CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24899, 12 June 1946, Page 7

CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF

Sydney Poisoning Mystery.—After a fortnight of fruitless Inquiry into the death of Audrey Cameron, aged 20, who died from the effects of poison in a headache powder on May 25, detectives have returned to Sydney. They covered hundreds of miles and interviewed scores of people in an attempt to uncover some clue as to the circumstances of the girl’s death. All that was disdovered was that death was due to strychnine poisoning.— Sydney. June 11. “Frozen Dinners” Planned in U.S.— Post-war dinners, ready-made from the plate to the gravy, are on the way. They are frozen dinners, the latest thing on trans-Atlantic air liners. These dinners are now being perfected for the housewife. A dinner—meat, vegetable and potato—will be sold, cooked and frozen to 20 degrees below zero, in a pulpwood plate with a plastic finish. All the housew'fe will need to do will be to leave the dinner m th® oven for half an hour The problem of making all three ingredients come out evenly in reheating has been overcome after six years’ research.— Washington, June 10. Indonesians Seize Ship from Dutch. —Within 24 hours of Indonesians seizing a former Japanese repatriation shijf from the Dutch authorities, a Dutch gunboat recaptured it with 47 □risoners. Earlier Dutch ships and aircraft were warned that the vessel was “a pirate ship" which was to be destroyed it it could not be recaptured.—Batavia, June 10.

Young ILS. Negro's Case.—The United States Supreme Court has refused to rule whether Willie Francis, the 17-year-old Louisiana Negro, should be sent to the electric chair for the second time. Francis, who was convicted of murder, survived the first execution attempt because of a mechanical failure in the electric chair. A new death warrant was issued, but Mr Justice Hugo Black in the Supreme Court ordered a stay of execution.—Washington. June 10. Mortar Bomb Explosion Inquest.— A finding of accidental death in all five cases was made by the coroner at the resumed inquiry at Bathurst into the mortar bomb explosion at Bathurst camp. Three Australian soldiers and two Italian prisoners of war were killed. The evidence showed that the police could find nothing to indicate that the explosion of the bomb was brought about by any kind of treachery or foul play. The bomb was apparently “blind”—one which had been fired but had failed to explode on impact—Sydney. June 11.

U.S. War-time Appropriations.—Mr Truman has asked Congress to repeal 3,089,000.000 dollars more of war-time appropriations and 174,000,000 dollars of contract authorisations. He indicated that in addition the War Department would deposit in the Treasury 993,000,000 dollars in excess funds and 53,915,000,000 dollars in cash. Already 4,674,000,000 dollars of contract authorisations had been repealed.— New York, June 11.