NEWS IN BRIEF

Greymouth Evening Star, 6 October 1945, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF

MALDIVE ISLANDS RULER. LONDON, October 5. The Sultan, of Maidive Islands has voluntarily abdicated, making way tor a new Sultan and what appears to be a Liberal Democratic constitution, reports Reuter’s Colombo correspondent. The Maldivian representative at Colombo, making the announcement, said a bloodless revolution occurred in May, 1943. The details were previously not announced because of the delay in receiving British approval. The islands during the war were a vital link in wireless and operational communications with the Far East. T.U.C. INVESTIGATIONS. (Rec. 11 a.m.) LONDON, October 7. The General Council of the World Federation of Trade Unions unanimously recommended immediate pressure to effect a diplomatic, and perhaps an economic, break with Spain and Argentina, says the Associated Press correspondent in Pans. The Executive Committee, will be asked to consider the appointment of a commission to investigate social and trade union conditions in Greece, and also the appointment of a commission to investigate social and economic conditions in colonial and semi-colonial countries,, with a view to making recmmendalions to the Governments concerned. „ Louis Saillant, secretary of the French T.U.C. was unanimously elected Federal Secretary of the World Federations of Trade Unions. ARGENTINIAN STUDENTS BUENOS AIRES, October 5. The nation-wide University strike ended in defeat, with one student killed and others injured. Fifteen hundred were sent to gaol. A police communique says that forces of authority occupied the buildings of six universities and outsted the students. i URANIUM SUPPLIES. TOKIO, October 5. Professor Sagane reports radio active hot springs are forming far from the centre of Nagasaki, which was destroyed by an atomic bomb. He said the uranium concentration was 10 to 20 times that remaining in the target area. JOHANNESBURG, October 5. The sole rights to prospect and search for uranium thorium in South Africa have been vested in the State. It is also proclaimed that discoveries of all uranium thorium depositions must be reported to the State. The regulations also apply to the South African Government mandated territory of South-west Africa. It is known that small deposits of uranium exist on the borders, of the Union and South-west. Africa.