CHRISTMAS IN PARIS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 306, 27 December 1937, Page 7

CHRISTMAS IN PARIS

STRIKE FEV'R SPREADING WORKERS STAY IN FACTORY TRANSPORT DISLOCATION Received Dec. 26, 7 p.m. LONDON, Dec. 25. The Paris correspondent of the Times says that the inclination to ex ploit. Christmas by strike threats i I spreading seriously and may make co- • operation of Radical and Socialist , members of the Government difficult. The Guards Mobile surrounded the Goodrich tyre factory which is occu- ■ pied by 2000 workers as a protest : against the introduction of the Bedaux system. The guards were eventually withdrawn. A later Paris message states that 5000 oysters and 350 bottles of champagne were brought to Christmas strikers in the Goodrich factory. Transport strikes are spreading and military lorries are still conveying foodstuffs, and deliveries of newspapers are haphazard. NO PEACE IN JERUSALEM BRITISH TROOPS ACTIVE « ROUNDING UP ARABS. Received Dec. 26, 8.40 p.m. HAIFA, Dec. 24. Peace during Christmas is unlikely in the land of Christ's Nativity. British troops resumed an action to round up Arabs in the Galilean Hills. It is hoped by encircling movement to trap those who are not already killed in yesterday’s severe lighting. > British troops continued to battle against the rebels on Christmas Day . in steady rain. Ten Arab bodies were - picked up in the afternoon, making thirty dead in the past three days. Many British soldiers spent several weeks’ pay ringing up families in Britain and sending Christmas greetings. THE DIONNE QUINTS. CHRISTMAS IN THE SNOW Received Dec. 26, 11.32 p.m. NEW YORK, Dec. 25. Christmas sunshine followed heavy snow, permitting the Dionne quints to play in a snowslide. They listened to the King’s broadcast.