GENERAL GABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 10413, 21 October 1927, Page 5

GENERAL GABLES

MISHAP TO LINER BENDIGO

LAS PALMAS, Uet. 19

The P. and O. steamer Bendigo arrived with a propeller boss missing and the tail end. of a shaft broken. She is returning to Falmouth for repairs.—A.N. Z .C. A. GLIDER ALTITUDE RECORD. (Received Oet, 20, 9.20 p.m.) BERLIN, Oct, 19. The airman .Schultze made a- new glider-altitude record of 2118 reet in four hours, beating the previous best, by 552 feet.—A. aud N.Z.C.A.

ITALIAN SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITIONS.

ROME, Oet, .19. A meeting at- Milan, celebrating the tenth anniversary of the end- of the war, decided to organise two. Italian scientists expeditions in 1928. One will attempt the ascent ot the Himalayas, to which the British and Dio Indian Governments have consented 1 . The other will be a Polar expedition in charge-. of General Nobilie. —A. and N.Z.O.A. COMPULSORY INSURANCE * AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS (Received Oct. 20, 11 P-m-) 1 LONDON, Oct. 19. The Times’ Milan correspondent reports that Cabinet approved a scheme of compulsory insuranceagainst tuberculosis, employers and employees contributing fortnightly t-u a national fund which is being constituted.—Times. NEW SOUTH WALES POLITICS. (Received Oct, 20, 10.50 p.m.) SYDNEY. Oct. 20. Cabinet at a meeting decided that Parliament should meet on -November 2 or 3 for a- short session to enable the passage of the Supply Billand a measure to transfer th<Y*T®sj government to a commission. The latter will mean that the forthcoming civic elections will not be held.'— U.P.A. , 1