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5 THE GUARDIAN Thursday February 6 1984 The metre triumphs over the yard Review of Channel link? By JOHN MADDOX, our Science Correspondent By BRIAN REDHEAD, our Planning Correspondent Control of 'pep pills' urged The Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain yesterday called for the unauthorised possession of amphetamine and preparations containing it including "purple heart" pep pills to be made an offence. The council said imports of the drug should be controlled and that preparations containing 't Should not bp idpntifinhlo at the National Physical Laboratory. This Is able to detect a difference of one pari in a thousand million in the weight of two ostensibly equal pounds. In the new scheme the pound is defined as 0.453.592.37 kilograms. No marches on Downing Street have taken place since January 31 even though the imperial yard was abandoned on that date as a standard of length.

On the same date, under the Both the British and the French governments have received a memorandum which As yet there is no prospect terms of the Weights and Meas- argues that the Anglo-French working group set up to study ures Act of 1963, the imperial tilat there will be an atomic stan- the rival claims of the Channel bridge or tunnel underestl mated by at least half the tratnc iiKely to use either. If I weren't your rich uncle but your insurance man I'd still give you the same advice vine two governments are being asked to review all the working group's conclusions on shape or colour. A statement the productivity of a new fixed Channel link. The memorandum has been pound was defined in terms of the standard kilogram which is kept in Paris. Metrologists have been down on the old imperial yard for several years, but especially since it was recognised to have been shrinking steadily since the beginning of the century.

The new definition of the yard rests ultimately on the wavelength of a particular kind of radiation given off by atoms of a particular isotope of krypton. The international metre is now defined in terms of this radiation. The Weights and Measures Act lays down that the yard is 0.9144 of these metres. The Paris kilogram has also triumphed over the London pound by its stability. Comparisons between the two have been made with a special balance prepared jointly by the Road Haulage Association and the Union Koutiere de France.

They uaiu weigni as wen as 01 lengui. In principle it would be possible to use the weight of an atom of a particular kind as a basic standard of weight just as a wavelength of krypton light has become a standard of length. Unfortunately, however, counting the number of atoms in a given amount of material is still less accurate than the well-tried methods of weighing now in use jn the best standards laboratories. An absolute second is, on the other hand, almost a reality. The chances are that an international committee due to meet in October will decide to abandon the astronomical method of reckoning time which has been used for at least 8,000 years, and will instead base the definition of the second on the frequency of vibration of light from caesium atoms.

argue mat me working group failed to explain why thev forecast an average annual increase of traffic of not more than 16,000 vehicles between 1962 and 1969, when the average annual growth between 1958 and 1962 was 66,400 vehicles. Think again They think that the traffic using the link, if it were to exist in 1969, would be nearer three million than one million continued It is impossible to purchase any of these (stimulant) drugs legally except on prescription. "Although these measures are needed, the society considers that the main safeguard against abuse is a much greater sense of responsibility towards medicines of all kinds by the public, and Government policy should be directed towards creating the conditions in which this responsibility can develop." Our Medical Correspondent writes The present anxiety about the dangerous availability of "purple hearts" fdrinamyl) could probably be met, at least in part, by uigent Government administrative action. It would be necessary to add these tablets to the list of drugs controlled under Part 3 of the Dangerous Drugs Regulations, 1953. This portion of the regulations controls drugs which are considered dangerous in bulk, but not in small, medicinal quantities.

If drinamyl tablets were listed, there would have to be a complete check at the manufacturers and at the wholesalers, which would include the entry in a register of movemen'- of the drug in and out. Get some funds behind you. Invest in a Home Service Insurance policy. 'Double pricing' in shops condemned vehicles, which the working group estimated. And they ask the Governments to think again about a combined road-rail tunnel and about a combined bridge and tunnel.

In other words what they really want is a road link and thev are Price tickets showing one figure crossed out and a lower one inserted, should be banned by law, Dr James B. Jefferys, secretary-general of the International Association of Department Stores, told retail distri seeking to prove that although a rail tunnel, as the working group pointed out, would be the cheapest, it is not necessarily the best. butive trade executives at their There was no official comment on these suggestions yesterday annual conference in London yesterday. Suggesting that double pricing should be made illeeal. but it is very unlikely that either Government would be prepared at this late stage to examine even more costly schemes.

