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on
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1958.
Britain Battles Inflation Lee Astor
TO SAVE £3M A YEAR WITHOUT HK &TRINCOMALEE
By RONALD BOXALL
London, Feb. 19.
Increases Health
Service Charges
& Closes Bases
London, Feb. 19.
TUNISIA THREATENS TO RETURN TO UN
By RALPH TEATSORTH United Nations, Feb. 19.
Britain's economy-minded Conservative Govern-
ment announced on Tuesday that it was boost-Tunisia threatened today to
ing health service charges and closing two naval bases in an effort to balance the nation's hard-hit finances.
Five thousand workers will lose their jobs when Hongkong's naval dock- yard ls closed down in
Bol decisions were bound to November 1959. An Ad silt up another angry
storm miralty spokesman gave against the Government, less this news after publica- than a week after 1s humilia- tion of today's White ling defmt in the key Rochdale!
parlamentary by-election. Paper on Navy estimates.
But they selected Prime According to the White Paper Minister Harold Macmillan's roorganisation and reduction at determined effort to continue Hongkong and Trincomalee battling inflation regardless of together will result in saving of the reaction of vetors. about 10,000 civilian posts, 640 naval ports eshore and about £3,500,000 yearly
The
Admiralty
spokesman
said saving in evilion posts as between the two bises would be "fty-fifty." No figure, were available of eaving in poste and money at Hongkong,
REORGANISATION
Simultaneously
Ananuncements of the economy almost made
Welc
moves simultaneously to Parliament.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Derick Heathcoat-Amory told i the House of Commons that, offeolive next July, ali malo workers would contribute an
EGYPTIAN, SUDAN DISPUTE
London, Feb. 18. The Sudanese and Egyptian
Nations
bring its dispute back to the United Security Council unless American and British settlement efforts in- cluded the question of the Algerian war.
The 11-nation Council ad- Journed indefinitely utter a 03- minute meeting yesterday to awall the outcome of the Anglo-American good offices in settling the dispute.
Tunisian Ambassador Mongi Slim said he would demand a new and urgent meeting of the Foreign Ministers held Councit if "the good offers on seem not to be yielding good
talks in Calm today the dispute between results" due to "differences in
dependent to the will of my their countries
over Government
might (wlich) 10,000 square miles of arise." territory along the com- INTERPRETATION mon frontier.
Mr Mohammed Mahgqub of extra. six pence to the Nathe Sudan, met Dr Mahmoud Diplomats
tional Health Serviço.
Roorganimation and reduction of naval bases at home and abroad will meon saving of All working women will have 23,000 clvllion posts between their weekly contribution 13- 8,000 and 7.000 naval ports creused four pence and juveniles Bhore and about £16,500,000 two pence.
feared
thig
Fawl, his Egyptian counterpart, difference in interpretation of of the ground covered by the con- c Egypt accused Sudan violating Egyptian sovereignty cillation effort would wreck the by sending troops into the area. American and British effort.
Tunisia originally asked the
arco.
in Khartoum the February 8 bombing
of
Later. Slim sub- mitted an "addendum mealion- 79 lives.
Ing the A'gerian war and the French troop questions.
In the House of Lords the It demanded their withdrawal.
Mr Abdullah Khalil, the Council to meet to discuss the Much of this enving will be Earl of Selkirk, first Lord uk in the United Kingdom Itself the Admiralty, announced plans Sudanese Prime Minister, told a French "act of aggression" in
press conference whero naval establishments are to close the Navy's Sheernes that Egyptian troops had had Sakiet-Sidi-Youssef that cout to be practically reduced.
and Portland dockyards, and to Dealing with disposition of the feet, the White Paper sald crop the Royal Navy's Norerived in the disputed Red Sea
Command,
In Cairo an official spokes it was Inter.ded to maintain
mon said electoral committee continuously one earrier with
had left for the area to conduct Aupporting ships east of the
polling in the plebiscite on Tho Government also an-Egyptian-Syrian Union but they
plans 10 ellminate were unaccompanied, nouneed several Royal Air Force estab-
Strez
This fleet will be based on Singapore and have fighter and strike aircraft necessary to pro-
Eliminate
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any
submarine
Amory told of United
operations. It will also be able to deal with threat in the event war in the area.
COMMANDO CARRIER
Announcing the National Health Service Increases, Commons that the National Insurance Fand financial backbone of Bri- tain' cradio-to-the-gravo welfare state — would go into deficit for the Best time in the coming financial year.
Egypt told Sudan in a noto on February 16 that frontier police would accompany the committees.
FALSEHOODS
President Nasser today gent n cable to the Mahdi, lender of Sudan's Umma Party, denying that Egyptian troops had He said the deficit of about "invaded the Sudan border," He £14,000,000 would have to be said the reports were "falk- borne by the Goverment Trea-hoods, lies."
