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Comment Welensky will probably ask for dissolution of Parliament of the ONE COURSE OPEN TO BRITAIN Federation New RN assault ships 200 hurt when
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NOTHING TO CROW ABOUT
HE Civic-Reform coalition
Tovicemest hist month
how sounds like its own death knell. For, far from enhancing their constitu- tional cause which was lo have received its first major test at next month's elec tions, the four candidates retain their Urban Council Heats by a walkover. How
claiming group y
for its popular support policies van welcome anch a result is beyond under- standing: Not only have their proposals not been toster and, as they hoped. vindicated by public opin- Ion, but the four members have the doubtful distine tion of owing their con- tinned existence in the Urban Council to publie in- difference instead of elec toral support.
Phown the
DREVIOUS elections have futility of
trying to
independents oppose organised groups. On this occasion they faced 110t two separate party machines but the combined forces of the two. It would need men of burning con- viction 10 light such strong coalition. And let it be admitted, they do not exist in Hongkong. General feeling
Moreover,
is that it is pointless fight-j Ing a cause that stands no i chance of succceeding any- way. Government had turn- ed its back on constitutional reform. That virtually pulled the hustings from i under the feet of the Civic- Reform candidates.
|
rushing to
disaster
Salisbury, Feb. 22.
Sir Roy Welensky, Rhodesian Prime Minis- ter, would probably ask for dissolution of the Federal Parliament if British Colonial Secretary Mr Iain Macleod's "stubbornness" prevented him from re- lenting on his now constitutional plans, the Evening Standard said here today.
The newspaper, generally re- gard as Sir Roy's mouthpiece, said the time Hml for Me Melcod "retention" was be tween now and Monday.
Showed Partament be dissolv- ed. Sir Hoy would seek 7 mandate at the ensuing general eketion to demand the Federa tion's Independence froid Britain, the paper raid,
Ital, in the some fro page or ele, that Sir Rey was coh- convinced the preposedl
So when the newly returned members are duly worn in, let there be no talk of pretentious mandates from the people. For not only have none been given, bot it a quite obvious that interest in local politics husstitutions. never been lower.
NE does not need to have lived in Hongkong long
SIR ROY WELENSKY
would "put African nationalist parties into power is Northern Rhodesia."
"Mr Macleod and the British Government
only have
one them if they course open to
Must agree
put
"They must agree to aside the constitutional pro. posals for Northern Rhodesia published last night anŭ re- open discussions on the sub- Ject.
must be Indeed, they prepared to make a complciciy fresh start,
to remember Council elec-wish to halt the Federation's tions when the Reform Club headlongt rush towards disaster," and the Independents it declared. were the only contenders, or even the first election u which the Civic Association offered _ spirited opposition to the Reform Club, Look- ing back over the years there were five candidates for two seats in 1964, three for two the next year, ten for six seats in 1966, eight vinoed that
Sir Roy Welensky is con- the proposed con- for four the year after and stitution would put African nine dor four in the lasttionalist parties into power elections.
Northern Rhodesia, There was apathy in those "That would
mean African days, as the poll results rationalist control in two of the showed and an newspaper
Foderation's three territories—- be little doubt editorials were always quick for there can to emphasise afterwards, Malawa Congress
that Dr Hastings Banda and the Party Will
but it does not compare
מן
win the forthcoming general
He told the House of Com- mens at the end of a debate on the Government's proposals for a new Northern Rhodesian con- sillution:
"I do not In the least mind his truculent remarks about the We can Government. British take it.
"What has disturbed me is the has general tone in which he spoken of the racfl problem.
"Some of the things be has said, and the way he has said them are, I am afrald, bourd distrust between deepen Africans and Europeana."
Create calm
They were bound to raise the political temperature "at a time when it must surely be the duty of all responsible men to try and create calm and confidence."
