CABLE BREVITIES
In Loudon on Tuesday Lord Stonehaven, ex-Governor-General of Australia, was granted an audience with the King. Lord and Lady Stonehaven lunched with their Majesties. Asked in the House of Commons whether any negotiations were proceeding with the Government of the United States of America on the readjustment of the war debts, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Philip Snowden) replied “No.” » * » A Sydney message states that the Parramatta River was the scene of a grim tragedy, when the tide washed up on the rocks the terribly mutilated body of a woman who escaped from the Callan Park Asylum on Saturday. Sharks had torn away both legs and one arm, and the rest of the trunk was shockingly gnawed. ♦ * ♦ At Melbourne yesterday New South Wales defeated Victoria in an interstate tennis contest by 11 rubbers to 9. Hopman and Crawford both Clemenger and Schlesinger in the singles, but the southern pair turned the tables in the doubles. « * ♦ It was reported from Montreal last night that the Premier of Canada has arranged for the sale of 50 million bushels of wheat in Europe. [By Radio, per Mr, I. M. Levy.]
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 66, 11 December 1930, Page 11
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190CABLE BREVITIES Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 66, 11 December 1930, Page 11
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