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COLONY'S WATER SUPPLY INCREASED

UN Truce TO 8

Personnel

Anthony Eden's hint,

Mite House of

seo

cern

Commons on Wednesday, that Britain would like to п unified command established in Korea repre- senta very clearly the con- which the British Government fools about recent developments in Koren. The proposition, which it has now been made clear to occupying the attention of Lord Alexander during his visit to Tokyo and the war front, is admittedly a ticklish one.

HOURS A DAY

Recent Rains Three Gunmen Take Over

The

Benefit

Reservoirs

THE COLONY'S WATER SUPPLY HAS

There is, however, no aug- BEEN INCREASED TO EIGHT HOURS A gestion that there should be DAY, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, AC. any surrender on the part

of the United States of the CORDING TO AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCE- high command. Those rights MENT made this morning.

are fully vested, recog

nised and willingly accepted

For the past six months the supply has

by the rest of the United been five hours a day, and the new easing Nations taking part in the

of the fresh water consumption restrictions has been made possible as a direct result of the recent rains.

Korea campaign. Nor is there any complaint to be made about the manner in which the Supreme Com- mander has conducted the

the best

traditions of

The new hours of supply, starting today, are campaign; it has been in from 6 a.m., to 10 a.m., and from 5 p.m., to 9 p.m. successful military tactics Mr L. Jackson, the Chief Waterworks En- and strategy. All troops gineer, warned today that the increased water have fought with great supply does not mean there is any less need for skill and splendid Inspira- every possible economy being practised in the use

of water.

under the UN Command

tion.

THE concern which has developed in recent months in Britain and the Common-

wealth is whether those Mr Eden's

milltary victories are being sufficiently exploited and consolidated in other direc- tions; whether the United Nations Command could not make fuller and beneficial use of some of KIA| non-American colleagues in the task of negotiating an armistico. The American truce delegation, and their staff officers, have tackled a difficult task with sustained

Pledge

British

اه

This time last year he pointed

out, the Colony's reservoirs were all overflowing, but at the mo- ment they are still only 34 per

cent full.

The recent storm has 80 'far added about 470 million gallons to the storage, which is about

daily basis

15 days supply on an eight hour

A New York Hotel

New York, June 12. Threo gunmen took over a New York hotel for three hours carly today and systematically robbed at least 25 guests entering or preparing to leave.

The trio entered the Hotel Emerson at 6.a.m. Imprisoned 'night manager and the lift operator in a room and went to work,

the

One took over the telephone switchboard, another operat- ed the lift, while the third man ran the reception desk.

Arriving and departing guests were robbed methodically of cash and jewellery, then pushed into the room' with the' Imprisoned hotel staff.

At 7 am the robbers left,

Delcailver said later that the haut included more than $500 in cash and $2,500 in Jewellery, including $2,000 worth of uncut diamonds taken from a Jewellery salesman.

The man at the switchboard was a model letéphone operater, the police said, carefully following the schedule of calls to awaken guests at specified times-Reuter.

Kremlin Must Accept Big 3 Conditions For Four-Power Talks

Washington, June 12.

The Secretary of State, Mr Dean Acheson, met the British and French envoys today and diplomatic sources said they agreed to a meeting with Russia on Germany only if the Kremlin ac cepted conditions guaranteeing success.

Mr Acheson called the Ambassadors to the State Department to express the firm belief that "The advent of the hot weather early Big Four talks on possible, German unifica- has naturally resulted in people tion would be futile and dangerous to Western requiring more wafer and as it

found impossible to disunity.

Was

are

within the

N

E. German

Govt Issues

New

Decree

Labour Party's 48 Hours Declaration On Foreign Policy

London, June 12.

The British Labour Party today published a declaration of foreign policy.

It declared that "the, future of Asia depends above all on the leadership provided by the Indian sub-continent."

Of Earth Tremors

Thousands-Flee

Their Homos

Buenos Aires, June 12.

