NEWS BY RADIO

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 September 1939, Page 6

NEWS BY RADIO

JAPAN & THE EUROPEAN CONFLICT REQUEST ADDRESSED TO BRITAIN. EVENTS ON LAND & AT SEA. The following items of news issued from the short-wave station at Daventry (England) have been rebroadcast by the New Zealand National stations: Japan has informed the British Government that she does not intend to be involved in the European conflict and has requested the British Government to refrain from prejudicing Japan’s position in China. Irak has severed diplomatic relations with Germany., While retaining its independence as a separate party, the British Labour Party has appointed several members to act as liaison officers with certain Departments 'of State. The Germans claim that their forces are within 20 or 30 miles of Warsaw and that the Warsaw Railway Station has been bombed and bridges over the Vistula destroyed. German merchant ships are steadily being driven off the seas. Sixty-four ships totalling 180,000 tons have put into Spanish ports and nine, totalling 60,000 tons, are in Japanese ports.. Attacks on enemy submarines are being continued. An attack on a minelaying submarine is believed to have been successful. The Corinthic was fired on, but not damaged and has reached port. The Royal Air Force reconnoitred over a wide area, including the North Sea.

According to the official account of the attack on the German naval bases, the weather conditions were entirely adverse and visibility was poor. The enemy appeared to have been taken by surprise and the damage on one battleship could be seen by the airmen. The attack would have its effect on German naval strength, as one of the battleships damaged was one of the strongest units in the German Navy. The London Stock Exchange has reopened for business. While German bonds are marked down considerably, Home industrials are higher. The Bank of England buying price for gold is £8 8s 9d. Foreign Exchange quotations show the dollar at 4.02 and the franc at 175 to the pound sterling.