LOCAL & GENERAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12537, 26 April 1935, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

The price of gold is quoted in London at £7 3s BAd.—P.A.

The Niagara sailed from Sydney for Auckland, at midnight last night.— P. A.

It is estimated (says a London P.A. cable) that £500,000 had been paid by April 6, for seats to view the Jubilee procession to St. Paul’s.

At Association football in the first division (says a London P.A. cable) Huddersfield and Aston Villa drew, I—l, Scottish Hangers and Albion, drew 3 all.

The Plaza, building in Dublin, in the ballroom of which the Irish sweepstakes have been drawn, was burnt down. Incendiarism is suspected. The building was completely gutted.—P.A.

In 1934, 5C63 vessels passed through the Suez Cana], their nett tonnage being 31,750,802 compared with 20.677,000 in 1933. Britain heads the tonnage with 17,238128 and Germany is second 1 with 2,976,451. —P.A.

One of the most interesting dogexhibits at the P.-oyal Show in Sydney was provided by two Salukis sent to Sydney by J. F. B. Stevenson, of Wellington, who is oaid to he the only breeder in the Southern Horn is pherc rf these rare animals. Major Simcoeks, a vice-president of the Canine Judges’. Association, described them .a; two. of the most beautiful dogs ho JiaJ ever seen. — P.A. ,

•‘l’m shot,” exclaimed James Fnrquhar, a young man, as ] K > collapsed wliile fishing o n the rocks at Raliotu yesterday afternoon. .A companion heard a pea rifle shot and found that Farquhar had been shot,through the shoulder and lung. IT e was taken to hospital in a critical condition. A party is believed to have been shooting in the. vicinity and it is thought the shooting wa.s accidental. Farquliar, early in the summer, dislocated his neck while swimming and hal- - in plaster.—P.A.

Five seats on the reconstituted Sydney Metropolitan AYater Sewerage Board lmve been filled by the election of four Civic Reform candidates and cn.p Labor nominee.. It will he remembered that the Stevens Government upset the plans for the original election owing to the intervention -of Trades Hall quarters, which attempted to influence the voting for Labor candidates.—P.A.

Officials and exhibitors arc agreed that- the Royal Agricultural Show at Sydney, which ended on AVednesday, was the most successful ever neltl there. Alorc people attended, the ■standard of exhibits was higher and the turnover was -greater than ever before in it? 113 years history. During the nine days, 733,516 persons attended the show, which i s 57,576 more than the previous- record attendance in 1926 and 130.893 more than last year.—P.A.

It is stated in an Auckland P.A. wire that Captain Drummond, (the now commodore of the N.Z. naval unit), on arriving there yesterday, said that befell e leaving England, he approached the Admiralty concerning the replacement of the light cruisers on the New Zealand station at as early a date as possible. Owing t° the shortage of cruisers, lie considered that it would not be until early in 1937 that- the two vessels of the Leander class; arrived in New Zealand waters.

Cabinet lias (says a Wellington P.A wire) approved. °f tlie appointment of 400 of th 0 Pence. Making tlii.s announcement on Thursday the Minister for Justice said ■ that the people concerned had been written to and' asked whether they would accept office and it was expected that their replies would be tp hand in a few days, when the list of new appointees would be made availably for publication .

Within the-next month, the wheat growers of New Zealand will receive a total payment of £312,000, the final payout of the Wheat Board on the 1931 crop. Because of.the com, parative shortage of the crop this year, the Wheat Purchase Board was able to dispose of the surplus locally a,t prices considerably better than those realised for wheat exported two years ago and has made possible a pay-out of lid. per bushel compared with 6d. last year.— P.A.

Two women were drowned in the upper reaches of the Mokau river yesterday as a result of a motor car skidding and’ plunging from the bridge at the junction of the central arid Taranaki main highways. The victims were Mi’s Charles Tici Kiiiti and Dili’s Coleridge Raft, 26, Oiiakurie, h grand-daughter of Mrg Hyde. The. car was being driven south, by Mi* Colbi'iclgc Baft who. although suffering front shock and exhaustion, reached the bahk of the river after trying vainly to rescue iiig companions; in tlie fall from the bridge tlie ti\vb-women wore evidently thrown out into the tonneau and trapped.—P.A.

A German naval delegation arrives in Londofi. early in May, for Hie purpose of discussing Germany’s na ' val plans.—P.A.

A huge crowd listened to Lady Aster aruj other speakers at a meeting at tlife university m lnstanbul. The speakers strongly supported a resolution claiming complete equality of statue, for women-:—A-P-A. The hitch regarding the Frarico-Rus-sian pact has been overcome and Le Matin states that AI. Laval and Potemkin will initial the draft at the week-end. —P.A.

Dr. Alan Brown, a child specialist, who examined, the Dionne quintuplets on orders from the Premier, .Mr Hepburn, at the demand of the.father declared! that the condition of the babies was excellent, but two were rR " covering from colds, says a Callender A.P.A. cable.