Around The World

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 May 1949, Page 5

Around The World

French Post In Germany Dr Andre Francois-Poncet has been nnnointed High Commissioner for France in Germany Dr Francois-Pon-£‘ce h ta Germany from 1931 to 1938 sador to Italy from 1938 to uhu. Paris, May 20.

Death Of Greek Primate .. . The Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church and former Regent ofGreece, Archbishop Damaskmos, has died at his home near Athens. He was 58. Arch bishop Damaskmos , had he prestige in Greece, but as Regeni ie disappointed the , extremists of both sides He several times offered to le sign the Regency, but was persuaded to remain until King George II returned in 1946.—London, May 20.

Eifler’s Return To U.S. „ , The official demand on the British Government for the return of Gerhardt Eisler to the'United States was dispatched to London today . b X JtffiTreDepartment. Officials said that the le quisition treated Eisler strictly as a fugitive from justice rather than as a political refugee. State experts expressed the belief that State and Justice Department lawyers Provided in the requisition papers, firm legal arguments for use with the British Government in insisting on Eisler s return.— Washington, May 21.

Segrave Trophy Awarded John E. Douglas Derry won the 1948 Segrave Trophy for making a 100-kilo-metre closed circuit aeroplane record at Hatfield on April 4, 1948. He flew a De ‘ Havilland type 108 aircraft at 605.230 miles an hour. The trophy is awarded to the British subject who accomplishes the most outstanding demonstration of possibilities of transport by land, air or water. Derry will also receive the gold medal of the Royal Aero Club as the first British subject to fly faster than the speed of sound.— London, May 21.

Elephant’s Death In Moat A 19-year-old Indian elephant, Nellie, died while keepers were trying to rescue her from a safety moat, into which she had fallen, at the Taronga zoo. Onlookers declared that the animal was strangled by chains, which were being used in an attempt to drag her to her feet. The president of the Taronga Park Trust, however, announced that death was due to a broken back sustained in the fall. The elephant lay helplessly on her back during the rescue operations and at times trumpeted with pain. One tusk was snapped off when it caught in an ir-xi rung in the wall. This is the fourth time that elephants have fallen into moats at Taronga. Officials believe that the moats are a failure and that they will be filled in.—Sydney, May 22.