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TO-DAY

COMMENT OF

THE DAY

Fuel For Thought THE

THE world's first large- scale atomic power station went into operation yesterday when Her Majesty, the Queen, tarned A switch nt Calder Hall 'sending current into the 'national grid system. The} occasion is a triumph for all branches of science and industry which have contri- buted to what may be truly doscribed A

an epoch-

making achievement, and another "rst" for a nation which has always taken great pride in discovery and ploneering.

Cost of this the first of 12)

stations of various typсH. which will in time supply all Britain's power needs, is given at £16.5 million. This is

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INDIAN PLAN FOR SUEZ ANOTHER

NUR To

Seek Wages Increase

London, Oct. 17. Leaders of the 370,000- strong National Union of Rallionymen tonigh

de- cided to make an imme- diate claim for a 10 per cent wage Increase their members.

to

This claim, estimated involve £40 nilition a year, will be submitted tomorrow to the

British Transport Cominion, staggeringly large

Operators of Britain's state-owned rail-

into existing

figure but large develop- ment costs for new equip ment/must be taken account, Under plans the country will spend about £800 million on its present programme which works out an average of 125 million a station. This Is a costly but needful innovation in view of number of serious problems associated with fuel supply.

ceremonica

IN concurrent

celebrating Calder Hall's opening, in Hongkong, the United Kingdom Trade

Commissioner disclosed that he tried-unsuccessfully—— to have an official atomic energy exhibition brought to the Colony. The "paper Liger" which takes its place must naturally fall short of a "working model” as an attraction, but it is the most comprehensive display that the Colony has seen and will serve as a good intro duction to the science-but| to many more, the mystery

of atomic energy.

It is hoped Mr Harrison will continue his attempts to bavo

official an

exhibit brought to Hongkong-the CMU Industrial fair might be an appropriate occasion for this display; for this means of producing power

at

108.

The executive of the NUR reached their decision a private meeting after they had been told bu Leaders

of another rail union phot the time was "not opportune" for press- ing a new wage claim,

This other union, the

Ттаклин 00,000 - BETONG

and Salaried Stugs Axio)- clation, had met the NU In bid to hammer out a common wage polley.

A

A third raliwap union, the Amociated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, has already Med a separate claim for a 15 per cent pay rise.

This has been rejected twice by the Transport So- Commission and the ciety has asked that it be considered by the railway staffs national tribunal, the final appeal stage of the industry's negotiating ma-

chinery-Reuter.

EMPHASIS ON F

PRINCIPLE OF CO-OPERATION

New York, Oct. 17.

A plan for a Suez settlement, proposed by India, and calling for "co-operation" between Egypt and Canal users, is now in the hands of all the major powers, as well as Egypt.

Usually well-informed sources said the plan was drawn up as a means of implementing the ideas India had put forward at the first London conference on Suez.

Role Of The Royal

Navy: First Lord's Warning

London, Oct. 17, Visoount Halisham. First Lord of the Admiralty, said today that one of the great problems of modern times was to devise an international system which would prevent "amall and unscrupulous powera" from exploiting the reluctance of big nations to employ atomic-are weapons,

speech to a Navy League lunch he called for creation of a flexible mobile force, peaceful in nature, which would move swiftly to any Mr V. K. Krishna Menon, presented the draft of

part of the world вс demonstrate the foreign ministers

Britain's the plan last Wednesday to

strength, as well na friend- attending the Security Council debate on Suez. These

Hozze. included Mr Selwyn Lloyd of Britain, M. Christian

Viscount Hallaham, appointed Pineau of France, Mr Dmitri Shepilov of the Soviet

to his post six weeks ago, Union, and Mr John Foster Dulles, of the United

said Britain was till pre- occupied with the possibility States.

of all-out aggression from a European

power. But atomie warfare was not the only danger to this country. said Britain could bo brought low just as effec- lively by "a series of con- ventional nibbles which she was unable to counter be cause she had devoted her entire potential military strength to the development of a deforrest'and in 'pro- paration for the strategy of global war which happened."

10

A

Indian sources in New York Authority would be undertaker on by a consultative committee of declined

comment

10 nations, comprising Japan published versions of the plan.

the United But from other United Nations Britain, France, sources it was learned that its States, the Soviet Union, India and Egypt end representaűvés essential feature was that ther should be "co-operation" be- from nine geographical regions. tween Egypt and "Users' Association,

the Whether this would be Wastern-#ponsored Suez Canal Association (SCUA) now in the process of being formed, or a broade organisation to include other Cimal UPC:*] WOME known.

