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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1958.
Lennox-Boyd Reviews Past Year's Achievements
FLYING BOAT
DEVELOPMENT BY MUTUAL EFFORT PLUNGES INTO
National Income Of Colonies Increases Yearly
London, Jan. 1.
Mr Alan Lennox-Boyd, the Colonial Secretary, reported today that "probably not far short of £1,000 million" had gone from Britain to her colonies since the end of the Second World War.
He also said that in the 15
1945 and 1960 | years between Brain "will have provided as grants und government loane well over £200 million for the development of the colonic,"
details in a He gave these New Year's message broadcast over the British Bradcasting Corporation's general overseas. service this morning.
Want To See
"So far as our own resources
permit we naturedly want to See this Bow GE capital con- tinue-But you all know that the present line is one of great #muncial stringency in Great
Britain," he said.
Chann and the Federation of Malaya.
Talks with a Sierra leone delegation on constitutional adv.ibres for that territory.
Developments through which the Wes! Tudies Federation will be furntal- ly established on JanULIY 3
On Britain's technic and pre- ressionat help to her colonies, he said that slee the ALL some 1,500 doctors. 2,000 angineers. 2,500 teachers and 2,000 adminis- Irative recruits bad gone from Britati to serve colonial govern-
Been Impressed
Mr Lennox-Boyd sald thements, Never had they been more consellated estimates showed needed than now. that the
af national Income colonini Territories had doubled between 1948 and 1930 and allowing for price rises, there lind been a real Jucrease of about one third in the output of goods and services,
of
"The real national income the colonial territories has been mercusing at an average rate of about tour per cent per annun," he said.
The population increase tiss whole wet the annual rate n
boul two per cent. This was proof of the sucess of Britain's policy for denial development.
Developments
Mr Lennox-Boy
recne ted important consiitutional de compe, ments during the year such is
The Nigerian, cousti itional conference which led to the appotul- ment of a federal prime minister and fuit iuteran!- government for the eastern and western regtans of Sizeria,
A new
★ Azreement on
constitution confer- ring full Internal self- діко government reached with an ali-party delegation from Singapore.
was
The introduction of a ninisterial system in
Mauritius.
In
Altainment of Full velf-government with. the Commonwealth by
The Secretary reviewed his travels during the year and said he had been impressed "Umra by the vital need for cononic development as a necessary fore- runner to every other type of advaner and by the way in which the job was being tviled."
ALPINISTS WIN 5-DAY BATTLE
Bolzano, Dec. 31.
Two young German alpinists reached the top of an icy'peak today and won their five-day battle to spend New Year's Eve on top of Owl Mountain, never before scaled in winter.
Mountalueers and tour- ists, watching through telescopes from the bol- tom of the Dolmiles, !shouted and waved ex- citedly when George Ekmann, 18, and Herbert Bumgartner,.. 20, climbed over the edge of the ice- covered top of the 10,500- foot high peak.-United Press.
Mintoff Expected To Time Pending
Mark
United Kingdom Reply
Valletta, Dec. 31.
Mr Dom Mintoff, Malta's Prime Minister, is unlikely to take
HARBOUR
Buenos Aires, Dec. 31.
Six people were feared drowned today when an'
Argentine flying boat came down in the har- bour here with engine trouble..
The plane, a Short Sand-| ringham of Aerolineas Ar- gentinas, had taken off for Asuncion, Paraguay, turned back after minutes.
but
a few
FINAL STAGE REACHED IN
Tugs and launches rushed NEGOTIATIONS
to the scene when the plane
on landing on the water in
any major decision on a break with Britain before Parlia-appeared to run into trouble ment resumes on January 14, in the opinion of parlia-Buenos Aires new port. mentary circles here.
a united Parliamentary behind him,
front
They expect him to mark time is now fully committed and has pending a British reply to his warning last night of a severance of the unless Britain will pro- vide alternative employment for workers discharged at the great Maltese naval dückyard.
from
He falled during last night's sitting to define the "greements which he obligations" and threatens to abrogate. But I is felt here that he has left the next move up to the British Govern-
The general Inference last night's metión, and from the fact that it was passed withment, and that If they discharge acclamation. Is that Mr Mintolt more dockyard workers without finding them other Jobs Mir
will Miton
Implement his warning.
NEHRU ISSUES A
FLAT 'NO! TO SEPARATISTS
Calcutta, Dec. 31.
Without economic strength Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru declared last night that "not a yard of India is going to go out of India."
plans for social and political advance were castles the air,
On genomic development, he ld it was obvious that people
not going
Werk
10
become
wealthfer merely by willing
down and walling to see what Sir Winston Speaks:
Kovernmeni ir them."
