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Greymouth Evening Star, 19 September 1940, Page 8

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BASLE, September 18. A German decree compels all Poles in Germany, male and female, to wear a yellow triangular badge, bearing the letter P. OTTAWA, ’ The Canadian Government is" ex- . pecting the immediate delivery of over two hundred American tanks, ’ classed as obsolete, which will be | used foWtraining purposes. 1 ' LONDON, September 18. In the Commons, Mr. Attlee an- ■ nouncedZthe Government intended to confer the necessary authority to en- ' able Allied Governments in ..this country compulsorily to call up their ’ nationals for military service. ’ ANGORA, September 18. , Four Italian bombers, returning ' from the raid on Tel Aviv, made a forced landing on the Turkish coast L on September 9. One nose-dived into . the sea, and was not seen again. Two t floated for three hours. Six members [ of the crew were believed to have , been drowned, an Italian Red Cross ; plane rescuing the remainder. The > engine of the fourth plane cut out, as ; a result of the failure of the lubricat- ■ ing system, but the machine made a > good landing. J LONDON, Sept. 18. . England and Spain have reached ■ an agreement,-under which Spain will > limit her oil imports to a quantity ■ sufficient for domestic consumption. ■ The agreement is regarded as highly ; satisfactory. ; LONDON, Sept. 18. General Sikorski decorated, 20 ; Polish airman with the Pol- [ ish equivalent to the D.S.O. and M.C. i Their squadron destroyed 71 raiders in 18 days. RUGBY, September 18. “In some parts of the dock area,, one could not see anything. It was just a mass of flames, obliterating the ground. Two of my crew live in the south of London, and they had their homes destroyed. You can imagine they were feeling pretty happy about this show of ours.” , , After the second attack, when ; more fires started, this aircraft ; circled round for another five or six I minutes, to; have a 100k...“0ne thing ; struck me particularly,” the pilot re- > marked. “The town itself, barring a ; few houses, on the edge' of the rail- ; way yard; appeared. to be untouched. At any rate, there were no fires or any other indication of it having been bombed. The fires, were all on the , dockside. Another officer in the same squad- ' ron said: “We had seen explosions from the enemy’s coastline, about five ,• minutes after leaving our own coast and they continued intermittently most of the way out.’We went straight into Ostend from the sea. As we were running up, I cbuld see fires and explosions still going on. Having got rid of my first lot of bombs, I went out to sea again, then came back and did precisely, the same thing all over again.'”’ ' ' . ' • • AUCKLAND, September 19. The possibility of _ trade between New Caledonia and New Zealand was discussed by the council of the Auckland. Chamber of Commerce. A letter from Noumea stated they could export to New Zealand coffee, copra, fish’' minerals, and other commodities, in return for cement and New Zealand primary products. Replying to the council’s inquiries, the Northern l Steamship . and the Union S.S. Company stated that they were unable to provide ships for the serviced \ ■ - . I AUCKLAND, September 19. Beating her previous east-bound ■_ record of 7 hours 49 minutes, the ; Awarua arrived from Sydney early this afternoon, after a flight of 7 1 hours 31 minutes. She had nine pas- 1 sengers. Captain Garden was in com-. < mand. - ' -

WELLINGTdN, September 19. The Motor Trade Federation elected the following officers: President, Mr C. R. Edmond; vice-president, Mr A. B. Gibbons; treasurer, Mr D. F. Wauchop; representative . to Employers’ Federation, Mr Edmond; auditor, Mr I. J. MacKersey; ,Petrol Resellers’ Association, the president, Messrs W. M. King, Gilbertson (Wanganui), Thomas (Christchurch); secretarytreasurer, Mr F. A. Knight; auditor, Mr D. McKay; Parts' Equipment arid Cycle Association, the s president, xMessrs A'. B. Gibbons and F, R.

Jones; Council, Messrs Phelan Griffiths, Parker and the. chairmen of local associations; auditor, 'Mr H. P. Thompson; secretary-treasurer, Mr MacKersey; delegates to., the Motor Trade Federation', Messrs Griffiths and Jones. lB. Mr Herbert Hoover in a broadcast, said: “I don’t believe that the British Empire will fail in its heroic defence. If the war continues ; fof another year, famine will occur in large areas.” ’