GENERAL CABLES

Grey River Argus, 16 December 1937, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

EVEREST EXPEDITION. [British Official Wireless]. RUGBY, December 14. Most of the party of seven men, who will constitute the British expedition which, next Spring, will make a further attempt to reach the 29,000 feet summit of Mount Everest, have now been selected. H. W. Tillmann, 39, is the oldest member of the party. He has had wide mountaineering experience, but has not previously participated in an Everest climb. Four of the men who will accompany him, namely Smythe, Shipton, Warren and Oliver, were, however, with Ruttledge in the attack on Everest, last year. HARD UP ARCHDUKE. VIENNA, December 14. Under the terms of agreement announced in Court, Archduke Leopold must leave his mother’s palace within twenty-four hours. She has to pay him £l5 monthly, and provide him with a two-roomed flat and pay the rent of it. Leopold pledges not to sue for an allowance before 1941. ROYAL FAMILY. LONDON, December 14. The two Princesses acted as hostesses at Buckingham Palace, when they held their first Christmas party, which was attended by 90 children, who are the Princesses’ friends, or the children- of Their Majesties friends. Queen Mary, Prince Edward and Princess Alexandria were also present. King George, to-day, celebrated his 42nd. birthday at Buckingham Palace. A 500-year-old custom was revived at Windsor, when the King’s birthday was observed by the firing of a salute of 21 guns. LONDON, December 14. Caught in one of the worst snowstorms in Scotland, 200 passengers on the Edinburgn to London express were snowbound for seven hours during the night, between Edinburgh and Carlisle. “PRESIDENT HOOVER” PASSENGERS. (Received December 15, 8.10 p.m.) MANILA, December 14. The liner “President McKinley” has arrived here with 453 passengers from the “President Hoover.”