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IRRADIATED FOOD

IRRADIATED chicken lists two to three Umes na long as ordinary chicken stored in other ways it has been found by British scientists who have been working on the preservation of food by irradiation. Tests have been aleo successfully lemon solc, made with haddock, codling,

"THE CHINA MAIL,“ MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1958.

ploneer of turbine power, he has seen the con- vorsion of all ships from coal to oil burning. He took part in the evacuation from Dunkirk and in the Normundy landings. When the Maid of Orleans was torpedoed as alio come back from Normandy, Mr Cabilt went into flames and scalding steam to bring an injured mon out of his engine room. He received the O.B.E

mackerel and herring. Flavour previously ELECTRIC TRACTOR

caused by the process in somo foods has been greatly reduced. Among the most promising preservation of lines of investigation was the whole egg pulp, as used by bakers. Tests were no promising that scientists are studying the possibility of treating the egg in the large tins in which it is imported, without having to thaw, pasteurise and re-freeze. The particulars given in the report for 1937 of the Food Inven tigation Board of Scientile and Industrial Re- cearch.

THE TRAINS

are

NEW move to beat the "freeze-ups" 19 planned by London Transport on its under

Engineers are to grund services this winter.

ake the temperature" of electric conductor rails

de belp them keep the trains moving. Special Walher recorders have been Installed on three exposed sorthern sections of the Underground PPV. They will help control headquarters at Lelcenter Square to decide when to put in de icing measures after "frost risk" warnings have been received from the Meteorological Office. "FIRE-FIGHTING FULLERS" THE 13 of the "Fire-Fighting Fullers" has retired and a family trudim has been brosh 112.

Down to a quiet Cornish fishing vilinge Roes Assistant Divistonai Offer W. Fuller, who ber Breman, has spent 27 yeurs 1 D of them in the Hertfordshire Brigade at St

AL Alintis. Poluan, near Fowey, he will be

Mr Fuller enme Beensee of the Russell In

bert in lire

father and station. His

But his only son. Bremen Brandt: her were David, is not carrying on the tradition--he will slucy medicine. Mr Fuller spent 18 years in the London Fire Brigade betere moving la Herl- fd hire and directed operations el many blitz commended for his work in the Ares, being

1425

Me Street area.

ENGINEER'S VIEW

a lifetime of crossing the Channel M: Cycli Cubit How but litle of the sea. He has alys spent his time lending ships' engines. Now Mr Cubitt, senior chlef engineer of British Railways Channel Acet, retiring. As #1

PHITAIN'S flat electrically-powered tractor Dhas had successful trials in Scotland and the support of Electricly Beards which serve agri- cultural areas is being sought for its develop

started ment. Work on the prototype tractor three years ago when the Ministry of Argical- fure asked the Ministry of Power to look into the possibilities of ploughing other than by oil- fuelled tractors, Tho prototype was based on the ideas of Major G. McDowall who expert- mented with an electrically-driven tractor for ploughing about thirty years ago. Trials were Ensfield Farm, near Falkirk, carried out on where three, and later four, deep digger ploughs

tractor. attached to thu

Successful ploughing was achieved in heavy loam.

were

APPRENTICESHIP

No far, 102 companies in the United Kingdom have joined the Commercial Apprenticeship Scheme, organked by the Association of British Chambers of Commerce. Fifty-eight companies are in England and Wales, and 44 in Scotland, states the Association's review of the scheme's Arst year. Latest

Information shows that the

courage

scheme is going ahead faster in Scotland than in England and Wales, The Association in con- #dent that this new venture will not only con- tribute to the raising of standards of commer- cial education and training but will also en- commercial Young people towards a career, who hitherto, through the lack of ade quate training facilities and avenues to promo tlon. saw their only avenue for skilled employ- ment in a progressive career on the "shop floor." LANDING-AT-ARNHEM

MODEL of the second day of the landing st 1944 is being completed by Arnhem in Colonel M. Smyth, now in charge of the Museum at the Border Regiment Depot, Carlisle. Private F. Gibson, who has a fair for painting and de- signs, mude most of the models and drawings. Now he has left the Army. Colonel Smyth ex- perienced in military history, putting the inishing touches to the model. It is a perfectly- detalled work, and includes 200 gliders which brought in the troops,

WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT?

I SEE INSIDE CYPRUS'S

PRISON OF HATE

SHUFFLING along in

FROM MARK WILSON: NICOSIA

Director Malone has dedicated himself' to raising Nicosia Prison to the standard of British gaols. It is a thankless, tank-ho neede £200,000 £70,000 of It. during the next year

planned improvements are to be made. Malone will be thankful if he

the bardest of all

Bo began with little short of says there is the hope that in carry out a sentence of death a hell-hole,

rlota every week prison, treated fairly” with all passed upon him for being a gela one-tenth of that, because

Warders and only the Army and brute proper discipline, and the gain- traitor.

had beaten menor is forco restoring order. Twice he ing' of respect through confi- then off and now they were in things to come by in the Cyprus came within a shade of being dence, they might capture a solitary confinement, being fed government these days,

mere-balanced view of things, bread and water and nothing terrorists.

