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Machine speeds probe of disease

N Oxford doctor hos

machine

A built

a

to

speed up British research into diseases such as cancer, dia- boter and montal illness. The machine does the work of 12 highly-trained rosearch workers. It diagnoses the dinauso accurately and is ideal for preparing mass statistica.

J

It speeds a technique used in most hospitals today known a paper chromatography. In this a sample of body fluid or blood frum patient is separated into its different componenta Da travels down a stig of absor- bent paper.

the From

analysis of an paper strips, doctors can learn Aut

inuch about the disease,

the work lakes hours, and-on a marg scale--years to reach a conclusion.

The now device can do Geveral tesls simultaneously und automatically, Only one it man is needed to operate night and day. Part of it, which and records data from ccans the paper strips, has been used successfully in Oxford hospitals for six months. The "input" half is now being modified

-London Express Service.

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1960

BY

JACKY'S DIARY JACKY Mendelsohn

The other day in SCHOOL

We Learned all About The North Pole, Which is way on Top of The World.

Gee-

all kinds of diffRENT

Age 321⁄2

ARTIC ZONE

North TEMPERED ZONE

ZONES of

The

TROPICAL ZONE

BadTempered ZONE

AUNT-ARTIC

ZONE

also They got A Lotta Polo Bears, which are very FERoshious & also are Dangerous,

GRR

The People There are called Eskimos, & they gotta WALK AROUND on TENNIS RACKets or Else they might fall off, ON COUNT of its So Slippery up there'

an other Thing Eskimos do is To Make Their Houses our of big ice-cubes, which must be Nice in The Summer

Time.

Feel

11

a Fallen

Eskimo

This is one of THE REASONS why there is- NT TOO MANY ESKIMOS... in FACT there

is 12 milės

of Land for every SQUARE Eskimo.

Except they don't have aNY Summer Time, on A COUNT of The Winter Time There is all SUMMER Long?

AN Other Reason why is because its very Cold & Its Hard To GROW any Food TheRe

FROZEN

FROZEN

Sucker

CORNS

tash

in Science Class WE LEARNED How Snowflakes are All diffrent from each other...

JAK

and GEORGE

IT WAS SIMPLY

DIVINE, CHARLIE

IRLS. Jak and I would like

Gyou all to know that you are

going to show a well-conducted silhouette this spring-long-backed, long-waisted, clean-shouldered, and altogether comme il faut,

What's more, you will be com- pletely out of the hunt if you neglect to step in pretty smartly with flop-over bows at a low de- colletage, ditto at the merged waist- line, and even more ditto at the back of the neck,

Your skirts will be 18in, off the ground, your favourite fabric will be waved mohale, your choice of colour will wobble uncertainly between mist-mauve

heather-pink, und

and, on the subject of prints, you will go ga-da over pre-Raphaelite flower designs in watergreen and biscuit. Or else,

Salon secrets

Now this is pretty priceless information, but Jak and I would be the last to claim all the credit for thus revealing the secrets of the salon and the tailor-made trends of fashion in 1000. The man you really have to thank is Charlie... sorry, Mr Charles Creed.

One of the top ten nt the frou-

frou lark, and it was ever so nice of him to let Jak and me take a Locmy-wocny peep at the spring collection he had run up In his

No. 1762? “An Army-surplus duffel-coat come

up

in the world," said JAK irreverently.

salen down Knightsbridge way. relles, and some tasty drapes in perhaps, might have laid

*

I know this in so because, after

mat-de-mer green. "Sit down, shade less emphasis on the wail- But these arc Charlio suro knows his darlings," they said. So Jak and paper motif.

unkind criticisms. On stuff, and this

not I sat down, an expectant hush niggly. because settled on the salon, and before the whole, Charles knocked all surprising, really,

you could say red flannelette we the girls for a loop. these Croods have sovan were knee-deep in Charile's 1960 of stitchwork whin-trims as modelled with gonorations bahind

the poise and precision by Lour the show, several of them said it them. Henry,

smoshing bits of material named was divine, founder of tho dynasty Elona,

Greta, Mary

tret magnifique. back in 1720, used to mund Chudette. brooches and flog fancy waistcoats round the coffee houses,

Knee-deep

Grantlad, in his furn, madu a

and

Charles gave us the lot- from "Tumie-Dove" in mist-

mauve and white boucle tweed,

by Ascher to "Quiot Wedding"

not to mention

The money

and

Compton's.

