NEWS AND NOTES

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4807, 7 July 1939, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES

The Dominions Secretary, Sir Thomas Inskip, told the House of Commons that he had recently received from the South African Government the draft of a memorandum in which, in accordance with the agreement between Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, then Colonial Secretary, and the South African Prime Minister, General J. B. M. Hertzog, "in March, 1938, the South African Government set forth the terms under which the transfer to the Union of the South African protectorates, if decided upon, should take place.

President Roosevelt won the final victory in the devaluation of the dollar when the Senate passed, by 43 votes to 39, the monetary measure restoring his power to further devaluate the dollar over a period of two years. The measure becomes law with the President's signature. Nineteen Democrats voted against the measure, but the Senate as a whole reversed the position it took up last week.

Mr. Walter Nash denies the alleged statement, cabled early this week, that New Zealand is unlikely to send an expeditionary force in the event of Britain being involved in war. "What I said was that it was unlikely New Zealand would enter into any commitment to send an expeditionary force overseas, but what action was necessary for her to defend democratic ideals would be undertaken," he declared.

"The Times" Berlin correspondent says that" I 'according to indications the German-Bulgarian talks will deal not only with political and economic relations, but with the position of Bulgaria as regards her neighbours, particularly Rumania and Greece. Thus the Bulgarian claim to Southern Dobruja, which, according to official statements in Bucharest, will be retained by Rumania at all costs, is on the agenda for the present discussions, as also is the demand that Greece grant Bulgaria direct access to the Mediterranean by cession of a part of Thrace.