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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1959.

FOR SANTA CLAUS'

SECRETARY,

IT'S BUSY TIME

By GORDON MARTIN

Oslo, Dec. 16.

Children all over the world write to Father Christ- mas in Norway. The woman who answers the letters is now very busy.

Естр

Mias Elisabeth Wilhelmsen, a 23-year-ok blue-eyed blonde, is reinbrating her Bfth year as the Ar accretary to Santa Claus,

Every Norwegian child knows the year of that at this time Julenissen

the Christmas Father Pixy.

ther call RS Chris'na), is driving his rein- úver and sledge over the Arglic show in Narth Norway. But in Oslo Miss Withebuson sits surrounded by telephones, dle- toptiones and all the apparatus of a 201: century secretary.

As Christmas gets nearer, her herwever, the view from

Lakes on a fairy- window also 1: le look. Snow gilstens In the nearby big

There are

broad street up to the Royal Palace. Christmas trees in the square by the edge of the fjord.

QUITE CERTAIN

scares

Every post bring letters, and most of them from children across Sea in Britain.

of come

the North

espite a variety of addresses, they find their way safely to her fler. Some children feel quite certain where Father Christmas lives, met witte in bold block "Father Christmas, Jetivis Le

2101 Norway," Others are

nothing but leave

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Lelters also arrive from for afield as Australia, as well as from most European coun- tries. And this year, too, Miss Wilholmsen han replied to 1ttle boy called Januszek in Warsaw.

The children recrive not only letter from Father Christmas, a large book of coloured but illustrations of Oslo drawn by Norwegian schoolchildren. Nex! ver they will get a book telling Nor- than about life in the wegian forest, and the Christ- mas tree which goes every year tu London nga gift from the people of Oslo.

Santa Claur's staff, presided chief Oslo's tourist over by Mice Althil Hoydon, has many other taska, too.

scade

Norway Each yeur, several 50-foot Christmas trees ax gin to other countries, and letter- Miss Wilhelman's writing is constantly rupted by tekphone queries.

NO IT ISN'T—In mile of appearances, Mr Khrushchev hasn't been exiled to Siberia-the mechanic In the picture is in fact a technician in one of the Boylet scientifle teama carrying out oceanographical research on ice-does in the Arctic Circle-Express Photo

Stonehenge

Theory

Is Discounted In

Guidebook

London, Dec. 16.

inter Stonehenge, the 4,000-year-old stone circle on Salisbury Plain, was not built by the Druids

know A foresler wants to

arrangements for the final felling the free for Trafalgar Square, London: a shipping problem about agent has a loading the tree for Roller- dam; there is an inquiry from Roll offer of Mayor the Stranger, who this year is go- lug to the Italian port of Genoa to Ught up a Norweglan tree there.

Day By the time Christmas

Wilhelmsen will comes, Miss have answered several thousand children's letters,

W: who wrote this year on his letter "To Father Christmas for St Nicholas, At His Home, Somewhere in Norway--or Den-

Father

Christmas, Lapland,

address popular 1 another and this is the time when the

Qelr Lat

picturesque SEN Cesume gather in North Nor-

"And in the New Year," she their reindeer way briigist

says, "I love to read the letters Jads from the fjord pastures,

a little of thanks. Last year, Some children, too, want

so pleased was that Father girl in Ireland Aurr to make

with her book that in return Christmas really is there

sent Father Christmas a cor- lovely model of an Irish tage,"

10

get their leliers, A little she

boy writes from Britain:

and my a 10 years old. Iriend a school says there is no Father Christmas. But I know there is ricast write

Parents everywhere will be that she adds: happy to hear "The children are all

and tell me you really are derfully polite."-Router. there. Best wishes, John."

Mary of the letters contain

very modest requests.

A boy

wen-

in Bethnal Green, London, says CROSSWORD

:mply:

Dear Santa, I

ya happy

with

Xmas and will!

you please send me a present," At the other end of the scale. I Itte Welsh boy lists over 20 item-hut concludes with the promise I will put nice ges of wine and a piece of cake for you on the table."

