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jjj published ri-wecklv price tid wednesdays m saturdays ff^-flffyflgj i eai n volume xxxvii hamilton bermuda wednesday october 26 1960 no 25 argument^i^gradualisit small islands accused of ganging up against jamaica new upheavel in the congo in franchise debate kingston la oct 19 — a charge that at a meeting ot : ' • vest indies units at the i n.versity college of the wi indies to choose the federal capital delegates from small islands ganged up against jamaica meeting in private conclave and deciding that their first duty was to knock jamaica out of the running was made last night by mr edw in allen former regular member of jamaica's delega tions to federal conferences at home and abroad and a min ister of education in the la bour government not be following i had grave doubts and those doubts were fortified by the fact that british guiana definitely de cided to stay out of federa tion and british honduras was not willing to come in jy/jembers op a large audience in somerset cricket club a t _. • .. _.__ meet having only one job as was the case with most people in the u.s aud canada took an active part in exploding arguments in favour of the gradual introduction of universal franchise in bermuda which were raised at monday night's franchise meeting by two members of the house of assembly army blocks roads to mar u.n fete in capital ing the fifteenth anniversary of the birth f the united na tions the only congolese of ficials present were jose nuss baumcr high comniissioner of the interior in the military regime's governing commis sion of young intellectuals and cleophas kamitatu presi dent of leopoldville province and a supporter of mr lu mumba the iovcriiineiit allows over pricing of commodities that are sold here he added claim ing that what some things cost in dollars in the c.s were sold tor pounds here mr allen emphasised th fact that the small territories tended to gang up against jamaica had mat.e him anti federation but added i can't blame them leopoldville the con go oct 25 — heavily armed congolese soldiers brusquely disrupted the celebration of i'nited nations day here yes terday by blocking many afri cans and some europeans lrom the ceremonies t h e assemblymen lt colonel j ('. astwood m.c.p deputy chairman of the house md mr a k nichol both representatives of sands parish were on a pane with messrs percival ratteray ira philip and walter roberts mr xicholl drew cheers from the audience when h said he favoured universal franchise aiiii was all for tlie one man one vote principle starting at the age o t vears it was the onlv fair wav for in a coloured house of a senibly he said the coloure 1 freeholders voting record showed that they did m t necessarily support candidate is thev were coloured citing many price discre pancies mr roberts asserted the reason for this is that members in control of govern ment need not to be respon sible to public opinion and they also own the wholesale and retail markets they dic tate what they wish weak centre elaborating on his can t blame ( them statement mr allen said he wanted a weak federal centre so that jamai can interests would be pro tected and naturallv th smaller territories wanted a strong federal centre to pro tect their interests the celebration including a flag-raising ceremony was held in the 40,000-seat stadium formerly named for king ba douin of belgium in leopold ville's new african city several western ambassa dors also were absent cla.e h tiniberlake united states ambassador to the congo seal word that he was iii with food poisoning mrs timber lake robert mcelwain coun selor at the embassy and the united states attaches were spectators he fell that if the vote we ■■• given now it would preclude the organization ot the colour ed population into one soiid political block as was inevit able if they were denied the vote mr ratteray also cit-d figures from the last census to show that while the coloured were in the majority the vast majority of that irroup were concentrated on the parish mr allen added up to the time the vote was actually taken mr manley and i felt sure that jamaica was going to win we had not the slight est idea that these delegates had ganged up to get rid of lamaica ool astw i indicated that when the bill amending the parliamentary election act conies up in the house he will support an amendment that will be offered by mr e t richards to make the vote available to all persons having rental agreements as well as the congo army again took over the capital's africjan dis tricts and manned roadblocks at all approaches to the sta dium summing up the federation he would support mr allen said it would have to be a federation with a weak centre that could offer some hope of solving jamaica's most press ing problems — the population and the employment problem .. eoual political rights all be • longed to the human race and political priveletres should he the same mr xicholl went ou to more appian speaking in a forum on federation mr allen who was once strongly for federa tion of the west indies and campaigned hard for