1961-10-19 — Page 3

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1961.

Malayan Parliament approves

Tunku's merger plan

The better man

Micscow, Oct 18.

As a marathon speaker, Me Kraschev is more than a match for a team of two professional radio announcers.

The Soviet Premier spoke to the Boviel Communist Party Congress, yesterday for six houts and 20 minutes,

Two Moscow radla announcers, reading In- shifts, took seven hours to rend the full text to Russian audiences today. -UPI.

Hammarskjold plane crash-

altimeter error

United Nations, Oct. 18.

The altimeter on the aircraft that carried Mr Dag Hammarskjold to his death in Rhodesia on September 17 showed an error of 1,200 feet and probably caused the fatal crash, an air expert returning from the Congo said today.

In ariditton, the expert sold, the CC6B that ernshed in the jungle near Ndola airport was carrying close to three ton of live ammunition, in violation of Rhodeslan neutrality, the expert said.

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The altimeter of the Hi-fated pture

the entire Curtai punel now are in custody of the British Embassy at Leopoldville, į the informant said.

Accident

the

The Federal Rhodestun Government reported to United Nations today that Mr Hammarskjold's fatal plane crash 1475 apparently An accident and said a continuing investigation had ruled out the likelihood of subotage,

The General Assembly was expected to uel next week on a resolution submitted by four Afro-Asian countries Venezuela demanding #UN, investigation of Mr Hamunarsk- jold's death.

and

to Nikola It was known officially that the plane took off under gold orders which were pab- Hely disked when I radioed the flight information centre at Sallsbury, Rhoderia more than four hours after it left on what should have been a trip of te nore than three hours.-UPI,

Kalangese hold Irish

UN officers

VOTE COMES AFTER

2 DAYS OF DEBATE

Baron's life policy claims repudiated

Fivo Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 18. The Malayan Parliament today voted its approval of the Malaysia Federation principle put forward by the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman.

The vole came after two and. a half days of debate on the proposal for Melaya to mergo with Singapore, then with the Borneo territories, under 3 Malayan Central Government.

Before the vote, the Tunju Lald members: "We must de something to prevent the Com- munists from dominating this country.

"That is why we are discqa- sing this question of merger."

The Malaysin ideal, he said, was not created by the Singa- pore Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, nor was it the re- suit of political reverses in Singapore,

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No motive The Tunku said Opposition members had claimed during the debate that unicss equal rights were granted Singapore in a merger with Malays there could be war between the two territories.

He said there, was no "under- lying motive" in his

Malaysia plan,

"There is no proposal that we should form a military bloc between Malaysia and the

Western bloc in the fashion of Scate," the Prime Minister said.

Permission

"Malaya has a defene, treaty with Britain and we are satisfted with this treaty. We do

not Intend to go further." the Tunku saiki

(Britain must receive permis- sion from Malaya before wing Jorees stationed in Malayn under this ichty for the purposes at the Scale Pact, of which Malaya Elisabethville, Oct. 18. is not a member. On Monday, Three Irish United Nations the Tunku told the House that officers and two civiliane "basis for discussions" with Britain on the Malaysin plan technicians were arrosted was that the Singapore base and detained by Katan- should not be used for Sculo gose gendarmerie node purposes).-Reuter. Katanga Army headquar

ters here early today.

The air expert, not connected

U.N. with

or governnenini ngericies, sald Ndola airport is 4,000 feet above sea level. With

Announcing this, Dr Conor n 1,208 foot error in the nit- meter, he said, this meant that O'Brien, Chief UN Representa-: Mr Hammarskjold's

live plane ap-

Kalanga, ale said the proached the Rhodesiais airport 162 Irish prisoners held by the

bmy headquarters readiness for an exchange

in

at a reading of 5,500 feet where Katonga forces at Camp Mas- as, in actuality, his height wossart ground zero.

Unfamiliar

prisoners had been moved back

to Jadotville last night.

Dr O'Brien sald President This was borne out by of- Maise Tshombe had forintly Belal reports that the plane had modified him of the arrest of the ila undercarriage

and two UN officials and the tech- down-preparatory toniclans. One of them was al- Haps landing--when it was found Aveleged to have been carrying a to seven miles from Ndola the map of the army camp, where morning after the fatal crash. they are still detained.

locked

The expert said the Swedish Dr O'Brien said he did not private airline whose chartered wish to give the names or na plane made the I-fated fight tionalities of the civilians as he was believed to be unfamiliar thought the whole affair was a with the flight from Leopoldville "foolish prank.”—Reuter,

A British Crossword Puzzle

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U.S. helicopter

sets record

Washington, Oct. 18. Air Force Lt. Col Francis M. Carney set a new altitude re- cord for medium-weight hellcop- ters today by taking an H-43 B "Huskie" up to 32,000 feet over Bloomfield, Connecticut,

in

The previons record, set 1958 by Capt. Walker J. Hodg Sun, was 29,840 feet. Before Inal, Russia held the record at 21,942 feet.--UPI.

Two ships

sink after

explosions

Djakarta, Oct. 18. Two ships were today report- ed to have tunk in port ncar Modon, north Sumatra yesterday aftor a scrics of explosions aboard one of them which was believed to have been fooding petrol.

Cape Town, Oct. 18.

insurance companios announced

that today they were repudiating life policy claims for 340,000 rond (£170,000) on Baron Diaterich von Schauroth, shot dead last March, be- cause they believed he "intentionally engineered. his own death."

Baron von Schouroth, a 30- year-old fariner from South- west Afrien, was found dend near Cape Town Inst March 25, He had been shot twice in the neck from behind.

Martinus Roseouw a 24-year- old rallway worker, was last month sentenced to death for

murdering the Baron. He pleaded in evidence that Barun von Schauroth had asked him to shoot him, offering 10,000 rand (£5,000) for the job.

Satisfied