Some children iTu very Lecife in their instructions, like the little girl who says: "Plare will you send me a pair of slippers. Don't forget Samlo

He would the dog.

Don't forget a like soft ball. SOFT ball. My sister would ke a surprise. I hope you are wel. love from Patricia." A boy in Cumberland explains that he wants a pedal tractor because he lives on a farm, bd ends politely: "I hope you are keeping well, and hope Rudolph is also keeping well."

Jean, in Middlesex, does not know that television has not yet reached Lapland and asks for buxea game similar fo the one played on ITV."

FROM WARSAW

And some letters show sur- prising combinations little

1. Jarobe, (W)

Across

Rein-prot (1)

13. Kind of

6. fiverside.

cold. Rest. 19

14. Supplied with weapone. (51 ID. Lon seulence. (3, 4).

17. Spanien, 17) 18. Venicis. (3) 1. Lunch or dinner. 14)

Osculation, (4)

21. Violent winda. (6)

Down

1. Part of chicken, (9)

Making ready, Lubricate. (9)

Siberian working placon, (4-8)

5. Jend aidi

9. Dance. (5)

10. Bad weather

session. (0)

16)

19 Best Pos sible exemples

American girl wants a Roy 16 Extraordin Rogers gun and a Bible,"

POLOGIDE

see dood. (6) "Patterder's wakion

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•BY THE

WAY

by Beachcomber

THE

ing of the Bank of Kogland at work, in glorious Technicolor, ralses several ques- tloss To attract the puble, the Alm must be given. some dile other than "The Bank of England." I KACE, *The Monster from Inner Space."

And it the Bim were built

Japanese Newsletter From David Gordon TOKYO IS BECOMING

FAMOUS

FOR

ITS FOOD

Tokyo (By Airmail).

round the story of a night-club Tokyo is fast gaining a reputation for being one of

singer what a march would be stolen on all the lesser banks, which rely for advertisement on smiling managers welcoming new clients, and making us ali ery with their heartrending anxiety to serve the public. A terrific idea

EAR Sir,

DEA

Has anyone suggested taking the whole of Piccadilly Circus into a gigantic 20-storey car park, to relieve traffic con- gestion? If this were successful, other open spaces could be thus utilised. For instance, Hyde Park Corner,

E. P. Driffield-Wright, Modigliani, after Harris'

AXPERTS

EX

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are discussing ittle gem of a portrait, signed Modiliani, Some say is un alivious forgery, the Zorger having spelled Modigliani's name Others anys that it is wrong. Genuine, Modigliant having signed it after a wild night at the Brasserie de la Cigale and, example of his

being the only work signed in this way, is

is

than that artist's worth more as many Britons and tourists believe, accord-other pictures. Only Foulenough could settle the matter, since the portrait

yu another ing to an official guide-book published here.

Harris, Nor is there any evidence that some of the stones were ever used! as altars for human sacrifice another popular be

10- lief says the author,

of fessor R.J. C. Atkinson. University College, Cardiff.

He says the theory that the Druids, pagar. Celtic priests, built Stonehenge was put for- ward 300 years ago.

10 ac- It is an imposible cording to Professor Atkinson because the Druids functioned for only a few centuries just before the Roman conquest of Britain.

that "I is very unlikely there wire any Druids in these islands before 250 . C. and by that time Stonehenge had been built for more than a thousand years and may already have been parily in ruins."

The human sacrifice theory bas been encouraged by the names of two of the stones -

the! and Altar Stone the Slaughter Stone.

NAMES INVENTED

But the nines have been in- "over-imaginative vented by

Inst during the

Atkinson

antiquaries"

300 years, Professor

Soys.

for

There is no evidence at all that human supposing sacrifice was practised al Stonehenge at any time during Its long history."

