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THE GUARDIAN Wednesday May 1984 Trust 'in rittan's message worries broadcasters wronj By Dennis Barker that Mr Leon Brittan was au- As expected, Mr Brittan an- panies are looking for a bigger ticipate, together with a sig- which the consortium will The consortium which will thorising the IBA at its own nounced that the DBS consor- share themselves than 25 per nificant proportion of make with Unisat" (the mak-run the first British satellite discretion to extend the tium would include a 50 per cent," he said. But we are outsiders." ers of the hardware) broadcasting system will have present eight-year normal ITV cent share in the hands of the not really keen to talk about This would entail additional The Home Secretary ac-e maximum life of 10 years franchises for another eight BBC, the rest being divided percentages until we know legislative provisions to create knowledged that British DBS and a protected monopoly for years, so that the companies between the ITV companies more about the third partner, the necessary framework, and (which is expected to cost in-only three. had more security. and independent partners. But I think it might be more difficult he wished to bring forward de- dividual viewers about 400 The Home Secretary's long- But he added We would he surprised the television in- than people think to find- tailed proposals in committee, for the necessary dish aerial to lease bunker land awaited statement on the struc- have liked the consortium for dustry, wmcii Had expected the because we are not The 10-year maximum life of and TV set adaptor) would m- ture of satellite broadcasting DBS to have a longer pro- independent share to be kept talking about peanuts." The the consortium would start at volve high risk and in the ini- (DBS) was made yesterday at tected period than three years, down to 15 per cent, by sug- system is to cost about 400 the time of the launch.

"Ten tial years substantial losses the opening of the second (hough if the IBA can adver- gesting that it might make up million. years is chosen," said Mr would have to be borne. But reading of the Cable and tise in three years it 20 to 25 per cent of the total The Home Secretary, putting Brittan, so as to provide an he was anxious that a com- Broadcasting Bill in the would probably be six or seven though he added that the an end to months of specula- adequate period over which petitive regime should not be Commons. -years before anyone else got percentages needed to be kept tion about the Government's the project can build ud an postponed for any longer than Its free market philosophy off the ground." The BBC, flexible until we see the wishes, told MPs The best audience, recoup its initial! out- is strictly necessary." did not please the BBC, ITV while welcoming Mr Brittan's strength of those who wish to hope of securing a good qual- lay, and move towards profit. I The E3C said last night that or the private partners in- statement and saying it looked participate." ity British DBS service in the have particularly in mind here a vital factor for the success eluded in the consortium.

Mr forward to participating, The ITV companies, through' late 1980s lies in a joint the heeds of the independent of DBS would be the availafoil-David Shaw, general secretary warned that a protected period the ITCA's Mr Shaw, said they project which will bring to- element. Whether the project ity and cost to the public of of the Independent Television of only three years increased considered a 25 per cent share gether the talents and experi- will in fact last 10 years must the necessary equipment to re-Companies Association, said the potential risks the consor- for newcomers to be too high, ence of those of the existing depend upon the arrangements ceive the service. Michael White New boys and girls, but some old games last night that he was ippy Uum wilt have to consider. mis is Decause ine iiv com- Diuauuasieis whu wish iu par- rugaruuig saieuue provision rariiameni, page zy happy By Paul Brown The National Trust had no right to lease land to the Ministry of Defence for the construction of an underground war command headquarters, the High Court was told yesterday. Mr John Macdonald QC, appearing for Lord Beaumont of Whitley, a life member of the National Trust, asked the court to rule that the leases on 40 acres of farm land at High Wycombe should be declared null and void.

He said the National Trust had failed in its duty under the Act of Parliament which set it up. The consequence of the Trust's actions had been to destroy rather than preserve the natural features and the animal and plant life of the land with which it had been i entrusted. Teachers expect strike to close many schools Better way to turn the tide Bv Wendy Berliner, empted the examinations as Education Correspondent targets of their action they NEWS IN BRIEF No by civil servants to pay offer A NEW pay offer to civil servants averaging 3.7 per cent was rejected as completely unsatisfactory last night by union leaders after a two-hour meeting with Treasury officials, writes Richard Norton-Taylor. Mr Peter Jones, secretary of the Council of Civil Service Unions, said the offer could not even be a basis of negotiation. He referred to an Office of Manpower Economics study showing private sector rises running at 6 per cent.

