Flashes From Overseas

Northern Advocate, 31 January 1936, Page 5

Flashes From Overseas

CAPITAL LEVY FOR ITALY?— Signor Mussolini is reported to be considering a 10 per cent capital levy.

MILLIONS AT FUNERAL— The London Transport Board's railway services conveyed 2,000,000 passengers to and from the Royal funeral, equalling the Silver Jubilee day, but under a much more severe pressure, as the latter extended over 18 hours, and the people were more widely dispersed. Nine hours of traffic on the underground on Tuesday equalled 19 of a normal day. Hammersmith station handled 120,000, and others from 46,000 to 100,000. A total of 206 trains aggregating 8316 cars traversed Charing Cross on the through line. The density of the passengers was three j times the normal.

FAR EASTERN TENSION —A' tense situation 'has arisen between Japan and Manchukuo, through troops, commanded by a lieutenant, entering Grodevko district, in Soviet territory, seeking asylum. The lieutenant stated that they had mutinied against the Japanese, killing four Japanese officers. The Soviet has interned and disarmed the company.

SAMOAN LAUNCH FOUND .— The launch Taifali, which was lost on the reef of Upolo, with mails for Australia and New Zealand, was salvaged at Tuasivi, Savaii, and several letters were recovered. A police party is now making an intensive search on the, north coast of Savaii, in an attempt to j locate the missing mail, which may I have gone ashore..

THE ALL BLACKS LEAVE CANADA.—The All Blacks defeated a team representing Victoria, British Columbia, by 27 points to 3. The New Zealanders sailed tonight by the Aorangi, which is due in Auckland on February 16.

BRITISH TRADE IMPROVES.— The value of retail trade in December was 9.1 per cent higher than in December, 1934. Stocks were 0.6 per cent lower than a year earlier, .and employment was 3.3 per cent greater. The total sales in the 11 months from February to December, 1935, were 6.1 per cent in excess of those'for the corresponding period of 1934.—(8.0.W.)

CLERGYMAN'S PETITION TO KING. —Archbishop Head has refused to grant the Rev. H. E. Hayes, who was found guilty in. December by an Ecclesiastical Court of charges of false doctrines and of "conduct disgraceful to a clergyman and productive of scandal and evil report," a new trial. Mr Hayes has now instructed his solicitor to petition the King to "redress the wrongs done; him." • I

ENGLISH MURDER MYSTERY.— The famous pathologist, Sir Bernard Spilsbury, giving evidence at the inquest on Emil Allard, whose body was found under a hedge near St. Albans on January 25, said there were six bullet wounds in the body and other injuries on the face and head, consistent with blows received "during a fight. Injuries to the body have possibly been caused during the struggle.

THOUSANDS SEE FUNERAL TRIBUTES.—Fifty thousand people visited Windsor to see the Royal funeral tributes. Extra police regulated the traffic, the queues being seven deep. The gates were closed at 4.15, when 5,000 were turned away. One hundred thousand have seen the wreaths since the funeral. .