NEWS AND NOTES

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVII, Issue 4396, 23 May 1933, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES

Small factories hidden in the jungle on the outskirts of Calcutta where spurious drugs were manufactured have been discovered. This is the . sequel to numbers of recent deaths and serious illnesses which were traced to adulterated drugs contained in madeup prescriptions.

Mohamed Amid, known as "the lightning bandit," said to be a son of a high-Egyptian official, was sentenced on Saturday at Nice to 20 years' imprisonment with hard labour on Devil's Island. The man was charged with 13 crimes, including an attempted murder in 1932.

A joint declaration by the Federation of Trade Unions and the Labour Socialistic International expresses the opinion that the British disarmament plan, though inadequate, is acceptable as a basis for discussion to secure suppression of offensive armaments, the conclusion of pacts of nonaggression and undertakings to in no circumstances resort to violence or invasions.

Herr Franck, Bavarian Minister of Justice, has warned Austria that Germany will not tolerate the suppression'of the Nazis. University students have pledged themselves to promote a union between Germany and Austria.

Several windows were broken on Sunday in shops conducted by Jews in the ci+" area of Sydney. The police take a serious view of the occurrences.

Assisted by Brown Shirts the police visited provision shops in Munich and posted notices saymg: "Closed owing to extortionate prices." The owners of the shoos are in a concentration camp at Dachan.

The British stock markets display a confident tone following the statement of the German delegate, Herr Nadolny, regarding the British disarmament proposals. Movements were mostly upward. German bonds, 51 per cent., touched 52, and 7 per cent., 66. British funds were firm.

A Yorkshireman, Mr. Maurice Wilson, left London on Sunday in a light aeroplane, intending to plant a Union Jack on the peak of Everest. He has not been reported since leaving London.

Informal European approval of Signor Mussolini's peace plan is hailed by United States officials as an indication of increasing international harmony, auguring well for the World Economic Conference and the Disarmament Conference.

It is authoritatively reported from Rome that Britain, France, Germany and Italy have reached agreement on thj* terms of the Pour-Power Pact proposed by Signor Mussolini. Drafts have gone to London, Paris, Berlin and Geneva, and it is believed they will be initialled at Geneva.

Although Prenn was dropped from the German Davis Cup team because he is a Jew, he has accepted an invitation to compete in the French championships. Thereupon the German von Gramm, who has been associated with Prenn in several Davis Cup victories, withdrew from the tournament.

Sir Abe Bailey, the South African diamond magnate and millionaire sportsman, is retiring from business activities. He will devote his leisure to public affairs and will also write his memoirs.