TOL

I was stated that "consulta- tion and liaison betivern the users and the Egyptian Cafal

A

TUNISIA THREATENS

TO CLOSE FRONTIER

has obvious point to indus- it will send

Tunis, Oct. 17.

The Tunisian government announced tonight that troops to its frontiers and if necessary trialists in this Colony. Mr close them to prevent further incidents arising from Harrison says that the main clashes between French forces and Algerian insur- difference between Calder gents on Tunisian soil.

Arbitration

The India plan would also reportedly provide that in the case of disagreement between

and the Egyptian the users Authority on complaints of dis- crimination against shipping or the amount of toils, the matter would be referred to arbitration or to the United Nations

Britain

and France

haya Insis de-in-their-commii with Mr

Fawal, the Mr Mahmoácă. Egyptian Foreign M Minister, that a minimum Anglo-French re

for. quirement

negotiation would be that any agreement arrived at should include "built- in" sanctions, whereby Earpi would

ba automatically punished for acts of discrimina-

The Indian plan would also reportedly call for a freeze on tolls at the level fixed in the lest agreement between the old Suez Canal Company and the This govemment.. Egyptian

Hall and other .power

the sily for French troops to engage would be to meet Westten asser- stations is that whorena M. Habib Bourguiba, they burn many tons of coal Tunisian Prime Minister, carlier Algerian insurgents on Tunisiantions that Egypt would, without or oil each day, one charge today protested to the French soil-Reuter, of atomic fuel is expected Ambassador,

by local agents that big

M. Pierre

de

in

14 French

soldiers

that in the

Kefauver's Claim Ridiculed

of

of

some form of ceiling on tolls, be

them to able to raiso

such heights that chipping companies would not be able to meet them

economically. Provision would

also be made in the Indian pian, it was stated, to deal with Canel improvement programmes,

No Machinery

of

Me

Ile

Hover

LAGGING BEHIND

Viton Hallsham said that

Exhala's" "naval strength, was now behind that of the United States and Bovies Rumi

"We have low than a quarter of the navy of our greatest ally, the United States, but is will be well for both you and me to remember that we also have a NAVY smaller in many respects than that of the Boylet Union,

"We should remember that the Soviet Union, accord- Ing to Janes Fighting Ships 题 (naval year-book),

possessed of at least 400 submarines, with another 100 at least in course of preparation.

"We have delayo - for reasons which wtro 13 themselves laudable enourh but whose consequenots may be serious-in moder- nising our fleet. Even our new Tigers (cruisers) when they

Into, service, which they have not yet

DOTTIO

done, were first conceived MOTIO

unt. the ships which

now acrvice have hulls which, in the ordinary course, of eventa, will be worn out by 1008 or at the intent, and in some

after, 1070."

A programme of new con

#trdotion Wis "Inescap→ able” even if public opinion ia visibily clamouring for a reduction in the estimates for the fighting services, he Addel.

At the same time naval so-

commodation and building were very far from satis- factory and a programino of £70,000,000 was needed to bring them up present day standards.

ONE BIG DANGER

Viscount

Hailsham

to

mald

Britain

BELIL WEE occupied with the problem the danger of all-put aggrondon by

of

Europea power

another.

agalmst

"I we were not so pre- occupied there would be no need for NATO or for The United Nations, and perhaps there would

he

med even for, bur alliance with the United States,” he added. AND referring to the des

tractive » power of modern wenpana' he said that siẮT the bed to Ride

prevent

new vigorous-sistemalities had gradually developed

7. mall cover: the world's gr "Bote of thera » -In-- their engörnekoky smert their zikotäkty' and 'fndepenín

To demon are quite willing

themselves

With forces who ultimate ob-

Poetives are ubt the ob- jcutives of peace and he international declared.

tow"

"If the problem of the first part of the twentieth een- tury has been the preven- tion of all-out argression, It may be the no smaller problem of the second half to secure an international system which will prevent the exploitation” by and unscrupulous powers the of the reinstance of

to use the great PowerS terriile strength which la

their nt

command." Reuter.

J

YUGOSLAVIA WILLING TO

GIVE UP US ARMS AID

Belgrade, Oct. 17. ·

to last Calder Hall three to Leusse, against reported five years, Electricity costs cidents following an ambush in initially are not expected to the Kasserino area two days ago

in which be appreciably higher and, in time, it is hoped they will were killed and 17 wounded,

and ten Algerians killed be appreciably lower.