BO i de for
ام
mutual Development was effort by government and the ordinary citizen, who must take en active part to make it fruit- ful. The increase in alional incomes in the colores had shown thal the results of development had been having-Reuter.
worth
Oil Industry
Port of Spain, Dec. 31. The Trinidad olndustry will pay a minimoen o 30 per eent of its prehis to the Govern- men! under ail tax legislation 14 be introduced from January I. 1950, Dr Ecie Wilkins, the Chief Minister, to the Legisla live Council
night Renier.
A British Crossword Puzzle
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ACROSS
1. Make off (0).
5. Is the girl to come out? It
secins so (3).
8. She confuses Ernie (6). .0. Tumous school (6). ·
10. Prepare Jack on the track?
(5).
11. Grand entertainment, per-
haps (6).
12. They don't agree (4)/
13. Remove gum from setting
(6).
10. Popular game over
water (0).
18. Expunge (0).
20. Cow-catcher (5).
22. Hair-cut, we gather (4).
23. "Bulbs" of a kind (5).
25. May be sirimmed off (a).
20. Hampshire river (8).
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27. It makes a pudding (1),
28. Not so runny (8).
29. Corno gut (0).
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DOWN
1. It's proverbially dead (8); 2. Maintains vigorously, (8).
"Venus de --"' (4),
4. Do the spadework (7).
6. Gale-crash (7),
6. Angers, in a way, a native
scaman (6),
1. Bring together (5).
14. Police examinee? (8).
15. Coloured price (0).
10. Horticultural error? (7).
17. Sot out In detali (7).
19. Disappearing act? (0). 21. Correspond (5),
24. Blossom support (4).
1958-A PERIOD
OF HOPE
AND GAIN
London, Dec. 31. Sir Winston Churchill said today that 1958 "can be a period of hope and gain for the free world."
In his annual New Year's mor- sage as Grand Master to the Primrose League, the 83-year-old wartime Prime Minister said it was on the unity and strength of the
Atlantic North
Treaty alliance, particularly Britain and the US, that the future depended. SYMPATHY
"The Nurth Atlantic Treaty should not limit to Europe the scope of mutual assistance and sympathy among its members," he said. "We cannot have the eingeat exchanges here and be indifferent to the interests our friends in their overseas problems,
of
"The new year can be period of hope and gain for the ilan."--Unlled Press.
Stevenson's Prophecy
For 1958
Chicago, Dec. 31.
Adlai Stevenson said to
He addressed big public
included meeting that
several tribal leaders in the hill town Tribal of Shillong in Asstun. delegations have been demand- ing autonomous administration and near-sovereign status their areas.
for
"It is foolish to demand in- dependence," Nehru told them at the conclusion of a week- long visit.
LAST DIVISION
"Let every man. woman anki child of this country remember, and the whole world take no tice, that the creation of Pakis
an was the last division of In- dlo. We cannot allow our na- tion to fall again because separatist desires and ideas.
of
DEMONSTRATIONS
Some observers forecast de-
probably monstrations,
inilor ones, in support of Mr Mintoff,
that the fortnight elapse before Parliament sits again.
in
wifl
The threat to sever fles with Britain arises from fears that British defence cuts will under-
minc Malta's prosperity which
Bri-
KHRUSHCHEV TOASTS US AND IKE
PICKED UP
Many of the 44 passengers and crew were pleked up, but steward ve passengers, and a were reported drowned.
London, Dec. 31. The Japanese Embassy here
said today that negotin. tions for an Anglo- Japanese Alomic Agree- ment had reached "the final stage."
A spokesman firmly rejecteri suggestions that the negotiations which have been going on here
The lying boat sank after for some months had run lato hitting the water.
Seven of the passengers earlier Inter declared missing were found to be safe, thus reducing the list of missing passengers to Ave.
Moscow, Jan. 1. Mr Nikita Khrushchev, So- viet Communist Party Chief,
three proposed toasts at a Kremlin New
difficulties.
con-
MINOR QUESTIONS
"The negotiations are tinuing in J very amicable atmosphere. They have reach- ed the final stage and only some
Twe bodies were recovered minor technical questions need to be settled. These should Reuter.
present
dimenity," no official said.
Year party tonight, then More Women
declared. "That's enough toasts: Let's get on with the dancing."
His toasts were to the Red
Army which must be strong"
Is largely dependent On the the United States and Pre- dockyard. Malta accuses lain of not being prepared to honor a 1956 declaration that she will avold
here. No
unemployment
decision has yet been taken on the future of die dockyard,
to the according Governor's office.-Reuter.
BOTTLED
Stapleford, Dec. 31. The vicur of the local church traditional New cancelled the Yrar's Eve service because "people always come in the best of spirits-bettled!" - United Press,
On Wagon
Leicester, Dec. 31. Howard Ward paid a £1 today for being drunk on
ne
the
sident Eisenhower and to fina and the rest of the Communist Camp.