Union leaders said if the About half the schools in nave warned tnat they will re-England and Wales are ex- consider this in the face of pected to be closed today as any provocation from the local members of the education authorities, ber National Union of Teach- The teachers, who last week ers hold a one-day strike over rejected an improved offer of their pay claim. The union was 4.5 per cent, are hoping that predicting last night that there their action will persuade the will be scarcely a school unaf- employers to submit their fected and few which will be claim to arbitration. For the able to avoid sending at le'ast employers, Mr Merridale in-some children home. sisted yesterday that there was NUT members up and down no question of arbitration be-the country will be debating cause the local authorities do whether to back more strike not have the money to pay action during the term. Re- more and no means of raising sounding support for a series extra because of rate-capping.

By Martin Wainwrlght THE QUEEN turned back the sea tide yesterday 950 years after King Canute got his feet wet trying to do the same thing. His big mistake was not to arrange for the Witan to pass an Act allowing him to build a Thames Barrier. The great barricade has already been working for 18 months, holding back exceptional tides with rotating walls designed by a man who got the idea from an ordinary gas fire tap. But it was not until yesterday that it was officially opened, in a cacophony of cheering chil Co-defendants in the action are the Ministry of Defence, the Charity Commissioners, and the Attorney-General. Lord Beaumont is one of a group of Trust members who are trying to safeguard other Trust land in the future against similar action.

Originally, they had asked the court to declare the Ministry of Defence a trespasser on Holly Bush Farm, the site of the bunker, and for an injunction requiring the charity to restore the land to its former state. These two requests were withdrawn yesterday after a weekend visit to the site had made it clear that the land has been damaged beyond repair. The plaintiffs still want the leases declared void. This would have the effect of forcing the Ministry of Defence to purchase the land comnulsorily. MR Ted Rowlands, the former Labour minister not named by Mrs Thatcher in her week-end attack upon the unnamed MP who damaged British security during the Falklands crisis, went to earth yesterday.

He hid in the House of Commons. During question time the crafty fellow could be seen, rather pensive, in his usual position on the third row above the gangway, the spot from which in that famous Saturday debate he had protested that the Government should have read the junta's minds since it had long been reading its telegrams. On that occasion this most decent of men had been stung by the Prime Minister's resourceful attempts to blame someone else for her own failings, in this instance, the Callaghan government in general and Mr Rowlands in particular for first placing the Falklands under the heel of the Argie jackboot. Or at least placing a small pile of uninhabited bird droppings under its heel, Southern Thule. Mr Rowlands had been understandably cross.

Yesterday he was older and wiser. He said nothing. But others did, starting with the Liberal Mr Paddy Ashdown, the Special Boat Squadron's answer to David Owen. Mrs Thatcher's Sunday broadcast had again been unhelpful to GCHQ as well as unconvincing to those who wanted an enquiry into the Libyan siege, he exclaimed. Parliament, page 27 Mrs Thatcher sounded defensive, as, well might.

But this was not her prevailing tone yesterday, which was 'offensive in the broader Treasury did not come up with of selective strikes is expected. Some two-thirds of local auth- Tomorrow, the first round of rities in England and Wales selective strikes to be called are thought to have budgeted by the second largest union, for 4.5 per cent or less for the 120,000 member National teachers' pay. Many have stuck Association of Schoolmasters to the Government's 3 per cent Union of Women Teachers, be- guideline. Some have budgeted gins in Hampshire and the Isle for around 5 per cent, of Wight. Hampshire was an The teachers are seeking to more money, their claim for a 7 per cent increase backed up by a minimum 7 a week for the low-paid should go to arbitration.

