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BERKELEY, Calif., April 21--Ex-New Zealand International Noel Bowden proved the difference today as the Crimson ruggers went down to California's Golden Bears, 18 to 6. Bowden scored 12 points for Cal, as Jim Joslin kicked the whole Crimson score...
Amidst his preparations to lead a New Zealand expedition to the Antarctic in December, Sir Edmund Hillary, beekeeper and co-conqueror of Mount Everest, spread the word that he has a vacancy for one newshawk in his party. But the billet has some apron strings attached to it. The extraordinary newshawk he wants will first have to earn a diploma from the New Zealand army's School of Cooking and Bakery-and then be man enough to slave through long polar days and nights over both a hot typewriter and a hot stove...
Officialdumb. In Wellington, New Zealand, an irate housewife complained that she phoned the Department of Agriculture for help when her home was invaded by a buzzing swarm of wasps, was told that she would receive a circular on wasp control in the next mail...
...spires and jeweled pagodas of many-templed Bangkok last week. In answer to the Thai government's invitation, SEATO nations were staging their first joint maneuvers to show how fast they could come to the aid of their ally. A task force of U.S., British, Australian and New Zealand warships knifed northward through the turquoise waters of the Gulf of Siam. Crisp and impressive, 650 Philippine infantrymen rolled ashore from a U.S. seaplane tender in the harbor. U.S. Globemasters and Flying Boxcars, lugging men and arms from Japan, came up like thunder across the South China...
...tedious life on her husband's sheep ranch in New Zealand's Eglinton Valley gave Mrs. Ruth Chartres a wistful eye for the peaks that towered into the clear air high above her home. She set her heart on mastering Mount Cook, New Zealand's tallest (12,349 ft.). Called Aorangi (Cloud Piercer) by the Maoris, Cook is a tough enough test for a professional mountaineer. Sir Edmund Hillary, co-conqueror of Everest, practiced there; many lost their lives in the attempt...