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Fuel For Thought THE
THE world's first large- scale atomic power station went into operation yesterday when Her Majesty, the Queen, tarned A switch nt Calder Hall 'sending current into the 'national grid system. The} occasion is a triumph for all branches of science and industry which have contri- buted to what may be truly doscribed A
an epoch-
making achievement, and another "rst" for a nation which has always taken great pride in discovery and ploneering.
Cost of this the first of 12)
stations of various typсH. which will in time supply all Britain's power needs, is given at £16.5 million. This is
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INDIAN PLAN FOR SUEZ ANOTHER
NUR To
Seek Wages Increase
London, Oct. 17. Leaders of the 370,000- strong National Union of Rallionymen tonigh
de- cided to make an imme- diate claim for a 10 per cent wage Increase their members.
to
This claim, estimated involve £40 nilition a year, will be submitted tomorrow to the
British Transport Cominion, staggeringly large
Operators of Britain's state-owned rail-
into existing
figure but large develop- ment costs for new equip ment/must be taken account, Under plans the country will spend about £800 million on its present programme which works out an average of 125 million a station. This Is a costly but needful innovation in view of number of serious problems associated with fuel supply.
ceremonica
IN concurrent
celebrating Calder Hall's opening, in Hongkong, the United Kingdom Trade
Commissioner disclosed that he tried-unsuccessfully—— to have an official atomic energy exhibition brought to the Colony. The "paper Liger" which takes its place must naturally fall short of a "working model” as an attraction, but it is the most comprehensive display that the Colony has seen and will serve as a good intro duction to the science-but| to many more, the mystery
of atomic energy.
It is hoped Mr Harrison will continue his attempts to bavo
official an
exhibit brought to Hongkong-the CMU Industrial fair might be an appropriate occasion for this display; for this means of producing power
at
108.
The executive of the NUR reached their decision a private meeting after they had been told bu Leaders
of another rail union phot the time was "not opportune" for press- ing a new wage claim,
This other union, the
Ттаклин 00,000 - BETONG
and Salaried Stugs Axio)- clation, had met the NU In bid to hammer out a common wage polley.
A
A third raliwap union, the Amociated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, has already Med a separate claim for a 15 per cent pay rise.
This has been rejected twice by the Transport So- Commission and the ciety has asked that it be considered by the railway staffs national tribunal, the final appeal stage of the industry's negotiating ma-
chinery-Reuter.
EMPHASIS ON F
PRINCIPLE OF CO-OPERATION
New York, Oct. 17.
A plan for a Suez settlement, proposed by India, and calling for "co-operation" between Egypt and Canal users, is now in the hands of all the major powers, as well as Egypt.
Usually well-informed sources said the plan was drawn up as a means of implementing the ideas India had put forward at the first London conference on Suez.
Role Of The Royal
Navy: First Lord's Warning
London, Oct. 17, Visoount Halisham. First Lord of the Admiralty, said today that one of the great problems of modern times was to devise an international system which would prevent "amall and unscrupulous powera" from exploiting the reluctance of big nations to employ atomic-are weapons,
speech to a Navy League lunch he called for creation of a flexible mobile force, peaceful in nature, which would move swiftly to any Mr V. K. Krishna Menon, presented the draft of
part of the world вс demonstrate the foreign ministers
Britain's the plan last Wednesday to
strength, as well na friend- attending the Security Council debate on Suez. These
Hozze. included Mr Selwyn Lloyd of Britain, M. Christian
Viscount Hallaham, appointed Pineau of France, Mr Dmitri Shepilov of the Soviet
to his post six weeks ago, Union, and Mr John Foster Dulles, of the United
said Britain was till pre- occupied with the possibility States.
of all-out aggression from a European
power. But atomie warfare was not the only danger to this country. said Britain could bo brought low just as effec- lively by "a series of con- ventional nibbles which she was unable to counter be cause she had devoted her entire potential military strength to the development of a deforrest'and in 'pro- paration for the strategy of global war which happened."
10
A
Indian sources in New York Authority would be undertaker on by a consultative committee of declined
comment
10 nations, comprising Japan published versions of the plan.
the United But from other United Nations Britain, France, sources it was learned that its States, the Soviet Union, India and Egypt end representaűvés essential feature was that ther should be "co-operation" be- from nine geographical regions. tween Egypt and "Users' Association,
the Whether this would be Wastern-#ponsored Suez Canal Association (SCUA) now in the process of being formed, or a broade organisation to include other Cimal UPC:*] WOME known.