achieve ment of west indies federa tion but is now a strong anti iederationist said he changed because the federation he en visaged seems hardly attain able — a federation with bri tish ouiana and british hon duras and with enough capital for development ambassadors send aides i'nited nations vehicles and personnel were allowed to pass but many congolese were stopped searched and detained some europeans were subjected to checks of their driving licenses and identification documents and questioning at army stations the dutch ambassador who is dean of the diplomatic corps in l'-opold^ille and the en voys of france britain and italy were represented by their charges d'affaires mr roberts felt that a at of fear opponents had to u.f was that a respousibe gorern nient would cater to the wish s of the people of bermuda rather than the isolated few which the oligarchy now benefits chilled audience leases i lie assemlih ni.'in h breath chilled the audietict when he exnlained that while on the one hand he favoured giving the votl to all over jl on the other hand he felt that because there are many at the age of 21 years who an jjot ready to vote he advo cated that this important chantrc in tin colonv should be made gradually he went on to explain that although vv is the only fair method and we agree that we must eventually have it or something even better that was not the real issue at this time the real issues are the things it is hoped to achieve all of which could and should be achieved not either with or without changes in the sys tem of franchise a federation he continued that would make jamaica con trol its own planning is what i want next a united nations spokesman sain today the world body was aware of reports that the congo army had committed many acts of violence in leo poldville's african districts over the week-end but reports that ten presons had bee.i killed in clashes between con golese soldiers and civilians still lacked corroboration finally mr allen sjq that delegates from the small terri tories have always expressed fear in and outside of confer ences and that feeling is r fleeted in their teaming to limit jamaica's representation to two in the senate am 17 in the house he went on to question whe ther the present system of government had in fact given us the prosperity bermuda enjoys or have we such a beautiful island that it's many attractions are the selling point mobutu is absent mr allen recalled when he stated at the moiia conference that a capital of 200 million i960 million would be need ed to make federation work the sum was called astrono mical figures and mythical millions only a few hundred con golese were in the nearly empty stadium col joseph d mobutu head of the military regime and chief of staff of the congo army did not at tend the ceremony president joseph kasavubu and justin bomboko chief of the mili tary regime's governing com mission were also absent all had been invited these col astwood felt were racial prejudice whieh cannot be denied still exists to a considerable degree in various phases of our social political and business life and the suspicion that the few legislate for their own colonel astwood had no tation in admit tine that bennjj|da's present franchise was the most restrictive in the world he went on to say he fully supports universal franchise and as to whethtr bermuda was ready for i'f he said there was no question that the large majority of our citizens are far more respons ible than those to be found hi many other places — but he felt they should not be given the vote on a universal basis until 1973 howevet he felt that those of ! 30 and over should get it iu 1 if we look at things aa they are the average qermu dian can only enjoy some of this prosperity if he had two or three jobs mr roberts stated he wondered how many could have all the conveniences that exist here and make end •'< hie of their basic princi ples is that jamaica must not dominate and whenever tb",v thoflght jamaica's intcre would clash with their inte ests they joined together to firotect themselves and all his is to jamaica's detriment — this ganging up the united nations spokes man said that when united nations patrols were sent t scenes of alleged violence they failed to find anythi.ig that justified their interven tion he said snag of a techn cal nature had prevented mixed patrols of congolese provincial policemen and the united nations police from starting tours from leopold ville saturday he sail the patrols would begin function ing tonight he added when i saw that the colombo type plan for the west indies promised irt london by the secretary of state for the colonies would continued on page f rajeshwar dayal secretary general dag hammarskjold's special representative in the congo reviewed united na tions troops at the stadium top salvation army leaders due for local congress colonel mobutu said mon day night he had cancelled his planned trip to the united nations in new york accord ing to press reports franchise meeting in southampton tonight r.a.f to disperse bombers abroad southampton parish i have a franchise meeting