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LONDON SURPRISED AT INVITATION LIST TO AFRO-ASIAN CONFERENCE
London, Dec. 29.
The Colombo Powers' bid for a 30-nation African-Asian 'conference caused some concern and annoyance in Whitehall tonight.
Diplomats and officials voiced Opc diplomm said that Israel's į - But authoritative sources in surpris at the rivit
inclusion 1x "understandable" | London were surprised that the inned today at Bogor, Indonesia, because of Arab opposition to Bogor conference invitations
Among the Afro-Asion nations conferences including her.
did not include North Korea is nor invited were South Africa
An uuthoritative British one of the countries with Irnel. Communisi Cuina ce
Hold that South Africa Independent governments.” not North was the "most curloug” omission
WHY NOT BOTH? om the Colombo Powers' in- "In 431 Buch conferences, vitation to the projeded Alvo,, notebly the Geneva conference, Asian conterence
North Korea and South Korea
and
wag
Korea.
inejudo-but
The Foreign Office declined official comment pending the re- ceipt of an official version of the communique Issued by the Prime Ministers of India, Pakistan, Buma, Ceylon and In tonesta.
PLENTY OF ANNOYANCE
"Obviously the irates hu is attended as independent govern-
Indion bjection to ments The Bozor Invitations North and South inclusion but it included
flue South Ati cu's
Curious how ,conference con
is
Da Afro-Aslan
be called with-im, so why not the
Union," the source said,
one source asked. The rource also said
two
WOR
curious that Nigeria was not in- cluded because the West African State was equal in Independent status to the Gold Coast which was included among the invita-
at including the South Africa
He rot inclusion the Sudan But one authoritative sourre ang the "Independem coun- said, "The decisions is sure to iries" might be seen as a blow enuse plenty of annoyance into Egypt which has compa.gned
then
Government i for one
tonk ties
thy tione between Sudan and Zulo. department."
SUDAN ELECTION
more
ן
The bid to the Gold Coast, Central African Federation and A veteran diplomat stalkmed, "The Sucian is due to have the Sun "would not command here said, "As represented by alvotions for
Constituent itself" to Britain, one British the communique the proposed Assembly mixt
n:1 source said, your und conference appears unwieldy until 1956
that Assembly and valueless, It has been decide whether the Sudan is to extended altogether to 30
independent or united with countries, Why not have the EPL," the Aurce said. United Nations?”
be
cant
Arab Yemen's inclusion also! caused misgivings among om-
He pointed out that the Gold Coast, although self-governing, had not achieved the status of a Dominion,
THEORY ON ISRAEL Observers commenting on the Observers said Britain would clais who have spent years exclusion of Israel said that be concerned because of lavito- fepting off the kingdom's Pakistan's Premier "Mr Mo- tions to dependencies of Con- charges of British imperialism hammed All, went to Bogor monwealth members. They ex-in the neighbouring Aden pro- after conferring informally with pressed surprise at the omission tectorate. Yemen clatins this representatives of the Middic
Eastern Arab nations. Coronunst China's Invita- They said it was possible that The Boger communique speel-tion WOS 110 Burprise here Mr Mohammed All indicated to fled, these observers pointed out, althougs Ceylon had been ex-his colleagues at Bogor the Arab thni **ali countries with in-preted to block China's al-nations would reconsider dependent governments" were tendance at least for the pre- carlier willingness to attend the to be invited,
conference alongside Israel.
of South Africa, one of Africa's protectorate. biggest Power, und Israel,
pent,
Washington's Keen Interest
*Tun
the
[1943]
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30,'. 1954,
SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith
"Wake up, son! I just want to say good morning
to you once while you're home from school for the
holidays!"
Our Australian Newsletter
THE PRE-CHRISTMAS RUSH WAS BEDLAM
From J. King Wood
Sydney.
Well, by the time you read this no doubt all will be calm again, but at the moment Sydney is on resembling nothing so much as bédlam,
The city is traffic-logged, people-bound and atore-choked. We have had the misfortune to battle through quite a number of Sydney Christ- masses but cannot recall crowds like this before.
