CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF
War Weapons Week Braintree and Booking, towns in the Essex urban area, with a population of 15,000, raised £252,000 during War Weapons Week, £IOO,OOO more than the figure aimed at. Hungary and Jugoslavia A message from Rugby says that it is stated in well-informed circles that the pact which it is announced is being signed between Hungary and Jugoslavia in no way involves the adhesion of Jugoslavia to the Tripartite Treaty, The idea of such a pact has been long standing and merely regulates questions of mutual interest. The Regent has already made it clear in a recent broadcast that Jugoslavia is determined to defend her independence. Transport on Danube Word has been received from London that Rumania has lately taken measures to assist German transport on the Danube. It is now ascertained that the Rumanians are giving no such assistance to Italian traffic. Indeed, the Germans are making a show of excluding their Italian ally from the benefits showered on themselves, and seem to be exploiting to the full Italy’s discomfiture in Albania and Africa.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24483, 17 December 1940, Page 8
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