CABLE MESSAGES IN BRIEF

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23349, 7 June 1941, Page 10

CABLE MESSAGES IN BRIEF

Military Adviser for N.Z.—Lieuten-ant-General Sir Guy Williams, military adviser to the New Zealand Government, has arrived in Sydney on, his way to New Zealand. He said he would be in New Zealand for a few months. —Sydney, June 6. Royal Family and Clothes Rationing. —Tlie King has instructed all members of the Royal Family to comply strictly with the clothes rationing order. The Queen has cancelled orders for summer and autumn frocks and the Kingwill not renew his uniforms before the end of the war. The Royal Family already complies with food rationing.— London, June 5. Loss of Air Liner.—The passengers on the British air liner which disappeared between the Scilly Isles and Penzance were Mrs Sheelah Leggitt, secretary to Sir Waiter Monckton, Director-General of the Ministry of Information, her mother, husband, and two step-daughters, aged 11 and nine years.—London. June 5. Trawler and Drifter Sunk.—The Admiralty announces that His Majesty’s trawler Ben Gain and drifter. Jewel have been sunk.—London. June 5. Registration of Foreigners.—The Ministry of Labour and National Service announces that under International Labour Force orders, men between the ages of 16 and 65, and women between the ages of 16 and 50, of Belgian, Czechoslovak, French, Netherlands, Norwegian, and Polish nationality, are required to register between June 9 and June 20. unless exempted from liability.—Rugby, June 5. COLLECTIONS FOR WAR EQUIPMENT AUSTRALIAN BAN ON TRANSFER (Received June 6, 7 p.m.) CANBERRA, June 6. The Federal Government has prohibited further collections of money in Australia for transfer to Britain to buy war equipment for the British Government. The Federal Treasurer (Mr A. W. Fadden) said the Government is in sympathy with the object of these funds, but prohibition is necessary to prevent an unnecessary drain on Australia’s sterling funds in London, which already had been depleted by £900,000 by the transfer of gifts to Britain since the outbreak of war. The collection of money in Australia for war relief purposes in Britain would not be affected. The Federal Government hoped that British arms funds already in existence would be diverted to buy arms for Australia. SPAIN’S RELATIONS WITH MANCHUKUO LEGATION TO BE OPENED (Received June 6, 7 p.m.) MADRID, June 5. The Spanish Government has decided to create a legation at Hsinking, the capital of Manchukuo. A Foreign Ministry official stated: "Spain is actuated by a desire to reach a maximum degree of relations with those countries representing the triumph of the new order in the world." Spain had also decided to reestablish diplomatic representation with Iran, to intensify Spain’s traditional friendly relations with the Arabic peoples. ARMY’S STRIKING POWER , BRITAIN BUILDS UP SUPPLIES LONDON, June 5. . General Sir Walter Venning, Quar-termaster-General of the British Army, discussing the striking power of the Army in a broadcast to-night, said that ammunition depots in Britain and overseas covered many square miles. He added that the problem of maintaining equipment in the desert was greater than anything his department had had to deal with. The rale of wear of certain parts in tanks was five times greater in the desert than in the Flanders campaign. AUSTRALIAN POLICY APPROVED SITUATION IN MIDDLE EAST DISCUSSED MELBOURNE, June. 6. The Australian War Council yesterday discussed the Middle East situation, and apnroved the Government’s policy. After the conference, the Prime Minister (Mr R. G. Menzies) said that all present had agreed on the future action to be taken. Industrial labour will continue to give full support to Australia’s war effort. This decision was made at the Australian Council of the Trades Unions Congress yesterday.