The Treasury had originally proposed a 3 per cent increase yesterday's offer is for a 4 per cent rise for civil servants (about 63 per cent) on their maximum scales, and 3 per cent for the rest. Altar panels acquired THE National Gallery has acquired three panels from an altarpiece by Ugolino di Nerio, who worked in Siena in the obvious choice because it is restore a 31 per cent erosion the home county of Mr Philip in their salaries which has Merridale, Conservative leader taken place over the last 10 of the employers' side of the years. All the major unions, Burnham Committee, which would, however, accept an of- negotiates teachers' pay. for slightly over 7.5 per cent. The two sides seemed even Mr Merridale is still urging further apart last night and the the teachers to consider the stage is set for a long conflict radical re-structuring of teach- which threatens to disrupt the ers' pay which could eventu- They also want a declaration that the National Trust does not have the power to grant such leases on inalienable land and that to do so is inconsistent with the purposes for which the Trust was.

created. In addition, the plaintiffs say that the Charity Commissioners, who oversee transactions relating to entrusted land, also acted unlawfully in approving the deal. Mr Macdonald said the land was bequeathed to the National Trust by Mr Ernest Cook in 1956 on the understanding that it would be declared inalienable. This meant schools while children are tak- aliy bring big rewards. The ing CSE and GCE examina- employers are working with tions during the summer term, the teachers to produce a Although the unions have ex- package to go to the Cabinet.

early 14th century. The value may be about UDR man 'set up' for hospital killing The royal cruiser passes through the Thames barrage en route to the opening ceremony Picture by Kenneth Saunders dren, hooting sirens and the throaty roars of Its own warning klaxon. Twenty thousand tons of steel formed a solid wall within a quarter of an hour of the Queen pressing a small red button. Half a million tons ol? concrete, enough to build a six-lane motorway nine miles long, anchored them to the riverbed without apparent strain. "The power of the great river flowing through our capital has been tamed," said the Queen, going on to praise the Greater London Council for its unswerving purpose." The threatened council, which originally planned a socialist opening at minimal expense, laid oh a cheerful 346,000 ceremony to thank her for coming.

'Workers on the barrier inade clear, when they were consulted by the GLC leader, Mr Ken Livingstone, two years ago, that they wanted the Queen to come. Before that, the GLC had considered inviting a relative of one of the four men killed in the building of the barrier to do the honours. The Thames took the place of the traditional red carpet as the Queen sailed down the Woolwich Reach on the barge Royal Norc, a large cabin cruiser which she uses for state travel on the river. On board, with a dozen dignitaries, was the GLC leader's mother, Mrs Ethel Livingstone, who said afterwards that the voyage had been lovely. Mrs Livingstone was yesterday, and the barrier visit, together with an Indian meal and the new film of Tarzan, was her birthday treat.

She spoke to the Queen about Lincoln, where she now lives, but observed later We didn't talk much. but the gallery has had to pay much less. This is because of tax benefits when treasures are sold to public collections, Father gaoled for manslaughter A man killed his three-year-old daughter by chastising her with a stick was gaoled for seven years at Birmingham Crown Court yesterday. Daniel Williams, aged 24, of Ryland Street, Ladywood, Birmingham, denied murdering his daughter Rachel but admitted manslaughter. No action on fund complaint SCOTLAND Yard has been advised by the Director of Public Prosecutions to take no further action in investigating a complaint about distribution of that the land could not be transferred.

The following year the Trust made that declaration. In the National Trust Act 1907, which set up the Trust, the object of the charity was the permanent preservation for the benefit of the nation of land and buildings of beauty and of historic interest. It provided for the preservation as far as practicable, of the natural aspects, features and animal and plant life of land. The leasei granted by the Trust to the Ministry of Defence would, on completion of work taking several years, leave a mound 30 feet high covering 12 acres surrounded by two security fences each two metres high with searchlights, Mr Macdonald said. A further lease for the deposit of soil over 27 acres of farmland had also been granted.

Up to 100 vehicles a day would have access for the From Paul Johnson in Belfast Two IRA men shot dead a 28-year-old part-time Ulster Defence Regiment soldier yesterday. Last night there were claims that Mr James Johnston, who was killed he arrived for work at a South Tyrone hospital, had been "set up by a colleague. Mr Johnston, a single man and a private in the UDR, had just parked his car outside Drumglass Hospital in Dungan-non when the masked men stepped from behind trees and opened fire with a rifle and a shotgun. He was hit several times as he sat in the vehicle. He died instantly.

