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THE CHINA MAIL,

SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1956.

Interesting News Stories From All Parts Of The · World

ELEPHANTS MAKE

One Commandeered A Bed

UGANDA WARDENS KEEP ALERT

Kampala, Uganda.

So you think monkeys are the only ones to get up to tricks? Well, elephants can be pretty play- ful too.

Ugamia's Game Report throws a new light on The behaviour of calves — and on one little" fellow who took advantage of his bulk to give a game warden several sleepless nights,

NEW LINE

IN NESTS

Fertil

One magple in Busselton, Wester Australia should

rest belt this winter.

Its n lined with a pair of fra quailty nylon stockbigs

One day last week, Mrs JR Pickersgti pegued. the freshly peasked nglara on for The

Nome bote

fater

hat is the tock trist szemre Plan preps serce in the

riend.

À neighbour toho saw the

theft explained;

The magpie perched

on

the

The line, pecked of

pee, and flew into a true

with the stockinga,

Busy, Busy Eden Line

***

baby elephant witne mother fluf been shut

adopted by the game ward Ho | had to steep with it because it www.med if he left it alene expa fez minute

Red "p

The wo the hst night because the vic- phant insuled on climbing inte f bed with bum and pushing tum cut Finally he put his bed on top et table, out of the bullet Teach

Later it was found that it an old ruineord were hung up sear the baby it workt keep quiet for!

a while and fondle the garme: 1 But when it deemvered the de- ception 11 ses ranved touder Pers ᏅᏓ

Maternity Wards

Elt!

as

"matera,ty wards," mave her fanal They are bog beneirs witerat the

bush have been flattened by the "expectant mother She hes down

in the centre of the circle give birth, while the rest of the herd stands guard m the bush o a respectful distance.

to

Maternity wards in more open country are inade by kocking down trees and dragging them into a circle. One small opening for the mother to

is

jeft

get in.

When Game Ranger and his |staff were trying to drive away

elephants which were

raiding crops, the whole herd of 105 elephants turned and charged them. They swarmed up a

goilt- and ary tree

the

elephants surged round, feeling into the Scores of televiewers branches with their trunks. away when WHI 5422 one night They finally went last week hoping for a chat shots were fired over their backs,

rang

London.

with the Prime Minister.

Surrounded

A large hard of elephants came very close to Mubende

In a televised version of Charles Morgan's play, <"The Burning Glas," one DE the Town. 100 miles from Kampala. netor said: "Should you be One night the Governor of the threatened, ring Whitehall $422, Reform School ira the give the code number 1785, heard noises in the nearby brush, then the code word Curtain

Thinking that some of his re- Raiser and you will be put form boys инте escaping ho traight through to the Prime chased after the soundsend Minister."

found himself in the middle of

herd

elephants. He of

the

Cabinet Office.

to

New Job For Ambassador's

'EM SIT UP Daughter

Hmm! The Very Idea!

Put on my cap, 'e says. Put on my specs. 'e says. What's 'o think I am" A vtoomin' monkey? Mr Jigs scowls. But the 22-stone London Zoo orang-outang and his keeper, Mr William Peckett, are really the best of friends.

-THE END OF THE ROAD

AFTER 2,268 YEARS

Archaeologists Want To Probe

-The Secrets Of The Appian Way-

Rome.

The famed Appian Way, over which Roman legions and American jeeps have passed may soon be retired after 2,268 years of service.

The threat comes not so much along the same road from his from its age it is stil less persecutors In Roine. bumpy than many newer rounds --but from archaeologists who want to explore the secrets of its construction.

For the last year and a half. a long segment of the rond has closed to accommodate the diggers. Now reports have spread that the Government does not plan to put that part of the road back into use at all, and many Romans are already protesting.

Peter's Vision

About a half mile south of the city, Peter suddenly had a vision of Jesus, coming the other way along the Via Appia. Lord, where goest thou? ask- ed Peter.

Viewers who diulled the magle | escaped. number were answered at the The same herd held up Whitehall end by Mr George Rural

Dean of the White Clikon, duly officer in the Fathers Mission for half an hour

while they milled

round hla When a reporter phoned WHI car, without doing any damage.

