Around The World

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 December 1949, Page 5

Around The World

Warm Weather In U.S. A record-breaking warm wave brought unseasonable weather to the north-eastern area of the United States today. The temperature in New York City rose to a humid 60 degrees instead of the usual 30 degrees or '-lower. Boston had a temperature of 61 degrees breaking a 54-year record. Portland thermometers registered 52 degrees instead of the usual 20 degrees.—New York, December 27.

High Temperatures In N.S.W. . Though Sydney has been saved from extremely hot weather by a southerly that sprang up this morning, inland New South Wales swelters in a neat wave. At noon the temperature at Ivanhoe passed 109 degrees, and at Bourke at 10 a.m. it was 107 degrees. There were also high temperatures at Brewarrina (112 degrees), Cargelligo and White Cliffs (111 degrees), Nyngan (110 degrees), and many other places. Water is being rationed in many outback towns, and patrols are on the alert for bush fires.—Sydney, December 28. American Held in Hungary The Budapest correspondent of the Associated Press says that Mr Israel Jacobson, the American director m Hungary of the Joint Distribution Committee, a Jewish welfare agency, will be released and expelled from Hungary. The arrest of Mr Jacobson was reported on December 17. Hungarian officials would not say why he had been arrested, but Mr Jacobson’s associate in Vienna, Mr Harold Trobe, saw in the arrest a link with the arrest of Mr Robert Vogeler, an American businessman who has since been charged with espionage.—London, December 28."

Grenade Explodes At Funeral Three Chinese —two men and a boy of 10—were killed and 20 others were injured today when a booby trap exploded at a graveside during a funeral service hi the Ipoh cemetery, in Perak The outrage occurred at the funeral oi Mrs Au See, the mother of Mr Cheong Chee, president of the Perak Chinese Mining Association and a leading member of the Perak Chinese community; Several Perak Chinese leaders were among the wounded. A. primed hand grenade had been buried m the ground, with a catch hook protruding two yards from the edge of the grave at a spot where the mourners would normally take up their positions The body had ’just been lovered into the grave and the coffin was being adjusted when the grenade exploded.— Singapore, December 28. Merchant Ships For Japan General MacArthur announced today that the United States would conPR son non inwards the rebuild-