Later in the day, the Rev of the welcoming crowd. Cheers on the bank were echoed from a small armada of cruise boats anchored in the river with pensioners, children and disabled people invited by the GLC on board. Two Woolwich ferries played truant to watch the show, one of them complementing the ubiquitous "GLC Working For London" posters with its boldly lettered name, Ernest Bevin." The 461 million barrier, which has an extensive visitors' centre open from Saturday, guarantees the capital's safety from flood for at least 50 years. It ends a period of danger going back to 1236, when it was recorded that the river broke its banks and "in the great Palace of Westminster men did row with wherries in the midst of the hall." She doesn't say much, does she?" Mr Livingstone greeted the party at the barrier's pier, chatting with the Duke of Edinburgh as they made their way to the button. He said afterwards that he was nervous about meeting the Queen for the first time but had found her a very nice person" and had thanked her for making it such a special day for Londoners.

He also commented on the irony that Parliament was taking the first steps toward abolishing the GLC the day after such a memorable occasion. The Queen was wearing a lime-green outfit with a matching hat, topped by a cluster of what looked like miniature deely-boppers. These blew about in a persistent chilly wind which failed to sap the enthusiasm funds collected for the families of 13 black youngsters killed in James Johnston shot in his car a hre in Deptford, south London, three years ago. Ivan Foster, an Assembly member for Fermanagh and removal of soil and delivery of me complaint was made by 11 of the 12 families con materials. Mr Macdonald said The cerned, who alleged that sums National Trust does not have or money had been South Tyrone, alleged that Mr must have fingered the Johnston, a hospital porter, UDR man.

He cited the fact had been due to report for that Mr Johnston only rework at another site a mile turned to work yesterday after away but that arrangements an eight-day break at camp in had been changed at the last England with the UDR. minute. mr Johnston, who lived with Mr Foster, of the Democratic his Barents in Pomerov. is the the power to grant, nor had the Charity Commissioners the powers to approve, leases misappropriated. Police to question journalist sense.

Teachers pay, the coal strike, farm pricss the Arthur Scargill of tba Home Counties evinced not a flicker of doubt. South Africa Well, she sidestepped the excessive enthusiasm for apartheid's achievements Mr Ian Lloyd, the House's leading Botha boy, but tried much the same tack on Mr Kinnock. She was sure that. Mr Botha would not be so crude as to tell her to keep her nose out" of his business (his very words, Mr Kinnock insisted) and in any case Dr Owen had visited South Africa in his last job. So Yah Boo.

At 3.30 assorted Labour MPs raised the attack upon the anonymous Mr Rowlands as a prima facie breach of privilege upon them all on the grounds that the Prime Minister had not named the MP she was accusing of "treason." Mr Tarn Dalyell, whose absence yesterday when everyone else was talking about the Falklands again, was a minor tragedv had been suspended for ca.T-ing her "a liar by implication" said a disingenuous Mr Brian Sedgemore. He knows full well as did Tam that the House is a saf place to libel people and the radio the place to use unparliamentary phrases. The Prime Minister smiled tolerantly at these futile efforts. But Mr Rowlands did not, having already disappeared from view. Obviously, his cover had been blown.

Striving to avoid the limelight, he had re-surfaced below the bar of the Housr as a sponsor to Mrs Clwyd, one of the thret newly elected MPs, now a Welsh parliamentary neighbour. The newcomers had listened to most of Question Time, but evidently they ha-i all agreed to go ahead i'i the same and take up employment. It is noi easy to get work nowadays, even in south-west Surrey. Surrey's Mrs Virginia Bottomley stepped up first, accompanied by her Chief Whip, Mr Wakeham, and by her husband, Peter, whin already works here. As she took the oath a Labour wag cried "Do you take this which are inconsistent with the objects of the Trust." Unionist Party, said that so.me- fifth UDR man to be killed one privy to the alteration this year.

