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COMMENT OF THE DAY

The Urban

. Council

JHETHER the fact that

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only eight candidates are prepared to compete for four Urban Council seats next month 118 compared with nine nominees Tor wo vacancies a year ago indi- ; cates a degree of disillusion-i ment in the scope which the Council offers für displaying administrative talents, in a matter for speculation. Pos-i sibly, however, a number of public-spirited citizens have refrained from entering the Hats on the assumption that their hopes of election are too forlorn. It would be un! fortunate if such were thei case, because any display of upathy at this time either! by potential candidates ur the electorate cannot further the cause of municipal and electoral reform. It must bel

admitted that the very eir powers of the Urban Coun eil hardly encourage wildly enthusiastic interest in that body. Its duties, so far as they extund, are undoubted-

cumscribed functions and

ly important, but Standing Úrders which govern the

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JAPAN SEEKING PERSIAN OIL

Attempt To

Break British "Blockade"

TANKER ARRIVES

AT ABADAN

London, Apr. 10.

Japan today joined Italy in the oil rush to Persia.

A Japanese 18,774-ton tanker, the Nissho Maru, arrived in Abadan to fetch an 18,000-ton oil cargo as the Italian tanker Miriella arrived in Venice with the second 5,000-ton cargo she has brought from Persia this year.

The British Embassy in Tokyo has been in- structed to make enquiries.

Another Italian ship, the Alba, tonight finish- Council's public proceedings, ed unloading 10,000 tons of crude oil in Leghorn and was preparing to sail again for the Persian Gulf,

scarcely operate to give the! general publie the fullest in formation to which they feet entitled,

-The

impression created is that unless Councillor સાક down dither a question or A motion, opportunity for public speaking in the open Council meetings is sutne what limited.

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Anglo-Iranian meanwhile applied to the Rome tribunal today for possession of the Alba's cargo as a move in its fight to establish its legal ownership of the oil and oil products of Persia.

The tribunal is due to con- Italian and American companies sider next Friday a similar are buying of from Persia, I e'aim for the Miriella's first don't expect any trouble will cargo and is expected to be arise with Britain over Japan's for asked for a similar ruling on the doing so,"

second one, serve thu UX-

SELECT committees,

example,

He told Reuters that Persla tremely useful purpose of The Anglo-Iranian Company had agreed to the export of the getting the donkey work won it: first oil Main last oil in exchange for Japanese dune behind the scenes, yet January in a British court in textile goods, machines and It is difficult to recall when! Aden when i was granted iron and steel products.

a cargo brought) any of their final

reports ownership of

from Persla by the Rose Mary,

and recommendations have| tanker chartered by an been debated in open Counal firm. cll. While it is true the

Urban Council, either in deed its intention to

Anglo-Iranian today reafirm-i

take legal sign or function, is not a sea against Japanese or any municipal council, it is oer buyers of Persian oil." nevertheless a proposal that

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if the Colony should ever The company, expelled from pussens such a body it woulds rellinery at Abadan last year, claims that the oll and pro- evolvo from the Urban

ducts remain lts property under Council; wherefore, it seems the 1933 concession. reasonable that the Urban Announcements to this effect Council today... uhould-adupl | have, been published. In. many its public countries throughout the world, a procedure in meetings more in line with eluding Japan," AICC said. those of municipal councils, rather than be governed by Standing Orders which are American shipments

There have been no reports of out at apparently based the Persia despite a statement today House of Commons rules of by the managing director of the procedure. This is a subject Japanese purchasing firm, Mr which might usefully occupy Keisuke Idemitsu.

He said his company had held members who are returned back from buying "because of the dinteutties" between Persia and Britain-"but

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She had also agreed that the price of oil for export to Japan should be lower than the in- ternational level.

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Winevat For His Tombstone

Wine Merchant M. Leonco Chabernaud, who died aged 72 at Rochechouart, Central France, asked for a tombstone consisting of an empty winevat. Here is seen the unusual tombstone consisting of an empty wine barrel, in which he was buried as directed in his will-London Express.

New

Secretary-General

Takes Oath of Office

New York, Apr. 10.

