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PRISONER IN SPAIN
Burgos, To-day.
No fewer than 38 different na- tionalities are tabulated among a batch of 532 volunteers of the In- ternational Brigade taken prison- er in the recent fighting in Cata- Jonia.
They emanate from regions as far apart as Iceland and the Philippines, and include 141 Bri- tish and one Chinese.-Renter.
ANGLO-EIRE PACT COMES OUT OF BLUE
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in the Irish market for certain goods, and
KING AND AUSTRALIAN TEST TOUR
London, To-day.
The King sent à message to the luncheon of the Institute of Journalists at which the Austra- lian cricketers were guests- yes- terday, welcoming them and hop-| ing that their first season in Bri- tain since his accession might prove very enjoyable. A mes- sage was also read from Lord Baldwin. British Wireless.
10,478,000 OUT OF WORK
The disputed £5,000,000 Annui-IN U.S.A.
ties will be settled on the under- standing that the Irish Govern- ment will spend certain annuai sums on defence while a certain small annual payment ($500,000 is mentioned) will be made to Britain. --Renter
OFFICIAL STATEMENT
London, To-day.
An official statement says:— Discussions between representa- tives of the United Kingdom Gov-{ ernment and the Government of Eire have now been concluded and an agreement has been reached.
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Washington, To-day.
The Secretary of Labour has re- vealed that industrial unemployed
in the United States last month were 2,450,000 more than in March. 1957.
Unemployed increased by 50,000 between February. 15, this year, and March 15..
Total unemployed in February were 10,478,000, compared with 8,116,000 in February, 1937-Reu- ter.
Mr. De Valera and his colleagues will come to London to meet the for the purpose of signature next Prime Minister and his colleagues | Monday.-British Wireless.
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Regulations providing for the pasteurisation of all the Colony's milk supplies, for. machine filling of contamers and the use of special type containers are to be introduc- ed in Urban Council on Tues- day.
are The regulations drafted so as to take effect on January 1, 1939.
Shanghai, To-day,
The Japanese "steam-roller" offensive in Shantung is already beginning, following the initial successes round Lingyi, to en- counter rock-like opposition, ac- cording to reliable reports from the front; which indicate that a smash-through at Hanchwang, on which the success of the push primarily depends, re- mains unachieved.
South of Lingyi, despite a tremendous weight of metal poured on the Chinese forces by heavy artillery and air- craft, the Chinese lines are giving ground only at high cost to the Japanese infantry.
A foreign source states that the Japanese are advancing but the advance has not corried them more than fifteen miles in three days and the pace is slowing up.-Our Own Corres- pondent.
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At the invitation of the Central). Council of the Soviet Trade Union, 40 British Trade Union- ists are leaving London to-day on a lengthy visit to Russia.
Object of the visit is to make 2 close study of the living-condi- tions of the Soviet worker. Trans-Ocean.
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