CABLE BREVITIES

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 18, 16 October 1933, Page 9

CABLE BREVITIES

The champion English jockey, Gordon Richards, again rode three winners at Newmarket on Friday last, bringing his total to 229 for the season.

The billiardist Joe Davis hopes to go to Melbourne in 1934 to play Walter Lindrum for the world's championship if suitable financial arrangements can be made, states a London message.

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith stated in Brisbane on Saturday that he is of the opinion that the Melbourne centenary air race from England to Australia should be done in three days, flying day and night.

A verdict of 100,000 dollars against Mr. Henry Ford was awarded in Philadelphia on Friday by a jury in suits involving the manufacturer and the Sweeten Automobile Company over an agency dispute.

A Berlin message states that the Chief of Police in Upper Silesia has issued a proclamation, in consequence of reports that Jews have repeatedly been insulted and beaten at niglit. warning' that anybody insulting Jews will be sent to a concentration camp.

The London “Daily Telegraph” states that an exploratory operation is to be performed on Larwood's left foot in London on Monday (to-day) in order to attempt to establish the cause of the trouble, after which appropriate treatment will be determinable.

One compensation of the long and arduous voyage of the British destroyers on loan to Australia will be that the crews will receive a regular rum ration, which is not customary in the Roval Australian Navy, but will bo adopted during the forthcoming journey, partly to benefit the many R.N. ratings among the crews.

Tenuis Professionalism. A “broad hint that Jack Crawford would turn professional shortly was thrown out by W. T. Tilden here." states the “Montreal Herald.” "Crawford has not signed anything and not assented.” so Tilden announced, "but I understand he is considering favourably the idea of turning his great talents to a practical use.”

Archbishopric Refused. Canon How has refused the Arch bishopric of Brisbane, states a London cable. He said: ''l have consulted several people who are thoroughly acquainted with Brisbane, and they are emphatic that the position cannot be undertaken by a married man with a family, unless he possesses private means. I must therefore regretfully decline, having no alternative.”