1957-01-19 — Page 3

Page

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY,» JANUARY 19, 1957.

Interesting News Stories From All Parts Of The World

WHAT IS IT that can start a queue like this

Mortgage company issue writ to take over £20,000 home

GEORGE DAWSON FIGHTS FOR

THE HOUSE THAT GEORGE BOUGHT-

EGBERT HOPPED, HOPPED, HOPPED!

TOP-through

H

London.

the

Gate

of Southport's Chil- dren's Zoo went Egert the Waimsical Wallaby, Hop- hop-un, CRCA time, across the park and on to the shore.

Fifty

pursuing schoul- boys, policemen motorists, dustbin-men, and park- kelpers got covered in sund

and

mud and fall into brooks while Egberi hopped airily ahead of

them.

The

24-hour chase

ended when grabbed Egbert's

gardener tati in

Victoria Park.

One-bottle horse-power

Wife Drives

Car Home On Whisky

A

London.

BOTTLE of whisky rescued a

woman and

ten children the pther day stranded in a car with NO petrol and NO coupons. They poured the whisky in the tank and drove on.

Mrs Alice Klouda ran out of petrol in Hammersmith Road after leaving Olympia Circus with her four chudiren and their six friends.

Nine-year-old

Klouda

Anthony bod а brainwave: "Let's get some whisky. Thal

will make the car go."

So 12-year-old Jane Water- home jumped cut saying: "I'll

Itch some from home,"

She came back. with a bottle. Into the tank wiht the whisky and off went the car for the last mile of its journcy, leaving a trail of pungent fumes.

LIKE A BOMB'

SAID Mra Klouda, wife of Dr A. Klouda, a Czech, of Fitzjemes Avenue Weat Kensington "The car went like a bomb. But at 358, a mile it can give you quilo, a hang-over."

SAID proud Maaler Anthony: "It worked super. know racingTM cars utcu alcohol."

BAID Daily Mail Motoring Correspondent Courtenay Ed- wards: A bötün of Whisky might run car for two or three miles--but it might not do the angkie much gubd.""

-ARMS KING-

1940

FISHMONGER-

1953

*SAUSAGE KING

1984

HIS MANSION

Money? Plenty!

London.

GEORGE DAWSON, the Cockney millionaire,

a

is to fight writ which threatens his possession of his luxury home at Garden Court, Oxshott, Surrey.

The case is being brought by the Alliance Perpetual Bulluing Society, of Baker Street, W.1. They claim that a mortgage advanced to Mr Dawson on his £20,000 hus not been house honoured.

They seek an injunction Lo fureclose on the morɩgage.

ABROAD

From his West End office, Mr Dawson satu by telephone that he had to nis souchers to Like counsel,

he

}

1 never seem to

make ends moat

THEY began

Loudon, queueing 10 Mayfair before 8 a.m. last week tho bnudreds of propte who want to go to Canada. Applications at the Canadian immigration offices have risen in a week to 3.000

400

in one day.

Once this place was the home

of the

Duke of Sutherland.

To the people who besalge it now

every day it's the Housa of Hone. Last week the young and the old wailed, three abreast o two flights of the circular siairesso, for X-ray examina-

Hon. Children played' outside the Ballroom, Bat Dn the floor sucking oranges,

Enough Ships?

An official said: "Lois et people who planned to emigrate la 1058 have decided to go now International because of the crisis.

"We can't see any end to the rush. If it goes on we just shan't have enough ships.”

What bad the queue of hope to

Kay about it?"

There

from

Turpins,

Din carried

THE ANSWER IN A WORD

I

CANADA

world power....I'll be able

LADY DYNAMO

She Mended A. Fuse For The Queen Mother... She Took Drudgery Out Of The Homes

London..

Dame Caroline Haslett; the woman who once-mended a fuse for the Queen Mother but confessed she couldn't darn a sock, has died at her Bungay, Suffolk, homo. She was 61.

Sho was

the founder-director of the Wonten's Electrical Association and the foremost woman electrician in Europe.

In 1953, when half the lights went out at the Forum Club as the Queen Mother and Princess Mario. · Louise were due to arrive, Dame Caroline hurried down to the basement and fixed them,

tin

They called her "Lady Dynamo" because As a teen- oge typist in engineering office she couldn't resist the roar of the factory and put on over- alls to pave the way for thou sands of girls to take up gineerlag.

ca-

From that 10s-a-week Job na Britain's Arst women engineer- ing apprentice site became known as the country's busiest woman. Once she had 22 posta at the same time,

to save on a good Canadian She used to give women half-

WAKE."