Only One Survivor In Plane Disaster

Kingston, Jamaica,

Apr. 101 Lleutenant-Colonel Ro mington Hobbs, DSO, OBE, who was to have been an usher in Westminster Abbey: at the Coronation, was the sole survivor of an air linerį crash in which his wife and 11 other people, were killed here today.

Tel, 21433.

Death Penalty For Notorious Murderer

Wanted

Karachi, Apr. 19.

for

100 over murders,

Botorious Pakistani outlaw, Mohan- med Rabim Hingord, was sentenced to death, today bra Slad special tribunal.

Rahim Hingord WLE wanted for a series of murders during the last 12. усить

Threa of his accom

were sentenced to

pliccs

seven, dve and three years rigorous Imprisonment,

Bahim was caint when ho heard the death sen- tence and said "I do not fear death. I. leave JAY family and children to the guardianship of the Almighty." Amociated Press

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Reported

The Caribbean International Romance Of

| Airways plane crashed on take-

off at Palisadoes airport,

He

is in hospital with broken

ribs apparently his most serious

injuryal

military headquarters

camp in Kingston and doctors bellove he

rescued alive from

His wife, rescuee

ne

King Feisel

Damascus, Apr. 10. Political sources in DamageUS sea, was taken to the same sald today they had received hospital. Oxygen was adminis- news that the engagement of tered but she died.

King Feisel II, Harrow-educated that King of Iraq, to a doughier

of It was at first reported there were two survivors but the ruler of oil-rich Kuwatt, this WOB

to later stated be was expected soon. incorrect.

The head of the airline, Wing- Commander Owen Roberts, 41, is among the dead.

Other casualties included the It would link two of the crew of three and Dr Albert world's wealthiest all producing Virue, a

The

dentist.

took

They said the King's uncle, the Regent Abdul Illah, would visit Kuwatt to setio the marriage.

arcas

off from Iraq's income from petroleum Palisadocs airport this morning is rising by leaps and bounds at about 8.30 when one of Siennd is expected to reach £65 two engines failed. It crashed million by 1955,

Into the sea 200 yards offshore in, 30-foot of water,

One of the

Remington

Mrs

In Kuwatt, Iraq's small neigh- bour on the Persian Gulf, the victims was Sheikh receives an annual '200

million in oil revenues.

Lieutenant-Colon Cobbs, wife of

Remington

Dag Hammarskjoeld of Sweden took the oath of office of Secretary, oniony Maxwell, Vice-Chair-looking after their welfare. His

General of the United Nations today in a dramatic ceremony attended by top diplomats of 60 nations.

The Sheikh,, Abdullah Al DSO, OBE She was Solim Al Gubah, rules 170,050 the Honourable Mrs subjects and prides himself on man of the Conservative Party land since 1750, and under Bri

family has ruled the dry desert. of Great Britain and was a

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tish protection since 1899. Commander Owen Roberts, head of Caribbean in Turkish Empire claimed over ternational Airways.-Reuter.

lordship over both Kuwait and Iraq until its collapse at the end of World War I.—Reuter,

Mr Hammarskjoeld was escorted to the rostrum of the General Assembly's blue, green and gold circular chamber of outgoing Secretary-General Trygve Liesister just after 3p.m, EST (5 am, Saturday HKST).

There, with representatives of: The delegates and the jammed He added: "My company

the

burst great powers, whose agree- | public

into galleries acting in

Hammarskjoeld accordance with ament made his election possible appinuse when the retiring and statement made by

standing behind him. Mr Dean

Ham-new Secretaries-General entered Acheson last

marskjoeld took December

his following the hall and again after the oath that Persia should be allowed to oath from Assembly President was administered.

Vyshinsky trade freely with other nations. Lester Pearson of Canada: She is doing so now.”

The Nissho Maru is the first Japanese ship to enter a Persian port since the war......Reuter. -

INQUIRIES OIDERED

London. Apr. 10. Britain tonight instructed her Ambassador in Tokyo, Sir Esler Dening, to make enquiries about a Japanese company's at- tempt to break her "legal blockade of Persian oil,

The Japanese tanker Nissho Maru, 18,774 Abadon earlier Persia's nationallsed ofl.

