NEWS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 210, 3 June 1935, Page 11

NEWS IN BRIEF

English Air Mail The Huddart, Parker motor-liner Wanganella, which is due at Wellington early ou Wednesday morning from .Sydney, brings English air mail dispatched from London on May 18.

Cabinet Ministers and the Bible. Dr. Kagawa, noted Japanese Christian leader, telling the Town Hall audience yesterday of the spread of Christianity in Japan, said that of the 13 Ministers in the last Cabinet seven came from Christian families. Admiral Saito, though not a baptised Christian, read the Bible every day. “I wonder do your Ministers do that?” asked Dr. Kagawa.

Two Inches Taller. Speaking of the respect for women which Christianity had inculcated in Japan, the Japanese religious leader, Dr. Toyohlko Kagawa, hi his address at the Town Hall yesterday, said it had previously been the custom for women to eat from smaller, dishes than men. This had been altered, and now that girls were eating from the same sized dishes they had added two inches to their height in recent-years. Two years ago at the Los Angeles Olympic Games the Japanese girls had won the swimming championships.

No Tram Available. Passengers returning by the special race train from Leviu ou Saturday evening were not catered for by the tramway department. Over a hundred people arrived at Thorndou to find one solitary tram on the station siding, and even that was not available. Its doors were shut and entrances barred, with no sign of a conductor or motorman. A handful of taxis soon disappeared and the majority of the people, sooner than wait, walked to the city, Those who went over to Thorndon Quay to wait for a tram were faced with a long wait before one came along.

Lord Bledisloe Broadcast. Lord Bledisloe’s familiar voice was heard again last night in many New Zealand homes, when 2YA relayed the broadcast of his address at a dinner of the Gloucestershire Chamber of Agriculture held ou Saturday night. In his speech, Lord Bledisloe said a great many complimentary things about the Dominion, and wholeheartedly fulfilled the promise macle on several occasions before leaving New Zealand that he would play the part of New Zealand’s publicity agent on his return to the Old Country.