West New
Washington, Dec. 30. the Millippinca and Pakistan, certainly renew her attack Official Washington's Interest, could be counted upon to raise Australia and again claim in the Colombo Premier meet- blual opposition if the meetlug right to move into Ing In Djakarta quickened attempted to favour the Com- Guinea, markedly today at the decision munists -economically, mili- The method which the Colom-
invite Japan and People's Turity or politically-at the ex-bo China to the Afro-Astan ference
to
Wo
con-
There
Premiers
used 10 select pense of the non-Comunuzist | nations for invitation to the work.
Afro-Aslan conference caused Asked for United States rege- INTENTIONS WELCOMED
some puzzlement here, It was tion Mr Lincoln White, a State This thesis was based on the invited but Nigeria, which had noted that the Gold Coast was Department
spokesman, said: imperant "We shall pay the
that provisu closest at nations would agree in fact toties to Great Britain, was not.
virtually the same constitutional emost to all the coming deli-sit
a conference table with berations in Asia.
But offcial
Reuter. People's China. American comment is unlikely
Preoccupied though United until after we see what the out-
States officials were today with rome of the April Afro-Asian the Paris decision on rome- moeting will be.
ment, a number of them were collecting data on the Colombo Powers craft ance for considera- here The general attitude was tion by Mr John Foster Dulles,
That utro was the view of representative; of ether actions
that the character of the con-
ference would depend very much
!
the Secretary of State,
Al first glance of the Djakarta upon the nations which decided communique it seen
seemed
to attend.
MOST SIGNIFICANT One of the State Deputamen, 's experts on Asiaɔ nffairs said:
I all invitations are
accepte
10
ofctals that the purposes of the Afro-Asian conference were more likely
to further than retard efforts for world peace.
Othemis welcomed the inter-
jt will make the Afro-Asionon of the group to consider conference easily the most mutual
economic, social nhd
Fignificant regional meeting in cultural problems as a means of
Aslan history.
We are neither surprised nor dismayed by the decision to invite China and none of the Western Powers."
cept the invit
markets
stimulating intra-aren and distribution of produce... in both Asia and Africa, long one of the biggest problems
The only foreboding felt In
It was believed in diploma ie Washington was in respect of quarters here that both Japan the announced purpose "to con- and China
would ac-sider problems of special in- terest to Asian and African Reasoning behind these pre-peoples, for example problems dictions was thất:
affecting national sovereignty. reclalism and coloni- PLATFORM FOR ATTACK Fears were expressed that this and Africans: Item might well develop into a
platform for
attack Western nations.
1. China wodd wag at the and of chince
ir sofa ready-made slism,"
platform from which to pro- pagate the Canmunist alth
Asians
Dild
2. Japan's
new
Princ
Minister, Mr lehtes Hutoytma.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30
BY AU
weight against
them
It has been a good old spend-
Mounted police are on duty at £120-mption Snowy Scheme and every
Intersection trying to is the first evidence to the out- control people from crossing side world that work on tho
the traille, but the Snowy is really beginning to cf numbers is beating take shape.
THE DAVIS CUP When we are not worrying Ing spree and there wif be about the Test war we can turn it is all over.
or to the Sydney-Hobart yacht It is rather interesting to note, race. too, that retail hire
purchase
Experts say that the Davis Cup is the most open for years with Austfalia's chances pinned
SHEAFFER'S
ADMIRAL
SNORKEL
PEN
CASEBOOK
SOME TRICKY JOHN CLARKE'S QUESTIONS FOR U.K. DOCTORS
London, Dec. 29. :
British doctors should reconsider their code of pro- fessional secrecy "in the light of modern social structure and opinion,” according to a Derby general practitioner.
Dr E. C. Dawson, writing Inj the latest issuo of the British Medical Journal, rude the sug- gestion after a survey of cases: in which a person's "duty asia doctor is in direct conflict with his, duty as a citizen."
FOUR DASES Dr Dawson cited four cases
pointing, the
dilemma.
A Good, Way
To End R
Christmas!
For
One came away from this Pantomime wondering who was pulling whose leg. Weeks we knew the University Staff had been Cinderella, but when we made enquiries, we were kind of put off in cultured tones and
Poetry
In The Park
•
HD orators at Speakers'
voice, peddling dreams, ideas, revolutions-Utopias to ault every taste and pocket,
About the kitchen-chalis 'and
step-lidders that served as
res rumy cdfie a docile crowd, who looked to be waiting less
for Utopia than for.