Ex-polletwoman Jean Richard-

son, 25, of Cavendish Gardens, Chadwell, Essex, now earning

* 03

work na warta clock, said: "Two friends who went tv Canada lust year tell me It's ideal,

"Twa pounds week reat for flat, and the high cost of Hving are getting a bit too much....And I want to leave this damp, dall climate,”

B-crown lessons on mending fuses. People laughed. They laughed harder when she asked Industrialists

Onance her project,

-on

to

Bought Dog

In Th

Middle Of

AR

History

Harold

London. Sobag-

Montefiore wanted 4 dog, so he wrote to Lady Eden asking to buy one of her poodle puppies.

HER REGRET

But they stopped laughing

Lady Eden's secretary wrote when the Queen Mother, then back: "Contact me." Duchess of York, agreed to Sald Mr Sebag-Montefore, aadress a conference of women barrister and Tory London -at Dame Caroline's invitadon County Councillor: We tried

science, industry,

and lo

telephone, but all the Unes were engaged. We decided to She founded, the Women's call" Electrical Association 31 yeara With 21-year-old Angela Mrs Catherine Arnold, nursingago, realising that if women Wilson and her ten-year-old could have factory facililies sister, Judy, he knocked at the their household drudgery would back door of No. 10 Downing be cased.

For A Home

one-year-ok! Bephin,

Bald

"London County Connell helped to make up our minds.

was Mr Edward Ingram, | “We are a priorily case, but of reinery the council say it will be at least two years before we ket A house,.

Is going to John, who is I'll follow with

Basildon, Essex. his three-year-old daughter, "My husband Suzanne; and his wife, baby

Stephen, and Robert, five, were with him. "There's no future for people like me in this country," he said. "Sues was the last straw. We're · Do longer

Canada with -two, and the baby."

commerce.

She became president of the British Federation of Business and Professional Women.

But despite her great service she had one regret --- that she had never been gaoledi

"When I grew up it was then the tall-end of the Suffragette

Street,

r

Lady Eden's secretary took them to choose a puppy from pen in the spare bedroom on the second floor.

Then they all went down to the hall with the little black poodle wrapped in White

conket.

TAILPIECE‹ There is a rush at. Movement," she said, "and I As they chatted with the Australian and New Zealand joined Mrs Pankhurat. To my secretary Sir Anthony walked Immigration office, in London | regret, at that tume I never past into the Cabinet room. He too,

went to prison.”

looked grave.

Move To Bring Back Walking Sticks

rather limp than soned, doctors could be more in- New York, too) would'

help themselves along with a platent that stick. And limping does joints and ligaments no good,

"may be out of the country when the case comes up," sami.

Said Mrs. Dawson "i inve some business to ancnd to ubronu.

the is built in The house

A movement is underway in "It is more money outside

the present

style with half-medical circles to restore the than Elizabethan unvie is inside, and 1

Latter timbered gable ends and six walking stick to its old position ornamental chimney stacks. It in masculine fashlop, it."

gol is about 15011. along its mai

frontage and 40ft wide.

Britain

He ackled: "I've still

money, Gittal t WALL Play ul lang a 100g mine to ge› mne dow "1've pericut defence

action, waich

&

this

bus been rough s.uwung.

In addition to the mein house, In its own four to which stands

A consider acres, there is a gatekeeper's and servants' quarters

"I wuilagly accepted the wril,

Mr

suju:

above the detrched garage.

The grounds are enclosed by thick hedges bordered by elm

A ipisturer-Jodge,

Wai agit the case,

ALLOWANCE

"

trees.

The house's 20 rooms

Dawson's wife. Olga, furnished

on

the most lavish

"I know nothing of schla. George's busmess transactions. And in the nursery in which

trically driven Rolls-Royce cars and

and

I'm ukt every other housewite, his children play there are clec-

"le gives me un alowance to maturun this place and our our valluren, but sumchow I never Mem to make ends meet.

"Bul Georga is very under- sking and I never have to

beruitul American English train sets.

ask him twice for extra money. 80 GYPSIES ÎN

We are all very happy here.

