OVERSEAS NEWS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 136, 5 March 1941, Page 9

OVERSEAS NEWS IN BRIEF

Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, the famous airman who was injured in the plane crash last week, is in an extremely critical condition, states an Atlanta message.

The German freighter Lech (3290 tons), carrying merchandise and also an aeroplane for Condor Airline, arrived at Rio de Janeiro from Bordeaux on Monday after a voyage of 31 days.

The Minister of National Service, Mr. Bevin, announced that provisional figures for the men who registered on February 22'totalled 267,361, comprising: England, 222.732; Scotland, 29.338; Wales, 15,291.

Few buildings escaped damage when a cyclone struck Marble Bar, states a Perth message. A number of buildings were razed and many partly unroofed. Several people lost all they had. It is estimated that 16 inches of rain fell In 28 hours. The cyclone followed Marble Bar’s record run of 135 consecutive days with temperatures of 106 degrees or more.

The "Journal of Commerce,” according to a New York message, reports that fair quantities of wool have moved in the Boston market during the past week in face of the demand for merino wools from Australia and South Africa. Australian fine wools were quoted at 98 to 102 cents per lb. for average topmaking sorts and 102 to 105 cents for scoured, on the basis of duty paid, for good topmaking 64’s to 70’s count.

The Commerce Department, according to a Washington message, stated that Canada had decided that after February it would partly sacrifice the manufacture of silk stockings in favour of war production. It has been arranged for hosiery manufacturers to discontinue the production of all silk stockings for domestic consumption, but the agreement permits the manufacture of part silk stockings for Canadian use and all-silk stockings for export.