LATE MESSAGES

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 December 1944, Page 5

LATE MESSAGES

MR. CHURCHILL’S RETURN

LONDON, December 28. Mr Churchill and Mr. Eden left Athens and are returning to London where they will urge the King of Greece to approve the creation ol a Regency, says the Athens radio. Archbishop Damaskinos has asked all* the Greek party leaders represented at the conference to submit in writing their view ol the EAM terms. The terms were not discussed at the meeting, many delegates walking out as a protest against them. The Associated Press Athens correspondent says Mr. Churchill accompanied by General Scobie, this morning watched the British infantry tanks and armoured cars m action against ELAS forces m Athens. Mr Churchill’s viewpoint was Monument Hill from which he saw the British lighting through the narrow winding streets of the Iroon district. ELAS troops fought back with mortars, machine guns and grenades, blowing down entire buildings in many places. As the centre of Athens is becoming freer of the insurgents, the British to-dav gave attention to the suburbs, and supported by Greek National Guards, began mopping up m two south-east Athens areas. One combined Greek-British patrol rotwrcted up 150 ELAS PHILIPPINES OPERATIONS. WASHINGTON, December 281 There has been no enemy air--or °roun(3 activity on Mindoro says General MacArthur’s communique. Mopping up on the recent battlefields; at Leyte continued. Our light naval units sank two enemy luggers. 1 here was no enemy air activity at Leyte. We destroyed an additional 20 planes to those announced during the attack on Clark airfield, Manila, on December 26. bringing the total for qur three-day strike to 144 enemy planes. Heavv bombers struck Talisay aerodrome on Ihe Negroes and damaged runways. Medium bombers hit per- • •■onnel and supply concentrations >at Sanroque and Zamboanga ana destroyed several warehouses. One plane failed to return. 1. AERIALATTACKS LONDON, December 28. Spitfire bombers resumed the attacks against V2 sites in Holland today. winkling out two targets deliberately placed between densely populated civilian properties. One lay in.a three hundred yards space between two housing estates and the other within two hundred yards of a large hospital. Pilot Officer W. F. McConnochie of St. Bathans (Central Otago) led the R.A.F. formation which planted bombs accurately in the first area. Australian Spitfires dealt: with the second area. The pilots pin-point-ed bombs on the narrow targets and followed up with cannon strafe. No planes were lost. It is officially announced that Lancasters escorted by Mustangs, and - Spitfires this afternoon attacked marshalling yards at Cologne. PEERAGE FORTLOYD GEQ#6e LONDON, Dg£:'2B. The “Daily Express” political correspondent reports that the King has' offered and Mr. Lloyd George’accepted an Earldom, which will be 5 announced in the New Year honours. King George the Fifth offered Mr. Lloyd George any honour heijiked when he left the office as Prim.ie-'Mm-ist-ei- in 1922. even a dukedonvfput he declined any title. AD DINGTON SCRATCH ING; CHRISTCHURCH, Dec/20. Emulous has been scratched t ,-for the Railway Handicap at. I terbury Park meeting, to-mofrow. ,