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GT o/) oJ@ JA regular news! Jeaturewith a selection oJ the bestitemsJrom home and oyerseasS the silent files of people tooktheir farewell of our bclovedQueen Mary. a handsome grngercat provided a homely touch only a I'ervyards from the catafalque. lle sat thereunconcerned on a raised ledge borderingthe public pathway and hundreds of themourners who had just paid their tributeto the dead Queen stooped to bestow apat. " Ginger," I am told, is often seenin the precincts of the House of Commons.I wonder ifhe attended the recent debateon underpaid cats in the Post Officeservice !There were 662 road accidents inSouthend during 1952. Dogs werc responsiblefor 220 ol them.When actress Claire Bloom returnedto her London flat from Germany whereshe has been making a new fi1m. " TheBerlin Story," with Jamei Mason, therelvas a special welcome waiting lor herfrom her pet cat Adalaise.I gladly give prominencc to a rvorthrvhilecharitv rvhich has its roots in Hove.Sussex. Its title is " The Sanctuary " anclits aim is to pr.vidc protection. care,{bod and shelter for all stray and unwanteddomestic animals. An openingfund ofdl,000 has been raised to createthe first of the Sanctuaries which is tobe dedicated to H.M. Queen Elizabeththe Second on the occasion ofher Coronation.Later, funds permitting, it ishoped to establish more Sanctuaries indifferent parts of the country. This fineenterprise merits yonr interest and supportand I hope that many ol'our readersat home and overseas will get in touchwith the Founder and Hon. SecretaryMiss I. M. Wormull, 32 Church Road,Hove. who will be pleased to supply thefullest information. Patron of the movementis actress Nancy Price. C.B.E." Our Bf-year-old cat has, so far, had107 kittens." J. p. Hardie, of RockFerry, Cheshire, in a letter to The SundayExpress.Since it opened about five months ago,more than 25,000 guests have beenaccomnodated at the Animal Hotel atLondon's Airport. The Hotel is controlledby the R.S.P.C.A. and a staff offour people keep it open 24 hours a dayand seven days a week. They have to beready at short notice to receive anythingfrom a plane-load of birds to a consign-.ment of monkeys. There is a quarantinesection where cats are kepi for a shorttime before their removal to more permanentquarantine.Miss Kathleen Yorke, Chairman of theGoverning Council of the Cat Fancy,and our own Mrs. Joan 'Ihompson havebeen made honorary members of RacekattenJthe progressive organisationwhich has its headquarters in ,, Wonderful,Wonderful, Copenhagen.', Thehonour is awarded " in appreciation oftheir indefatigable work Ibr and interestiir the sport feline in common and forRacekatten in particular."I hear from Mr. R. Marshall, Hon.Secretary of the New Zealand GoverningCouncil ofthe Cat Fancy, that interest inthe pending visit of Mrs. Joan Thompsonis intense and that " nothing like it hashappened in New Zealand before.,, Mrs,Thompson judges in Auckland on 19th2B