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THE DAY

MALAYAN DEFENCE

ALAYA is going to be on

the British Army's mup for long time to

come.

With Hongkong. It will be one of the last buses of the British Army, while tactics still require the stationing of troops around the worki.

It is likely that Singapore

will in a few years time be lesa secure base for British troops than main- land Malaya. In Singapore agitation for independence I linked with ending it as a base for Britain, but independeut Malaya has usked Britain to stay.

Two

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strategic nerodromes, capable of handling Intest aireraft, have been built near the border either side of Malayu's main mountain range. Two ether uerodromes in Malaya ( can take jet fightera und heavy transports.

The Royal Navy is staying, too, and will eventually be given refuelling facilities.

Jungle War

MOR the British Army, Air

THE WEATHER: Moderate, Increasing N winds, Overcast with patches of light rain developing ister.

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BORDER CLASH IN MIDDLE EAST Turkish.

Israel & Syria

Blame Each Other

For Incident

London, Jau, 28.

Israel and Syria tonight blamed each other for a two and a half hour pitched battle in the northern demilitarised zone on their frontiers in which two Israelis were said to have been killed and at least six wounded.

QUEEN MOTHER ARRIVES

IN CANADA

Montreal, Jan, 28.

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen

on

ploughs

OF

Au israeli spokesman J:1 Jerusalem said a Syrian Iorer of about 40

60 men entered Israeli territory near the United Nations observation post east of Kibbutz Dan.

He said they opened fire on Israeli workers elerning ou; mines in the zone.

Casualties

"There were some casualties

Later, the Apoleenmari zid that Isracil Police clashed with the Syrians and drove them off.

Mother, arrived here by indicted on workers," he said. air tonight in a blustery snowstorm

the first stage her six-week

of visit to New Zealand and Australia. Snow

worked throughout the day keeping the runways Queen Mother's BEOAC DC-C plane.

The aircraft was due to spend about an hour here refuelling, fly to Vancouver There, the Queen Mother with!

Force and Navy, there is still a good deal of fighting to be done and part of the agreement with Malyn is

at British troops planes should continue to help in jungle operations against the terrorists,

then

clear for

the chartered

He said two policemen were killed and six wounded. There were no losses reported among the Syriaus,

The spokesman sold the Syrians used riñes and machine- AU$14,

It was the worst border in-

dident In many months.

Turkish General Made Chairman of Bagdad Pact Planning Staff

Ankara, Jan. 28.

A Turkish officer, Lieut-General Ekrem Akalin, was today appointed Chairman of a new Military Planning Staff under the Bagdad Pact for one year.

Mr Awnl Khalidy, Secretary-

of the General

Pact, agreed

ALGERIAN BILL with a questioner that creation

SENT BACK TO SENATE

Pre-

of this staff was " step" to. wards A unified Pict com- mond,

He said it met the Pact inem- bers' security requirements for the present.

Main Decision

Force

Paris, Jun. 28. The National Assembly gave

United States Alr quick upproval to mier Felix Gaillard's Al- | Major-General Daniel Campbell

Bill to- gerian Reform

was appointed Deputy Chair- night for the second time man of the Planning Staff, in as many months and tossed the measure right back to the Senate for further action,

The vote was 310 to 234 in of the "Lol Catro" favour (framework law) designed to give rebelllun-torn Algerlu The trouble begen, the Armyimited self-rule. A companion said, when the Bill giving Mostems more equal Lieu: Governor of British Syrian soldiers

entered the voting rights with French Columbia, Mr Frank Boss, be demilitarised zone near the Dan settlers passed 292 to 249. fore leaving for Honolulu and settlement.

LOI CADRE

It is hoped to end the war by the overnight guest of the spokesman

August this year; if not, jungle fighting will still be part of the Army's curriculum,

Once the war is over, British troops will take up their treaty duties of guarding against outalde aggression, confined to their base.

