TWO JAPANESE WHALING EXPEDITIONS

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 November 1946, Page 8

TWO JAPANESE WHALING EXPEDITIONS

T.Wo. whdiirig expeditions sailing from. Japan to the Antarctic in November are expected to return with lQsO.b tohs of whale meat, to ease Japan’s, food shortage. American inspectors are geing as observers to see thdt the international regulations are obeyed.—Tokio, October 31. Greek;Tanker Hite (Vi1ne....... . Nine of . the 10, passengers and all six members of the crew ivere killed When the Greek tanker Petros struck a mine off Patras.—Athens, October 31.

BriUsh-Parliament l c .Tne>Dbrd. ; Pyesident.of the Council .tMw.HqrbbH Moi’risbh). ip. the-House pf ...Commons. JnnQUnced. -that. Parliament Would beprordgued .oh November 6.—Ldhcion, October 31.

Savings Movement ... .....Bqr.d.. Kindehsley, .pioneer of the Spyings,, movement, in, Britain, who Was, chairman,'of the National Savings ..Cpihmitthe. in .1916, and .also co.ntiniibusiy.. since 1920, has resigned for health reasons.—London, October 31.

Polish,.Reply to.. British Protest.

, .Replying, to. the. British protest against the alleged beating.., of two British officials in Poland, a Polish Note '.says- that a lieutenant who was implicated has been arrested and will be courtmartialled. The men in Russian .uniforms, who were also concerned,..have not been traced.—London, October 31.

fjhrdec. Charges in. Sydney... .. Tf’pllpWing an. inquest . into the deaths, of. three people jn the suburb of. .Waterloo on August .29; William Ilqliebonc,. aged. 2.9,, was. committed for trial pn murder.charges,. Bail was refused by the City Coroner. The inquest, which lasted five days, resulted in findings of death by shooting of two. men and a woman.—Sydney, November 1.

Italian Lire in Jugoslav Zone. The Jugoslav authorities have decreed that the Italian lire in their zone of Venezia Giulia will from now on be worth only half the Jugoslav occupation lire. Reuter’s correspondent points out that the Italian lire was equal in value to the Jugoslav lire at the previous rate of exchange, but on the black market 1000 Italian lire were worth 1600 Jugoslav lire. —» Trieste, October 31.

Income of £430,000 and No Collars. Mr. Sydney Parkes, managing director of the Wandsworth Greyhound Racing Stadium and director of a number of important companies, told Ihe High Court in London that his personal income last year was £430,000.. of which he paid about £240,000 in excess profits. Mr. Parkes has been reduced recently to having collars made from the tails of his shirts. - -London, November 1. Span.i£ji ; Argentine,Trade. .„.• Spain ..and . .Argentina have signed a trade agreement under Which Argentina will sell wheat, corn, and edible oils to Spain in return for steel and other products. Argentina is granting Spain a purchasing credit of approximately 87,500,000 dollars. The two Governments have also agreed to encourage Spanish emigration and the exchange of films and books.—Buenos Aires, October 30.

Deaths of Nazis at Nuremberg.

The British Military Government has issued a statement denying reports that the Nazis hanged at Nuremberg took 10 to 16 minutes to die. The statement added that death intervened rapidly. The time at which each criminal was pronounced dead was merely the time when the doctors, after completing their examination, certified that death had occurred, —Hamburg, October 31.

Persecution Denied. Marshal Broz-Tito in a speech denied that Jugoslavia was persecuting the Church, says the Belgrade radio. He claimed that an unjust, campaign was being waged in Britain and America. “It is simply that we do not tolerate that certain people should with immunity serve foreign interests instead of the interests of their people,” said Marshal BrozTito. He added that before ordering the arrest of Archbishop Stepinac he had asked the Vatican to withdraw him and waited for several months without result. —London, November 1.

Cession of Sarawak Posters campaigning for the return of Mr Anthony Brooke to Sarawak and his asumption of rule over a revived kingdom met Sir Charles Arden Clarke when he arrived at Kuching yesterday to assume the governorship. The Singapore Free Press correspondent reported that the hereditary paramount chief, Dtau Pattingi, did not attend the installation ceremony, but sent instead a protest about the cession of Sarawak and appealed for revocation.. The Dyak leader, Philip Jitam, also boycotted the ceremony. and the Dyaks offered no addresses of welcome. —Singapore, November 1.

Germans from Czechoslovakia. The last organised transfer of Gelmans from Czechoslovakia occurred on Tuesday, -says the Prague correspondent of The. Times. t Since _ the transfer began early this year 750,000 Germans have been sept to the Russian.zone and 1,415,000 to the American zone. The total permitted under .the Potsdam arrangement is 2,500,000. The correspondent adds that only about. 311,000. Germans noiy remain in Czechoslovakia, consisting of industrial workers, miners, partners in mixed marriages, and persons who were, promised Czech citizenship because of their anti-Fascist records. A small number were allowed to remain .for humanitarian r ® AYAy as sickness and age.—London, Octobe 30.

Purchases in America “The 2216 passengers who aimed at Southampton froto New Y? the liner Queen Elizabeth on October 31 had £250,000 worth of jewefiery, silk stockings, cigars, , boots, shoes, clothing, and other " trolled and couponed goods among their 500 tons of personal luggage, says the Daily Express. It i • , mated that the Customs took about £15,000, This included duty and some cases 100 per cent, pureh = - on special types of goods gers who tried to smuggle , pr through the Customs cordon were caught and some will -A th prosecuted. Silk stockings headed the list, of dutiable goods. Som ~ P gers were asked to open oy. , piece of baggage and „ i every case'.—London, No\ em