TO-DAY'S NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Evening Star, Issue 26137, 26 June 1947, Page 1

TO-DAY'S NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

IN THE DOMINION Friday’s Tram Service. —For the convenience of shoppers a normal tram service will be run to-morrow up to 10.30 p.m. Shops will remain open until 9 o’clock. Reward for Conviction of Sheep Stealers. —Wool and meat section of the Federated Farmers suggests a reward of £I.OOO for information which would lead to the conviction of sheep stealers. Rugoy Tour of South Africa. —A suggestion has been received in Auckland that the All Blacks could travel to South Africa next year by Dutch line ships running between Sydney and Capetown. New Zealand Navy.— An Auckland suggestion for the establishment of a fleet air arm for the Royal New Zealand Navy has been characterised by a naval officer as too costly. Child Malnutrition— Cases of child malnutrition reminiscent of European famine are reported from Auckland health camp. OVERSEAS Lord Addison to Visit New Zealand. The Secretary of State for the Dominions, Lord Addison, has accepted an invitation to visit New Zealand at the conclusion of the Canberra Conference. Communist World Conspiracy. A Chinese Nationalist Minister stated that the Communist' movement in China waA part of a world conspiracy of organised aggression. Gangsters In London. —The evidence given in a court case against Eugene Messina, a London gang leader, showed

that he ran a Rolls-Royce motor car, owned a house in Berkeley Square, and had a large income. American University Head.—General Eisenhower, Chief of Staff of the United States army, has accepted the presidency of Columbia University, New York. It is understood that his successor will be General Omar Bradley. Britain May Face Another Fuel Crisis. —The General Council of tile British Trade Union Congress has issued a warning that Britain might experience another fuel crisis next winter. Indian Partition —Khan Abdul Ghaffar, leader of the North-west Frontier Province Congress Party, calls on Pathans to work for a separate State of Pathanistan. ANNIVERSARIES 1824.—Lord Kelvin horn, 1830.—George IV. died. 1846—( 'orn laws repealed. 1857.—Massacre of British residents at Cawnpore by Nana Sahib. 1881.—Severe earthquake in' Wellington. 1897—Great naval review at Spitbead. ■ 1902—Bishop Cowie died. 1917. —First American troops landed in France. 1918. —Wiinmora sunk by mine off north coast of New Zealand. 1945.—W orld Charter signed at San Francisco.