Jak rather apolled our new

admit that did

sreels ahead

1959 Kim Features Spudicate ing World nightsreserted, 12-27

invade the world of haute couture

It's the latest

ship with a sound sanctum

ship with an 'illusion

And one that moves sideways

чи

So the Scenery must be inneres. Ting on A COUNT of its always

CHANGing

Not only

only art attracts

the people of Hampstead

WHERE is London's oldest, intact weather station? Where is the only observatory in Britain which is open regularly to the public? Where can you see 80 miles across London on many a summer's evening? The all-in-one answer HAMPSTEAD.

Aalc any Londoner what Hampstead calls to mind and he will probably say its Heath, Fair and artists in that onder. Today Д fourth reputation should be added, 1 spare- time selemists. For the Hampstead Scientific Society now numbers 300. It is grow- ing daily. And from it comes a steady stream of valuable and (varied facts.

That weather station. for instance. It has stood since

The World

of Science

By Peter Fairley

1909 at Whitestone Pond, the dies to conversaziones amid the potted plants of the Town Hails highest ground in London."

Every day its readings go Today the 300 pack in, in any the Meteorological once dress, to monthly lectures on

10

10 help the national weather subjcca ranging from rocket forecast. Never once in 50

toys, the propulsion, cosmic years has the record been moon, viruses, human body tem~ broken.

peratures, smar, seals, to the Public health authorities. story of a wasps' ment Insurance companies checking on "wet weather" polley claims, even a High Court judge cssess ing storm damage in a lawsuit, have sought ila help.

Home at dawn

Nearby is the observatory,

The artist's work in Hamp- stead shows no sign of declining. But the world of science has moved in as un equal partner.

Why cry ?

[open every night, weather WHY do we cry? Do tears vermitting. Members of the W do us any good? Dr A.. 50-strong astronomy section Montagu, of Princeton Univer frequently trudge home at dawn, aty puls forward an ingenious

They have jirt sent a 21-page theory?

report on Mors to the British

Astronomical Association. Its. Ho says man is the only findings will help to answer the animal that sheds tears, Early puzzle "Are the dark arces on in his evolution, a crying species the planet vegetation?"

survived best.

1

This is because tears enter the

And as Mr Noel Elliott, a furmer secretary of the Society explains, "The world relies on noso during crying, keeping the amateur observers for such mucous membranes molt and hiformation.

The professionals providing have other work to do,"

Every night

Every night for nine years, Mr Bonacma; a retired L. C. W.

a substance which kills bacteria. Excessivo crying without Lears dries up the membrane and makes it highly

surceplible · topers.

A child, unlike most anbaals, depends on its parents for an unusually long time.

During

London from the some point on this, if user the cry as the chief the Heath.

BRITAIN'S new ships are full of new ideas. In the 20,000-ton Royal Mail Line Amazon, visited by Princess Margaret in the London docks just His before the vessel's maiden voyage, are:

AN

purpose? scientifically, to

matter that no

To

method of attracting attention.

Something, therefore, had to prove,

be developed which would pro- pome sceptics nect it.

Nature perfected the how thick

London Express Service),

London's atmosphere is in tearful type,

is often remarkably

In the ditch

AUTOMATIC REEL A TRANSVERSE PROPULwinter, it of Denis OVEN. Bulit like n baker'sSION: UNIT. Controlled from

oven, it has trays, rotating on the bridge, this will push the clear in summer. "Now here's a pretty girl with large, wheels. Heat is evenly ship sideways into her berth, distributed and there la con- iegs," said Charles.

artist in Jai #

proper

TALKING

POINTS.

