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Country Inquiries' Invited. MF1272 CONSULTATIONS FREE. SASH BALANCES No. 31,719 (RefUtercd at G.F.O., Melbourne, tori jTrtnimUtloo by Post Nampaierj MELBOURNE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1956 14 PAGES PRICE 4d. r-r-f i SEARCH FOR YACHT AMERICA TO SHIELD Fought Heavy Seas Coffins Street Cuffing ABANDONED I 1 SYDNEY, Sunday.

A combined sea-air search for a yacht reported missing in the Sydney-Hobart yacht race was abandoned today with the boat still unsighted. MIDDLE EAST FROM RUSSIANS Eisenhower Has Historic Plan WASHINGTON, December 30 (A.A.p.). The United States has decided on an historic "Eisenhower Doctrine" to throw a protective shield of U.S. power around the troubled Middle East. High U.S.

Government officials said yesterday that the President had decided to commit U.S. military and economic strength to fill the Middle East vacuum created by the weakening of British and French influence fol lowing the. Suez attack. Meanwhile, United Nations divers have to clear the blocked Suez Canal. started operations The yacht, which Is still unidentified, has been reported as dismasted and drifting helplessly off the N.S.W.

coast northeast of Gabo Island. A Lincoln bomber, based at Sale, Victoria, today scoured the area from 5 a.m. to il a.m. It had also searched for more than six hours on Saturday. Several yachts were sighted, but all appeared safe and were hugging the coastline.

Concern for the safety of the yacht began on Friday when another entrant in the race reported that the yacht was dismasted and drifting. It was increased that evening when an uniden- tined s.u.a. signal, thought to be from the same yacht, was picked up. Rockets Seen The Eden pilot. Can- tain D.

Williamson, put out in a trawler on Fri day night. Soon after, three roc kets, which appeared to be about zu miles away, were seen. Another roc ket was sighted 15 miles further on, but a nine-hour search revealed no trace of the yacht. Today, Captain Wil llamson said that the search had been called off until more definite uv formation was received. "We have covered the area pretty thorough- OWN YOUR ill.

y4-' 'vll other Issues that divide the Middle East. At SUEZ today, a Dutch diver entered the water to inspect the sunken warship Aboukir, 28 feet under the surface. He was, to mark up the vessel for dismantling. Two Greek divers of the Egyptian Canal Authority are busy on the sunken ship Zamalek at the entrance to 3uez harbor. The Government-sponsored Middle East News Agency reported that divers of the autho Homes Lost in N.S.W.

Fires The "Eisenhower Doctrine," according to a United Press report, will include two salient features: A "hands-off" warning to the Soviet Union that will make clear the United States is ready to go to wur, if necessary, to prevent Communist seizure of the oil-rich Middle East by frontal attack or by subversion. A 500 million dol. (about 223 million) U.S. economic aid programme for the Middle East. Details of the plan will be discussed when Mr.

Eisenhower meets Congressional leaders at the White House on Tuesday. Consultations on America's new Middle East policy will be held soon w. -anfiiij'rance and Athpr. NATO' countries? Help for U.N. James Reston, chief Washington correspondent of the "New York Times," said today that the Eisenhower Admini stration's plan had been aratted Dy tne secretary of State (Mr.

Dulles)- Mr. Dulles, he said, was going to the United Na tions tomorrow to re assure the secretary- General Hammar- skjoeld) that the new policy was not designed to interfere with, or replace, present U.N. efforts to get a settlement of the Suez Canal problem, and SYDNEY, Sunday. New. South.

Wales this week end' had one of the greatest tire perils in its history. Iy," Captain Williamson said. "There is no definite proof that she is missing, and she might well turn up at the finish line." The iicntnouse-keeper at Gabo Island said last night that the last yacht mat naa been seen assed by at 1.30 p.m. on 'rldav. It had a blue sail.

However, a number of the entrants had sailed wide after passing Cape Howe, and had not been sighted from the lighthouse. He said that in yester day's rough seas it would have been almost impos sible to pick up a yacnt at a distance. 'Not Concerned' The inter-State ship Westralia, on its way to Melbourne, kept a close look out for the missing yacht on its way down the coast. But in the rough seas, which ran all yesterday, nothing was sighted. Altogether, six yachts have not been heard from since the race began last Wednesday.

They are Siandra, Fantasy, Nirlpa, Renene, Tarni and Phalarope. The secretary of the Cruising Yacht Club (Mr. C. Holsworth) said none of the ships had radios. "We are not unduly concerned about the yachts," he said.

"As all the crews are experienced and all the ships were in very good condition." OWN FLAT Free Trial Offer. No obligation. I Open Saturdays. I li Snd Fr. Booklet and 14 Dayl' I TrI.I Offar to I NAME ADDRESS STATi ROUS fX APTUAiroE 'Dept.

