COLOMBO PLAN
Canada To Cut Grant ? (N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) OTTAWA, September 26 Canada is likely to reduce its contribution to the Colombo Plan for economic aid to South-east Asia, according to Canadian Press The extent of the cut. part of the Government’s wideranging austerity programme to bolster Canada's own economy, could not be determined. the news agency said However, several weeks ago officials expressed hope that any decrease decided upon would have no appreciable effect on the over-all Canadian assistance programme The Colombo Plan has been taking 50000,000 dollars of the approximately 60.000.000 dollars total yearly Canadian outlay for foreign aid No final decision on a decrease had been taken. Canadian Press said. But the Government was expected to make known its Intentions within a few weeks after Parliament opened on Thursday
No Women Still.—Explaining why there are no women chess grand masters, Mikhail Botvinnik, the Russian grand master, said: "It is simpleno woman can keep still for F,ve hours.”—London, September 25.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29938, 27 September 1962, Page 13
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