NEWS IN BRIEF

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 April 1939, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF

BOMB IN ’PHONE BOOTH, | [ PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGIIT. | LONDON, April 15. A telephone kiosk at Liverpool was blown up by a bomb attributed to members of the Irish Republican Army. A woman in a nearby house was thrown from a chair. Unexploded bombs were discoveiec. at Islington and Cricklewood. TURKISH ARMAMENTS. ISTANBUL, April 15. The Government is asking the Assembly to vote £2,500,000 to finance emergency armaments. The Assembly voted £425,000 for an advanced recruitment of certain classes of conscripts. GRACIE SEEKS DIVORCE. LONDON, April 15. Gracie Fields, the film star and comedienne. is petitioning for a. divorce against her husband, Archie Pitt. The case is listed as G. Selinger versus A. Selinger. RUSSIAN MANOEUVRES. TALLINN, April 15. The Soviet Army is carrying out manoeuvres on the Estonian frontier. A great network of trenches is being prepared.

SUMMER TIME IN ENGLAND. RUGBY, April 15. Summer time will come into force throughout England to-morrow morning. YANKEE CLIPPER. HORTA (Azores), April 15. The Pan American Airways Yankee Clipper left for Baltimore by way of Bermuda on its return flight to the United States. BERMUDA, April 16. The Yankee Clipper has arrived. BALLOON BARRAGES LONDON, April 16. Their Majesties and Mr Chamberlain inspected the balloon barrages in Surrey. BELGIAN CABINET. BRUSSELS, April 16. M. Pierlot, after negotiations with all parties, has persuaded the Socialists to jo in a tripartite Cabinet, including five Catholics, five Socialists, three Liberals, and two extra-Parlia-mentary technical experts.