10). 104 Qum gtmt, I Metbo.rne, or 9 Martin Flaca, I Sydney. rity had been working both at Suez and Is-mallia since Wednesday. The agency said that wont at tne autnoritys offices in Port Said, Is-mailia and Suez would start on January 1, when all employes would report to work. Lieutenant General Raymond Wheeler, in charge of UJJ.

operations, said in Port Said today that, clearing Suez harbor was the biggest job. 0) "Eisenhower Doctrine," see page 4. fires were still burning this morning, as another day of scorching heat began. In Sydney the temperature climbed to 97.3 deff the hottest for three years and hot, gusty winds made conditions the worst for the summer. Weary fire fighters battled throughout the day and into the night to save hundreds of threatened homes.

The worst outbreaks were at Campbelltown, Springwood, Ingleburn, Berwora and Bulll. Brigades were called to 90 bush and grass fires in the Sydney metropolitan area throughout the day. The Weather Bureau predicts a further high bush fire danger throughout Sydney and most districts of the State tomorrow. Chairman of the State Bush Fire Committee (Mr. H.

E. Messer) said tonight conditions today were the worst in the history of N.S.W. for bush firenj. KURREWA IV again took the line honors in the Sydney-Hobart yacht race this year. This aerial shot shows her keeling over in heavy seas off Cape Raoul (on the south-east coast of Tasmania) 1 yesterday.

(Pieturegram.) 1 ALL THE PROFESSIONAL seers' are issuing their predictions for 1957, but I don't intend emulating them. I am content to leave this plumbing of the future to such soothsayers as the compilers of Old Moore's Almanac, who have now been foretelling coming events sometimes rightly, sometimes wrongly for 256 years. Anyone who does his punting on the information of racecourse urgers would possibly esteem the words of these prophets. The rest of us will remain sceptical. THE ASTONISHING thing is that many of these foretellers of the future contrive to prosper.

This is compelling evidence of human credulity understandable enough in the Middle Ages, when every kind of charlatan throve, but inexplicable in the Atomic Age, when superstition has surrendered to science. Or has it? You can't help wondering, when as-trologists and the like can still set' millions goggling with their prophecies of what will happen come Michaelmas. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY of these mystic prophets foretold that Ken Rosewall would turn professional. Even without Information from the stars above us, it was obvious for weeks, if not months, that the only uncertainty was when Rosewall would announce his decision. Nobody will blame him for deciding, at 22, to use his tennis genius to se-oure his future.

At least nobody will blame him, except blgols ifcliu believe the professional athlete should be bracketed with- the professional safe-cracker. THE MEAT INDUSTRY Employes' Union is naturally concerned about a sharp decline in Australia's appetite for meat. This won't be corrected by exhortations to customers: persuasion upon some butchers to mend their ways, especially to give buyers the cuts they seek, instead of fobbing them off with inferior cuts, would achieve more. Most of us don't mind paying fair meat prices. We do object to paying for a choice cut and finding a lesser cut in the parcel.

I AM DELIGHTED THAT a serious musician should defend young Australians who like rock 'n roll. The words of Mr. Lionel Hickey, Hobart A.B.C. symphony orchestra leader, at the Council ot Adult Education summer school, will perhaps silence some of those unbending fogeys who find It horrifying that, youth acts its age. Thirty years ago the fogeys were denouncing mixed bathing and the Charleston.

Now they are denouncing bikinis and rock 'n roll. The world will doubt-Jess survive. JJY RESEARCHES ON the male nightshirt (C.S.C., 2812) have uncovered a tantalising fact. A survey by a Melbourne men's store established that most men addicted to pyjamas Wear either the trousers or the coat, discarding the other half of the pyjama suit. don't know what becomes of the unworn pyjama coats and pyjama trousers.

Perhaps they are turned' into beds for the household cat andor oog. 1 NOTE THAT HOLLYWOOD screen actress Ava Gardner is now en gaged to Italian comedian Walter Chlarl. I also note that hpr tub icitv agent's an nouncement cautiously observes that the engage ment cannot yet be "con sidered oinciar oecau.se Miss Gardner is still mar rled to Frank Sinatra. Dashed old-fashioned, en, rogworthy John Hetherington More than 200 fires blazed along a 154-mile chain of the coast from Gosford, in the north, to Nowra, in the south, and west to Springwood, In the Blue Mountains. In Saturday's fires six houses were destroyed and many others damaged.