The ability of this floot to give assistance where needed will be reinforced by the provi- sion of a commando carrier ble by means of hellcoptors to land sury. its commandos far inland.
The Council also put on its agenda Franco's demand that "condemned" for Tunisia be atding the Algerian Nationalist rebels.
Although the Council took no action on either item, both re- mained on its agenda and the 11-nation group may be re- convened at any time to coa- sider them.-Unilted Press,
Coma Birth
Leeds, Feb. 17; A woman still in a coma to- day, six months after a road accident, has given birth to a four-pound girl in .n Maternity home.
Leeds
Mrs Rita Nemeth, 30, wife of a dental surgeon here, has not
of Wadi Halta. Egypapoken since receiving her in- ofera in return small area o juries in a road accident on the south.
August 18-Beuter.
National insurance charges Egypt's claim to all territory The carrier Bulwark will be wore boosted only at the begin- north of the 22nd parallel In- deployed enst of the Burning of this month. At the dientes a large area skirting the during 1958 until it is relleved moment the total weekly con- Red Sea in Kassala province and by the Albion which is at pre-tribution for a male worker, a small caclave along the Nile sent refitting. Bulwark will including the employer's share, north then return for conversion to is 175 3
But the role of a commando cariler
only about. 14
of
Egypt today officially denied a after which it will again form this is earmarked for the N-
"the part of the Eastern feet. ilonal Health Service. The Sudanese allegation that Express Service.
remainder covers unemployment discovery of mineral deposits in Step into 7th Work Insurance, old age pensions and the region prompled Egypt's
action."--Reuter, other social security benefits,
REFUGEES IN COLONY
Bitter Attack
The Labour opposition imme- diately launched a bitter attack on the rate increases,
Opposillon Reader Huch Gallskell said that "by their
contribu very nature these tions must fall on those Icast able to bear them.”
Abolished
air
London, Feb. 18. About 1,000 European re- The Government announced fugees are known to be in at the same time the closing of Hongkong, the Colonial Royal Air Force repair shops at Secretary,
Mr
Alan Denibristle and five other told Lennox-Boyd,
the eptabilshments in this country. House of Commone today.
Most of them were Russians, some were Poles, Hungarians or "The Note. Command will be Czechs, he said in reply to
ebolished by April, 1981,” the question by Mr Reginald Soren-Government Bald. "At Sheer
ncas the dockyard will be rus down
closing April 6, 1960. At Chatham the
gradually, deckyard will be retained but
sed.
Just over 10,000 other refugees hed passed through Hongkong since February 1952, he added.
Mr William Teeling, & Conser vative, asked "what arrangements wore made concerning mainland Chinese who applied for permits to enter Hongkong and who wished to go on to Formosa.
WHAT EXTENT
on
the barracks and other taval establishments will be closed also by 1961."
The Government said the closing of the bases will allow a cut of about 2,700 Daval shore jobs and more than 7,000 civilian Joba
"Singapore and Gibrulia
He also asked to what extent | dockyards will be retained," the
the British Government or the Government stated. “The future
WANTED QUEEN'S BOUQUET
Brisbane, Feb. 18. Herzos In a mounted police escort tried to eat the Queen Mother'a bouquet at a civic recaption In King George Squara hare today.
Oho rekched out to pat * horse the node, a sho Inspected the guard, and the harso reached for her bouquet of North Quson- land orchids and malden- hair forn.
tha Deveral other
13 thoroughbreds tried to nibble at the bouquet and Back time the Queen Mother had to withdraw It quickly to the crowd's doilght.
One hores did get samo» thing, The Queen reached into her purse and gave him • tump of sugar- Router.
Hongkong Government was in of Malta dockyard is still under Victoria Cross
touch on this matter with United | consideration."—United Press.
| Nations officials or with Formosa,
Mr Lennox-Boyd replied: No mainland Chinese has applied for transit facilities through Hongkong with the stated object of going to Formosa. It has, therefore, not been necessary
China's
Expelled
London, Feb. 18.
leading
woman
for the Hongkong Government author, Ting Ling, has been to make any arrangements and expelled from the Praesidium there is no contact between HIM of the China Federation of Government or the Hongtong literary and Art Circles for Government and United Nations "rightist tendencies, the New officials of formos this China News Agency reported
tonight-Reuter,
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London, Feb. 10. A Victoria Cross won in
World France during
War I fetched a record price of 2,050 at an auction here on Tuesday.
Cpl. Roland Elcock won the Victoria Cross in 1918 when ho stormed and wiped out two Gorman machine-pun beats.
It was bought for his old re- giment the Scots: Guards, ---
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land Yard
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