TOL
I was stated that "consulta- tion and liaison betivern the users and the Egyptian Cafal
A
TUNISIA THREATENS
TO CLOSE FRONTIER
has obvious point to indus- it will send
Tunis, Oct. 17.
The Tunisian government announced tonight that troops to its frontiers and if necessary trialists in this Colony. Mr close them to prevent further incidents arising from Harrison says that the main clashes between French forces and Algerian insur- difference between Calder gents on Tunisian soil.
Arbitration
The India plan would also reportedly provide that in the case of disagreement between
and the Egyptian the users Authority on complaints of dis- crimination against shipping or the amount of toils, the matter would be referred to arbitration or to the United Nations
Britain
and France
haya Insis de-in-their-commii with Mr
Fawal, the Mr Mahmoácă. Egyptian Foreign M Minister, that a minimum Anglo-French re
for. quirement
negotiation would be that any agreement arrived at should include "built- in" sanctions, whereby Earpi would
ba automatically punished for acts of discrimina-
The Indian plan would also reportedly call for a freeze on tolls at the level fixed in the lest agreement between the old Suez Canal Company and the This govemment.. Egyptian
Hall and other .power
the sily for French troops to engage would be to meet Westten asser- stations is that whorena M. Habib Bourguiba, they burn many tons of coal Tunisian Prime Minister, carlier Algerian insurgents on Tunisiantions that Egypt would, without or oil each day, one charge today protested to the French soil-Reuter, of atomic fuel is expected Ambassador,
by local agents that big
M. Pierre
de
in
14 French
soldiers
that in the
Kefauver's Claim Ridiculed
of
of
some form of ceiling on tolls, be
them to able to raiso
such heights that chipping companies would not be able to meet them
economically. Provision would
also be made in the Indian pian, it was stated, to deal with Canel improvement programmes,
No Machinery
of
Me
Ile
Hover
LAGGING BEHIND
Viton Hallsham said that
Exhala's" "naval strength, was now behind that of the United States and Bovies Rumi
"We have low than a quarter of the navy of our greatest ally, the United States, but is will be well for both you and me to remember that we also have a NAVY smaller in many respects than that of the Boylet Union,
"We should remember that the Soviet Union, accord- Ing to Janes Fighting Ships 题 (naval year-book),
possessed of at least 400 submarines, with another 100 at least in course of preparation.
"We have delayo - for reasons which wtro 13 themselves laudable enourh but whose consequenots may be serious-in moder- nising our fleet. Even our new Tigers (cruisers) when they
Into, service, which they have not yet
DOTTIO
done, were first conceived MOTIO
unt. the ships which
now acrvice have hulls which, in the ordinary course, of eventa, will be worn out by 1008 or at the intent, and in some
after, 1070."
A programme of new con
#trdotion Wis "Inescap→ able” even if public opinion ia visibily clamouring for a reduction in the estimates for the fighting services, he Addel.
At the same time naval so-
commodation and building were very far from satis- factory and a programino of £70,000,000 was needed to bring them up present day standards.
ONE BIG DANGER
Viscount
Hailsham
to
mald
Britain
BELIL WEE occupied with the problem the danger of all-put aggrondon by
of
Europea power
another.
agalmst
"I we were not so pre- occupied there would be no need for NATO or for The United Nations, and perhaps there would
he
med even for, bur alliance with the United States,” he added. AND referring to the des
tractive » power of modern wenpana' he said that siẮT the bed to Ride
prevent
new vigorous-sistemalities had gradually developed
7. mall cover: the world's gr "Bote of thera » -In-- their engörnekoky smert their zikotäkty' and 'fndepenín
To demon are quite willing
themselves
With forces who ultimate ob-
Poetives are ubt the ob- jcutives of peace and he international declared.
tow"
"If the problem of the first part of the twentieth een- tury has been the preven- tion of all-out argression, It may be the no smaller problem of the second half to secure an international system which will prevent the exploitation” by and unscrupulous powers the of the reinstance of
to use the great PowerS terriile strength which la
their nt
command." Reuter.
J
YUGOSLAVIA WILLING TO
GIVE UP US ARMS AID
Belgrade, Oct. 17. ·
to last Calder Hall three to Leusse, against reported five years, Electricity costs cidents following an ambush in initially are not expected to the Kasserino area two days ago
in which be appreciably higher and, in time, it is hoped they will were killed and 17 wounded,
and ten Algerians killed be appreciably lower.
