1958-10-18 — Page 3

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1958.

ANHE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH NEWCO

'Wishing Contest' Problems This ODD World

Children Wanted Jobs

For Parents, Roads And Clocks

Padua.

To offer the chance for children to have a wish come true is

quite an undertaking.

That was what the organisers of Italy's Padua annual trade fair discovered when they held a "wishin? contest" on the occasion of this year's fair which was inaugurated at the end of last month.

NELLIE'S

NECTAR

WAS A

SECRET

Plaxtol.

THE drinking men of this Kold English village mourned today, for they will nover taste anothor drop of Nallio's nectar,

Miss Nellie Hodden moved from the village Inn-The Golden Hop-and took the svere of her potent brew with her.

Landing

The organisers launched the true. But they had only exprel- contest by

5,000 ed in got several hundred re- multi-colored Eas-lled bal-plies. So far there have Hon on the opening day of the nearly 3,000 EnHoons found and for and attached to each one, answered.

been

was the messages

"children -

lelt your wish the Padun

For Brothers

Fair will try to grant it."

The majority of the balloons

Many

for

true not

for

or

came down in

chlidren asked the districts wishen to-come

surrounding Padua but n num-themselves but for n' sister

points brother or for their parents. ber of them floated to more than

100 miles дзулу Ten-year-old Mariellages of gear the towns of Milan, and tho lown of Udine in the Plerence.

Frat Province

Italo- on flig frontier wished for An orthopaedic appliance for 12 younger brother who had been struck with polls,

Hits Mother

by

One of them was found schoolboy Giannipio Miol In

eld near his home at the town

Yugoslav

п Another little girl of Millan

found one of

the Padua Fair

of Gorizia on the Italo-Yugo- balloons and without her lay frontier. And Giannino's mother knowing she wrote: "1 inom nr Gina Rivelli uf Milan and

wish war

usual sent into the faiz

tho RIORE

canisers. He wrote:

"I would like you to give my father a job because when he is not working he is bad and hits my another."

or ein very unhappy to see my mother sick and red beenuse she washed clathes for people so that she can buy food for us five children. I would like you to make my wish como frue by giving my mother an electric washing-machine,"

That poses a problem for the For 30 years she ran theşiun | fale organisers together with and made her brew of cider such wishes as "a big clock for from the hundred cpple trees in the orchard at the back of the Golden Hop.

Of course there were n

fcw

my village which will strike humorous init seriously intend- every hour" or little Lucietta ed wishes. One was from 13-

As the left the inn Nellle to Helin's wish to have the main year-old Gincludo Gallinaro

road of her village near Venice, Florence asphalted so it "would He wrote asking the fair be_nico ilke other villages"

the assembled drinking men, "The recipe is a secret that's been in the family for 150 years and I'm not telling it to any strangers."

DISTAINFUL

Even money could not get the secret from her. She just looked distainful when the now inn- keeper E. J. Weston, tried to buy the recipe from her.

And many a drinking man turned a wistful eye to the orchard tree, louded with rosy

the fall apples just ready for cider.

But Lucleita offered a wel- come escape with an alternative wish for a pair of shoes.

Tho greater number ot wishes, however, were for Loy much to the relief of the fair organisers.

More Difficult

An oficial of the Padua Fair sald that their "Consorse Del Desideri" was not exactly a competition for they were trying to sailsiy most of the wishes and even the more Hi- cult ones which showet a needy cause.

would Every wish in

scht In eventually be answered with a small gift and a letter if they proved too cult,

list topped the were cowboy rulls followed, by ance suits, model train seta dolls, and the ow toys of Ratellites and rocket-missiles.

As 60-year-old farm worker Fred Gordon said after a reflec tive suck on his old pipe, "They tay the elder they make Somerret has the kick of a mule. "Nellie's had the kick of an elephant."

could

man

"Only a strong take more than half a pint and most people sipped it from wine glasses."—U, P. 1.

High And Dry

New York.

THE Department of Sanitation had an odd problem on Its hands.

Toys that

number of serious Bitti etlom

my

of

its

grant his wish that he would be sure to pass fifth grade elementary school examination because "I have been offered a job in a workshop and I can't get it if I fall and I do not want to lose this golden, op- portunity."-U. R. I.

They Wanted

Courses In

Gaol-Breaking

Rampton.

CRAZE

HITS UK

Hula-hooping, the latest from Ambrica, has OFREG already started whirling its way through Britain.

And showing how It should be done on the root of Len- dan's Windmill Theatre aro Windmjii giria, Rosemary Phillips, 20 (left), and Chris-

tino Frazer, 18.

The Idea is to keep the hoop spinning by body move. ment.

Women find huta-hooping a great help in slimming. And sklidren and teenagera are taking it up, tos for fun and fitness-Reuterphoto.

