NEWS IN BRIEF

Greymouth Evening Star, 8 December 1939, Page 2

NEWS IN BRIEF

RUSSO-JAPANESE TALKS [PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] LONDON, December 7. Thei Tokio correspondent of the Associated Press of Great Britain says that it is reliably reported that negotiations for a Russo-Japanese non-ag-gression pact are occurring. GERMAN OFFICIAL MURDERED NEW YORK, December 6. Dr. Walter Engelberg, secretary to the German Consul-General, was beaten to death with an axe or hammer in his own home in the Jewish section of Brooklyn. The police are searching for a Ger-man-speaking man who was sharingthe home. , . A medical examiner announced that Engelberg was beaten to death while asleep. JOE E. BROWN’S CONDITION HOLLYWOOD, December 7. Joe E. Brown is in a painful but not dangerous condition. His injuries include a torn mouth. (A cablegram published yesterday stated that Brown was injured in a motor accident). ITALIAN BOMBERS CRASH. LONDON, December 7. The Associated Press Rome correspondent. says: Thirteen Army flieis and one farmer were killed when three Italian bombers, flying from Milan to Rome, crashed together on the outskirts of Lucca 1 . Five members of the crew parachuted to safety. The former was crushed beneath one machine. PAN-AMERICAN AIRWAYS. NEW YORK, December 6. Pan-American Airways Coy. are shortly increasing their trans-Atlantic Clipper services to six weekly, according to the president, Mr. Juan Trippe. He added that the traffic has declined westward of Hawaii, hut the demand on the New Zealand-Australia service is greater than ever. Pan-American Airways planned to begin the New Zealand service in the near future. BRI TISH SUM MER-TI ME. RUGBY, December 7. The Home Secretary (Sir John Anderson). answering a Commons question, said that while he was disposed to favour the earlier introduction of Summer-time next year, he thought it was unnecessary to decide the. exact date so far ahead. MOS LEM THANKSGIVING. BOMBAY, December 7. The President of the Moslem League has proclaimed December 22 as a day of deliverance and thanksgiving, as a result of the resignation of the Eight Congress Governments. “The provincial Governors should investigate the wrongs done to Moslems by the outgoing Ministries,” he said. NEW ZEALAND APPEAL' CASE. LONDON, December 7. The Privy. Council from the New Zealand Supreme Court, has granted leave to appeal in the case of Hoani Te Heu Hen Tukino v. the Aotea district Maori Land Board. SOUTH AFRICAN WOOL CLIP PRETORIA, December 7. Britain has agreed to purchase most of South Africa's wool clip, at 103 d. per lb. HU NG AR lAN LABOURERS. ZURICH, December 7. Half of rhe 14.000 Hungarian agricultural labourers, sent to Germanv last Spring have returned to Hungary.