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COMMENT OF THE DAY
Incentives
THE House of Commonsi
THE
debato on the Govern-
Intest ment's
austerity programme savoured more ol. an eloction husting than a parliamentary dis cussion, und," judging from tho cabled reports, there very little edifying Was about
Tro Anal outcome of a spute of personal vituperation
ង ។
that the Government will go ahead with its pro- posals
the to make nation solvent. These com. prise substantial slashes in current expenditure affect- ing Imports, food, social services, civil service per sonnel, building, stock- plling, commodity supplice for the home market and overaens allowances holidaymakers. A
for
saving
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Advisers To Make
Vital Decisions
THREE QUESTIONS FOR NATIONAL FRONT
Cairo, Feb. 1..
Premier Aly Mahor Pasha's new 12-man "National Front" will give priority to three questions when it is formally convened in the next few days, according to usually reliable Egyptian political sources tonight.
These questions are:
1.-Whether Maher Pasha should resume "contacts" with the British on the Anglo-Egyptian dispute.
2-Whether it is advisable that the Egyptian Ambassador, Abdel Fattah Amr Pasha, should return to his post, in London...
of £500 million in a year is envisaged, and the targot Bat is for the elimination of 'the Sterling aren'a deficit balance by the end of 1952. Mr Butler does not lack courage, and it is to the credit of Mr Churchill and his colleagues that they have decided to get on with the immense task of trying to correct an evil and dangerous situa-was
tion.
A
to
Break “Out
-In NSW
Bydney, Feb. 1.
A change in the wind today fanncă into, fresh
· flames the bush fires which have ravaged-the-south- eastam corner of the Ans tralian continent for the past
week. Before the winds changed...they were report- ed dying down.
A forestry official de- scribed a pine forest norib
Wales of the New South -mining centre of Lithgow as going up in flames with rear like ab ammunition dump exploding
New outbreaks today in New Bonth Wales destroy- nd thousands of acres of ́valuable pino farest.
fres
By tonight all the were reported to be under controlBlaster.
FIJIANS SUFFER
1,
- NIGHTMARES Sydney, Feb. An outbreak of "hurricane nerves" was reported from storm battered "~ Fiji today. People of all races were com- plaining that they were, suffer-
SELECTIONS
By "Rapier"
RACE 1
Minya Miminya
Outsider: Domino..
RACE 2
Samson Tunny
Blossom Time
Beckentiam Corrib
Acquisition
Shangrlin
Outsiders-Blue Sky.
Arus il
RACE 3
Outsider:-Peacock.
RACE 4-
Norse Lady
Desert Gold
Outsider:-Calamity
RACE 5
Forever. Spring
Happy Boy
Argus
Hot Polloi
Outsider:-Kingfisher,
RACE 6
Golden-Wing Bonnie Eyes Prairie Moon
Outsider: Courageous. RACE 7
Probability
Tiny Grey Rose Emme
RACE 8
Outsider: Pearl Diver."
Colin
Gladiolus
Miami Beauty
Outsider:--Ironside.
The National Front is the new with the British-the first since in a night gun battle 20 days ROYAL TOUR OPENS IN KENYA Premier's
should
return
the
dially
National Front was likely Those arrested d include,
faces
situation the
united
caliseyit!
Princess Helps A Shy Boy
Princess Elizabeth helped a shy young-African boy over a rough spot in Kenya Colony's welcome to her and her husband today. Protocol was pre- served.
By "The Turf"
RACE 1
Priority Speed Wheel Sharpshooter
Outsider: Trigger.
RACE 2
Beautiful Star
Blue Sky
Blossom Timo
Outsider: My Darling. RACE 3
Peacock
Shangrila Argus II
Outsider: Sulphur.
RACE 4
Calamity Norse Lady Ringmer
Outsider: Rifc. RACE 5
Happy Boy Kingfisher
Boniface
·Outålder:----Debonair.
RACE 6
Prairie Jackat
Moon
Bonnie Eyes
Outsider:-Ben Lawers,
RACE 7
Pearl Divers
Home Builder
Tiny Grey
Outsider:-Rose Emme.
Henrietta Gladiolus Ironside
RACE 8
Outsider: Care Free.
