CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20002, 9 August 1930, Page 15

CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF.

CRICKET MATCH POSTPONED. LONDON, August 7. Owing to further heavy rain having fallen, the cricket match Australia v. Warwickshire was abandoned for the day. Warwickshire's score stands at three for 102. RELIEF FOR UNEMPLOYED. SYDNEY, August 8. .The Unemployment Relief Council has allotted an additional- £IOO,OOO for unemployment relief work in the shires and municipalities. A SUDDEN FLOOD. WASHINGTON, August 7. A message from Nogales (Arizona) states that twenty are believed to be dead in the twin cities of Nogales, located on opposito sides of the Mexican-United States border, as a result of tho accumulated flood waters, suddenly pouring .from the surrounding hills. AUSTRALIAN ARBITRATION. CANBERRA, August 8. A motion in the Senate that its amendments to the Arbitration Bill be not insisted on was defeated. HINDU-MOSLEM FRACAS. DELHI, August 7. More Indian troops have been despatched to Ilimwar, where savage fighting continues between Hindus and Moslems. Nine more Hindus are reported to havo been murdered by Moslem gangs, who also looted several houses and shops. FRENCH LABOUR MARKET. PARIS, August 7. Contrasting with England's alarming figures, the latest unemployment returns show that France has 856 unemployed, of whom 655 are men*and 201women; The number of situations of-fered-in July was 14,739 in excess of the number of applicants. MISS AMY JOHNSON. LONDON, August 8. Hull's gift to Miss Amy Johnson is a silver globe, ornately mounted, on which the flight routo is marked out in red enamel. Tho stopping places aro in black. AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT. CANBERRA, August 8. The House of Representatives approved the London Naval Treaty for the limitation and reduction of naval armaments. The Income Tax Bill, prescribing the new rates as defined in the Budget, passed all stages. The Senate passed the second reading of the Sales Tax Bill. •BIG STORES BURNED. SYDNEY, August 8. Large department stores at Wagga, conducted by Da.vid Copland ; and. Company, were destroyed by fire early this morning. The loss is estimated at £30,000. . j