NEWS IN BRIEF.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 8 December 1924, Page 9

NEWS IN BRIEF.

DUKE of EDINBURGH. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT' (Received Dec. 8, 2.15 p.m.) • , at LONDON, Dec. 7. ■ i" l © News of the World foreshadows that the New Year’s honours will as the Duke of Edinburgh The title has been in abeyance since 1900.—Reuter. DICTATOR DEAD. (Received Dec. 8, 1.55 p.m.) _ + NEW YORK, Dec. 7. T\;A n x Uary c : .Castro, the famous exiied h “ dicd ** COMMUNISTS KILLED. Received Dee. 8, 2.15 p.m. t, v REVAL, Dec. 7. Police ■ isurrounded a house near Revat where some participfints' in' tlie reiient disturbanoes had taken refuge. Tbe firing lasted all night .and the succeeded m entering the‘ house Communiste 'wefe kuKdy including the 'ex-deputy 'Sommefthree policemen Were wounded.

PLAIN SREAKING

KR'ASSIN WARNED.

Received Dec. 8. 220 p.m. rp, „ LONDON; Dec. .7. lb? Paris correspondent states that the growing strehgth of the Oommun■ls,f movement m France is alarming all moderate Frenchmen, who are Vls >9®d that the Communist flames will spread istill further now. that Krassih. is installed m the Soviet Embassy.Krassin declared that he had no intention of interfering with France’si intenial affairs, but even Nouville, the leading Government : organ, is not prepared to take him, at his word' and warns him that he wall be iudged by?olsh«viste,-. M -' it says, take advantage of diplomatic imhiunlty in order to pursue their prornf^ I 'KV n ln * Fra^10 t and indirertports m mUSt be handed his Pass-