FAR EAST PROBLEM.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 190, 13 August 1934, Page 7

FAR EAST PROBLEM.

Japanese Interference in Railway. RUSSIAN COMPLAINTS. (Received 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, August 12. The "News-Chronicle" Moscow correspondent says that M. Rudy, manager of the Chinese Eastern Railway, declares that Japanese officials arc wilfully impeding its operation. He declared that they had alienated a zone near Pogranichnaya, except for a narrow strip along the track, preventing Russian supervision or repairs. Negotiations for the sale of the railway to Manchukuo have reached a deadlock, which may force direct action by the Soviet with Manchukuo.

PRESENTED TO 8.8.C.

VICEROY'S RETURN.

AUTHOR SUED.

ELGAR'S LAST MANUSCRIPT. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 1 p.m.) RUGBY, August 12. The manuscript of the late Sir Edward Elgar's last work—a symphony commissioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation—was presented to the corporation by his daughter, Mrs. Blake. Sir Edward had only made slight progress with the work and no attempt will be made to put the symphony into a form suitable for performance. The manuscript will be placed in the corporation's archives.

JOURNEY TO INDIA BY AIR. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 1 p.m.) RUGBY, August 12. The Earl of Willingdon, Viceroy of India, accompanied by the Countess of Willingdon, left Croydon by Imperial Airways liner on the return to Delhi, where they are clue on Friday.

U.S.A. VERSUS P. G. WODEHOUSE NEW YORK, August 12. A tax lien amounting to more than 250,000 dollars has been filed in the Federal Court against the well-known English author P. G. Wodehouse and his wife. It is alleged that 120,000 dollars income tax is long overdue, the remainder being penalties. It is not specified on what the taxes were levied, but it is assumed that it was on the proceeds from novels published in America and on royalties from motion pictures.