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TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1936,
Negotiations Australia Bans Plan For
With Egypt
BRITISH PROMISES OF GOOD-WILL
Cairo, Mar. 2.
The concluslan of a treaty cement- ing the Anglo-Egyptian friendship was not only a political necessity for the two countries, but a moral neces- sity for humanity, declared Nause Paala in an address at the
of the Anglo-Egyptian negotiation
ut the magnificent Zaafaran Palace to-day.
Nakas Pasha added that this time they were determined to aucceed:
Sir Miles Lampson, British High Commissioner, replying, promised that Great Britain would not be found wanting in good-will. She looked to- wards an era of complete sovereignty in Egypt, when Britain and Egypt would appear before the world an allies and equals.-Reuter Bulletin Service.
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London, Mar. 2. Preliminary conversations in con- neetion with the negotiations for
(77 Anglo-Egyptian Treaty were formally opened in Cairo today. For Britain, they are being conduct- ed by Sir Miles Lampson, High Com-: missioner, with the assistance, among athers, of officers of the Royal Navy,i Army and Royal Air Force as experi advisers.
The leader of the Egyptian delega- Ition is Nalas Pasha, who, in open-
ing speech, expressed the hope that the cension would result in n final of Anglo-Egyptian re- settlement
Jutions ort
basis which would
Air Mail
Canberra, Feb. 15.
THE Commonwealth Government have rejected the British pro- posal that all mails handled by the England-Australia air mail service should be carried without aurcharge in flying boats.
Blood-Test
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Hartford, Conn., Feb. 28. Connecticut'a blood-teat mar. riage law became effective on January 27.
Marriage licences will not be issued until both parties have given samples of their blood to a physician for analysis either at the State Department of Health or & state-approved laboratory.
The registrar of vital statis- tics will issue a licenco five days after a satisfactory blood test is received by him and notice of intentions to wed are filed.
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recognise Egypt's Independence, but, SUICIDE ATTEMPT nt the same time, would safeguard British interests enabling the two countries to contribute to the main- tenance of peace.
UNEMPLOYED MAN
CHARGED
Sir Miles Lampson sald It Was the opinion of the British Govern- ment, as it was their ardent hope, that by the exercise of patieneo and A charge of attempted suicide was understanding and the dispiny of admittel by Leung Sul-tum, 28, un- gandwill on both sides, it would be employed, when he appeared before passible to reach an agreement that Mr. S. F. Balfour at the Central would antisfy the individual and Police Court this morning. Juint interests and aims of the two
countries. With a view to removing. Prosecuting, Detective Sergeant
yesterday.
Six
at the outset, obstacles to an agree- P. O. Gulid stated that accused wALL ment which had been experienced in sent to hospital on Saturday night the past, it had been decide that na suffering from an overdose of opium, a preliminary to the negotiations for He was discharged me to end his in Treaty settlement there should be months ago, in an attempt
confidential discussion in a spirit of life, he cut his throat and slashed his potential allies of matters which had body. The man had been sent to the caused must difficulty in the 1930 S.C.A. who recommended that he be negotiations,
bound over. The polee asked that the man be sent out of the Colony, He had been unemployed for the past year and apparently attempted sui- elde because of this.
The British Government, he added, Jooked forward to the time when, as a result of a Treaty freely entered into by both parties, a new era world he established in the reintions of the two countries an era when Egypt. Sergeant Gulld added that he having assumed her complete sover thought there was nothing the matter oignty and grounds for past mis-with the accused mentally. He had a uderstandings having been removed.wife and a child and the family were they would appeal to the world as allies and equals.-British Wireless, prepared
PRECAUTIONS IN MEDITERRANEAN
COST HALF MILLION MONTHLY
London, Mar. 2. It was announced in the House of Commons that the monthly cost of the continunnce_of_special__naval, military and air precautions in the Mediterranean, on the present scale,
"MILLIONS IN THE AIR" OPENS THURSDAY AT THE QUEEN'S. estimated to be about £600,000.
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Mr. Morrison, who replied for the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when naked whether belter uso could not be
made of this money. replied: No, sir."-British Wireless.
The Government contend that while in some ways the proposal la attractive, it is irreconcilable with the conditions and require- ments of Australia,
Mr. Lyons, the Prime Minister, announced to-day that the Cabinet had decided to retain control of and responsibility for the Sydney to Singapore sarvíce.
They had advised Great Britain that they desired to retain the surcharge for a further period of reduc- years. They suggested à tion to 6d, a half ounce from Sydney to London, and 6d. from London to Sydney when the ap- popriate time came. Present rates are 1n. Gd. land Is. 3d,
If Great Britain should agree to those proposals the Common- wealth would undertake to establish an accelerated bi-weekly Avrvico
of high-speed aircrafs which would dater adequately for the increased traffic. They hoped that this would coincide with a reorganisation of the British ser- vice to Singapore.
The Commonwealth belloved that this would be the best way to develop Australian, aviation while at the same time providing an adequate oversens service.--- Reuter.
British Proposal
The British proposal, made a year ago, by a special delegation to Australia, to reduce the Eng- land to Australia air mail to a flat rate of 11⁄2d. a half ounce has met with opposition from Aus- tralia from the first.
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