Around The World

Greymouth Evening Star, 26 September 1949, Page 5

Around The World

Poliomyelitis In Britain The number of poliomyelitis cases notified in England and Wales last week was 211, compared with 284 in the previous week. —London, September 24.

Mass Grave Found At Dachau A new, unmarked mass ■ grave, containing the skeletons of about 4000 victims of the Dachau concentration camp, has been discovered at DachauBerlin, September 23.

All Blacks Sail The New Zealand Rugby Union's touring team received a send-off from a large crowd at the quayside when they left tonight in the Dominion Monarch for home. —Cape Town, September 24. Bomber Crashes At Guam

Eight were killed and six were injured when an American Superfortress bomber crashed when taking off from an American base on Guam. The bomber, which was on a training flight, crashed a few seconds after the wheels lifted.—Tokio, September 24. •■' ?

Demonstration In Johannesburg About 250 Africans stoned police tonight in renewed strife over the native boycott, of the municipal tramways on which whites and non-whites are segregated. Two policemen were injured before reinforcements arrived to disperse the demonstrators. — Johannesburg, September 24...

Golf Tournament Dai Rees defeated Henry Cotton 1 up, in the final of' the News of the World golf tournament at Surrey. In the semi-finals yesterday Cotton eliminated the last American, Lloyd Mangrum, 4 and 2. Rees beat the Englishman, Sam King, in the other semifinal, 5 and 4. Cotton beat the American, Johnny Palmer, 2 up, in the quart-er-finals.—London, September 24.

Naval Exercises Off U.S. The United States Navy will carry out large-scale aircraft-carrier exercises off the coast of Virginia on Monday to prove that the aircraft-carrier is a powerful weapon in atomic warfare. The navy plans a day of simulated combat operations, including night flights, to show that a carrier- can defend itself from high-altitude attack, by enemy bombers and,can launch-an .. atomic bomber. The exercises will be watched by the Secretary of Defence (Mr Louis Johnson) and chiefs of the services—Washington, September 24.

Burns From Atomic Bombs The United States has been financing research into the treatment of atomic burns for more than a year, it was revealed today. About 400,000 dollars in Feredal funds have already been appropriated for research at Virginia Medical College, directed by Dr Everett Evans, a national authority on burns. Dr Evans said that visits to Hiroshima and Nagasaki had convinced him that, protection against the effect of burns was one of the most important problems of atomic warfare. As a result he had established the largest burn research centre in the United States. Should the nation be fortunate enough to escape atomic bombardment, the experiments would be valuable in everyday life for. the treatment of burns and scalds.—New York, September 24.

Australian Amateur Golf W. D. Ackland-Horman, of South Australia, yesterday won the Australian amateur golf championship by defeating W. Edgar, of Victoria, .at the thirty-eighth hole on the Royal Sydney Club’s course'. Rain fell throughout the match, but some fine golf was played. Edgar was 1 up at the end of the first 18 holes. . Ackland-Horman failed to end the match at the thirty-seventh ■when he missed a three-foot putt. He won the match at the next hole when he sank a seven-foot putt, the ball hanging on the back of the cup for a fraction of a second before falling in. The surprise of the championship was the elimination in the fourth round of the title-holder, D. Bachli ‘(Victoria) and the runner-up, P. Heard (New South Wales). In the third round Bachli was in brilliant form with a 29 for the first nine holes (par 35). — Sydney, September 25. U.S. Girl Shoots Father

A girl who discovered her father, a policeman, had incurable cancer, shot him in a hospital last evening. She is Carol Paigh, aged 20, of Connecticut. A warrant has been issued charging her with the murder of her father. Today . the girl lay in a daze in hospital, unable to remember the shooting. She has not been told that her father is dead. Sergeant Carl Paigh underwent an exploratory operation for cancer ye.sterday afternoon. Carol heard a doctor tell Mrs Paigh her'husband was "riddied with cancer” and that any further operation would be futile. Carol, who was strongly attached to her father, became hysterical, but she left the hospital with her mother. Later, she returned and shot her father in the head with his service revolver, which she had brought from home.—New York, September 24. Mount Isa Affairs Shareholders in Mount Isa Mines, Ltd, said they were hopeful that the directors would withdraw or modify their scheme for redeeming the company's debentures. Mount Isa Mines. Ltd, in North Queensland, is one of Australia’s largest producers of lead, zinc, and silver. The directors have called an extr'aodrinary general meeting of shareholders to endorse their proposals for redeeming debentures, i The directors propose that the Ameri--1 can Smelting and Refining Company should get 462,128 ordinary shares at 28s each, in exchange for £575,094 worth of debentures bearing 6 per cent, interest, which are not due to be repaid until after 1954. Yesterday’s, price of Mount Isa shares was 42s'6d, so that in effect the American company would fereive payment equivalent to £982,022, when it would be entitled to : only £705.094. five years or more hence. In- « terest being paid on these debentures amounts to £34,505 annually.' Shareholders say that, if Mount Isa maintains its present rate, which is expected to total 25 per cent, for the current year, the American company holding I the proposed shares would also receive £115,532 in dividends. Shareholders also ; criticised the plan for giving an English mining trust the option to redeem a quarter of the debentures at present held, which bear interest at 8 per cent. —Sydney, September 24,