Mr junan iriaeaux, the regional director of the Trust had acknowledged that the DETECTIVES from Scotland Yard's serious crimes squad grant or the leases had irre Setback for Karpov By Leonard Barden The world chess champion, Anatoly Karpov, adjourned on the brink of his first defeat in last night's 11th round of the win tomorrow interview Mr Rob Edwards, Scottish correspondent of the New States trievably altered the character AUEW steps back from postal ballots cash plan By Patrick Wintour, to the Government, which had Labour Staff hoped that the engineers The right wing of the Amal- would set an example to other gamated Union of Engineering unions, Workers has dropped a contro- The government believes versial plan to take that postal ballots produce government money to finance higher turn-outs and tend to postal ballots in union elec- favour "more representative tions, its general secretary, Mr and moderate" candidates. In Gavin Laird. indicated 1982. 15 non-TUC unions marln man, about the leak last year of classified minutes to Friends of the Earth and Pay offer 'threat' as rail action draws nearer By John Ardill, position which could only be Labour Correspondent worsened if there was any fur- British Rail has warned its ther interference in business Greenpeace relating to dump ing ot high-level Plutonium waste in the Atlantic. yesterday.

applications for government Phillips and Drew GLC International in London. His surprise conqueror was the Filipino, Torre, bottom-placed in the tournament with no victories to his credit. At adjournment he had king, rook and four pawns to Karpov's king, bishop and four. Karpov is expected to reign without ot landscape. Mr Macdonald said it was irrelevant whether the land was needed for strategic headquarters or for a hospital or reservoir.

The Trust had no right to grant the leases. The Trust did have power to lease the land for farming, if in doing so it did not alter the character of the land. He sought to draw a line between using land for farming and for development. In this case, the Ministry of Defence had powers to take the land by compulsory purchase and the Ministry made it clear they would use these powers. The National Trust could object to compulsory purchase, in which case the unions that its 4 per cent pay prospects cither by continua-offer, linked to the completion tion of the existing external of outstanding productivity dispute the miners strike BBC play on Bluff Cove A TELEVISION play is being produced on the effects of the Bluff Cove battle in the Falk-lands on four young Welsh Guards and their families, the BBC announced yesterday.

measures, will be jeopardised or what would be even more The union's annual policy- funds in respect of 20 ballots making national committee and the Government handed meeting ends today in East- out just over 85,000. bourne and Mr Laird said he The national committer vps- if they go ahead with planned serious, disruption caused by disruptive action. internal action." The warning was dismissed tna tv.om Th did not expect the proposal, terday voted 31-20 that the which would have broken a union should conduct individ-long-standing TUC boycott of ual ballots of members Davine by Mr Ray Buckton, leader of can oniy deal with your pay the drivers union, Aslef, ciaim in context of its in-which yesterday drew ud de- nnmo must i such funds, to be on the the political levy to decide agenda. how the union should cast its He added that the issue had block vote in the Labour Party proved so divisive within the electoral colleee for leader and tailed plans with the NUR for is seriously jeopardising thl a ban on overtime and rest-day ability to honour that working and a withdrawal of commitment." cooperation. The plans are ex- DnlHo er.for? in hr onLaH ih Mr Palette said he was con- resuming play.

This setback still keeps him well placed for first prize since his most dangerous rival Chandler, adjourned with a difficult position against Korchnoi. Tony Miles drew with the Russian, Polugaevsky, after opening by the rare and surprising 1P-QN4. Leading scores Karpov 7 and 2 unfinished, Chandler union that it would not be deputy leader, productive to discuss the issue The proposal Is expected to now. It's not an issue that will be endorsed by the union's go away, but it is not one for rules revision conferpnee nevt The play, with fictitious characters but based on research, is by Ewart Alexander, who has written episodes for Juliet Bravo and Maybury. Fire controlled A FIRE which destroyed 200 acres of forest near Betws-y-Coed in North Wales was brought under control early yesterday after about 12 hours.

The blaze came to within 100 yards of a Forestry Commission cottage. i this year." year. The right wine on the na- Last vear the 'AEUW'S matter would have to be dealt with by special parliamentary nroeedure. The Ministry of Defence had urged on the National Trust that It needed the land urgently and in the interests of national security. The mistake the Trust has made was taking upon itself the decision on whether the national interest required it to give up some of its land.

