THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, '1957.
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Irene (24) and June (21), Dear of Southend, Sussex, saved up £400 two years ago and started out around the workl
But these two aren" just globe trotters. They stop and stay be long as the spirit slopa them. They stopped ki a moun- tain village on the borders of Austria for two months with the English landlord of an Austrian village Inn.
And Their Jobs
They weni
when An Italian umber merchant and his wife offered them a lift in their car, Bubbling with ife, they smiled and laughed their way through France, Commany, Austria. Switzerland, Italy, Egypt, India, Australia, Manila, und Japan.
They have been receptionists, nurses, salesgirls, and June is a commercial artist, In Australia, where they worked in a nursing home, they did so well in 18 months, they bought a car on their earnings and motored from, Melbourne to Brisbane,
Now they have arrived in Hongkong to see how this part of the world gels along only they want to see it the Chinese Way. And they want 10 carn their keep.
JUNE (WITH A KOALA BEAR)
girls to meet all the local nobs. Invitations poured in in returnT), and Irene and June set about them systematically, going from
one famliy to another and one aren to another till all the outly- ing districts and estates had been included in their memories, and crossed off their lists.
Then came the Hallan timber merchant with two seats in his car, so the girls said goodbye and set off for Italy. Here Irene to Eng-
took The
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The whole tale began in February 1950 when the urge came to them,, They want to get out and see the world.
trip back ย land to see her mother, and June stayed on for six months Ireno was helping her as receptionist in a local travel- inolic run their family grocery
lers' inn at Chhusaforte (Udine) storeihe Comer Stalls, General in the hills somewhere between Provision Merchants in Venice and Trieste. She worked Southend. June Ind escaped an "Espresso" coffee machine, from that, and was studying aft and was the receptionist for
London art school. But she wanted to escape even fur- ther, and her older sister wanted to see the world.
Just
£400 In The Kitty
With £400 in the kitty they sel off Youth Hosleting
(who did the same)
IRENE (WITH A CARPET SNAKE)
laughter, and almost dorgele her, and took them from one cabaret- color's names,
to another, 16 in all, In his own Cadilloc.
A month ago she had her: 21ot birthday in Japan, got phone cals from Australia, and had to write
Lottery
thanking boy friends sway in Europe who had eent flowers to the Corner Stable, Gival Provision Mer- charts, at Southend.
To prove the man's name an "Andy"
The Biggest Ride
But things were going just a Ittle too well. It took Japan to
When they lett Australia by take the two adventurers for the to biggest ride of their world wide.
wanted
steamer theey travel 3rd Class. There was a journey. 3rd Class. There was only 10t Cines.
This ship was "terally the slow boat to China, She stopped at every part along the way no matter how small. We called at
place-Port Almen=which | is in a swamp and has only one rcaixent."
one
Thumbed A Train
Through Part Almer 195
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They arrived there a month ago to find themselves in a modern city with nothing very special about it, Three wel educated young men offered to ahow there around as guides. They were not enjoying their trip very much and thought that they might proßtably see a ittle more, so they agreed, and asked to see real Japanese dancing by Geisha girls.
The young men ordered A taxi, took them to A bamboo
railway Une, and to pass the house, and taking off their shots
time the two, girle went for A
went in with them to a large walk along the line. As a train stayed to chat intelligently about private room. Here two of them passed, one of them thumbed this and that while the third it just for fun."
To their went out to negotiate. Then a amazement the train halted for them and the two girls climbed came back and the third went second was called out. The twe aboard rather frightened. But aftor all you can't stop a train and then my you didn't really mean to... even in the Austra- lian out back..
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English tourists passing through. fair was a tenth of the market The Journey it was broken
She also made a list of all her | price. They promised things in Egypt and India, and follow-station Rockhampton-alept on host's family, scattered in every would be like that when Com-ed by 18 months in Austraila part of Italy, and visited in them," salch June, They just the number of proposals they "It was easy for during which they lost count of munism came, part of their country by visiting all of them.
of got between them.
Became "Reds"
Phone Calls
shem.
out to talk.
They said that the owner bf the house had two daughters who would come in to dance presently, but they wanted their money first --- 5,000 Yen,
Red Light
The and
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They had no money, clothes, and not much klea how far they were going. In the end they got out at the Arst
the platform and caught the
Irena and June pald up, dockers train back to
men continued to pass in Port Almer
next day. And when out of the room. They kept up they arrived
flow at their
casual ship their was still in port waiting for versation. Then just as the dancers were about to appear all three were called out 10- Aboard the ship there gether. The two girls sa31 0 Was A purser
ar and on and on. Finally one of Irene talks rather wistfully ranged sight-seeing tours of them went out to Bind out about Australia, as if perhaps | poris. that were visited.
In what and she and her sister she had some reason for think-
Minda
on. going
The their escort had an men's shoes
gone, salled for Austraila. Her mothering of settling there for good old uniform and pointed ou And the house, they found, was was hysterical. "In fact," says When June teaseg her, she places of interest from a busa,
In the centre of the hottest red June, she can't really believe denies she has any serious in-
The passengers debated among light district the world. it_yut," The shock was made tentions. But maybe that's just themselves about how much to worse because June,
a natural
not the kind of thing you tell a
give him for a tip. But when linguist, returned to England younger sister.
the tour was over, he asiced talking English with an llan accent. She arrives in HK with en Australian one.