Roy
Mr Sandys said Sir probably feared the Federation Fof: Rhodesia and Nyasalann. would be endangered by, an over-quick political advance
That for the Africans.
was
quile true; bu the same ́ applied to over-slowness,
He said he had a good deal of admiration for Si Rey's "sturdy, Aghting qualities." He Iwas the one man who could, #1 he wished. provide nationa! leadership.
Mr Sandys also criticiseri threatening speeches by African leaders in which they bad hinted at "something worte than Mau Mauan outbreak of anti-white terrorism by Africans in Kenya. They were "quite intolerable and evidence of political irresponsibility,"
Just time
The Commonwealth Secre lary said there might still be Just time to make good past
omissions mistakes and
011
both sides. He appealed to all Rhodesians to work for the new plan. This might be the last chance they
would have-Reuter.
14 adrift
on ice
floes
Above is an artist's Illustration
of the Royal Navy's new "sinking" Lesault ships 11,000 ions and rarrying dgol cruft slucked with landing (anks, guns and infantry.
Detalls of the new ships were announced by the Admiralty
Airline
work.
crowd
locked out of stadium
Leicester, Feb. 22. Children were knocked down, traffic was halted and streets were jammed when an estimated 15,000 to 17,000 crowd of football fans, were locked outside Leicester City's ground to-
night.
American
astronauts
say Russians first
last week. This is how they | The ship will be speedy enough to keep up with the Navy's Commando carriers. It with Cape Canaveral, Fab. 22.
so carry helicopters to ferry America's Morcury froops ashore.
ships will The atlack
Army troops, but the number has not been made known.......... London Express photo.
Compartments will be flooded offshore so that the when ship partially rinks to allow to the landing craft inside move out under their
power.
own
carry
strike nearer to settlement
Washington, Feb. 22.
Crippled airlines and their striking flight engineers moved close to a set-
flement tonight that would end the worst aviation tie-up in U.S. his- tory, an informed source said.
Factory
disaster
1
at
Madrid, Feb. 22. An explosion in plasties pani killed
LEC least 23 persons al Puente de Vallecas district today police announced.
The explosion occurred workers, As more than 50
were and men
women working.
An unspeelfied number
of workers were injured,
The blast was followed
by # violent fire which destroyed the plant.
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Police later, sald
the died in persons had
They included 11 blast. girls aged between 16 and 23, and 10 men. Most of Windsor, Ont., Feb. 22. them were burned beyond
recognition, At least 14 men were report- ed adrift today' on ice does in Lake Erie, provincial police circumstanees the sald tonight
A United States Coast Guard the Evening Standard helicopter was rushing, to oac floe where 13 men were strand- Disturbed
ed about two miles from the Ontario town of Kingville.
Police
tog report heavy
with the "couldn't-care-iesa" election in Nyasaland. attitude that prevalls today,
"In theso
n attitudo largely fostered | Fadtration would be unwork-
by the two groups them able,"
solve R in
policies which
formulating w
arbure no
general interest £11 the community.
I
T might further be argued that if there is to be no choics of candidates in the future because of the dis- couraging effect of the Civic-Reform coalition, there might as well be no elected acats, As in, the clow torate is represented in the Coutell by members" who have neither been publicly confirmed hor, had policies, approved. And the conviction remains that the Civic Association. and Reform Club not only stand to gain, nothing, by their hollow victory, but are hammering, another poll in the coffin. of electoral In- terest on which their existence and thele hope for the future 'dépend,
their
Secretary for Com
other workers Three
burns. Buffered serious Others. creaped unhurt,
The blast was due to a -pite effed group protis
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A representative of the Fight Engineers International Asso- slation was reported 'worthy with airline officials eK A PID= posed selflement that would end the five-day wildest walk- out that has grounded or cur- talled flights by six passenger lines and one cargo airline, But the sourco cautioned that several unresolved issues could prevent a quick settlement,
Ho made the statement shortly after five of the airlines warned that they would withdraw their "no reprisals" pledge unlers the engineers returned to their jobs' by nook tomorrow.
