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Page Two THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C. Friday March 13, 1959 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiw I KENNEL KAPERS I IN KANGAROO LAND Si s_ ii iiiiii iHHiiiimidMMitHii If you good people are beginning to wonder what Australia has to do with this series of articles, we are in the same boat. We’ve been on the sea for a month now, yet there are still two weeks to go. We shouldn’t gripe, however, be cause we are visiting parts of the world which we never thought we would have the chance to see first hand Leaving London, we entered the Mediterranean Sea through the Strait of Gibralter. It was dark and the Rock of Gibralter was lit up by a series of floodlights. It ap pears to be the largest outdoor ad vertisement in the world for a certain insurance company. We sailed along the barren rocky coast of North Africa, under the tip of Italy, and into Greece, where we picked up about 70 Greek immigrants to Australia. About a day later we entered the Suez Canal. The canal is a mar vel in itself. Engineered by the Frenchman deLessups, it joins the Rod Sea and the Mediterranean Sea—100 miles of narrow channel cut out of seemingly endless des ert. The ship must go through the canal in convoys. In ours th»re are about 15 ships. There are several lakes in the canal which allow con voys going in the opposite direc tion to pass each other. Our ship went through for a fee of about $20,000 and a saving of 1,652 miles by not going around Africa. Because of the Suez crisis several years ago, however, the British are building a whole new all Illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll MimiHiKMiimimiMiiiMi ELECTRIC MOTOR REBUILDERS 24-Hour Service ACE ELECTR!CAL CO. I 318 S. Front St. Dial ME 7-7350 TONY'S DRUG STORE ME 7-4060 - Free Delivery - line of ships to go around Africa if trouble breaks out again. Port Said, Egypt, stands at the entrance to the Suez. This city was the main point of conflict several years ago, when British and French troops entered Egypt. If you remember, it was the Unit ed States through the United Na tions which stopped the British and French before they got fur ther. Port Said still bears signs of the battle. Bombed out buildings and walls riddled with machine gun bullets bear mute testimony to past events. Also in evidence were the re mains of a large statue of deLes sups standing at the entrance to the canal, which had been bombed by an Egyptian mob during the crisis. Whether it be for the sake of the tourists who came through Port Said, or whether it is evidence of a general improvement throughout Egypt, we do not know, but Presi dent Nasser has built many fine new schools, apartment houses and government buildings in Port Said. Everywhere we went people ex tolled the virtues of Nasser, and how much he had done for the country since he forcibly came in to power. For once Robbie kept his mouth shut and didn’t dare to get into any political arguments. As an example of how dangerous such a thing is, while he was talk ing with a young Egyptian student about life in America, a policeman came up and arrested the student. Then about half a block away, a small riot occurred when the student tried to get away from the policeman. About 10 or 12 young boys jumped in to help the student. To tell the truth, Robbie didn’t wait around to see whether he got aWay or not. ^ As we walked along the^treets of Port Said, we came upon'^ beau-' tiful Catholic church and a Mosque. We had been told to visit these ttvo places as they would hold quite a bit of interest for us. Our problem arose, however, when we discovered that no one in our group of five Australians and two Americans knew the correct procedure in entering and visiting the. Mosque. Out of nowhere came an Egypt ian shoeshine man, filled with in formation as to the correct ritual when entering the Mosque. He in sisted that he show --us, free of charge, all that was necessary. The gentlemen followed us to the imHimiiiiiiiiHMmiitiiiiiMCffinmMM miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii miiiuiiiuiimmji Mrs. Mae Blanchard II SPENCER - INDIVIDUALLY DESIGNED II CORSETS AND BRASSIERES ii Route 4, Box 363 Phone ME 7-3778 Our cakes and our pies Are delicious treats When your husband sighs For home-made sweets. Feast Him on Blueberry Pie Or an Orange Butter Cake CRAVEN BAKERY 325 South Front ME 7-3651 NEXT TO BRADDY'S LAUNDRY Mosque, and told us to remove our shoes at the doorway. This, in its entirety, was our lesson in Mosque ritual. The Egyptian insisted that Rob bie allow him to shine his shoes, without charge, while we were in the Mosque. After a few unheeded “no’s” by Robbie and a few “hur ry ups” by our friends, Robbie de cided he’d let the Egyptian poiish his shoes to save further delay. The Egyptian did a fine job of shining Robbie’s shoes, and Robbie thanked him by giving him half a shilling, which is considered a very adequate sum. This was not enough the Egyptian indignantly told Rob bie. Robbie politely told the man that he could not be shamed into paying an outrageous price for the “free” service. The Egyptian, whose tem perature rose a point with each step, began to shout that he want ed more money, four times what he had been paid. By this time we had reached the Catholic church. Our five-minute stay was the most beautiful time of our Pori Said day. The tone was quite different outside, when we found our “friend” waiting. He thrust out his hand and angri ly demanded more money, which Robbie again refused him. The man threw the money on the walk, and a dozen kids scrambled for it, one Service on All Makes of Electrical Appliances Eubanks Refrigeration Service ME 7-2571 coming up as tlu' victoi. Now tile man insl,ste(l he had nolhing, and would be satisfied with the amount he originally was paid. We were followed by this raging man for five or six blocks, lie became so angry—and we were n’t too pleased—that he hurriedly opened a bottle of liquid black polish and threatened to “shine Robbie. Luckily, one of our Australian friends decided he’d like to have a picture of the threatening Egypt ian and the threatened American. The Egyptian ran hastily down the street and away from the camera. He was afraid, apparently, that we would turn his photograph over to the Police Department. Actually, we wonder what the police could and would have done anyway. WE SELL USED AUTO PARTS We Buy: Brass—Copper—Radiators Batteries—Scrap Iron and Steel SAULTER AUTO SALVAGE CO. Morehead Hwy. — Dial ME 7-3910 The good judgment of some peo- pie will never wear out—they don’t use it often enough. FUCL OIL Quick M.t.r.d D.llv.ry McCOHER OIL CO. 2307 Tront Blvt). PHONB ME 7-5003 Wherever thirsty people are... ^ Odorless Dry Cleaning and Snow White Laundry - ONE-DAY SERVICE - DELIVERY OR CASH & CARRY BRADDY'S 323 S. Front ME 7-2159 m-. |K'- The billion-dollar spenders are after you again! Lying in wait for you and other taxpayers is an unnecessary expense of Un billion dollars. It s being set up by the most expert big spenders of your money—the lobbyists and pressure groups who promoteJederal “public power.” This ten billion dollars is in addition to five and a half billion already spent for public power —collected from you and other taxpayers. And it s all so unnecessary! Because America’s many independent electric light and power companies are ready and able to supply the na tion’s electricity needs—without your tax money. What can you do about it? Plenty! Spread the word among your friends a.nd neighbors. As soon as enough people know they are paying needlessly for federal government "public power,” they will stop it. (CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY)
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