GENERAL CABLES.
LONDON, June S. Mr Oliver Stanley (President of the Board of Trade), in the House of Commons, announced to-day that it had been decided to grant a license to the “Oxford Group” under the Companies Act. Queen Mary attended the Trooping of the Colour to-day, at which the Duke of Gloucester deputised for the King. It was Queen Mary’s first outing since the accident. _ She walked from the car to Marlborough House slowly and experienced a certain amount of stiffness, but otherwise she is most fit. GENEVA, June 8.
South Africa has notified the League of Nations that she will l>e a candidate for the seat on the Council held by New Zealand which becomes vacant iu September. A Swiss. M. Edmond Schulthess, has been elected President of the International Labour Office. He announced that the organisation would continue-to function at Geneva in the event of war. GENEVA. June 8.
The police have seized 10.000 copies of a manifesto printed in Milan and Varese calling on the Italian-speaking Swiss canton of Tessin to free itself and join Italy. J - BERLIN. June 8. Foreigners arc henceforth forbidden to visit Heligoland. FRANKFURT, June 8. Six were killed. 100 injured and 12 bouses were set on fire when a military ’pl il)ie crashed into the village of Golnlinuscn. Three of the 'plane’s crew were incinerated.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 162, 10 June 1939, Page 10
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