News in Brief

Northern Advocate, 22 August 1945, Page 4

News in Brief

Ratified.—Tlie Moscow radio announced that lire Supreme Soviet has ratified the San Francisco Charter, Trade.—The Swedish Minister for Trade (Mr. Gunnar Myrdal) signed a SwinishPolish trade agreement in Warsaw, under which Poland is delivering 4.G00.CG0 tons of coal and 200,000 lons of coke lo Sweden during 1940, Sweden has granted Poland credit, worth nearly £6.000,000. and has premised to ship iron ore, wood-pulp and machines to Poland. Petrol. —lt is officially announced that petrel and diesel oil prices in England have been reduced by twopence and one penny a gallon respectively as from today. Petrol will be 1/11 lO a gallon The prices of paraffin, creosote and bitumen have also been reduced The reductions arc (he result of decreased importation costs following the end of 'the European war and the cessation of Atlantic convoys.

Treason.—A court martial charged Private J. Galaher, aged 34. a Canadian soldier of Windsor, Ontario, with high treason by collaborating with I lie enemy. The Canadian special investigation service live months ago arrested Galaher in France. He participated in the Dieppe landing in August, 1042. and was taken prisoner by Ihp Germans. Afctmc Energy.—The chairman of the United States Military Affairs Committee • Mr. Thomas.) announced that legislation will be introduced early in September for lull permanent Government control of till phases ct 1 lac; development of atomic energy.

Tennis.—The American Lawn Tennis Association has been invited by the Lawn Tennis Association' of Australia to send a team to Australia in December or January to take part in the Australian championships. It is felt that America will lose no time in challenging Australia for the Davis Cup. and a visit by an American team will give a line on Australia's chance ct holding the trophy. Prist tiers.—The Secretary for War (Mr. J. .J, Lawson) disclosed in the House of Commons that there were 690 British Commonwealth troops, excluding Indians, who were war prisoners in Germany, still unrecovered or unaccounted for by the Allied forces. Soccer.—German civilians in the first Soccer match again British troops in the occupation zone by four goals to 2. The match was played ;n Oldenburg, between a transport unit and a makeshift German civilian team.

War Diary.—Mr. Churchill’s literary (ask will be his war diary, says the "Daily Telegraph.” It is unlikely that he will allow any outside engagements to interfere with this undertaking until it is well under way. He has received dozens of offers from America to contribute articles, write a daily column, serialise his memoirs and conduct lecture tours, but his secretary sttited that he had made no plans for the time being.

Lets Clcthing.—The President of the Board of Trade (Sir Stafford Cripps) announced that the clothing ration for the eight months period beginning September i would be 24 coupons, which is equivalent to 3fi coupons for the full year, compared with 48 last year. ‘•Stay In.”—Thirty miners of Rhondda colliery cn the northern New South Wales coalfields, who began a “stay-in” strike on Monday morning, are still underground. Yesterday, employees at three small neighbouring collieries, went on strike in sympathy with the Rhondda men and marched three miles to Rhondda pithead, bearing food and tobacco. The Rhondda men are receiving food supplies without opposition from the management. The miners sa.v they are determined not tc leave the' mine until the new bath hcusc under construction is completed. They went on strike as a protest against bathing facilities at the mine.