Eight tons of gold in dollars, sovereigns and bullion arrived by ait jat Croydon from Holland during the week-end, valued at over £1,800,000, Dr. Julius de Goemboes, the Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence, has gained an unprecedented victory in the Hungarian Parliamentary elections.
The United States on Apr. 6 agreed to join with the Argentine, Chile, and other Latin American nations effort to mediate the Gran Chaco war between Paraguay and Bolivia, Roosevelt's $4,80,000000 work relict Congress on Apr, 6 adopted President
programme andthe Administration Taunezed immediate plans to" make Jobs. fur more. them 3.930.000 unem> ployed "Americans, In abolishing the Senate, the 'Tealdaris Government also dissolved the Chamber' of Deputies on Apr. 1 fand set May 19 as the date for the lection of the. National Assembly hich fs to be called for the purpose revising the Greek Constitution, Adopting the uncommon procedure, the House of Lords ha quashed the conviction of 'Reginald Woolmington, the 21-year-old Dorset-Shire farmer' who was sentenced: to death for the murder of his 1i-year-id wife, Kathleen, by shooting her with' sawn-off shotgun The House has voted to increase potential wartime manpower. of the United States toa total of 23, 000,000 men, The action. was taken in the form of an amendment to the MeSwrain Bille take the cash pr0-
Mr. Hugh Ruttledge, leader of the 1933. expedition, has accepted an invitation {0 lead a new attempt to Sonquer Mount Everest in. 1035-36. The necessary permission has been stanted by the Tibetan Government, General Sir Robert Archibald Cassels, Gem, City 050, has been appointed " Commander-in-Chief of the Army in India in-succession to Field-Marshal Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode, 6cs.t, Kern, KERN, DO. The new' Commander-in-Chief will assume his post on November 30, 1038, "when 'Sir Philip. Chetwode' tenure of office expires, "Criminal rashness" was the term applied by Mr. Phillips, the official receiver, to the unsuccessful attempt to corner the pepper market made by the well-known firm of metal broker Messrs. James & Shakspeare, at the first meeting of the firm's creditors fon Apr. 4. He stated that the Habilities of Messrs. James & Shakspeare were estimated at £755,520 and assets The Immense popularity of Lord Derby, among all classes in his native Jcounty' of Lancashire, was shown on April 4 when at Preston, in the presence of 4,000 people, his Oth birthday was marked by a presentation to which over 83,000 persons had each contributed one shilling. Their signa tures had been collected and were bound in 22 volumes contained in special cabinet—Wireless through Reuter, The town of Hepburn, near News castle, one of the most, distressed areas ju Great Britain, is to be saved from further unemployment mitecy. Shortly after the launching of the new 24,000-on P. & O. liner Strath more at Barrow on Apr. 4, it we nounced that Messrs, Vickers-Armstrong, Ltd., had purchased the ship-repairing and dry-dock business of Messrs, Palmerg at Hepburn.
Further revelations concerning the interests held by Germany in Swedish arms manufacturing concerns were made on Apr. 4 before Parliament Guring the discussion on the Government's bill for control over armament manufacture in Sweden. The Pre-tier, Mr. Albin Hanson, said that Out of a total number of 198,000 shares of the well-known Swedish armament Bern of Bofors, 63,000 were owned by Germans. at £235,842, 'The House of Lords on Apr. 4, by 44 votes to 14, passed the second' reading of @ bill introduced by Lord Rockley, a former member of the Royal Commission on Honours, providing for the appointment of life peers toa number limited to five in any one year and for a total sitting at one time not in excess of 50, The Bill, which was introduced with the special permission of the King, whose prerogative will be affected, was opposed by Labour mem-hers. The Marquess of Londonderry, Secretary of State for Air, said that the Government could not take any part in the passage of the BIL.
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