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Johannesburg,
June 18.
South Africa has far too many wife beaters, say lawyers and social workers in Johannes- burg.
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To support their argument. they quale court records which show that in six our of ten divorce cases heard before the WitwatersraKÓ Supreme Court, wivés rive nemult as one of the rea- sons for their unhappiness. Among
most frequent allegations made by wives
*are;
THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1959.
Africans Give FOG LIFTS: THE QUEEN'S
Wives Hard Life
·
Their husbands have hli
*them with their hands of
Sin
They have beaten them with a belt or a sick;
They HAVE blackened their eye;
• They have thrown houso- hold utensils at them.
One lawyer said: "quilo
number of women
A
who
come to me say flint their at Londo amaulted them while they were pregnant. "Many threaten to strangle or shoot their wives I had a caso recently where, cytry night, the husband pinced a Sho loaded revolver cabinet between the two beds with barrel potating towards his wife.”—China Mail Special,
on
DRUNK DRIVERS ARE LIKE MAD
DOGS, SAYS LORD GODDARD
London, June 18.
Lord Goddard, former Lord Chief Justice of England, likened a drunken
motorist to a mad dog on the road.
Cinema
With other dangerous drivers involved in serious ac- cidents, he should more often be disqualified from driving and sent to prison.
Maniac Lord Goddard was speaking
Cairo, June 18.
in * House of Lords debate on the slaughter and mutilation of people on the British ronds.
Six tusind were killer fast
THE police here today year and about 3001,500 injured.
were severely Toffered a large reward Monitrates to vent
Lord Goddard said he had fold magistrates' meetings time, and again how desirable Il was to disqualify dangerous motorists. Feat
for information leading to quoturista, to the capture of the trigger-happy lunatic who has been terrorising Cairo: cinema audiences with mysterious pistol shots
pparently aimed
women.
though in 1957. 3.025
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fur convicted
at people
driving! white under the in- fluence of drink, only 153 were sent to prison, he said.
Jils score of victims to date:
woman killed. 101 one persons injured, nine of them women.
The gun-1 man favours in particular: open-air cinemas, waitingi until a noisy sequence of film before he fires-just a single-shot. He has done this and made
his escape 10 times, but the police believe that hej may have fred on other escaped occasions and
notice because nobody golj hit.
Ballistic examination of the
bullets extracted from his!
Lari Goddard offered two
drivlast.
prestious encourage safer
Pay Cost
The Best way that a motorist fruunt multy of careless driving should pay some of the rest
up to 20 per cent of the
damage instead of the insurones
company paying the lot.
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The second was that if the prosecution felt a penalty in A magistrate's cours adequate it should be allow- ed to ask a higher cout! for a stiffer penalty, including dis- qualification.
The chief government spokes-
victims showed he owns man, Lord Selkirke, First Sea at least two guns-AFP. Land of the Admiralty, sup
YMCA COURSE
Chicago. June 18, The YMCA announced a summe mer course in "The art of use- legs but joyable #ving."
of
It will include instruction in
art "gamesmanship", "the Chinese food," and "w philo! sophy of chess."--UPI.
ported Lord Goddard Alisqualification issue,
on the
"It passes my understanding wity disqualification is not fari more widely indulged in," be said.
"If ever there was a punish- ment titig a crinie it is that meone who is driving badly should be forbidden from going on the roads.
For the Labour Opposition. Lord
Raid Lucas,
many
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(4).
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29 Where to cut short a voyage 24 Ho given things away (5).
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25 Flanks (3).
YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD." — _Across: 1 Wash up, 5 Shame, Slope, 9 Althea, 10 Irons, 11 Stone, 12 Nore, 13 Nacre, 10 Delute, 18 Surrey, 20 Scone, 23 Mugi, 23 Edits, 26 Serag, 20 Iodine, 27 Senna, 20 Batyr, 29 Grassy, Down: 1 Weakness, Satirise, 3 Uses, 4 Plattur, 5 Spinney, Hereat, 7 Minor, 14 Ceramics, 15 Entirely, 10 Dredger, 17 Letting, 10 Uncasy. 21 Cocoa, 24 Soar.
Lord Goddard
were
magistrates
culpably negligent for no enforcing the
WIN law, This
the greatest single contributory factor to the large number of road accidents,
Lord
For the magistrates, Merthyr, chairman of the mugis- i trates nesciation, sald one had lo consider a man's financial standing when Imposing a fine.
Many motorists were not rleh, they included, for instance, ngri- cultural labourers who drove to work in their own car.
If maximum penalites were imposed for every prime thera would be uproar in Parila- ment-China Mall Special.
Reds Try To Lure
Back War Widow
war
JET LANDS
Six-Week Royal Tour Begins
St John's, Newfoundland, June 18.
Canadian The Queen started her six-week
tour today following fears' that fog would divert her Comet to an- other landing field.
