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LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND EDUCATION PROPOSALS

... We Feel Encouraged to Proceed Now with the Reforms —MR. R. A. BUTLER From Our Oun YORK. Monday MR. R. A. BUTLER (President of the Board Correspondent was to obtain the reaction of the authorities the general lines of the White Paj)cr The general reaction. said Mr. Butler, as might be expected from the report sent In by the authorities, was very favourable. We feel encouraged to proceed ...

The MOUNTAIN RESCUE SERVICE of the R.A.F.: Which Locates and Brings Down Airmen Who Crash in inaccessible ..

... A irmen who crash in re- mote mountainous dis tricts in Britain, inaccessible to other rescue-parties, are now being saved by the Mountain Rescue Service of the RAF. Several stations of Flying Training Command now possess these rescue services, which have proved their worth in the short time they have been in operation. Each unit has a powerful four- wheel drive ambulance carry ing medical and ...

INVASION COMMANDOS RAID CHANNEL ISLAND

... German Radio Story \ SKCONiD attempt by British commando forces within the past three days land on the Channel Island of Sark failed, like the earlier attempts of this kind, says to-day's German radio. The German message there had been deported , Germany. said: As the enemy neared n ■. ~ . , , , . Christmas h-ve Raid the beach several detona- . . .. . „ „ . This is the second Comtiona were ...

THE CURTAIN RUNG DOW

... N London Correspondence. With the end of this Parliament there Y se a crowded page in the history of nation. many ways it was both a memorable frsad sight, as the Mother of Parliaments ended her ten years' rule under three Kings and three Prime Ministers. Parliaments come and Parliaments go. yet our long history has there been one . .h. such a responsibility rested, by one of the mightiest ...

Published: Saturday 16 June 1945
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 768 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: raf 

ENEMY'S UNSEEN SHIPS SUNK BY CHANNEL RADAR

... Guns' Magic Eye Registered Near Miss Splashes From OUR SERVICES CORRESPONDENT rPHE part played by radar in the Battle oi the A Straits of Dover—the five years' duel between the big guns of the British and German coastal artillery—can be told to-day lor the lirst time. It was conducted on the British side from big room nearly 100 feet below ground, near Dover Castle. In this same room 140 years ...

RATIONS FOR ONE. Dear Sir, —In company with other members Dundee Housewives' Association I had an interview ..

... some months ago on the question of better rations for persons living alone. His answer to us then wax the same that given to the old age pensioners as reported in your current issue technical difficulties. I. and, I sure, many others like me. at a loss understand the incapacity of a (.nvernment to solve such small problem, a Government which has performed such marvels in so many other ...

Published: Wednesday 29 September 1948
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 938 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: 159 squadron  raf 

M. SPAAK ELECTRIFIES ASSEMBLY

... Bolsheviks make Nazi agents look like Boy Scouts” PARIS, Tuesday Night Belgian Foreign Minister, M. Paul-Henri Spaak, addressing the United Nations General Assembly to-night, looked straight at the Russian delegation ...

New Policy For West Defence

... YE NATIONS* CONTROL Ministers of the five j. . «tern Union nations n ' France, Belgium, Holfl%ci and Luxembourg—have to set a permanent Zation to deal a *W° de * e nce poli ...

No Dilly-Dally On The Way

... NEWS FLASHES Liquid hydrogen could send a rocket to' the tnoon at 30,000 miles an hour, according to rocket fuel researchers at Ohio State University. Film actress Jeanne Crain (23) gave birth to a 7 lb 12 oz. boy last night. It is her second. Daniel Wanted. —Pharaoh, the lion at Philadelphia Zoo, has toothache. No dentist -lias yet volunteered for the job. U.S. Navy Squadron, including the ...

OF ON Pensions ' Fleet Street, London, Tuesday Evening. su n • • of the Governtetire 0 ' ncreas the

... pensions of k. and civil servants (V -r.s by surprise. l Ws | tio outset of this demand v an&l rm * 'vith the Premier in the | . 0 ], ,‘* le that the Government fo r . . with no valid reason [, nin down industrial wage frantetj ' ncreases ■ were V - V d, have evidently been ?er e is some speculation this has been prompted es^e increase for M.P.s t}f rol>ab no connection, for, 6 • 9 overn ...

Published: Wednesday 03 March 1954
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 492 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: mountain rescue  raf