Himalayan Times (1957)

July 14, 1967

LONDON NEWS LETTER

BY B. B. RAY CHAUDHURI

( Oar London Correspondent ) 1
Loudon, July 4

It has been a very
busy week for the com-
monwealth Journalist*,
attending Preis Confer-
enoe* and Receptions, but'
the Conference of Pre-
miere is now over. As I
mentioned before, the
next Commonwealth Pre-
miere' Conference will take
place in the capital of
another Commonwealth
country and not in Lon-
don. Ai euggeeted by Mr.
Difenbaker, the Canadian
Premier, the next Confer-
ence will in all probability
take place in Ottawa. The
Queen, as the Head of the
Commonwealth, may pro-
ceed to Canada at the
time in response to the
Canadian Government's
invitation for the Royal
visit to the bt. Lawrence
seaway. If and when the
Commonwealth Premiers'
Conference takes place in
other capitals of the Com-
monwealth it will signify
the equal partnership of
the Commonwealth coun-
tries and Britain will be
regarded as just another
Commonwealth country.
For all praotical purpose*
this should be 10. It
■pern* that this year'*
Commonwealth Premier'*

Conference ba* achieved
more, especially on talks
on Disarmament, Com-
monwealth Trade, etc
than any Conference in
previous year* presided
over by Sri Winston
Churchill and Lord Attlee.
Of course, the Pakistan'*
Premier tried his best to
raise the question of Kas-
mir, the be-all. and end-
all of Pakistan'* policy,
but I understand Mr.
Macmillan told Mr. Sbur-
wardy to be a little more
diplomatic to maintain
Commonwealth solidarity
At this Conference the
picture*que Prime Minis-
ter of Ghana received
more ovation and publi-
city. Mr. Menzie* and
Pandit Nehru played
roles of elder statesmen,
whilst the South African
Minister of External Af-
fairs played the role of
lone wolf. Every represen-
tative of the Corrmon-
wealth realised that South
Africa's membership of
this joint family was a
drawbaok rather than an
advantage. In the course
of a couple of years there
will be more Asian and
African Premier* attend-
ing the Conference than

' white". Premiers.

Minn. ,I(.iffe &
Sons, Ltd., have 'pub-
lished a comprehensive
volume, on "Polythene :'
The Technology and Use*
of Ethylene Polymer*",
edited by A. Renfrew,
and Phillip Morgan. After
its discovery in 1933
polythene enjoyed but a
brief period of commer-
cial development just
prior to the last War.
Nevertheless, it his how
advanced to a dominant
position among plastics
material*. During this
development period : a
great deal of technioal
knowledge ha* been accu-
mulated and it ia the
purposes of this volume
to assemble the relevant
fact* for the technologist.
It is, however, more than
a survey of the literature;
it ha* been designed and
written in a spirit of cri-
tical appraisal of the
available data and is in-
tended to serve a* an
authoritative text for
technologists not only in
the plastios industry but
in those many other in-
dustries where polythene
is nsed in considerable
quantities. Since the book
was originally conceived
great interest ha* been
aroused by the newer
high density type* of
polythene, and reference*
to these will be found,
where relevant, through-

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