after all according to an announc • ment made today bv mr roosevelt browne chairman of the current series th no * ting takes place at veriim temple a me church lecture mom at 8 p.m panel members will include mr kingsley tweed mr park burrows and mr wvdiffe stovell mr browne sail two other persois had been invited to speak bu he was uncertain as to whether fhey will there were no congo army officers at the ceremony mark mr philip attacking what he called col astwood's newfangled gradualism said that alter listening to him and mr nicholl speak he was re minded of an old saying that gradualism was a mighty lour road which stretched back 100 years and looking ahead had commissioner w wycliffe booth leader of the salvation army in canada and bermuda since 1955 is due in the colony with mrs booth and brigadier arnold brown for the annual congress meetings of the army from october 28 through november 4 kamitatu assails u.n mr kamitatu described th situation in leopoldville's african section today as one of total anarchy and de plored the failure of the uui ted nations to curb outrages by the congo army spe • tators at the united natio is observance saw congolese ci vilians including women be ing treated roughly and herd ed off by congolese soldiers in the african quarter britain to 8*ore atom arms overseas — constant air alert rejected as costly of these projects until aft-r the united states election however preliminary steps are being taken by britain the oldest project concerns the plan of gen lauris nor stad commander of the north atlantic treaty organization forces for the deployment of medium-range ballistic missiles in nato countries commissioner and mis booth have served ill a number of important posts including international headquarters in london france switzerland and norway tiny were ap pointed to the command of norway in 1951 they have an intimate and extensive knowl edge of the salvation army and the people of the con tinent they speak french fluently and find this an as set iu bilingual canada london oct 24 — the royal air force will disperse its nuclear bombers around the world to avoid destruction by surprise attack mr roberts declared 1 firmly believe that we an as ready as ever to have uni versal adult franchise and we should have it now no end the government has adopt ed this plan qualified sources said because it is less costly than one calling for the main tenance of a eontsant alert with bombers in the air or at the ready the polaris missile has been suggested as the most useful weapon for this deployment the british are thinking in terms of the polaris employ ment from mobile launchers in the form of railroad cars on land or from ships mr kamitatu said colonel mobutu had ordered the re lease of more than 30 civilians arrested in the last few daj mr kamitatu was one of the few congolese officials who attended a united nations re ception tonight mr lu mumba who had been invited sent word that he was unable to leave his residence because no special security escort hai been provided for him mr ratteray also advocated immediate universal suffrage he said he took a similar stand 18 years ago at a public meeting in somerset and he read excerpts from the min utes of that meeting to prove that he had made a resolution pertaining to the samt destructive fire at dockyard early today the visiting dignitaries will be interviewed over the local television station at h.4 p.m on friday and an hour later will attend the opening meet ing a youth programme in booth memorial hall haniil ton on saturday night events scheduled includes a soldiers rally with film at 0 p.m fol lowed by a mammoth open air meeting on reid street at 9-30 p.m britain intending to strengthen her share in nuclear deterenee will stockpile nu clear weapons at overseas bases aden cyprus singa pore and east africa have been named in press reports but the government has not disclosed the sites of such bases commissioner w booth but the government sources said will await a detailed plan from nato including proposals of contributions from other countries before it acts during the question period a member of the audience ask ed mr nicholl what his po sition would be if for sake of argument it were possible for all over 21 years to acquire property tomorrow and qualify for the franchise would he be prepared to say those same people should not have the vote because they wereirres ponsible be held in hamilton at 4 p.m and at 8 p.m the closing event will be a musical fes tival of praise in hamilton citadel some 250 tons of fishmeal whieh was recently unloaded from a french ship and stored in the old ship fitting shop in the stock-yard at u.m dock yard went up in flames this morning completely destroy ing the shop commissioner isoorn nas a rich heritage of salvatio-i army knowledge and train ibeing a grandson of the .■ni'ti •!