The case continues. (England) 7 and 1 unfinished, Pnlnpapvskv 7. Timman fHnl. man. Obviously an old two executives later in the Em the me" week dia that the unions were con- In' a lptter to 'Aslpf thp sidering industrial action.

He NUR and the white coll ar 2 Jta the Railway TSSA, the board's industrial relations manager, Mr John dustry negotiating body-Palette, yesterdly renewed an the Productivity invitation to discuss the pro- nA ductivitv issues Tne NUR and Aslef sav tne Mr Palette said the board bLd gj5f "iV was facing a serious nnancia! land) 6 and 1 unfinished, I fashioned not tional committee has a 32 to seven-strong executive backed 20 majority, but it appears Mr Roy Hattersley for the that a sizeable section of the Labour leadership without con-right would have defected suiting its one million mem-The decision will be a blow bers. a Seirawan (US) 5 and 2 unfinished. Second thoughts over sale of drawing UNIVERSITY DEGREE for Ufa, Academic Work Experience I Daorees for DetoDla who want to be mora effactfvt I Sunday Times ponster, wno would have asked how often. Next Stafford's Mr Bill Cash, a lawyer in the Geoffrey Howe mould, who has the further unenviable problem of having to follow the late Hugh Fraser. But it would be wrong to prejudge him for this, or because his family's name tapes have been appearing on schoolboys' underpants for generations.

Finally, to Mrs Clwyd, a refugee from these pages who wore a homely red outfit acceptable to a Labour conference or an Eisteddfod. She was accompanied by a striking redhead in a white trouser suit (Jo Richardson) and by Mr Rowlands. He wore grey with a plunging hairline. mg 10 single manning ot engines and driver-only operation of trains, and that it has introduced new elements. "That just repeats what they said in their previous letter," Mr Buckton said.

"It would appear that they have not received our letters setting out our ideas." The pay offer threat, he added, was "the same old story they were boasting only the other week of millions in profits." The Federation of Rail Unions, which joins the NUR and Aslef, will meet on Friday. TSSA wants the pay claim referred to arbitration. I and secure In their Jobs or Professions. Etm a BACHELOR'S, MASTER'S or DOCTORATE DeflTM by utBting I your ii1tnd work txptirisncB. CoIlegtQulvlnicredtv8ivHifor I your lob, military, compuny training, indmtrlal courses, semlrurt em bminM xpritnca.

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By Donald Wintersglll, classed as a drawing it should by Lord Clark to the family in Clark when he died and others Art Sales Correspondent not be sold by the family. 1972, along with other antiques had been transferred to mem- A Henry Moore drawing Mr Alan Clark MP, Lord and works of art and Saltwood bers of the family, from a collection left to the Clark's elder son, said yester- Castle, Kent. The fate of other objects nation by the late Lord Clark, day The family decided that The work which has been collected by Lord Clark de-has been withdrawn from sale there were certain ambiguities, withdrawn was done in 1939, pends on how much money is at Sotheby's by Lord Clark's There was a failure to agree and is valued at up to 55,000. raised at Sotheby's, The Brit-family following unofficial ap- on some of Moore's graphic Sotheby's says the family has ish Museum is known to long proaches by the British Mu- works. That is why we decided replaced it with the two other For some drawings by Cezanne, seum to the executors.

to withdraw this work. Henry Moores and a Victor but they were owned by the Lord Clark left his collection "We also decided that the Pasmore, valued together at up first Lady Clark. They have of drawings by Moore to the sale should reflect every facet to 130,000.. been inherited by Mr Alan British Museum. The difficulty of my father's taste and in a The family is selling an- Clark.

Lord Clark bequeathed over the serai-abstract work balanced way. So we have put tiques and works of art at to the Ashmolean Museum, Ox-Two Women is that it is In into the sale two other 'graph- three auctions at Sotheby's in ford, a Virgin and Child by charcoal, pencil, wax crayon, ics by Moore." June and July. Some of the Cellini which is valued at 1 and watercolour wash. If it is These two were transferred items were owned by Lord million. 1 ftfthfwwltha 1Aayounowv txpartonciititlR tfwbtstttachac I ButDagnm I PACIFIC WESTERN UNIVERSITY I Des' not accredited In U.K..