NEWS IN BRIEF

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 3 December 1924, Page 5

NEWS IN BRIEF

CHINESE TROUBLE. 8Y CABLE —PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT Received Dec. 3, 10.30 a.m. ' PEKING, Dec. 2. Lin, accompanied by Yang Yu Ting (his chief of staff) and other members of the staff and a bodyguard, left Peking for Tientsin by train. Trains &T& being prepared to convey the remainder of the frontier troops to Tientsin. LABOURER WINS PRIZE OF £24,000. MADRID, Dec. 1. A Barcelona labourer purchased a ticket in a Spanish lottery, hid it in a pump, and drew a prize of £24,000. \\ hen the labourer went to the pump he found that rats had eaten most of the ticket. He collected the pieces and stuck them together. He hopes still to get the prize. OPIUM TRAFFIC. GENEVA, Dec. 1. lnere has been animated discussions for several days at the international opium conference. A large majority decided to discuss ' the American proposal to limit the production of raw opium from India to the internal needs of India, Persia and adjacent States. India voted against the proposal, and Britain abstained from voting.

SHIPPING DISPUTE. SYDNEY, Dec. 2. ihe Commonwealth Line has refused the offer of the Stewards’ Union to reengage the dismissed members of the union. The dispute is still unsettled. ALLEGED MURDER. _ ' . SYDNEY, Dec. 2. Ihe jury failed to agree at the trial of Alfred Wilham Mclnnes, who was charged with murdering Winifred Foley, a barmaid, aged 21, on September 21. A new trial was ordered. CURE FOR DEAFNESS. „ LONDON, Dec. 1. Geoffrey E. Duveen, who himself suffered from deafness, has written to the university college hospital offering a gift of £50,000 for. the construction of equipment for a new ear, nose and throat hospital. He states that he selected the hospital because it had been already selected by the Rockefeller Foundation as the medium for carrying out their great Imperial 6cheme of medical education.