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Zeitschrift: The Swiss observer : the journal of the Federation of Swiss Societies in the UK

Band (Jahr): - (1950)

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http://www.e-periodica.ch Che Swiss Obseiw Founded by Paul F. Bobhringer. The Official Organ of the Swiss Colony in Great Britain. EDITED BY A. STAUFFER WITH THF. CO-OPERATION OF MEMBERS OF THE SWISS COLONY IN GREAT BRITAIN. lelephone: Clkrkenwell 2321/2. Published Twice Monthly at 23, Leonard Street, E.C.2. Telegrams : Freikinco, London. Vol. 33. No. 1134. FRIDAY, APRIL 28th, 1950. Price 8d.

PREPAID SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Professor Edouard Stiefel, painter and for many (Fortnightly issue.) years a teacher at the cantonal " Gymnasium " in UNITED KINGDOM 6 issues, post free 4/6 Zurich, has celebrated his 75th birthday anniversary. AND COLONIES < 12 issues, post free 8/6 [a.t.s.j 24 issues, post free 16/- SWITZERLAND I 12 issues, post free Frs. 7.- 1 24 issues, post free Frs. 13.50 (Swiss sitbsr way be £aid into PosfscJiecfe-A'onio BasZe F 57/5/. SWISS MALE CHOIR and YODLER SEXTETT I ALTE SEKTION ZÜRICH K

During the month of February, 1950, FeJera/ the Swiss Federal Railways have carried 15.47 million passengers, or JOINT CONCERT 433,000 less than 1949. The during February receipts at from passengers service amount to 17.64 million francs, which is less than half a million francs during the QUEEN MARY same period in 1949. HALL, (foods traffic registered a reduction of 47,000 tons Y.W.C.A., Great Russell Street, and amounted to 1.08 million tons. The receipts reached the amount of 21.18 million francs which is Tottenham Court Road, W.C.l less 1949. 1.20 million francs than in February, on G.uctoms receipts during the month of March 1950, MAY 3rd, 1950 amounted to 43 million francs, or 4.5 million francs WEDNESDAY, more than in March of the previous year. at 7 p.m. During the first quarter of the current year, alto- getlier 112 million francs have been collected against So/oisf; //t/GG£7Vß£7?G 107.4 million francs during the same period in the pre- Rt/7*// vious year. * « * Tickets at 4/- and 6/- (inc. tax) may be obtained from The accounts of the Federal Tost, Telegraph and Mr. E. 99, Gresham Street, E.C.2. Telephone administration for the year 1949, close with RITZMANN, a credit balance of 40.9 million francs. * * * ear/y fo ai/oû/ <#sappornfmenf. The Federal Council has conferred the title of Consul General on Mr. Walter Schmid, Consul in Los Angeles (U.S.A.)

The Council of the Royal Photographic Canfona/ Society of Great Britain has awarded QUEEN'S HOTEL the 38th medal to Society's Progress Unrivalled Position on Promenade Professor, Dr. John Eggert of the Federal Technical s" University in Zurich, in recognition of his classical Generai Manager : Robert Lehner. : Queen's work in latent image theory, particularly on the 7"eZe/>/ione Hastings 4167. Te/eg'rams: Hastings. ; his quantum efficiency carried out with Xoddack for Ideal spot for all holidays. October and November are usually work on the effect of X-rays in photographic emulsion excellent months for Autumn Holidays in Hastings. Central and in evolving methods of standardization of photo- Heating, h. & c. water & 'phones in all bedrooms. .Gloucester' Restauianr — One of the finest on the South Coast. Ballroom, graphic speed and graininess. [a.t.s.] Piccolo Bar. Excellent facilities for Banquets, Conferences, * * * Wedding Receptions, etc. Easy reach Göll, Angling, Riding, Lina and Walter Feusi-Schad, a young married Tennis. Two minutes from .Medicinal Baths and Station. couple of Kiisnacht (Zurich), were drowned when their Write /or Tori// —- £n /tension terms /rom 25/- /er day. canoe turned over during a heavy gale which swept over A.A.**** Rotary Headquarters. R.A.C. tile lake of Zurich, [a.t.s.] 5444 THE SWISS OBSERVER April 28th, 1950.