'MOBY DICK' WHALING

STILL EXISTS

"COOKIE

Wellington. 1OOKIE" Walter Cook, of Tonga, prefers to hunt whales with a hand harpoon and a light boat. He is probably one of the last whalers in the world to stick to the methods of "Moby Dick's" day.

On a recent visit to New fish which churn in thousands Zealand "Cookie" described his about the gory bulk.

"Cookie" will tackle anything hazardous occupatlotial success

UARDS in Britain's Iri- to "the razor edge of the bar-but the sperm whale; "Too big U stitutions for the cri- poor blade, experience, and the and vicious when you are in a minally intone asked the crow's stamina."

small boat."

50

"There are always bundreds of sharks around after a kill, but the boys don't worry about that," he said,

There were also a surprising Government to give recruits Every day from July to Every time a whale is killed, October, tor 42 years, he has two of his crew dive in and sew from boys and girls asking for Courses in gaal-breaking. in pair of shoes. A 12-year-old They ald at their annual taken his two 20-foot whalers up the dead whale's mouth

conference that nwcomers 20 miles from the shores of that water will not run into the boy wrote:

I am ashamed to go around should be told "the tricks of Tonga to battle with the biggest massive body and slowly sink with the shoes of my

father the trade" so they can put and and most powerful creatures in it.

the sea-the humpback whale. because they are broken and fail escape attempts. The problem; what to do they are very largo for

The goal-breaking courses for Last season, he captured" 20; with a 300 pound shark some small feet."

new staff at four state-operated the season before 10. one left on 30 East Bronx The Padua Fair hopes

to establishments where 150 mon Street.-U. P. 1.

make all these wishes come lond women guard about 3,000 inmates were suggested by Fred Furber, who has opent 14 years As a nurse at the Broadmoor "Cookie" was 14 years of age Institution

when he and his elder brother "When patients are locked up "borrowed". their father's boat, at might they are apt to make took it to sen, paaš koys from the plates hold: | with a whale. Ing their beda to the pole br oven

But of healing-pipe brackets," Furber said,

GERMAN

BACHELORS HOLD A 'DONKEY WEDDING'

Haakraws

Borrowed

and returned

day his career The ext begin as professional hat poonist, under the tutelage of his father.

"They are used to it, but oflen come out badly they

where a shark has grazed brushed against them."

Some humpbacks are poor Aghters, their struggles lasting only half an hour. But others have kept his crew sweating for nearly six hours

The

ADO

Crew Strains "We have found hätkiewi

Today, he owns the only

whaling waters cimmingly hiddeh in paels of whaling business of its kind on cornflakes and cakes acht from Tonga, "Wo kill the whale only nearly 200 fathoths deep. From home," he said. "stars from for meat," he says. "It brings the minute the quarry is sight- books, magazines atul cartons about a shilling per pound.” ed the fight is on. The attacker THOUSANDS of visitors from all over Europe are furned into lived, hit He has two boats, one for beat gets as close as possible, turned out to watch the bachelors of fluetten, chewling cum used to take key attacking and the other to pick and the harpooner buri his

up the crew should whale wespon. Furber daid it was diffent to turn "villain" and smash the Usually the whale dives, and

Trler.

a small Gerritant mountain village near here, stage a "Donkey Wedding."

impressions,”

[explain all these things

recpirit:

drow

When

MR NEEDLE

Greyhound Led Them

(I CAN TEACH On A Merry Chase

THEM) GETS

BIG MAIL

Loridori,

NCORES of wives and hus- ‣ bands have written to

London.

BRUCE the greyhound was just a stray until

Bert Ruff took him from a dogs' home and planned a racing career for him.

Beri trained him And put him in top three for the last

44-year-old, marine engineerce of the day at Fareham, Dinner

and

Bernard Needle, who claims ants, Up went the trap

off went Bruce...through the to have found a now way to redge and on the

A road. teach illiterate people to Track officials gave chase, but read and writa.

lost him in the traffic,

Alt of them ask things like: "Can you teach my wife to read and write?" or "Please can you help my husband to get a bel- ter job?".

Later Bert collected Bruce from the other side of town, where police had found him. He was not disappointed,

Won

"The way that dog streaked along the main road enough to warm any raging man's heart," he said, a vile of nearly 100

At his home in Church Street, Portsmouth, Mr Needle sorted through

letters, nad sald:—

These prove to me that there Dirty Thieves

is a great need for something of this kind. Some are pathe-

Most of the inquiries zeek help for adults. Only about 20 per cent concer children of school age.

"HEADS' WRITE

+

Okmulgee, Ok3,

Ready In 13.31 Mins

HOTE

Verona.