M. de Lousse was peeing M.

Washington, Oct. 17. These factors have already Bourguiba again tonight.

aroused the interest of local

Tunisian government Scientists. scoffed today

At the first London_co concerns. It will be recalled spokerman sold

Menon followed the at San. Estes Kefauver's

Sucz, Mr that in March, the Hongkong pursuit which

submitted the Indian Govern- Electric Co. Ltd disclosed ambush and which continued statement that H-bombs ference on

proposals which called in its annual report its yesterday French troops search could "blow the earth off its ment's

for a consultative body of uSET Tunisian villages. Two civi- ed

formed on the Interest in atomic energy lans were killed in one village Axis by 16 degrees,"

Any force capable of doing interests to be It was stated that atomic and other Tunisians detained by

would have to

basks

geographical герге- power stations would be an the French and later released, that, one sald,

sentation "and interests charged to gouge out be great enough economic possibility within said the spokman.

consultative and liaison functions,' the next 10 to 15 years and A French Embassy spokesman an entire continent to a great with advicors, cons

was no But there the comment

specific there were obvious economic sild the Embassy was pleased by depth and fling it into space.

That was

provision scal off the Dr Gordon MacDonald of the

In the advantages in this means of the decision to

set of prin- frontier. This, he

the ciples put forward by generating power in Hong- Algerian

Geology Department

Institute Macsachusetts

of kong. It was also disclosed said, would remove all neces-

Tochnology.

Shooting

an effect, such produce

A Yugoslav foreign ministry statement said: “We MacDonald, raid, "would be like

it was widely reported to have, shooting peas ut a mountain."

MacDonald said the spinning received the approval of Pro-1- consider that there is no threat to the independence

of Yugoslavia on the part of the Soviet Union." dent Nasror HIS Excellency, Sir Alexander Mr Dmitri Sheplloy, returned to

"thyan - ́ ́extremely Grantham's references to Moscow today after attending earth is,

Mr Menon again conferred. the Security Council debate on stable state." Trying to tilt lis

beford Prezident Nascer

ations were necessary, and same This was a reference to atomic power and Hongkong the Suez críala in New York, axis would bo ko trying to with

draft. statement by President. Elsen of them were ever, unaccept. industry yesterday there Moscow

subenitling his Intest Radio reported. - shove over a giant gyroscope, United Nations observers Shower on Monday that eld was able." fore represent a subject of Reuter.

he sald-United Press,

sumed, therefore, that it, too, being given to Yugoslavia to The statement complained nerous consideration by

had receiveri at least general preserve the nation's indepen-that, as ald could at any moment far-sighted businessmen in

approval from the Egyptian dence. this Colony. One of the big

government,-Reuter. problems local power panies have to face is tho very big fluctuations in the prico of fuel, Without its own natural fuel supplies, and in its isolated geo- graphical position, depon- dent upon long sea routes for coal and oil, Hongkong could make very good use of such a Blation,

Menon London of machinery The Yugoslav government, criticising Ameri- for dealing with complaints of can aid policy, said today it was willing to give up discrimihallan, H-bomba off

The Soviet Union supported United States arms supplies. the Indian plan in- London and

British companies

wore

designing atomic

power

plants for use in territories

like Hongkong.

com-

At the moment, however, the proposition must remain. only a good idea. Wo art reminded by experts that atomlo, power is not nearly cheap enough yet to serve countries with low standards of living largely because of the exceptionally heavy in- vestment needed. In Calder Hall, however, there is pro vided for many countries wrestling with major power problems a glimpse into the kitura śwhich appears most

SHEPILOV HOME London, Oct. 17. The Soviet Foreign Minister,

Search Bottom Of Sea

For "Lost Continent"

Naples, Oct. 17.

Bwiss Professor Augusto

Plocard's bathysonphe Trieste made. a. 3,700 metro

dive off Fones. Island,

near Napica

tonight during which obarvations were made for evidence of a continent" of Tyrrhenia, bellered rub

the merged belów Tyrrhenian Be

The Trieste was ankhined by

Profesor: ¦ ¦ Piccard's [Jaogies, and to by

BOE,

the

· Italian, 'goologist,- Alfredo,

Professor

the

To

reach the battons.of. Tyrrhenian Ses pocket and one hour arkt 44 minutes to surface,

on the 32 They spent minutes

sca-botion, beaming searchlights Ehrough...... the observation window aft of 2 the bathysoapbo in search of scientide evidence for the existened of

Tyrrhtmla

On Burfacing, Professor Pollini, who is the first reolerist, to desound to moh

• dopih," inkă he wo

to make ikay more diyen before, he could give an

be withdrawn, this represented

The President, in a loster to a great Insecurity" and, pre- Congress, had allo suid, how-vented the Yugo ay government ever, that delivery of heavy from being able to guarantee

TEENAGERS military equipment, including regular supplies to fix people

WARNED

about 200 jet planes, would be

held up, though economic aid US Difficulties

would continue.