Slowly, among the shifting crowd, moved a lean man with a one, leonine head. that gave him the look of an actor or preparing
poet, though he was in fact a kitchen-porter by trade-e Scot, non
Donald, whose afternoon
named off it was.
A
In Donald's wake, a yard or two behind, strolled a policeman in plain-clothes, The police man's attention had been drawn to Donald by the way he stopped overy 50 often, on his erratic course, and spoke to apparerit
An engine-driver who drives a mainline passenger train is but found to have epilepsy refuses to allow his doctor to inform the railway authorities. A doctor finds a woman has
a criminal undergone a
abor- tion and discovers the abor sionist's identity but is for bidden by the patient to reveal it to the police.
-A man clolins industrial Injury compensation for rupture his doctora know he academic phrases to expect did not sustain at work. Is very little, and it was a little
doctor the
to reveal the bit of fun for the children. truth?
They kept this up to the last A doctor notices jewellery moment. Even the ladies Br- in the house of a patient rayed in formal gowne which he knows has been distributed programines, kept up strangers. stolen. Should he report it that frigid atmosphere.
When one asiced,
"How much? the reply was, that no The result of a questionnaire pecuniary reimbursement was on the four cases submitted to expected by the University. doctora and laymen, indicates When
shown to your seat in that danger to life constitutes a the hall, and asking where it justifiable reason for a breach was situated, you were asked to of professional secrecy,
Imagine a triangle with points There is about equal division) at a b, and c.
The stranger shook his head; of opinion, in the case of the As we waited for the cur- the policeman moved closer still. felony
unidwful
"I'm abortion tain to go up, there was quite He took Donald's arm. while д minority considers that a solemn atmosphere, and wo arresting you for begging." ho the prevention or punishment knew we should never see
A said. of braid constitutes a justifiable pantomime, Cigarettes WCTD At Marlborough Street next reason." China Mail Special. stubbed,
to the polico?
THE RESULT
of
who
'CAN YOU HELP!'
ONE such gave Donald a
cigarette... The policeman moved closer. The next time. Donald stopped he was within earshot and heard the Scotsminn say to another man: "I'm still hungry; can you help me?”
pipes surreptitiously morning Donald pleaded not knocked out, and even the guilty to the charge, and tha children -stopped sucking policeman also a Scot-told his
story to Mr Paul Bennett, VC.
Upon this man, when he was searched," he sold wtih
nod Then the curtain went up towards Donald, "were theco and we saw an Ancient Villager six-pences five pennies," and an Aristocrat in reduced any question eircumstances,
SATELLITES.
WOO YUGOSLAVIA
Baron Hardup.
certainly not trato Donald, the magis
The fact that the latter bore | 667 a strong resemblance to one
arked
to
THE RECITAL· "No," he answered, "but I
wish
this. 'I of England's leading literary enteret Hyde Park at approxim figures was purely coincidental. ately 3.30 or 3.35 pm, There
.
Belgrade, Dec, 29.
Then someone must The Premiera of Hungary
have I took off my coat, rolled it up, given the wire that the Vice- and Rumania tonight gave Chancellor
nowhere
was
placed it by my feet, and com
Burns."
some sorry cheque books when our thoughts to the Davis Chin in six-years ——.expressing? made the hair on the academic was going to resumó kis-
agreements with Bnance com panies in Australia ́at the end of September came to the rather
Im sure
end.
statements to the Yugoslav around, and we saw some bits. Rehm recite the works of Press for the first time of clowning that must have
And speaking the great man's ho threw back his heaül hoods stand friendship for Yugoslavia.
hall will never recitation from the dock. The statements reported by be the I can Imagine Instead, he said,... goousingly Yugopress news agency, opposed the Senate in rolemn state was hardly started when the the rearmament of West Ger some foreign dignitary officer in question approached
while many and spoke of the similarity walks up to recei
receiva an Ph.D. me.
was detained all through will be presented with a parch-
like an "It Until today no East European ment, but wait end ste if a
astning meeting you were starting" Enid head of Government had given of sausages doesn't dell out of it. the magistrate, and called for
an Interview
to the Yugoslay New returning 10 the
his probation officer, Mr Charles getting Morgan. press since Yugoslavia broko tomime itself; there is with the Cominform
"Do you know this. 1948.
away from the factshall the Staff
man?" he asked.:· The Hungarian Prime Mint at one cime enri another have
FOR THE NEEDY ster,
Irme Nogy, sald German been considerable pantomime EVE known him for a rearmament would increase the goers. To
They have stolen all the number of years said danger of war and added that plums and put them in their own Mr Morgan. He is working "In this most important question pudding.
staggering total of £$142,700,000 quite a lot on the none-too-drood in the. Interests of the three hon. After a brilliant speech he Ỉ the and here I up" witon:
--a rise of
per cent over, thei amount financed at June 30,
No figures are yet available for the present quarter, but it is a safe bot that there is a further increase,
7.
all
that
Philippines, North Borneo, & pm.
