from Hsinhna 18/10/63
= The Cuban people are waging a campaign to help hurricane victims and
to raise production. Voluntary labour brigades of carpenters, masons, mech-
enics, tractor drivers, end doctors have been sent to the eastern provinces
to help repair the damaged houses roads and agricultural machinery, and in
areas where the floods have receded, to sow, tc take care of the sick and
wounded, and to take anti-—opidemic measures.
In the hardest hit province of Orionte, 150,000 people have been inoc—
ulated. Trains and lorries laden with building matarials, clothes, food and
medicines are rushing in an endless stream to the affected areas. Workers
throughout the country have started a campaign to produce more daily necess—
ities for the victims. Working 12 hours last Sunday, 34 workers of the
Alberto Alvarez factory produced more than 5,000 pints of edible olil.s.cse
rode of ORITIES DEEPGR IN DEPT from Financial Times 21/10/63
“otal net borrowing by local authorities was £136 m. during the second quarter of this year, according to figures published in the July issue of Financial Statistics, compiled by the Central Statistical Office. borrowing is seasonally low during the second quarter, but the figure this year was more than 21% higher, or £24m., than in the same period last year. The increased borrowing reflected rising capital expenditure and the increase in work following the bed winter. Tempoeary borrowing increased by £40m. during the quarter, to reach for the first time a total borrowing of over £1,305m. Borrowing for over 7 days fell from £278m. to "212m. while outstanding borrowing for up to 7 days rose from £688 me to £815m. :
With temporary borrowing for more than 3 months falling £llm. to £278m., borrowing for over 7 days and less than 3 months formed 62% of total temporary berrowing, the largest percentage since 1961, Wet longer-term borrowing during the second quarter, at £98m., was £39 m. less than in the corresponding period last year. Wevertheless, the figures reflect a return by local authorities to longer-term borrowing, as during the first quarter it seemed that temporary borro— wing was largely replacing longer-term borrowingess.