The Professor confirms that the axis of Stonehenge was towards lotd out to point

the sun in the longest day the year midsummer June 24,

day,

But he does not agree that! this means the builders of Stoneberge were sun-worship- pers and that the monument was a temple to the sun,

*This arrangement

inay

be

no more then a practical de- vice for determining by ob- servation a fixed point in the

Guitars For

Tommy Steele

A letter from the Persians

DEAR congtrire of the horis,

much warter hath flode over the bridg since we rote to you. Our show is sill of kreçatin a burrow phewroar in many

kounti and

lown. Koopid's i London, Dec. 16. harrows is stil stook in Ashura'z electric guitars hart, and he stes like a northun Two worth £500 1 Tlibury, wind wen gurls arsk his horty- near here,

graff. on board the

Wen he gets home to 29,000-on liner Iberia for

Filthistan his bella barfe will be bellade the dore with Australia today,

She prowed of ruolinpinn.

They belong to rock and roll singer Tommy Steele who lies to Australia for A series of performances in February,

A

with The liner left record load of about 14,000 bars of mail for Singapore and Austraila, Much of

1 was thought to be from schders who innred post office

past warnings to early for oversens delivery by Christmas.

The Iberla will be it the Red Sea on Christmas Day-China Mall Special.

'Vanguard III'

Goes Silent

Washington, Dec. 16. The American "Vanguard Three" earth satellite, Launched on September 18, ceased transmitting radio signals during the weekend, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced today.

"Vanguard Three" transmitted

year from which e annual scientific data for 85 days. It calendar could be counted," he

says in the guide-book, publish contains instruments for men- ed by the British Government's suring the earth's magnetic field

|and Solar "X" rays, Stationery office.

(Every midsummer morning hundreds of people gather on Sallsbury Plain to see the sun rise at Stonehenge and watch the Druid Order perform_sum- mer rites.)-China Mali Special.

The "minitrack" stallon on the Australian rocket range at Woomera was the last to receive the satellite's signals last Friday night.--AFP.

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Michi KODI khard Long and Lawrence HOOVER & GALA: "The Mirror

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NIGHT SPOTS

and

and Manolo Cuerva, Spanish Singer, Cocktail Lounge: Larry Allen at the Plano Bar MAXINH Đ Tour and Delys

· In “The Kitsial Fire Dance," CARLTONI. Marlo Francisco

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mRoo

Target.

19.20 Adolphe Mantu's

Gene Barry in "Patice Doctor""): 10,40,. Late Hight - Finni,

A

his success, but sex he is ori

the world's best cating places ns it offers such

a wide variety of international culinary forms -- -all deliciously prepared from locally pro- duced foodstuffs.

Already the first batch of Japan's wonderful winter straw- berries, has boen flown to Europe. These

the

گرام

truck

transporting explosives will have coming at 1 in the

opposite direction 100 gravel trucks per hour for the distince of 17 miles. Trafic on this road has been increasing at the role of 30 per cent per year Finge the end of the whr nad it now must rank is one of the most dangerous stretches of road in the world-and it is along this the starry-eyed tourist must travel from Yokohama to Tokyo.

Japan

achieved

another

are about size of n hen's azu DTKI aunc grown naturally on terraced hillsidea on the Izu Peninsula hear Tokyo. Thicke's sune patient and clever farining be- hind this. When the first sign the borry appears, it 15 wrapped in # cellophane bag piece of glazed and laid on a

le. The lo retains the sun's heat during the night, working Ikea minanture hulouse. The "irst" this week with the birth rich volenie mll does the rest. of

pair of "Evopons" at A species of tummip, growth Hanshin Zoo, The father was a Island, more allen iropurd and other a lunces. en Shode

Госся than not, weigh over 100 lb The cobs have Iconine and this is no tale of Baron

but are spotted like leopards. What is Munchauser's either.

myth is the frequently re- cited nonsense that the Kobe

massaged eattle ore

with oil. Kobe beef is also an export item nowadays, beit the len- demesa and toste come from

and feeding stall

-

gentle

handling.

With the hunting season dine tull swing, we can grilled bear's paw, goulasch Ladzer, Fast Siberian goose or

rleak. And a wild bear

for those who like to surprise their dinner guests. I noticed following items in a food store

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the

his week:

Seasoned Snake Meat Roasted Caterpillary Fried Grasshoppers Fried Baby Bers Fried Zaza lisects Smoked Roosen Comis Chocolate-covered Ants

*

but a infanit in the decs penAirline hostesses have pores of a wikkid

uzle. See-

up,

saw for ever! Up, down,

Hospin down is our mottow. this will fined us as it leats you at pressink-A won at Laid as yore marrinors say, ho yes.