The British Government has tenance ends, there is a danger Lhat price-cutting in its lowest form will come in Retailers shou.d start thinking what should be done 10 prevent the whole price system from breaking Lord Sainsbury. speaking at the lunch for the retail distributive trade executives, condemned such gimmicks as coupons, deceptive packages designed to look as large as others that contained more, free gifts, competitions and personality promotions. Soft music interspersed with injunctions to buy this or thai an undignified device, if no" pure gimmickry trad; stamps were one of the greatest gimmicks of all." In the field or advertising, 1 have always thought that honest information about the product preferable to exaggerated praise. The alternative to gimmickry, whether you are a manufacturer 01 retailer is building the longtime prosperity of your business on the soundness of your trading policy." he said that there should be no business of crossing out 3s and promised a decision on the Chan AH sorts of people rely on Abbey National nel tunnel "soon," certainly before the general election. The putting zs 11a.

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Manchester 2. It and when Resale Price Main PC cleared of purse By our Parliamentary Staff The Inland Revenue has paid out 12 millions from the public purse to different companies to distribute in addi tional dividends if thev so wish Nine face drugs charge The capture of stolen dangerous drugs valued at 250,000 on the black market, according to Mr Mervyn Griffith -Jones, prosecuting, was described at the Old Bailey yesterday. Before the court were Mrs Ivy Iris Moyce (29). of Gosport Road. Walthamstow Colin Richard Lincoln (22), salesman Roy Harry Neal (26) Charles William Kidd (30) Colin Charles Skinner (24) Joseph Bale (43).

turf accountant George William Bale (45). shop manager and James Shaw (34). who have pleaded not and Edward Read who has pleaded guilty, to conspiring with other persons unknown to supply dangerous drugs without authority of licence. Read also pleaded guilty and Kidd, Skinner, Moyce, J. Baie, G.

W. Bale, and Shaw not guilty, to pos-ssing dangerous drugs without licence or authoritv. Mr Griffith-Jones said that a large quantity of drugs had been stolen from a wholesale chemists in Glasgow in September. 1962. By September 24 police had arranged the sale of the drugs to a police officer for 15.000.

Police Sergeant Hopkins went to a cafe in London where he met Read, who assumed that Hopkins was the purchaser's agent, said Mr Griffith-Jones. Hopkins was told that the drugs were worth about 250.000 on the black market. Later, said Mr Griffith-Jones, as a suitcase containing drugs was about to be lifted from a van into Sergeant Hopkin's vehicle in Exmouth Road police appeared. relies on all sorts of people Petrol fraud penalties reach 1,843 Penalties imposed on long-distance lorry drivers pleading guilty at Davcntry to petrol frauds yesterday reached 1.843. At hearings during the first two days of this week 47 drivers were ordered to pay more than 1,000 in fines and costs, and yesterday brought the biggest penalties yet.

One driver was fined 120 for a series of offences and another was fined 66. When the hearings, expected to last several weeks, are over more than 500 drivers will have appeared in court on charges' of causing the Power or National Benzole petroleum companies to deliver cheques to Tubby's Cafe at Lilbourne (Northants) by false pretences. Jfs profitable most of the Home Service insurance people's profits come back to you in extra benefits. Bonuses make your policy bigger and bigger. bodily harm charges A police constable.

John Gerard Boylan (37), attached to Islington police station, was at the Old Bailey yesterday found not guilty of four charges of causing grievous bodily harm to an arrested man, John Richard Horiey, aged 23, a former steeplejack, of Liverpool Road. Islington. Boylan and Walter Mavin (32), writer, of Pembridge Crescent, Notting Hill, London, were also found not guilty of conspiring to pervert the course of justice. They were both discharged. Mr Michael Corkrey, for the prosecution, had said Horley was stopped by the police near his home and became violent.