The Yugoslav sald

today

The statemení mið military that the President's statement old, except for the delivery of London," Oct. 17.

contained

"elements not in spare parts, "has practically

to extat, captain conformity with the principles ceased warned. tay that there would of Independent and equal.com It added: "We were greatly

A Sorict police

be, trouble - K unruly Runión.

operation

interested in deliveries of pro- teenagers * keep on jowling It added the stoppage of viously contracted agreemonia, paussonby,

by, smoking and American military, 'mid: “would in: purliesing': of jet engines and not influence our future good olher

insolent things to

}: "We mhilda (police) mouseer relationships.*** ind it very and to see) licho chikhan who do not know how

tobellove in publ

Scherbalov, chief of

05421/7 Proolnet, onlch

Thanks

"Since we noticed that, the American, gov

difficulties

question of Uni

brought it to

ww.world, not-like

obstacle; in this resp

The Amor

that the

LORD HAILSHAM

SUMMIT MEETING?

(If. Stevenson Is Elected)

Washington, Oct. 17.

The Democratic candidate, Mr Adlai Stevenson, may, if *elected President, call an other International summit conference to seek in agree- ment to end hydrogen bomb tests.

"This is how responsible De.. mocrats here interpret M. Stevenson's promise this week to go anywhere in the world -if [It will ́ produce works ble agreement to end tests which many belleve could eventually endanger the word's health as well as world peace,

His proposal to limit such jesta, carne, under sharp atack yesterday from Republican

PLANES BEGIN ouders, including the Secretary

HAZARDOUS UNDERTAKING

of

State, Mr John Foster Dulles And the former. Re publican presidential candidate, My Thoinka E Dewey,

CAMPAIGN ISSUE

But Mr Stevenson's suppor- tors make it clear that he will Wellington, Oct. 17.

melce his proposal and the re Six United States Navy Jotion of it by the Republican planes took off today on a candidate, Presidena. Kims hazardous 2,200-mile flight namera count to in the to Antarctica to nunch the three weak of his cazz most massive assaulting until polling day on No-

vêmber" 6." history on the mysteries of the South Polar regions

The planes taking a part "Operation "Deep Freezer ? fole lowed the track of a lane Mbra Skymaster which landed day, after a proving night" on Strip hewn in the 100, 70,

miral Georgo Dufek," "comes mender of the US Tia Force

13. 43, which helping scientists in, the operation, journeyed in the four-engined plane with 'n' reporter and crew, of six,

not

political con

to the Stevenson hás aprécă, ar, the

by

physicists who intervened in

His speech has evoked cor- respondingly dramatic charges býky Republicans. that Mr

} .. Arresponsibly

"NOT TOO GOOD" [ Latest reports reaching here Stevenson said the six planes face, the endeavouring to frighten the threat of severe icing and electorate into voting for him in deteriorating, weather,

addition to playing politics with national defence,

A radio report received from Admiral

Dufek also said that conditions at the McMurdo sound airstrip were "not too 2000,"

for

Royal State Visit

POSSIBLE-REPLY

There is some talk of

the

82-

But after: studying forecasts, Squadron Commander Captain posibilty that President Elsen- Douging Cardiner gave orders hower might in effect reply to the fight to get under Mr Stevenson in a speech to the

concluding session ¦ör, the way——Bouter,

nation conference that is, draft- ing the charter of an inter- national atomic

energy ingency at the United Nations towards the Amman, Oet, 17. King Ibn Saud of Saudi end of this mouth, Arabla will pay Jordan a State This would be technically a vinit early next month at the non-political

al Occasion but invitation of King Hussein, it would give the president · ភព was antwunced here today. opportunity of defending and The two kings are expected emphasising the peaceful pur- to discuss steps to strengthen poses of his administration's tho Jordaniara forces and in-atomic policies from a lofty and creased aid 'for Jordan Reu-convincing Platform, China

tor.

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