He anys, too,

he has else. evidence that 60 per cent of his Smell wonder that director prisoners, given complete free Malone is angry about an accu-

rush sotion of pampering them.

battered to death by hate-crazed

that

their drab, grey, ill- fitting uniforms, they Took a horrible army, for soldiers they claim to be. But, in fact, they are EOKA terrorists, the 250 we have caught and put behind the high granite walls of Nicosia Prison,

Twenty-nine are serving life are killera, sentences: there

and bomb throwers gunmen

old

1 asked terrorist after among them, as well as

terrorist It hu men, young mothers and boys

regretted the of 14.

netlens which had led him to a

But he gave me the impres- Hifo in I was given

unique

Prison, much of which is priml- to punish this way, though he can have." 4

70-year-old Nicosia ston of heing, a man who luter privilege-a free hand to go

tive, all of which is well below does not hesitate to do so when the prison,

the standard of any anywhere inside

British the need is there, to anyone, ask any questions.

talk

No pampering

It is a very different story today. There has not been any real trouble since June.

Alone

Malofe, walks alone among his prisoners and they stand up for hun in respect. He punishes hard those who do challange is authority, and they are quick to see the point. There is no pam- pering in Nicosia Prison, 1 assure you.

Director. Malone,

men of them."

dom of will, would not Into EOKA activity again,

The others would,

Arrogant

These terrorists are still otto-

Condemned

GUA

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The director wants to build workshops to keep his prisoners busy. "It costs £420 a year to keep a prisoner here and at the moment ho doesn't eam a single pound in return," said Malone. "I want to see every man ́earn- ing for every pound that's opent on him," ⚫Malonia will not tolerate enforced idleness "the worst form of punishment a prisoner

But he has difficulties to face

refused

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kept

His reward

But he has to face the fact that oven now, with the. Emited counterpart.

But there was never

a word In

cells the condemned

amount of work there is to keep the prisoners active,,go slow of remorać or

three men repentance. Jolned

Awaiting a stocky Typical of these

tactics are adopted by them all. bantamweight with 20 years the boy serving five years for

terrorists, was hanging for murder.

Better accommodation - "I Que

ita sitting deep experience of prison service,

wouldn't put pigs there, he quilty of pampering bur making "Five years, 10 thought on his bed (he and said, pointing out one bulidingTM director no more I hud told prison

успти. it doesn't been given a mattress), another he is gradually achieving. Dennis Malone that he was be- LUKA prisoners than he is of year, 19

matter. We are winning out was being shaved by a warder, with pampering torturing them (as the Greeks freedom," he said. ing charged

and the third, a grey-haired, there, like the terrorist prisoner EOKA prisoners. Boh, rub are told to belleve).

frail old man, was standing who, given a mattress, punish "My job is not to bish!" he said angrily. "Come

forlornly in the sunshine of the to take it, saying "I'm here to them," he says.The court does inside and see for yourself."

oxercise yard where, in the suffer and I want nothing from passing sentence and

corber, a shed hid the gallows. I have to And so it was, with the clang- that by

you." Terrorista under 21 are kept Ing shut of a double set of glant Putting them here.

the others, given iren gates, that I found myself see that they serve their full

treatment, among the most violent haters term, with the alm, as in all gant after months and years of apart from

and of the British in the world to British prisons, of making better being locked in a whitewashed better

cell 10ft. by 9th. for 12 hours reasonably busy with school and day.

By that he does not menn every night They spend half workshop classes.

There is

ал acuto staff I joined them at lunch: beans, They lost no time putting me attempts are made to turn these their sentence locked in a cell straight on one thing: they were convicted terrorists against with a bed of three planks of shredded grechs, half a lemon, a problem, only. 10 of his warders. are trained men from British prisoners of war, the final vic- EOKA. No one does that, It wood and no mattress to soften stick of celery, and a hunk of priions.

semelliing terry to be scored by Makarios is a glaring polley error by the it

Slowly, however, he ja making - that there is no Their EOKA feelings stay more than just emotion to be and EOKA would set them free. Government

Director Malone was governor form of attempted indoctrina- with them every hour, They felt when they stood to say Progress. Each day he wins a Htlle core confidence and Pentonville when, eight tion.

band out rough summary justice together their prayers for two

respect from the prisoners, who minutes before eating, The terrorists are simply lett to any who appear months ago, he was seconded to

In no way do they think that acknowledged to me that he was

fair. Cyprus to remodel, the panal to brood throughout their sen- and are suspected of becoming

terice, believing system of Nicosia Prison,

themselves informers,

the imprisonment has resulted

And his present staff are of war and, I say,

the I walked into the punishment frem prisoners

power the Greek behind him to a man. ORG All 10 cells were Church wields over them. Every warder told me: "He's doing the arriving at their date of dis- block.

terrorist in Nicosia Prison is a impossible now and it won't be charge an even-more-dangerous occupied.

