NEWS AND NOTES

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4809, 12 July 1939, Page 8

NEWS AND NOTES

The Syrian Parliament, the last vestige of united and independent Syria, vanished when France took over full control fo the Levantine State after endeavouring for five months to reconcile the Nationalist party to the principle of partial independence. It is reported from Teschen, says a Warsaw message, that German troop reinforcements have arrived at the former Czech-Polish frontier. Barbed wire entanglements are being erected.

One hundred and fifty persons are so far known to have been killed and 1300 injured by the terrific explosion of a powder magazine at Penaranda de Bracamonte, in Salamanca Province, Central Spain.

The Evening Standard says that Dr. Eckhardt, leader of the Hungarian Opposition Party, stated that the German General Staff informed the Hungarian General Staff that the German Air Force has now 34,000 machines.

Seventy thousand people witnessed the Jock McAvoy-Len Harvey world cruiser-weight championship fight at the White City, and numbers were turned away. Queues extended for a quarter of a mile. The crowd swept away the police and thrice crashed the barriers and secured better seats. The traffic was chaotic. Harvey won on points at the end of the 14-round contest.

The opinion that territorials should receive full wages from their employers in addition to the 12s a day allowance from the Government during the period spent in camp was expressed by the Mayor of Hamilton, Mr. H. D. Caro, when suggesting to members of the Hamilton Retailers' Association at a meeting that they should pay full wages as an encouragement to territorial recruiting.