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London, To-day, 5 Another Conservative stronghold ́ fell to Labour in a by-election yes terday, when a Tory General Elec- tion majority of nearly 4,000 at West Fulham was turned into a Labour majority of 1,421.
The by-election, necessitated by the death of Sir Cyril Cobb, re-
sulted as follows:
WITHOUT LIGHT AND POWER
Barcelona, To-day.”
One of the first measures of the newly formed Republican Govern- ment was to bring the leader of the Republican army in the East, General Pozas, and the political
Dr. Edith Summerskill (Lab) 16,583 commissar-general, Eduardo Cas- Mr. C. J. Busby (C) 15,162 tillo, before the court for neglect
1,4:21 Elec-of duty.
Labour Majority
The figures at the General
tion were:-
Sir Cyril Cobb (C)
Dr. M. Follick (Lab)
| Mr. E. J. Johnson (L)
Conservative Majority
Both officers were recently relier- 18,461 jed of their posts. 14,978 Meanwhile, Barcelona was with- 1,132 out light last night, since insur-. 3,483 gent troops under Gen. Moscardos -Reuter. had occupied the large power plant 130 kilometres north-west of the city and had cut off the electricity supply.—Trans-Ocean.
OSLO FOREIGN POLICY TALKS
Oslo, To-day.
FRANCO'S BELIEF
Burgos, To-day. An early end of the civil war in Spain was predicted by. General Francisco Franco when he conclud- ed his review of the present mili- On the occasion of the opening tary situation at a session of the of the conference of Foreign Min-insurgent Spanish Cabinet yester- isters of the Scandinavian
coun- day. Later the Cabinet adopted a THE MASTER OF THRILLS IN AN EXCITING NEW ROLE! Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Fin- designed to meet the new situation tries, the Foreign Ministers of! series of administrative measures land made radio addresses last created by the recent successes of night outling briefly the foreign General Franco's forces. policies of their respective coun- tries.
The Ministers emphasised the says that a Navarre brigade reach- friendship existing between theirjed a watershed between Nopera countries and the wish for close Ribagorzan and Noguera Pallaesa co-operation in international af-Rivers which flow into the north of Lerida. Other columns occupied
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A war bulletin issued last night
They did not wish to participate fortified positions in Morbur in any international blocs, and
A Moorish army corps succeeded wished to keep out of any European in consolidating its position, and war-Trans-Ocean.
carrying out a series of important skirmishes.
Insurgent troops which are oper- ating south of the River Ebro are
FOUR MONTHS FOR pressing forward. It is still im-
CRUELTY
possible to give their exact posi- tions-Trans-Ocean.
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TORTOSA HOLDS OUT
Wong Yee-mui, who was yester- day charged before Mr. HR But-
Saragossa, To-day. ters, at the Central Magistracy, for The insurgents continued to shell ill-treating and assaulting her nepand bomb the coastal town of Tor- hew, aged 7, was this morning sen-tosa yesterday without, however, tenced to four months' hard labour.being able to dislodge the Republi-
Defendant was remanded yester- can defenders. -
day for the doctor's report which The railway has been kept under stated that there was a septic blis constant fire, and it appears that ter on the thumb and inflammation the only courses open to the Govern compatible with it having been ment troops are a fight to a finish burned. There were scars and or surrender. Trans-Ocean. marks over the body as if caused by
a light cane. The general
con-
dition of the child showed neglect.
DEATH OF MRS. * DAISY GOLDENBERG
It is with regret that we have to
REPUBLICAN OFFENSIVE
Madrid, Te-day.
A fresh Republican offensive. on the Extremadura front is re- vealed in an official-com- munique, which claims the cap-. ture of heights in the sector Puente de Bispo.—Reutr.
record the death of Mrs. Daisy NEW C.-IN-C.
Goldenberg, wife of Mr. W. Golden- berg, manager of N. S. Moses and Co. Ltd. who passed away at her residence early this morning.
British troos Trans-Jordanias:
London, To-day.
The deceased lady who had been under the command of ill for some time leaves two chil General R H Haining. dren, a boy and a girl, and several The former brothers and sisters among whom chief, Lt. Gen. 4. P-Wavell, are Mrs. Ezra Abraham, Miss Vio-been transferred to Aldershot. let Mackenzie and Mr. Alex Mac- Major-General mming arrived in kenzie.
Jerusalem yesterday by plane. His
The funeral will take place this
the Jewish
No flowers by request.
Lt. Gen. Wavell, leaves (Friday) for London-