GLACIER REACHES McMURDO SOUND

Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27909, 5 March 1956, Page 12

GLACIER REACHES McMURDO SOUND

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 8 p.m.) NEW YORK, March 3. The “New York Times” reported today that the United States icebreaker Glacier returned to McMurdo Sound in the Antarctic from New Zealand on Friday night. It took the icebreaker 11 days to cover the 2200 miles from Lyttelton to McMurdo Sound towing a small tanker, which will serve as a fuel depot for next season’s Antarctic operations.

said, there had been a great growth in Ceylon’s nation building facilities —schools, hospitals and social services. The incidence of income tax and death duties was high, he added. “Although the East will not be hustled, there is no doubt that our feet are firmly on socialist ground.” Ceylon’s Gratitude

Bishop De Mel said he wished to express thanks to the people of New Zealand for the assistance that they had given Ceylon under the Colombo plan to develop the resources of the country to meet the needs of a growing population and to help it advance. He said that they appreciated the gifts of milk powder and other materials that had been sent to them and the scholarships that had been given to Ceylon’s young students in engineering, agriculture and nursing.

Ceylon also hoped to establish a better diet for her people. “Here again our sister Dominion of New Zealand has helped us in learning more about animal husbandry and milk production,” he said.

In his diocese. Bishop De Mel ministers to 11,000 people. Altogether there are 50.000 Anglicans in Ceylon among more than 500.000 Christians out of a population of 8,000,000. Sixtyfour per cent, of the people were Buddhists and 21 per cent, were Hindus, he said.

“Our constitution, which we adopted before independence in 1948, gives complete freedom of worship and right of free speech,” said Bisnop De Mel, “but from time to time there are some who feel that as the majority of people are Buddhists, more consideration should oe given Buddhism by the State, but on the whole a great deal of real tolerance exists in Ceylon and tor this I wish to state publicly that we owe great thanks to our Prime Minister, Sir John Kotelawala, and other prominent Buddhist leaders.”