GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 13 July 1940, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES

A GERMAN ADMISSION

(United Press Association —By Electric

Telegraph—Copyright).

LONDON, July 12. A report from Zurich, Switzerland, states: Recent reports of unrest and sabotage in Czechoslovakia have been confirmed by an official German communique reporting that been many' arrest's, -after a police inquiry into organisations which are believed to have been. wor]ving against the State. Those arrested -include- the Chief'Adriiinistratdr of Prague, Doctor Klapka. " 7 ■ - oslo ' Deport, ' ■' OSLO, Jjuly 12., The paper ‘‘Arbieter Bladet’;. - reports a move in Norway to depose King Haakon., It' says: The ‘ Norwegian Storting wifi shortly, meet, in.the old Pariiiiment building,, ovgr which _ tlie Sw'dkiika" flag ' now'"'' flies," . and will appoint a State Council to administer the affairs of .'government, and to (take over, the King’s prerogatives. It- adds . “Haakon thereafter will no longer lie the King of Norway.” EFFECT. OF BOMBS. j LONDON, July 12. The Duke of Sutherland, in a speech at the Empire, Air League annual meeting, said: soft spots are doihg.ymore ’to ' , pi , 'Ptect Britain than!'all. : jfhei?|>assiyeT:d«l e hce. Many of us lmb#thaPiliisHjbmlnhg;is having tlie greatest effect oh the .morale of the German public,' apart froiii all damage to factories.” .. ..... ' -1 WAR CABINET. OTTAWA, July 11. Mr Hanson (Conservative leader) and Mr O'. Sterling (former Defence Minister), in : theOCommohs, declined the Prime Minister,’b invitation to associate with tlie Cabinet War Committee, and said they were further considering the alternative for weekly conferences." ■ TYPHOON IN JAPAN. j . TOKIO, July 12. . A typhoon, in Keijo.'a.hd.Chosen, has killed 52 and injured;|«lO(X. persons. Thousands are hhme|essf'- Soldiers are patrolling to prevent’ looting. One hundred bridges, were demolished. ADMIRAL’S; EpN. = ARRESTED. 4 LONDON,'JuIy 12.(7, Compton Doinbillo has been arrested under the Defence Regulations. Admiral Dombille was himself arrested a few days ago.

CHILD, REFUGEES. • ' Ai6NDISN, ; July 12/' " The Press Association says: The scheme for tlia^vacu.aHng,pf r .chiJdyen from Britain To"tlTe Dominions is"being postponed. It is believed that the postponement is made because of shipping difficulties and of possiblejLangei\ v _ . .. . ... .......

UGANDA GIFT, ’ PLjANE. (Per Wirel^sa;)RUGBY, Jpg' 11., At the request of the "’native ruler, chiefs and people of Ankole, in Uganda, the Governor of Uganda has sanctioned the withdrawal/.of '£looo from the Native Administration surplus to.assist in buying an aeroplane to represent Uganda in the R.A.F. CHANNEL ISLANDS. > RUGBY, July 11. Sir J. Andefson (Minister for Home Security) replied in the ' House' ‘of Commons t 0 anvenquirer who asked what was happening to the people wlio have remained, there being between three-quarters and two-thirds of the population, (in the Channel Islands.. Sir J. Anderson said .that, although it was. difficult to obtain authentic information,; he thought that/ the position there was of rather a-reassuring; nature. , ... . ... . ■■.-. a. BIRTHDAY HONOURS. ' RUGBY, July 11. The military section of tlie Birthday Honours was gazetted last night. There has been some . delay, _in publication, owing to Cabinet changes. No civil honours are given. It is generally understood that they will be withheld until a" more appropriate time. All ranks of the thred services are honoured in the list, which extends to 27 pages of the London Gazette.