Thousands of families

are camping in the open or sheltering in military tents It declared also for rapid progress

towards self-in the Andorn province of government in Malaya and for the introduction of the San Juan following a 48- People's Government of China into the United Nations. hour WAVE of earth

tremors, emphasises Those reached

ports.

first re-

Affirming that the Peking The statement Government was

a new peak the effective Labour's belief that every effort today, when violent shocks this Governmen of Chiria and must be made to strengthen the afternoon baltered the southern should be on the United Nations, authority of the United Nations, tip of San Juan province and the policy declaration said,

"It should remain a universal neighbouring Mendoza,

the declaration "It is clearly a travesty that organisation,"

At least four people were kill- the delegate from the ramp the instrument of one military adonn, according to

saya "Any attempt to make it ed and a score injured in Mar- Tegime of Chiang Kai-sheks alliance against another would should speak in the United be disastrous," Nations in the name of the

Same villages, badly hit dur Chinese people who have TO- The Commonwealth is doing the first shock, have been jooted him,

and the Party believes that there en ple of an international organisa-quenon, where the Arst Labour scribed as "the supreme exam- practically destroyed by sub- be no lasting political cattle-tion which positively helps ment in the Fur East, what is wards the development of a casualty list included, one dead not based

on the recognition world society, since it imposes and 42 Injured, a numbge of that the Peking Government is no limitations on co-operation public buildings were damaged, the effective Government of between its members and other including the Town Hall, Provin- China, and as such, should states outside.

cial Bank and the Federal Police represent that country in the United Nations."

The policy statement will be submitted to and considered by the Party's annual conference in September this year.

SUPPORTS NATO

to-

Headquarte, ond' is under a

The

"It is also a bridge between the peoples of European stock cold spell, which brought today's and the peoples of Asia and temperature over most of the Africa, a bridge whose ime zone to well portance in the years to come point cannot be overestimated."

CONSULTATIONS.

below freezing- Communications between San Jean city and neighbouring areas with Buenos Aires were Political co-operation between cut by one of the tremors.... points: -

The area has been under :or members should be ever more ports the North Atlantic Treaty, the present informal methods of day

The Parly strongly sup-frequent and effective, through earthquake alarm since Tues-

The declaration makes these

when severo

tremors and says Britain and other na consultation. Tha mempt to brought down ruins left by the

disastrous 1044

carthquake, tons must have suficient mill-set up a more rigid-ninchinery which destroyed San Juan uke, tary strength to full their in-might well causd dangerous ternational

obligations under divisions within the Common Reuter,

killing many, thousand people.--- the United Nations. It expresses wealth.

a hope that the Soviet Union

my soon be ready to negotiate The future of the Common- a cettlement and that an inter-wealth as a home of many races national agreement would then depends upon rejecting all forms be achieved.

of racial discrimination," the 2. Britain must put the statement goes on. "The Labour Commonwealth before all other Party believes that Britain has}

a unique responsibility to ensure

race."

4. The Labour Party up- pprts the desire of the German On

His

Hair-Raising Experience

New York, June 12.

w

screams

London, June 12. Foreign Secretary An- thony Eden said tonight Britain is determined that tribute any more Malaya should not fall under five hours supply periods, the United. Sintes officials said the domination of an allen hours have been gradually ex- Mr Acheson already had dis- aggressor.

terided over the past week patched extraordinary messages

and the British

French until there is now a full eight to resolution and have

hours supply in all districts, Foreign Offices which made it scrupulously remained He made the remark in a

to the lateness of the plain that the United States steadfast to "well-founded speech at

Due the Lord Mayor's

the Diplomatic rains, Mr Jackson said it is still was dead set against carly Big a banquet for principles upon which

talks until the Soviet. too early to open up to the limit Four

groupings. fair armistice must rest. It Corps at Mansion House,

of the filtration capacity,

gives firm guarantees that nego-

A window cleaner, one hook 3. She cannot join a Euro-the well being of the peoples of of his safety belt ly true, nevertheless, that!

tom loose, "But the situation is under { liations will be profitable. Mr, Eden said many

pean federation or a European the Commonwealth not of our dangled 11 storeys above Nev whereas the

Russia

customs union. such Communist colonies are already for ad- daily review and the hours will

asked for

York's Madison Avenue for Avo delegation consists of both vanced along the road to in- be further extended if conditions meeting. The French are press

for 11 considered favourable" he ing self-govern added.......

and the Belush Chinese and North Koreana, dependence and

Berlin, June 12.