TTOTEL owner and cook Il Oscar Benedetti won the title hero of "Fastest Cook in Italy” by whipping up a S scar as authorities can succulont dish of potato A figure the robbers

who dumplinge with meat ragout entered the Tiplon and Guyer

and 31 Construction Co. grounds, made in 13 minutos

of gravel.seconds,

off with 10

U. P. I.

tons

Kent All Welcomed

A wealthy former In inds his businers, pluns pre held up by his illiteracy, and a 22-year-old man says he

not emigrate to Australia until hean, read and wrlie.

Mr Needle has also letters from two head masters

an Invitation -one with

to

Benedetti had to produce his dish in 15 minutes under rules of the National Gastronomical bpeed competition held here.

SEVERAL DISHES

Redondo Beach, Call. TEOD. Burr lett a note сла

"Mako his door reading, yourself at home, the keys une

He had to peel, cook, mash, hadder the welcome mat."

mix and form the potatoes into Whoever read the note, went dumplings and then bell them in and walked out with twp At the same time he prepared rifles, an adding machine, the ragout or stow, grated the

machine teachers, who say that conven- typewriter, a sewing

pormisan cheese and served tional methods of teaching fall

and c piggy bank. Didn't even dishes to the highly critical and down with

of their cave "thank you" note-food-weary judges. many pupils

They proclaimed Benedetti

Iceture- and fron School-

His method which he plained on TV and radio this week. presents the English language in about 150 phonelle "groups," enabling every word to be read easily.

V. P. I

Right Time & Place the winner over 30 contestants

pfter they stop-watched him and New Orleans. lasted his dumplings. They said broke not only had Benedetti made the JAMES Warren's car

down at just the right time, best time but had also -coated while three teenagers were in the most succulent dish,

Ho says: "The demand is sot. Police pleked up the youths Benedetti owns a small hotel' great that I am considering when they were scen pushing near the town of Mulcesine at Warren's car through an inter- the northern tip of Lake Como,

-U.P.I. section,...U. P. I.

giving up my job to teach these poor unfortunate people."

A Masterpiece

of the

Distiller's

Art

Haig

SCOTCH WHISKY

HAIG'S

COLD LABEL Þe Haiă a căĺt Dinif Wig & Rag & Amana Makrintai sememan

01066

tha

Eewn shut

to a boat. The former carries six of the

strains to hold it crew, and the "pick-up" four, backe "In the old chys” hé, mid, "hà "We have been, smashed up

the whale surfaces A "Donkey Wedding" is the arrived in the village to watch could pick it all up dron, the three times he added ruefully. again, It is given the coup-da bachelor's traditional way of rest the villagers ent their Way older hand is the wards, but When the meat has been grace with more harpoons. toliating for a young bride-through half a dozen roast pigs security cannot be Fisked and carved from the whale, the Then the mouth groom's refusal to pay them and calves and consume many entrants should be taught before | boals low the carcass out to ses and the small boats begin fee when be marries a village barrels of beer.

they start their ninying train- and clay by it for twenty-four long tow back 30 Tonger. China girl,

After the wedding, which was UFI

hours, catching sharks and ether | Meil Special. The victim was Leo Kandels, held out on the village green, a married six weeks ago.

procession moved through the According to ancient custoin little village and past the house In the villages of the Eifel in which young newlyweds

mountains,

Nolther of them showed

stranger who live. marries one of the local belles their faces.

must pay the young bachelorst The donkey wedding ended a

of the vilinge à fee to drown their sorrows.

BIG FEAST

afx-week-old feud between the villagers and the "foreigher,” in which the young men häd at

- If he fails to do so, the young first tried to unnerve, bim by

Sues Fortune Teller When

·Husband Didn't Die

Copchlagen.

WORLLINI,

COPENHAGEN

men hold a mʊek Wedding of a nightly carousing and noisemak-dixious to izchanté hér |

couple disguised as dotikeýi, ufù, ifig hi front of his hond. henceforth the stranger and his ·Becnusb・ a Tyler court had); wife are known på dockey | forbidden the men of Huttien bridegroom and donkey bilde; to hold the wedding on the Their children will be called grounds that it slighted the donkey children.

young husband's hegour, the

Copenliigen, 1,008 Redund 20 "conemlisitcris."

HK$900) for the forecast. The wife, wisbee Blame was not ta her sult she charged the dliskowed, wild, she had to husband for another mad, hás · fun way too High-barticulariý befrow fóbney from relatives brought mult” baro (agaluf, a #ttice the prediction. Alled te to pay the förinus teller. fortune teller who prealeton dalso true.

The fortune tálbe asked that the her husband would die in a Mis, Jemión denied she had Córri, ekið be clamă to the tradīt soolabat. - Thú hutbaad・・ prédicted the dosta of the pabila keitios púbitelty of the

Wkenal's Utebatia sós cikified į trial would ""dtatroy" this récefved bhly 300; Kirbud) | · busthell. The Judgà refused. Anad Marie - Jumsen, 53, OF} = {HLKSRGky 'parisant for Khums) --UP.I

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