The Foreign Offee spokesman

action say what

to

would take officially

then quote Sufficiency Of

the

*My work shall be guided by this knowledge."

famous Gettysburg Lincoln's

{spoken after address American Civil War) that the In the ap- "world will little note nor long

in all loyalty, discretion

and the oalh and then caused a Associated Press, conselence the functions

en-brief sensation by briefly trusted to me as an international shaking Lio's hand. civil crvant of the United Nations,

Some delegates- applauded-at to discharge

theso

this sight of an apparent re- functions and regulate my cun-

conciliation. duc

with

the interests of

Hammarskjoeld's voice was arm United. Notions only fi view, and not to seek or accept Instructions and he spoke perfect English as in regard to my performance of he promised to dedicate himsel! my dubies from any government to the work of the United or authorily external to

the Nations. organisation."

"I solemnly swear to exercise plause for Skjold after) remember what we say here."}

TELEVISION LIGHTS

was

More

In

Ammunition

Washington, Apr. 10.

The Secretary of the Army, Mr Robert Stevens, told Senators here today that the ammunition situation in Korea was now very

Volcanoes sound.

Eruption

Guatemala, Apr. 10.

This

Sweden Lodges

Protest

0

Stockholm, Apr. 10. Sweden has protested to Turkey over the arrost of He said on a recent trip to the Captain Oscar Lorentzon of the front he found virtually all sup- Swedish ship Naboland, which plies were at or above the 90- was in collision with Turkish day level, which the Army con- submarine in the Dandanelles Nine volcanoes in Guatemaladers safe for anything which last week, a Swedish, Foreign threw out ashes on Friday. The might happen.

The Secretary said the only was accompanied by two types of shells not yet up rumbling noises ond earth to the 90-day level were for 81 tremors.

millimetre mortars and 103 There were no reports of millimetre Howitzers. He ex- Lester B. Pearson of Canada, death or injury and damage pected both to reach the 90-day officials flew to Ankara today to

of the General

PLEDGE SUPPORT·

acceptance speech

he declared

in

activity

As he spoke his words were President tors, arrived at simultaneously translated from Assembly, said, "We welcome apparently was slight.

today to load English to the offleinl

The volcanoes in activity were United him warmly and wish him well.

Amitian, Nations longues -

Fuego, Santamaria, Russian, But we do more.

We pledge Sanoiagulto, Yacana, Tajumulco, French, Spanish and Chinese.

co-operation and our San Vedro, Уеросара And As soon as the oath was adm our announcing the despatch of ministered Hammarsisjoeld supporskjoeld then made aj

Acatenango Associated Press, instructions to Tokyo declined introduced to dignitaries on the brief

Britain platform and then, under the which If the Ambassador glare of television lights, moved greatest prayer of man does not ACE DIVORCED

that the AIR FIGHTER confirmed the up to sit in the chair which Mr ask for victory but for peace."| Japanese company's move.

Trygve

Lio had occupied for He said this was not the time

Las Vegas, Apr. 10, When

Italian company seven turbulent years.

to go into specific issues but The wife of Capt. Harold Lio's chartered the lanker Rose-

bitter foc, Andrei laid down as his principles "re- Fisher, United States double ale mary to load

and realistic con-ace, divorced him the same day took Britain made similar enquiries form as the change-over

he was shot down and reported in Rome.

place.

Hammarskjold said, "This captured by Communists.

mental cruelty, with no specifie reference, against the jet fighter pilot. District Judge Frank McNamee granted the divorce on it was learned on Tuesday. | Friday-Associated Press.

oil at Abadan, [Vyshinsky, stood on the plattian

Other dignitaries ΟΠ the work must be based on respect Mrs Dorothy Fisher charged The British Ambassador there rostrum included Henry Cabot for the laws by which human subsequently formally asked the Lodge Jr., of the United States, civilisation was built. It like Italian Government not to facül-Sir Gladwyn Jebb of Britain, ¦ wise requires strict observance tate attempts by Italian oil com- Henri Kepponat of France and of the rules and principles lald panies to break the blockade. Dr T. F. Tslang of Nationalist down in the charter of this or Roluer.

China.

ganisation.

supply level soon-Reuter.

Office spokesman said tonight,

Sweden als urged Turkey to free Captain Lorentzon on ball or confine him in his own ship under guard.

Two Swedish Foreign Offico

assist the captain.--Router.

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