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TODAY'S RACING Enlarging An Air Base LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

SELECTIONS

By "The Turf”

RACE 1

Harmony

Blue Bird

By "Rapier"

RACE 1

Harmony

Blue Bird

Easy Money

DACE 2

Glamour Butterfly

Liberty Diamond

RACE 3

RACE 3

Care Free

Sulphur

Ironside

Hei Pollo

Hoi Polloi

Outsider: Half Moon Bay

Silver Fox

Outsider: Baylight.

Easy Money

Outsider: Haney Dew.

RACE 2

Prince Dabla

Crown Winess

Outsider: High Straight,

Outsider:-Care Free.

RACE 4

Krazy Kat

Prairie Moon

Ben Lawers

Outsider:-Victorious.

Amber

RACE 5

Baylight

National Glory

Dawn

Sulphur.

RACE 4

RACE 5

Trade Wind

Wonderful Coin

Outsider: Toowoomba Boy.

RACE 6

The Kam Lung

Al Fresco

Mlami Beruty

Outsider: Double Coln

Bonnie Eyes

Outsider:

Jericho

Ben Lawers

Sino Marshall

Outsider: Krazy Kat.

Winged

Ben Maedhui

Outsider: Trade Win3.

The Kam Lung

Al Fresco

Outsider: Miami Beauty.

Jennifer

RACE 7

RACE 7

Kwong Leung

Jennifer

Outsider:-Southeast Wind

Wonderful Cola

Outsider: Calamity.

RACE 8

Desert Gold

Busy Bee

RACE 9

Ding How

Bitter Sweet

Debonair

Outsider: Speed Wheel.

Ringwood

RACE 10

Xerxes

Harvest Field

Outsider:---L'are Triomphe.

Yacal

RACE 6

Poker Face

Power House

Outsider:-Ficet Admiral.

RACE 8

Sapientia Rifle

Busy Be

Outsider:-Marber.

Argus

Ding How

RAGE 9

Särling Castle

Outsider: Speed Wheel.

Ringwood

RACE 10

The Hopeful

National Honour

Olsider: Stratocruiser,

Hand Back Village, Demand

Berlin, Oct. 19.

police. In a letter of protest to General Mathewson, the the Soviet representative, Gen- American Commandant in Ber- eral Dengin, the General termed Hn, today demanded that the the seizure

an arbitrary Soviet authorities should restore which violated to West Berlin the village of

agreements, Steinstuecken belonged Steinstuecken, which was seized American jurisdiction, he said, last night by

East

German

Reuter.

COMMENT OF THE DAY

EGYPT

act

to

Tripoll's huge air base, now being used by the United States Military Transport Command at Mellaha, is in the course of being further enlarged, and this pic- ture shows some of the thousand Arab workers engaged on the task of enlarging the airfield. Just off the field, and seen in background, is a mosque.-AP Picture.

UN Discussion On Oil Dispute Adjourned

Flushing Meadow, Oct. 19.

The Security Council today voted to adjourn the discussion of the Anglo-Persian oil dispute until The Hague Court has ruled on United Nations competence on the question. '

Iranian dalks.

IN SUEZ CRISIS Final Stage Britain Sends 300 Travellers Two Warships

FUTURE OF THE SUDAN

SPECULATION

Cairo, Oct. 19.

Britain sent two more warships to the Suez Canal zone today and served notice on Egypt that she will demand damages of anti-British rioting and barred two top Egyptian officials from the Sudan.

There are unconfirmed reports also that 1,000 more British troops have left Cyprus for the Canal

zone.

Marooned

Milliary

Romo, Oct. 19.

aircraft today dropped emergency

food supplies to 200 passengers of the Syracuse-Rome Ex- press marooned in Steily for three days by storm.

The storms have killed 36 people En Southern Italy. Belly and Sardinia In the last four days. Recording to reports reach- ing here.

GOJLCË Acois and ent

Landslides blocked ruads railway lines.

Crops throughout * the storm-stricken area have béen flattened aid many old houses blown down in furious gales-Router.

ALGIERS

Planes shuttled 3,500 paratroopers from Cyprus to the zone on Wednesday and Thursday.