It was alleged that Boylan kicked Horley and hit him with his truncheon unnecessarily. At the police station Boylan again kicked Horley and hit him on head with his truncheon. It was also alleged that Mavin assisted Boylan to present a false picture of what had taken place. Boylan said he had treated Horley with no greater severity than had the other officers Horley was violent and had to be restrained. Mavin said he had formed the opinion that Boylan was being made a scapegoat and had tried to help him.

but not by hindering or perverting justice. says Mr James Callaghan, the "Shadow Chancellor," in a letter which he sent yesterday to Mr Maudling. Mr Callaghan is pressing for a further statement after what he regards as inadequate answers to questions last Tuesday. The Comptroller and Auditor-General said recently that certain companies have received tax repayments on money which had not been paid to the Inland Revenue in the first place. Mr Callaghan, in his letter, challenges the Chancellor for using the repayments." He quotes the Comptroller and Auditor-General as saying that the 12 millions had not reached and never could reach the Revenue.

How, then, Mr Callaghan asks, can it be repaid Remarkable His conclusion is that the Inland Revenue has, in fact, paid out the 12 millions to different companies for general purposes. "This is truly a remarkable state of affairs, that Parliament should have been informed about long, since. Now that It has come to light, there can be no doubt that steps should be taken forthwith to stop the expenditure of these large sums of public money. MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL Thursday (Quetj's Aooeftslon). a.m.: Holy Cocnmumoa fLadr Chapel).

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Hymn 393 Chess By LEONARD UAKDKN PROBLEM No. 767 which are quite outside the by Wong (Indonesia) 1 ui if i a i i I original intentions ox inc investment allowance." The repayments criticised by the Comptroller, as Jlr Callaghan points out, concerned investment allowances for. among other things, new plant. In his answer on Tuesday the Chancellor that since the repayments in uestion were in respect of losses if not relieved in this way, would have been available for carry-forward and set-off against subsequent profits, this tax would, in effect, be recovered, if and when subsequent profits were made." I know what I'm talking about. That's how I started investing for the future.

KxN. I his is where the experts Ihoughl Kischcr was lost. Thev expected 19. QBxN 20 NxB GxK 21 KxB after which Black has a nocunal material plus, but is in real trouble on the long black diagonal. 20 rVxP eh 21 K-Bl.

If 21 K-Nl BxN ch .22 QxB It-KS ch and Black wins the queen or is the exchange up, with a won ending after 23 K-B2 QxQ ch 24 KxQ RxK If 21 N-IM QxQ ch 22 KvO Bv.V. 21 H2 22 Iteslgns. There is no defence, e.g 22 Q-KB2 tl-RO ch 23 K-KS ch 24 Kxft BxN wins, or if 22 N(B3)-N5 li-lt6 ch 23 K-NI B-KR3 A game for the anthologies. K. J.

Fischer P. Uenko New York. 1HU3 I'irc Defence. 1 PK4 P-KN3 2 P-Q4 3 P-)3 4 B4 N-KBS 5 N-U3 0-0 6 B-QS. Second thoughts lj B-K2 was played in Fischcr-Korchnoi.

Curacao 1MU2. a key game in Bobby's failure in the 19B2 Candidates' Weak alternatives are 6 P-B4 7 JxP PxP 8 Q-K2 N-B3 9 P-K3 N-Q4 10 Nx.NI yxN 11 B-K4 Court told of paint samples Dr Jan of the Metropolitan Police forensic science laboratory, said at the mail train robbery trial at Aylesbury yesterday that paint he discovered on a pair of shoes taken from the Windmill public house. Upper Ground. Blackfriars. London, was identical with a sample of paint taken from Leatherslade Farm, the alleged hideout of the gang.

He said he took the shoes from a bedroom in which the accused Goody stayed. The paint was also identical with that on the pedals of one of the vehicles found at the farm. Replying to the Judge, he said he could not explain why there was no paint on the car mat unless it was that the paint was under the instep of another pair of shoes or in some other way had been transferred to the pedals, or whether it is that the paint on the mat had been removed in the interim before I got the chance to look at it." The trial was adjourned until today. i dii-i'ii c. oeverwijK 1 QN-CJ2 7 P-K3 N-Kl 8 K4 (Alexander-Plater.

