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, followed I 24 THE 'PALLY TIMES-GAZETTE, Thursday, December 17, 1958 Britain Forgets Gloom In Gay Coronation Year By ALAN HARVEY Canadian Press Staff Writer LONDON (CP)--Britons entered zestt into Coronation year, de- riving new hope for the future in Jeneven a gleness the na- on's pro A 'The bie moment for Britain and J weal came on a Queen | some of countries, was crowned in ancient thrilled mil- This symbolic act, €entrepiece in a ritual which for weeks made London the carnival capital=of the world, rolled back the centuries in a flashback to the days of chiv- alry. Britain lies heavily under the past and Corona- spell af the Bis probably the eldest state ceremon in Christendom with rites little changed since St. Dun- stan the Peaceful was crowned It was among the happiest Coro- nations in Britain's history. crowning of the young Queen brought memories of past at- ness with a woman on the ne used by Prime Minister Church- ill's call for a "parley at the sum- mit" among the Big Four powers. The s sent a thrill through the country which felt some peace- ful initiative was needed to break the cold war deadlock. The Big Three met a Bermuda in Decem- ber and possibilities loomed of an the original impetus seemed missing. IMPROVED ECONOMY On the economic front Britain appeared to be holding her own. It was the first break in a cycle marked by crises in 1947, 1949 and 1951. But tho! the gold and dol- lar reserves built up month by month, there were official warn- ings that the smallest adverse in- fluence might plunge the country into financial difficulties. Coronation festivities were given an added fillip by the announce- ment of the conquest of Everest, the world's highest mountain. La- ter in the summer sport-minded Britons welcomed England's suc- cess over Australian cricketers for the first time in 20 years. But their enthusiasm was dampened late in November when Hungary outplayed an English team in ap iternational soccer match in Lon- OR, an, In a publicized murder case, pg Ary self-confessed strangler of seven women, hanged July 15. Christie was a central figure in Jerhans the grim- mest Sor on ritain's modern criminal tory. The ~mild-man- nered, 55-year-old trucking clerk admitted killing his victims over a period of 12 years, and storing the bodies in a house in Notting Hill; London. Headlines resulted in September after the disappearance of Mrs. Melinda Maclean, wife of British diplomat Donald Maclean who van- Hollinger 'Flout Gov't' OTTAWA (CP)--Donald C. Mac- Donald, Ontario CCF leader, charged Tuesday night that Hol- linger Consolidated Gold Mines virtualy had thumbed its nose at the Ontario government in reject- ing a government-batked plan for settlement of a dispute with 1,500 workers. Mr. MacDonald said the com- pany was more interested in at- jompting to smash the United Steelworkers "of America (CCL- CIO) than in obtaining a settle- ment. The company's rejection of the plan, be said, gives the govern- ment 'no alternative but to seek the acceptance by Hollinger of a settlement which it has sponsored, and which the union has a to in good faith. MEDICAL TEAM KENTVILLE, N.S. (CP) -- Dr. ished in similar fashion in 1951 |John Quinlan and his wife, Dr. with Guy Burgess, another diplo- mat. Policé of six countries nly sought Mrs. Maclean, generally be- lieved to have gone behind Iron Curtain where reports indi- cated her husband was working. examinations for specialists' cer- tification from the Royal College of ada. Both are smhloyed at the Nova Scotia Sanitorium here. --=[HORWIC e and set British hearts beating with | § hope for a new Elizabethan age. n the Jon great event and in the royal tours of the British Isles that the frugal were relegated to rity, symbol of st-war years e past. Aus- be- other candies came off the ration in February. In March, eggs were "liberated" and almost for first time since 1939 housewives could think in terms of eight whites to a cake. BIGGER MEAT SUPPLY Meat, once rationed to a weekly easy to 5 Sugar was freed in September. Going into 1954, only meat, butter, margarine, "nationalized" cheese snd Sook Jats Jotiied on fhe . It was e e bod ministry would be wound up in e new year. ordered a branded whisky often got what they wanted instead a smile, » Knighted Negro Slept On Floo LONDON (Reuters) -- The Lon- don Star today assailed Colonial Secrstary Oliver I vuelton jor ac- cepting rac Se ation cer tain Bermuda shige 'essential maybe," The Star comme! ; "But what on earth is the British colonial secretary doing accepting anyone's assurance that it is 'es- sential' anywhere in the British territory?" Lyttelton should have used "his famous strong-arm tactics' to have the ban on. non-whites lifted, the Liberal Bewspaner declared. * 0 vw e ,_ a distinguish gro, Frank McDavid, president of the British Guiana state council, and Lady McDavid had to sleep on rugs in an airport waiting room when flying home after was knighted by. Queen Elizabeth. the weeks of preparation for |§ \( LEC [0 0 . RX TOPS ON EVERY LIST WISH oH NEW PHONE Margaret Donovan tries out a new type of telephone booth in Boston which enables her to carry on a conversation and still have both hands free to mak notes or hold parcels. The booth, only ome of 'its kind in public service, consists of a re- cessed speaker and microphone with a switch and knob for sound volume control. An attendant is neces since there is no dial or coin box in the booth, GOOD COFFEE STOCKHOLM (CP) -- Europe's hicgest and most modern coffee- roasting plant was opened b Prince Bertil when the Engwall Company, one of Sweden's lead- ing coffee importers, celebrated its 100th anniversary. The plant has six giant roasting machines. There are no Indian reservations in Texas, although at one time or another 10 different tribes lived the state's present ELECTRIC SHAVERS E SHaYER Remington, Schick or Din. 25.95 Priced from . 20 Simcoe St. S. CREDIT JEWELLERS Present These il 1S Xmas Special! 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As president' of the Community Planning Association of - Canada, Sir Brian was in the ital re- He has been mixed up in such af- fairs for so long people find it hard to believe that he also carries on Tin Is Canada's Last Knigh cently for a round of conferences. !ing a full-time job--a justice of the Newfoundland Supreme Court.*' CONFEDERATION BENEFITS Newfoundland-born Sir Brian has never made any bones about his belief that Confederation is good for Newfoundland: He thought that before Confederation, he says and he still thinks so. When upholders of the respon- sible government cause sought an injunction from him to prevent the Confederation referendum, Sir Brian wrote a decision which prob- ably stands, in the legal world, as a prime example of unequivocation, Sir Brian ended his rejection of the unction application by say- So gally, practically and log- ically, this is nonsense." g Sir Brian says Confederation nas worked a "social revolution" in Newfoundland, particularly among old people. The old-age pension has cancelled their complete depend- ence on young members of the fam- ily once they are too old to work. Sir Brian probably has un- He was made a King's Counsel in 1932 and from that year until 1939 he served as secretary of justice. He was appointed a Supreme Court justice in 1939. PLANNING EXPERT He was chairman of the com- mission on housing and town plan- for St. John's from 1944 chairman of the St. John's Housing Corporation from 1944 un- til 1949. He has been a member of the St. John's town planning com- mission since 1945. He was also secretary of the rural retonstruc- tion commission from 1935 to 1948. As president of the community planning association, he savs wor Soncetuis mostly io ganda" --getting people about re hous! hag increased housing 36 "pro in LL planning of serviced ing and traffic. | Sir Brian says the housing probe lem in St. John's is * uarters licked." The Newfoundland od : Ir ce the last 10 years. If all Uni States servicemen and 'their f: ies in housin, bl e city's housing problem wo be all but piv BR 4 St. John's were to leave; « Ed we] 2 Baffin island this year said cently grad eventually * RETREATING GLACIERS A member of an expedition 0 res laciers on the island ually retreating north may change the tl Eskimos. at J. 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