News of the World in Brief

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 55, 6 March 1937, Page 5

News of the World in Brief

Girl in Evening Dress Buried in Snow OVERWHELMED BY ROOF SLIDE United Preaa Association—By Electric T*le*raph.—Copyright. Received Friday, 7 p.m. VIENNA, March 4. Workmen clearing deep snow outside he hotel at Badausee, a mountain ro sort, found the body of a girl in evening dress who recently disappeared. It is now obvious she was leaning from a window when she was overwhelmed by a fall of snow from the roof. BIQ DEATH DUTIES. (British Official Wireless.) Received Friday, 7 p.m. RUGBY, March 4. The Exchequer will benefit to thi extent of £352,745 in death duties on an estate just proved totalling £1,004,366, left by a Miss Watson who died last December and who was permanent director of Buttons, a firm of carriers. IN CASE OF AIR RAID. (British Official Wireless.) Received Friday, 7 p.m. RUGBY, March 4. Local authorities are being recoin mended to organise a service of ai/ raid wardens to supplement the normal resources of the civil authorities for safeguarding the general public in the event of an air attack. The duties of the wardens of whom some 300,000 will be voluntarily enlisted, will include advising the public on officially recommended precautions against air raids, assisting in the distribution of respirators and in the event of war taking an active part in helping fellow citizens during and after an air raid. TREATY BETWEEN JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA. UnUe4 Pres* AMOCAUon —By Electric Telegraph.—Copy r lgn L Received Friday, 7 p.m. TOKIO, March 4. Horinuehi announced that negotiations are shortly being opened for a commercial navigation treaty between Australia and Japan and added that Japan is making an effort to conclude barter agreements in view of the prevailing tendency of international trade relations. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTIONS ON. (British Official Wireless.) Received Friday, 7 p.m. * RUGBY, March 4. Elections are taking place to-day for the London County Council which consists of 124 councillors elected by ratepayers and 20 alde«meu elected by councillors. All councillors retire automatically every three years. At the last election Labour gained a majority of seats and at that election there were 60 Labour members and 55 municipal Reform members of the council with the exception of four seats for the City of London for which municipal Reform candidates had been returned unopposed.

All seats are contested. Labour is represented by 120 candidates, municipal Reform by 116, Liberals by 18, Fascists by 6, and Independents by 3. The state of the parties after 94 results had been declared was as follows: Labour 54, municipal Reformer* 40. Each side gained four seats from the other, thus there was no net change so far. The remaining thirty results will be declared to-di NEW EMPIRE BOXING CHAMPION. United Press Association— Bv Else trie Telegrapn.—Copy rlgh U Received Friday, 7 p.m. LONDON, March 5. Ginger Foran, of Liverpool, knocked out Johnny McGrory, British and Empire featherweight champion, in the seventh round of a twelve rounds bout at Liverpool. McGrory was seht to hospital with a fractured jaw CHILDREN ON STRIKE, LONDON, March 4. Fifty parents of school children on •trike on Achill Island. Ireland, assaulted a teacher and roughly handled two constables. Police reinforcement? were necessary before the parents were routed. The strike was due to the teacher's refusal to prepare meals.