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Solution No. 7BB 1 l-K6 II 1 P-B3 2 N-K7 and A -Bl or If I P-U-S P-K7 I'xH PxP or if 1 PxP NxP and -B7. tISC'UKK BIULI.IAXCIBS Last week's ame and commentary did nol relied the purple patches in Ki.scher's clean sweep of the United Stales championship. Two ol his wins were among ihe most bnlliani games of the tournament. When l-'isther sacrificed a knight on move 13 against Robert Byrne (whom he had never previously beaten), grandmaster Kossolinio.

comnivnta: on ihe same remarked lhai Hobby is giving away all hi.s. pieces for nothing." and al the moment when Byrne resigned almost all the spectators thought that he nas "inning K. Urne K. J. Kfsviier New Vnrk 19U3 Grunfeld Defence.

1 1MH -KU3 2 Viilii PK.Vi i P-B3 4 U-N2. II 4 l'Q5 PQN4 leads to lively play. 4 P-U4 fP PxP i 7 l'-K3. Here an artificial development, giving White square weaknesses. Normal is 7 N-113 0-0 8 0-0.

although Black equalises safely with Kj 7... 0-0 8 KN-K2 N-B3 9 0-U 10 P-N3 B-K3 11 U-JIU K-KI 12 H2. White has a difficult game, s-ince if 12 It-Kl P-K4 13 PxP NxP 14 NxP N-IJ6 is strong. Mis best chance here Is 12 and if 12 B-B3 13 P-Na still with pawn weaknesses, but keeping the centre closed. 12 Ij SxP 14 KKtJl IM-Q6 15 Q-B2.

The plan on which White undoubtedly relied. Apparently the knight must retreat, whereupon Black's QP comes under heavy attack Mr Heath's timetable Continued from page one the monopolies commission would not be difficult to pass. The implications of thj change in programme for which the committee asked are serious for the Government they would mean the redrafting of the White Paper to cover the argument for ending price-fixing, and 1. preparation of a second bill. Some critics of the Government's present policy would be relieved if Mr Heath was content to produce an expanded Paper in this Parliament and leave the two bills to the next Parliament.

As to the bill which Mr Heath originally promised, the committee made suggestions about the safeguards available to a trader who wished to convince the tribunal that a particular practice was not against the public interest, and asked that the bill should provide against loss leaders goods sold a loss for a period to persuade customers to buy other goods at a profit. Mr Heath's conduct of his battle against price-fixing is being criticised by some Conservative members. They cannot understand why he chose this moment to introduce a proposal which is unacceptable to so many Government supporters and they suggest that his political feel is at fault. U'enrose-Uonner. Hushing I960).

7 P-KK3 BxN Qxli N-IS3 9 B-K3. Mote natural than 9 Q-U2 Hastings 19B1-2) 9 l'-K4 This weak move at once gives White a king's side attack. Kilher 9 N-Q2 or 9 N-QX3 musi be tried 10 QPxP PxP 11 P-155 PxP. Upon quiei play. White has 00-0 and with a winning pawn storm 12 ixP.

Kischer feared arter 12 PxP P-K5 with counterplay. 13 U-B2. An interesting alternative is 13 UxKP N-NS 14 IjxB ch Kx(i 13 PxN with two pieces for Ihe queen and a fierce attack. 13.. N-Kl 14 0-0 N-Q3 15 K-KI lli IJ-KB4 Hi P-QB4 is Black's best now 17 t.R5 Q-KI7 Hoping for IS BxN PU ih I'-Kj P-KB4 but White ha seen further 18 BxN PB 19 K-B6 A crushing blockade sacrifice.

If 19 PxN fHxH 20 P-K5) 20 P-Ka P-KK3 'H, Nl 22 K8 ch BxR 23 Q-K7 mate. 20 P-K5P-KR3. Black's last hope if 21 RxN QxP with full recovery. 21 N-K2: Kesisns. If 21 BxR 22 QxRP and mate, while If the knight moves.

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