LATE MESSAGES

Greymouth Evening Star, 18 September 1940, Page 7

LATE MESSAGES

WASHINGTON, September 17. Mr Hull indicated that the State Department may take disciplinary action against von Spiegel. He said that the. Department was paying close attention to von Spiegel’s past and present activities. LONDON, September 17. The first hours of to-night’s raid were less lively than similar periods in the past three nights. Planes mostly came over singly at intervals of five minutes, but groups of three and four occasionally approached, whereupon anti-aircraft guns fired fierce bursts. The administrative headquarters of the St. Dunstan’s hospital, Regents Park, were badly damaged by a bomb in a recent raid. Sir lan Fraser and his wife were uninjured, in a shelter fifteen feet from where the bomb fell. PHILADELPHIA, September 17. The University of Pennsylvania has announced the discovery of an antimeasles vaccine. LONDON, September 17. The Queen is sending a number of suites of furniture from Windsor Castle, to help 4o re-furnish damaged East End homes. HANOI, September 17. Although officially evacuation has not been ordered yet, many Japanese have gone to Haiphong. Eight minor members of the Japanese Mission have gone to Canton, by plane. AUCKLAND, September 18. The Arbitration Court, to-day, declined to make an order excluding drivers and assistants employed in goods transport services under the Transport Licensing Act, from the operation of the general order of August 9, increasing wages by 5 per cent.