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Intensive Campaign Provincial Elections

To Check

India's West Desert

New Delhi, Aug. 12.

An intensive campaign is under way to check the advance of India's great western desert in Rajastan and ultimately to change it into fertile agricultural land.

But its success could mean

The campaign will take many years. that India's climate might be modified. Work is going ahead at top) and shrubs, which thrive in

wells are being unk to provide epe:d with such projects desert conditions and they are water for irrigation. the Bhakra Nangal hydro- intended to make a wind breakc Efferia are also being made to electric and irrigation project, and bind the top yell together close a gap in the rocky hills af

Arst the

of phase divert the Bubled river which to so that it le not whipped up Rajastan between Mount Abu one and carried away by the winds, and Strohi. - Here, the sand- of the biggest irrigation systema India's plan is to make a bearing winds are "Tunnelled" the cast in world, was inaugurated "defence line" consisting of 500 and binst through to

the by the Prima Minister, Mr square miles of ferest running bringing with them destruction- Jawaharlal Nehru, recently. from southen't tó · northwest | to good land,

The waters will be brought across the 80,000-square mile right to the Rajastan desert. Rajastan desert' at right angles At the same time, the Indian to the prevailing winds as they air force was dropping special blow in from the Arabian Sen.

seedlings on ly prepared smail belt where the Rajastan desert

border's

Pakistan. The seeds will grow into plants

on

ADVANCING BAST

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES into a ravined and eroded tract.

"ANTILOCHUS”

At present the desert is ad vancing cast towards Delhi and Agra at the rate of 32,000 acres a year, converting fertile land In this, area, avenues of trees are being planted along the highways and afforestation is increasing in tempo. In addition to forest trees, hardy fruit trees are being planted.

EFFECTIVE COVER

and

|

In South Africa.

On National Basis

Johannesburg, Aug. 11. -

Provincial Council elections in three of South Africa's four provinces on August 18 are being fought on national issues which give them the status of a "little general election.”

Doctor Daniel Malan, the Prime Minister, has stated that Nationalist (Government) Party plat-

in form in the forthcoming elections

the Transvaal, Cape Province and Orange Free State will rest mainly on the Government's long- thwarted plan to separate mixed-race coloured voters from whites as part of the apartheid blue- print for South Africa,

Another controversial issue which the Nationalist Party is "plugging" in the provincial elections is, the Government plan to make "mother tongue" education -

Afrikaans-compulsory ‘In every

in

Aro

The Central Board for Sollin_English_or Conservation is also alining at province,.

#f cover placing an effective

Both Issues, exhaustively_ean= |quired in a joint sitting of bolh vegetation. over desert areas ab

vassed

Inst year's Souththe Assembly and Senate to that the topsoil cannzt. bo

any change Special crops African general elections, where approve

In the whipped away.

by are

they were opposed belng

the people's voting rights. recommended

aro United Party apposition,

Substantial Nationalist Party" dwellers desert

which

dominating the provincial capable of resisting erosion and now

the provinces could gains in bunds of various types develop compaigns to the detriment of ultimately Increase Government ed to hold moisture in the soil, more parochial problems such as votes in the Senate as 32 mem-

and hospitals

local bers

of the 48-seat Senate-eight State governments are being roads.

puthorities.

from each of the four provinces given grants to start pilot pro

The elections aro ́expected to are chosen by electoral col- result in an extension of the es comprising Members at research stations are being Malon Government's strength in Parliament (Assembly) and The work of building these tablished where

the be demonstratéd. provinces, conforming to members of the provincial coun- wind breaks is done in blocks measures can

that

the general election gains last year, ell in each province, so

the forest belt 1s Experts

ADVANTAGE gradually bulit up. The forests villages to train the local people and could possibly win them need constant and careful at in making the best use of their narrow-control of Cape Fro- vince, leaving the United Party tention so that the desert does land.

Nationalist Party leaders hope, them before they not destroy

If success is achieved, clima-with Natal as their last provin too, for some psychological ad

if they can turn out a I make an effecive barrier. Tube tie conditions may be modified, clal stronghold,

vantage NATIONAL MANDATE rainfall, for forests encourage

majority vote in the provincial is looking for in turn

Doctor Malan which

helps further ther

In the general elec- from the elections. afforestation and agricultural

last year, their total vote The blazing heat provincial elections to support ton law than the Opposition's development.

him in future moves In hist of the desert would give way

anti-erosión

Damaged cargo ex this verol will

Jecis in soil conservation LITES

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just

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"ANADYR" "IRAQUADDY

TIE HIM GOOD.ED. JACK SAID HE WAS TRICKY.

WHAT'S WRONG ?

=ERMIS

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JOHNNY HAZARD

THIS MEAN

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HIGH CIVILISATIONS

The area might then return to its condition of several thousand years ago. Archaeologists have found traces of high civilisations of 6,000 years ago in this area, elyllications which appea¬ have lived in forested country. į -Reuter.

to

to milder temperatures and the three-year-old battle to transfer "ggregate, though they captured the so-called Coloured voters a record overall number of seats devastating

beac

revised-delimitation on through from their traditional place on conquered.

of constituencies. the common

to an in-

United Party leaders have dependent register, with limited

their supporters that group representation in Parlia-warned ment similar to African natives. apathy in the provincial elec

After repented failures in tionn could give the Nationalists Parliament with legislation de a majority vote they might

in exploit

furthes pressing signed to enforce the transfer, Doctor Malan came out of the "extreme" racial measures,

Provincial elections, like gen- last session of the South African Parliament silli nine votes short oral elections in the normal way, hold every five years in the two-third majority re- of

South Africa. The forthcoming Boon provincial clections, 80 after

election, are not a general expected to show any marked change in the country's political climate in one year. But a creeping Natisnsit Party trend. with the help of the same new delimitation pattern first applied in last year's general election, is expected to produce some provincial gains for the Govern ment.-China Mail Special.

By Lee Falk and Phil Davis

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THE QUEEN OF TONGA WRITES TO

A SCHOOL....

man

Canterbury, Aug. 11. Every morning the post- in the East Kont village of Aylesham de. livers a big load of mail at the little county primary school.

He has been working. cvor- time for months-ever since 44 of the schoolchildren wrole to editors of newspapers published in every town visited by the Queen and Prince Philip during their Empire tour.

Many editern published the letters and readers have been Lending B:uvenirs to the children.

Balole of Tonga sent a of good wishes and

of her greeting the

Queen.

*

The children have made mapa of the Royal route, scrapbook

dolls arid tapestries, fings,

crests.

And they have complied an album of stamps taken, from the envelopes and parcels that have. been arriving at the school.

Contempt Of Congress

Washington, Big,

At the diamant of Jodesh: MeCarthy (Rd of Wisconsin), the

Senate today cited for of Compte two membe faculty of F

oris of the moM. sities of Ameried Purry and Loop

shona 28293, 31206.