News In A Nutshell
A battle, when Japanese opposed Russian troops making an entry into Chiangtao Province, Manchukuo, resulted in the repulse of the Russians with six killed and many wounded. Five Japanese were wounded.
Floods in Northern Yugoslavia ;have rendered homeless 20,000 people, says a despatch from Belgrade. Road and rail transport services are disorganised. f
When Mr Nash visits Kidderminster, his native town, he will learn' that the carpet industry there has been sharply hit by New Zealand’s import control plan.
A message from Sydney states that the Australian universities’’ eight-oar championship was rowed on the Ne-' pean River over a course of three miles. The race resulted in a win for Melbourne, which beat Sydney by one and a-half lengths. Adelaide was seven lengths away third, 4 The time was 16min. 38sec.
A message from Pai'is states that an airwoman, Elizabeth Lyon, created a woman’s record by flying 2625 miles non-stop from Istres to Dakar in 21 hours 25 minutes. ” *' •
The Astronomer Royal, Dr. Spencer Jones, reports that owing to glare from street illuminations and , pollution C)f the atmosphere adversely affecting work at Greenwich Observatory, it must be moved to a more
suitable site, says\a message from
London
It is announced from London that 220,018 militiamen have registered, of whom 3774 are conscientious objectors.
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Northern Advocate, 5 June 1939, Page 5
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