GENERAL CABLES

Grey River Argus, 23 August 1945, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES

BRITISH COMMODITY SUPPLY LONDON, August 21 The President of the Board of Trade (Sir S. Cripps) announced mat the clothing ration for the eight months period beginning on September 1 would be 24 coupons, which is equivalent to 36 coupons for a full year, compared with 48 coupons last year. Petrol and d'iesel oil prices .will be reduced twopence and one penny a gallon respectively as from to-day. Petrol will be twenty-three and a half pence a gallon. Paraffin, creosote and bitumen are also to be reduced. The reduction are the result of decreased importation costs. POLISH-SWEDISH TRADE LONDON, August 21 The Swedish Minister of Trade, Gunnar Myrdal, has signed a Swed-ish-Polish trade agreement at Warsaw under which Poland is delivering 4,000,000 tons of coal and 800,000 tons of coke to Sweden during 1946. Sweden granted Poland' credit worth nearly six million sterling, and promised to ship iron ore, wood pulp and machines to Poland. PETROL TO CHEAPEN IN BRITAIN LONDON, August 21. It has been officially announced that the prices of petrol and diesel’ oil will be reduced by 1 twopence and one penny per gallon respectively as from to-day. Petrol then will be Is llid per gallon. Paraffin, creosite, and bitumen prices will be also reduced. The reductions are the result of a decrease in importation costs, following the end of the European war and the cessation of the Atlantic convoys. U.S. CARRIER HIT 140 CASUALTIES WASHINGTON, August 21. The U.S. Navy announced that a Japanese plane and bomb hit the U.S. aircraft carrier “Hancock” on April 7 last, causing 140 casualties. SOLDIER CHARGED WITH TREASON LONDON, August2l. At a courtmartial, Private J. Galaher, aged thirty-four, of the Scottish Regiment of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, was charged with high treason by collaborating with the enemy. A Canadian special investigation service

five months ago arrested Galaher in France. He participated in the Dieppe landing in August 1942. tie was taken prisoner by the Germans.