11 FEBRUARY 1966, Page 3

HIRE-PURCHASE terms were tightened, and all through the week embassies

sped to and fro pleading with the NUR to avert the rail strike threatened for Monday next. London's Under- ground may also grind to a halt. Mount Etna erupted. The King of the Belgians successfully rejected his government's resignation, and the ruling party in Liechtenstein was returned to power with eight seats and 1,789 votes. An earthquake in Central Greece destroyed ten villages, and a Japanese Boeing 727 crashed with no survivors, the worst air disaster ever known.