A mob of terrorists had set devout man who covers the walls long before he starts en enemy.

agree upon one of their own in the of his cell with The director does not

religious miracles." that need be necessarily so. He exercise yard in an attempt to paintings.

(London Express Service).

At

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If you want an intelligent, faithful dog to play with, get a Basenji,

But don't expect it to act as a watch dog because it cannot bark. It

is an ancient breed, very much like the dogs shown on carvings on Egyptian tombs. Although it is mute it has plenty of courage and is used by natives for chasing wounded game in the Congo. England first saw it in 1936.

Another ancient dog is the Pekinese, originally brought to Brain in 1400, During the war with Clina, the British 00- Summer Palace of the Emperor and live pekes were discovered. One was pre- and Rented to Queen Victorla The Duke of Richmond used the others for breeding.

black people usually keep one er two which they have trained from mppies and often them more care and attention than their own children.

War II which weighed 18 stone when only a year old. It olo 28

stcalc give pounds of

day and dronk 12 gallons of milki

However big a dog may be it can never be used in Britain for drawing carts, carriages, trucks or barrows. This was made Illegal in London by Act of Parliament in 1939 and the bat was extended soon after to all other counties.

The dingo is a past-master at the art of lying doggo." When captured it usually thoms death.

Expensive To Keep

For centuries the Pekinere were regarded as a royal breed.

Another big breed, the Great ch as King Chrales's spaniels Among the really useful dogs Dane, might well have caused were In Stuart times in Eng is the Alaattan and the German an International incident. Bly- German land.

In spite of its smallness, Bottweller which are used by marck, the

for the Chinese name

the police and the Services, and to Chancellor, was always AC-. tudles' pet means "the llon dog." ald the blind. Bloodhounds were companied by a pair of Great

tracking Danes. When interviewing Rus A dog without a bark until it used in England for

1888, sian minister Gorichakoff, mixes with domesticated criminals as far back as

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became friend is the dingo, or wild dog at the time of the "Jack the conversation

Epirited und the visitor of Australia. It is believed to Ripper" murders.

to gesticulate violently. have descended from n house-

Believing that his master was trained breed in Asta. Like the

dog Parinh dogs of Egypt the dingo

going to be attacked, one hurled himself at Gortschokoff families keep to their QWDX

and brought him to the floor. strictly defined area, no mem-

Fortunately no serious damage bera venturing beyond it.

resulted and the incident closed with apologies.

Shams Death

Australia regards the dingo

The dog with the loveliest coat, perhaps, is the Samoyed One kest at Felpham, near Bogner, Sussex, yielde its wool-like hair to its owner for spinning into thread, For years she was able to make all kinds of articles of clothing with the ald of her pet.

One of the most expensive

ng a pest and the Government dogs to keep is the huge St put a ree, on its head. It kills Bernard, A

Mr Gardiner. ot

sheep and poultry. But the Bath, owned one before World

ZANIES

DON'T KNOCK

THE ROCK!!!

MADEZTEKS

the

Very began

Average Life

The average life of the dog is about 12 years and many pets are remembered long after death by their owners. In 1880, the Duke of Cambridge, ranger of London's Hyde Park, oblain- "permission for bls wife to bury a pet dog near to the Vic- toria Gate. By 1915, nearly 300 dogs were buried there as wall as cats and peť birdz.

Mohammedans believe that there are at least two dogs in

Heaven, Tobit's dog and Xquir, "the dogs of the seven sleepers." They are not lonely as they share a place in their celestial home with - Mohammed' favourite camel and horse and Balaam's x25..

One of the best remembered of dogs to win greatness in war was owned by a viandard bearer in the 78th Highlanders During, the Afghan War of 1879, the dos came to the rescue of its wounded master and bit the enemy, in the leg. When the v.c. Wha awarded to the (standard banrer it was official- ly decreed that for the first 12 bours after the investiture, the coveted

hand Croom should around the neck of the brave dog.

ALL RIGHTS

RESERVED.

to weaken

bread.

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LIMASOL, CYPRUS,

ABOUT 300 BRITISH SOLDIERS, POLICE, 'AND AIRMEN STOOD GUARD ́OVER 100) SERVICE WIVES SHOPPING IN LIMASOL'S “MURDER MILE" RECENTLY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE-MRS CATHERINE CUTLIFFE WAS MURDERED THERE ON OCTOBER 3. THE WOMEN HAD BEEN KEPT OUT OF LIMASOL SINCE MRS CUTLIFFE WAS SHOT IN THE BACK WHILE DOING THE FAMILY SHOPPING (REUTER), /

E.O.KA KOR

THE GOVERNOR OF CYPRUS

Cummings

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the