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The UC To Persia Aly Maher

EMBERS of the Urban

M Council on Tuesday pre-

sented an impressive array of reasons, supported by fucts and figures, to show why the Department should be permitted to enlarge its establishment, and in the main sympathy in to bo found for the proposals of the Estimates Committee.} The argument that the health and hygiene of the Colony cannot be allowed to bo jeopardised through shortage of qualified Inspec- tors and insufficiency of supervisory personnel acceptable; so too, in the

is

RESUMPTION OF OIL TALKS

A POSSIBILITY

London, Aug. 27.

Britain told Iran today that she is ready in principle to resume talks on settlement of the oil dispute provided that a satisfactory basis for negotiations can be reached quickly, authoritative sources said today.

contention that the Urban Council in st present understaffed and con- sequently gravely handi- The offer was said to have been made at a capped in carving out a meeting in Teheran today of the Counsellor of the manifold duties with maximum efficiency. The British Embassy, Mr George Middleton, and the cost of the in- United States Ambassador, Mr Loy Henderson, $1,400,000 in somewhat with the Iranian Premier, Dr Mohammed Mos startling, but it is additional sadegh. expenditure which

estimated creased

establishment --

on

between

the It was at the same time reported from Teheran Colony'a exchequer can that the Shah had exerted pressure for a settlement as meet without being embar- discussions went

Mr Middleton, Mr rassed. The taxpayer, how- Henderson and Dr. Mossadegh in a "final attempt" to ever, is entitled to his money's worth in services, end the oit dispute.

and it will be the generali

lock".

Informed

Bources

The meeting lasted three hours desire that if the increases and was closely guarded.

Once oil is flowing again the United States is said to be will- in establishment Arc Iranian Government sources Ing to lift the stop order on the approved, attention will be sold that it was a "final attempt | proposed $25,000,000 Export- concentrated on developing to end the Anglo-Iranian dead-Import Bank lean and to discuss what Mr Brook Bernacchi

the extension of additional ald revealed to meet Iran's desperate financial culla the Department's later that the Shah was anxious needs. "field work."

to get a settlement of the oll dis- question as soon as possible,

The sources intimated the Shah had recommended that that Dr Mosadegh "go cery with the proposals categorically,

Tuesday's DURING

cussion, Mr Dhun Button- jee quoted the caso of an Urbun Council taking two days leave in order to get married and returning to his office

it

ive

Threatens To

Resign

Dispute With Naguib Over Land Reform

Cairo, Aug. 27.

Aly Egyptian Premier Maher has threatened to resign over the question of land reform, it was learned from usually reliable sources

here tonight.

A

and

cleavago between Aly Maher

General Naguib, Egypt's strong man and leader

on tha speed and

of the

of the coup which ousted King Farouk,

ruthlessness

proposed

agrarian reform bill became an outright

clash

sources said.

Gamural

the

today, these

TC-

Nagulb pressed by 12-man

military junta which

helped him organise his coup, was openly known to be attempting Maher to enact agrarian

to force Premier

form immediately.

The Army regards the land reform plan as its main planit and as striking at Egypt's centuries-old social and econo- mic ills.

micilis,

to

Posed As Capt Carlsen

Dundee, Aug. 27.

Frances Joseph Bambrough, a 39-year-old wireless operator who posed as Captain Carlson of the Flying Enterprise, was sent to prison at Dundee today for two years on 15 convictions of theft and four for fraud. He admitted the thefts and fraud all over Scotland.

Bambrough registared at a Dundee hotel as Captain Carlsen and told guests he was Captain Carlsen of the Flying Enterprise.

The real Captain Kurt Carlsen, made world headlines early this year, when he refused to leave his badly disabled American freighter, the Flying Enterprise, fighting a losing battle against 'the Atlantic in an attempt to bring her into port-Reuter.

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Japan Aims To Operate Comet Fleet Within 3 Years

(From RONALD BOXALL)

Colombo, Aug. 27.

Japan's international airline company hopes

to have its own Comet fleet in operation between Tokyo and London within three years.

Seijiro Yanagita, president of Japan Airlines, fold me this today aboard the BOAC Comet on its 1,500-mile, three-and-a-half hour flight across the Indian Ocean from Rangoon to Colombo.

With Mr Yanagita was Mr Ryohey Ito, another director of Japan Airlines and chief of its planning sec- tion, and we are all guests of BOAC on the training flight for British air crews and to encourage Japanese com- petition.

