Around The World

Greymouth Evening Star, 24 September 1949, Page 6

Around The World

Hurricane Sweeps Kyushu A sudden hurricane which swept Kyushu without warning yesterday resulted in six deaths. Thirty-one persons •"nd 100 fishing boats are missing — Tokio, September 23.

King Gustav Of Sweden Weak and ailing, 91-year-okl King Gustav had to be carried from his railway carriage when he arrived at Stockholm from his Baltic summer residence. The King’s physician said that Kjng Gustav was verv weak, but not seriously ill. He added that the King would preside over his Cabinet as usual today.—Stockholm, September 22.

"Man With Steel Jaws” Andre Le Tall, “the man with steel jaws,” ’has won a tug of war. with a 140-horsepower aircraft. He fixed his : eeth in a rope attached to the machine at the St Servan airport, and prevented it from taking off. With his teeth, he hauled a 600-ton sailing ship the length of the St Malo dock, and dragged a plough nearly 50 feet to make an eight-inch furrow.—Paris, September 23.

Soviet Zone Of Germany Quoting the British-licensed newspaper, Sozial Demokrat. Reuter's Ber'in correspondent says the Soviet military administration has called all the leading Soviet zone politicians to a meeting oh Monday at the Russian headquarters at Karlshorst. The meeting will discuss the formation of an East Gorman Government.—London, September 23..

Locked in Room For 25 Years A 49-year-old female deaf mute lias been released from a padlocked room in Seattle, where she has spent the last 25 years. The police said that her mother, Mrs Geraldine Baker, aged <4, told them that she fed her daughter and gave her adequate care, but had to keep her in the room because she was frightened of the neighbours. The police discovered the imprisoned woman when they went to the house on another matter. A bed was the only furniture in the room.—New York, September 22.

Housing In Britain The Minister of Health and Housing (Mr Aneurin Bevan). said at Bristol that the Government had no intention of cutting its housing programme. “It will go on at its existing tempo,” he said. “We thihk that represents a fair apportionment of the resources of the country to the building industry.” The Minister made it plain, however, that the housing programme could not be extended, at the expense of schools, hospitals and factories.,. There were three main' reasons for the continuing housing shortage, said Mr Bevan. The first was that more people were ’getting married earlier,...the second that there were many more people in work than before the war and consequently able to, pay rent, and the third that more‘old people than previously were living on in' their own houses, Mr Bevan claimed that the Government had achieved its original housing target by last September, but he admitted that applications were still as long as ever— London, September 23,