European co-operation minutes today. favour it with some reservations.

attracted

• people for a united Germany the pamphlet anys: The La- 'the United Nations repre- ment.

Tho Royal Observatory Mr Acheson first met the East Germany today and believes that this can only bour Party is convinced that pedestrian far below who called sentation is exclusively Britain must see that condi- reported that between midnight French Ambassador, M. Henri published a new American-and it is against tions are created in which this and 11 o'clock this morning, & Bonnet, and conferred with him dedree which rendørs people basis of a four-power

Becurity be achieved by free elections Western Europe, with or with the Fire Brigade,

But before the firemen arrived throughout Germany on

thevut Britain, and however close the United States that the

can be successfully further 2.28 inches of rain had

for 30 minutes, then conferred

its unity, cannot stand alone in he was pulled back to safety by agree. Communista

three partars in the building. This brings the with the British Ambassador, illegally crossing the border

the modem world. principally carried out, he said. "Above all, been recorded.

ment,

Reuter. direct their hostility. It is we have to ensure their proper total over the last two and a Sir Oliver Franks, for an hour. liable to an immediate.sen-

The statement strongly urges "European unity is possible | days to more than

BASICALLY ́AGKEED tence of two years' im- the construction of possible, therefore, that if defence," Mr Eden continued, half

inter-only within the context of the Child Slays Mother Diplomatic sources the UN truce team were "It would be a dreadful betrayal inches.

reported prisonment and a fine of national system of collective.) wider Atlantic community. that there was no basic dis

security within which German "Any form of European unity

Cairo, June 12. leavened with a British or of our responsibilities if the

agreement between the three 2,000 East marks,

could, serve without dan-

which might told to weaken A six-year-old Egyptian boy, Commonwealth representa- people of Malaya, for example,

It went into force four days forces countries on the proposed meet- were to fall under the domina-

Be to their ne

neighbours.

the Atlantic community is to be talding a revolver for a toy, tive, the Communists might tons of an alien nggressor. It

ing which presumably would go.

The be more willing to break would be a

polley declaration also avoided. For this reason the killed his mother today, police sco discussion tragedy for the

of East-West It applies to people crossing

Labour Party would oppose said. the current deadlock. In any whole free world We aro

differences on Germany.

the West Berlin perimeter as quoted recent statements by the

Labour Party's National Execu- Britain joking a European Hassan Bassloual found the event, no harm could result determined that it shall not

Sources here said the three well as those who violate the

separate from NATO weapon in his father's drawer, from making such a move. happen." Associated Press.

diplomats agreed on procedures East German border with West tive insisting that fresh elections Bring

unless the United States and Ho fred at his mother, who was to be followed when the Allles Germany and the East German should be held in Westen Ger

before many

the Baltic coastline.

Adenauer Canada were also prepared to preparing a meal, She dropped answer Moscow's note of May 23

Government undertakes

dead-Reuter, any Join-Reuter, The decree, Germany. United on

States

Issued by the Politburo chief, on behalf of the

commitments for a German con- Herr Ulbricht, tribution to the European De- Vice-Premier ailing

fence Community. Prime Minister, Herr Gretewohl, instructs security forces to enforce their watch against

"diversionists,

progress

ANDREX Cleansing Tissues

Pure white absorbent Strong and ext

Soff

six

Truman Not

To Interfere

Washington, June 12. President Truman said today officials said the note evade that he was, leaving it entirely every proposal the West made to to the army to decide whether solve the German problem.