At the same time Egypt began calling up army HIT BY

reserves.

These developments came

on top of British oc-

cupation of another Suez Canal zone town last night HURRICANE

and the British threat to seize and operate Egyptian tugs which refused to move British ships.

Dispatches from Malla said The cables were repaired what the 4,710-ton British during the day while reinforced destroyers Chequers and Chevron troops and armoured patrols sailed for the Canal zone to join guarded the area. the 8,000-ton cruiser Gambia which arrived at Port

UNEASY CALM yesterday,

Uneasy calm blanketed con-

Said

The Inigate Cygnet also in

Algiers, Oct. 19.

Of Election Campaign

Begins

London, Oct. 19. Labour Party agents and supporters throughout Bri- tain today began a final general election drive.

The Foreign Minister, Mr Herbert Morrison, the Party's chief tactician, went to

eam-

paign in the heavily populated northern industrial areas. His week-end tour will cover five Lancashire, cotton towns. "in- cluding Manchester. He will try to win over the Liberal vote, traditionally strong there.

The Conservatives said 104. day that their agents were re- porting.

a significant Right wing swing in Lancashire and the East Midlands, also a great manufacturing belt

Reports from Labour officials confirm that there are some

danger signa for the Socialists

in the north.

But Socialists optimistic tonight

were more that in the next six days they would close the gap that public opinion polls show in favour of the Conser- vatives.

:

Today's poll showed Labour Violent wind and rain storms closing up rapidly. In three of hurricane force which swept weeks the Conservative lead has the coast for more than 48 diminished from 11 to 4.5 per hours subelded today but heavy cent. rains are still falling, trans-

But a Conservative Party. forming already hard hit areas spokesman said that reports into huge swamps,

Whole

from nearly all constituencies blocks of buildings showed a swing away from

standing by at Maka and awak. Egyptian, demands would lead that three person drowned

in

MT

British

J

commission

was eight to one, for the resumption of Angio the Sudan, and Abdul Hadi, studying á now. Sudanese con- carried of by the on-rushing appointedmunist leader

Yugoslavia ab-

The vote Russia voting against.

Britain and stained.

Before this Yugoslavia toid the Council that it could not sup- port a British resolution calling

The Future Of The Sudan

NGYPT this week has committed two flagrant violations of bilateral contracts. She hus abrogated the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936 and repudiated the Sudan condominium of 1899, declaring King Farouk as king of that territory. The future of the Sudan poses a peculiar problem. Three questions arise: shall the eight million assorted people living in 1,000,000 variegated square miles, continue to evolve methodically towards indepen- dence under British patronage? Shall they become a sort of self-governing protectorate under King Farouk, with Egypt controlling their foreign affairs, army, defence and currency? Or shall they become independent right away and do the best they can? As far as claims to the possession of the Sudan are concerned the record is almost too- complicated to provide much answer, Egypt conquered it in the 1820's and established a shaky rule, punctuated by revolts and massacres. Britain entered the picture in 1882 when she militarily occupied Egypt. And the two countries together pacified the Sudan in 1899 and established the condominium- Britain supplying the Governor- General and Egypt the troops: In 1924 Britain secured the removal of Egyptian troops as a reprisal for the assassination of Sir Lee Stack by Cairo ✅extremists, Since then the practical responsibility for the Sudan has been solely Britain's. From the legal point of view there can be no question about Britain's position in the Sudan. The condominium still exists and the 1899 treaty makes no provision for its termination at the discretion of either

History refutes Egypt's ability U GIẢ. Her record whe

ression, slavery, corruption.

