LATE NEWS GERMAN ADMINISTRATION

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 August 1946, Page 7

LATE NEWS GERMAN ADMINISTRATION

PLEA FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF, CENTRAL AGENCIES (Rec. 3.5 p.m.) BERLIN, August 1. The American Military Government, warning that “economic ruin must continue in Germany unless emergency action is taken.” has pleaded for the establishment of central administrative agencies to coordinate and regulate Germany’s foreign trade, industry, finance, food, agriculture, communications and transport. The statement said that the partial measures so far taken for inter-zonal co-ordination in the economic field had “proved totally inadequate for the successful conduct of the functions outlined in the Potsdam-agree-ment.” A central administration was necessary to enable a sharing of rtiw materials between the zones -to promote industrial revival and provide ,for sharing proceeds from exports to ‘pay for the necessary imports, and gain overall uniformity and increased efficiency in finance, communications and transport. FURTHER DISORDERS IN ERITREA (Rec. 3 p.m.) ASMARA, Aug. 1. Two were killed when Sudanese ' troops fired on. 5000 Eritreans who were threatening to rush the gates of the, central prison, in an effort to liberate those who are awaiting trial after the recent -demonstration. “ONE IN A MILLION” CHANCE (P.A.) AUCKLAND, Aug. 2. “One in a million” was the description given this morning by Dr. J. S. Hudson, deputy superintendent of the "Green Lane Hospital, of the case in which John Kenneth North, aged seven, recently died some nine months after swallowing -a. penny which X-ray examinations had failed to reveal, although the penny was lodged in the bronchial tubes.. Dr. Hudson said that no blame was attachable to the X-ray department. He added that a complete X-ray should have been ordered from the mouth down, but because there were no symptoms to indicate that the penny was lodged in the gullet, it was understandable that instructions had not been given. WATERSIDERS AND CARGO FOR SPAIN (P.A.) AUCKLAND, Aug. 2. Referring to-day to the Press Association message from Wellington indicating the likelihood that wool for Spain, which was declared “black,” would be loaded because a boycott of goods for Spain was. not recommended by the World Federation -of Trade Unions, the secretary of the Auckland Trades Council, Mr. W. Ashton, said that no such advice had been received from the headquarters of his organisation. When it was, it would be considered, but in the meantime the decision not to load w'ool would remain. OPEN-DOOR~POLICY in <, CHINA (Rec. 3 p.m.) NANKING, July 1. The new British Ambassador, Sir Ralph Stevenson, upon his arrival said Britain absolutely desired to support the United States in maintaining the open-door policy. COMFORTS FUNDS (P.A.) AUCKLAND, Aug. 2. The fact that during the last four years the Great War funds committee of the Joint Council of the Order of St. John and the New Zealand Red Cross Society in Auckland had dispensed no less than £30,000 to men returned from the first World War and their dependants, was mentioned to-day by Sir James Gunson, chairman of the committee, referring to a statement reported to have been made at the annual meeting of the central committee in Wellington .yesterday. j Sir James denied the Wellington statement that servicemen eligible for relief in Auckland were paying for comforts from their own pockets, with the help of the Returned Soldiers’ Association. “Wellington wants to run and control everything, and we are not going to allow it,” said Sir James. “Auckland has complete control and administration of its own funds and for 30 years has strenuously opposed centralisation in Wellington.” SERIOUS INFLATION IN AMERICA (Rec. 3' p.m.) WASHINGTON, August 1. President Truman told a press ■ conference that he had instructed all Federal officials to keep public expenditure at the lowest possible level. He said reductions were imperative in view of the present inflationary situation, which was very serious. r Mr. Truman has appointed Mr. William L. Clayton as Under-eScre-tary in charge of Economic Affairs, and also Mr. K. Johnson, as Undersecretary of Labour DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ' SPAIN (Rec. 3.5 p.m.) (P.A.)- WELLINGTON, August 2. In response to cables from New Zealand, Sir Walter Citrine, chairman of the World Federation of Trade Unions, said that any decision regarding breaking off relations with General Franco and of recognising the Giral Government in Spain by UNO was a matter for UNO and not a matter for unilateral action. ... He also said that no reference was made in'the W.F.T.U. executive, decision to institute an economic boycott against Spain.