NEWS IN BRIEF

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 October 1939, Page 5

NEWS IN BRIEF

INDIAN CONGRESS. [PRESS ASSN.—COPYRIGHT.] DELHI, October 12. ' The Indian National Congress has concluded deliberations,_ without announcing the line of action it will tane if Britain does not concede the demand for full Dominion status for India. EMPIRE DEFENCE CONFERENCE MELBOURNE, October 13. Mr. Menzies announced that Mr. , Casey will represent Australia at the Empire Defence Conference in London PILLAR-BOX FIRES LONDON, October 12. Seven pillar-boxes were set on lire in London. It is believed to be the work of the I.R.A. LIFE IMPRISONMENT JOHANNESBURG, October 12. .Jacob Hugo, 22, a miner, was sentenced to life imprisonment, for the murder of Charles Harris. U.S. FEDERATION OF LABOUR. CINCINATTI. October 12. Air. William Green has been _ reelected as President of the American Federation of Labour, for the. sixteenth term. | LECTURE TOUR. LONDON, October 12. Mr. Duff Cooper has gone to America on a lecture tour. BRITISH LOCAL ELECTIONS. RUGBY, October 12. The British Government has introduced a Bill in Parliament for the suS-, pension of local body elections in Great Britain, on lines similar to the legislation enacted during the last war. J The Bill proposes that the terms ol office of existing aldermen and councillors shall be extended, and that provision shall be made for filling casual vacancies. ;