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Comment Election Gap Narrows We Caught The
Of The Day
Tories' Lead
MACMILLAN'S FEAR
NE of the strangest
ON
statements To be madui about the forthcoming] general election in Britain appeared in a high-pressure London daily last week. It said that the last thing Macmillan wanted WINA 1 Iandslide win. The chunees of it seem slight, as we have polated out in an Purlier *Comment," but the spe tacle of a potentini Premier refusing say three-quarters of the Commons 600 add seats is surely to halicrous to contemplate. Yet here is Macmillan's problem. "The
people who scare Mac millan are his own right wing. The hatchet-men in
Down
London, Sept. 29.
The election gap has nar- rowed. The Conserva- tive lead which was 71⁄2 points a week ago has been cut to 4 points, but only a frac- tion of the lost vote has so far swung de- cisively to Labour.
It is the which is up.
undecided vote
Two per cent! more voters, the Daily Ex press public opinion poll shows, are rethinking about| their position after a week in which the Labour party! have plugged the Jasper
the boardrooms. The back-affair take-over bids and woodsmen who may be lurk the Rent Act, as big clee- ing to jostle and push him tion issues. into turning the political clock back when the
oppor- tunity comes," said the Daily Express political cor- respondent recently. "Mr Election, the Conservative
lend is down by two points)
Macmillan himself middle
Of
age group,
In the 21-26 which are those voting for the first time in a General
of the rond Tory also. The men at his elbow are moderate Tories too. course, they believe in the methods of free enterprise. But they consider Jungle capitalism is completely out- dated."
14
ND Gaitskelt? He has the
same morbid fear Macmillan of a Tory land- slide. His chief concern is!
FIGURES
Today's poll: Conserva tives 45 per cent, Labour 40 per cent; Liberat five per cent; Others per cent; Undecided nine per cent.
SEVENTY-THREE
KILLED IN
FLASH FLOODS
Rio De Janeiro, Sept. 28. Seventy-three people - 40 of them children were reported killed today in flash floods in Rio Grande Do Sul.
Heavy rains caused the River Pardo to overflow, bringing disaster to Candelaria, Sobradin-
The comparative figures ho and Santa Cruz and thival-
that this would wreck the for last week were: Con-ening the state capital of Porto
Labour
Party's present servatives — 47% per cent; Alegre,
leadership and policies. He Labour 40
--and his chief lieutenant
Bevan-would be repuliated. Liberal -- five
Militant left-wingers who Others -
have
per
per
per
Werc
seven
cent; Heaviest hit was Candelaria cent; where forty children and
reported killed, cent; adults
most of them trapped when the food crest burst levees and In- undated the town and an un- known number of inhabitants
been a broken and Undecided. — seven per cent, scattered force since the full London Express Service.
lus
of the Bevanites could claim| that such a vote was.
massive preference for the Tories tha # disgusted disavowal of annemic social- ism. Out would go other| leading lights of the party like Harold Wilso
Richard Crossman and in! their place would
come
untried, unpredictable men. Macmillan's awareness of the dangers was made only too
ELECTION
CLASH IN LONDON
neo
•
was feared trapped in collapsed buildings,
Many persona perished in their beds when the Candelaria leves disintegrated unexpectext- Ly al 4 um.
Twenty-four dead were ru- ported at Sobradinho and two in Santa Cruz.
The news agency ASA press reported hundreds injured and 700 homeless but exacl deter- casualties could not be London, Sept. 28. mired breause communications clear in a recent television A group of "Keep Britain were cut off. Several bridges appearance. Fellow minister
were washed out and state White"
- Fascists Iain Macleod said to him:]
authorities had to rush aid by stormed "Socialism is absolutely aut
left-wing helicopter.--UPI. of date." Replied Macmillan :
election meeting in the St "Yes, and extreme Indivi-
Pancras district of London dualism too. Our whole tonight and attacked theme is a kind of promise, a sense of partner- ship between everybody concerned." It is a state
COM-
platform speakers injur-Smuggled
ing ono slightly.
Police arrested a number of the intruders. The meeting
ment with meaning for his was interrupted, own right-wing a well as
I was the first reported
the floating voter, but there violence of the
is little doubt that Mac- pign.
millan meant it mainly for
the diehards in his own
party.
AST week's
win
up
ענים
OUR AID HELPED: RUSSIANS TELL CHINA
cri
Poking, Sept. 28.
