CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

Greymouth Evening Star, 20 February 1940, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

BRITAIN’S COAL.

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RUGBY, February 19

The distribution of coal in Britain has now almost returned to normal. During the past few days one railway alone employed 25,000 wagons to move over 390,000 tons of coal from the collieries to destinations in all parts of the country.

PARAGUAY’S DICTATOR

BUENOS AIRES, February 18

Backed by the Army and Navy. General Jose Estigarribia, the President of Paraguay, declared himself dictator of Paraguay. He explained in a broadcast that a political crisis had brought Paraguay to the verge of anarchy.

U.S.A. TRADE.

WASHINGTON, February 18

The Federal Reserve Board reports that the volume of production dropped from the level of 129 in December 1939, to 120 in January. It adds that the slump continues in steel ingot production, which was above 90 per cent, of its capacity at the close of the year but declined to 69 per cent, by the middle of February. The Secretary o£ Commerce (Mr H. L. Hopkins) reports that the 1939 balance o£ foreign trade was 24 percent. below that of 1938. Exports rose 5 per cent, and imports 15 per cent He adds that there is a heavy ami persistent inflow of foreign capital.

MINISTER’S BROADCAST

LONDON, February 19. The Lord Privy Seal (Sir Samuel Hoare) will broadcast to New Zealand and Australia at. 8.45 a-m. (G.M.T.) on February 22.

PHAROAH’S TOMB

CAIRO, February 18

A French professor, Dr. Montet, has unearthed', at Sanelhagar, near Port Said, intact, the tomb of the Pharoah, Psou Psennes, who ruled from 1067 B.C. to 1080 B.C. The tomb contained a quantity •of valuable historic material, also a coffin of red granite. There is, further, a sarcophagus containing another unopened coffin, as well as a collection of solid gold plate of exquisite workmanship, and solid silver plate, laid ou,t on a gold table, near, a golden altar. There also is a pet dog’s skeleton. The dimensions ot the chamber are fifteen feet by nine feet. ALIENS DISMISSED. DETROIT, February 19. Pursuant jo large War Department orders, the automobile companies are dismissing all alien workers. BYRD EXPEDITION NEW YORK, February 19. _ Admiral Byrd radioed that there is evidence that the Ross ice shelf rests upon land. ’VARSITY BOAT RACE. LONDON, February 19. The Oxford and Cambridge boat race will be held on March 2, oyer a mile and a-half course, at Henley, instead of Putney.