■asd first parliament reconvenes today gradually however a con siderable proportion of bri v bomber froce will be em ployed on patrol flights to and from overseas bases a surprise blow at britian con sequently would not destroy her full nuclear potential i in v s colonial parliament will reconvene today after its sum mer recess with his excellency the governor sir julian gas coigne presiding over the traditional ceremony in the council chamber sunday's programme will be highlighted in the afternoon by a march of witness at 2 booth ant of the salvation vrniv's second general brain neral the assemblyman replied that they would then be en titled to vote as the law of the land said so all available fire-fighting equipment from the hamilton fire brigade and the u.s na val station rushed to the scene after the alarm had been turned in by h.m s ulster which was berthed a few yards away from the blaz ing inferno o'clock followed an hour latei by a citizens rally in tin wesley church sunday cm ■ing will be a salvation meet it is expected among other things that the governor in addressing the legislators will reveal the results of the cen iis which was concluded on sunday he also is expected to refer to some of the more important public measures which are likely lo engage the attention of the legislature during the ensuing term high booth wis bom at lt_ih r aiui am hiteret the work of the sa nato nuclear role studied ing simutaneously the govern ment has been considering various other projects on the nuclear role of the north at lantic treatv organization a mere joke on monday of next week a united meeting will be held at the somerset corps and the following night a drama in hamilton on november 5 the cedar hill youth centre in warwick will be dedicated at 2 p.m a women's rally will ■, iiioii army from that centre n 1514 during the years of liis boyhood and youth hi parents were travelling exten sively aud working day and mr ratteray contending that it was a mere joke is say that the people of ber muda were not ready to vote the ceremony will get underway at 2 p.m when mem bers of the house of assembly and the legislative council dressed in formal garb will meet in their respective chambers to await the summons of his excellency members of the house will file down the hill and after listening to the throne speech will return to their chamber sailors from the ulster and employees of the crown lands corporation fought the flames until firemen arrived night in the army's rapidly expanding evangelistic and the government it was said authoritatively does not ex pect to receive anv definite view from washington on any now went on to speak of tears which existed in the minds of some that i'.f would result continued on page 6 diet delightfully with diet delight
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FullText | jjj published ri-wecklv price tid wednesdays m saturdays ff^-flffyflgj i eai n volume xxxvii hamilton bermuda wednesday october 26 1960 no 25 argument^i^gradualisit small islands accused of ganging up against jamaica new upheavel in the congo in franchise debate kingston la oct 19 — a charge that at a meeting ot : ' • vest indies units at the i n.versity college of the wi indies to choose the federal capital delegates from small islands ganged up against jamaica meeting in private conclave and deciding that their first duty was to knock jamaica out of the running was made last night by mr edw in allen former regular member of jamaica's delega tions to federal conferences at home and abroad and a min ister of education in the la bour government not be following i had grave doubts and those doubts were fortified by the fact that british guiana definitely de cided to stay out of federa tion and british honduras was not willing to come in jy/jembers op a large audience in somerset cricket club a t _. • .. _.__ meet having only one job as was the case with most people in the u.s aud canada took an active part in exploding arguments in favour of the gradual introduction of universal franchise in bermuda which were raised at monday night's franchise meeting by two members of the house of assembly army blocks roads to mar u.n fete in capital ing the fifteenth anniversary of the birth f the united na tions the only congolese of ficials present were jose nuss baumcr high comniissioner of the interior in the military regime's governing commis sion of young intellectuals and cleophas kamitatu presi dent of leopoldville province and a supporter of mr lu mumba the iovcriiineiit allows over pricing of commodities that are sold here he added claim ing that what some things cost in dollars in the c.s were sold tor pounds here mr allen emphasised th fact that the small territories tended to gang up against jamaica had mat.e him anti federation but added i can't blame them leopoldville the con go oct 25 — heavily armed congolese soldiers brusquely disrupted the celebration of i'nited nations day here yes terday by blocking many afri cans and some europeans lrom the ceremonies t h e assemblymen lt colonel j ('. astwood m.c.p deputy chairman of the house md mr a k nichol both representatives of sands parish were on a pane with messrs percival ratteray ira philip and walter roberts mr xicholl drew cheers from the audience when h said he favoured universal franchise aiiii was all for tlie one man one vote principle