CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

Greymouth Evening Star, 22 December 1936, Page 8

CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

1 TROTSKY’S NEW HOME. . [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYEIGHT.] OSLO, December 21. Trotsky’s residential permit is not being renewed. He will leave for Mexico within a fortnight. RUSSIAN AMAZONS. MOSCOW, December 21. It was revealed at the Congress of wives of Red Army Officers, that half a million women had been militarily trained during the past five years. One woman delegate declared that thousands of women would flock to the colours at a moment’s notice, in the event of an attack by the Japanese. ABYSSINIAN CONQUEST. LONDON, December 21. Britain lias notified Italy of the decision to convert the Legation at Addis Ababa into a Consulate General. ROME, December 21. It is officially stated that Bulgaria has recognised the Italian conquest of Abyssinia, and has received permission to create a Consulate at Addis Ababa. U.S.A. ARMY. WASHINGTON, December 21. The Secretary for War, Mr. H. H. Woodring, in his annual report, recommends a permanent peace time army of 165,000 men, 14,000 officers, 210,000 national guards, 30,000 reserve officers, and 50,000 men, and 2,320 military aeroplanes. ROBBERS FOILED NEW YORK, December 21. Emile Mathis, a French automobile manufacturer, fought unassisted t\vo armed robbers who attempted to steal Mrs. Mathis’s jewellery in front of an exclusive hotel in the heart of up-town Manhattan, while she screamed and a taxi-cab driver looked on without helping. Mr. Mathis rolled in the gutter with one of his assailants. His vigorous resistance caused the pair to flee without tlie jewellery, valued at thousands of dollars. BRITISH CONSULS RUGBY, December 21. John Brennan, British Consul-Gener- 1 al at Shanghai, since 1930, will leave ■ there next March. Later in the year he ■ will take up a post at the Foreign • Office. He will be succeeded at Shang- j hai by Mr. Herbert Phillips, who has been consul at Canton since 1930. Mr. A. P. Blunt, at present Consul-General at Manila, will be transferred to Canton, and Mr. W. P. W. Turner, ConsulGeneral at Yunnen Fu, will take Mr. 5 Blunt’s place at Manila. Mr. W. Stark 1 Teller, Consul at Tengyueh, and at pre- ( sent serving on the Burma-Yannan 1 boundary commission, is being pro- t rnoted Consul-General and will succeed Mr. Turner at Yunnan-Fu. * BRITAIN'S BUSY CHRISTMAS 1 i RUGBY, December 21. I Advance bookings on railways and 1 in hotels at seaside and inland resorts, indicate the likelihood of an exceptionally heavy Christmas rush. The shops and stores in London and the suburbs and in the provinces report business on a scale unequalled , in recent years. . “GIRL PAT.” 1 £ LONDON, December 21. f The action of the Marstrand Fish- i 1 ing Company, owners of the “Girl) r

Pat,” against Lloyds, underwriters for insurance, was dismissed on the ground that there was an act of barratry, but no total loss.