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

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Billy, Mayor of the town of Geneva. * * * The newly appointed Belgian Ambassador, Mon- sieur Pierre Attilio Forthomme, has presented his credentials to Monsieur Max Petitpierre, President of the Swiss Confederation at the Palais Fédéral in President Eisenhower, in the name of Berne. /•edera/ the four chief at the Geneva delegates Ambassador Forthomme lias previously occupied Conference, addressed letter of a various posts in London, Lisbon, Tokio, Lagos and thanks to Monsieur Max Petitpierre, Pesident of the Mexico. he held Swiss Until recently an important post Confederation, for the hospitality extended to at the Belgian Foreign Office. them. He lias also sent a letter of thanks to the President of the Government of the canton of Geneva, The Federal Council has elected Dr. Fritz Dick and the Mayor of the town of Geneva. to be Head of the Federal Police, in succession to Dr. has the Geneva Conference of last the Werner Balsiger, who vacated his post. He was During month, horn in and studied law at the of Federal Council offered a dinner at the Palais Lynard Berne, University honour of the chief this town. in delegates. •S * * The President of the Swiss Confederation, Mon- sieur Max in his address of welcome Mr. Fritz Albrecht, has been appointed Swiss Petitpierre, Consul voiced the of the Federal Council and in Le Havre. He was horn in 1905, and hails appreciation from entered the Swiss for chosen Geneva the Mfillheim (Ct. Thurgau). Mr. Albrecht people having as into the service of the Federal Political meeting place for this important conference, and ex- Department in 1929, and has held previous appointments in pressed the wish that the deliberations might be ac- Lisbon, Sao Paulo, Porto Allegre, Laurenço Marques, and Rio companied with success laying the foundation of a de Janeiro. In 1940, lie was promoted to the rank lasting peace. of Vice-Consul. The following attended the dinner : President Eisenhower, Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, Miss Frances American Ambassador in Berne, Dr. Gotthard who Willis, Canfona/ Egli (Lucerne), re- Mr. Dillon Anderson, Major John Eisenhower (son of cently vacated his post as a member the President), .Tames Hagerty, the President's Press of the Government of the canton of chief, Marshall Bulganin, Chruschschow, 1st Secre- Lucerne, lias announced his retirement from the States tary of the Russian Communist Party, Molotov, Council, of which he has been a, member since 1935. Foreign Minister, Schukow, Minister of Defence, [a.t.s.] Gromyko, Assistant Foreign Minister, Ershow, Rus- » sian Ambassador in Berne, E. Faure, French Prime Tn the first six months of the current year, 867 Minister, A. Pinay, Foreign Minister, E. Dennery, traffic accidents occurred in the canton of Lucerne. French Ambassador in Berne, Louis Joxe, French Am- 506 persons were injured of whom 22 succumbed to bassador in Moscow, A. Bérard, R. de Margerie of their injuries, [a.t.s.] the Quai d'Orsay, Sir Anthony Eden, Prime Minister, * * * Harold Macmillan Foreign Minister, Sir Lional Lamb, Johann Gasser-Gasser (Lungern) a former mem- British Ambassador in Berne, Messrs. Brook, Kirk- her of the " Kantonsrat " Unterwaiden, has cele- Patrick and Sir Harold Caccia, of the Foreign Office, brated his 100th birthday. [a.t.s.] Dag Hammarskjftld, General Secretary of UNO, Adrian Pelt, Director of European UNO, Wilkinson, The 64th Federal Gymnasts Festival in Zurich General Secretary of the conference, M. Max Petit- came to a close on the 19th of last month, over pierre, President of the Swiss Confederation, Federal 100,000 spectators went through the turnstiles. The 7960 THE SWISS OBSERVER August 12th, 1955. number of competitors of both sexes amounted to DEATHS. 