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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33521, 30 April 1974, Page 13

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Tokyo celebration Emperor Hirohito, Japan’s; jlongest-reigning Emperor of] (modern times, today celebrated his seventy-third birth-] (day with public appearances! at the Imperial Palace. — ■Tokyo, April 29. Amin’s imitation President Amin of Uganda has invited the Archbishop of! (Canterbury to discuss prob-( (Jems affecting the Anglican; (Church in Uganda, and! ; especially a lack of financial] j aid for the Church’s mission-) |ary hospitals. The invitation! (was given when General) Amin went swimming with] (the Acting British High Com-j Imissioner (Mr James Hen-i (nessey), to whom he also said! that the British Broadcasting; Corporation should be told) officially to send a correspon-j dent to Uganda. “The cor-j respondent should, however,; report correctly, and never) interfere in the affairs of) Uganda,” the President said. —Kampala, April 29.

Obituary Ivor Brown, the author, journalist, and dramatic critic, has died at his home! in London. He was 82. Born' in Penang in 1891, Mr Brown: was London drama critic and leader writer for the “Man-: Chester Guardian” from 1919 until 1935. and drama critic! of the “Saturday Review” (which became the “Weekend Review”) from 1923 until 1934. For six years (1942 to 1948) he was editor of the “Observer,” whose dramatic critic he had been since 1929. He was best known for his books on words and their correct usage. He also wrote studies of Shakespeare and his plays, several novels, and books on Shaw, Dickens, Somerset Maugham, and Conan Dovle.—London, April 29.

Mr Yu Chin-san. president of South Korea’s main Opposition group, the New Democratic Party, has died from cancer, aged 68. — Seoul, April 29.

Dacca oil move Bangladesh will sign : letters-of-intent next , month, (with oil companies from (Japan, the United States, Canada. France, Jugoslavia, (and Italy for oil-prospecting! jin the Bay of Bengal. — 'Dacca, April 29. Art theft I The theft of two valuable) (paintings was announced in! ■Poland yesterday after] (museum officials in Gdansk! (had discovered that the two! I works, one by Van Dyck and! (the other by Brueghel, had; been replaced in their frames) (with fakes, one of which had) I been taken from a women’s; (magazine. Embarrassed curators at the museum say that 'the two small paintings are! (together worth nearly; (SUS4oo.ooo.—Warsaw. April: !29.

[Arrests in Spain ' The Spanish police have ar-! rested 23 people, including a (Frenchman, all of whom are) said to belong to a Communist cell responsible for propa-j jganda against the Govern-) ment. The Frenchman is idem) lifted as Antonio Roberti Maritin Lillo, whose wife, Maria ■Bayon Perez, described as the! daughter of a leader of the! (outlawed Spanish Communist . Party, was also arrested. — Madrid, April 29. Goal in sight J The all-women Japanese ex- • i pedition attempting to climb lithe 24,468-foot Mount Nana-| Ijslu, in central Nepal, has ex-] .Itablished a camp at an' ;altitude of 18.900 feet. The, team of 11, led by Miss Tsu-j (neo Kuroishi, hopes to scale! the mountain by Wednesday, : (but at least two more camps!; will have to be established I before the peak is reached. — i Katmandu, April 29.

Plot foiled by dog A guerrilla attempt to blow up a train travelling from Rhodesia to the Mozambique port of Beira failed 'when a stray dog set off a (landmine and another tmr.e exploded (<><> soon, the S .util African Press Association reports. Its Beira eorre-pm dent says that (he incident i occurred yesterday at a sid ing about 15 miles east of the border between Rhodesia and the Portuguese territory •The dog stepped on a landimine planted to kill a repair (crew, and was blown to pieces. A remote-controlled (mine laid on the track also I exploded within seconds.— Johannesburg, April 29 Aust, drinks dearer Beer, wine, and spirit prices (in Australia increased bv an average of three cents toda' because of higher costs and new pay awards for hotelworkers.—Sydney, April 29