By Surface
Korea, pm.. Macao. 0 p.m.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31 Dy Alr
Philippines. Da.m.
Thailand, Burma, India, Pakistan, gypt, Switzerland, France & Great Britain. 9 a.m.
Hawal. U.S.A.. 1 a.m.
shoulders
of: Hood
way
countries.
are some of the headines£15 Pub bars for about of défending peace and peaceful,
*have fold
lla's Grim Stand.” .
ing
Thad n i fisks for the boys have of the leading femal
son.
Have
Have
casualty
Commst
look at the
Co-exi
17
That is, where my Well,
You
Whether or not Hond strikes form seems to be the answer to the riggle, but whichever be goos, he is going to have plenty of barrackers for THE TEST MATCH
record crowd of 25,078 will we have a watch, each day's playing, paying At the
moment Test match on our hands and £170,000 for it.
Tickets are sometimes we have to remem scareer than Christmas bottled ber that, after all, it is only beer in Sydney but they can be cricket
We always expect the Dames,now, and his pay is £4:19, 3d. Over the last few days bought in these
a week, plus his food when he the interests xistence
of and there they are, zs big is life, the two neighbours, Yugoslavia clowning away as if it were part
is on duty the story
Lack of stands, of course, Procession of prevent more people from se
and; Hungary, are identical", of their everyday life,
"Had he spent his with some
wages, STRONG RESISTANCE. Last the play, and so we look
business, especially preparing for then, that he had so little on George Georgiu-Dej, Ruman- the Blunder like being in the Cup picture ian Premier, said the peoples rolling in the tires.
e party, which had the audience him?"
Donald decided that he was England
"Austra o sono years to come, may of Europe were
be the Lawn Tennis Association creasingly strong resistance to Nen Pan omime, and I'm not
One interpolated scene, Opergi, he said, "If I see people were offering in-
the best person to answer that, We understand, however, that of Australia could give some "the re-establishment of. Ger- going to tell you what it was bed, or a drink, I give it fo
In everybody is friendly enough.
need, in want of food, or thought to erecting a tennis man militarism" and more and iterally had the audience scream- Not that cricket is not with stadium in keeping with one
more werd
them. supporting the Idosing with laughter, 175
where my money Emo of it, this sea-.in the world is counties | of pensospeten mublished New scenes of considerable
co-existence,
On the other hand, there were goes.”
that's accurate 2. Yugoprosa
charm. THE PETROV CASE"
Year statements from Chan- The children who played the said the magistrate, "It is very The Petrov Royal Commis-
Raab metacarpal fraction bus
cellor Julius
of Austria, miloe with adjourned until some.
exquisite delight were noble of you. soem to have fure of the Ettle finger, lett time in the middle of January. Turkish Prime Minister,
Adam Menderes, Mr
the changed into horses by a beauti- beggared yourself in helping hand; Evans, high temperature Progress report: Number of Field-Marshal Alexander Papa- becomes a coach, sliver and
and ful fairy. And the pumpkin that others." and headaches. Graveney, fn sitting days, 80; witnesses call-
Donald bowed theatrically fluenzo; Hill, torn muscle in od, 50; Exhibits, 258 Words fleuter
gos, Prime Minister of Greece.
magic in clear mo
acknowledgment of the n moonlight
magis right shoulder, Johnson, pulled spoken
and taken
The children in the audiences
audiences trate's perception, thigh muscle: Lindwall, gastric about two million,
knew all about this; they were
BACK TO WORK Influenza: M McConnon, grain in
Indications are that eo for we
not half-hearted in their loyalty. 66(WELL, you'd better be off They
ware for Cinderella to the back to your work at once, Jury: Miller, fuld on right knee; pre only
on the fringe of the and this other
day,
last Tot. Of course, the Demon before they start saking where Typom, Seychelles; Br. Rast Africa, (N. &ed unconscious by a bumper.