don, with spasmodic "antl

not

substantial advance in self-government. Britain has declared she entertains no desire to possess the Sudan, and she has proved that by a rapid pro- cess of "Sudanisation" and a genuine encouragement of political indepen- dence. But Britain's interests demand that the Sudan should possess a stable government, and this the Egyptians cannot provide. Egypt, for her part, s concerned-to a degree almost patholo- gical-with the safety and preservation of the head waters of the Nile. To Egypt, the Nile is life itself; nothing can replace it. And the dread exists that the Sudanese, one day, may inter- fere with the Nile to Egypt's de- triment. Adding to the problem is the attitude of the Sudanese themselves. The politically conscious minority is divided roughly into the Umma, or In- dependent Party, which aims at reach- ing national independence under Bri- tish tutelage, and the Ashigga or Unionist Parties, which favour union with Egypt. The goal, in both cases, is eventual complete independence. Britain has illustrated her appreciation of the importance of the issues at stake by proposing several amendments and additions to the existing treaty, all and each of which are aimed at further progress towards self-government for the Sudanese, and of making the Nile. more and more fruitful for both Egypt and the Sudan. The proposals are con- ellintory as well as progressive and are. calculated to appeal to the Sudaneso generally, They eschew, completely, the Idea of exploitation, and give full recognition to Egypt's rightful in- terests in the future of the Sudan, They have been summarily rejected by Egypt, but this must not be taken as ah unalterable decision on the part of the Erryptian Government. Circumstan csa, may yet temper emo and per Bunde the E

the

The

Mr

patrolling the Eastern Mediter-troversial Suden today be ob- have collapsed under the pres- Socialism of from three to seven ranean and other warships, in-servers weighed the possibilities sure of water in some parts of per cent of voters since the 1950 cluding the cruiser Liverpool, are of firm British Botion against the stricken area. Officials said

electioni. were re-*** evential Sudanese self-ported to have

CHURCHILL REFUSES frigde. Cygnet also is government within

the British while hundreds of naliyes were refused to all in a questionnaire Mr Winston Churchill today has delivered enote to the

Commonwealth.

homeless Egyptian Governmeta protesting

The authorities said that un

the Liberals have sent to Cons against anti-British demonstra- with the United Kingdom after avaliable but it would certain-

Egypt's breaking of the treaty estimate of the damage was not servative and Labour candidates tions in Egypt and warning that half a century of joint rule over by run into mallons of francs, Liberal is Intervening,

constituencies wher's 70 Egypt will be held responsible for the Sudan's 8,000,000 inhabitants all damage to British property

Mr Churchill declared that t Water, several metres high, Robert Howe,

has left the average citizen cold. smashed, protective walls of the would not be liable for him as Governor of the Sudan, terri- But Party leaders and Grover Oued Fabra water dam, flood a Conservative leader to answer tory which Egypt is trying to

ment officials have

been ing hundreds of hectares of the questionnaire which is meant annex, has ordered Lew Beshark feverishly active.

arable Jand:

as a guide to Liberal voters. Chief of Staff of Egyptian troops A Government

HAMLETS DESTROYED Lord Res, campaign leader of Two native hamlets

"We are dis were the Liberals, said, Egyptian Director of Education stitution met in Omdurman to in the Sudan, not to return

waters, wi day

10 review there from Cairo.

sub-

A total of 950 inhabitants Harry Pollit, denied the chance Religious

committee's draft. It is

under- preachers Moslem

stood that the draft recommends

were hastily evacuated by to broadcast an election speech to mosques called on

French Army trucks.

Britain, will make a brief broad- Egyptians to close

full self-government with two their sunks Houses of Parliament and an destroyed off Algeria when tons facilities because his Forty his behind the Government in it all-Sudanese cabinet,

Thirty

cast to the United States instead native sheds

The BBC refused Mr Pollitt dispute with Britain. They

Elections of mud. crushed houses. The asited the people to remain calm,

10 however, so as not to prejudice

Assembly, authorities said that no one was electio condidates fighting the the national cause. Special meanwhile, has been recalled to hurt in the landslides.

The American Two hundred

Broadcasting persons living Company, preparing an eve of prayers were said for Egyptians meet next Thursday, 12 days A

killed in rioting in the Canal head of schedule, at the re-, on hill slopes had been evacuat-election review, has invited him

to make a recording, zone earlier this week-estimat quest of several members tearing, it was added.

rapid variously at 10 to 17.

developments in the Army planes circled ́ over Mr Clemente Attlee, Mr Anglo-Egyptian tussle

territories, directing Churchill "HOLY WAR"

might ravaged

with be out-run the wishes of the cour columns were rushing to help

and Mr Bevan rescue columns by radio. These among those on the programme. try,

Mr Pollitt today' Issued the While no violence such as that hundreds of inhabitants who specch he wanted to broadenst which plagued Egypt recently sought refure on an elevated over the BBC. He asked

electors has yet occurred in the Sudan, plateau, French Army troop to vote Labour where there was several authorities expressed the first aid

transports parachuted food and no Communist candidate but belief that trouble. may be brewing.

