Cease Fire in Indonesia

Greymouth Evening Star, 3 August 1949, Page 6

Cease Fire in Indonesia

The cease-fire agreement between the Dutch and the Indonesian Republicans was formally completed today at a meeting held under the s&ispices ci' the United Nations Indonesian Commission. According to authoritative sources, the Dutch and Republican forces in Java will be ordered on Wednesday to cease fire within one week, and the forces in Sumatra within 11 days. Simultaneously with the ceasefire order, proclamations will be issued by both sides directing and appealing to hoth sides to cease from inflammatory press and radio nropaganda. ' A joint board, including representatives of the United Nations Commission, ths Dutch, the Republicans, and the Federalists, will be constituted to ensure the observance of the cease-fire orders. —Batavia. August 1.

Mr Shaw’s Birthday Mr- George Bernard Shaw was even more unapproachable on his ninetythird birthday, which he celebrated last week, than on his ninety-second. A crowd of photographers who waited in the hot sun on the lawn outside his’ home at Ayot- St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, saw only a glimpse of him peeping from behind some curtains, which were drawn immediately a camera was levelled. Mr Shaw gave only one interview on this occasion, and he issued the usual statement that he had no wish to be reminded of his birthdays.— London, July 31.