British Bases Go To Ceylon
(Special Correspondent N.Z.P.A.) COLOMBO, November 1
The Prime Minister of Ceylon (Mr Solomon Bandaranaike) sneaking at the handing over of a Royal Air Force base today, prais '•s the “dignity, friendship, and good grace” with which Britain had surrendered her colonial
The lowering of the Royal Air Force en i’n marked Britain's formal relinquishment of control over the station at Katunayake, 20 miles north of Colombo, and completed the transfer of British military in the island to the Government of Ceylon.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19571104.2.161
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28425, 4 November 1957, Page 16
Word Count
86British Bases Go To Ceylon Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28425, 4 November 1957, Page 16
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in