CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 March 1937, Page 7

CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

SEAMEN’S DISCHARGE BILL

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WASHINGTON, March 11: J The House of Representatives has *' passed the Bland Bill, giving seamen - the option -of accepting* continuous discharge'books Wd‘ hew certificates; of identification issued., by Customs collectors and Shipping -'Commission- ’ ers. The bill will noW go to the Sen- ? ate. . . < PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE \ , WASHINGTON, March 11? • The Secretary of State (Mr. Cordell Hull) announced to-day that he expected to discuss with Presidents Manuel Quezon,’ of the Philippine Commonwealth, the desire of 4 the is-j. lands for eaYly and cdinpiete indepeh-f deuce. He indicated that there was ’’ little Government objection to this \ action, if there w - as sufficient assur- • ance that the economic problems involved could be settled! ‘ 'J k Senator M. E. Tydings, co-author of the Act which will make the Philip- : ; pines independent in 1945,.5aid that ? a reciprocal trade agreement could >be • drawn immediately to remove Any objections. U.S. JUDICIARY f WASHINGTON, March 11.' The- Assistant Attorney-General ■ (Mr. J. R. Jackson) told a committee of the Senate to-day that unless President Roosevelt's proposals for reform of the Supreme Court judiciary ' were passed, the President’s New Deal programme would be lost in a maze of constitutional metaphors. He said that' the method of increasing the number of judges had been ; used throughout history when conditions demanded it. , VOSPER~TRAGEDY ’ LONDON, March 12. The “Daily Telegraph’s” Le Havre correspondent says: Miss Oxford visited the liner Paris, and assisted in a reconstruction of the Vosper tragedy, in the cabin that she occupied.

MARIE TEMPEST’S ORDEAL.

LONDON, March 12.

Facing the greatest ordeal of her life, but honouring her late husband's wish that she should play 1 Marie Tempest appeared on the/stage to-night, with an understudy to -jpay the part of her Formerly this part was portrayed’by the late Mr. Graham Browne.;. There was a' poignant moment; a hjtnute before Marie Tempest’s-'entry>on the stage, when Browne’s understudy uttered the line, “How long.'has - she , been a widow?”..? NAZI SALUTE TO KING. ? ■ - LONDON, March IL. ? According to the “Daily Herald,” the German Ambassador' (Herr von Ribbentrop) gave the Nazi salute to the King at the . afternoon party ; at - Buckingham Palace;;’He bowed to the Queen. '■ FILMING BIBLE STORIES ’ LONDON, ..ktarch. 12. A. M. Crawley,- the famous - Oxford and Kent batsman, has arrived in Palestine to make films illustrating Bible stories, for educational purposes. The films will be available to-, all schools. ' TRADE WITH LANCASHIRE.' -i " ■ A ‘ i” LONDON, March 11.. The New Zealand Minister for Marketing (Hon. W. Nash) to-day discussed trade problems;with the Manchester Chamber of Commerce and the Joint Committee of Cotton Trades Organisations He also discussed steps necessary to meet. Japanese competition in cotton goods.

Mr. Nash told a correspondent of the Australian Associated Press that he hoped the results would be equally valuable to New Zealand and Lancashire.