The Soviet Communist Party Secretary, Mr Nikhail Sus- lov, today congratulated Chinese Communist load- on building up their country since they came to power 10 years ago--and then reminded them of Soviet aid which
sped them on their way.
He also halled Sovlei achieve. ments at home and Mr Nidia Khrushchev's visit to the United
Two Hurt
As Van
Hits Tree
entrance
VAN
Khrushchev
Made A
Capitalist
Kansas City, Sept. 28. Nikita
Khrushchev today! was a stockholder in anj American corporation.
That, sold a spokesman for four men who presented the
Pre stock, makes the Soviet nder a capitalist.
Full Fury Of Typhoon Vera'
Tokyo, Sept. 28. Australian passengers aboard the Changsha
described the “feeling of terror" that razed through their minds on Saturday night when their ship caught the full fury of typhoon Vera and was grounded near Yokkaichi Harbour in Central Japan.
The 44 Australian passengers,
Ü
15 per cent of whom are over 5 years of age, were removed from the diner on Sunday to hotel in Osaca
They told of their "grim" ex- periences in a telephone inter-
Mr Forrest T. Jones, an in-view with United Press, Inter- surance man, said purpose of national. the gift was neither flippant nor argumentative.
"We decided the best way to show him how capitalism really
GHASTLY
Baudouin
To Be Guest
"IR was ghastly when the said Mrs J. G. typhoon hit,"
Melbourne. "The Surniss, of
cannon
works, what it really is, was to waves battered the ship like a let him see, as a stockholder, "Wo were all qulle nervous how un American corporation when it struck. Thank good- ness the captain kept us posted all the time.
works," he said,
The four decided to transfer Mr Khrushchev 26 shares of stock owned by Mr Jones in the American Safety Razor Co. The stuck is worth $300 or about 1,200 rubles, Mr Jones said.
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TYPICAL
"I feel now like I've soon everything." she said.
Of Queen
London, Sept. 28.
Dr Keith King, of New South Queen Elizabeth has invited Wales, caid:
"All of us were a bit appre- hensive when the typhoon struck. But we were convinced every- thing would be all right,"
He added that the worst part of It was when the lights went fout abound ship for a few min- uice balore the Changsha
seemed like typical
3 American company, is not gaged in any defence manufac- turing, and we liked the 'Ameri-grounded. can' in the title." he said,
**
"We were all in the dining room but none of us ever got à
King Baudouin of the Bel- gians to pay a private visit to Balmoral, the British royal family's Bummor home In Scotland, on Octobor 3, it was fearned ot Buckingham Palace to- day. The King will spand the night there.
King Baudouin, is partnering 111 Reen, engtain of the British
tournament at Glentagles in Scotland, this week.
This visit is the first to be
paid by King, Bubuin to the Queen.
Two men were injured when a
Dairy Farm delivery
"And we could point out to chance to eat anything. The whose brako talled, careered | Mr Khrushchev that the con-criptalo told us to return to our down Garden Road and pany has more owners than em- cobins and put on our life, Ryder Cup golf team, in a gol crashed into an old birch tree ployees. There are 6,100 stock-Jackels,” he said. south of the
to holders, including Mr Khrush-
SHUDDERED Murray Car Park.
chev," he said, "and 3,000 crc- Dr King said that when the Ila windscreen was marked ployees."
typhoon hit the ship "shuddered and a full load of milk and The stock certificate was mail- ard, after it grounded, deve- bread scattered over the led to Me Khrushchev at Camp loped a bad list to port." He the list at about 15 side of the van. Its left front David, inst Thursday.
So far estimated whee! and mudguard were Mr Jones and His friends have degrees. pushed in,
"There was, luckily, not a not received acknowledgement, of either the stock or the letter single accident nor any case of that went with it,
seasickness," he said. "All had faith that everything would be all right."
and
Mrs Ruth Crooks recounted her "dreadful feeling" when "all of us scrambled to put on clothes before.we went ashore."
Some bottles of milk
packages of bread were thrown onis the road by the Impact.
The letter explained that Mr Four people were inside the Khrushchev would receive about
vau when It left the airy $12
year in dividends, which Farm branch in Lower Albert would be mailed to him in Mos- cow. He also was advised that 012 around of Ga-
was entitled to vole ilvery in the Upper Level, he It could not climb
stockholders meetings either in had Up the peak because of a faulty person or by proxy-UPI. brake. The driver decided
Rond
to come down Garden Road instead. Then the accident happened. Though the steering wheel was bent the driver escaped unhurt:
The van met with the accident 1 19.15 am. A 10.50 am. another company vehicle arrived to take away the con- tents of the sinashed ven. Injured were Chen Kwok-lung and Yeun Tong who were sent to Queen Mary Hospital.