No homes were destroyed today. In the inner-Sydney area other fires destroyed four factories and damaged an hotel, causing damage estimated at more than 100,000. Many of Saturday's Fatal Lome Cliff Crash GEELONG, Sunday. The only sur-vivor of an Ocean Road crash last night collapsed at the Lorne police station this morning after staggering seven miles for help. 528 T00RAK ROAD, TOORAK 40 GLORIOUS SELF-CONTAINED FLATS EARING COMPLETION.

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243 COLLINS STREET CENTRAL 340 Today Will be Hot, Then Cool The Weather Bureau last night forecast that this morning will be hot, but a south-west change is expected to produce cooler conditions in the afternoon and possibly showers. The cool change will extend throughout the State tonight. Tomorrow will be cloudy, showery and cool Temperatures in the city before the change to day are likely to reach at least no aeg. Tne maximum yesterday was 77.1 at 2.40 p.m. Rosewall Turns Professional Twenty-two-year-old Davis Cup tennis star Ken Rosewall announced in Adelaide yesterday that he had turned professional.

He is Raymond Morse, 25, of Raglan Street, Maryborough, who was unconscious for about six hours after the car crashed 80 feet down a cliff at Eastern View. The passenger in the car, William Yeoman, 28, also of Maryborough, was killed instantly. When Morse recovered consciousness at dawn he climbed the cliff face and Kurrewa First to Finish in Ocean Race HOBART, Sunday. Kurrewa IV crossed the Sydney-Hobart finishing line at 3.31 this afternoon, 32 min. 19 sec.

ahead of Solo. It was her fifth line-honors win in the race. Catriona, a N.S.W. yawl, is expected to finish next. probably early tomorrow morning.

At dark she was near the eastern headland of the Derwent estuary. With the next bunch of yachts so far behind the leaders, Solo, a 57-foot, all-steel cutter from Sydney, could win the rf.ee on handicap. Lauriana, the radio mother-ship, was taken in tow after damaging sails and losing her pro-pellor. Joint owners of Kurrewa, Frank and John Livingstone, said it was the toughest race they hud experienced. (Further details.

Page 3.) Japanese Yard Builds Tanker TOKYO, Dec. 30. The deadweight tanker. World In dependence, built for the Facinc Navigation Company of Greece, by the Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Company, was launched at Nagasaki, southern Japan, today. I stumbled into Lorne for help.

First Constable Cough-Ian, of Belmont, on duty at the Lorne police station, gave Morse attention and then organised a rescue party. He hurried to the scene In the Lorne ambulance, accompanied by Dr. Byers, of Lorne. The spot where the car left the road was too precipitous for the party to climb down and a detour had to be made to the beach. Yeoman's body had to be carried for half a mile along the rocks until the party could climb up to the waiting ambulance.

Later Morse was admitted to Geelong Hospital. He is believed to have been dazzled by the headlights of an oncoming car, causing him to swerve off the road. See Page 3. MORE COMFORT SECURITY th1 ruptured Try the Rouml Appliance Pr. Enable! you to do any type of work with comfort and security.

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Kramer estimated yesterday that Rosewall, after paying taxes, would possibly clear 20,000. Rosewall will make his professional tennis debut when Kramer's troupe plays In Melbourne on January 15. Rosewall, who has represented Australia in four Davis Cup challenge rounds against America, is the fifth Australian Davis Cup player since the war to turn professional. The others were Frank Sedgman, Ken McGregor, Dlnny Palls and Rex Hartwig. Sedgman, who received 33,000 to turn professional in January, 1953, is the only Australian to receive more than Rosewall.

Kramer said yesterday that he had approached Lew Hoad with a professional offer but Hoad had stated he was not interested. The president of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia (Mr D. Ferguson) said Rosewall's defection to professionalism would leave a big gaD In Australian tennis, but he felt sure his place would be filled and the Davis Cup held by Australia. Further References, F. 2.

THE GREATEST NEWSPAPER FOR CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS IMEX: "Stick to It," is Premier's 1957 Message In a special New Year message, the Premier (Mr. Bolte) last night appealed for the same courage and determination in 1957 as had been shown in 1956. "If we can approach 1957 with this same courage and determination we will overcome any obstacles that may fall in out way," he said. "I for one have great faith in the future of Victoria, which is still in the throes of great development." The year just ending saw the State reach new milestones in Its and the new year would perhaps have even greater things in store. If we could forget our petty differences and work together as a team, Mr.

Bolte said, then Victoria would "stride along the road of prosperity," unhampered and unfettered. He added: "Victoria is a great State with a great future. If we do our bit we will consolidate our prosperity. A Happy New Year to you all. For ANYCsSPARE or Accessory for AN MODEL call rJlELFORDMOlTCS TheMelbourne Home of l0jP?) 621 Elizabeth Melbourne FREE KERBSIDE PARKING AT OUR DOOR Page.

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