Pardonable hesitation, or

Embarras de Richesses

"Come, put your best foot for-

ward, little one,"

The centipede's mama cried to

ker 30.

And,

wondering what she was getting at,

The centipede replied:

foot is that?"

"Which

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TARGET

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HOW MAD! words of tour Jelters

or more cad

make 7001 from the letters a the

square

on the left?

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cach word.

the Tekkers In each of the small squares may be used once only. Each word must con- in the large felter in the ceuire square, and there mit be t word in the

least one nine-lege: no foreign

List. tin

words; po proper names. TODAY'A TARGET. 30 wurd good 38 words, very good : 41 words, excellent. Solution LYHIGKTÓW.

YESTERDAY'S

BOLUTION 1 E to lowez louse ausei QUEZULOUN role zouma ruse alve stue ator sole are sorel sotii souET sire arti, user.

London Express Bervice.

11

reputation for attracting

husbands, but Japan's

pretty sightseeing bus

8

Mail Notices

The Talent times Di Dostine shown below are those for un- tetistered correspondence st

at O.P.D., Itongkong. The posting times alarwhere which in general, are earlier than the G2.0. times can be ascertained by enquiry at the local office.

The latest posting Ames for registered Reticles are generally one hour earlier than the timer shows below. Partienjaza mails 1 Earding TAICE ascertkined by

at any enquiry post once.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER [

Japan, 2 p.m. Philippines,

By Alt

I

Australia, New Zea

land. i. 2 p.m.

Guth, pin Okinawa, Korea, ↑ p.ru. Formosa, pr

By Rurface

Thalfand pn New Zealand, 3 m Australia, 5 p.m. Margo, & p.m.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1S By Att

Howall, U.S.A., 8. k.m. Vietnam.

Frnice, Cambodia,

guides are marrying offand, Burma, India, Moon,

in "embarrassing num- bers" BF 071€ company manager complained. No less than 28 of his guides are leaving the job get married before New Year.

Apart

to

from the passengers!

who do their own propasng, it Is not uncommon for a husband bug several and wife to ride times to assess the guide as a possible wide for their DOEL. Once approved, a "go-between" eniers the scene and makes the arrangements. Roughly half the marriages contracted in Japan, are still done on this brokerage basis,

When

a gravel truck col- with lided head-on another speeding truck with 4 tons of loaded TNT near Yokohama this week, 94 people were in- jured and 4 killed. These latter were the

drivers i

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Middle East, Altica, Aden, Great

Britain. & Europe, Noon.

Japan, 1 p.m.

Philippines, Dutch New Cuines.

Laos, p.m.

Australia, New Zealand, Fiji. 2 p.nir

Canada, V.9.A.. 6 p.m.

By Burface China, People's Republic, 7 4.0. Malaya Ceylon. India, Aden.

via Port Said!,

Egypt, Great Britain,

Curi parcel Noon.

Hawall, Noon

C.Z..

urope

Cristobal"

Cuba parecia direct, Noon.

Costa Rica, Chile, (parcels direct), Noon.

Macao, 1 p.m.

North Borneo, Br. New Guinen. 1

Pin.

Pakistan. Iran,

(Bahrain Be

Kuwait arces direct and

yla Karachi). 3 p.m.

Japan, U.S.A., C. & S. America,

Cambodia, 3 p.m.

13 p.m.

Macao, p.m.

BBLE TIRUGHE

FOR TODAY

When

he shall appear,

WB

and co-drivers. Later, the shall be like him John 3:2.

police

Bald that

people are killed on

10

We tend to become like that this which we admire and love. It

Btretch of road every

we admire and like ugly and

day through traffic ac- evil things, we will in time re- cidents.

The clever police statisticians worked out that

have

one

semble them.

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