High and low So we find that in May, visi- in beige alpaca and wool autting friendship by asking how much Lovely by Rodler. I confidently predlet dough Mr Croed was hoping to twitching Elona's skirt, to give siderable saving of space.

A "BLUE SKY" COCKTAIL The P & O's 45,000-ton Can-blllly averages about five miles BAR, Concealed lighting com- a great future for both of them, make out of "Sahara," etc., but the

berra, now building in Belfast, und in August over 10; frequently ing from behind bamboo screens Charies explained that money perspective.

appearance, 30.

Down in an undisturbed ditch "But observe the knee, As gives passengers the Impression Is novel, even in

Ets bna: riding habit to enable Queen Vic-

Jak, lily boy, took a was not everything - though he

notice, there is room for that they are out in the open. so tuuld be you

ENGINES AFT. and two side in Golders Hill Park, or in the toria to ride side-saddle, and

woman's Dad, who sold gente natty suit- little time to catch on, and £2,000 cut on bla amall but ex- Improvement a

by-side vents in place of fun-valley bug below the Flagstaff. The sanctum

Foclety members can be found afraid, clusive am

collection if knee is not very pretty when spring

Be silent always when Ings all over Europe, made the occasionally, 1

Now, alt nobody took any notice of his she is standing up.

LIFEBOATS Atted into the taking specimens of flowers, soll

[nr insecta. three small but exclusive spring col- down, Elona. There-you

Did you know, for instance, you doubt your sense,

-ALEXANDER POPE. the difference?**

ship's sides and placed lection.

decks lower than usual,

of the that the higher parts AN OBSERVATION heath, are on Bagshot sond-

gmdo when the Duke of Alba became rather irreverent. asked him to knock up a little something for the mismas.

Evé

In the

40,000-ton Oriana, launched for the Orient Lie Jakby Princess Alexandra, are:

A. tick

SOUND SANCTUM.

ca

ncla.

the Red Carpot, LOUNGE for. passengers high up thence its resemblance to the

It has been designed

I had quite a job explaining to

Elona sat down, and As a result of all this bespoke him that No. 1702 was not an

This fithy lucre subject was eventually, mit he sure

In the bridge "tower."

barre ecmmons arousid Woking, the Army-surplus duffel coat come tailoring, we now have

I don't want to belong to present

The Cunard's new Andania, Charlen, up in the world, but "Sahara," a obviously painful, so I adroitly see the difference, Me, I agured Known Incumbent,

high-fidelity ze for the Great Lakes oni dulf Aldershot and Sandhurst? It is dripping exclusivo, custom-built travel ault with half-leng cont in switched the conversation to Talona's kace who simply divine looms,

Porty services, will have tole-the sterility of this sand which any club which would have haute couture in all the best Sond wool miting worn over a knees, which I think pleased Mr any way she wanted it, straight specially for

end. Anyway, he or ended. Charles was simply production of music.

A CONVEYOR-DELT 'LUG- acopla maxis, a hinged radera caused such a large Metro-me as a member. places, especially Knightsbridge. blouse in Paleles print silk, Ideal Creed no

waggled the three rings on his divine, too, for a darts match.

AGE SYSTEM. Luggage most and a removable funnel politan nicely manicured 311116 finger ringly divine,

placed on elevator trays can top so that the con uso, a once Nice little joint, if you go for

ogo the 00 mirrors, strip ighting, gilt "Grand National", I thought, offored us French cigarettes, and

Allogether comme il faut, in be elected on any del pre Manchester Ship denar).members turned up in evening i

selected by the operator.

London kupress chairs, toy soldiers in a glass was rather draughty round the called for Elona to chow us her case, ancient prints, Napoleonke vulnerable parts, and "Nose," right knee-fungariosk, I think, fact,

Ind Evon

WAS

area to remain · Un-

Sixty

years

-GROUCHO MAIL. IN A LETTER TO

CLUB

-London Expr