 infants?

million eleven-year- As a pen is used for (paper. wid schoolchildren just week ink, wring) so a (pencil, brush wrinkled their brows over this knife) is used for cutting. type of question in a series of "lup secret" testa which will decide The future course of their education.

to

a

ton.

Other intelligence questions The arithmetic test starts off include sorting out mixed son- cautiously with a benign list of tences; pairing of similar objects: simple additions and subtrac- detection of absurdities inations, warms up with "quick and and On the results, expected to short

multiplications story and reparation of careful" be known in three months, de opposites.

on to pound the cleven- the English test children year-olds brain with mental cal- pend whether a child will go to

secondary grammar school appear to be put at ease by a culations such as: two-thirds of with its academic instruction warming up" set of questions three pounds 12 shillings and

and the which include such ponderables sixpencr

one ton Avo signposting the road universities; to д secondary as: Is milk black? Do tle girls hundredweight at 10 shillings a technical school; or to ever laugh? Are marmalade and

of cabbage? secondary modern schoo).

porridge made then swings Into its stride and NOT DICTATORSHIP asks the children the meanings

of such words as accu

as accumulation, melancholy, captivate, and magnanimous. They are also asked to com- plete sentences with a tempting at or alternative words; to draw their conclusions from simple

correct some sentences; to

50 spelling mistakes. There are Press

With education In this country decentralised, each of the 148 local authorities sets ita own testa There are arithmetle, English and "IQ" tests and many cases the results are read with the child's school record to the time of the examination. One Ministry of Education emelal said 80 per cent of the children who Lake the examinations Andah up in secondary modern schools.

It's NOT educational dictator

another official said. "Although we decide to which schoot a child should be sent, parents are allowed to object. But In the main they accept our judgment. Those who feel we have been unfair to their little geniuses' are in the minority and in any caso If they don't

ship

ways and their children to paying

schools-i they

It

official said, "Of course," an "these questions are a trifle old. They've been brought up to dato since 1925, but the pattern is basically the same."

Meanwhite tomorrow's leaders relaxing with their toy trains, dolls and catapults pondered the question: "Why do carls run on wheels?" "Fur ja to cat as .?"--United feathers are to

ARK ROYAL HAS ITS OWN

TV PROGRAMMES

By FRANK COLDSWORTHY.

Malta. be seen simultaneously by al- As the Ark Royal cruises most half the 2,000 officers and

And visiting stars appear

"live" on the programme.

accept our ruling they can al in the Mediterranean, more men oboard.

can than a thousand miles be yond the range of Britain's television stations, hun- dreds gather round her 14 TV screens.

· afford it."

The

TESTS SECRET

:-

J

taste set for 1956 aro SOCTOL

but the publishers of this The crew of Britain's most year's questions provided these modern aircraft carrier can do examples of the type of question without the stations. They rum

their own cloned circuit to be answered.

published 31 years programme. Although

The chier nightly item is a ago, they gave a rough idea of

the pattern of examination for full-length film which can now tomorrow'a profesional

testa:

nrw

mon,

artisans, miners and shopkeep- pets. They were prepared by London University Professor Cyril

But and were titled "Northumberland Standard Tests."

Here.

some examples. from

the general Intelligence Why are cala usoful In the houset. (1) they catch mice; (2) Admission Children 20 cts. their fur keeps the war

drink up the milk; (3) Why do people carry, watches instead of

because Clocks? watches are (1) Prettier; (2) smaller

Denalvo Why is, ink black? (1) to keep our hands clean; (2) to prevent Nathan Road, Kowloon the pibe from ruling; (4)|hu||

phuyo binal shows up best on

ZOO opens daily 10 a.m.

TOWN BOOKING OFFICE: Wing Hong Firm

(Old H.K. Hotel Bldg, H.K.),

Adults** 40 cts.

Winter Garden,

they

More personai are the ship's own televised concerts, games and quizzes. And two boxing tournaments, relayed from a hanger, acored record viewing figuros.

Then, in the course of duty, the captain and commander can be scen as well as heard in the messes when they have im portant announcements to make. There is talk, too, of briefing nir crows of sóveral squadrons simultaneously J.;

Operations officers drotim of the dayn when air crews of carriera peveral

working togetur can all "attend"" a single brieding simultaneously.

A *microwave -transındadon from 'un airborne C.V. Cuinero might even tranamit`a - pliot'a mye view of an sétacic direct into. the operations room,

Meanwhile the Ar

Ark Royal's TV bolonga

not to Admiralty, but to the crew, The osmern was given by Lloyd's of London. The moteurs were bought with welfare gemite, and

purchase at romanly one shilling

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ROX & BROADWAY

BAREBACK GRAND OPENING TO-DAY

Paris.

Ten-year-old boys in the French Pacific island of Tuamotu ride sharks for sport in the same way 15 European children ride don- keya, according to a sub- marine fisherman M. Marcel | Isy-Schwart.

M. fey-Schwart said, after a trip to Tunmotu, that the boys jumped on the backs of ten-foot sharks lined up in a tank and guided them by their firs Da they et astride.

The sharks were not man- cating, but could easily take of an omm or a leg with one anap of their jaws, Mr. lay-Schwart said.-China Mali Special.

MAJESTIC

SHOWING TO-DAY

A↑ 2.30, 5.20, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.

HOWARD HUGHES'

*provante

SON OF SINBAD

mering

DALE ROBERTSON SALLY FORREST LIS 2. CYR - VINCENT PRICE MARI BLANCHARS

SUPERSCOPE

TO-MORROW 5 SHOWS

Special Performance at 12.30 p.m.

**SON OF SINBAD"

T

Owing to length of picture plesso note change of times: AT 2.30, 5.20, 7.30 & 9.40 P.M.

NEVER BEFORE HAS THE SCREEN SURGED WITH

SUCH THUNDERING EMOTION— SUCH AWE-INSPIRING ACTION!

Bursting the floodgates of emotion... shattering all barriers of race and time!

20th Century-Fax presenta

Rains of

Ranchipur

CINEMASCOPE

Lana TURNER Richard BURTON. Fred MacMURRAY Joan CAULFIELD Michael RENNIE

COLOR by DE FLE

with EUGENIE LEONTOVICH

Papenced by FRANK RUSS

dy

JEAN NEGULESCO

Screenplay

MERLE MILLER

Based on a och by Louis Bransleió • by the wonder of STEREOPHONIC SOUND

NO INCREASE IN PRICES

BROADWAY: 5 Shows To-morrow, and on Mon., 13th

& Tues., 14th Feb., Extra Performance of "THE RAINS OF

RANCHIPUR" At 12.00 Noon,

KUNG HEI FAT CHOY

HOTEL MIRAMAR

· TONIGHT OPEN TILL 2 A..M.

SPECIAL

DINNER DANCE

Music by

Tony Arevalo & His "Miramar”.

Caballeros SOLITA

Tel. 61261 Ext. 68

~Cr. Nathan &“Kimberley Roads, Kowloon

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