NEWS IN BRIEF.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 27 November 1924, Page 7

NEWS IN BRIEF.

JOCKEY’S DEATH. BY CARLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT, (Received Nov. 27, 11.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, Nov. 27. x J. King, the jockey, is dead. COMMONWEALTH LOAN. Received Nov. 27, 1.50 p.m. LONDON, Npv. 26. The Commonwealth loan of six millions at 4£ per cent., at £97 10s, has been underwritten. VESSEL WITHOUT CARGO. Received Nov. 27. 11.20 a.m. . MELBOURNE, Nov. 27. The Maloia sailed without taking aboard any cargo at Geelong. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. Received Nov. 27, 11.20 a.m. MELBOURNE, Nov. 27. At the inquest on Mrs Dawson, her son-in-law. Albert Barber, was committed for trial. The police evidence showed that the place had been ransacked not for valuables, but for information of the whereabouts of Barber’s wife, who left him. FLIGHT TO NORTH POLE. CHRISTIANIA, Nov. 25. It is stated that Dr. Nansen intends, next summer to participate in an attempt to reach the North Pole by airship. Commander Bums is leading and organising the expedition. A LIVE BOMB. WOMAN’S STRANGE PARCEL. LONDON, Nov. 25. An ex-service attendant at Daly’s Theatre made an amazing discovery. A well-dressed woman aged about 40, on entering the gallery, left a large d a reel in. his charge during the performance. * The man became suspicious of the parcel’s unusual weight. He opened it and found it contained a live stink gas bomb, as used in France during the war. The noli re were called in and removed the bcmb safely, but the ■woman had disappeared.