SPANISH CIVIL WAR

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 340, 22 January 1937, Page 5

SPANISH CIVIL WAR

LATEST DETAILS. FRENCH ACTION. Volunteers Prohibited From Going To Spain. British Official Wireless. Received 1 p.m. Rugby, January 21. A Paris message states that the French Senate, following the example of the Chamber of Deputies, to-day unanimously voted a Bill empowering the Government to ban volunteers from proceeding to Spain.

LISBON EXPLOSIONS Bombs Damage Portuguese Capital. Press Association —Copyright. Received 11.15 a.m. Lisbon, January 21. Following bomb explosions in four different parts of Lisbon, including the Ministry of Education, 14 people were arrested, including one Englishman. The Portuguese Radio Club Broadcasting Station was badly damaged. The Government attributes the outrage to “foreign inspiration.” Later another bomb considerably damaged the War Ministry]

NAVAL ACTION SEEN. Gibraltar Reports Bombing Raids and Sea Battle. Press Association —’Copyright. Received 11.15 a.m. Gibraltar, January 21. Government ’planes again bombed Ceuta, setting fire to petrol tanks from which a large column of smoke was seen rising. A naval was seen from Gibraltar during thp The ships engaged were not recognised. One Million Lives Lost In Civil War. Press Association—Copyright. Received 11 a.m. Madrid, January 21. The war has cost the lives of a million Spaniards, according to a statement published in the Libertad.