How long will the treaty last? There are no commitments on this. Nominally it is for thirty years, but land for the base is being leased on terms which will allow the Malayan Government 10 revoke it whenever neeVR- sary, leaving Britain to sell the remainder of the lease. The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman said, "The treaty endures as long as there in goodwill between the countries.” Consultations

THERE is very little that

definite in the other provisions of the treaty. Britain and Malaya will "conant" in the event of a

FI.

The temperature was at freez- ing point as the Queen Mother ieft her plane and was greeted iy Air Vincent Massey, the Governor-General. She was lo

have tea with him in his pri-

vate railway coach during the one-hour refuelling stop. - Beuter.

Disturbances On Yemen Border

Mr

London, Jan. 28. Alan Lennox-Boyd, the

ar-

They dug in and opened Are on workers, he reported. The workers summoned help and border Police units rived and onraged the Syriatus, The Syriens withdrew about two hours later, he said,

Aggression

These moves constitute the main decision so far emerging from the Pact counell meeting which began here yesterday.

Gentral Campbell was unt last year Deputy Chief of Staff Cho for Administration with European Command Head- quarters in Paris,

The Joint Staff, whose head- quarters will be In Bagdad, supersedes the former military planning organisation establish- ed in Karachi Jast year.

Observers said the new Body Deputies approved the Lol would be approximate to the which Cadre by 208 to 200 and the joint stal organisation electoral bill by 207 to 200 last. Nato has had for several years.

Gaillard November 30 when

Mr Khalidy said the "ques- put the twin bills to a con- tion of taking an actual deci- adence vote test.

sión da a unified command had

There was no vole of con- not yet arisen. Adence Involved in tonight's assembly action.

The Senale had made some modifications in the Algerian Syria tonight accused Isract package bill after its first puss

armed aggression, supported age by the Assembly last autumn. by armoured cars and aircraft, If the Senate adopts the ver-

in the northern demmiktorised sion passed by the deputies to

the night,

reform zone near Khan Diveir.

incasure

A

become law. It would Millary spokesman in would Damaseus said GO

ellect, however, only Isruell go into soldiers, supported by three niter &

eease-fire between the Algerian rebels and the French armoured cata, opened machine-gun Are on Syrian Army.-Unlled Press.

peasants, and withdrew under cover from Dan Betilement

British Colonial Socretary, Į after a two and a half hour

since sold today that December 10 there had bean a renewal of disturb. ances caused by the Yemonis on the British Aden Protectorato from ticr.

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engagement. He said Israeli aircraft few the soldiers over the prea as

-behind withdrew, leaving radio,

hand revolver, rifle, grenades and ammunition. There were no Syrian casualties. he added.-Reuter and United!

He told the House of Com- Press,

threat of armed attack, "co-mons that recently the Yemenis

operate" if there is

outbreak of hostilities in heavy the Far East.

had begun to usé orthlery and firlog inching guns, bcross the border, even on one occasion against the escort of a

In the event of a war in= |mertical officer carrying out a

volving Britain with Singa-vaccination tour. pore, Borneo, Brunei or Ar Lennox-Boyd added that i Hongkong, Malayn will be the British Prolectorate rulers and tribesmen, with the full committed to war.

support of the British security Help which Britain is asked forces, continued effectively to to give includes the training resist and deal with "his ag- of personnel for the new ression."-Reuter.

Malayan Army and in

equipping the new array.

Sino-British Trade

BATHYSCAPHE FOR JAPAN

Paris, Jan. 28.

The French Navy is to send

USAF's Thor

Hits Target Area

Washington, Jan. 28.

A Thor intermediate range

ballistic missile

Standardisation

General Campbell, answer- Ing other questions, cald there were no formal plans for ex- change of officers between the armed forces of the Pact mem- bers.

Standardisation of wespons was one of the problems under consideration, he cald,

(The Pact members are Bri- tan, Turkey, Pakistan, Iraq and Persia).

Mr Khalidy was asked at the press conference if in the event an of aggression against one member of the Pact the other four members would come to his จโน่

Mr Khalidy, who is an Iraq), replied in English, "The answer Is categorically Yes."

HONGKONG'S NIGHT SOIL QUESTIONED

London, Jan. 28.

