CABLE BREVITIES TRAIL OF DRAWINGS GIVES POLICE A CLUE

Greymouth Evening Star, 11 February 1947, Page 4

CABLE BREVITIES TRAIL OF DRAWINGS GIVES POLICE A CLUE

“The police have announced that a couple who left the Goathland Hotel on February 3 and were believed lost in the Yorkshire blizzard are now wanted for inquiries into the disappearance from the hotel of furs and jewellery worth ,£322,” says Reuters. “The police have been unable to trace the couple at the address given on the form used for the telegram sent from London on February 7, saying they were safe.” The ( Sunday Express says the drawing of a glamour girl on the wall of the Goathland Hotel and a trail of similar drawings in hotels in different parts of the country have given the police a clue to the identity of the man and woman. The police say the woman is a clever artist. Her description resembles the girl drawn on the hotel walls.—London, Feb. 10. Jehovah Witnesses Sentenced

A court at Zagreb sentenced to death three Jehovah’s Witnesses charged with “atrocities against the state” and sentenced 11 others to terms of imprisonment. Three were acquitted.—Belgrade, Feb. 9.

Australian Trade Commissioner. The new Australian trade cpmmissioner to New Zealand (MajorGeneral J. T. Murray) is visiting Queensland and investigating trade prospects before leaving for New Zealand on February 21. —Brisbane, Feb. 10.

More Rabbits for England. The Minister of Food (Mr. Strachey) said in the House of Commons that it was intended to import 14,000 tons of rabbits from Australia, New Zealand, and Eire in 1947. This would be one-third more than last year.—London, Feb. 10.

Greeks Postpone Executions. It is officially stated that all political executions in Greece have been postponed pending the Security Council’s decision on the extent to which the Balkans Investigation Commission can intervene in the internal affairs of the four -countries under investigation.—Athens, Feb. 9.

Threat of Time Bomb Scotland Yard has asked the Southend police to trace the origin of a telegram telephoned to Scotland Yard which read: “A time bomb has been placed in Mr. Shinwell’s house at Wandsworth. It is due to explode on Sunday morning,” A special watch was kept at the house, but nothing was found. —London, February 10. -

Death of Duke of Manchester The death has occurred of the ninth Duke of Manchester at Seaford, Sussex. He was 69 years of age, and succeeded his father in. 1894. He owned about 4000 acres, and thiee castles, two of them in Ireland, and possessed pictures by Titian, Holbein, Rubens, Reynolds, Lely, and Lawrence.—London, Feb. 10.

British - French Alliance A spokesman at the French foreign Ministry said that the Cabinet had approved in advance the detailed outline of the negotiations which M. Bidault, the French Foreign Minister, proposed to undertake with Britain for a British-French alliance.—Paris, Feb. 9. German General’s Death

The death is reported from Munich of General Franz Ritter von Epp, a friend of Hitler and a corps commander in France in the First World War. Governor of Bavaria from 1933, he unsuccessfully attempted _at the time of Germany’s capitulation to form a separate government in Bavaria and make a separate armistice with the American forces. He was 78. —London, Feb. 9.

Dumps of Explosives Found The police have discovered 25 large depots of high explosives and other sabotage equipment buried in various places along the French Atlantic coast and as far inland as Orleans, says Reuter’s correspondent in Paris. The explosives were intended for use by German sabotage teams working behind the Allied lines. The police discovered them after extensive questioning of German prisoners.— London, Feb. 9.

Cruiser to be Stripped Tenders for the purchase of the machinery, equipment, gear, and contents of H.M.A.S. Adelaide, Australia’s oldest warship, close to-day. The successful tenderers will have a year to remove their purchases, from the vessel. The Navy removed the guns, radar, and secret equipment last year and the vessel has been lying in the harbour since. The Adelaide is a cruiser of 5100 tons. She was completed in 1922. —Sydney, Feb. 10.

Trail at Lublin , Seven people who were allegedly members of a Polish underground movement were charged at Lublin with having given political information to Mr. Derek Selby, the correspondent of the Sunday Times. The Polish Government refused to renew Mr. Selby’s visa on December 13 on the grounds that he had been in contact with underground bands. — Warsaw, February 9.

