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Grey River Argus, 14 October 1936, Page 5

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(Aus & N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, October 12. The “Times” says: The report of the Royal Commission on Arms Aianulaeture’ is in the hands ot the Government. It is understood that it opposes nationalisation, pointing out that it would require a special labour reserve and also the danger of bringing arms into the field of politics. It suggests that the Government take full control of the munitions capital immediately war breaks out. It does no! feel that private manufacture led to great abuse, but it proposes stricter control, including the appointment of a Alinister to supervise contracts. It .turiher suggests stricter control of exports to semi-civilised countries, and measures to ensure the Government is fully informed of new inventions offered to private manufacturers.

The official opening of the British Broadcasting Corporation television service from Alexandra Palace will take place on November 2nd, and at first a programme will be broadcast for two separate hours daily. The Baird and Alareoni systems will be used in alternate weeks. TOKIO, October 12.

Three uro various reports that Soviet troops fired on a Alanchukuo patrol at Ilyankuanping, four Alanehukuoans being killed and live wounded. Reinforcements were i mmediatcly sent. ‘The contending forces are now only four hundred yards apart. (British Otli- '<-i Wireless.)

RUGBY, October 10. Good progress is being made with the preparation of designs for the decoration of streets and parks in London, for the Coronation. Eminent architects, who have been appointed, to supervise'the schemes by decoration in the City of London and the City of Westminster, have been in frequent consultation with the chief architect of Office of Works, whose concern is the Royal Parks, and the schemes are being co-ordinated. In the comparatively narrow streets of the city, it is proposed that the decoration shall be suspended from buildings and houses, but in the wider streets of Westminster, it will be necessary, as usual, to make use of pylons in the decorative scheme. It will be the aim of those responsible to achieve more striking effects than have been usually obtained in street decorations, on such occasions in the past. Advice will shortly be issued to the general public, about the decoration of private buildings and houses. For personal reasons Mr. Malcolm Stewart has with great reluctance asked to be relieved of his duties as Commissioner for Special Areas, and the Minister for Labour (Mr. Ernest Brown), who has accepted the resignation, announces that Sir George Gillett has consented to succeed him. Sir George Gillett, who is a director of Gillett. Brothers Discount Company, has devoted the greater part of his life to the social and religious work of the Society of Friends, and until 1935 was a Labour member of Parliament. In the last Labour Administration he was

Secretary to the Department of Overseas Trade. Addressing a church parade of the Gloucestershire British Legion, Sir lan Hamilton said: “The Poet. Laureate ought to immortalise, the, advance of the Gloucestershire Hussars over the heavy sand of Suvla Bay. No eyewitnesses would forget the spectacle Four weak brigades about 350 each, marching slowly into the jaws of death with cannon to right and left of them. It quite takes the shine out of the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava. ’ ’