starting at the age o t vears it was the onlv fair wav for in a coloured house of a senibly he said the coloure 1 freeholders voting record showed that they did m t necessarily support candidate is thev were coloured citing many price discre pancies mr roberts asserted the reason for this is that members in control of govern ment need not to be respon sible to public opinion and they also own the wholesale and retail markets they dic tate what they wish weak centre elaborating on his can t blame ( them statement mr allen said he wanted a weak federal centre so that jamai can interests would be pro tected and naturallv th smaller territories wanted a strong federal centre to pro tect their interests the celebration including a flag-raising ceremony was held in the 40,000-seat stadium formerly named for king ba douin of belgium in leopold ville's new african city several western ambassa dors also were absent cla.e h tiniberlake united states ambassador to the congo seal word that he was iii with food poisoning mrs timber lake robert mcelwain coun selor at the embassy and the united states attaches were spectators he fell that if the vote we ■■• given now it would preclude the organization ot the colour ed population into one soiid political block as was inevit able if they were denied the vote mr ratteray also cit-d figures from the last census to show that while the coloured were in the majority the vast majority of that irroup were concentrated on the parish mr allen added up to the time the vote was actually taken mr manley and i felt sure that jamaica was going to win we had not the slight est idea that these delegates had ganged up to get rid of lamaica ool astw i indicated that when the bill amending the parliamentary election act conies up in the house he will support an amendment that will be offered by mr e t richards to make the vote available to all persons having rental agreements as well as the congo army again took over the capital's africjan dis tricts and manned roadblocks at all approaches to the sta dium summing up the federation he would support mr allen said it would have to be a federation with a weak centre that could offer some hope of solving jamaica's most press ing problems — the population and the employment problem .. eoual political rights all be • longed to the human race and political priveletres should he the same mr xicholl went ou to more appian speaking in a forum on federation mr allen who was once strongly for federa tion of the west indies and campaigned hard for achieve ment of west indies federa tion but is now a strong anti iederationist said he changed because the federation he en visaged seems hardly attain able — a federation with bri tish ouiana and british hon duras and with enough capital for development ambassadors send aides i'nited nations vehicles and personnel were allowed to pass but many congolese were stopped searched and detained some europeans were subjected to checks of their driving licenses and identification documents and questioning at army stations the dutch ambassador who is dean of the diplomatic corps in l'-opold^ille and the en voys of france britain and italy were represented by their charges d'affaires mr roberts felt that a at of fear opponents had to u.f was that a respousibe gorern nient would cater to the wish s of the people of bermuda rather than the isolated few which the oligarchy now benefits chilled audience leases i lie assemlih ni.'in h breath chilled the audietict when he exnlained that while on the one hand he favoured giving the votl to all over jl on the other hand he felt that because there are many at the age of 21 years who an jjot ready to vote he advo cated that this important chantrc in tin colonv should be made gradually he went on to explain that although vv is the only fair method and we agree that we must eventually have it or something even better that was not the real issue at this time the real issues are the things it is hoped to achieve all of which could and should be achieved not either with or without changes in the sys tem of franchise a federation he continued that would make jamaica con trol its own planning is what i want next a united nations spokesman sain today the world body was aware of reports that the congo army had committed many acts of violence in leo poldville's african districts over the week-end but reports that ten presons had bee.i killed in clashes between con golese soldiers and civilians still lacked corroboration finally mr allen sjq that delegates from the small terri tories have always expressed fear in and outside of confer ences and that feeling is r fleeted in their teaming to limit jamaica's representation to two in the senate am 17 in the house he went on to question whe ther the present system of government had in fact given us the prosperity bermuda enjoys or have we such a beautiful island that it's many attractions are the selling point mobutu is absent mr allen recalled when he stated at the moiia conference that a capital of 200 million i960 million would be need ed to make federation work the sum was