CABLE BRIEFS

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32566, 27 March 1971, Page 19

CABLE BRIEFS

Peking arrivals A high-level North Vietnamese delegation of three men flew into Peking last night, presumably on its way to the Soviet Union Communist Party Congress in Moscow. The team, led by Mr Le Duan, First Secretary of the Workers’ Party and North Vietnam’s chief theoretician, was met by leading Chinese officials, including the Prime Minister (Mr Chou En-lai). Also ih Peking, en route for Moscow, is a Pathet Lao delegation. Hong Kong, March 26. Tongue in cheek? One of Fiji’s largest quarries has advertised for 40 women to work as quarrymen to replace "80 anaemic trade unionists.” The advertisement comes after a twoday strike at Marlow’s quarry, which has been running at a loss. The company’s managing-director, Mr A. H. Marlow, said: “The men are not working at more than half-speed, and we think the women might be able to do better.”—Suva, March 26. Fatal tyre-burst Two senior officials of Indian Airlines were killed yesterday when a tyre of a Boeing 737 burst while being inflated in a New Delhi Airport hangar. A guard on duty nearby was injured. The officials were inflating the tyre because there were no technicians, a lock-out having been decleared by the airline two weeks ago after a wage strike.—New Dehli, March 26. Bank merger Two Japanese commercial banks have agreed to merge on October 1 to form the largest Japanese bank, in deposit volume, and the seventh largest in the world. Daiichi Bank and Nippon Kangyo Bank will amalgamate on an equal basis, but the merger will take the form of Nippon Kangyo taking over Daiichi. The new bank will be called Daiichi Kangyo Bank. Tokyo, March 26. Fewer immigrants The number of Commonwealth citizens admitted to Britain during 1970 fell 18 per cent from the previous year. Entries in 1970 totalled 29,886, compared with 36,557 in 1969. Under Britain’s immigration controls, countries receiving the highest number of vouchers listed were: India, 791; Australia, 561; Malta. 478; and Pakistan, 381. Each voucherholder is entitled to bring in his dependants.—London, March 26.

London protest Four girl students spent their lunch-hour in a cage in front of the Soviet Union Embassy in London yesterday, as a prates, against the alleged persecution of Jews in Russia. The girls, wearing jumpers bearing the Star of David, held placards demanding the release of four Russian girl students imprisoned in Moscow. The protesters, members of the Universities Committee for Soviet Jewry, said that their cage symbolised the plight of the imprisoned women.— London, March 26. General Lon bol The Cambodian Prime Minister (General Lon Nol), who is being treated by American military doctors in Hawaii after a stroke, is not expected to return to Phnom Penh for several weeks, according to diplomatic sources in the Cambodian capital. The general is making satisfactory progress, but the doctors want to carry out tests in view of his long history of diabetes, kidney ailments and high blood pressure. Phnom Penh, March 26. Missile might Russia now has missiles capable of hitting targets between 7500 and 8000 miles away with pin-point accuracy, according to the Soviet Union First Deputy Minister of Defence (Marshal Ivan Yakubovsky). In an article in the Moscow newspaper, “Sotsialisticheskaya Industria,” he says that these rockets, capable of developing millions of horsepower, could hit such distant targets in 25 to 30 minutes.— Moscow, March 26. Double wedding Messrs -Paelo and Roberto Camellini, two brothers who gave up the priesthood in January, were the bridegrooms in a double-wedding ceremony in Reggio Emilia Cathedral yesterday. The pair had caused a sensation in their churches by announcing, during Mass, that they planned to marry. The Vatican granted them dispensation and returned them to lay status a few weeks ago.—Reggio Emilia, March 26.