Reinforcing
The Fleet
Britain's
The Daring and her seven
now in various stages of con-
99-Year-Old
Pay Alimony
· Los Angeles, Feb, 1. John Brown, who will be 100 years old next. May, muxt pay $80 a month temporary alimony - to his estranged wife bus be wili, get something - · for the толет.
The wife 22-year-old Isabele Brown, agreed to cook for him until sha.reś ociven a divorce.".
She tola Superior Judge Lops. Burke that Brown re- ceiven--$175 a month from the Industrial plans where fre had been a watchman for 40 YEARS,
Until they were divorced she will do the cooking it Brown pays
for the utilities at their home.
Brown was not in court for the hearing. His at. torney said that the cen- tenarian did not, with to' lovo a day's pay,-United Press
NEW NATIONAL HEALTH CHARGES
PENALTIES
FOR OFFENDERS
London, Feb., 1 Penalties, including in- prisonment up to three months and fines up to £100 or both, are provided
for in the Government's
National Health Service Bill.
posing now charges,
-advan-
which was published today.
Up to now there have not been London, Feb, 1. any penalties in connection with
Mediterraneanthere were no charges or ex
National Health Service as
· the Fleet will be reinforcedceptions. Now, however, Nairobi, Feb; 1.
early this month by the will be possible to make false destroyer Daring (2,610 statements to get certain adv
tages. tons) fresh from a Tyneside shipyard and the
The Bill, which comes up for first
a second Tezding next week, vessel of a new Mediter-vos effect to the changes an- ranean squadron, the Ad-nounced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Richard Butler, in his "cuta" statement.
Thess are a chilling charge for and medicines supplied hospital's out-patients
apart from dentures up to excluding
£1, ever ordered by the
schoolchildren, expectant- and and will have a nursing mothers and hospital patients, and charges up to half the cest for such things as wigs, batterics, surgical
and shoes, boots surgical coretis and clestie
the Bill
la pussed, regulations will impose a general one chilling charge dor charge for. Hospitals. that the
The boy was Prince, named their leopard skins, and high that because he was born the white and black plumed head-miralty said. same day as the British heiress dresses. presumptive's own Prince Brass and sliver bangles on Charles, on November 14, 1018.
the chiefs' arms jingled musically blue pants, Prince was assigned express their joy and their head-
bouquet when she visited the nodded new African maternity hospital soon after she and the Duke of Edinburgh flew In from Lon- don on a Royal tour.
Prince was bashful.`
3. Whether the National Front should reconsider the four-Power proposals from Bethargy and lack of concentration while many were for,a Middle East defence pact rejected by the previous government of Nahas Pasha. having horrible nightmares
re-living the hurricane. which The sources said It was elude concealing articles acquir 120 people detained in recent brought death and destruction Impossible
forecast
the ed criminally, damaging Govern search operations.
to the island. National Frant's replies, but itment property, looting, destruc- Telephone communications
Meanwhile, belleved that the most tion and arson.
despita official between the British Head-optimism, a grave food shortage would Important consideration
The Premier was reported to quarters here and Cairo re- be given to all three questions,
is feared-United Press BUT while Mr Butler's pro-
be preparing for negotiations sumed today after being cut posed expenditure savings
advisory body can be considered both bold their replies to the three ques-Egyptian Friendship Treaty.
and Egypt denounced the Angto-ago.
A military and realistic, it came as tiona will deeply affect Egypt's
spokesman hera Several Severn hundred
Egypilana told reporters that he did not something of a surprise that future,
have been arrested in day and think I would be practicable to he placed no special em- Dr Mohammed Salah el Din night searches for alleged part move British depots into safer. phasis on the nation's need Pasho, Foreign Minister in the
cipation in last Saturday's ricts areas. of the in Nahas Cabinet and one Increase proto Wald representatives in the Egyptian sources said tonight greatly to
Cairo, usually reliable
TENDER SPOT duction. Exports must con-National Front, refused to com- Abdel Nahim Ghoneim Bey, The spokesman 'sald· that tho tinue to be the principal mit himself when he was asked Chief Public Prosecutor Tel El Kebir ordnance depot, means of Britain striking tenight whether it was in Egypt's would not tonight give the exact the largest In the Middle East favourable balance of Interest that the Egyptian Am-figure of those so far arrested, was afted in its present "tender trade. The Socialists were busindor
10 but he admitted: conscious of this when in
Increasing "They are spod during the last wee told reporters that the
calise it and three essential re power, but found no way of
nearly communications and water.