More

dangerous DTC the been 6422 he said: "I shall have

buffalo, A game Guard who was make a report abut this in the charged at close quarters by morning. This is a very im-buffalo had his rifle broken and portant offee, The number was knocked down before he should not be publicised like

could fire. The buffalo hooked that."

him in the thigh and 'kicked his head, but the man hung on to the beast's horns. When he Romans are probably even along the Appian Way to Rome, more enthusiastle About the where he was crucified himself road today than they were when upside down. it was built in 312 B.C. by an

Coccus.

Eye Priorities

Chicago.

An expert on blindness said last week, that Americans epend four times more a year on eye cosmetics them on research into eye diseases.

could hold on no longer and fell off, the buffalo walked away.

Mud-packs For Men

A beauty parlour

Sydney.

engineer named Appius Claudius

J

Paper Underwear For Men?

Boston.

Generals und Privates may have something In common in the U.S. Army of the future. Both will be wearing paper underwear.

Miss Lols V. Hans, Chief of the Paper Scelton of the Army's Quartermaster Research and Development Command, BIR the Army is "toying with

lea."

the

You cod BET that paper

រដ

underwear would be rently practical

where there laundry problems." shr saki. "In combat for example: they could be just thrown way in- stend of being washed."

AND TENTS

The new paper look in clothes is on display at the New Methods and Patents Exhibit which opened in Boston Jast month.

socks,

3: includes

pocr carboard tents, paper sleeping bags and paper blankets. The tent is made up of eight sections and has room for eight.

Mias Hans said it would be a boon in tine of disaster when emergency housing units were needed quickly.

"The paper tent survived a simulated tropical downpour for

six hours and showed greater insulating qualities than other types of tents," she said.

AND CHAIRS

Washington, Cynthia Makina, 20-year- old daughter of Sir Roger Makins, Britain's, Ambas- sador to the U.S., has been picked as Britain's "flying ambassadress.'

She had been chosen to get As alr hostess in the British- engined version of the American Convair airliner which goes on a U.S. sales tour in August.

Mins Making, who wor

works with the British Joint Services Mis- ston in Washington, declines to discuss the invitation until she gets it officially in writing.

She and her twin sister Molly, who also works over here, are

Cynthia Malins

imarensely popular in Washing- tom and have travelled widely in America

the

The Convair, fitted with British Nepler-Eland propeller- turbine engines, is claimed to be the fastest short-haul airlizer hi

World A Kading London aviation

spondent

Napier'a Fays: conversam of the Convair is t bold export gamble.

Conversion from piston engines the new Eland will cost American

operators

around £100,000 for each airliner. But the increased performance, it is claimed will make enough profit to take care of this in 18 months.

to

Thero are ΠΟΤΟ than 300 piston-engined Convaire in use.

"Economy wise, it's daly a fraction of the cost of manu-So the gamble could pay off facturing tenis of ather materials,"

The display also showed a radiation fail-out suit made of paper. cardboard chairs and deska Miss Hans sajd they could be packed and transported casily.

"We

are also working on paper Bursts uniforms," she Bald. "They can be thrown away after the nurse has work- ed in a contagious ward."- United Press.

SHE SAVED WARRIOR DOG FROM DEATH

Portsmouth. RASHER, a tough black Stat- ford bull terrier, would been have died if it had not for the devotion of his play-. mate Jane, another bull terrier. For four years he had protect- ed her-fought off other dogs in fearsome battles Two weeks ago the two dogs romped away from their home Knowle Hos- pital, Fareham, Hampshire.

They ran into one

of their favourite playgrounds at Fontley Later thousands of Romans, Woods. There Basher found some.

I am returning to be crucified again, said Jesus.