M. de Lousse was peeing M.
Washington, Oct. 17. These factors have already Bourguiba again tonight.
aroused the interest of local
Tunisian government Scientists. scoffed today
At the first London_co concerns. It will be recalled spokerman sold
Menon followed the at San. Estes Kefauver's
Sucz, Mr that in March, the Hongkong pursuit which
submitted the Indian Govern- Electric Co. Ltd disclosed ambush and which continued statement that H-bombs ference on
proposals which called in its annual report its yesterday French troops search could "blow the earth off its ment's
for a consultative body of uSET Tunisian villages. Two civi- ed
formed on the Interest in atomic energy lans were killed in one village Axis by 16 degrees,"
Any force capable of doing interests to be It was stated that atomic and other Tunisians detained by
would have to
basks
geographical герге- power stations would be an the French and later released, that, one sald,
sentation "and interests charged to gouge out be great enough economic possibility within said the spokman.
consultative and liaison functions,' the next 10 to 15 years and A French Embassy spokesman an entire continent to a great with advicors, cons
was no But there the comment
specific there were obvious economic sild the Embassy was pleased by depth and fling it into space.
That was
provision scal off the Dr Gordon MacDonald of the
In the advantages in this means of the decision to
set of prin- frontier. This, he
the ciples put forward by generating power in Hong- Algerian
Geology Department
Institute Macsachusetts
of kong. It was also disclosed said, would remove all neces-
Tochnology.
Shooting
an effect, such produce
A Yugoslav foreign ministry statement said: “We MacDonald, raid, "would be like
it was widely reported to have, shooting peas ut a mountain."
MacDonald said the spinning received the approval of Pro-1- consider that there is no threat to the independence
of Yugoslavia on the part of the Soviet Union." dent Nasror HIS Excellency, Sir Alexander Mr Dmitri Sheplloy, returned to
"thyan - ́ ́extremely Grantham's references to Moscow today after attending earth is,
Mr Menon again conferred. the Security Council debate on stable state." Trying to tilt lis
beford Prezident Nascer
ations were necessary, and same This was a reference to atomic power and Hongkong the Suez críala in New York, axis would bo ko trying to with
draft. statement by President. Elsen of them were ever, unaccept. industry yesterday there Moscow
subenitling his Intest Radio reported. - shove over a giant gyroscope, United Nations observers Shower on Monday that eld was able." fore represent a subject of Reuter.
he sald-United Press,
sumed, therefore, that it, too, being given to Yugoslavia to The statement complained nerous consideration by
had receiveri at least general preserve the nation's indepen-that, as ald could at any moment far-sighted businessmen in
approval from the Egyptian dence. this Colony. One of the big
government,-Reuter. problems local power panies have to face is tho very big fluctuations in the prico of fuel, Without its own natural fuel supplies, and in its isolated geo- graphical position, depon- dent upon long sea routes for coal and oil, Hongkong could make very good use of such a Blation,
Menon London of machinery The Yugoslav government, criticising Ameri- for dealing with complaints of can aid policy, said today it was willing to give up discrimihallan, H-bomba off
The Soviet Union supported United States arms supplies. the Indian plan in- London and
British companies
wore
designing atomic
power
plants for use in territories
like Hongkong.
com-
At the moment, however, the proposition must remain. only a good idea. Wo art reminded by experts that atomlo, power is not nearly cheap enough yet to serve countries with low standards of living largely because of the exceptionally heavy in- vestment needed. In Calder Hall, however, there is pro vided for many countries wrestling with major power problems a glimpse into the kitura śwhich appears most
SHEPILOV HOME London, Oct. 17. The Soviet Foreign Minister,
Search Bottom Of Sea
For "Lost Continent"
Naples, Oct. 17.
Bwiss Professor Augusto
Plocard's bathysonphe Trieste made. a. 3,700 metro
dive off Fones. Island,
near Napica
tonight during which obarvations were made for evidence of a continent" of Tyrrhenia, bellered rub
the merged belów Tyrrhenian Be
The Trieste was ankhined by
Profesor: ¦ ¦ Piccard's [Jaogies, and to by
BOE,
the
· Italian, 'goologist,- Alfredo,
Professor
the
To
reach the battons.of. Tyrrhenian Ses pocket and one hour arkt 44 minutes to surface,
on the 32 They spent minutes
sca-botion, beaming searchlights Ehrough...... the observation window aft of 2 the bathysoapbo in search of scientide evidence for the existened of
Tyrrhtmla
On Burfacing, Professor Pollini, who is the first reolerist, to desound to moh
• dopih," inkă he wo
to make ikay more diyen before, he could give an
be withdrawn, this represented
The President, in a loster to a great Insecurity" and, pre- Congress, had allo suid, how-vented the Yugo ay government ever, that delivery of heavy from being able to guarantee
TEENAGERS military equipment, including regular supplies to fix people
WARNED
about 200 jet planes, would be
held up, though economic aid US Difficulties
would continue.