Mr Btan Awbery (Labour) asked in the House of Commona today if the Government know of tha antiquated sanitary ar- rangements in the New Territarian of Hongkong, where untreated human excreta

for used fertilising vegetables. Ho sad this practice In- croaand disease carrying Nica and the spread of malarla.

WHE

На urged the

Colonial

Secretary to preserve the pubilo health by Intro- ducing mora hygienic mothoda to ameliorate these conditions. The

Colonial Under- Secretary, Mr John Pro- fumo, replied: #The amount of untreated night soil ised is in. significant, Matured_night noli, specially treated to eliminate the germs of the enteric dicases, is widely distributed to farmors by the Govern- ment sponsored vegetable marketing organisation."

Reuter.

No Colony Ships Have Turned Turtle MP Told

London, Jan. 28. Mr Stan Awbery (Labour) asked in the House of Commons today

what was being done to super- vise the conditions of coastal vessels in the trade from Hongkong and Singapore apart from the statutory surveys. He also asked how prosecutions had taken place during the past three years for fullure to conform to the re- gulations on these vessels and how many lives had been lost through vessels turning turtle as a resul of being top heavy.

Mr John Profumo, Colonial Under-Secretary, replied:

OVERLOADING

many

statutory "Aphrt from the surveys ол British ships and requirements as to production of statutory certificates, im- mediate steps are taken locally 10 Investigate complaints by masters or other responsible persons.

"Surveys for overloading and compliance with the merchant shipping (grain) rules, 1952, are ciso carried out on vessels enter- ing or leaving Hongkong.

"During the past three years there have been three prosecu- flons in Hongkong for overload-

So far as I kouw there has been no loss of life in British shilps from this cause."-Reuter.

The

Recognition

Washington, Jan, 20.

today Stater United recognised the now provisional

of Venezuela- government United Press,

Cypriots Pledge Restraint

Nicosia, Jan. 28:

Leaders of Cyprus's Turkish community pledged to night to restrain their countrymen

from for-

ther rieling against Bri- tish authorities.

They told British officinis that

no further rioting would take ploco if the curfew now in force over the Turkish quar- ter of Nicosin were lifted.

STALEMATE IN ANKARA

Ankara, Jan. 28. Britain and Turkey have renched a deadlock In their Cyprus taike which are being held here an the aldatinan of the Bagdad' Pact conferones, a British spokesman in- dicated today.

The Britlets and Turkish view differ and it has not bean decided when Bir Hugh will make hla postponed departure for Nicola, the spokes- man added. He said that further talks might be held today,

Prame.

France.

The curfew was imposed yester. day after rioting Turks clash-. with troops ed repeatedly and polleo. Five persons died in continued rioling today. The Turkish leaders told police and Army officers tonight they would take full responsibility for ensuring that no riohg The place when will take curlew is lifted at 0500 to- morrow. Turkish

Cypriots guaranteed tomorrow's funerals would be

was

peaceful provided no British troops lined the routes. The rioting by the Turks

In support of partitioning of Britain's strife-torn colony

Land between Turkish Cypriota and Creek Cypriots. -United Press and Reuter.

AMERICANS MAKE SUCCESSFUL

OXYGEN DROP TO FUCHS

Wellington, Jan. 29. lity of a recurrence,

Douglas Mckenzie, official cor- aircraft today dropped an

respondent at Scott Rase. emergency supply of oxygen

the aircraft- United sald to Dr Vivian Fuchs' Britisit

TRADE- Blates Navy Neptune-had Commonwealth

found Dr Fuchs' vehicles on a Antarctic team for Mr Geof-

and 10,000-foot of the ex- frey Pratt, one plorers, who has had a sovero monoxide attack of carbon poisoning. Eariter reports had said Mr

expert, ha Pralt, a seismic recovered from the afiack but that Dr Fachs all

was anxiou to fly him out to MoMurdo Bound in view of the possibl-

"The main objective of the Pact is collective security. Col- iective security means that 12 was there is an aggression against one It is an aggression to launched successfully at That is my understanding."-- the Florida test range Reuter.

today, the Defence De-

partment announced.