Woman
Juror Winked,
Smiled At Liberace
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London, June 17. Three minutes before the jury announced its verdict in the Libe race libel
case, woman juror smiled, nodded and winked at the American enter- tainer, according to newspaper reports. A front-page story in
day's Daily Mail names the woman as 19-year-old Mrs Jean Friend.
The
to-
she newspaper says "smiled, she winked, she nodded and miled again at Libernee, who was sitting a few feet below her."
According to the Daily Sketch, Mr Nevilo Faulks, one of the defending counsel, turn- ed to Mr Gilbert Deyfus, Liberace's cuunsel, and said; "bld you see That?"
Mr Boylus smiled, according to the newspaper.
The Daily Mail reports that | after the ease Mrs Friend went To the Savoy Hotel where Liberace is staying-to have tea with two friends.
"Darling"
ĥ
Mra Friend, who wore black costume in couri, 18 quoted by the
newspaper as saying: " often come here for tea, although I had to give i
during the case because there was л chance I would meet that darling Liberace.
uz
"I am not a mother, but I have nothing but the deepest feelings for Liberace's feel- ings towards his mother. "I should have loved to shake him by the hand and tell hup how wonderful 1 think he is, und my greatest wish now is to attend one of his concerts. I am too humble a person to ask
By STEPHEN CONSTANT
London, June 19, The Reds are trying to lure the widow of Polish
leader General Sikorski back Lo Poland. Attempts have been made
recently to contact for tickets." Madame Helena Sikorski, now living in seclusion on farm at Bookham. Surrey, She told me yesterday she had received a phone call terribly
that
nods in court,
Asked about her smiles and
་་
The Queen, accompanied by Prince Philip, arrived at Torbay Airport in bright sunshine to start the 15,000-mile tour that will include a voyage into the far north and a side trip to Chicago. The royal couple were welcomed by Canada's Governor- General, Mr Vincent Massey, and Prime Minister and Mrs John Diefenbaker.
As the plane which had left; W
London six hours earlier WE'VE BEEN
touched down, the sun had just pierced through the fog which, it WHA feared, might have pre vented the Comet from landing here.
Eight minutes later as a gun salute was being fired the Queen, wearing a jade green coat and green straw hat, appeared, followed by Prince Phillp.
Mr Masy and Mr Dicfen- baker and Mrs Diefenbaker advanced to meet her
accom
panied by Leitenant-Governor
Macpherson. As she stepped from the pione 100 semen pre sented arms,
After this Ceremony the royal processiun drove to Bajus John's. Shops throughout the elly had put out the British colours and many of them showed portraits of the royal couple.
the oldest city in North America and was active, It claims, "when" Manhattan was only a marsh."
SLIGHTED,"
SAY NEW
CANADIANS
"Dev" Now
Toronto, June 18. "Dev" Now
Two leaders of Toronto's Ethnic groups said today New Canadians have been slighted in
Eire's
invitations to the off- President
cial banquet for the Queen in Toronto on June 29.
Saint John's breasts of being Raimund Bock, editor of the German-Language Toron- ter Zeitung, said New Canadians should
get a "fair share" of invita- tlons to the banquet. He said very few members of the 300,000 non-British New Canadians have been invited to the dinner.
'HOW'S ANNE?'
ASKED DALE
H
81 John's, June 18, Newfoundland Premier Joseph Smallwood's four- -year old granddaughter almost stole the show from
queen
today, and Anlehed
by up
Asking "How's Anne?"
Curly haired Dale Russell Apparently had other things on her mind when she stepped forward si Torbay Airport to pre- sent the royal visitor with
a bouquet of pink rosen.
She turned them over. however apparently Ittle reluctantly.
Television cameras ground
while mil- Hons watched.
Then Dule, asked: “How's Anne?"
"Fine," said the Queen. "That's fine," sald Dale, -UIL
and
Tonight, tlie Queen Prince Philip nre to be the guesla of Newfoundland's Lleu- Mrs Friend is tenant-Governor and tomorrow quoted by the Mail us saying they will start on the heavy "Oh dear, I hope 1 did not do programme which will order anything wrong.
their lives during 35 of the 43 "Poor Liberace looked
days
in they are to spend tired and I was tre- Canada.
After Nowfoundland the royal bubbling
over couple will visit the Province of
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from the Polish consul in Lon-verdict. I was
mendously thrilled with our
den, who said that he wanted with it but I did not realise Quebec first calling at Sept lea
present her with a posthat I had winked at him. thurnous medal for her husband
"I said I didn't want to re- ceive 1 In person and suggested
he should present it to the Storsk! Institute in London. So
tar he has not done so," she
said
Involuntary
•
"I suppose my smiles were voluntary. But I just cannot help showing my feelings.
where the royal yacht Britannia awaits them.
