WAR NEWS IN BRIEF

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 February 1942, Page 6

WAR NEWS IN BRIEF

TROUBLE AT TANGIER. LONDON, February 15. The “Daily Telegraph’s” Tangier correspondent reports: An unexploded bomb was found on Saturday morning on the balcony annexe of the British Consulate. Windows of a British chemist shop were broken at the same time. Three Japanese have arrived. They are described as a military attache, a Press correspondent and a commercial agent. ’WARSHIPS WEEK IN BRITAIN. RUGBY, February 15. A Warships Week in 82 areas began on Saturday in England and Wales—seven, more than last week. Coventry has the highest objective, £1,500,000 for the adoption of the cruiser Coventry. York aims at £1,250,000 to replace the cruiser York. AXIS AGENTS EXPELLED LONDON, Feb. 16. “The Times’s” Istanbul correspondent says: The Turkish authorities expelled eight Axis Arab agents, who have left for Bulgaria. Thence they probably will go to Athens. One is Mussa Clhuseyni, the nephew of the Grand Mufti. Mussa escaped from Palestine to Syria, where he remained until the British occupation of Syria. HORTHY RETIRING. BUDAPEST, February 16. Admiral Horthy is retiring. Parliament will meet on February 19, to elect his successor.