DEFENCE OF FRANCE

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 314, 21 December 1936, Page 5

DEFENCE OF FRANCE

MAGINOT LINE NEW MOVE SUGGESTED British Protection Asked For Luxembourg. —_ Press Association —Copyright. Received 10 a.m. To-day. London, December 20. The Brussels correspondent of the Observer says that the Premier of Luxembourg conferred with the Government. It is believed that he is anxious for closer political contact with Belgium and desires to secure an extension of the British guarantee for assistance in the event of aggression, to Luxembourg. It is understood that France is prepared to include Luxembourg in the guarantee she offered Belgium. The newspapers point out that Luxembourg provides an ideal line of passage for German troops attacking the Maginot line along the Belgian frontier.

girl aged eight was admitted to the Christchurch hospital to-day as a suspected case of the disease to be kept under observation. This was the only notification to-day in the Canterbury and Westland districts. Dr. Telford, medical officer of health, emphasised the need for continued precautionary measures. He urged that businesses should do all possible to avoid assemblies of children. He has advised the abandon merit of Hie beach gala at New Brighton and the gatherings of children proposed by certain school committees have been prohibited. A children’s excursion to the West Coast has been cancelled.

Four Further Cases Under Observation. Press Association—Copyright. Dunedin, December 18. ■ No positive cases of infantile paralysis were admitted o Dunedin Hospital to-day, although four children were received for observation purposes during the afternoon. These latest admissions bring the total suspected, since the outbreak of the disease to 43, of whom 17 are paralysed. Eight or nine are showing definite symptoms of the disease and the remainder are under observation. Six More Cases At Dunedin. Press Association—Copyright. Dunedin, Last Night. A further six patients were admitted. to Dunedin Hospital to-day' as a result of the infantile paralysis outbreak. One boy and one girl are probably paralysed, two girls and one boy are positive eases, and one girl is for observation.