Paul Steinmann (Socialist) born in 1893 in Zurich, lias entered Parliament (National Council) in succès- sion to the late Jakob Kägi, President of the government of the canton Zurich, [a.t.s.] VINS DU VALAIS K- * * L'Etoile du Valais (Fendant Pétillant) President of the Board of Mr. Erwin Hürlimann, Clos de Montibeux (Fendant) the " Schweizerischen Rückversicherungsgeseilschaft " of Zurich, and a member of the " Bankrat " of the Johannisberg Swiss National Bank, has celebrated his 70th birthday Dôle Clos de Ravaney anniversary in Zurich. [a.t.s.] Origineaux mis en bouteilles par S.A. Alphonse Orsat à Martigny * * * Mr. Max Hamburger, from Buchs (Ct. Zurich), has been elected Manager of the Bellvue Palace Hotel in VINS VAUDOIS Berne, in succession to the late Hermann Schmid. The new Manager had held for nine years a leading Vinzel - Luins position at Shepheards' and the Continental Savoy Mont s Rolle - Fechy Hotel, in Cairo, and for the last twelve years had been Aigle - Yvorne "General Manager of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. [A.T.S.] Origineaux mis en bouteilles par S.A. Hammel à Rolle * During the month of March, 1950, 286 traffic acci- Seuls agents pour La Grande Bretagne dents have occurred in the canton of Berne. 203 were of whom 10 succumbed to their MANETTA'S WINE COMPANY persons injured LIMITED injuries, [a.t.s.] 12b, * * -3» HALF MOON STREET, LONDON, W.I. Mr. Hans Lauterburg, head of the section RND 'Phone : GROSVENOR 2964. of the " Schweizerischen Depeschen Agentur ", has celebrated his 60th birthday anniversary in Berne. Mr. Degustez ces V/ns avec vos repas au Lauterburg is one of the pioneers of Swiss Radio. From 1929-1938 he was in charge of " Radio Bern " and from MANETTA'S RESTAURANT CLARGES STREET, LONDON, W.l. 1931-1937 he was a member of the Central Committee of the " Schweizerischen Rundspruch Gesellschaft " over 'Phone : GROSVENOR 2964. he which presided in 1935/37. [a.t.s.] SS» •X- * * Walter Stftnzi (Socialist). " Armenverwalter " of Thun, has been elected a member of Parliament (National Council) in succession to the late Ernst Berne). Colonel Indermühle, was for 50 years a teacher Jakob, [a.t.s.] at the "Oberschule" and a founder of the "Darlehens- * * * kasse" Thierachern-Lebischi. He was, at one time, in Colonel Fritz Indermühle has been nominated an command of the mountain-infantry regiment 17, and honorary citizen of the community of Thierachern (Ct. the " Landwehrbrigade " 21. [a.t.s.] * * The Federal Council lias appointed Dr. Walter Fischer (Zurich), chief of the commercial service at the XTbe General Management of the Swiss Federal Railways, IRutU Club io the post of Director of the 3rd District of the Swiss Federal Railways, [a.t.s.] will hold a * * * The well-known Swiss painter Maria La Roche, a former pupil of Hans Thomas, has celebrated her 80th DANCE birthday in Basle, [a.t.s.] from 7 p.m. to 11.30 p.m. •3S- * * on Three people were killed when on a skiing excursion SATURDAY, 13th MAY, 1950 in the Bernina district. On crossing a glacier they fell at the into a crevasse. The names of the victims are : Georg VICTORIA HALL, Weber, district engineer in Samaden and his wife, and P. Davoli, office clerk and father of three small children. BLOOMSBURY SQUARE, W.C.I [a.t.s.] Jo/inny Gat'c/a and /its Confinenfa/ Sane/ * 4F *• Mme. Marie Hortense has cele- TICKETS 5/-. Apply early, by LIGHT REFRESHMENTS. Besson-Hediguer post please to Mrs. O. M. brated her 102nd birthday anniversary in Nyon (Ct. Bolla, 74, Carleton Road, N.7 FULLY LICENSED BAR. Vaud). [a.t.s.] NORth Miss (Tel. 4932) or TOMBOLA, Etc. * * * N. Allemann, 162, Newport Dr. a lecturer at the Universities of Buildings, Shaftesbury Avenue, EVENING DRESS OPTIONAL. Guy Plattet, W.C.2. Tickets on sale at Lausanne and Paris, has been appointed Professor of the door. All Swiss & friends welcome French Civil Law at the University of Lausanne. [a.t.s.] April 28th, 1950. TUE SWISS OBSERVEE 5445

