New warships for
RN outlined in
bigger
budget
London, Feb. 16.
New construction totalling £107 million-including:
a ship that will sink on purpose-was provided
THE "CHINA 'MAIL," "FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1981.
Raab to resign
Vienna, Feb, 10. Austria's conservativa Chancellor Julius Ras), disclosed today he would resign from the post of chief of government of Aprli 11.
Rab has headed this country's coalition goveşti- ments of his own Volksparilo. (People's Party) and the Bocjallet Party for eight years—AF.
for the Royal Navy budget for 1961-62 pre Best
sented to Parliament today.
BURMESE SHOOT
DOWN KMT
PLANE
Rangoon, Feb. 16.
araty kate
The Burma
this evening that a four- engine supply plane be longing
Nationalist
13
China has been shot down
Territory in Burmese miles from Mong Hpyak, from about 500 mltes Kangoon.
One Burma ale force Seas Fury crashed after being fired upon by the Kuomin tang slane, the announce-
munt said,
It said the supply plane
was paluted green,
Two men were reported
to have parachuted from The stricken KMT plone
and to have landed on Bur- mese territory.
Rangoon military officials Bald the B-28 bomber has kern dropping supplies to Chinese Nutlouait troops an Burmese territory,--AP.
Another innovation will be d Bightweight anti-submarine for pedo to be carried and fired by Helicopters,
The budget totalled £407,703,- 000, or $11 million more than Britain spent on its Navy in ứng current fiscal year which cruis on March 31.
The sloking ship is an assault vessel which will flood Itself so that smaller warcraft can peut out of its stern und carry troops ashore.
Is upper deck will carry helicopters to help cover the landing fevery and
provide rapid communications,
SEA POWER Once it has settled in off- hore shallows, the sinklai assault vessei will be used ad a headquarters ship.
Presenting the navy budge) fleures to Parliament, Lord Carryington, First Lord of the Admirally, declared;
We belleve that the valué of a.kea power is aa great and, if anything, greater tha It was.
The navy
is not standing suit. The navy of tomorrow is on the stocks today."
In line with its modernisation programme, he said, the Royal
of
eclipse
sun
in history over Europe
London, Feb. 16. Scientists in aircraft and millions of people on the Eurovision televizion link Wednesday watchod what was probably the best observed eclipse of the sun in history.
on
The eclipse-the first total one to be seen in France since 1912-hit" Europe near Dor deaux al 0732 GMT, before taking a wide sweep over Italy, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Rumanía, Crimea, and the Urals.
Russian scientists in a TU-} 104 Jet met the cclipse at Hostov, and followed its course actors the Crimea where it cast the widest shadow-prolonging observations for 80 seconds possible from the
| longer than
ground.
The television link-ranking from France to Yugoslavia- brought the total eclipse within
of those parts of Continent where the gun was only partially obscured.
Eddie Fisher Navy wil serap in the next year reach
in hospital
London, Feb. 16. Crooner Eddie Fisher was rushed her by air from Munich during the night for ab emer- gency appendix operation in the same Lindon clinic whern his
Alm star wife Elizabeth ("Cleo. polra") Taylor was treated re- cently for meuingism.
This time it was vnited anxiously by her band's bedside.
who hus-
The couple had been on holl-i day in Gerinang pending 31 drcision as to whether Alming would resume on the jux-ridden 20th Century Fox epic Cleopa- tra"-hamstrung by Miss Tay- lor's long-drawn-out illness, →→→ AFP.
TANKER AGROUND
a total of 22 ships, including the cruisers Swiftsure, Superb and Kenya-Al.
Attempted to
smuggle
opium into U.S.
REPORTS VARY
the
But for Eurovialon comeramen in Yugoslavia, perched on the mountain top where they had worked for days to transport their equipment, mis obscured the phenomenon for all but tho Jast few seconds.
There were varying reports
the, effect ་
animal on the kingdom of the sudden dis- appearance of the sun.
From southern France, it was reported that dogs fed howling, and seagulls took refuge in Tocks during the brief period of darkness.
New Orleans, Feb. 16. --- Six Chinese scamen from the
Scientists there reported that Dutch ship, Utrecht, were the temperature dropped sontoneed to five years tween five and six degrees centi- jail or charges of attempt; | grade along the path of the total Britain. the usual ing to smuggla 52 lbs of cellpse. In
'The Es Singapore, a 10,000-Pin
ton Standard Vacuum
Bruck Philippine waters,
service
shoal 0
news
Today
The report said
opium into the United morning rise in temperature
States.
Eu.
Sze
was delayer about an hour- Reuter.
Lent begins
Labour health bill
London, Feb. 16. Another bitter all-night ottack by the Lobour opposition failed to pro- vant House of Commons approval today of higher
censure
fails
By the time the scision charges for patients of ments but during which the La-
bour MPs will probably harass¦ cdjáumed, commuters were Britain's National Health the Consevauves see more. beginning to pour into London scheme.
for work.
inore
The vote was never in doubt Late in the 18-hour session
Under the bill, certain health Prime Minister Macmillan's Con- since the government, when all Fervatives pushed through the House members are presebi, has service beneilts will coat tec Increase bill on second read-a majority of about 80. But the and the social security fees pald ing 203-193. The bill will go Labour MPs staged cam-by worker and employer will go to the House of Lords after a¦paign o! censure through up, Medical prescription, for third reading later, which un-} iwo all-night sessions to slow jexample, will cost two shillings ally deals with minor amend down passage.
Instead of one.--AP.
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