CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24906, 20 June 1946, Page 5

CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF

Goering’s Brother to be Tried.— Albert Goering, the German administrator of the Skoda works at Pilsen during the occupation and brother of Hermann Goering, has arrived in Czechoslovakia for trial before a special People’s Court. —Prague. June 18.

U.S. National Debt.— The House of Representatives passed a bill reducing the nation’s authorised debt limit from 300,000,000.000 dollars to 275,000,000.000 dollars. The debt reached a record of 279,000,000.000 dollars last February and at present is 270,000.000,000 dollars. Washington, June 17.

Inquiry Into Siamese King’s Death.— The Siamese Government in an attempt to end rumours of murder and suicide has appointed a commission to investigate the death of King Ananda Mahidol. The commission comprises the presidents of the three highest Courts in Siam, the Director-General of the Prosecutions Department, the presidents f the two Parliamentary chambers, and one member of the Royal Family. The Prime Minister announced that those guilty of spreading sinful rumours regarding the King’s death would be severely punished—Bangkok. June 18.

B.S. Corporal Sentenced to Death.— A former S.S. corporal was sentenced to death at Salzburg for killing two American prisoners of war.. The corporal’s father was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment for striking another American prisoner of war in the face.—London, June 18.

Argentine Assets in U.S.—The Argentine Foreign Office has requested the unfreezing of Argentine assets valued at 644,000.000 dollars. which the United States froze during the war. The assets consist mainly of gold deposited in the Federal reserve Bank m New York.—Buenos Aires. June 18. Liquor from Cabaret Forfeited,—A large quantity of liquor seized by the police in a raid on a Victory Night cabaret dance in Canberra which foreign diplomats attended was ordered to be forfeited in the Police Court to-day. The club manager was fined £lO for permitting liquor to be sold on unlicensed premises, and a waiter was fined a similar sum for selling the liquor.—Canberra June 19. Dutch Internment Camp Quiet. — The Scheveningen internment camp is now quiet following disturbances in which two persons were killed and four were injured. The authorities have opened an investigation to discover the ringleaders. —The Hague, June 18.

Recruiting for N.S.W. Police.—As a further step in the campaign against lawlessness, the New South Wales Police Force will recruit 100 new men immediately. This will bring the force to nearly 4000, including 100 special parking police, who were appointed early this year. The strength before the war was 3779. With the extra men the force will be the strongest numerically in the State’s history. It is proposed that the force should sign up another 400 men shortly.—Sydney, June 19.

Single Armistice Day.— -Australia has concurred in the Empire agreement to observe annually a single Armistice Day commemorating the two world wars. November 11 will be discarded and the nearest Sunday substituted. This year the nearest Sunday will be November 10 —Canberra, June 19

Mere Petrol for Australian Motorists..—Private motorists’ petrol allowances are to be increased by approxk mately one-third from July 1. The abolition of rationing is not possible until Australia is certain that monthly cargo allocations will be sufficient to meet consumption on an unrationed basis.—Canberra. June 19.

Australian Parliamentary Broad* casts—The Postin as ter-General (Senator D. Cameron) has announced that no censorship of speeches in Parliament would be exercised by his department. which would control the technical side of broadcasting—Canberra. June 19, Oxford Group Buys Swiss Hotel.— The Oxford Group has bought Caux Palace, one of Switzerland’s most grandiose hotels, as the key point for spreading its doctrines throughout Europe. “The price is reported to be more than £60,000.” says the Geneva correspondent of the “Daily Mail.” “The palace is situated on a promontory dominating Lake Geneva with a magnificent panorama of the Savoy Alps. Before the war it was a rendezvous for British and French society.”— London, June 19.