"We love the pince, with its open-air swimming pool, and I should be very sorry if anything happened that would cause us to have to leave."

Mr Dawson made much of his great fortune in Army Scrip neris after the war.

Among other ventures launched a company to market LiLwson sausages through a

frozen food storë,

He also entered the fish trade with a bid to sell Icelandic catches in Britain.

STUPENDOUS

Mr Dawson bought Garden Court from smother self-made millionaire, Mr Robert Salm.

FREE-FOR-ALL

Avezzano,

Police have arrested more to than 20 Gypsics belonging two rival bands after a wild free-for-all that left 10 injured.

the ana

Some 80 fighters, including women and children from band of Vincenzo Morelli the tribe lock by Enr.co Casamonica fought it out with bare Bats as well as sticks, ones and knives for almost an restored hour before police order in iiny Piazza Cestello, on the outskirts of the town.

Cause of the fray was report- edly the tempted, abduction of 14-year-old Strada Morelli sy

To his friends he described it Enrico Casemenea who wanted

ns more stupendous than any-her to marry one of his sons,

thing in Hollywood.

STOCK Clearance

United PresŤ.

FOR 9 DAYS ONLY

STARTS MONDAY 21st JAN. ENDS WEDNESDAY 30th JAN.

TYEB & CO. LTD.

ESTABLISHED 1900 TEL 26410 23 QUEEN'S RO, C

The reason for the movement is that the cane has so fallen in esteem that men (and women,

people who need support, use canes and there people would gladly use them.

If men of fashion could be The movement was started by

take up persuaded to

stick-Dr W. P. Blount, an orthopedie carrying again, it is being resurgeon.-United Press.

1926-1957

Ellen'

„A footman - turned to Judy Wilson. "This is a very historic

he sald

Cabinet 16 start. But Mr Sebag-Montefiore und the Wilson girls did not know that until they saw a news paper placard four hours later.

meeting.

Misa Angola: Wilson, back home in Norton-on-Tees, Dur-. ham, said: "I think we shall call the poodle "Mac.'”

For 31 years the best waterproof watch

THE WORLDS;FIRST WATERPROOF WATCH CAIR

Thči da the Hole Oyster watch se www.by Mscendai Giulia audere the meam, the Bulish Chinnut... Rakan minnowncid thiá・fout to the -- selviä, un› Nusk 261h, 1927. The

was alwers a miracleși-

in the world

THE WORLDY'S FINEST WATERPROOF WATCH CABR

The Relan Oyster case today, 11 li unconditionally quarufterit proof dpáliti vrátit, dust, dirt, condteks action, and pressure to a depth of 263 fazë (30 m.} tender wažar.. The crystal is unbreakabia ahel pailly pollihed. The back can only opened by a special Oyster key! cannot be abused by authorised watchmakers, The crystal han mo

· Länsion; il cunor crackla er make. »

Rolex celebrate the 31st anniversary of the Oyster case

In 19a6 Rolex invented the Oyster case, the world's first truly waterproof watch case. "To the trade at the time it seemned a joke,a “gimmick" that had nothing to do with timekeeping. But Mr. Wilsdorf," the chairawn of Relex, and his colleagues at Rolex, knew this if vela a revolution. ANKARA

For the palat of the Waterproof watchi la proleci tion, not just against water, but against dust, sand, `gelt, aish all other elements that cân damage tha movement and clog the vital sif.", VOY

The Oyster has come a long way since Mercedes Gleltze made world headlines in ipay by awlmening the English Chanel with an Oyster on her wrist.: Perhapisten life. Wilsdorf did not dream in 1957.

Rolex would develop - Oyiters that can go doty. therever was, das go. Yet they hayn, Witness the fact that the Navios of thres great nations use Rolan for special underwater activities,

* Rotax have sach; tansinkable confidence in the *present Oyster caso that they guarantee it tincondi« “tionally against everything but brute force,

-

Very briefly, any, Rolex Oyster is guaranteed proof againat' water, gas, dust, diit, powder, sani densation, and pressure to a depili of 105 feet (30 m.) -under water.feidept for the new, ultra-flat dress. Oystermodels, which are gutenzited to 66 ft. (tom.)){ It provides complate protection for the fine and fácredibly socurate boremetit le cosesinde (7)

ROLEX

A landmark th the history of Time medtement