REPORTED AGREEMENT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 244, 16 October 1939, Page 7

REPORTED AGREEMENT

TURKEY AND RUSSIA IN LINE WITH MONTREUX CONVENTION IBy Uclegraph—-Press Association—Copyright] Received Oct. 15, 7 p.m. LONDON, Oct. 14. The Associated Press of America’s Paris correspondent says it is reliably reported that a Turkish-Russian agreement has been signed protecting I Russia’s right, to use the Dardanelles and Black Sea in accordance with the Montreux convention. The Istanbul newspapers claim 1 authority for stating that the Moscow t negotiations resulted in an agreement j harmonising with Turkey's undertakj ings with Britain and France. R.A.F. CASUALTIES 1 t THE LATEST LIST J. I NEW ZEALANDERS INCLUDED t LONDON, Oct. 13. An Air Ministry casualty list inr eludes four killed in action and twenty killed while on active service. t The list of those killed in action includes Pilot-Officer J. J. Drummond, t of Havelock North. Those killed on 4 active service include Pilot-Officer J. - E. Hull, of Carterton. T The missing include Pilot-Officer ? C. N. Whittington, of Palmerston t North. The list includes, in addition to 1 those killed, twelve missing, three of whom are believed to have been kill- * ed, and eight who have died while on active service. i s GERMAN AIRMEN t • n RICKED UP BY DANISH STEAMER COPENHAGEN, Oft. 13. Four German airmen landed from a Danish steamer. They were picked ' up in the North Sea. They explained that they were forced to land after being "damaged," and now asked that they should he released because’they were rescued outside territorial n waters. t o POLISH OIL SUPPLIES I. in adequate for rek H 0 A Netherlands newspaper says that Germany is to receive oil direct from e the former Polish oil wells in Eastern a Galicia. The paper adds that in 1913 , s the total Polish production of crude l s oil was a little over 1,000,000 tons, n but that since it had steadily dev clined, and in 1938 it was 500,000 [t tons. There had since been a further e decline and Polish companies had - found no means of increasing the i- production except by the very expenq sive method of sinking exceptionally 1) deep wells. The paper pointed out that even if 6 Germany found means of increasing s . the output, it would still not be sufe flcient, as her peace-time needs were e more than 7,000.000 tons, and would ■r he much greater in time of war. a By radio. e