Selection: Michalis Katsigeras

JUSTICE: The Finance Ministry has been informed of a Supreme Court decision issued on the basis of provisions in the law on peace measures that obliges the State to reimburse Alexandros Kanellopoulos, who had been convicted of smuggling foreign exchange, of almost the entire amount of the fine of 900 million drachmas he had paid (...). The Finance Minister (Mr Chrysos Evelpidis) took upon himself the responsibility of not carrying out the above ruling and ordered that the money paid by Mr Kanellopoulos should not be returned to him. UNION REQUEST: The self-employed and manufacturers’ union has asked for a meeting with the American mission in order to (...) propose measures to improve the economic situation of the financially weaker classes in their sector. METAXAS: Tomorrow, Monday, August 4 at 7 p.m., the National Association is to hold a memorial service at the grave of its late leader, Ioannis Metaxas, to mark the historic anniversary of the events of August 4, 1936. (According to an announcement by the National Association.) FOOD MARKET: Despite the fact that the day before yesterday marked the beginning of the fasting period until August 15, the food markets were filled with large quantities of good quality local fresh meat and fish. About 200 beef cattle have been imported from Serbia and another 505 from Turkey. The American cargo ship Conte Ocean sailed into Piraeus with 1,000 tons of frozen meat from Argentina.