I made their ice cream out
No one could eat it of soap.
But course,
the we thought price was fine."
Finally she arrived back in June also joined the Com- England with just 24 hours to munist party. One day all the | spare before her ship left Ti- young things were doing it to bury, hear the local Italian heart throb Teddy Reno, the Italian version of Frankie Lane at a Communist Fair only members allowed. The Party made 다 great nong and dance about what things would be like when their Ideāls ruled the world. Everything at the
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
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TUB--HAS
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Europe-first stop an offic Brussles. Then came Frankfurt. bud One of June's pon palm "Herbert Dinglodine." The im- probable name produced а perlous minded engineering student aged 21.
Dingledine proved a good host -100 good. He never left them alone for a minute. The two girls
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The landlord
had come to Austria us a Tommy during the wor, married an Austrien wife, and Inherited from her father the family tavern in this remote village in the hills.
One of the first things he did was to throw a party for the
Demands Of Ghana Opposition
Acero, June 17. The opposition national liberution movement today de- manded that the Government
the put
on Queen's head Ghana's new coinage and not that of the Prime Minister, Dr Kwame Nkrumah.
At their conference here, the movement and its allies also demanded the immediate with- drawal of Independence issua postage stamps which bear Dr Nkrumah's portrait and the speedy Issue of new stampa bearing the Queen's head.
Independence stomps were originally issued for three mbaths only and were duo to bo withdrawn on June 0, but the Government said earlier this month that the stamps would be on sale "until further notice," -Chipa Medi Special,
WHY?
I PON'T KNOW, LOTHAR. WE'LL
PIHY OUTI
FERDINAND
NANCY
COME ON, NANCY---
PLAY DARTS.
WITH ME
JOHNNY HAZARD
HE'S COMING! YOU CAN CATCH ANY FISH IF YOU/ USE THE RIGHT
BAIT!
YEAH? A GUY GAN FISH FOR HERRING WITH THE RIGHT
BAIT-
NO--- I'M VERY BUSY COUNTING MY PENNIES
TE JET ENGINEG CRIPPLED BY GUNARE, "THE","
| ATOM-POWERRO BOMBER PLOURIS THROUGH
THE SNOWDRIFTEN ENER
|--AND GET
SWALLOWED
BY A WHALE!
HUH? TAKE HER UPSTAIRS UNTIL MY INTERVIEW
WITH MANDRAKE 19 FINISHER
YOU'RE SUCH A MISER -- ALL YOU THINK
OF 15 MONEY
TILL IT IS BROUGHT TO A SHUPPERING HALT BY THE İDEEP SHOW BRAKING TIG FORWARD MOMENTUMI
who
the two girls 10 come Laughed, and aughed, and still
June just bubbles-and re- epives long distance phone calls with bim for tho evening, Insting 20 minutes, bürbles with] changed
Inta sinart clothes,
By Lee Falk and Phil Davis
I'M HERE TO SEE TUB.
| MANDRAKE ? YEAH, I
YOU GOT HERE
FAST LIKE HE FIGURED
By Mik
By Ernie Bushmiller
I LIKE
MY OWN TARGET BETTER
By Frank Robbins
FOR A FEW SHOCKED MOMENTE SKLENCE REIGNS IN THE STILL
| CABIN ~ AND THEN 100 (
E-EVERYONG
FALL RIGHTS
CANT LOSE
AVE, JOHNNY,
DARLING?
TREV!! „TROV AS „KI
There's Hore Then Magic FRYS
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In spite of their sorer:CES ---- sliding two hours cross-legged on the floor by themselves they
laugh now at the plcture they must have presented, sitting seriously in that room on the floor alone.
But they did see something of Japan after all. Said June, "We một some real nion Armorican next day. Oh they were very different."
Anyway, here they are {T
10 And Hongkong
a Chinese family who would like them to look after children. If they can't And one-next stop's Bangkok." Andi Anna, did quite well there. Maybe English governesses are still fashionable in Siam.
US FORCES
PEACE TALKS
Washington, June 18. Admiral Arthur Radford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told congressmen today that United States military power had forced Russia to talk peace. But ho warned that the Kremlin had not abandoned world domination ambitions.
America's top military off. cer made the statement during a secret meeting with the House Foreign Affairs comalite at which he urged approval of Pre- sident Eisenhower's $3,800,000,- 000 foreign aid programme. Ho raid it was the best way to bolster the free world against the threat of Communist aggres- sion and subversion.
Admiral Radford's recom- mendation was supported by the Deputy Defence Secretary. Mr Donald Quarles, and Admiral Felix Slump, Sapremo US Com- mander in the Pacific.--United Press
JORDAN CABINET MEETS
Amman, June 18. King Hussein presided
at an extraordinary meet- ing of tho Jordanian Cabinet tonight at the Royal palace which lasted about two hours.
The meeting later reconvened? at Government House and waa still sitting by nightfall. A government spolcomman described The meeting as "important"
Samir Rial, deputy Primo Minister and Foreign Minister announced after the Cabinet meeting that "the Cabinet ag proved the postponement of the Parliament sion for thres months as from publication in the official gazette."
He said the Cabinsk sloa th elded on the formation of, two |moré military county to try pers
sons Recusod of having been" in=" volved in a plot to overthrone, the Jordan_regine. RauterJS, PAT
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