18,000. [a.t.S.] The following deaths are reported from Switzer- « * land : The " Kreisdirektion 3 " of the Swiss Federal René von Graffenried, in Berne, at the age of 69. Railways has appointed a new Gérant of the Station The deceased studied law, and practised as a lawyer Buffet, Zurich, in the person of Mr. Rudolf Candrian, first in Thun, and afterwards in Berne. He was from citizen of Sagens (Ct. Grisons). (Mr. Candrian was 1926-1929, chief of staff of the 2nd Division. In 1931, well-known in the Swiss Colony in London, having he was promoted to the rank of Colonel, in which been at one time Manager of Brown's Hotel.) [a.t.s.] capacity he was in command of the Mountain Infantry * * * Brigade 5. Six years later 1937) he obtained the rank Professor, Dr. med. et, phil. Alexander von Murait of Colonel of Division, with command of the 3rd Divi- has been elected rector of the University of Berne sion, which he held until 1940. for 1955/56. [a.t.s.] Herbert Schwarz, watch-manufacturer, La Chaux- * * de-Fonds, aged 61. [a.t.s.] Two men from Oherdiessbach (Ct. Berne) on * * * a mountaineering excursion on the Hockenhorn have LEGACIES, lost their lives. The names of the victims are Samuel The late Mile. Anna Lerchi of Flims has left Gehrig (22) and Ernst Gerber (21), both were un- 60,000.—frs. each to the " Stiftung für das Alter in married, [a.t.s.] Graubünden " and the " Freibettenfonds der Bündner Heilstätte " in Arosa. Mile. Elisabeth of Wenger Kirchlindach near Berne The foundation Bircher'sches Volkssana- lias celebrated her 100th " Dr. birthday anniversary. lorium für Ordnungstherapie has received [a.t.s.] ", Zurich, # * * a: donation 80,000.—frs. from an anonymous donor. The paper " Express " Bienne, which was pub- [a.t.s.] lished in French and German, and founded in 1890, ANNIVERSARIES has ceased to exist, [a.t.s.] Henri de Ziegler (70) of Geneva. Writer, Essayist îjî î|î 5}C and the Geneva. The " Institute del liierro del acero " rector of University of y since 1923 (Spanisches Eisen-und in has Georges Rigassi (70) of Vevey, Editor- Stahlinstitut) Madrid, and of the Gazette nominated Professor, Dr. R. General Manager in-chief, from 1930-1945, Director " Dürrer, de and author of works. of the " von Roll'sehen Eisenwerke ", Gerla fingen, an Lausanne many honorary member, [a.t.s.] Carl Angst (80) of Geneva, well-known sculptor. * * * [a.t.s.] According to figures just published by the Statis- tical Büro in Basle, the of the canton of While on a voyage from Li pari for Alexandria, population Rhône Basle-Town at the end of 1954, numbered 207,300 the Swiss motorship " " (336 tons) grounded and at 40 miles east of Tobruk. (112,000 females and 95,300 males), [a.t.s.] capsized Zanzua, * * * All her crew are safe, [a.t.s.] « * During the month of June, 1955, 147 traffic acci- to the " Die dents have been the Basle-Town. According paper Alpen ", published reported in canton of the Swiss Club, 46 accidents One and 110 by Alpine mountaineering person was killed, injured, [a.t.s.] occurred in the summer of 1954 (1st of May to 31st A fire which broke out at the well-known Hotel of October). 59 persons lost their lives, and two are Walhalla in St. Gall lias caused damage to such an missing. From the 1st of November, 1954, to April extent that the building has to be entirely rebuilt. 30th, 1955, there were 19 accidents and 24 persons One visitor lost his life, [a.t.s.] lost their lives, [a.t.s.] » » sfc :Jî * The Dr. Eugen Bircher (Aarau )has informed the ad- Internationa] Olympic Committee decided in hold the the 1960 ministration of the " Aargauischen Bauern-Gewerbe Paris to summer games of Olympiad in Rome. Rome gained 35 votes in the final und Bürgerpartei " that lie will not be a candidate ballot be against Lausanne 24. at the Parliamentary elections which will held next y- * y- autumn. (He is 74 years of age.) Professor Urs Kiiry has been elected Bishop of Dr. Bircher was at one time surgeon-in-chief and the Old Catholic Church of Switzerland in succession Director of the cantonal hospital, Aarau. In 1934, he was promoted to the rank of Colonel of Division, and was in command first of the 4th and afterwards 5th Division. He resigned from the army in 1942, and was elected a Member of Parliament (National Conn- cil), [a.t.s.] Delicious * * # Three persons were injured and an elderly woman was killed when the cabin of the cable railway from Saas Fee to the Langenfluh (Ct. Valais) hit the rocks Ovaltine as a result of violent gusts of wind. The suspen- Tf&rWfc sion braking system was damaged. Traffic was r/re most stopped pending an inquiry. /bodf Injured were M. Jean Bourgknecht, National jpo/mfor itevera^e Councillor, and Mayor of the town of Fribourg, and his wife and son. The mother of M. Bourgknecht (horn 1879) was killed instantaneously, [a.t.s.] August 12th, 