BULGANIN
Heads of clplomatie missions but not Western correspondenia were lovited to the traditional party. Diplomats told after- wards of Mr Khrushchev's toaste.
Marshal Nikolai Bulgarin, Soviet Prime Minister, was also present and joined Mr Khrush- eher in proposing toasts to tresh Soviet successes, friendship among and
peaceful
Reuter.
and pence. the peoples coexistence. —
Record Budget Expected
Gettysburg, Dec. 31, President Eisenhower will while submit to Congress on January 13 what is expected to be a home pub.United record peace-time budget, the White House announced today.
wwдon.
Ward was arrested driving his milk wagon "We have received. another from chance to maintain our freedomPress. and we must do vo."
Nehru objected to the "tribel."
word
"It has no meaning," he said.
"It must go. We are all tribals
luent
Teenagers Die
It was not announced if the spending budget for the scal year beginning next July would bc bigher then the $72,000 million budget for the current Unconfirmed bist authori-
Walsenburg, Col., Jan. 1.
teenagers were killed year.
Two
and the worst form of tribalism today and 15 others injured as tative reports however intimates
prevails in the Hindu society, which advocates Ilon-United Press.
would be
the car in which they all parked the 1958-59 budget easte distine-skidded out of control, refled in the region of $74.000 million,
over for 110 feet and plunged down a river bed-China Mall Special,
He May Watch
Death Of
Sputnik I
London, Dec. 31.
The head of Britain's Jodrell Bank space radar said to- day that his radio- telescope may not be able to find Sputnik i in timo to watch its douth.
Professor A. C. B. Lovell night in a New Year's said he would decide tomorrow statement that the United whether to try to locate the States "must learn to satellite and resume tracking it, live" with its allies as
well as its enemies.
The telescope, which located
the Sputnik and its rocket when
Mr Stevenson; twice Democra-Russian scientists lost track of tic Presidentful candidate, ils course, how been in use on issued his statement in response other work for the past four to requests for prophecy for weeks, the year ahead.
"The New Year arrives at a perilous time," Mr Stevenson said, "when America la con- fronted with a fateful paradox: that there is a race of arms in which we must ugh draw abreast, but that this has now become race that no one, neither we or any other nations, can ever win,
GREAT CONCERN
Lovell adited that the Russian
that prediction
the satellite would
the re-enter
carth's atmosphert next month, agreed with his forecasts, made some ume ago. United Press.
Knighthoods
For Two
"My greatest concern is that the division between the East
London, Dec. 31. und West is getting harder. So
Two New Zoolanders re- we must emphasise our basic
which the ceived nighthoods in the New peaceful purposen weapons only exist to protect. Year's honours list today.
TUESDAY'S SOLUTION. —Aroma Bill, 7 Label, 8 "And it a well to remind They were William ExwDENCE -
Erse, Sako, 10 Captain, 12 Spec, 15 Hides, 18 Sere, 19 Kba- me, 21 Aware, 22 Gaol, 23 Drain, 20 Evil, 29 Elderly, 30 Oval, 31 Axía, da Stock, 33 Dump. - . Dawn: 1 Salad, 2 Heather, 4 Inano, Lees, 6 Inlo, 9 Stär, 11 Alredt, 13 Peel, 14 Deed, 16 Stald, 17 Face, 18 Sari, 20 Honly, 22 Gall, 24 Realm, 28 Black, 27 Vary, 28 Load
ourselves of the lessons of the Hale, for services to the dairy satellites that we are part of industry, and Ernest Maradch the human family and must learn to live not only with our for services to science. Allios but our: “adversarico,"! —– Both were made Knights United Pros,
Bachelor United Press,
Router.
Altitude Record
Djakarta, Jan. 1.
Washington, Dec. 31. Prime Minister Djunna today
The United States Army - sent a message to Ceylon's nounced today that one of its Government, promising aid for helicopter pilots had ascended to flood victims, and extending an allitude of 30,335 feet, taking Indonesia's sympathy.—United the hellcopter cllitude record
from France.-Reuter.
Press.
MARTEL
Very Fine Cognac
MARTELL
CORDON BLE U
also THREE STAR VGOP and EXTRA
Than Men
London, Dec. 31. There are more women than men in England-and they live longer, a Government report re- vealed here today.
the
Ile said that the conferences on the negotiations took place intermittently-at the most once a week.
"With such infrequent meet. Ings the negotiations necessarily
must move slowly," the Embassy spokesman said. United Press.
Paris, Dec. 31. Of the country's 45 million Nearly 800,000 French workers population, 23,259,000 are women, won a 4.33 per cent salary in- and in ages over 05 they out- eroase today when the Govern- number the men by three to two.ment raised the minimum legal
The decision
spelled The total population of England wage, increased by 240,000 in the last trouble for French efforts to hold year, the report added.-United the price-and-wage line in 1950.
-United Press, Press
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