Stumbling block
A major stumbling block do a settlement was the engineers unsistence that Western Airlines premise to rehire 180. fred en- gineers.
China should
be in
United Nations
ATTLEE
New Delhi, Febr 22. Earl Attlee, former Labour
Prime Minister, sald to day that the exclusion of Communist China from the United Nations was "complete nonsense.” But chalaman Nathan Fein-
Speaking on “the future of singer of a three-man commis- slon appointed by President the United Nations" at the third Kennedy to investigate the din Azad Memorial lectures here,
urged pule said he was going on the Earl Attlee
that Assumptica would end tomorrow.
a
It was estimated that more than 200 people were hurt, most of them noi striously. Four were taken to hospital.
Police struggled to preserve order with the crowds GOTO time before the start of the City's fifth round Football As- toelation Cup re-play with Bir- mingham City.
Thousands of the fans fucked out were from Birmingham.
The ground Was full to capacity 15 minutes before the start and St John Ambulance Brigade units wero called In
to help children knocked off their foot in the melce,
Police and ambulance struggled to get to the casual- asties. A police spokesman sald
men
tronauts, three, of whom | later most of the Injuries were WOTO chocon for final minor cuts and bruises,
There were training yesterday, said
many fainting cases in the sell-out crowd today that they expected inside the stadium. Lelerater the Russians to be first won 2-1.--China Mail Special
to put a man in-orbit of and AP.. the earth:
Six.of.the.caven.....men......., were present of a Press conference here. · The seventh,
Captain Virgil Grissom, one of the three chosen for final training, is in Bermuda.
Liczi-Commander Malcolm Carpenter, acting as spokesman for the group, said: "11′s przy obylous the Russians Lave greater capability (than the U.S.) In some flelds of orbital flight, and are quite advanced in en- vironmental control,"
He added: "I'll be surprised If Russia doesn't get the first successful manned orbital flight." Two of the three astronauts choren yesterday, Lleut-Colonel “John Glenn, · of the Marines, and US Navy. Conumander Alan Shepard woré broad gring and inked enthusiastically of the future.
ANY MOMENT Col Glenn, asked whether hộ would like to go on the next Mercury-Hedstone, up-and-down
Miners get token
pay
Swansea, Feb. 22. Eighty thousand miners in South Wales will receive only token payments in their wage packets on Friday because 3,000 col- liery clerks are on strike, the Regional Coal Board announced here today. Each wage packet. will con«' tain caly a nominal fixed sum, as the clerks are not available to crfculate cach man's actual The balance will be earnings. pald when the strikera resume
space flight, replied: "Absolute work. ly-I'm ready to go at any mo-" ment."
was
The silke is against the alleged refusal by the board .lo pay five clerks and a typist for overtime.
Commander Shepard more cautious,
"I'm ready to go when every-
The clerks union had asked thing is ready, but there are the board to meet representa- of things un the last tives to settle the dispute. The couple fight the Mercury-Redstone beard says, it will not do this which fired the chimpanzee ham until work is resumed. Okina on a ride through space - Vo Mail Special. would like to prove out,” he seld,
I think the main deficiengles are pretty well ironed out by now," he added,
Water Schirrs, one of the other astronauts, chipped in 10 "moru say: "If they don't want to go,
the strike ratlonial" constitution for. we will"Reuter,
the organization.
However, he' said this wAS "Certain great powers based only on a general "fect given exceptional authority hut states are represented on the Ing of optimizm."
In London, Mr Duncan Sandya, menwealth Relations, said to- sciting in on the lako and maid Royal and Ancient mice after a three-hour con- to their population or to their
operations would be Another wo men foo near
now Presidential
night he was "disturbed" by mscue The topo of recent speeches difficult.