Marooned Queensland Families. Food for 50 families marooned in the flooded Haughten river district of Queensland has reached them by boat across a wide area of deep water. At some points in the area, which is. only' slightly above . sea level, farmlands are under feet ol water. The police, in boats, had to cross 500 yards of swollen rivers south of Townsville. Royal Australian Air Force aeroplanes are being used to drop supplies to marooned railway settlers along the north coast railway.—Brisbane, reb. 10.

Russian Criticism . The British correspondent oi tne United Press in Moscow says the Moscow radio, quoting the newspaper Pravda, has renewed the charges that Britain and the United States are not observing the Potsdam Agreement in their treatment of Germany. “British and American unilateral measures in Western Germany, aimed at violating Germany s economic and political unity and tne rejection of the denazification anci democratisation policy, testify to me Western Powers’ deviation from tne Potsdam Agreement,” the radio sara. —London, Feb. 10.

Synthetic Rubber Industry Mr Truman has sent a message to Congress urging early legislation to ensure a synthetic rubber industry adequate for America’s umumum security needs. Asking that the raw rubber allocation controls be extended for one year after the present expiry date on March 31, Mr Truman estimated that perhaps late in but certainly by early in 1948, me world’s natural rubber production would have increased to the point Where it would be possible to supply

all needs. Such a development made it imperative for Congress to enact legislation assuring the perpetuation, of the synthetic rubber industry for any possible national emergency.— Washington, Feb. 10. Governorship of Georgia. In Georgia, Superior Judge Claude Porter ruled to-day that LieutenantGovernor M. E. Thompson is Georgia’s Acting Governor, and ruled that the Legislature’s election of Mr. Herman Talmadge to the vacancy caused by the death of his father before he could take office was invalid. Notice of appeal was announced. Because of the predicament of two claimants to the Governorship, the state funds have been frozen and duplicate appointments have been made to various offices. New York, Feb. 10. Mr Cousens Back in Radio Mr Charles Hughes Cousens went back to work at 2GB in Sydney today and was warmly greeted by the staff. Sitting at his desk he said:. “It is just over six and a half years since I left here to enlist and®it certainly feels good to be back.” Mr Cousens will not broadcast for a while yet. After the war against Japan, ended, Mr Cousens, who had been a radio announcer, was charged with high treason because of broadcasts he was alleged to have made from Tokio while a prisoner of war, but the Crown did not proceed with the charge. Later Major Cousens, as he then was, had his Army commission cancelled.— Sydney, Feb. 10.

Lecture Trips by Doctors. “We have got used to visiting , musicians. We are going to have ' visiting surgeons and physicians, by grace of the gift of a New Zealand family,” comments the Sydney Morning Herald this morning. “The idea is to bring three leading men from Harley Street each year to lecture and demonstrate to members of the profession in Australia. Now that air travel makes a quick visit possible, British doctors are keen to come. The cost is only between £2OOO and £3OOO annually, but the stimulus to Australian medical science will be invaluable. Nevertheless, it is a pity that we are not paying our own way and are depending on a New Zealand bequest.”— Sydney, Feb. 10. Luxury Building Opposed. Building Union officials to-day withdrew men from a luxury home being built at North Bridge, a Sydney North Shore suburb, and they also refused to allow the men to start on another home. The president of the Building Workers’ Industrial Union, Mr. E. W. Bulmer, claimed that the home, which is being built for a well-known racehorse owner, was about three times the size permitted by the regulations. The Executive Director of the Building Industry Congress, Mr. D. Stewart Fraser, claimed to-day that the bricks used on the work at the Rosehill racecourse which was banned by the union for similar reasons, came from the State brickworks. The

Minister of Labour and Housing, Mr. Hamilton Knight, said to-day that his department was considering the prosecution of the Sydney Turf Club for disregarding the terms of a building contract issued by the department.—Sydney, Feb. 10.

Monopolies in America. Senator James Murray, retiring chairman of the Senate Small Business Committee, reporting to Congress, said that anti-social and uneconomic practices of monopolies in almost every major American industry had grown by leaps and bounds. He added that 250 of the largest corporations in the nation held about two-thirds of the manufacturing facilities, and either owned or controlled facilities equal to those of all American manufacturing corporations in 1939. Asserting that the rapid concentration of financial and business interests threatens the free enterprise system and democratic institutions, Senator Murray recommended continuing the Congressional investigation of monopolies, rigorous enforcement of the anti-trust law, and a series of measures designed to aid small business. —Washington, Feb. 9.