CABLE BREVITIES

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 September 1946, Page 2

CABLE BREVITIES

Reparations for Russia. The United States Military Government officially stated that machinery from a subterranean aircraft factory near Manheim was being sent to Russia for reparation.—Frankfurt. Sept. 22. British-Couple Married Twice. Mrs. Olive Glaskie, aged 43, whose divorce decree was declared absolute 37 days ago, yesterday remarried her former husband, Rupert Glaskie, at Caxton Hall. “All I can say is that Glaskie, like most men, has a very persuasive manner,” she said. —London, September 20. British Murder Trial. Neville George Clevely Heath, whose trial for murder is due to open at the Old Bailey on September 24, is ill in Brixton prison with, influenza, and the hearing may be delayed. Public interest in the trial is so great that several hundred applications for seats, have been received. —London, September 21. Russia Will Not Join UNESCO. Russia had declined the invitation to join in the work of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation), said Professor Julian Huxley, who is head of the organisation. Russia had stated that she was waiting until UNESCO developed its programme.—Paris, September 20. British Coal Output. The coal output in Britain during August decreased by 425,800 tons compared with the output for the previous month. Approximately 72,389 tons of this drop is accounted for by regular holidays. The output is 564,600 tons greater than for August last year. Voluntary absenteeism showed a further slight increase and is now more than 11 per cent. —London, September 20. Exports from Britain. Britain exported £77,400.000 worth of goods in August, £15,000,000 less than in July, says the Board of Trade. The decline -was largely caused by the August Bank Holiday, but the total was greater than the total for the same month in 1938. Exports of metal goods fell from £54,000,000 to £34,000,000. Imports of food, drink, and tobacco were the highest for 25 years. Imports of crude petroleum were a record, and iron qre imports were 4 per cent, more than the pre-war figure.—London, Sei> tember 20. ,

Italian Coalition. The Italian Republican Party, “in view of the country’s need at present,’’ has decided not to withdraw from Mr. de Gasperi’s four-party coalition Government. It is understood that the other parties persuaded the Republicans to maintain the united front at least until the peace treaty is signed. The Rome radio says that police after a widespread search arrested several bandits from the gang which attacked the Palermo radio station. The raid was unsuccessful. Police guarding the radio station repulsed the attackers. —Rome, Sept. 20. British Price for Food Supplies. “Bulawayo’s heart says, ‘Send food to Britain,’ its mind says, ‘Don’t,’ ” said the Prime Minister (Sir Godfrey Huggins) at the National Farmers’, conference. Southern Rhodesia could supply food if Britain would pay enough, but the price she now offered was lower than the local selling price, and much lower than what she had to pay in the home market. Unfortunately, Britain, between the wars, got the best of the world’s produce for a mere song while she- kept her own farmers hard up.—London, September 20. Niagara Falls. Although some officials report that there is no perceptible change in the Niagara Falls cataract, others estimate that about 80,000 tons of. rock fell into the riverbed yesterday., A severe earthquake shock was registered on a siesmograph 21 miles away but it is uncertain whether that was caused by the rock fall. The disturbance shook buildings throughout the' famous honeymoon district, cracked plaster, and provoked a deluge of telephone calls to the police and the fire brigade switchboards. Erosion at the falls is normally five feet a year. —New Yoi;k, Sept. 21. Lawlessness in Sydney. Over 300 people were taken into custody in Sydney last night by special police patrols, for drunkenness, brawling and offensive behaviour. A mobile patrol arrested ten men who had stopped a truck, by forming a cordon, and had as-

saulted the driver. Thugs bashed, a young man who was walking in Pitt street in broad daylight with his fiancee. At Granville, a 60-year-old man was struck down, but nobody interfered. One victim suffered a fractured skull and the other sustained concussion and a broken nose. Two men were disturbed in the act of blowing a safe at the Surrey Hills post office on Saturday' night. The two cracksmen fired six shots in response to one from a police constable. All of the seven shots missed. The safe breakers escaped in a car.—Sydney, September 22. Britain and Brazil.

The policy of Britain’s Foreign Secretary (Mr. Bevin) was to put prosperity and economics before politics and diplomacy, said a Foreign Office spokesman, commenting on an exchange of letters between Mr. Bevin and the Brazilian Foreign Minister (Mr. Daforitoura). The letters will be the basis of a new trade agreement, under which Brazil will buy British agricultural machinery, motor-cars, and railway equipment to the limit of availability. Britain will buy meat, rice, maize, coffee, nuts, hides, and timber. Brazil for her purchases will draw upon a sterling balance of £40,000,000 and also £lO,000,000 sterling transferred to Brazil’s account from the Argentinian settlement. Brazil is said to be prepared to spend her entire balances in Britain. Brazil announced that she was prepared to lend money for’ the rehabilitation of British-owned enterprises, mainly traction power companies.—London, Sept. 21.