ITEMS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 150, 21 March 1930, Page 13

ITEMS IN BRIEF

Brisbane Lord Mayoralty.—The London “Gazette” announces that the King has granted a Lord Mayoralty to Brisbane.—Press Assn. Gisborne-Napier Railway.—The middleline of a further portion of the GisborneWaikokopu section of the Gisborne to Napier railway was defined by proclamation last night. The distance involved is approximately 61 miles. Federal Health Conference.— The Federal health conference suggested that a division should be established to deal with maternal and child welfare matters; also that vigorous efforts be made to reduce the amount of bovine tuberculosis affecting human beings, states a Press Association message from Canberra. Ban on Seditious and Obscene Books. —A Press Association message from. Washington states that after twelve hours’ acrimonious debate over the cen-: sorship provisions of the Tariff Bill, the Senate adopted an amendment restoringthe prohibition on seditious and obscene books and lodging the censorship in the Federal District. Courts instead of the Customs Service. Bradnuin’s Record Bat. — Hundreds of Bradford schoolboys are idolising Bradman per medium of his world's record bat. which was returned to Bradford as a souvenir, having been made at Horbury, states a Press Association message. ■; Properties in New Hebrides. —The Federal Government has rejected the offer of ten thousand shares in a French company owning extensive properties in the New Hebrides, on the ground that the Government would not, as represented by the company, have a majority holding in the company.—Press Assn. Kunchinjinga Expedition.—Mr. Wood Johnson, a tea-planter, of Darjeeling, and an experienced Himalayan mountaineer, is joining the Kunchinjinga expedition, states a Press Association message from London. Lord Bi rd wood has arranged for a specially selected Gurkha non-commissioned officer speaking English to accompany the party. The., expedition has applied direct to the Maharajah of Nepal for permission to enter Nepal. The party will probably leave Darjeeling on April 4.