The Japanese are on the way Firat post-war Japanese over- to London un board the Comet | seus air service will be between. to buy two newer Comets and Tokyo and Talpel, Formosa, other conventional-type | probably, in October. A service

BID FOR PARTY POWER

London, Aug. 27.

Six left-wing. Labour MPs, led by Mr Aneurin Bevan, tonight announced a bid to establish a powerful Bevanite group within the Labour Party's National Executive.

The six, pledged to Mr Bevan's demand for a cut in rearmament, said they were standing for election to the 27-member Executive. Voting takes place at the party conference opening on September 29.,

Four of the left-wingers, including Mr Bevan, are already members of the Executive, which meets every month to frame policy for the party, both inside and outside Parliament.

which has

The party conference will be | overshadowed by the crisis

disrupted Labour | sinco Mr Bevan and two other Ministers resigned from the

lost Labour Government in April 1951 on the ground that being economy

Was

British crippled by heavy spending on

rearmament.

But the Bevanites' efforts to change party polley within the Executive have so far failed

in the face of opposition_from Prime supporters of former Minister Clement Attlee, the party leader.

J

THE LYNMOUTH

DISASTER

26th Body Recovered

Lynmouth, Aug. 27. The 26th .body recover

』,,

If all six Bavanites are suc-ed from the wreckage of cessful, they will oust two of Lynmouth was found to- three right-wingers. These three day under silt and debris are former Foreign Secretary in the town's only butcher's Herbert, Morrison, ex-Colonial Secretary James Grimtha

shop. Mr Hugh Dalton, a former Identified as nine-year-old Chancellor of the Exchequer. Kenneth Bowen, its recovery In last year's election the leaves five persons on the miss- Bevanites succeeded in ousting ing list, the boy's brother David right-winger Emanuel Shinwell, and four women. Defence Minister in the Labour Cabinet and

and replacing him with Mrs Barbara Castle.

TOPPED FOLL

The

[official | British", and not reject any new also failed in a similar attempt breaking up large estates and i treter planes. Total value of tó San Francisco, via Honolulu, poll for the sixth year in,suc- floods cut off, electricity and the

to

most

ASACTION. URGED-

WAJ

says Mr

EMPLOYERS REFUSE PAY RISE

ers

will

power

resoluilong on the

ference

local

·

COSTLY FIRE

the

the

As the Naguib-Maher crisis Dr Abdul deepened tonight, Razzak Samhury, President of the State Council or Supreme Court, was tipped na the Army's The United States twice inter-

choice as a possible successor ful effort to mediate in the dis vened last year in an unsuccess-to Aly Maher,

Firemen were clearing tons of Dr Sanhury pute.

is believed

silt from the shop to get at o The International Bank support the Army's land reform,

large supply of rotting meat and Mr Bevan himself topped the poultry in the meat safe. But with resture for a settle limiting holdings to 200 acres | pastenger nient mounting in Iran and thened to have hammadd it into their order will be £1,500,000. will besit shortly afterwards resign and increased his vote, refrigerater had become an air- throat of a Communist coup ap-legal shape

Mr-Yanagita told me of his London, Express Service.

Even if Mr And 804 Ales on his desk Meanwhile, in

pearing even more serious than

UNEASY ALLIANCE :

Bevan's six no- less vault, Washington, balore, all hands

airilace pinna. He hopes to have

minces are elected, It is un- ace 'hopeful

Most of the perishable foods awailing atientior. Here, the State Department contirm-that the negotiating attempt. will

Veteran statesman Aly Maher delivery of his Cometa by the

likely

that they was claimed.

can capture left in shops and cafes have been handpicket by between Mr prove successful, officials said Negulb to head the Goverment was one ing the meeting

General middle of 1955. Illustration

the Executive, but such a vic-destroyed and much canned food Middleton and United Press.

One of the purposes of his of how the Henderson, Mr

Much of tory

their has been reclaimed. strengthen Dr Mossadegh, added that Mr

Britain is to try Department is understaffed. Henderson had not yet filed a

a few hours after the coup.

visit to

and

in argument. Sixty

It has been condemned after an NO COMMENT To the public it also sug report.