Ble were adrift on E problems by
Colchester, Ontario-UPI.
on racial Roy,
Liz will start agai Na
new 'Cleopatra'
London, Feb. 22.* Hollywood, wrote off $5 milion on the il-fated movie "Cleo- Extra" tontahi and decided to siárí All over again.**
was the fatcat twist in an epis story about an eplo Sim
production whicîn has bech plagued by a host”· of · troubles including bad Hirtlich weather, the flints) of star übtrem Elizabeth Taylor, and confusion over-tosurance, t
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new director, Joseph came out Marklowicz. three weeks' intense study of the problem and announced shooting will start in a mouth with MI - Taylor, make a profit,” be said,
At the same time, 20th Century
Fox ordered By lawyers toʻgo
Washington, Feb, 22.
slipped President Kennedy away from the White House - day to play golf at the Chevy Chase Country Club in suburban Maryland.
Mr Kennedy was gone for an hour and a halt before there was shy announcement as where he was,AP.
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Prince Hiro J today
ide
Joins Reds
London, Feb. 22.'.
Washington's
birthday bargains
New York, Feb. 22. Americans celebrated George
Washington's birthday to day with a national hóll- day, a rash of speeches
the and tributes and year's most strenuous bargain-hunting, D
The airlines threatened to busts of covereignty and their drop their "ho punishment"valing power has no reference
Mr Roland W. Cassela, a ference with Labour Secretary power," he said. Artur Goldberg, who, is trying "Memberbip is voluntary and former member of the Labour National Executive to end the strike wilch the one great, powerful stateParty's
600 Council, announced today he China with irlines say lo costing theat $5 Communist
has rested and has joined, the millions is excluded. milllen a day.--UPI.
"First, then, the United Communist party, (0.
Mr Casasola Nations Organisatiori must, be
asserted the made worldwide. The exclusion party leadership, headed by Mr
For the big department stores, has gradually washington's birthday is tradi of Communist China is complete Hugh Gaitskell,
"whituled away the basic prin- tionally a tine The lectures, delivered every cipien of peace, and socialism in which customers year late in memory of India's which the real strength of the by such once in a lifetime lato Education Minister, Mulana barty Hos." Abdul Kalam Azad-Router.
SEA-AIR TRAVEL
SERVICE
co
London, Feb. 22. British Overseas Airways anj nounced today they pro operating with the big shipping. companies to operate a
new sea-ale travel scheme.
This will enablo passengers, lo
nonsense."
tha
for sales, to
ara templed
values" as a 1953 model car, a
.
A former President of Amalgamated Union of Foundryypewriter, a used television set Workers, Mr Casnpola ranak á
or a portabla sewing machine, Latur candidate in four par- oll for 90 epnis (about 78)
aplece. “UNEQUAL RIGHTS amentary elecilons, but
The Federal Trade Commis- brafon each time-AP.
sion, which usually frowna on speli practices, turns a blind cyo to them on, this day, 7
Raleigh, N.C., Feb. 22. travel ond way by dir and the A new champion of equal
was
of
• London, Feb. 22. The two Houses of Congress Tokyo, Feb. 29. Father by men or split a single tights for women rose on tho
·Mrs- Constance. Daliing, 34, prepare to hear a reading Today was a big day in the journey between 10s and air floor of the North Carolina won a' divorce, degron today on Washington's farewell #address, to court on Thursday against life of tiny, Prince Hiro, bair 15 | travel.
|| Legislature yesterday.
the grounds that her husband, and ex-servicemen's groups all, interanon cedioanjca", which the Chrysanthemum throne of Theryilem covering: routes Ben W. Lansford asked for | Victor, Chenged hla sex by manns over the country planned baized as claims meiting Hum Japan, It was his fifat birthday, round the world will start on repond of a law, which prohibita of hormind treatments" and de- porades and patriotle Ceremoniale, production detayzAP..
Aprii, 1.—Router..
their atUPI.
**Router. stried her in 1997-AP