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Greymouth Evening Star, 27 April 1937, Page 5

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[PKES9 ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] , . t LANCASTER (Ohio), April 26. j Robert Schaffer, aged eight, a mem- j her of a “G-Man” club, using a toy pistol and in disguise, found a strange < man in the club house. The man of- £ fered a dollar as an inducement to , him to keep quiet. The boy slipped 3 out, and hailed a police car, saying “1 . have captuired a prisoner,” The police ‘ arrested the man, who was a convict ( escaped from a Federal prison. , TRANS-JORDAN ROAD. ( RUGBY, April 24,. ' The Imperial Government has de- ' elded to make a grant-in-aid to the ■ Trans-Jordan Government for the construction of a. motor road through Trans-Jordan, linking Palestine with Iraq. . FATHER DIVINE. NEW YORK, April 26. Father Divine’s secretary has expressed his belief that the fire which destroyed the country home in Ulster County of a number of Divine’s followers was the work of an incendiary. He said that Divine would build a more elaborate structure to replace it. CLARK GABLE’S ACCUSER. LOS ANGELES, April 24. Mrs Violet Norton, a Canadian, who was charged with attempting to obtain money from Clark Gable, was convicted of misusing the mails, but sho was acquitted on the charge of conspiracy. She will be sentenced on May 3. The maximum sentence for the charge is five years in prison and a fine of 100 dollars. Mrs Norton’s attorney said he would ask for a probation permit to allow his client to leave the United States. If the permit was refused he would appeal. JAPANESE SHIPPING. TOKIO, April 26. The “Chugai Shogyo Shimpo” says that an acute shortage of shipping, causing shipping rates to rise, is seriously hampering the importation of Japan’s raw material requirements, which are swollen by the quasi-war-time munition programme. The estimated requirements for 1937 include: 1 Wool. 800.000 bales; pig iron, 400.000 tons; serai) iron, 1,200,000 tons; iron 1 ore, 1.700.000 tons; cotton, 4,000,000 bales. KENILWORTH CASTLE ! LONDON, April 26. The historic Kenilworth Castle has been purchased for the nation by Sir John Siddeley. from Earl Clarendon. GANDHI AND GOVERNORS 5 LONDON,. April 26, ? In the Commons. Mr. Butler said , the Government was unable to accept i Gandhi’s suggestion of a tribunal to i define the Governor’s powers.