The Pentagon issued announcement:

this

"An intermediate range ballis- its deep-diving bulbyscaphe to tic missile, the Thor, was test- the sca bed 3,000 fired this afternoon at the missile explore metres deep off the Japanese test range. coast north of Tokyo, it was an Florida. nouned in Paris tonight.

15

of

The diving expedition

the being sent at

request London, Jan. 28. Japanese scientists and will be Union leaders of three million inanced by the Japanese newa-

ship

and paper Asahi Shimbun, Navy building engineering workers held talks officials said.

Eleven dives will be made here today with Chinese om- cials on the prospects of extend during next June, July and ing Sino-British trade-Reuter. August.-Reuter,

On the credit side for Britain, though, is the fact that the treaty gives renewed con- ndence to rubber and tin mine com panies, and to British in- vestors.

British firms, Britisht

Trade Relations

cements trade relations, MENTAL PATIENT HELD

I vital

to Britain for

Malaya, through her rubber and tin, is the biggest hard the in

currency

earner

Commonwealth. And In the last analysis Malaya is not likely to revoke this treaty lightly, There is plenty of the goodwill and understanding In Malaya today for Britnin and In addition Malaya, rich and prosperous, has reason to be. worried for hor enfety in an area where Communism is just being kept in check. Tengku Abdul Rahman said. "A now nation cannot stand alone, and it would be a crime against Malayan Boclety to leave this, country undefended and open to attack from without and harassed by enemies with-

in,"

Moffett,

Cape

Canaveral,

"The launching was success- fully carried out,

PRE-SELECTED

"This test of the Thor, under development by the Air Force and Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc.,

range and Intercontinental one of a series of intermediate ballistic missile light tesis con- ducted at the Canaveral Range." A Pentagon spokesman said inter

the 1,500-mile range: weapon

"flow its prescribed course and landed in the pre- selecled impact area."

It was believed to be the 11th Ume one of the 1,500-mile range Thors had been launched. Six have been

30, was arrested al Fort Smith, Ark., Jan. 20. Police reported today they Oklahomo, just across the State love selzeu a former mentoline from Fort Smith, patient apo drug addict wanted The body of Burns' mother, fur questioning about cutting bis Mre Edna Burns, 50, was found of the launchings mother's head off and hiding it on the kitchen floor of her home considered successts. The mili

considered the other beside tour cooking pols full of tary in a choir loft.

to have

been blood yesterday after her head launchinga

successes, - United was found in a church chbir "partial"

Press loh.-United Press.

Police Capt. Bill Rogers rald the suspect, Bobby Joe Burns,

The Duke Is Short-Sighted

London, Jan, 28. The Daily Mail today published a-photograph of the Duke of Edinburgh wearing spectacles and "Buckingham Palace: as saying he is very - allihuly short-sighted."

photograph was "takes yesterday when the 36-year- old Brake was piloting his

The

Heron aircraft from London to the Royal Air Force

· Raybam Stadion at West Norfolk

was his Princess Margaret

passenger

目

thia flight to

The Rayham.

home field for Sandringham, the Royal family's' Norfolk home. The Duke and the Princess,

with the Queen had been at London Airport to farewell the Queen Mother, og her iour of Austraizela. The wwwspaper adds that the Prince's short-sithtedness will not keep him out of the pilot's amit unions (13, shows

signs of getting wereÐ.

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plateau dropped two large cylinders of oxygen and breathing ap- paralus by parachute. The party received them safely. McKearle sald Me Prait started to recover before the oxygen arrived.

MoKenale said it had been

known that Mr Pratt had not}

his fold

been weli for a few daya but rather than

Worry companions he had not them.

Dr Allan officer Пogers, the medical to Dr Fucher expedillon, at ence applied oxgyen from his own meagre supply and Mr Pratt regained consciousmCAS, Later in the day he was car- rled into a ano-cat voblcio a stretcher to obstTVO seismic recordings which be insisted on seeing through to completion.Reuter,

When be collapsed,

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