NEWS IN BRIEF

Greymouth Evening Star, 1 November 1939, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF

PERUVIAN AIRMEN OVERDUE

[PRESS assn.—copyright.]

LIMA, October 30.

Fears are felt for the. safety of two Peruvian , airmen, Commander Humberto Qallino.;and Captain Victor Gallino,.; They are. brothers. They left New York at 1.45 p.m. on Sunday last, October. 29, .on a .4,014 -miles non-stop flight.to.Lima..- . - .

LANDING REPORTED.'

GUAYAQUIL, October 31.

A telegraphist at the City of Puerto Posorja reported -that' the Peruvian fliers landed, with their fuel exhausted. SAMOAN MURDER CHARGE APIA, October-30. Police inquiries into the-death of a native, of Niue-Island have-resulted in the arrest of a Samoan named Tuiva, who will be arraigned to-day on a charge of murder. " The body of a native named Foupa, 55, was found brutally murdered on Saturday, October 21, where he had been working in a taro patch on Siumu Road beyond Vailima. When Foupa failed to return home next morping relative’s made a search and the body was found with a deep knife wound almost severing the head. ’ ' ,

INDIAN MINISTRIES RESIGN . BOMBAY, October 31. The Congress Ministry of the Bompay Presidency has resigned. The Bihar Congress Ministry has also resigned. REFUGEE AID SUSPENDED. LONDON, October 31. Sir John Anderson announced that the Government was reluctantly suspending for the duration of the war its offer that, if other- Governments co-operated, it would encourage subscriptions to the fund to enable the reemigration of refugees.

Accused: Well, there was no watch on the end of the chain. “I put a button in that cigarette machine, and do you know what came out?” “No.” “The tobacconist.” “Where are some good places to stop on this trip?” asked the prospective automobile tourist. “At all railroad crossings,” replied the clrek in the tourist bureau.