France proposed an adjourn ment of the debate until The Hague Court had ruled whether the oli dispute was within the jurisdiction of the United Nations. Dr Ales Bebler (Yugoslavia) explained that he doubted the competence of the Council to deal with the matter.

If a majority of the members of the Council had taken "conclusive" stand on this ques- tion Yugoslavia might have been able to support the pend-ed ing resolution.

But this had not happened, Dr Bebler added.

He left it to the Council

10

put to a vote he would be

Five

their Iman

in

thousand Moslems

rell

chorused "Amen”. today when promised a "Holy conclude that if the matter is War" against the British.

Dark, gray-haired Sheikh unable to lend his support.. Mohammed Abed, chief

M. Francois Lacoste (France) gious preacher in the Suez Canal then proposed the adjournment

zone, led. Sabbath prayers this Sir Gladwyn Jebb (Britain)

noon before huge congregation agreed with the French proposal that packed the great Abbasi and added that if the Council Mosque and spilled onto the did not support it he would street. press for a vote on the amended British resolution.

No Persian

delegate was present at today's session.

would be held next Spring.

The Legislative

BIG QUESTION

The pro-Egypt Ashigga Party has already threatened large scale meetings and only yester day the Party leader, Ismall el The Sheik exhorted the peo- Azhari, told a crowd in Ombur- ple to exercise resolute self conman "Be ready for the hard trol in the present explosive struggle ahead to liberate the The Persians had previously situation in which he claimed Sudan from British administra

___asture you that you told the Council that they had the "British are determined to tion stated their position and would exploit every false move on our will not fight alone. The whole not participate in further meet-part,"

Egyptian people will fight with The situation, he declared, re you

course." NEWSMAN SEARCHED

ings.

Mr Warren Austin (United quired cool heads and patient With British forces in the States) said that he would vote organisation until the hour of Sudan being reinforced, the for the resolution to adjourn. Jihad strikes, and it will strike role of several hundred Egyptian.

SOVIET OBJECTION

wat troops stationed here popes a The Soviet delegate, Mr Meanwhile, British troops large question mark. Tearepin, said that his delega-continued a close check of all "We have our clear orders tion had objected to the in-passengers and cargo entering from Cairo, a junior officer clusion of the Item on the the Canal area aboard trains, cryptically told a reporter. "We agenda of the Security Comal buses, trucks and cars.

will carry them out in due and for the same reason could not

The Sudan's Umma Party, the agree to

French A United Press correspondent motion.

for independence, was searched twice last night in standing He said. "The Security the 30-mile trip from Farid to claims that sovereignty now has Council is unable to consider Lemmalla. His taxi was stopped returned. this question altogether."

by a

dozen. British

soldiers

Its leader, Sir Abdel Rhaman Dr T. Frslang (Nationalist carrying sub-machine guns and Mahdi Fasha, claims that ac China) said that he would vote bayoneted rifles."

tual

power should now be re for the French resolution,

the British reduced street turned to the people as soon as But he added that even if The barricades in. Immallin

they possible Hague Court decided that it was stepped? up. the number of the not competent to deal with the KURIUS on Belfisti

familles.ent's parliamentary action in question It would not necessarily avers British womeny Who AzercelPg. Cryptfan King,Jarmik follow that the Council was not leaves the house is accompanied the legal occupant of the Su competent.

by a soldier with a thie.. The debase throne (EcuR- All seven of the two-inch don Anno Quevedo (Ecu

difference in announced support for the cables carrying electrte current quartmile condomin $1,000,000 French proposal

kya

The Governor-General, moan-

"huaimade it clear, that:

ton

poll

man

the from the power-house? If the International

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equipment over the accused Labour's leaders of area. surrounded by surging Joining the Conservatives – in. walore from all parts-United backing American foreign Press,

policy-Reuter.

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