CABLE BREVITIES

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 March 1947, Page 4

CABLE BREVITIES

Plague in Indian Province The United Province _ authorities have opened special hospitals to cope with an outbreak of plague which caused 1556 deaths in the week ended March 1. Most of the province is affected. —New Delhi, March 15. Mosquito Crash In Indo-China A Mosquito crashed during a ceremony commemorating the losses of the French Air Force in Indo-China. Two non-commissioned officers were burnt to death.—Saigon, March 15. Milan Editor Murdered Three men held up Mr Franco de Agazio, editor of a weekly paper, as he was walking home in Milan, fired two shots and killed him. Mr de Agazio had recently been conducting an anti-Communist campaign about the disappearance of Mussolini’s treasure after his execution. —Rome, March 15. Italy Adheres to Bretton Woods The Italian Constituent Assembly has approved Italy’s Adhesion to the Bretton Woods plan. The Associated Press correspondent in Rome said that the move was made to stave off continued inflation of the lira. — Rome, March 15. Missing Dakota Located Indonesians report that the Dutch Dakota carrying 24 passengers and a crew of two which has been missing since Wednesday, has been found near Tjandjoer, which is in Republican territory. The Indonesians have sent relief parties to the scene. —Batavia, March 16. Three Killed Three persons were killed and three badly injured when at the height of the Saturday afternoon shopping period several tons of masonry from the tops of two shops at Hereford fell on the pavement. Debris was heaped so high that it was some time before the bodies could be extricated. —London, March 15. Sweden Prohibits Imports The Swedish Government has proclaimed a general prohibition on imports to safeguard financial reserves and combat inflation. Import licences will in future be granted only _ for the most essential articles. Rationing of tea, coffee and cocoa is being imposed immediately.—Stockholm, March 15. Governor-General of Sudan

The Foreign Office stated that as the Governor-General of the Sudan (Sir H. Huddlestone) has for some time desired, because of prolonged service and age, to retire, the British Government is in contact with the Egyptian Government regarding the appointment of a successor. —London, March 15.

Bulgarian Accused Greece has received official intimation from London that the War Crimes Commission has unanimously decided to place the name of General Marinov, Bulgarian Minister in Paris, on the list of those accused of war crimes.' Greece had demanded the general’s extradition, but Bulgaria objected ang protested that he was innocent. — Athens, March 15. Guam and American Samoa

The Secretary of the Interior (Mr Julius A. Krug) announced that he would ask Congress to grant charters to Samoa and Guam for their own civil government. He added that he desired to have a law making law enforcement and judicial review administered in democratic fashion instead of being controlled by a military administration. — Washington, March 15.

Ship Burns Wheat As Fuel Fifty tons of her wheat cargo were burnt as fuel by the 5977-ton. London steamship Stanlodge when she ran short of coal in mid-Atlantic after being damaged by heavy seas. The ship reached Avonmouth on March 14 after a nine-day voyage from St Johns, New Brunswick. The skipper (Captain Williams) said he had never experienced anything like it during 18 years at sea. On the second day out a young apprentice officers was swept overboard and was never seen again.—London, March 15.

Court-M'artial In Italy A court-martial found Major J. A. Campbell, former director of the Captured Enemy Material branch of the Allied Control Commission in Italy, not guilty on five charges. The court will promulgate its finding on a sixth charge, which relates to Major Campbell’s alleged improper handing over of a captured motor-car to an UNRRA employee. The court acquitted him of charges alleging improper acceptance of moneys. lie has been released pending promulgation of the remaining finding.—Rome, March 15.

American Forces in Europe Henceforth the American forces in Europe will be designated the United States European Command. Lieuten-ant-General Lucius Clay will be commander-in-chief of the European Command, and also Military Governor of the United States Zone. He has also been summoned to Moscov. as an adviser to the Council of Foreign Ministers. Lieutenant-General J. T. McNarney, whom LieutenantGeneral Clay succeeds, has been appointed chairman of the American delegation to the United Nations Military Committee. —Berlin, March 15.

Army Agreement in Indonesia A three-point agreement has been reached by the Dutch and Indonesian Army Chiefs of Staff to settle outstanding military difficulties on the perimeter. Both sides are to withdraw two kilometres behind the existing demarcation line; the Dutch and Indonesians are both to have certain mutually-agreed outposts at specified positions beyond these limits; and both sides are to be allowed to patrol as far as the present demarcation lines. The number of Dutch outposts is believed to have been fixed at 29. The Indonesians outposts have still not been determined.—Batavia, March 15.

Corfu Channel Dispute The sub-committee consisting of Australia, Poland, and Colombia returned to the United Nations Security Council without making any recommendations on the BritishAlbanian dispute over the mining of the Corfu Channel. The sub-com-mittee reported that they could not determine from the evidence available even whether there was a minefield in the channel on October 22 when two British destroyers were damaged and 44 members of the crews were killed. British spokesmen expressed dissatisfaction with the sub-committee’s report because it left the Security Council where it was a fortnight ago—with much evidence but no conclusions. They said it was time the council stopped passing the buck and voted on the question of guilt or innocence. New York, March 15.