GENERAL CABLES

Grey River Argus, 16 February 1946, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES

LONDON, February 14

The worst floods for 100 years , in north-west Germany destroyed 'the entire winter crops in the Minder, district, according to Doctor Renz, head of the German Administration. Flood walers, seeping into cellars, ruined large stocks of stored food. WASHINGTON, February 13.

The War Department disclosed plans for a national guard of G 22.500 ollicors and mon. which is double the pre-war strength.. The figure includes 47,600 Air Force personnel. . LONDON February 14.

A Canadia'n Court sentenced Frinee Karl Anton von Hohenbollern, 19-year-old great-grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm, to two months’ imprisonment for failing to report the possession of radio equipment. Prince Karl was formerly a signals officer in the Wehrmacht. LONDON, February 14.

Absenteeism in British mines has risei/from seven to 18 per cent., the highest figure recorded, according to the Government’s monthly statistical digest. ~ . The “Evening Neus” says the nigest presents a grim picture of Britain's coal industry, revealing a falling output and an alarming drift of manpower. Pithead stocks at the end of the year were less than 2,000.000 tons, compared with over 5,000,000 tons in 1939. In the eight months of 1945 the consumption exceeded the output. ■