CABLE BREVITIES

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 58, 2 December 1930, Page 11

CABLE BREVITIES

At Brussels on Saturday the Australian lady hockey players defeated a Belgian women’s team by 4 goals to 1 IS « » At Hollywood (California), George Cook, the Australian heavyweight boxer, gained a decision over Royal Elliott in a slow ten rounds’ bout on Friday night. La Barba secured a decision over Taylor. * Displaying at Sydney an effortless stvle, Miss Bonnie Mealing swam 220 yards backstroke iu 3mln. 2 2-ssec., thereby breaking the women's Australian record, and almost equalling the world’s record for 200 metres. »■ « * A new tariff schedule to become effectual In the New Tear has been passed by the Government, states a message from Shanghai. It increases the Customs- revenue by one hundred million dollars. Seven hundred articles are affected. Prominent bookmakers in Sydney declare that the Lang Government’s tax on racing winnings will kill racing altogether. Bettors would desert the courses, and the breeding of racehorses would be retarded. ♦ ♦ ♦ The Commonwealth Statistician reports that the birthrate for Australia in 1921) was the lowest on record—namely, 20.31 per 1000 of population. States a Sydney message. The death rate was also very low, and the ra e of natural increase by excess of birtns over deaths was equalled in very itr countries. , At Brisbane last night, the 220yds_ free stvle swimming championship <> neenshnd was won by A. Cesari m Quoensi.imt W()1 , the u’is. ■country championship In Kflsoe. -rhe HOvds. breast-stroke championship of Queensland was won by .Toe Cesari in Tniin. Tsee. (By Kadio, per Mr. L M. I/iIT-l