Authoritative sources here said General MacArthur was break-

of the three Western ing army regulations in agreeing none

Convention next

When corresponde

RB

FUTURE OF ASIA

5. Japan must be free from restrictions by outside forces on

association Recently, thousands of Ger- her

with other fed into mans have

West nations. These would be dis- Germany * following Eastern astrous to peace in the Far East security measures to seal off the and to democracy in Japan, Easter Zope's 18,000,000 in- habitants from all Western in fluence.

The decree had the effect of extending penalties for illegally crossing the East-West German

to be the keynote speaker at the Powers was willing to agree to a Republican Party's National meeting on Gerroan unification spics and terrorists."

merely on the basis of the proposal to at the general Russian

"talk" about the problem. President's weekly press сол derence said that under

They were sald to want more the!

proposals with minor Constitution, the President was specific Commander-in-Chief

the details settled before the meet- armed services and, therefore, ing-United Press. had some responsibility in the con/roversy about General- Mac- Arthur's action, Mr Truman 20- plied, he was not exercising his authority in this case.

of

The Anny sald earlier this

New Job For

week it was not considering any Panyushkin

netion though its regulations forbid officers from engaging in polical convention activities.

Mr Truman gave a quick “No Comment" come 20 times .when asked

to discuss subjects in- cluding the Korean situation, the

Announced

London, June 13.

6. The future of Asia-do- pends, above all on the leader- ship provided by the Indian sub-continent. The Party for- vently trusts that the Govern ments, of

of India and Pakistan

frontler to cover border viola- may settle their outstanding

tions around West Berlin perimeter. Reuter.

Ferry Capsizes: 35 Missing

Thirty-five

Calcutta, June 12,

persons, mostly

neel siziko and Immigration Radio Moscow said, tonight women Inbourers, aro' missing

legislation.

differences and work in har- mony for the beneft of their peoples and the world as a whole.

on a report that the American (:United States, trad been inmed/50 passengers was yes DA MIDDLE EAST'

Korcan war. Beuter,

out

7. The effort to stamp terrorism in Malaya will, not bo successful unül alk the Malayan peoples are actively behind 11. For this reason, reo- nomic and social advancemente and rapid progress towards-solf- that Mr Alexander Panyushkin, and are believed to have drowns government are urgently neces Ho

DINO

declined to comment recent Soviet Ambassador to the ed after a ferry bout carrying sary.

use Russian envoy to Communist hit by a mortoon net Command was ready to

The Labour Party supports' in the Ganges River · 20 China. atomic bombs as tactical weapons

reports proposals for a defence part in if the Communists' attempted Mr Panyushkin recalled to east of Bhagalpur.

which the Middle East countries aa allout offensive in the Moscow lust we will be reaching hero.mald

reports added that 10 would join as equals with Britain succeeded in Washington by Me Goongi Zarubin, former bodies had been recovered and and her allies. Economic measures that five perions were rescued. against poverty are as necessary to Middle East defence as arms. , în announcing the now up---United Press,"

The richer countries should help pointment, Radio Moscow quot

the Middle East to raise vids Kassel, Juno 12.

standards by technical assistance which said only: "Moscow has

and capital investment. London, June 12, German: press agency, just announced - Panyushkin's DWA reported today that a appointment as Soviet envoy to Clack and Arthur James Clack, depends on attaining full co- Identical twins, David Joshua Britain and the peoples of Africa. Lasting delendahip between Siamese afflcer, Mafor Chiniano Communist Ching Kunparma had lost his brief; Mr Panyushkin served as 27, who joined the army to oporation between all races to ease containing secret documents Soviet Ambassador to the United other deserted together and achievo a genuine democratie entrusted to him by his Govern States from 1947. The committed crimes together, ment,

nouncement wild that Nikolai were today sent to 25 months overnment and economic stabil- ty, Buch co-operation must The brief case disappeared Rochinx had been relleyed as gool together,

ensure the progressive, recogni- between Bad Horsfold in Hesso Ambassador to Red China.--- They were found sulity of tion of equal social, economic, and Hungver. ¿Trance-Presão.: United Prent v

assaulting a woman suferindurigial, and political rights,

Diplomat Loses

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