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AERODROME

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London, June 17.

PREMIER'S ANSWER TO

QUESTION ON INDIA

Government Of India Act Discussed In The House

London, June 17. Ore of the longest questions ever addresed to a Minister was answer-

The opening of the Singapore aerodrome was a notable step in the recent steady advance of the Colonial Empire's civil and mill- tary aviation programme, stated Mr. William Ormsby Gore, speaked by Mr. Neville Chamberlain in Ing at the Corona Club dinner here to-night.

the House of Commons to-day when he replied to Mr. Winston Churchill's searching and detailed enquiries tabled earlier this week with the object of obtaining a close definition of limits within which parlamentary questions relating to events in India will be answered

Не announced that the new cruisers which Britain was about to build or was building would be named after the, Colonies of the Empire, "If only that the whole world may know what signifcence Britain attaches" to her Colonial In future. Empire," he added.

The Prime Minister's statement.

It was his intention to main-ke the question to which it was tain stronger personal touch be- the answer, was of an unusual tween the Colonial Office and the length.

Mr. "Administrators of the Colonies,

Chamberlain

acts, either without consulting or otherwise than on the advice of his ministers, be is subject to the direction and control, in the first Instance, by the Governor-General and through him by the Secretary of State-in other words, that he is answerable in a last resort to this Parliament.

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administrative and technical staffs of the Colonial Office to the Colonies. He also proposed an ar- rangement for the exchange of personnel between Whitehall and the dependencies in the middle,

as well as from the top and bot- tom of the scale.

A a result of the Imperial Con- ference all the self-governing members of the British Common wealth recognised increasingly the importance of the colonial de-

pendencies to the Empire as £ whole.

And His Majesty the King. continued Mr. Ormsby-Gare, in a message feplying to the "expres-, sions of loyalty from the Colonies. had expressed to the members of the Colonial Service his apprecia- tion of the excellent and devoted work accomplished. The results of this work were shown so clearly In recent weeks in the touching manifestations of loyalty to the Crown in all parts of the Colonial Empire, he said. Reurer.

PARIS-LISBON "TRAIN

Service Resumed

Hendaye, June 17. Negotiations have been going on

case

"I şüggest a broad general guld- ing principle which ought to be adopted as to admissibility of 'ques- tions on Indian provincial affairs is that such questions ought "not now to be regarded as in order. unless it can be shown either that 'the action at issue was taken by began by the Governor without consulting

two of the Government of India vice, or alternatively that the Act, relating to the Federation

Governor was in possession of

the powers applicable to comes into force, no change in the practice of question and answer at which, in fact, he failed to exer- Westminster is called for in re-cise. But I also suggest to the Government. Apart from the well- so defined, ought to be used with lation to operations of the Central House that even if this right; as

known and well-establish conven- | 'discretion and restraint, and that tion against Interference in the His Majesty's Government must Fiscal Policy of the Indian Gov-themselves exercise careful "discre- ernment, the Central Government tion as to the extent to which it remained legally subject, in respect is expedient in any given case to of all-its operations, to the direc-supply information about facts and tion and control of His Majesty's events in an Indian province. Government in the United King- doni.

POWERS FOR GOVERNORS

There were certain powers re served to the Governor for certain specific, purposes and the effect of the Act was to leave the governor free in a last resort to decide these matter as he himself thought was required for the due discharge of his responsibility to the Imperial Parliament, even if the advice of his ministers would have led to

another decisión.

PRIME MINISTER'S CONCLUSION

The Prime Minister drew the

"I hope I am justified in aşgum- that, in every quarter of the House, there is the desire that the Pro- vincial Self-Government in India should work and work well. I can- not believe, this is possible unless

we, in this House, frankly re-

cognise the new distribution of re-

sponsibilities."

"

NO DEFINITIONS

The Prime Minister, having lald down the guiding principle, de- | clined to define, in detail, the at-

titude to various categories of en- quiries listed in Mr. Churchill's long question except to declare em- phatically that provincial An- tonomy must be deemed to be in conclusion "that in-so-far as the operation with corresponding res- ministers are responsible to a pro-triction of questions at West Min- vincial legislature for the Governister, even if the ministry in pow ment or a provifice. It would be en- er did not, for time being, possess tirely, inappropriate if this House confidence of the majority of were to calf in question, or to arl-

legislative ticiae by question and answer, their activities. On the other hand, the Act specifically provides that, to the extent to which the governor's special power are involved and to

for some time between represen-the extent according to which he

tatives DI General Francisco" Franco, the French and Portugese rallway authorities with the end

in view to resume operations of the Paris-Lisbon transit traffic.

It is thought possible that this service will be resumed, but the train coaches would be sealed and passengers not permitted to alight whilst in Spanish territory. Fransocean Neus Service.

ARMY OFFICER WOUNDED

Waziristan Operations

Bimla, June 17. Major G. La Tomkins' of the 1/10th · Baluchis Regiment and Private Price and Private Owena of the South Wales Borderers, have been wounded during operations at Waziristan.

Two Gurkhas, and other ranks were killed and four Gurthas and two Indiana of other ranks were wounded, while it is estimated that the enemy casualties were 40—— Reuter.

The South Wales Borderers only recently left Hong Kong for India.

WARSHIP EXPLOSION

Valencia, June 17,

An explosion; caused by fire, oc- curred at. 3.25 p.m. yesterday "about the Loyalist battleship, Jalme. Primero, which is under- going repairs at the port of Car- tagena.

It is stated that 18 were killed. and. 100 injured.--- Reuter

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