The main event of the visit is to be the solemn opening Montreal of the Saint Lawrence
Seaway on June 28,
Mudame Sikorski received am a highly emotional person and the Duke will have a five- an official invitation to go to and it would have been Im
On this occasion the Queen
on the Britannia
hour cruis
J'otand and faunch a new possible not to have shown me with President and Mrs Eisen- ship named Generat Sikorski, kind of sign to Mr Liberace," She said, "I declined and instructed close friends of mine lying in pistid to de- Dulise for me."
fhower which will symbolise In another interview with
the close co-operation between the Daily Telegraph Mrs
Canada and its powerful Friend describes Liberace as a southern neighbour,
"smasher" and says she has admired him and his type of The coxal visitors will leave music for many years.
Canada from Hullfax on August She hind not allowed
ner
1.
was disap-
Dublin, June 18. Seventy-six-year-old Mr Eamon De Valera to- night set the seal on 40 years of service to the Irish republic by being elected
sident.
pre-
Party received 538,058
The tall, bespectacled Drie Melander, editor of the tender of the Fianna Fail Danish-Language The Moder smaalet, mid bo pointed no members of the votes against 417,482 poll- Elhale Press have been inviteded for his Fine Gael op- to cover the banquet,
ponent, General Sean Maceoin.
Ho sald Lamortar migrant WRB helping theks minority complex.
Striko Off
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But, while "Dev" won the eleolion comfortably, it looked at midnight as though he would be beaten in a con- stitutional referendam poiled yesterday at the same time,
the referendum Mr ́Dể Valera, who resigned last night on the republic's Prime Minister, proposed a change in the constitution
abolish
In
Meanwhile in Montreal walkout of St Lawrence Seaway pilots was averted today when agreement was reached on all major issues existing between the plots, shipowners hd the department of transport.
The pilots had vireatened to the 37-year-old system of pro- leave all ships tonksTOW, UPI.
Attack Termed
'Lawless Banditry'
1
Washington, June 18. The U.S. navy aid today the Communist attack on one of its patrol bomb. ers over the sea of Japan would be treated as isolated case of "lawless banditry" for the present and there would be no change in its For Eastern operations.
an
A spokesman said specifically that fighter planes will not be and regularly to escort the larger and more vlunerable air- craft normally used on recon- untrance missions.
Madame Sikorski is also received indirect, semi-official promises from the Polish Gov- cinment, saying that if she re- admiration Liberace to sway turned to Poland, she could her judgment. "I did as the This is the Queen's third visit have her former 300-acre estatų į judge said and put everything to Canada,
the near Poman.-~-~London Express like that acide to judge
Princess Margaret visited the Service.
case."--China Mall Special. country last year also--AFP. UPI.
Sir Harold Said "No" To.
London, June 18..
Sir Harold Gillies, 76-year- old British pioneer of plastic surgery, recently turned down a £6,500 offer:: from a Sunday newspaper for a series of six article about his life.
In a letter to the Brillsh Medical
Journal, he wrote: "These articles would have. been quite harmless, the offer prodigious-£0,500,
A £6,500 Cheque
turned it down brain-washing, I have wistfully of the maimed, the wounded;
and tho burned.
He adida: "Am I right, or a fool?
"It is unfair but Could the General Medical inevitable that through the Council be persuaded to thrust of the “Press, the Umb- moderileo. Clause Fivo #*1**|light_should be thrown on much (This Clause chids publicity cubjects ng hole-in-tho-heart, for doctors),
insulin, penicillin pochiatry or Bir Harold rofers. In his even plastle" surgery"!
for surgery | Mall Bogela).
"On advice and after much letter to his work
Wo
We are not escorting "putrol planes, we are not escorting commercial airplanes and are not escorting surface ships in any of the free air and sea paces of the world," he salt...
Sir Harold “Am I a fool?"
to
portional representation.
He and his
party proposed ita
single- replacement by meinber constituencies with voting on a "arst past the post" basis.--Reuter.
PHILIPS
Judith Is Back To Stay
Bow
A fair-haired four-year- old giri arrived in Greenock recently to start a life with the woman sho has always known Auntle Avril - the woman who is really her mother, Mrs Avril Turner, 24.
05
For her and her husband Jim, 38, Judith's arrival was the end of a long strug- gle, that started when Mrs Turner's parents, Samuel and Isabella Pettigrew, Took over
and brought her
their own child.
Last September, after the Тиспега jmarriage, the Pettigrews tried to adopt Judlih legally, but Mrs Turner, objcoted.
Judith up as
Then they decided to emigrate to Australia and take Judlik with them, bui agala Mrs Turner objectodi and now, with the Petti- grown already ON thole way to Australia, mother nad daughter are again re- united,
Said Mrs Turner: "Im so happy to have her, Pro waited to long for this MONTERL"
Bald Mr Turner: "Wo want Judith to settle in an quietly na possible. We will change her surname from
Pettigrew to Turner
A FOOT as we can."
Picture shows Judith and her mother reunited. — Express Photo,
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