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Britain and Abyssinia. The actual terms of the agreement between the Emperor of Ethiopia aud the British Government were still under discussion, said the Prime Jllnister, Jlr. Churchill, in the House of Commons.
New Zealand Pulse. Replying to a question in the House of Commons, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Jlin'istry of Food, Major Lloyd George, said the iend-lease plan would not adversely affect the United Kingdom’s purchases of pulse from New Zealand and Tasmania.
No Parliamentary Inquiry. The references in Lord Gort's dispatches to the shortage of equipment for the British Expeditionary Force in France will not be the subject of a Parliamentary inquiry, stated the Prime Jlinister, Jlr. Churchill, in the House of Commons.
Output of U.S. Paper. The “New York Times” says that a shortage of pulp, accompanied by a decline in the supplies of waste paper, will affect the paper industry's rate of operation by January. Some mills are already feeling the pinch. Chile’s President Hl. A message from Santiago states that the President of Chile, Senor Pedro Aguirre Cerda, has temporarily relinquished office owing to illness. He has appointed Senator Geronimo Jlendez Vice-President. The Senator will assume the President’s executive power;).
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Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 42, 13 November 1941, Page 8
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