News In A Nutshell

Northern Advocate, 21 February 1939, Page 5

News In A Nutshell

A message from Tsingtao states that the British Ambassador, Sir A. Clerk-Kerr, arrived in H.M.S:' Birmnigham, in the course of a tour of inspection of North China. He' had a three hours’ discussion with the Jap- ; pnese Consul-General, Denjirp Katoh, in reference to measures for settlement of outstanding Sihp-Japanese issues, after which Sir Clerk-Kerr left for Shanghai. ■ x • An official announcement from Warsaw says Poland is recognising the Franco regime de jure, and that a representative to Burgos will be appointed immediately. • ♦ ♦ « The action brought by Mr. Robert McChesney, former manager \of the Bedaux Company, of South Africa, against Mr. Charles Bedaux, relates to a claim for the delivery of stock in the Bedaux Company of-South Africa to Mr. McChesney as * an v additional emolument for his services as general manager, engineer and director,. says the Johannesburg correspondent ot “The Times.” ' * ♦ • .'l*'' ~ - *■* A fire and explosion destroyed the premises of the Blackburn Cool Stores Pty. Ltd., at Blackburn yesterday says a message from Melbourne, The damage is estimated at £25,000., .More than 8000 cases of pears were ruined. * * « » Herr Hanz Schwarz, national leader of the uniform tailors, disclosed that one-third of the males in Germany now wear some kind of uniform. vr * * * • - ' • Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation seized nine men, who insisted that they were fishermen, from two launches anchored 300 yards from the Naval Reserve station at San Clemente, near San Diego,- and charged them with violating anth-spy laws. : / • * • •' Japan is erecting a “Maginot tine” between Kalgan and Dolon -Nor (roughly along the western border of Inner Mongolia and Manchukuo), in order to defend Peking and Tientsin against Soviet attack, and is also fortifying her Amur River territory, on tlje eastern frontier of Manchukuo.

Tuatara lizards living on rocky islands off the Bay of Plenty coast were filmed in colour recently- by members of the American Museuin of Natural History Expedition, which is visiting New Zealand. More than -1000 feet of film was exposed. The scientists were accompanied to the island by a Government representative. No lizards were destroyed or taken away from the island. Copies of the film made by the expedition vail, it is understood, be obtained by the New, Zealand Government for record and publicity purposes.

Suez Canal traffic in 1938 was: Britain, 17,358,000 tons; Italy, 4,626,000; Germany, 3,135,000; Holland, 3,028,000; France, 1,748,000; totalj 34,418,000. This is a drop of 2,073,000 tons. Italian' traffic decreased by one-fifth.

The Independent Cable Service understands that the Duke of Kent is considering flying part of the way to Australia as far as Egypt or India. If the project is possible, the Duke will be accompanied by the Duchess, while the children and other members of the suite will travel by sea the whole way. m • • • In the House of Commons. Mr Chamberlain announced that, in,.view of consolidating trade relations, - the Parliamentary Secretary for Overseas Trade, Mr R. S. Hudson, is also visiting Moscow. It was announced on Friday that Mr Hudson and Mr Oliver Stanley, President of the Board of Trade, were going to Berlin for important trade talks. * * * * Three ’planes are leaving Rudolf Island soon in an attempt to take food and scientific equipment to the Russian ice-breaker Sedov, frozen in the Arctic for two successive winters.