ANTI-FASCISM
ACTION IN FRANCE DISSOLUTION DECREES REFORM OF STATE BANK (By Telegraph—Tress Association—Copyright] Received June 19, 5.15 p.m. PARIS, June 18. The President, Al. 1c Brun, has signed a scries of decrees dissolving a number of semi-Fascist organisations, including the Croix de Feu and the Jeuncsses Patriotes. Cabinet has approved ji Bill to establish a national wheat office to control the market and also a project to modify statutes of the Bank of ' France, but the plans for nationalisation of armaments may he delayed. Reform of the Rank of France supplants the existing control with a regency council on which will sit representatives of employers, trade unions, and the Confederation of Labour. TOTAL SWELLING STRIKERS IN BELGIUM TROOPS OCCUPY BUILDINGS Received Juno 19, 5.5 p.m. BRUSSELS, June 18. Twenty thousand people have struck, bringing the total number idle in Belgium to 400/100. A determined hut futile effort was made to induce the transport workers in the Belgian back country to join the strike. Troops have occupied many Liege factories in order to prevent sabotage. Strikers are holding up travellers’ cars, demanding contributions to the strike funds. STRIKE AT BARCELONA MANY SHOPS CLOSED Received June 19, 5.5 p.m. BARC E LON A, June I <B. Office and store employees, accountants, ami waiters have struck, ami many shops are closed. The newspapers lack staffs, but the food supply is assured. Several bombs have been thrown, but without effect.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 145, 20 June 1936, Page 9
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