WATER FOR BRITONS

Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28129, 19 November 1956, Page 11

WATER FOR BRITONS

Egypt Restores Supply

(Rec. 11 p.m.) NEW YORK. Nov. 18. Two United Nations observers got the Egyptians yesterday to reopen the water supply to Port Said, the American Associated Press reported from the occupied city today. The water had been cut off by an explosion the Egyptians said was accidental, it said.

Port Said’s water supply is brought from the Nile in a long, straight culvert known as the Sweet ater Canal. Egyptian forces encampea opposite the British and French troops south of the city control most of this canal.

The British command at Port Said complained, to United Nations observers. who were brought to Port Said from Jerusalem to watch the cease fire, that the water had been cut off. An Australian truce observer, Major A. C. Carter, reported that the Egyptians said the blasting of the water supply was just a mistake ano that they were making quick repairs, the dispatch said.

The “News Chronicle” reported thax the United Nations police force would be used to repair the breaches in the Sweetwater Canal. Major General E. L. M. Burns had ordered work to begin at once to repair the damage.