1955. THE SWISS OBSERVER 7961 to his father, Mgr. A. Ktiry, who has held the Dr. Carl Burckhardt, the Swiss historian and episcopal office for 31 years. diplomatist, received the insignia of the Order Pmt-r -X- -X- -X- j¥évite from President Ileuss (Germany). Princess Helen, daughter of the Count of Paris, * * * pretender to the French. throne, was rescued by air Switzerland drew 0-0 with Yugoslavia in an inter- after she had wrenched her ankle while climbing national Soccer match in Belgrade. right * # * on the Monte Rosa massif. Herr Hermann Geiger, the Swiss mountain pilot, landed on the Grens glacier Owners of refrigerators in Switzerland have been at an altitude of about 9,000ft., and flew the princess called on to collect hail and keep it until it can be the to Sion, where she was taken away by car. collected by Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and * * fl- Avalanche Research. * -X- -X- Two young storks have been flown from Algeria to the A remarkable feat is reported from Gressoney in Switzerland in hope that they will breed and that the after the annual Aosta valley. Maccabeo, a three-year-old Irish their offsprings, migration, will re- to hotel the there. the last 20 the setter, belonging a proprietor of zone, turn During years number of has climbed alone the storks in Switzerland has diminished. Mount Rosa glacier, crossing steadily from Gressoney to Zermatt in Switzerland. Maccabeo Previously about 200 stork nests were counted disappeared one from He Recently, Swiss ornithologists morning Gressoney. was every year. brought sighted the same evening on the Garstelet three couples of storks from Alsace, but they flew off glacier, the autumn and trotting towards the col del Lys. Two days ago he in did not return. found * # » was at Zermatt, utterly exhausted, by an Italian climber, who identified the dog the name The by Swiss National Council (Lower Chamber) re- of the owner on the collar. for television 98 votes jected a proposal sponsored by Maccabeo has always shown a marked passion 17. to for climbing. He often accompanied his master on The Deputies agreed that provisional State-run his excursions, but more often went alone. He is continue the end of television programmes until 1957, probably the holder of the high-altitude climbing re- when national referendum would decide the future a cord for domestic animals. Last year in one of his of Swiss television. he » # # lonely excursions reached the Margherita hut, the highest in the world (about 15,000ft.). The previous The de Suisse " Tour " was won by Hugo Kohlet, record is believed to have belonged to a cat, who second was the Stan Ockers. Belgian, the year before followed a party of climbers to the top of the Matterhorn and back. Please friends let your English know that PETITES CHOSES QUI FONT PLAISIR. Le jury d'un concours international de tricotage, SWITZERLAND présidé par le couturier Pierre Balmnin, a examiné de 12 Suisse s'est OFFERS BEST VALUE FOR MONEY 114 travaux provenant pays. La vu attribuer un 3ème prix pour un travail exécuté avec des laines suisses ilEC. Dans un concours international, une cosméticienne zurichoise a réussi à s'imposer à côté de spécialistes américaines en présentant des produits de beauté biologiques, une méthode d'application naturelle et un cours pour la- formation d'esthéticiennes. Construction et inventions suisses intéressantes. Après de longues années de recherches et d'amé- liorations successives, une maison lausannoise a mis sur le marché une bourreuse qui est utilisée par plus de 100 compagnies de chemin de fer dans 50 pays différentes. Des inventeurs suisses ont présenté un nouveau parachute, dont les cordages élastiques permettent d'amortir notablement les chocs à l'ouverture et à l'atterrisage. Une exposition internationale de sport s'est ouverte à Turin. Le Musée olympique de Lausanne et le Musée suisse de sport et de gymnastique y parti- Sw/'ss Not/ono/ Tourist O/pce, cipent. La- grande exposition historique de ce musée 458, Strand, tondon, W.C.2 unique en Europe a provoqué un vif intérêt. Le chiffre d'affaires total de la Swissair a augmenté de 35% de 1953 à 1954. La capacité de transport s'est élevée de 60%. Le réseau desservi par la Compagnie est, de plus de 50,000 km., le nombre des voyageurs transportés dépasse le demi-million. fSemaine Naisse.,)