Ecological d doll house : eo laventions poof and a solar-heating coil 1 “that really warms water,’’ the . ‘manutacturer says. “Watercress is supplied to iad in the indoor garden. oece wlence’ writer a who formed the Cambridge Lea Enterprises Co. to ae ooks on computer ‘Ena said “It's as inter- esting to boys as girls. Both love flay wait bad xg oelke will - grow: up ieulficiency more than: most: people .- “The house was’ first exhibited at the British . Genius exhibition, held in a ‘London park th this summer to - CANBERRA, Australia - (Reuter) — ‘The recently announced. 36-per-cent decrease in the annual obal whale-kill quota— the largest made by the Inter- national ‘Whaling TwC) since its foundation. nearly. 30. years | o—will save thousands of les from death but falls e pla house $i?) is the The play Elloart, a “ffici through plastic. |. “walls” are roll-up blinds, 80 little hands can reach in and practise | _ self- This . involves’ op gz a. years of. and reign... and adults,”.- ety actually children, and: “may vention b: ‘teen BAYS The structure contains est the fue, 8 ant : ) microwave oven, robot hand system for w. \! dishes, ‘computer system. a non- faucet to let water flaw from. functional. ‘the roof. tank to the indoor. garden, the indoor relaxing . spool and -the bathtub: — -..:: ‘An upstairs room -has re- . cesses for paints which. come with the kit and are to be used decorating the house. hook, the manufacturers ; encourage innovation and rearrangement, suggesting projects such as. pneumatic elevators and autoniatic. wa: “The . meeting of the: Iw¢ scien: tific _ committee Ror B Pacific quota. Japan was the main - In an instruction - systems. me of the future - provides great’ fun’ for - off. next.’ '- November to’ review and: amend upward the: Furniture such as a. comes as 4 kit which tElloart said can be fitted together in . 30 minutes.. The futuristic was launched to obvious need, he said; “Kt is time that: 7 could really donthings vith " adoll’s house other than just: move the furniture around and turn the lights on and’ * Conservation ups and ‘some members eee Twe rt Whaling Soviet | targetot anti-whaling forces *’ during commission - meetings, with the Japanese -’ Twe, whalin aectiged well below the aim of the American President Jimmy Carter and- international conservation. groups to ‘obrain =a 10-year moratorium on whale" kill- legates from IWC's 16° member. countries: met in -» Canberra recently to:'thrash - "out ways of preserving the’ eat ocean Mammals and m enabling them e ‘commission ran into vocal demonstrators and . lobbying ; by international conservation ‘groups, It. finally decided to reduce by 10,011 the number of whales all species that will be Permit legally to be . several of its mem- bers a Ae still hunt whales commercially. _ Japan - and” ‘the Soviet Union, which together ~ account for 76 per cent of the world's ‘whaling . activities,’ [ opposed the reduction to 17 930 fromm 27,850 inthe 1978 |} ota and. vigorously -. . fo fag ainst & er-cent sug "slash tor North -Paclfic. sperm. whales. “Although - joined. by -. Iceland, were -oultvoted—11. to 3-in opposing the sper “> "s peduction.. Next. season's - en ~speduetion to 763 .sperm . .-.. Whles from 7,200 was a blow. oo whieh... may forte - both: : a -couitries . whaling: ‘operations in the: - [eed TR Rat “region .as: otiomic.- “ But: ‘they’ ybtain ‘agreement”.. fr “ar imiseion fo.) a to. e, two. countries. m -whale . ‘abandon :* industry being. - of consistently. flouting whale quotas set by. . wat oe wavs ee ee) rol aan ‘t oe i i F Conservationists used a .40-foot plastic whale tostage 1 pmo heerl For the 27,000 THE TOWNSMAN, Thursday, August 18, 1977, PAGE 3 gage atti that don't a methane gas: ; (eo be made “from sewage) -storage unit, all RETIRED COUPLE “HA VE OWN VILLAGE — “BRIDGE, England (CP) — ign Whei' ‘64-year-old Harrison. Deans .and his — wife © Elizabeth decided to retire (9 the‘ country, they ‘never’. thought they would have a whole village to themselves, They picked the hamlet of Bowland Bridge by. the River Winster in the Lake District of Cumbria, northwest England. There are three cottages, a rustic inn and a store, For most of the year, the Deans are the.’ sole residents. we can get ilmost anything ~ a any day of the week from | Bert Lever’s general store.” “We never feel lonely. moe “We are tobe true local. residents," “lt am almost as ~ rere we asune OF. Cumbria Naturalist Society.” “and [’m~ always writing letters. ” The inn isrun by their son- a d inlaw and daughter, ne oc aid Barbera Ncholson store is a grocery, sub-poa office, gas station wd general supply store all: in. ts “one and is owned by Bert Per tares ah Lever, 75. j60¢ isan. active: ] ‘ élocal ° Water’ titute, “Wa are. a. self-contained community, ” she said, “We have milk, cogs & and. fresh - vegetables ivered, : and. Lake ‘live ‘and work in ‘Other ied by “‘offcomers”— - peop e who don't live in the ©. area but use the cottages for. ~~ weekends and vacations. - conditions arefound' “