One Eight Thousand Eligible For Club Mensa
A wealthy bearded barrister's Caterham based society aims for 600 members to form a vetted expert body. Members must show kindness and conscientiousness beyond brains. Vera Rose Davies and Margaret Baxter served as presiding figures before stepping down.
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Smo
Caterham
London
Leisu
Vera Rose Davies
Tulse Hill
Margaret Baxter
Exeter
Mensa
Cattell
British doctor accepts colonial service post in Africa
Dr Pamela Hilton Canham, 25, of Hogarth Road Earl's Court London, has taken a Colonial Service role as a medical officer in Accra Ghana. She must remain single to keep the post and leaves for the Gold Coast in September to begin work at a large Accra hospital.
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Pamela Hylton Canham
Hogarth Rd
Earl’s Court
London
Colonial Service
Gold Coast
Accra
New UK Farm Implements Two Automatic Tools Unveiled
New Farm introduces a potato planter and fertiliser distributor costing under £100 each. The single row planter sows 6 to 8 acres daily with 15 to 24 inch spacings, while the distributor holds 3 or 4 cwt. Both run off a tractor with main drive by chain from a wheel hub sprocket and suit Ferguson Fordson Major David Brown and Nuffield rear power lifts.
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Ferguson
Fordson
David Brown
Nuffield
Baby born on Jethou sent to Guernsey hospital
A bonfire summoned a doctor from Guernsey to the 44 acre island of Jethou where there are no telephones. Mrs. W G Withycombe gave birth to a third baby boy, the first on Jethou, and the infant was rushed by speedboat across four miles to a hospital in Guernsey.
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Guernsey
Jethou
W. G. Withycombe
Hospital
An Occasion Beyond Politics Calwell Immigration Visit
The visit of Immigration Minister Arthur Calwell marks an important nonpartisan moment as Australia embraces its 50,000th displaced person recipient from European camps. More ships like the Asturias arrive and Britain and DP groups enter through Port. The piece argues rapid assimilation strengthens immigration power and national progress.
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Arthur Calwell
Calwell
Europe
Australia
Asturias
Theso
Peta
Derk
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