Ashamed by his

Peter turned and

cowardice, went back

Dr Franklin Foote, Executive businessmen is to be opened in Applus road ran straight as an pensania with their sheep and

to be pleased. Way faithfully

BITOW

the

both to aged patricians and half-sport-in the form of a badger. naked slayca, crept along the He fought and chased Appian Way to the catacomba badger down his hole. And his To The Coveted South enrpenter's son, made known to his face badly bitten by

they worshipped the Jewish sturdy frame got stuck. Basher, Were

the them by Peter.

badger, was unable to back out The Romans of that day had Over the centuries, the Applan or got farther in. LOT weary good reason

served both

7-DAY VICIL Director LOT the National

Sydney, Society for the Prevention of

toward the rich Greek soldiers with their cannon. Executives over 40 will be elties of southern Italy, which Blindness, made the estimate at

During World War II, Allied for eagginst

But Jane was not leaving him offered mud-packa the Society's sight saving conface muscles,

gmail but ambitious Rome troops chased the retreating to die. She scratched and dug massages, per

Germans and Italian Fasciste. her way towards him. After manent waves, hair tints, mani-

The trucks of both sides rumbled many hours of patient pawing Dr Footo

said

cyres and pedicures and advice Americana

last stone over the sarro stones that she freed the badly injured dog. on how to lose weight. spend more than £4 million a

Lald when Roman leglona Appiux slaves bad alt more Mre Jay Martell, who year eye lotions, mascara, backing the venturo said:

"I were marching south to conquer than two milleniuma cariler. washes,

eye shadow and other today's competitive tempo, buat-the Greek cities, and carts soon They spend only nemanen and it essential to pre Via Appia with the spoils. Rome were rumbling back over the

Sheep Graze for the pre-They go to women's boauty par-was on the way to becoming a

lours at prezent but it de a fur-great power.

on

£1 million a year on re-

starch provinces, he said.

vention of

the

GOTVe a youthful appearance.

nation's blind population to barrassing,

business

find acutely

Dr Foote sald 27,000 Americans tive hole-and-coITUT went blind fast year, bringing which men

334,000. He predicted that 750,-

"There is to reason why they 000 Americans now living could should not have a place of their expect to go blind before they own,” she adited. China, Mali dled-United Press.

Special.

Coveted.

Hardly was the

With Jane by his side, Basher stumbled into a disused shed.

And so began Jane's hungry seven-day vigil. She could have gone for food, but she stayezi With this record af service, guard over the wounded Banh- Romans arc unanimous

in er.

Mr William Wild, Viarum

who lives honouring the Regina A the years passed, the (Queen of roads), and any opposite, found the dogs, thin em legione gave way to rich cliariots

and tool them pro- and atarving, carrying the Emperors to their threat to it is likely to

voke hot controversy.

back to their owner, Mra Gal- villas south of Rome.

two

years DRO, the braith And Jegend #ays that

Ply

of Rome got the Govern Galilean Jew named Peter fled ment to slop

people from Letters From 1945 putting up brilliant new vilins along the road on the grounds

Bonn, the buildings were unworthy of - Welfare authorities in West the Via Appia.

Germany are still trying to do Travellers along the Via | liver letters

from German Apbla today seo a wealth of servicemòn written in the Inst London. Some of the engine power is planes than those now used in ancient ruins, including tombs, weeks of the last war to people Briain has 'developed a ro, used to suck through the holes long distance fights.

temples and vinducts. They may living in parts of Germany now volutionary new type of airandt, the layer of "sticky" air that The radical new wing was also, seo the church bullt on the administarod by Rumia and wing that will permit |hugo| elinits - 10 log into, the invented by Gustav Lachmann, legendary spot where Peter Poland. weight reduction in jet airgrondest cause of resistance to a German designer who now be had his vision there are docks delivered during the Inst ter Many such letters hava boen lnictw of the future.

fight.

Chlot of Scientifle - Kawehrck "for And here and One report said the new wing Handley-Page. Reports said it of sheep, which look up curious yours ne the mow homes of the The neờ wing, called "Tamina cute the drug of an aircraft by nimmy hẩm bộeri bestod in flight ly wa fidica-by, on any have people to whom they when ad- how, han: thouwende. of Iny 80 per cunt. This would permit with bonsationis verilla Upated for the last two thousand years, dressed Josune karya- kalne putotuend 35. 24 pourtant, the designlogg' of - - mnata

Now Britain Makes-Wing of the Future

handsomely.

'Healing Lake' For Cripples

Regina,

Little Manliou Lake, is lo become a permament camp this year for Saskatchewan's crippled children and adults.

The Indians believed that the mineral waters of the lake possessed great healing powers,

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