called astrono mical figures and mythical millions only a few hundred con golese were in the nearly empty stadium col joseph d mobutu head of the military regime and chief of staff of the congo army did not at tend the ceremony president joseph kasavubu and justin bomboko chief of the mili tary regime's governing com mission were also absent all had been invited these col astwood felt were racial prejudice whieh cannot be denied still exists to a considerable degree in various phases of our social political and business life and the suspicion that the few legislate for their own colonel astwood had no tation in admit tine that bennjj|da's present franchise was the most restrictive in the world he went on to say he fully supports universal franchise and as to whethtr bermuda was ready for i'f he said there was no question that the large majority of our citizens are far more respons ible than those to be found hi many other places — but he felt they should not be given the vote on a universal basis until 1973 howevet he felt that those of ! 30 and over should get it iu 1 if we look at things aa they are the average qermu dian can only enjoy some of this prosperity if he had two or three jobs mr roberts stated he wondered how many could have all the conveniences that exist here and make end •'< hie of their basic princi ples is that jamaica must not dominate and whenever tb",v thoflght jamaica's intcre would clash with their inte ests they joined together to firotect themselves and all his is to jamaica's detriment — this ganging up the united nations spokes man said that when united nations patrols were sent t scenes of alleged violence they failed to find anythi.ig that justified their interven tion he said snag of a techn cal nature had prevented mixed patrols of congolese provincial policemen and the united nations police from starting tours from leopold ville saturday he sail the patrols would begin function ing tonight he added when i saw that the colombo type plan for the west indies promised irt london by the secretary of state for the colonies would continued on page f rajeshwar dayal secretary general dag hammarskjold's special representative in the congo reviewed united na tions troops at the stadium top salvation army leaders due for local congress colonel mobutu said mon day night he had cancelled his planned trip to the united nations in new york accord ing to press reports franchise meeting in southampton tonight r.a.f to disperse bombers abroad southampton parish i have a franchise meeting after all according to an announc • ment made today bv mr roosevelt browne chairman of the current series th no * ting takes place at veriim temple a me church lecture mom at 8 p.m panel members will include mr kingsley tweed mr park burrows and mr wvdiffe stovell mr browne sail two other persois had been invited to speak bu he was uncertain as to whether fhey will there were no congo army officers at the ceremony mark mr philip attacking what he called col astwood's newfangled gradualism said that alter listening to him and mr nicholl speak he was re minded of an old saying that gradualism was a mighty lour road which stretched back 100 years and looking ahead had commissioner w wycliffe booth leader of the salvation army in canada and bermuda since 1955 is due in the colony with mrs booth and brigadier arnold brown for the annual congress meetings of the army from october 28 through november 4 kamitatu assails u.n mr kamitatu described th situation in leopoldville's african section today as one of total anarchy and de plored the failure of the uui ted nations to curb outrages by the congo army spe • tators at the united natio is observance saw congolese ci vilians including women be ing treated roughly and herd ed off by congolese soldiers in the african quarter britain to 8*ore atom arms overseas — constant air alert rejected as costly of these projects until aft-r the united states election however preliminary steps are being taken by britain the oldest project concerns the plan of gen lauris nor stad commander of the north atlantic treaty organization forces for the deployment of medium-range ballistic missiles in nato countries commissioner and mis booth have served ill a number of important posts including international headquarters in london france switzerland and norway tiny were ap pointed to the command of norway in 1951 they have an intimate and extensive knowl edge of the salvation army and the people of the con tinent they speak french fluently and find this an as set iu bilingual canada london oct 24 — the royal air force will disperse its nuclear bombers around the world to avoid destruction by surprise attack mr roberts declared 1 firmly believe that we an as ready as ever to have uni versal adult franchise and we should have it now no end the government has adopt ed this plan qualified sources said because it is less costly than one calling for the main tenance of a eontsant alert with bombers in the air or at the ready the polaris missile has been suggested as the most useful weapon for this deployment the british are thinking