CABLE BREVITIES

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 68, 13 December 1930, Page 11

CABLE BREVITIES

Canada has put in a challenge for the Davis Cnp for lawn tennis in the American zone, in 1931. * » ♦. The Tasmanian Legislative Assembly rejected motions designed to abolish the office of State Governor and the Legislative Council. A Brussels message announces that the swimmer S. M. Vanparys, at Ghent, broke the world’s record for 600 metres, breaststroke style. He swam the distance in. 7min. 37 4-ssec. The British Bed Cross Society has decided upon Empire-wide observance of Florence Nightingale's birthday as Bed Cross Day. She was born in Florence on May 12, 1829. • » • A message from Dublin states that M£ Patrick McGilligan, Minister of External Affairs, in the Dail announced that a Bill would be introduced to abolish the right of appeal to the Privy Council. The United States Navy will have the largest fuel oil concentration in history next June, when fifty-four tanks at Pearl, Harbour, with a total capacity of over four million gallons, will be 90 per cent, filled. « # ♦ The Hankow police thwarted a plot to assassinate General Chiang-Kai-Shek during welcoming ceremonies, states a message from Shanghai. Raiding a Communist lair, they arrested eight men, who confessed immediately. They were publicly executed. <•* » | The Prince of- Wales, preparatory to his South American tour, delivered his first public speech in Spanish when dining at the Argentine Club in Lon-, don on Thursday. A guest described the speech as most fluent. Both the grammar and accent were splendid. » » « A one-day cricket match was played between the M.C.C. team and North Rhodesia, states a Cape Town message. The home side scored 73. Voce took four wickets for 11 runs and Peebles three for 23. Marylebone lost nine wickets for 234 (Turnbull 63, Leyland 65). The match was drawn. «» ■ » The Orient Line, faced with the re sponsibility of repatriating Italians to Naples because they were refused permission to land in Australia, has communicated with Sir G. Ryrie, the Australian High Commissioner, setting out the position.