The Yugoslav sald
today
The statemení mið military that the President's statement old, except for the delivery of London," Oct. 17.
contained
"elements not in spare parts, "has practically
to extat, captain conformity with the principles ceased warned. tay that there would of Independent and equal.com It added: "We were greatly
A Sorict police
be, trouble - K unruly Runión.
operation
interested in deliveries of pro- teenagers * keep on jowling It added the stoppage of viously contracted agreemonia, paussonby,
by, smoking and American military, 'mid: “would in: purliesing': of jet engines and not influence our future good olher
insolent things to
}: "We mhilda (police) mouseer relationships.*** ind it very and to see) licho chikhan who do not know how
tobellove in publ
Scherbalov, chief of
05421/7 Proolnet, onlch
Thanks
"Since we noticed that, the American, gov
difficulties
question of Uni
brought it to
ww.world, not-like
obstacle; in this resp
The Amor
that the
LORD HAILSHAM
SUMMIT MEETING?
(If. Stevenson Is Elected)
Washington, Oct. 17.
The Democratic candidate, Mr Adlai Stevenson, may, if *elected President, call an other International summit conference to seek in agree- ment to end hydrogen bomb tests.
"This is how responsible De.. mocrats here interpret M. Stevenson's promise this week to go anywhere in the world -if [It will ́ produce works ble agreement to end tests which many belleve could eventually endanger the word's health as well as world peace,
His proposal to limit such jesta, carne, under sharp atack yesterday from Republican
PLANES BEGIN ouders, including the Secretary
HAZARDOUS UNDERTAKING
of
State, Mr John Foster Dulles And the former. Re publican presidential candidate, My Thoinka E Dewey,
CAMPAIGN ISSUE
But Mr Stevenson's suppor- tors make it clear that he will Wellington, Oct. 17.
melce his proposal and the re Six United States Navy Jotion of it by the Republican planes took off today on a candidate, Presidena. Kims hazardous 2,200-mile flight namera count to in the to Antarctica to nunch the three weak of his cazz most massive assaulting until polling day on No-
vêmber" 6." history on the mysteries of the South Polar regions
The planes taking a part "Operation "Deep Freezer ? fole lowed the track of a lane Mbra Skymaster which landed day, after a proving night" on Strip hewn in the 100, 70,
miral Georgo Dufek," "comes mender of the US Tia Force
13. 43, which helping scientists in, the operation, journeyed in the four-engined plane with 'n' reporter and crew, of six,
not
political con
to the Stevenson hás aprécă, ar, the
by
physicists who intervened in
His speech has evoked cor- respondingly dramatic charges býky Republicans. that Mr
} .. Arresponsibly
"NOT TOO GOOD" [ Latest reports reaching here Stevenson said the six planes face, the endeavouring to frighten the threat of severe icing and electorate into voting for him in deteriorating, weather,
addition to playing politics with national defence,
A radio report received from Admiral
Dufek also said that conditions at the McMurdo sound airstrip were "not too 2000,"
for
Royal State Visit
POSSIBLE-REPLY
There is some talk of
the
82-
But after: studying forecasts, Squadron Commander Captain posibilty that President Elsen- Douging Cardiner gave orders hower might in effect reply to the fight to get under Mr Stevenson in a speech to the
concluding session ¦ör, the way——Bouter,
nation conference that is, draft- ing the charter of an inter- national atomic
energy ingency at the United Nations towards the Amman, Oet, 17. King Ibn Saud of Saudi end of this mouth, Arabla will pay Jordan a State This would be technically a vinit early next month at the non-political
al Occasion but invitation of King Hussein, it would give the president · ភព was antwunced here today. opportunity of defending and The two kings are expected emphasising the peaceful pur- to discuss steps to strengthen poses of his administration's tho Jordaniara forces and in-atomic policies from a lofty and creased aid 'for Jordan Reu-convincing Platform, China
tor.
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