CABLE BREVITIES

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 65, 10 December 1930, Page 11

CABLE BREVITIES

The first public offer of shares in the London “Daily Express” 100,000 £1 ordinary shares issued at £2—has been heavily over-subscribed.

The publishing firm of Jarrolds Ltd. have accepted a novel by the New Zealander Miss Nellie Scanlan, with the option of another, according to a cable from London.

Five buildings were destroyed by lire yesterday at Bruce Rock, 172 miles from Perth. The damage is estimated at £lO,OOO. There were no flre-flghting facilities in the town.

A message from Perth states that an increase of from 44 to 48 hours per week for railway workers was granted by the State Arbitration Court on the application of the Government.

Of 52 prohibited Italians on board the Orford at Brisbane yesterday, only fifteen were allowed to land. Those detained on board made an angry scene on the decks.

A message from Apia states that a Samoan girl, aged four, was knocked down on Tuesday morning by a car driven by Mr. E. Paul, a garage proprietor. She died the same afternoon.

The Acting-Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. J. E. Fenton, says that the Government has no intention of recommending that Sir Isaac Isaacs be raised .o the Peerage. The Labour Party is definitely opposed to such a thing .

A protest at Hobart by A. J. Ransom against J. G. Hunter, of New Zealand being awarded the Reeves Handlcap Chop at the Ulverstone woodchopping carnival on the grounds that he supplied insufficient performances, was dismissed.

A treasure chest containing a remarkable collection of jewels has been found in a .villa at Dela Bondanza, Pomneli. The finds included bracelets, earrings, and a silver dinner service, all In an excellent state of preservation. The estimated value is £500,600.

To enable the trustees of tlie British Museum anil tlie National Gallery to make loans of articles in their collections for exhibition overseas, a Bill has been introduced in the House of Lords by Lord Parmoor, Lord President of the Council, states a British wireless message.

Among the passengers on the Ot which arrived at Fremantle from London to-day, is Miss Gladys Watkins,’ who has been abroad studying carillon playing. Miss' Watkins who is a well-known Wellington musician. is under a tentative agreement to ®iay th® new. eatillou.