RAID INSURANCE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23718, 26 July 1940, Page 7

RAID INSURANCE

CIVILIANS IN BRITAIN BENEFITS INCREASED PENSIONS ALREADY GRANTED By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received July 25, 7.10 p.m.) LONDON, July 25 Under an amerkled scheme of compensation all civilians in Britain gainfully employed are insured against injury resulting from air raids or enemy invasion. Temporary allowances will be granted to those persons incapacitated for a week or more, and there will also be pensions, with family allowances, for prolonged disablement or death. Under the new scheme the allowances for injury and pensions have been increased in order to meet the rise in the cost of living. Married men will receive an injury allowance of 33s a week, compared with 30s under the old scheme. A man with two children will receive 41s instead of 365. A man with two children who is totally disabled will receive 53s lid instead of 45s lOd. Allowances for children are increased from a flat rate of 3s to 4s for each of the first two children, and 3s for all others. No means test is attached to the scheme. Nearly 6000 civilian cases have already been considered, being those mostly of voluntary workers hurt in fire brigade practices and collisions in black-outs. So far 127 pensions have been granted. VESSELS DAMAGED GERMAN ESCORT SHIP HIT FLEET AIR ARM ATTACK TORPEDO BOATS PUT TO FLIGHT (Received July 25, 5.30 p.m.) British "Wireless LONDON, July 24 An Admiralty communique states that a German auxiliary vessel with a naval escort was located in the eastern part of the North Sea last night. In the early hours of this morning this force was attacked with torpedoes by Swordfish aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm. One of the German naval units —an escort vessel of the Konigin Luise type —was hit by a torpedo. All our aircraft returned. In the course of a patrol of the English Channel in the early hours of this morning, one of our motor torpedoboats sighted and engaged six enemy motor torpedo boats. The enemy off at high speed, but before they escaped in the darkness one enemy boat had its searchlight put out of action and it is .thought casualties were inflicted in another. The British vessel suffered no damage or casualties., LOSSES OFF SPAIN TWO VESSELS SUNK BRITISH AND PORTUGUESE (Received July 25, 11 p.m.) VIGO (Spain), July 24 A fishing boat has landed nine survivors from the British steamer Elia Roy (1000 tons), which was torpedoed off Cape Finisterre yesterday. A lifeboat containing the captain and eight of the crew was missing but it has now been reported that they ( have landed. Thirty-one survivors of the Portuguese steamer Alfa have arrived at San Sebastian, on the northern Spanish coast. The vessel was sunk while bound for England with a cargo of bananas. AMERICAN PROPOSAL SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL OF FOREIGN AGENTS (Received July 25, 7.14 p.m.) HAVANA, July 25 The United States to-day introduced at the Pan-American Conference a project dealing; with subversive activities, proposing stricter control of accredited diplomatic agents by investigation of credentials before official recognition and closer supervision of their activities afterward. It is also proposed that there should be a full exchange of information on this matter among the American Republics. Meanwhile, committees are continuing to consider proposals which various delegations have advanced. NARVIK BATTLE GERMAN DEAD OVER 2000 CREWS OF SEVEN DESTROYERS LONDON, July 24 The Admiralty has disclosed that at least 2000 German sailors were killed when seven destroyers were sunk in the second battle at Narvik on April 13. The destroyers were: Diether von Boeder, Hans Ludemann, Wolfgang Zenker, Bernd von Arnim, Erich Koellner, Hermann Kunne and Erich Giese. The Erich Giese carried 300 men. She was the last to sink. With guns out of action, and dead and wounded everywhere, the captain ordered, "Abandon ship." Between 50 and 60 wounded were left on the burning ship, which finally blew up when a magazine exploded. POST FOR DIPLOMAT OVERSEAS PUBLICITY July 25, 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, July 25 Sir Maurice Peterson, formerly British Ambassador to Spain, has been appointed controller of overseas publicity at the Ministry of Information. ARRESTED AMBASSADOR British Wireless LONDON, July 24 Questioned in the House of Commons about the British Ambassador to Brussels, Sir Lancelot Oliphant, who was arrested by the Germans, Mr. It. A. Butler, Under-Secretary, for Foreign Affairs, said negotiations were in prqgress for Sir Lancelot's release, but he could not say how long they might continue.