NEWS IN BRIEF.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 7 October 1924, Page 7

NEWS IN BRIEF.

BRITISH pFFICER STONED. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT Received October 7, 10.40 a m < , .. BERLIN, Oct.'c. diiete^ at ? allon -*°* Brifcish infantry conucted a punitive operation in the distifft °* i Vloedrath .' in ' the Cologne uistnct, where a Uritish staff cifietr be°ten ~g Tr 1 i hiS " ile ’ ' vas sloned niui v/ I® tro ° ps made a bouse-to-f searc hed the occupants and seized arms. They left a force behind to maintain a curfew fo, r a week their last supper. • Received October 7, 10.45 a m A , DANZIG, Oct.'e. ; tniAmKl i aud * wo sc, ns were simul?iT CU ed A Gra nduez, where wlfrfc ? ? f T lld , glult - v of 18 murders. tion- i tr d d ‘ e condemned’s tradilirf . SUPP A' °i, a .Pound of sans&os, lain, bread and cigarette. 1 BUMPER, HARVEST EXPECTED. (Received Oct. 7. 10.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, Oct. 7. A bumper harvest is anticipated this year and the ultimate result now depends more upon the crops maturing without serious inroads by disease, than upon more rain. Tire report of the Agricultural Department's field officers are so far reassuring, though scatteied instances of rust and smut are reported, which, with the continued damp weather, would tend to increase. NINCOMPOOP’S WIN. SYDNEY, Oct. 7. lhe Sydney Morning Herald, comnl writing on Nincompoop’s win, says: Nincompoop is a very solid young gentleman who showed he Pas some knowledge of covering ground with the least exertion. His was an easy win.”