in terms of the polaris employ ment from mobile launchers in the form of railroad cars on land or from ships mr kamitatu said colonel mobutu had ordered the re lease of more than 30 civilians arrested in the last few daj mr kamitatu was one of the few congolese officials who attended a united nations re ception tonight mr lu mumba who had been invited sent word that he was unable to leave his residence because no special security escort hai been provided for him mr ratteray also advocated immediate universal suffrage he said he took a similar stand 18 years ago at a public meeting in somerset and he read excerpts from the min utes of that meeting to prove that he had made a resolution pertaining to the samt destructive fire at dockyard early today the visiting dignitaries will be interviewed over the local television station at h.4 p.m on friday and an hour later will attend the opening meet ing a youth programme in booth memorial hall haniil ton on saturday night events scheduled includes a soldiers rally with film at 0 p.m fol lowed by a mammoth open air meeting on reid street at 9-30 p.m britain intending to strengthen her share in nuclear deterenee will stockpile nu clear weapons at overseas bases aden cyprus singa pore and east africa have been named in press reports but the government has not disclosed the sites of such bases commissioner w booth but the government sources said will await a detailed plan from nato including proposals of contributions from other countries before it acts during the question period a member of the audience ask ed mr nicholl what his po sition would be if for sake of argument it were possible for all over 21 years to acquire property tomorrow and qualify for the franchise would he be prepared to say those same people should not have the vote because they wereirres ponsible be held in hamilton at 4 p.m and at 8 p.m the closing event will be a musical fes tival of praise in hamilton citadel some 250 tons of fishmeal whieh was recently unloaded from a french ship and stored in the old ship fitting shop in the stock-yard at u.m dock yard went up in flames this morning completely destroy ing the shop commissioner isoorn nas a rich heritage of salvatio-i army knowledge and train ibeing a grandson of the .■ni'ti •!■asd first parliament reconvenes today gradually however a con siderable proportion of bri v bomber froce will be em ployed on patrol flights to and from overseas bases a surprise blow at britian con sequently would not destroy her full nuclear potential i in v s colonial parliament will reconvene today after its sum mer recess with his excellency the governor sir julian gas coigne presiding over the traditional ceremony in the council chamber sunday's programme will be highlighted in the afternoon by a march of witness at 2 booth ant of the salvation vrniv's second general brain neral the assemblyman replied that they would then be en titled to vote as the law of the land said so all available fire-fighting equipment from the hamilton fire brigade and the u.s na val station rushed to the scene after the alarm had been turned in by h.m s ulster which was berthed a few yards away from the blaz ing inferno o'clock followed an hour latei by a citizens rally in tin wesley church sunday cm ■ing will be a salvation meet it is expected among other things that the governor in addressing the legislators will reveal the results of the cen iis which was concluded on sunday he also is expected to refer to some of the more important public measures which are likely lo engage the attention of the legislature during the ensuing term high booth wis bom at lt_ih r aiui am hiteret the work of the sa nato nuclear role studied ing simutaneously the govern ment has been considering various other projects on the nuclear role of the north at lantic treatv organization a mere joke on monday of next week a united meeting will be held at the somerset corps and the following night a drama in hamilton on november 5 the cedar hill youth centre in warwick will be dedicated at 2 p.m a women's rally will ■, iiioii army from that centre n 1514 during the years of liis boyhood and youth hi parents were travelling exten sively aud working day and mr ratteray contending that it was a mere joke is say that the people of ber muda were not ready to vote the ceremony will get underway at 2 p.m when mem bers of the house of assembly and the legislative council dressed in formal garb will meet in their respective chambers to await the summons of his excellency members of the house will file down the hill and after listening to the throne speech will return to their chamber sailors from the ulster and employees of the crown lands corporation fought the flames until firemen arrived night in the army's rapidly expanding evangelistic and the government it was said authoritatively does not ex pect to receive anv definite view from washington on any now went on to speak of tears which existed in the minds of some that i'.f would result continued on page 6 diet delightfully with diet delight |
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