CABLE BREVITIES STOICISM OF SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BOY

Greymouth Evening Star, 31 July 1946, Page 5

CABLE BREVITIES STOICISM OF SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BOY

A seven-year-old Bristol boy, William Woolston, stood, for four hours without crying while doctors worked to extricate his arm from a sausage machine in his father’s shop. Throughout the greater part of the ordeal the boy was conscious as he stood on a box supported by his mother. An anaesthetic was ad'minis-i tered and the arm was amputated above the elbow. —London; July 29.

Indian Railway Accident At least 30 Indians were killed and 30 injured in a railway accident near Gorakhrur, in the United Provinces.—Lucknow, July 29.

Drought Losses. Ten per cent, of South Africa’s sheep were lost by drought in the last 12 months, according to an official survey. In some of the principal sheep grazing areas there were under 6£in of rain in the last 16 months.—Johannesburg, July 30. Expedition to Antarctic

' The motor-ship Trepassey, operating under British charter, returned after a nine months’ expedition to the Antarctic. The captain reported that the trip was successful, but did not reveal its purpose.—St. Johns, Newfoundland, July 29. The Venezuela-Bolivian Junta

The Bolivian Foreign Office announced that the Venezuelan provisional Government had Recognised the Bolivian Junta, ‘the first country to recognise ours and thus confirming our traditional friendship,’ ” says the New York Times correspondent at La Paz.—New York, July 30. Post Office Strike in Paris.

All postal services except those for the Peace Conference will to-mor-row be held up for 10 hours because 140,000 post office employees are staging a strike for a 25 per cent, wage increase. Telegrams to or from conference delegates will be delivered “in the interests of peace.”—Paris, July 29.

Roosevelt’s Dog Mr Roosevelt’s famed Scottie, Fala, who lived so long at the White House, was refused admittance at a Portland (Maine) hotel. Conseauently Mrs Roosevelt spent the night in a tourist camp. The hotel manager explained that he did not know it was Fala, but pointed out that dogs were never taken m his hotel. —New York, July 30.

Search for Oil “Using radar to fix the exact locations, scientists in a diving chamber wili start soon in a hunt for ocean bottom oil under 200. square miles of water in. the north-western Bahamas,” says the New York Times. “The search operator in the diving chamber will depend principally on a meter, which by registering the gravity pull will indicate the type of rocks below.'”—New York* July 30.

Alleged “Pirate Ship.” The Netherlands East Indies Government has approached the Australian Government regarding an alleged Indonesian “pirate ship,” which the Australian authorities are said to be holding at Thursday Island. The Netherlands Navy Information Service .says that the Netherlands corvette Ternate discovered the ship and “'proved it to be the Netherlands East Indies ship Lily, which disappeared, from Merauke, Dutch New Guinea.” —Batavia, July 29. ,

Italian Produce by Air The Rome correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that Major A. T. Somerville, of New Zealand, formerly a Royal Air Force pilot, is discussing with the Italian Government and fruitgrowers plans to fly daily cargoes of Italian fruit and vegetables to Britain. Major Somerville calculates that transport would cost 3d a pound, and estimates that peaches could be sold at Covent Garden for 4/- a pound. He hopes to fly the first experimental freight nex. month. —London, July 30.

Cosmic Rays ■ The United States Army Air 1 orces announced that radio, radar, and other equipment of high-flying aeroplanes and rockets must be modified because of the effects of cosmic rays and other mysterious energy radiations. It was found that an ordinary radio set goes completely wild when carried to high altitudes. The announcement resulted from, cosmic ray experiments carried out by a Superfortress converted into a flying laboratory and operating at altitudes oi 35,000 ft as far south as Peru.— Washington, July 30.

Wool Research. Co-ordination of sheep and wool research between New Zealand and Australia is the purpose of a visit beinp' paid to Queensland by three experts. They are: Dr. McMahon, of the New Zealand Council for Scientific and Industrial Research; Messrs Duncan (of the Department of Agriculture) and Clarke (of Massey Agricultural College). They are spending ten days in Queensland, and are visiting the main wool producing areas. Dr. McMahon said that Australia and New Zealand are conducting scientific investigations and their mission is to prevent overlapping in any sphere and also to exchange information. — Brisbane, July 29.

Food Gifts for England The baggage of four generals who left Sydney by air to-day for England to attend Field-Marshal Lord Montgomery’s Empire defence conference, was mostly filled with pineapples, cooking fats, egg powder, and soap. The generals were granted the usual baggage allowance, but mostly decided to pack only one change of clothing so that they could take gifts to friends in They are Lieut.-Generals S. F. Rowell, F. H. Berryman, and C. A. Clowes, of the Australian Military Forces, and Major-General N. W. McD. Weir, Chief of the General Staff, New Zealand Military Forces.—Sydney, July 30.

Sale of Art Union Tickets The selling of youth campaign tickets by Sydney policemen who are reported to have made £5 to £7 a week in commission has prompted the Taxation Department to inquire whether these sums have been disclosed as income by the police involved. It is understood that taxation officials intend asking for the names of the sellers and some police who have decided to take no part in the appeal for funds state that they are prepared to assist the department. Yesterday the Acting-Com-missioner of Police ordered that no policemen on duty would be permitted to sell art union tickets.— Sydney, July 30.

Promenade Concerts Two'New Zealanders, Alan Loveday, Palmerston North, and Oscar Natzke, of Auckland, are appearing in this year’s Sir Henry Wood-Pro-menade ehneerts, the fifty-second, season of which began last Saturday. Loveday is playing a Tchaikovsky violih concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra on August 12 and Sir Adrian Boult conducting. Natzke is singing a recitative and aria with the same orchestra under Constant Lambert on August 14. The Albert Hall was packed for the first performance on Saturday, with 7000 present. One critic remarked that the audience’s emotion certainly

Overruled its judgment. Ihe somewhat hysterical enthusiasm ot the audience for everything that took place was hardly justified,” he addon. —London, July 29.

Firemen Honoured. The Eltham Fire Brigade on. Monday honoured two senior officers, Superintendent H. A. Nuttall and Deputy-Superintendent S. Murray, who have served continuouslyHor 44 and 42 years respectively. Their resignations were accepted, and their long service was recognised by the brigade, the Fire Board, and the Borough Council. —(PA.)