CABLE BREVITIES

Greymouth Evening Star, 6 August 1946, Page 8

CABLE BREVITIES

HITLER'S YACHT OFFERED FOR SALE - . . .

Hitler’s 3600-ton luxury yacht is for sale in West Hartlepool Harbour. It can be bought by anyone who has £75,000' to spare and another £lOOO a week to spend on.it. Named Grille, it Was presented to. Hitler in 1937 and for a time during the war was a commerce raider. Later it was used as an operational base ship for U-boats in Norwegian waters. Germany’s Battle of the Arctic was controlled from its dining saloon. It is now held by the Admiralty and will go to the highest bidder.—London, August 4. Iceland and UNO.

Iceland has applied for membership of the United Nations.-wWash-irigton, August 4. Ambush. Victims. The.French.News Agency reports that 12 French Soldiers Were killed and 45 wounded when the convoy was attacked 30 miles from Hanoi yesterday.—Paris, August 5.

Legislation Against Indians. The Hyderabad Legislative Council adopted a bill authorising reciprocal action against nations from those British Dominions and protectorates which have enacted discriminatory legislation against Indians. —New Delhi, August 4.

Newspaper Dispute in Japan. The Tokio District • Labour Committee upheld the right of the Yomiuri newspaper management to discharge six members of the editorial staff who, it is alleged, edited the newspaper contrary to the management’s policy.—Tokio, August 5.

Baby Born on Rangitata The first passenger to leave the Rangitata when she docked at Tilbury on Sunday was not aboard when the liner left New Zealand. She was 24-day-old Ingrid, daughter .of Mr and Mrs O. Fyfe. Ingrid, who now weighs 31b, was born three months prematurely when storms upset Mrs Fyfe in the Indian Ocean. When born She was 12in long and weighed 370 z, —London, August 5. Polar Bears Leaving Arctic

Polar bears are leaving the Arctic for warmer climes in the south, according to Swedish officials. Polar bears have been seen roaming among the lichen-covered hills near Lakes las and Jaure and around the lakes of Store and Lulevatten. Their arrival is causing strong misgivings among the reindeer-driving nomad Lapps, who have appealed to the Swedish authorities for protection.— Stockholm, August 5. Sale of U.S. Merchant Ships

The United States Maritime Commission has announced the sale of 143 merchant ships, which were built in war time, for 88,000,000 dollars. France has bought 75 Liberty ships on 20-year terms. It is expected that France will apply to the sale the 17,500,000 dollars compensation which the United States'" granted for the Normandie. The Netherlands bought 49 ships, including 28 Liberty ships, Norway 14, and United States operators nine.—-Washington, August 4.

Theft from Trades Union Union records were stolen from the Sydney Ships’ Painters and Dockers’ Union, which was broken into during the week-end. The removal of the records is believed by union officials to be an attempt to wreck the roster system of employment which was approved by tbe Arbitration Court last week. Union officials say that the disappearance of the records would not prevent the working of the roster system, but they admit that it has caused groat confusion.—Sydney, August 5.

Drought in New South Wales. Drought has lulled so much stock in the Moree district in north-west New South Wales that carcasses are being piled into heaps and burned. No worthwhile rain has fallen in the district for 10 months. At Gunnedah nine inches of rain has fallen in 12 months. Stock is being fed where possible by hand, but the railway restrictions are causing losses. Where possible stock is being moved to the Riverina, which has fared better. — Sydney, August 5.

Found Shot in Bedroom. A former State A.D.C. to the Gov-ernor-General, the Duke of Gloucester, Colonel John Morphett Irwin, aged 52, was found shot dead in his bedroom on his pastoral property, Mount Barker, on Wednesday. A graduate of Duntroon Military College, Colonel Irwin served with distinction in. the first World War, winning the D.S.O. Colonel Irwin was called for lunch by his caretaker. Immediately after this the caretaker heard a report, and, running into the bedroom, saw Irwin lying on the bed with a bullet wound in his head. A service revolver was beside him.— Adelaide, August 5. Mail Service to Japan.

Australian and New Zealand troops of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force are to have a faster air-mail service. In the past, outward mail from Australia has frequently been held up at Morotai, but under the new arrangement the junction of mail aeroplanes has been switched from Morotai to Darwin to enable mails to be flown from Melbourne in one day to connect with the three-times weekly service to Japan. New Zealanders under the new plan will have their mail sent to Melbourne by the trans-Tasman service to connect with the Darwin service three times a week. It was formerly carried by a special -weekly service operated by the Royal New Zealand Air Force. —Kure, August 3.