NEWS IN BRIEF.
TYOOL SALES. UY GABLE —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT SYDNEY, Dee. 8. ihe wool sales were resumed to-day. There was keen competition in all sections, and a strong market ruled for good descriptions of merino. Faulty descriptions of both merino and crossbred. were slightly irregular. Lambs’ wool was in strong demand. Greasv merino sold to 45ad. BRITISH JOURNALISTS. c „ SYDNEY, Dec. 8. Sir George Fenwick, of Dunedin, has arrived, en route to New Zealand. He said Lord Burnham and other British delegates to the Empire Press Union meeting in Australia next year would spend a month in New Zealand before coming to Sydney. They would arrive in the Dominion in September next. SWIMMING RECORD. STOCKHOLM, Dec. 7. Arne Borg claims a world’s record for swimming 500 metres free style in 6.29 3-5. J COMPENSATION CLAIM. LONDON, Dec. 7. The Secretary of the National Seamen’s Union at Swansea is trying to obtain £6OO as compensation for the widow and two children, residing at Swansea, of John Jacob, a coloured seaman, who was the victim of a stabbing affray at Newcastle, New South Wales.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 9 December 1924, Page 5
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182NEWS IN BRIEF. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 9 December 1924, Page 5
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