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pr. 10 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesday, Jenuary 12, 1966 PaaS & INLUGLLUL Derma TMissse at -- i = = ' FT 22a eceeereree Not A Firebrand Leader LAGOS (CP) -- African fire- brands may see paradox and frony in Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa's role as host of the first Commonwealth prime minis- ters' conference held - outside Britain. Self - effacing, reticent, mod- est, Sir Abubakar, 54, perhaps is the quietest of the major leaders in black Africa--not for him the roar and thunder of the Nkrumahs and the Kenyattas. But the Nigerian prime minis- ter, dubbed the "'golden voice of the north" from his early radio political speeches, has a repu- tation for newer losing a deci- sive encounter despite many frays. Son of a headman of the ob- scure Gere tribe, he .was born in the village of Tafawa Balewa from which he takes his name and rose to prominence through the educational system. At a teachers' training college this village boy sat beside sons of the royal emirate houses and the Fulani tribe who dominate his native northern region. Until his picture appeared with Princess Alexandria at Nigeria's independence cere- monies in 1960, Balewa was vir- tually unknown outside his own country but quickly came to be regarded as a man of modera- tion and wisdom. It was even a paradox that a man from the Moslem north be- came first prime minister since the Nigerian independence movement started in the south among more politically ad- vanced Christians and pagans. Balewa has the title al Haji, or pilgrim, denoting one who has made a pilgrimage to Mecca. Islamic religious tradi- tions have shaped his personal- ity assisted, perhaps, by a na- tural bent for contemplation. Balewa did not travel outside Nigeria 'until 1945 when he was awarded a scholarship at the University of London's Institute of Education after serving es a school headmaster at home. He studied in London for a year. "IT returned to Nigeria with new eyes, because I had seen people who lived without fear, who obeyed the law as pari of their nature, who knew indivi- dual liberty,' he said later. He entered the northern re- gion House of Assembly and by the time the Federation of Ni- geria was formed in 1954, he was ready to take over the cen- tral transport ministry, holding that position until he became prime minister. Balewa made an impressive showing when he led the Niger- jan delegation to New York when Nigeria became the 99th member Of the United Nations in October, 1960. He described the Commonwealth as a "bas- tion of democracy in a w where ine iendency is to con sAutante mawae in the hands 'of ps tau? Yin wae kniohted by thel Queen in the same year. Among hot-eyed African _na- tionalists demanding pan - Afri- canism, a sort of United States of Africa, Balewa stood firm fur "'gradualism" and his mod- erate policy has brought heavy Western financial investment to Nigeria. HAS GRAVE PROBLEMS The Nigerian federation still faces enormous problems be- cause of the differences be- tween the conservative northern region and the more liberal as- pirations of the other three re- gions--the west, mid-west and east. The cockpit of the political struggle now is the western re- gion. Reports are still coming in of violent deaths following a re- gional election Oct. 11. Some leaders of the smaller regions tend to see Balewa's master as Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna, or sultan of So- koto and premier of the north- ern region. But othérs say he Cocktail Bar A, OL ONT WATS ine UN KITCHBNEE (Ur) -- mer ener and Waterloo voters ap- proved cocktail bars in a local- option plebiscite in the two cit- ies Monday. Voters in surrounding Water- loo Township approved cocktail bars and dining lounges, while in neighboring Wilmot Town- hips, voters turned down both. In Kitchener, 25 per cent of the 46,400 eligible voters were 71 per cent in favor of bars and in Waterloo 68 per cent voted yes. A 60-per-cent vote favoring liquor is necessary to bring in a local option. Kitcherier approved dining lounges by a narrow margin in 1957 and Waterloo accepted them in 1960. i In Watetloo Township the vote was 61.87 per cent in favor of dining lounges and 61.5 per cent in favor of cocktail bars. The turnout was 31 per cent of the 5,000 eligible voters. he needed to play second fiddle has long passed the point where to traditional rulers. -- Se i Ts -- #<- SS By KEN EMMOND WINNIPEG (CP) -- Munici- pal and provincial governments are co-operating in a drive to stimulate economic growth in southwestern Manitoba. WEST-MAN Regional Devel- opment Inc. is comprised of 62 municipalities with a total area of about 13,000 square miles and a population of more than 100,000. Purpose of the corporation is to study the region's economic problems and potentials and to help municipalities -- individu- ally and collectively--with spe- cific projects. Under provincial legislation, the Manitoba government will provide the corporation with technical and financial aid. "Give the people the tools to work with and they will go on from there," said Ronald Kin- ney, senior consultant with the provincial industry and com- merce department. B-acwsbre is Bf tre oe bse (Hh Gs Enea ing 3 ------ -Mr. Kinney said most of the corporation's gvork will be con- centrated in four areas--indus- try and commerce, tourism, ag- riculture and other resources, and publicity. WILL STUDY REGION WEST-MAN will study the re- gion to determine what new in- dustry could be introduced and then help the municipalities at- tract it to the area. Representatives from the Manitoba agriculture depart- BUS LEAVES CONDUCTOR NOTTINGHAM, England (CP)--Politeness didn't pay for the local bus conductor who helped an old lady down to the sidewalk and saw the vehicle leave without him, Half a mile down the road he found a smal' boy had rung the starting bel! as a prank. -- All-Out Government Effort = n Areo ment will work closely with those of the industry and com- merce department to develop opportunities for farmers to benefit from new industry--for example by providing raw ma- terials or labor. The corporation will be fi- nanced by an annual assessment based on population -- 20 cents per capita in rural areas, 90 cents in villages and 40 cents in towns and the city of Brandon. 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