29 APRIL 1966, Page 3

IN PARLIAMENT the Speaker ruled that it was not out

of order for a member to sleep in the Chamber, and Mr Wilson announced that talks would begin between British and Rho- desian officials, although this would not of course constitute negotiations• with an illegal regime. Mr Fred Catherwood succeeded Sir Robert Shone as director-general of Neddy, and Lord Franks was installed as Chancellor of the University of East Anglia wearing robes designed by Mr Cecil Beaton.