OCCUPIED COUNTRIES

Greymouth Evening Star, 19 May 1943, Page 4

OCCUPIED COUNTRIES

CZECH VICTIMS. LONDON, May 16. German Courts at Prague and Brno have announced that 57 executions took place in Czechoslovakia in April, making a total of 242 for 1943, reports “The Times’s” correspondent on the German frontiei. Forty-two of the April victims were executed for illegal possession ol arms, treasonable activities, or sabo3The Lisbon correspondent of “The Times” says that increased restrictions on foreign travellers are reported from Belgrade, where it is virtually impossible for foreigners to stay more than two nights. All hotels are reserved for army personnel, and the Royal Palace is being used as a prison mostly for hostages. NORWEGIAN ESTIMATE RUGBY, May 17. The Norwegian Prime Minister, Johan Nygaardsvold, at a Norwegian Independence Day festival in London, said the final settlement with gangsters and traitors was approaching. Germany was still strong, but with ■strength which was failing. The Germans were using propaganda of fear land lies to drive soldiers into a battle already lost.

Suggesting that there should be a curfew for girls in their early teens, and that there may be something to be said for the operation of open canteens under strict military supervision, the “Methodist Times” states: “Venus-worshippers and the Bac-chus-idolaters are alarmingly numerous in this time of ours and the shrines of the god and goddess flaunt themselves on every hand and not least in these lands of the Southern Seas. In other words, sexual laxity and alcoholic over-indulgence are becoming far too much in evidence amongst us and their growth in the Dominion in recent months, especially in the large centres, has occasioned grave concern amongst all those responsible for the social and moral welfare of the community.”

In answer to the recent resolution of the Westport Borough Council requesting that the Minister of Marine (Mr. O’Brien) acquaint himself with the position respecting the Westport bar, the Mayor of Westport (Mr. J. M. Robertson) has received the following telegram from Mr. O’Brien: “In reply to your resolution that I have not had a look at the port of Westport, might I point out that I have been closely associated with Westport for nearly 25 years, and, since becoming Minister of Marine, have taken every step possible to bring about an improvement in the port. Already three engineers have reported on the same and Mr. J. Wood, late Chief Engineer, P.W.D., who is considered one of the foremost marine engineers in New Zealand, will arrive in Westport by plane to-morrow to inspect and report on remedial measures that may be taken to improve the bar.”

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