States as an "emissary of peace" Gold
From Hongkong?
present cam-Customs
CANDIDATES
movement exclusion
putling forward
two
(SEE ALSO P3)
rt- candidates.-AFP, B
Act!
The meeting was being held alarm over by the Movement for Colonial
cundidates in the Jasper group of companies general election. and the criticism it pro The neo-fascist voked from Labour provided, is demanding clear evidence of the Con- of coloured people from Britain servative's concern. Lord is Hailsham promised view of the Company's to guard against abuses by big business and an extra- ordinary cross-fire developed over which party could beat serve the interests of the amall investor. Kier Hardle would have had spoplexy had he been alive today, So would an earlier Marquis of Salisbury after denouncing Macmillan as a Gladstonian Liberal or a Chamberlain radical.
So with election day 10 days off. the lendors of the two parties are both worried for the same renson. Macmillan is also said to be concerned about the danger of com; placency in the party and the effects of Liberal inter- yuntion and he is privately hoping that tho votora show a bit of common sense. By giving him a majority which
is not too large. And not just right.
of course, too small, But
30-minute
speech to an audience of about 10,000 which included
lozdars Communiat frem all over the world,
Mr Suslov told the opening session of the two-day meeling
U.S. STEEL
MAN DIES FROM INJURY
seized 500 celebruling the Peking regime's FROM
Bombay, Sept. 28. officials
gold 10th anniversary in the vast ounces of contraband worth $40,000 from the U.S, new parliamentary assembly President
President hall that "the Chinese Ling's
people Polk when I marived hero have done gigantic work and face of on Saturday, it was announced radically changed the today.
The Polk is on an around- the-world luxury cruise, with 60 Americans among its passengers It left last night for Karachi,
Customs officials said the gold probably had been picked up in Hidegkong with intent of smug- gling it into India. No arrests have been made.-UPI,
Mystery Surrounds Envoy's Death
Tokyo, Sept. 29.
The Turklah Ambassador to Japan and bis wife died
on Monday night under mysterious pireumstances.
There were reports that the popular diplomatio couple bad commited double suicide with an overdose of siceping pills, but there was no official confirmation.
The dead wero Ambassador Spreyya Anderiman and his wife, who came to Japan in April 1987. · Hò had previously
been Turkey's envoy to Norway.
A cloak of diplomatto secrecy was dropped over · the deaths, Even the polles did not have full information..
The Chief Souretary of the Japanese Cabinol, Mr Elsaburo Bhulna, announced the deaths shortly before midnight lie said that Mrs Anderiman died at the Embassy residence shortly before 7 pm, and the ambassador about 40 minutes later.
The desiha throw the, antire. Tokyo diplomatic com mualty Into confusion. The · couple were well known, and very well liked-UPL
.
Massachusetts, Sept. 28.
DESERT
REST
FOR IKE
In
Washington, Sept. 28. President Eisenhower plans to leave for a rest in a desert ellmate "qulle noon possibly even this woek," Mr Janica Hazeriz, White House spoker- man weld tonight.
She said all the passengera
to Icave "most of cour things" on the ship but that "they will be taken off for us." Mrs Crooks said that when off “we rang the lights went and talked. We had no radio. but there was never any panic.
"I don't want to go through such an experience again," she added.
Mr Herman B. Meng, of Wakefield Street, Adelaide, sald the Changsha was "very lucicy."
UPI.
An
SOVIET EMBASSY FIRE
HEALING
The Daily Telegraph's columnist, Peterborough, com menting today on the invitation, thought it "would" at last heal the breach bolwen the twa royal housed which for many
THE QUEEN
youre has distressed both coun- trics."
Peterborough considered that
Ottawa, Sept. 28. this brench was caused by King President Eisenhower spoke
attempt was
made last Leopold's (father of King with a muffled voice at his prest
to Thursday to set fire to the Baudouin) surrender
the conference carller-the result of
Soviet Embassy in Oilawn, it Gemmang in 1040 and bed à cold which he said he caught during his visit to Europe in
was revealed here tonight. resulted in the refusal of King A quantity of petrol was pour Brudouin to attend the funeral late August and early Septem-ed over the doors of the En of King George VI in 1952. Mr. Waller F. Munford, Chair- ber.
man of the United States
bussy garage and then set alight,
It is thought that relations their country."
