GENERAL CABLES

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 239, 6 September 1940, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES

Germans Recaptured. The two German prisoners who escaped from an Ontario camp on August 28, and also two others wlio escaped on August 30 in the Muskoka district, have all been recaptured. Italian Explosion. Rome lias officially admitted that 38 persons were killed and 174 injured in the explosion at Bologna on August 30. Prisoners Recaptured. Five of the convicts who escaped from the State prison at Little Rock (Arkansas) have been recaptured, hut the reputed leader of the prison break is not among the five. Men From Newfoundland.

A further contingent of the Newfoundland Heavy Regiment of the Royal Artillery has arrived in England. .

Russo-Hungarian Trade. A trade agreement between Russia and Hungary has been signed, states a Moscow report. It is the first of the kind ever concluded between these countries. Hungary will export a number of 1000-ton cargo vessels, railway wheels and axles, and will receive manganese, timber, asbestos and lubricants.

New Italian Bomber. The Times (London) reveals that a new type of Italian dive-bomber specially designed to fight British warships in the Mediterranean was used in operations on Monday. It is reported to resemble t'he German Stuka, but lias a greater range and carries one more bomb and also a. small torpedo.

Soviet Decoration. A Moscow decree states that Soviet marshals in future will wear a gold star studded with 31 diamonds, the largest of which will weigh 2.62 carats. Canadian Munitions. The. Canadian Minister of Supply (Mr C. D. Howe) announces the addition of three more plants to the munitions programme at a cost of 17.500 000 dollars. They comprise an 8,000,000 dollar chemical plant to manufacture ammonium nitrate, a 7,000,000-dollar gun plant, and a 2 500 000 dollar rifle plant. Japanese Minister Resigns. The Minister for the Navy (Air A'oshida) has resigned and is entering hospital, as he is suffering from intestinal trouble, states a message from Tokio. Air Hero’s Award.

With the New Zealand High Commissioner (Air W. J. Jordan) escorting them, Mrs Ivain, mother of the late Flying-Officer E. J. Kain, of Wellington, together with 'her daughter, who is a member of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, drove to Buckingham Palace. His Majesty presented privately Flying Officer Rain’s D.F.C. and said how sorry he was to be unable to hand the Cross to him. German Credits Frozen. It is officially stated that Costa Rica has declared that she is freezing the credits of the German-occupied nations. Airport For Newfoundland.

An Ottawa message says the Minister of Alunitions (Air C. D. Howe) announces a million dollar contract for an airport at Newfoundland. Oil in Australia.

The Department of the Interior, Afelbourne, announces that the presence of oil has been established in lakes at the entrance to the district of North Gippsland, but warns against undue optimism as the oil-hearing region appears to be restricted to between four and eight miles. British Barley Harvest.

The British barley .'harvest, it is estimated, will be more than 1,000,000 tons, compared with 742.000 last year. —British Official Wireless. Oil For Germany. The Russian tanker Atoska has reached a Rumanian port from Batum with 9000 tons of oil for Germany. Italians Seek Copper. The Times (London) says the requisitioning of *all privately owiiv.u evpp-r has begun throughout Italy.

Discussions on Oil. The discussions between the Dutch and Japanese on the oil question opened with Mr Tadaliaru Mukai (president of the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha) conferring with Mr Panthaleon van Eck (president of the Boyal Dutch Oil Company) and Mr F. Kay (Standard Oil Company, New York), who represent Dutch, British and American interests.

War Casualties. The thirty-fifth War Office casualty list names 758 men, including six officers and 122 other ranks killed and "(9 officers and 521 others wounded.

Mission to Syria. The correspondent of the Times in Athens says six special emissaries of the Vichy Government have passed through Athens by air for Syria. The importance of the mission is emphasised by the fact that they are travelling incognito and the strictest measures are being taken to preserve their anonymity. • Franco-Dutch Breach.

Diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and France were suspended yesterday, states a London cablegram. The Dutch received the decision of the Potain Government regretfully, but felt that it was acting only under strong German pressure. The presence at Vichy of Netherlanders enjoying diplomatic privileges with the freedom confidentially to inform their Government of the French situation could evidently be tolerated no longer. Cosmopolitan Units. Americans. Poles. Norwegians and Dutchmen were among the'" fresh contingent of Canadian troops who arrived in a British port. At Ottawa the Minister of Defence (Mr J. L. Ralston) announced approval of the raising of a Netherlands infantry battalion.

Royal Message to Poles Messages have been exchanged between'the King and the President of the Polish Republic (General Sikorski), who telegraphed: “On this day which marks the anniversary of the entry into the war of Britain coming to the assistance of Poland, the victim of a brutal attack, I beg that Your Majesty receive the homage of the whole Polish nation. Poland, a faithful ally, is full of admiration for the great British nation which in concert with her sister nations of the Empire bears without shrinking the immense weight of responsibilities contracted for the safety of Christian civilisation.” Tn his replv the King said : “I and my people in this country and overseas are filled with admiration for the courage and tenacity of the Polish people.” ’ ' Tennis in America.

Misses Helen Jacobs, Pauline Betz, and Dorothy Bundy 'have qualified for the quarter-finals of the national tennis championship, states a message from Forest Hills (United States).