Seven fire brigades and villagers from the mown- Answering a question in the First tain valley of Sierre (Ct. Valais) fought to check Swit- .Economics Chamber of the Swiss Parliament, M. zerlaiul's worst forest fire for 30 years. Witnesses said Rubattel, chief of the Federal De- the entire Gorbetsch mountain was " mass of flames." partaient of Public Economy, stated that the Govern- [a.t.s.] ment was aware of the necessity of building up reserves of food and raw materials in case it should be called upon to set up, for the third time, an emergency eco- In order to relieve the traffic congestion nomic régime. Not only had Government departments Tragic in Zurich, which has 3,200 tramcars built up certain stocks but economic organizations were for a population of 383,000, a 68-mile co-operating and families had been asked to establish underground railway is contemplated. The new rail- their own private stocks. At present Switzerland had way will originate at the Enge Station. There will be accumulated one year's supply of cereals, nine months' two circle lines. The first section to be constructed supply of sugar and rice, and nine months' supply of will link the Enge Railway Station (crossed bv the coal, while stocks of other raw materials were sufficient Paris-Zurich-Vienna Express), with the international for many months. The Government was continuing its airport of Kloten. efforts to increase these reserves as far as finances allowed. The Zurich underground railway will not be similar * * * to foreign " tubes," as it will have normal rails, at a The administration of Swissair has decided to of 82ft. below The tunnel re- depth ground. will consist of dure the number of its aircraft in operation and make two concrete " 13ft. wide each. " one-way galleries, cuts in the staff. The deficit for 1949, caused by The of be wide mainly carriages, cylindrical section, will 10ft. the reduction in fares, amounted to 5m. Swiss francs, and will 210 Trains 131ft. long will carry passengers. and is likely to be somewhat higher in 1950. The com- consist of two carriages, of which one will be motorised. pany has decided to ask the Government for State aid. The balancing speed of the trains will be 31 m.p.h. * * * forms have the as the trains. flat will same length The Swiss textile machinery industry was able to It is hoped that works will progress at a rate of expand its exports further during the first two months 50-65ft. per day. The Enge Station-Kloten line, will of this year, with February's shipments abroad rising cost some 15 million Swiss francs, while the cost of the to a value of 18,020,000 francs, compared with whole scheme will amount to 1000 million Swiss francs 16,050,000 francs in the preceding month and 16,250,000 £78 million). A company will be formed and the city francs in February 1949. and the canton of Zurich will subscribe 30 per cent, of The boost was due mainly to larger deliveries to shares. foreign customers of spinning and twisting machines,

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Here are further balances of the accounts for 1949 ZURICH " SECHSELAEUTEN of the following cantons : — Schaffhausen Debit Balance : 481,500.— frs. The traditional " Sechseläuten " has taken place Nidwalden Oredit BaZawce : 35,750.— frs. on April 23rd and 24th, 1950, in Zurich. Appenzell J. Rh Credit Balance: 8,113.— frs. This celebration dates back than 600 Obwalden Credit BaZance : 512.— frs. more years and has maintained its popular over the Ticino Credit Balance : 103,186.— frs. appeal long become the most [A.T.S.] years to one of unique in Europe. * -X- * At one time Zurich's craftsmen and tradesmen these the The next Federal Singing Competition (Eidg. were organised in guilds and governed town Sängerfest) will take place at St. Gall in 1954. from 1336 onwards. Every year, on the Monday fol- the the bells of the Gross- [A.T.S.] lowing spring equinox, " * * * minister " pealed out for the first time after the winter to tell the craftsmen that 6 the The 25th Comptoir of Neuchfttel will be held from months, at p.m. days' work was on that the May 24th-June 5th, in Neuchâtel. was over. It customary day for [a.t.s.] members of the guilds to meet round the festive board oOo at their respective guild house, and, at the first stroke of the bell, to drink a toast to the prosperity of the The special foreign exchange allowance for British town and district of Zurich and thus to celebrate the children to attend schools in certain European conn- return of spring. The craftesmen's guilds are still tries during the school year ending July, 1951, will be flourishing societies, some of them owning old and £.320 for each child, compared with £.305 at present. The venerable guild houses. sum will cover the whole year and will be available in On Sunday, the 23rd a long procession of children, Austria, France, Greece, Italy. Portugal, the Nether- of all dressed in historical and traditional Switzerland and ages, up lands, Spain, Turkey. folk costumes, was winding its way through the streets of the town gay with flags and bunting. Included in British European Airways and Swissair will start the procession was a cart bearing the figure symbolis- cheap midnight flights to Switzerland next month. ing the past winter, the " Böögg an effigy several Return fares from Northolt : To Geneva, £21 ; to feet high and covered with cotton wool, which was Zurich, £22. burned on Monday when the grown-ups held their celebration. On that day a great historic procession was held. The members of the guilds in their traditional and elaborate costumes, some on foot and some on horseback, made their way with their guild emblems, flags and lanterns, their carts, carriages and bands, through the streets hung with blue and white flags. The entire with thousands of New _ population, together specta- tors from outside the city lined the route. The procès- sion finally gathered round the large lawn in the centre of the city where the " Böögg ", stuffed with fireworks, and on a of brush- —^ Service perched high pole over a gigantic pile wood, was burnt amidst the pealing of bells of all the TO churches and the galopping round of picturesque horse- men round the blazing pire. 1» SWITZEHLAN Reporter. During the summer months, a night service, at considerably reduced fares, by "Convair," will operate from London to Zurich with excellent train connec- CITY SWISS CLUB tions to all parts of Switzerland. £22 Os Od. refura 23 Joys) Will Members kindly note that the next also direct day services from MONTHLY MEETING LONDON to ZURICH " " BASLE GENEVA BERNE with JASS and BRIDGE will take place on Tuesday, 2nd May, 1950, 6.30 for 7 and frequent services from p.m. p.m., MANCHESTER to ZURICH at Brown's Hotel, Dover Street, London, W.l. Members wishing to attend should send their cards to the Manager, Brown's Hotel, Dover Street, London, W. I, to reach him not later than the I st May, 1 950. For reservations p/ease app/y to C. E. SEINET, your LOCAL TRAVEL AGENT \ Hon. Secretary.