NEWS IN BRIEF.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 8 December 1924, Page 5

NEWS IN BRIEF.

* —— —' . RAIN IN SYDNEY. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION- -COPYRIGHT • SYDNEY, Dec. 7. Torrential rain yesterday interfered with all sports gatherings and caused many postponements. LEAGUE OF NATIONS. ROME, Dec. 6. The British delegation to the conference of the League of Nations have arrived here. FEWER TRADE UNIONS. LONDON, Dec. 6. The general council of (the Trade Union Congress appointed a sub-com-mittee to evolve a scheme for carrying out the Hull Congress resolution in favour of a reduction in the number of trade unions in order to present a united front for an improvement, of the workers’ standard of life. It is hoped to reduce the 1135 unions affiliated to congress to fifty or less. LONG DISTANCE RADIO.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5. The Norwegian ship, the Sir James Clark Ross, fifteen , degrees from the South Pole, has reposed by radio and cable that signals from the K.F.S. Federal telegraph station here were strongly heard. This is one of the world’s greatest long-distance radio records. It is stated that an effort will be made to establish direct two-way communication with the ship.

AERIAL DERBY. SYDNEY, Dee. 6. The first aerial Derby in Australia was postponed until Monday owing to rain. CYCLING IN AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE. Dec. 7. The Australisian half-mile cycling championship resulted: Spencer 1, Bates 2, Fitzgerald 3. FLIGHT TO INDIA. LONDON, Dec. 6. A telegram from Bucharest reports the arrival there of General Sir William Brancker, Director of Civil Aviation, who left London by air cn November 30, en. route to India.

WHEAT PRICES

LONDON, Dec. G. The Minister for Agriculture (Mr E. F. L. Wood), speaking at Chelmsford, said the consumption of what in China and Japan was steadily growing. There were considerable indications that the price of wheat would not fall in 1925. CONVERT TO LABOUR. LONDON. Dec. 5. Mr McCnllum Scott, formerly Coalition whin for Scotland, has joined the Labour Party. GOLD FOR EUROPE. NEW YORK, Dec. 5. The first evidence of the rj.urn of the flow cf gold after four years’ 1 eavy importations was seen to-day. when two shipments, aggregating 12.039,000 dollars, were consigned to, Germany and England. 5,000.000 dollars* going to the former . and 7,000,000 dollars to the latter, which is the largest single shipment of gold from the United Slates tor years. The gold for Germany goes tlm i gh a London hank, which will mr,i:e the transfer to Germany, the am .Hint cc reprising the first transfer of the i.ioceeds of the German loan.