King, se nasty a bit of work as you dros My
Bonnott Generally speaking, it la While It is realised that we
you are likely to soe, held them shail discharge, you absolutely wonder they have been able to have a reputation as a country
moment, but as usual, virtue le swept away and, in in suspense until the last
Donald
bowed walo Ho And, 72 able-bodied men, or drinkera
beer
She wentchinj we certainly FOR THE LAMPS OF NSW don't give
rewarded,
goodness triumphs lips were moving. Pothay our wines the "sup". Now South Wales elec port they deserve. Overseas ex
and all ends well.
was reciting Burns, who tricity system was tied to the pealand was, quality and done the appealing for a Govern
linked perts
wrote: "Ale for those by ju10 have Showy
Quiteriously, it was protected. Courts, for com 132,000-velt systent last week when a new pared
were erected, the very favourably ment court of inquiry, called to good way to end Christmas and and substation was completed Yet a Department of
railway strike, would be held Power is expected to be rupture, official has reported that le public targe
self-conscious, it Decameron Tales plaod frorn The
Bnowy hydro
wing
production project at Cuthern, carly part this year will be about one mila secret meeting of the Court Cuellors, 1 understand are none Over The BBC.
In this State month. The project will prolongatione less than. Igal
year.
on
-Indo-China. 11 8.15.
Formosa. Okinawa, Korea. 3 p.m.
For instance, it was expected
and the Forten Min'tc. Mr that Indonesia would olmost
Mameru Shigemitsul, had eem-
initted themselves in public
declarations so
policy
far to the
Increasing of
operation with
CO-
all Asion would
nations that ofusal
mean a 'major ab:ut-face.
THIRD BLOU UNLIKELY
wealth. diplomats sald
Cut Off Wife's
Arm And Leg
Rangoon, Dec. 20.
Police here
for
are searching who,
an Indian toolle
Japan
the
Japan, USA, Canada, 6 p.m. Malaya, Indoncale, Australia, New Zealand, Ceylon, pm.
By Surface
Chine. People's Republic, 8.30am.
Macao. 9.m.
Mataya, Indonesia. Noon.
N. Borneo, 1. p.m.
Formon, 1 p.m.
Indo-China, France. 2 p.m.,
Burma, India, p.m.
Both American and Common after cutting off his wife's left & Rhodeya & Mozambique P/P vix"
the arm and right leg, left a note Beiral. p.m.
Macao, 8 pm.
to the man
who had
Colombo Powers meeting had saying he was going to do the caused them to lean more to the same view that Asia was entering allenated her affections. phase of "competluivoco- existence between China and likely to recover, but
The wife is in hospital and non-Communist
'neither her husband nor her lover car be found.-Reuter.
the
nations,
Radio Hongkong
flour
İLET
p.m. Time Signal and Pro- Framme Summary dose
by Robin Deo 6,30, Parturunge Hit Hours € 10,00), Weather Reporti Hows
It was dor this reason that the diplomats did not fear that the Afro-Axiom
a third world-bloo produce which, through China's Iteenber
Los Angeles, Dec. 29, ship, might incline more to the
Gregory Pock, 38, the nimadan viewpoint Communi
print than to actor, was divorced today by It was felt that China's to Tinnish-born wife Greth
conference would Pecks Divorced 453)
the
.
(London
Não" who tertided "my husband told- Notebook
tural compettors for dominance
In the theatre-India and Japan if we were not married aga Dingley
me we would be better friends T
-would guard against China She
unirping too much of the
light of reins by rods that tell me,
Further sal
nations, like "Thailand, Coinlat Slice khak peek or want he
A
down-
WINES
o
Rail Dispute
Get Public Hearing
Union and management re
• London, Dec. 29,
presentatives agreed today that
transmission: 'lind with the Wines of For Adricut - avert a threatened nationwide my opinion "Is that except-for-
tordued power, during peak perioda
only) and will; total; loss, this); per cont. 04the
annual power consumption
Cooma
Our wool, too, Kis Titing in
mag.
The chogud for the
ended November 30,
8,200 lower shen.
cikloer was reached, at
one or two series that were s
ail- praise"
hich'
or bh
comitinal pros