quirements clase by: labour, 100 "dangerous, persons who communica offering reasonable incen- take up, the question and
have
times this huge been committed tor trial, In normal tives, either to workers or reserved his opinion until then.
nccording to He said, "I believe that impor-sources. employers, to make sub-
other Ezyptian depot was used to rebuild and recondition all Army transport stantially bigger production tance should be given to the
TACTICS IMPRESS
and there
were large engineer efforts. This may well be recent Cebinet change as Egyǝt The Premier's
shops "strong arm" ing
with complicated occupying Mr Butler's at through the efforts of all contactles to ensure law and order machinery to deal with the very tention as he prepares the cerned-Government, Parliament in Est had today lessened great amount of work necessary The to maintain the British forces now Budget, Bath Labour and parties. I deeply hope this fears among foreigners.
Egyptian authorities are still in this part of the world. and Capital would assuredly unity will bear good fruits."
actively making investigations to Ic MILITARY COURTS respond readily to new
impossible, to
to move this Ancrifices in some directions today Issued an order empower-Life
day's rlots.
huge establishment if they received encourage-ing Military Courts to handle a
slowly returning to Efforts had been made to some semblance of normality, bypass centres ment in other ways. For series of offences.
of population though it will be a long time and the treaty the workers Mr Butler The list includes carrying arms before businesses wrecked by the all habitations except for a short rond bypassed might And It feasible to or ammunition and attacks, or rioters are re-established
and stretch at Port Sald. reduce direct taxation on attempted attacks, on the life
working smoothly servant
To avoid the main Ismallia Princess and, bock-handed the again. in-of a civil e
or a public overtime
for wages;
The nightly curfew is appar Tel El Kebir road, the duty.
Army flowers. dustry, the Chancellor could The Military Court will also enlly being completely observed scently
new completed
Princess Elizabeth
gently there and obtain more willing entry offences
Is a general hope that desert road known as the Great pulled the boy around, took the against public in-this measure will also be relaxed. West Road, which avoided the bouquet and operation by repeal of stitutions. Student disturbances existing legislation which have been a regular feature of tonight said that Dr Maher Pasha Abu Suwelr.
thanked him. A Reliable Egyptian sources notorious ambush village of large crowd of Africans on hand the nationalist agitation.
was delighted. had told Egyptian officials to The Premier's ordealso stipu- draw up a comprehensive note harbour in the Great from registering I coulated that certain crimes of the
Construction of a mulberry The Princess and the Duke landed in this Equatorial African on the past negotiations on the Lake would not solve the probe territory tries where they trade, and
January 28 riots in Cairo-may-Anglo-Egyptian
on a 30,000-mile, treaty which also stops the free be brought before the Military Briialo.
with tem of discharge of cargoes. A round-the-world trip to 'be movement of capital within Courts, even if they are sili
great deal of military stores devoted masily to Australia and At the same time Dr before a civil Judge. These in- the Sterling area.
New ·Zealand. Three months Pasha was said by these sources were carried in ships alongside to be keeping contact with the commercial cargoes and it was ago they were sleighing in the powers that have proposed not practicable from a
snow of Quebec at the windup Middle East
defence paotmercial point of view to get of a Canadian tour. Britain, France, the United
ted ships to discharge the commer-
large group of
African States and Turkey.
cial part of their cargo at Port chiefs, mostly soberly dressed in
London, Feb. 1. Tha Ward newspaper, Al Sald and then drop off military lounge suits, sur collars and Ning climbers have been Misri, however, suld that the stores further down the Canal, shiny-shoes, sat in a special en-selected for a toughening up outgoing Ward Nationalists, who Router.
closure to watch the Royal course in the Himalayas 'thic 'have a majority in Parliament,
couple pass on the way from year, in preparation for the have Joined the Premier's
airport with Kenya's Gov- planned British attack on Mount "National Front" on condition
ernor, Sir Philip Mitchell,
Ing. that it did not negotiate,
the Royal Tho Princess waved beamed happily Associated Press..