Observers here believed that arrange with De Havilland to their relationship had deterio-have Japanese pilots trained at

party con- inspection by experts.

of wines and Large stocks Kesta that, like

agenda-mainly fròm Informed sources in Washing-

Washington, Aug. 27. sated into "uneasy allianco" De Havilland airfields so there

spirits have also been recovered. Government offices, excess- ton said that the United States

A State Department spokes- as the Army tightened its grip will be no delay in putting the

groups support the Workers are also looking for Bevanite ideas.

underneath emphasis IA being and Britain

sales hidden man today refused to say what on the country's affairs, were urging Dr

Japanese Comets into opera- Maher has been adroftly tonal service, the British and American en- placed on the necessity and Mossadegh

Split voting may diminish the rubble. One is sold to contain Aly to accept a new

Bevanites chances of election, at least £800. importance of paper work. compromise plan to get the vast voys in Tcharan discussed at a trying to

three and a half hour confer- "revolutionate the Army's

If this is not possible there

Mestry Shinwell, Morrison, reforms with

Troops are working 24 hours a For two, or even three men, all industry going again and

be jobs for British jet

Griffiths and Dalton are monding day helping to clean

up pilots to devote proper attention keep Iran out of the Communistence with Premier Mohammed a "go slow" approach.

going-flying Japanese Ho considers that the land aircraft

London, Aug. 27. Mossadegh today.

again together with a "ginger" rubble. Heuter, until the Japanese to so many files must retard camp.

reform scheme in its present learn how.

The Shipbuilding Employ-members of Parliament led by anti-Bevan group of youthful final action on the work of States would extend additional McDermott, would say only that the new regime would com-

Under the plan the United The spokesman, Mr Michael form and at this early stage of Further Comets,

Federation today told Mr Hugh Goltskell, Inst Labour the Department's officers in the field; for one man the economie ald -to shore up Iran they met "in continuance" oi oil į plicate Egypt's already critical they prove successful."

Yanagita, will. be ordered " leaders of 200,000 shipyard Chancellor of the Exchequer. Britain task is well nigh hopeless. make some concessions to break Department bad so far received

economy and

would discussions." He said the State economic situation.

men that they would not Nevertheless, the aim the deadlock in the oil wrangle. no report from Ambassador Loy tonight to be still attempting to Maher was reported

Japan Airlines give way to union claims for The Cometa should not be to bring the One diplomat familiar with Henderson.

are buying will be a later type a "substantial" pay rise. And a formula which would clerical staff up to "such the problem

said that Britain

those in operation on Engineering employers last autisfy the Army's demands, yet

week rejected a demand for £3 dimensions that

BOAC's Far Eastern service, can might agree not to insist on the It was reported from London at the same time provide a cheerfully go about the job use of British technicians to am today that Britain and America "brake" on the more impatient They will be a series of two a week by 2,300,000 workers.

were Comets atted with four Rolis- The shipbuilders

bé. flles. Rather, every effort which Iran has taken over. In i clal assistance to Persia under Army's ruling councers of the Royce "Avon" jets. These are Heved to have of handling thousands of the great Abadan oil refinery had made a joint offer of finan- and intransigent

asked for a capable of covering greatly in- similar increase. CATTLE LANGES

creased distances without re-

Wage

claims by €00,000 General has meanwhile announced that

Mohamed Naguib fuelling.

miners and nearly 000,000 Mr Yanagita

railwaymen expects

have also been re- reclaimed land would be sown

Anglo-Japanese agreement on Jected, following the Conserva- with hardy grasses and turned

air routes to be reached very ive Government's campaign for into cattle ranges.

shartly. As soon as possible, wage restraint to help defeat The Army sponsored the re-

Japan Airlines will Ly Douglas Inflation. clamation plan since

Egypt's DC-5's

The (Skymasters) on re-

engineering and ship- Western and Eastern deserts

building employers have pro- come under the Egyptian mygular services to London.

the unions An agreement with Britain

to contact Frontier Corpa,.

will also mean that the Japanese again, and Moderate Inbour Preliminary work by water will be able to operate services leaders hope they will get a experta

from the United States to Hongkong and Singapore. compromise offer. Interior Departraent's Bureau A service between Tokyo anaments today were: 60,000 Lon- Other wage claim develop- of Land Management have

Karachi is expected to begin also shown. that some arid

some time next year.

don

busmen decided to ask the regions xan ube Improved

Japan Airlinca' long-range government's industrial court to through shallow drilling to top plans are still in the discussion adjudicate after the state- stage. However, Mr Yanagita controlled Transport Board had time head of the Du Pontastinated 250,000, acres of desert working agreement with BOAC istantier claim

Drejected says, be "hopes to reach

the

It

return, the diplomat said, Itan

the

should be made to reduce probably would agree not to bar buy oll now in storage at

which Britain would agree to Department's

paper Britons even though it would seized Abadan redit.ery-Reuter. work to the minimum insist that oil experts from some enabling the field workers other nation be in charge of to achieve quicker results. operations.

