BRIEF ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 259, 2 August 1928, Page 10

BRIEF ITEMS

FROM FAR AND NEAR Soviet Lottery Loan.—As a reflection on the difficulty of obtaining credit abroad, the Soviet announces a domestic lottery loan of fifty millions sterling at 5 per cent., states an Australian ' Press Association message from Moscow. Indian Governors. —It is officially announced that Sir William Hailey, Governor of the Punjab, India, has been appointed Governor of the United Provinces, in succession to the late Sir xUexander Muddiman. Sir Geoffrey de Montmorency has been appointed Governor of the Punjab.—British Official Wireless. Unemployed in Britain.—On July 23 the total number of unemployed was 1,282,900. This was 35,468 more than, the week before, and 253,998 more than the year before. British Official Wireless. Export of Rubber.—lt is officially announced that the percentage of the standard production of rubber which may bs exported at the minimum rate of duty from Ceylon and Malaya for the quarter beginning August 1 will be sixty.—British Official Wireless. Motor-car Speed in Britain.—A British Official Wireless message states that the Transport Minister announced in Parliament that the legal maximum speed for heavy motor-cars fitted with pneumatic tyres would be raised from 12 to 20 miles an hour from October 1. Memorial Service to Church Worker.— Synchronising with the funeral in Christchurch a memorial service to the late Stanley Wilkinson was held in St. Stephen’s Church, Sydney, yesterday. Mr. Wilkinson went to Sydney from New Zealand in 1917 as travelling secretary for the Presbyterians of New South Wales. His work, which resulted in a large increase in membership, was greatly valued. —Press Assn. Labour Women to Visit Russia.—An Australian Press Association-United Service message from London, states that fifty Labour women from the coalfields, textile areas, and domestic circles, are going to Russia aboard the Soviet, travelling steerage as “ambassadors of peace,” in furtherance of the Russian disarmament proposals aimed at tho abolition of war. The leader is Mrs. Katherine Duncan, a school teacher, and Londoner. The women will remain thre® weeks, and inspect the Red Army.