provents British
concerna
Solemn in white shirt and as they leaped into the ale to ster ships of the same classment, the full cost of The Easpian Prime Minister responsibility for last Satur-nos,would be very. difficult, if to hand Princess Elizabeth a dresses, made from lions' manes, struction aro the largest de- | denial treatment
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The
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in greeting. Other chiefs atroyers were in monkey skin
cloaks, The Royal party drove for 40
Royal Navy minutes through the Indian
peace-time complement of 23 nursing quarter of the city. They were officers and 286 men. He turned his back on the cheered by crowds ilaing the j
Most of the new destroyers, hearing aids, and aircets,
Later, at Government House, after members of the staff had been presented, the Princess and the Duke lunched with the Governor and Lady Mitchell- Reuter.
the
Princess
HEAVY PROGRAMMË S'
Nairobi, Feb, 1 Elizabeth and The Duke of Edinburgh filled a heavy programme of publle en- gagements today in the heat of Kenya summer only 24 hours after leaving after leaving London in bitter
a.
Mountaineers To Go Into Training
leave here in March the leadership of Mr Erle Shipton, who led the British reconnaissance group which last- year found a new southern route up Evereat, '.
BRITISH GESTURE
London, Feb. 1. Britain is providing Egypt with Kindergarten ant primary fire-fighting equipment to make schools throughout Egypt, ex- cept there in Cairo and Alexan- good the fire fighting apparatus dris, the two thain cities, and lost in the Calro riots last Satur- the Canal Zone, will reopen to-
the Foreign Office Reuter.
nounced
consists of six large and 12 small trailer pumps Ismailia, Feb. 'T. Britain put new strength to taken from British emergency her Suez, Canal Zone garrison reserves.
Threa of the large pumps will today with the arrival of bom- bets, fighters and Infantry early tomorrow morning.
be flown from. Britain to Egypt Inforcements.
fighter squadrons cach A Foreign Ofito suitement of 10 Vampire Jels end one tonight said that the decision to bomber squadron of eight
provide the equipment had been Lincolns have landed, it was taken after an Egyptian request announced by the British milito: the British Embassy in Cairo. | House watching the Band of the word 'will be desigbed ·|
Saturday's riots, had so de King's
authorfiles today.
Among the ning are Mr. Camp- bell Secord, a
a Canudtan who ago to live in London, Mr. W. O came from Winnipeg 15 years
research physlalcalit As the heat went out of the Lowe,
from HestITIK®; +
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Handford, of the Royal couple ended their Christchurch, New Zealand, who day of publle" duties standing thelawn of Government
on
African Fufica
tomi thenforcements are plated Egyptian" fire fighting "Retreat DATA
men of
strcom
group of the 32nd Brigade will ter.
be followed by the remainder
of the Brigade, which is ex
Tho
beat
was:
vas in lest year's.
The
reconnaissance
to test both men and equipment 1st Battalion, Cold- equipment as to endanger the |--
had spent two and. Will take place on Mount
Cho-Oni (20,75)· statement sald.-Reu- | hours wandering among the wh - Guarda, An
which sity, advance
Lost) colourful groups. on the lawns
les about 20 miles west et of Government House, shaking Evers an officlot of the Royal hands with more than 100, Euro Geographical Society salda peans, Africans and Asiana Permission had been given, by of Nepal for SOVIET SCIENTISTS monk the 3,000. guests, the Government. CLAIM DISCOVERY touched down here dead on the same time as the Swits #* The Royal® aircraft Atlanta the team to be based there at
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Four
African chiets
peated in the next few
The Air Force da keeping
dally
reconnaissance Over the spokojman,
correspondents'
London, Feb. 1. that he had heard boen observed (byž Sovlat -salen-
Egyptian tisti, recording: lo ? a Moscow. In robes and leopard skins who units from today, way
Delta
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that the bio-recalled. Radio morsecast monitored here were waiting had trekked : 5001 FLYNNEINJUREDN
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University Observatory Duke were WAS Heen 27 times, the Governor of
Sic Philip with a group of stunt men for-
sald
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