The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia • Page 17

Till A girl who dreamt of stardom vanished, and all England asked. "Where Is Mamie?" ii rj a i fines UUUvi, KLhU; Baytr McDonald A Day pass their colossal savings on to you. Prices ara genuintly rtduced.vStocks must ba sold! Reconditioned, fully guaranteed superseeded, brand new, hire purchase charge back, and as traded, all in an extravaganza of incredible bargains. These are just a few of our bargains hundreds more! Hurry for your pick of the best. REFRIGERATORS EXPLORE CAVE Fl WESTIKGHOUSE 15 ELECTROLUX, 5 cu.

ft. 25 FRIGDAIRE, 5f cu. ft. 30 CROSLEY, sealed unit 391 FRIGIDAI2E, 7 cu. ft.

50 MALLETS 591 HAUSTROM, oubfand. 75 KELYINATOR, 10 cu. ft. 90 KELVINATOB 15 PRESIDENT 20 ELECTRICE 29 W'HOUSE 6 c. ft.

35 CROSLEY, 9 cu. ft 491 HAUSTROM, cx cor.d. 55 KELVINATOR, 8 cu ft 70 CROSLEY, 9 cu. ft. 85 WASHING MACHINES HOOVER 15 POPE 15 LAUNDEROLL, ix.

cond.25 LIGHTBURN, twin tub 35 TURNER, ex. cond. 45 BENDIX, aulo 55 HOOVERMATIC 79 KELYINATOR, auto. 95 SIMPSON 15 HOOVER 20 WILKIXS SERVIS, hlr. 29 POPE, ex.

cond. 40 WESTIKSHOUSE 49 MALLEYS, auto. 69 SIMPSON, excellent 85 SIMPSON, fully wto. 115 LONDON, Saturday. A sawn-up skeleton and a thrco-stono engagement ring found in a smugglers' cave may solvo the 40-year-old mystery of a missing chorus girl.

The discovery was made by three explorers in an underground tomb in a bat-haunted cave at Brandy Cove, near Swansea, Wales. TELEVISION famous makes, Including H.M.V., Sfromberg Admiral, Philips, sacrificed to clear from 3910-. VACS. sensationally priced from 5 EASY WEEKLY TERMS ing from old records and newspaper cuttings that police are studying. Love letters she wrote to other men while she was living with George Shotton show that she was unfaithful.

STAKXE: 40 Parramatta LA7711, U6438, LA199A Nelson StM AnnandaU. Similar bargain available at PARRAMATTA 153-155 Church Street. YL74S5 (opp. Fire Station) Police immediately reopened the file on beautiful show girl Mamie Stuart. Her disappearance in 1920 is one of the riddles of the century.

Mamie was the daughter of a Sunderland sea captain. She dreamed of success on the West End stage. Her first chance came when she went on a provincial tour with a group called "The Magnets." She was a dashing and beautiful brunette, aged 21, when she met a marine engineer named George Shotton in .1917.. He was 37. The next year she and Shotton spent some time in PEERS AS 'You can tell a man's char Valtzino Mati Wal9tf BarbecucX JW LJ IhLS La with ijotir new -yyj- London and she made stage I acter by the state of his shoes' Mr Bill Glew said this week.

Sw. YOU'RE ALL SET FOR FUN OUTDOORS K'J sw W'-i I "A man becomes a sort of psychologist in this game," Mr Glew said. "I can pick the brand and the price of a pair of shoes at sight and the character of the man who wears them. "I haven't any secret formula just spit and polish. "I dean about 50 pairs of shoes a day and go through about 12 tins of polish.

"Show time is a good time what with the graziers and their half Wellingtons and elas-' tic-side boots. Chatter 0 "No extra but plenty of work." Mr Glew said he had no particular line of chatter with which he engaged his customers. He said, "Hairdressers' like to talk about That's their "But I talk about any. thing with one rule. Let slL.

I U. Mr Glew, one of Sydney's leading shoe-shine "boys," has cleaned more than, half a million pairs of shoes in the past 30 years. They have included the footwear of peers, knights, their ladies, film stars, jockeys and. rous-abouts. For the past live years Mr Glew, has followed the "spit and polish" trade in the basement of the Australia Hotel.

Before that he polished his way up and down George Street. Despite the loss of the fingers of his left hand, Mr Glew has maintained a reputa-tion of a "mirror finish. Taking up- his vocation during the Depression, he has seen the price of a shoe shine rise from a "zac" to the present-day rate of "two He has cleaned the shoes of Lord Bailleu, of Sefton, the late N.S.W. appearances there. Then they returned to South Shields and in May, 1918,.

they went through a form of marriage. Digamist A couple of months later they went to Newton near Swansea and lived in a large house only 300 yards from where the body was found in Brandy Cbve. Then Mamie disappeared. Police forces all over the country looked for the show girl with dark brown bobbed hair and light grey eyes. Newspaper billboards all over England asked: "Where is Mamie?" Then it was discovered that Shotton had already been married when he wed Mamie.

He was gaoled for 18 months for bigamy. The body In the cave was covered with sacking and boulders. Some of the bones were cut clean through, apparently with a saw. The police asked Scotland Yard to help in tracing George Shotton. They, said a report that Shotton 'had died 10 years ago probably was untrue.

No death certificate could be traced. A fascinating picture of the life of Mamie is emerg- With Protcta-Port Awning and Waltzing Matilda "190" Barbtcu noy all th wonderful plaiur of outdoor living. In tho cool, ihady protection of Protcta-Port, barbtcuo succulent ttoakt for all the family. Entertain your friendt this modern easy way. This it a genuine Xmai offer you get this amazing Waltzing Matilda "190" Barbecue for your new patio" FREE with your new Protecta-Port Unit Buy NOW.

luy only genuine, guaranteed PROTECTA-PORT to protect and add value to your homo. Guard agaimt sizzling summer heat, koop your Homo livable all yoar round PROTECTA-PORT is Australia's bost value, best quality and FULLY GUARANTEED. SPECIAL FREE XMAS (DEFER FREE SITE INSPECTION AND MEASURE-UP. 8 FREE QUOTE, ERECTION, DELIVERY. FREE COUNCIL APPROVAL.

FREE WALTZING MATILDA BARBECUE WITH YOUR NEW PROTECTA-PORT UNIT. i I HI il LP I Tei Pretecta-rVt, L. O. Trading Pv.J UsU If Sydenham lead, Marrickvillo. i I Please send me, FREE AND WITHOUT I OBLIGATION, details and prices for my I pilous amy PROTECTA-PORT carportawning, slxo op- 'rft proximately T2M LA 0349 LA 8209 I Addi him staVs chum and Anne Baxter, rtiare shows Mr and leading jockeys, in- Glew at work on a eluding George Moore.

customer's shoes. fe2 SUNDAYS AFTER HOURS FM 2306 17 THE SUN-HERALD, NOV. 12. 1961 17.