March 1957
Mystery Smell
Scottish Gas Board fitters searched the centre of Dundee last night for the source of a mystery smell, reported from many quarters as an extensive gas leak.People coughed and spluttered in the streets and wrinkled their noses as they sat in cinemas. In the Caird Hall jazz fans and artists complained of the smell. Complaints poured into policemen, managements and the Gas Board.
But the trouble turned out not to be gas after all. It was a "blowback" of an ammoniacal discharge from the gas works through the sewer system. And said Gas Board Manager Mr Wm. S Johnston, "There is no danger of an explosion or of anyone being seriously affected. An amount of ammoniacal liquor from the gasworks is normally discharged into the sewers and into the river on the ebb of the tide. It appears that a greater quantity than usual has been passed today, and hadn't been cleared in the out-fall sewer at the turn of the tide. This has the result of sending some of the discharge back into the sewers causing the smell throughout the City Centre".
A New You
Refreshing as spring
A new hairdo...
Your hair individually styled to suit your features.
Foreman is Foremost for skills and courtesy.
Phone 81713 for an appointment
Wilfred Foreman, 9 Arbroath Road, Dundee.
Final Performance
Broughty Ferry Film Society will present the last performance of the season on Sunday at 7.30 pm in the Regal Cinema, Dundee.
Grand Sunday Concert
Ken MacIntosh and his Orchestra.
Caird Hall
Sunday 21st April at 7.30 pm
Tickets: 5/-, 4/-, 3/-. Reserved or unreserved.
Booking opens Monday 11th March at Methven Simpson, Reform Street, Dundee.
Uses for Vinegar
A little vinegar added to the water used for washing floors softens the water and prevents a scum forming. This makes easy cleaning and the floors are easier to polish. A little vinegar used in the water for cleaning windows will make the dirt come off more easily and help to keep the flies away.
Mrs L. Davie, Melville, Insch, Aberdeenshire.
Continental Holidays
France, Belgium and Holland
(Headquarters - Bruges, Belgium)
For only £24 10/10
Inclusive from Dundee with eight night's board at excellent family hotel with every comfort and unsurpassed cuisine guaranteed.
Scott's Travel Agency, 89 Strathmartine Road, Dundee, Phone 86768/9.
What has happened to the Hilltown Clock?
It's over five months now since the Hilltown clock told the time. When is this landmark to be repaired?
Answer: At the moment the city engineers department are considering a report submitted by the city clockmaker, Mr W. Robertson Reid that says "The wheels carrying the hands have jammed and will have to be dismantled. This is a major repair. The clock will also have to be cleaned.
Damage Repairs
The Finance Committee approved gale damage roof repairs amounting to £549 at Dryburgh Street shops.
Watching Briggs
Manchester City have been watching Jimmy Briggs, United's young back. He has impressed in several games but no offer has been made. It is not know how United officials would view such a move. Briggs is one of their bright prospects.
Gaumont, Dundee
All week continuous from
1.55 pm; 2.10 pm; 5.35pm ; 8.55 pm.
The Rank Organisation presents
Dirk Bogarde in
"The Spanish Gardener" (u)
From the novel by A.J. Cronin.