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... Russian and every other language—natural or artificial, living or dead. More than half the literate population of the world now speaks English as a first or second language—and the number is growing every day. First to bow to the inevitable have been the Russians ...

Published: Friday 01 January 1960
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 402 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Room In Presbyterian Hostel Will Perpetuate M Of Ahoghill Ministe TRIBUTES PAID TO THE GREAT WORK OF LATE REV. H

... congregation who passed into the | Kingdom under the preaching and | influence of Mr. Boyd.” said Dr. Craig “The Human Note” | Speaking of his pastoral care and friendship. Dr. Craig said it was the human note in Mr. Boyd's ministry which was its most endearing ...

Published: Friday 01 January 1960
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Advertisement | Words: 710 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

list of New Year Honours

... man, who has founded s!deral culture; rnd literary bodies interested In International ca-operation. In 1910 he League. in Speaking Un Peop!e's Association 1918 the ion. and :ate chief interests ha Br:tish-Arnerican 1 4 :airman of snce 1 Brookeb arned the ...

Published: Friday 01 January 1960
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 275 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

CUPS PRESENTED

... use of the hall. The competitors in this year's public speaking competition were very pleased to have a visit from Mr. Wmn. Finney on Monday of this weck. He gave a very heloful talk on Public Speaking and was thanked by Mr. Robin Cherrv. who also thanked ...

Published: Friday 01 January 1960
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 201 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

LANGUAGE

... the world's universal language. The explanation lies not in the genius of the language, but in the gentbs of the peoples who speak and write it. The reason is that nearly twothirds of the world's engineering literature appears in English. Britain must do ...

Published: Friday 01 January 1960
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 456 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Famous for over a guarter of a centuryns T L.,\*‘ARY r : jAI of Gents, Ladies and Children’s Footwear Commences

... sale at less than . Half Price. WS % Gent's Shoes—black and brown—best quality / at a fraction of the original price. Value speaks for itself—See our Windows M K 011 Ladies—99-101 Church Street Geats—9l Church Street To c len - Ballymena ...

Published: Friday 01 January 1960
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Advertisement | Words: 102 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

The LIGHTER SIDE From the Reader’s Digest

... speech 1n the Housc of Commons, Winston Churchill dropped his head on his chest and closed his eyes. The Labour M.P. who was speaking protested that hi Right Honourable Opponent, Mr Churchill, »- -p. Lifting hi head sn his evee hlinking wped ‘1 1 was becoming ...

Published: Friday 01 January 1960
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 113 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

City transport museum ruling is taken back itELFAST CORPORATION Finance Committee has • take back Its ..

... or art. The official concerned had every right to speak his mind, Alderman Boyd dec:ared. I would not like to see the day when an official who has his heart in his department wou:d be afraid to speak his mind. It was agreed that the libraries, museums ...

Published: Friday 01 January 1960
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 553 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Inspecting the wares

... patient old men. the little girls with scarves round their heads. and the boys in jeans who are too shy to answer when you speak to them. Of course, the market has more to offer—it couldn't exist if it hadn't. Cheap lines in linen and necklaces and television ...

Published: Saturday 02 January 1960
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 519 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

s ponto by T T EEALTTR

... week. | Betty Burgess as Margaret gave a very smooth performance. and Jean Graham was particularly good as T'weenie. Her speaking voice was excellent. Baron Hardheart, played by lan Patterson, couid have been a little more bumptious. but neverthe'ess ...

Published: Saturday 02 January 1960
Newspaper: Ulster Star
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1092 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

on strikes OTHER SIDE MUST RECOGNISE WE HAVE A CASE AS WELL

... strong Transport and General Workers Union, who to-day opened the union's new building in Belfast, commented on strikes when speaking in Lurgan. Mr. Cousins, general secretary of the union—the largest in Britaindeclared: I do not very often regard strikes ...

Published: Saturday 02 January 1960
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 505 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Cinema facing most critical year

... plays. notably UTV's The Signal,' none of them was any better than Probation Officer, on the same channel. This, strictly speaking. was a documentary rather than a play, but it had a story and presentation which gave it the right to being labelled theatre ...

Published: Saturday 02 January 1960
Newspaper: Ireland's Saturday Night
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1732 | Page: 2 | Tags: none