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

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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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17
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MONSTER NEW SEA OH Ik 1IC 1 VISCOUNT DWARFED 3 200 Evan, if your old fur Jacket li wall worn, the good skim remaining will make this charming wrap. Choose now from our brilliant 1758 range. Model of the giant new flying boat freighter with a model of a Viscount airliner on the same scale. 1 The new plane is designed to carry one million lb. of freight.

1 1 QMa brings you Discounts for Summer Remodels Because we believe that the relationship between a woman and her furrier is the most personal one in a world of fashion, we welcome the responsibility of keeping your fur (whether originally from Cornelius or not) at their lovely best. We have a complete workroom with the most expert craftsmen devoted to fur restyling and Sydney Marsden, famous London furrier, heads our remodelling advisory department; he will willingly quote you for an entirely design or a minor repair. But we have one problem how to keep an even flow of servicing work 12 months of the year. To help for your fur in summer time. To help you offer you specialy low prices.

Does your old ctyle look bulky? Change to a 1958 capastole for slim flattery. LONDON, Saturday (Staff Special). A British firm is planning a huge flying-boat the largest aircraft ever conceived to compete with cargo ships between Australia and Britain. A BEAUTY TREATMENT Perhaps isll your fur needs is to restore its lustre we can' clean and revitalise your fur scientifically to bring back all its hidden beauty miles with smaller 5,000 loads. As well as these Summer discounts, there are these extra advantages FREE.

A new lining with complete style changes, so the inside of your fur is fresh and pretty, too, FREE. Safety chamber storage for your precious fur for any period till next May. FREE. Insurance valuation. If your fur belongs to the "skimpy" period, we can add skins to give it next year's look of generous luxury.

Plan to fuel in mid-air It might prove most eco nomical to ny the aircratt non-stop hetween Australia and Britain, refuelling it in REPAIRS Good groominq demands a well-kept fur. Let us attend to all the tiny details and revive your enjoyment of your most precious possession. Million lb. of freighl mid-air from tanker air craft. The prototype could be built in 21 years.

At present, the aircraft was planned with eight That dated tur coat you have tucked away will prove a wonderful fashion asset next season as this smooth and smart jacket. turboprop engines. Its take off run would be about one RE-DYE Tired of the colour? We can give your1, fur a glam-'orous new shade to bring it in line with 1,958 trends. The aircraft could carry 2,000 passengers or a million pounds of freight. It will cost about stg-20 million build.

It will have a wingspan of 470 feet. Mr. Raymond Hart, a director of the firm of designers, Saben, Hart and Partners, said this week he believed the flying boat would be able to undercut shipping companies on freight rates between England and Australia. The secret of the pro- ject is a new lightweight construction method," he said. "We propose to use sheets of heavily dimpled aluminium to build the aircraft.

One sheet of dimpled material has 10 times the strength of a plain sheet. Two sheets welded together have 250 times the strength of two sheets of plain aluminium. Ausf. to U.K. in 24 hours "This means we can build a much bigger aircraft for mile.

The firm is also studying a smaller project for a swept-wing flying boat to carry 600 passengers. Don't delay, bring your fur in now, so that we can restyle it with leisurely craftsmanship. But if you need it for Xmas parties, it can be ready in time. ISo! It won't be rushed. This aircraft would be powered by jet engines "bur FUR LUSTRE ied in the wing roots.

It is designed to cruise at 600 m.p.h. and oper ate for ud per passenger mile. charge with conventional aircraft. The flying boat could bring cargo from Australia to England at rates cheaper than those charged at present by shipping companies. "It will make the trip in 24 hours compared with five weeks for surface cargo.

"Australian meat could be in London butchers' shops almost as soon as it was on sale in Sydney." This would reduce the passenger fare from Austra keeps your fur looking i rfectly med. The Aerosol pack is so easy to use at home, and ty 156. COUNTRY CLIENTS. Do post your fur to your own Fur Fashion Adviser, Miss Margaret Tolley. She will work out style suggestions and quotes for you and send for illustrations to choose from.

lia to England to about stg70. MiusrauJ Bomb protest LONDON, Saturday (A.A.P.-Reuter). Indonesia has nrotested to Britain a given weigni Mr Hart said that, fully against the recent test of a I JJ As a treignier loaueu V1 fh flvin hoat weapon near with a million pounds of wolly at 500 m.p.h. Christmas Island, in the Cen- cargo, uie aircraft will opcr. ai tcet.

tral Pacific, an Indonesian tie for 2ld per ton-mile It would have a range of Embassy spokesman said about one-fifth of the freight 3.000 miles fully loaded and yesterday. 17 THE SUN-HERALD, NOV. 17, 1957.

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Years Available:
1831-2002