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ground water, Mr Lammot Du Pont, one

It is possible to recover an industrial organisation, who land by the ahallow well techni- who will shortly have their own Britain's two state-run died at the age of 71 on que without having to dig now Comets in service between Lon-lines, British European Airways July 24, has left an estate according to Dr John don and Tokyo.""

R. Nichols, Director of the

estimated at $75 million in personal property and $825,- 000 in real estate.

United States Technical Corpora tion (Point Four), here today.

The Egyptian Army and police

NO CUT-THROAT

and British Overseas Airways, rejected a claim for more pay for 1,000 Junior officers,

A threatened strike by 100,000 was averted furniture workers when employers agreed to pay them an extra penny an hour to meet rising living costs.

In Birmingham the EngineerS overtime at the

against the sacking of 800 Even so, Mr Yanagito hopes workers on the ground that Japan Airlines and BOAC dundancy-eater.

fiba'a "formula for co-

The Japanese air routo will henceforth, jointly maintain planner sala there would be no An affidavit filed by

the public security throughout the cut-throat competition between country, spokesman from the Japan Airlines and the BOAC executor of the estate here Ministry of the Interior, un- Comet lights. International air made the estimates.

nounced,

by sald, are fixed. dures,.he

Union banned Army and police intelligence Inter-government Austin moter works in protest The will established for Mrs Du Pont a marital trust comprising services will be housed in a new price, competition about 80 per cent of the ad-93-room building fitted with the impossible. Justed

estate, and most modem telecommunications ៥០៥៧ authorises her to name the Bytom beneficiary on her death.

Mrs. Du, Pont recalves from

the bull two roldentes and all of Mr. Du Pont's personal and household effects, grav

The will sets up trust funds for two of Mr Du Pont's sons, Mr David Flott Du Pont and Mr William Harrington, Du Pont. Shares making up the trust for Mr David Du Pont are estimated to be worth $3 million at

to enable greater co- ordination in safeguarding law and order.

would

be

of re-

Since the coup d'etat Army Toya and London will shortly 95 air travel between) officers have been attached to be on a larger scale than any Train Derailed: the pubile security office at the one Comet feet is likely to be Ministry of the InteriorReuter.

Mysterious Death Of Two Men

able to handle for some time."

Traffic-sharing arrangements between BOAC and Japan Air- lines will probably be one of

Bir

12 Killed

killed

11

London, Aug. 27. Twelve people were the subjects raised when Mr and 100 injured when

meets

Miles Prague-bound

exprces train * Liverpool, Aug. 27.

Chairman of BOAC, in was derailed in Czechoslovakio Bald last night, Prague Radio Lancashire County Police are London next weelr.

présent, Those of trying to establish the identity), Wapan Airlines, meanwhile, he' radio sald, the accident

..

the other trust are catimated at of two middle aged men, both have a number of shorter, rango

dressed in seafaring clothes, plans for the time Japan joins was caused by the engine .$5,700,000; //

whose bodies were found on the International Civil Aviation driver, who "ignored" light The remainder of the estate the foreshore in the Mersey Organization United Nations signals and passed a station coo is to be hold in trust for seven catuary today.

Organisation and concludes fast,NATI chlidren by, a former 'marriage. Near one of the bodies was 'a' agreements on international air Investigations aro continuing,

routen. wrecked shrimp, bost-Reuter. Reuter

the endio added--Reuler.

Mr Bevan was nominated for re-election together with his three supporters already on the

Capetown, Aug. 27. Executive: Mrs Barbarw Castle, Damago and low in a fro Mr Tom Driberg and Mr Ian aboard the 0,827-ton British Mikardo.

liner Port Jackson, which was Also trying for Executivo extinguished after the ship put seals in the Bevanite interest Into Table Day yesterday, is ex- ore Mr Richard Crossmart, pected to to between "£30,000 foreign affairs expert, and Mr and £60,000.

The are burned in one of the Horold Wilson, who gave up his job as President of the Board of holds for nine days. Trade to resign from the Labour Government with Mr Bevan a year ago-Reuter,

It will be several days before the liner, is able to resume her · voyage to Australin,-Reuter.

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