NEWS IN BRIEF.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 15 December 1924, Page 9

NEWS IN BRIEF.

lord jellicoe. til' CABLE-PEESS ASSOCIATION--COPYEIGHT (Received Dec. 15, 1.25 p.m.) . • SYDNEY, Dec. 15. Lord Jellicoe and family have departed for Melbourne. The people were desirous of making a public demonstration, but at Lord jellicoe’s request they were allowed to leave quietly. NEW GERMAN, CABINET.

BERLIN, Dec. 14. The German Ambassadors in London, Paris and Rome have been summoned to Berlin to report the views of Britain, France and Italy in regard to the construction of the* new German Cabinet.—Reuter. STEWARD DROWNED. . . LONDON, Dec. 13. s During the final trip of the Union Steamship. Company’s new liner Aorahgi,'preparatory to‘her maiden voyage froih"S'oiithampt'6h to Australia, the chief Steward (Mr. Alfted Witeies) fell overboard ancl ifEpabiation BRoBBEm. , LONDON, Deb. 12. Reuter’s PAris -‘do’rrefepondeht says the conference of Allied Finance Ministers provided by the DaWes jilhh has' be’en definitely fixed for janffafy 1:6. WAR IN MOROCCO. LONDON, Dec. .13. Reuter’s Madrid correspondent says it is officially announced that a readjustment of the Spanish front’, in the Ceuta and Teutan sectors is practically completed, and similar operations ill the La rathe zone are progressing at Naid and Arablilenhima. A prominent rebel leader and 12 members of his escort were killed by a' Spanish bomb. INTER-WARSITY ■ RACE. (Received Dec. 15, 11.20 a.in.) LONDON, Dec. 14. At Wimbledon, in the inter-’varsity cross-country team race of seven and three-quarter miles, Cambridge beat Oxford by 20 to 15 points. ALIENS IN BRITAIN.

LONDON, Dec. 13. In the House of Commons Mr. W. Scurr (Labour) moved th e withdrawal of the Alien Restriction Act, 1919, on the ground that the war was over and it would lie absurd to allow the Home Secretary to keep up aliens. The Home Secretary (Sir W. Joyn-son-Hieks) replied that is was not proposed to deal harshly with aliens or t urn them out unless convicted of a crime. Ninety per cent, were here before the Avar. However, it was not proposed to allow aliens to come here 'and seek work when a. bullion Britons were unemployed. It was riot intended to administer the Act strongly.