Steel Corporation, died today
He said that If he could get but Embassy personnel coon put
since then had improved, DUTY TO HELP
out the Bra Two Embassy cars particularly after King Leopold at Cape Cod Hospital, He away for five days in a dry de-
were the only casualties, He wound up by saying: "The
|sert" "I am going, quickly." - was 50.
had visited The Queen It was also learned that ani most infuortant law of the He was taken to hospital after socialist commonwealth 18having accidentally
Mr Hagerty said that while he anonymous telephone call was Buckingham palace, in 1930.
Ollawa radio wounded was away President Elsenhower received by an
The palace spokesman was mul, brotherly, unsclash aid. himself with a kitchen knife in would hold no conferences and stallon saying that an attempt to unable to comment onça further Gulded by this, the Soviet the kitchen of his home.
prediction by Peterborough, that Union considers it is its inter- later had a stroke, which left
an exchange of state visita be- national duty to help China and him partially paralyeed.
The United States Steel Cor
tween the two sovereigns might other socialist countries."
now be long · delayed-- Router.
He recalled that in a speech porntion has been concerned in hore five years ago Mr Nikito |the great steel strike for ten Khrushchev-due here soon to weeks, anul Mr Munford had Join the celebrations assured been depressed, for some time, the Chinese of a continuing full He became Chairman of the measure of Soviet help.
Corporation last May-AFF
Mr Suslov said Mr Khrush- chov's visit to the United States EIXI his talics with President
Eisenhower were #of great Too Much For
significance towards the zeloxa- tion of international tension," but warned that it would be naive to think, that further -10- Exation would come of its own accord.
that the He went on to say pillance and friendship
WDS |tween Russin and Chine
becoming daily
more ua- shakable
attemple to and undermine it were in vain.
Mr Suslov was' the first foreign speaker after the open- Chairman of the Republk, and
..
Ugly Duckling
keep government business at a set fire to the Embassy was minimum. He said he expected made in protest against the visit to announce detalls of President's plans
the of the Soviet Premier Nikita tomorrow-Khrushchev to the United States, not Router.
·Périk, Sept. 28. An 'ugly'
• duckling-with
·dliferenco-has died." It was an upside down duckling, ono of a brood of 13:
AFP.
Judge's Statement On China Mail Report
at
“He should, however, have
Judys B. J. Jennings at the, tion from the prison doctor that, Authorities-an apology that is Victoria District Cosart.. this | he should get more:
ss public as was the false poport, morning made the following "the fact that the food my.." ain mot angregiing that the statement on a report in yester- be cold when it arrives is un-reporter made this false, repart Au- deliberately. He has explained, day's China Dail on a convict fortunate, but the Prison who testified in the Vaswani thorities are doing their best to and I accept his explanation trial;
' that he ' eculd not hear, eleuzly keep warm!
"that the prisoner gels his what was mild. eż was most surprisòl tó rend - main meal in the evening and the *arranged if in one of the papers a complete- it might be Instead of the legs emergingly inaccurate report of whist I prison doctor remmends it, ebesked with the Court Steno- normally from the body they said in Open Court yesterday that the prisoner gets his main graplier's record of whine usid [protruded from its back.
about the result of my enquiries meat at midday; but in that if he could not hear me.”
The China: Mall and the ro- The poor duck just lay on the into the question of the food event he would only get lun Tegs in the air,
whe was required" to attend
apologies for the comment Couri na a witness.
Throughout the Prison Aynitributed to Judge Jennings "I find sali...............
thorities seled quite properis and to the Prisons Department. that the prisonyr was enfliled | and in accordance with the | An attemat was in fact made to to receive fixed weight of sicfct Prison Bules,
check the story but the unistako
| ing address by Mr. Lluį Stwo-chtground on tile tummy with his applied to a:conylated prisoner | light midday meal in the oven-porter » conserned, offer "full
He had to wriggle along.
both Mr Liu and Mr Mao Tse For a young cuck this war tung, Chairman of the Central just too much.
Committee and former chair:Ho diod after three days in man, shook hands warmly, with this crush world, China Mail, food each day and noʻinere ́un» [ « "Iko: - newspaper · concerned | was not brought to light at the Alra when he finished.---Reuter, |Speciali
Tise there was a recominents=¦ owes an apology to the Prison | Uime.Ed.)
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