NEWS BY CABLE AND MAIL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 19 December 1924, Page 7

NEWS BY CABLE AND MAIL.

BRICKLAYER’S WAGER. LAYS 800 BRICKS IN AN HOUR. LONDON, Nov. 25. A bricklayer at Sheffield has won a wager'of £lO to lOd for having laid 800 bricks in an hour. His feat provided marked contrast with the average rate of bricklaying, which is from 400 to 700 bricks a day. SHIP FOR. EASTERN TRADE. THE QUEENSLAND RUN. LONDON, Nov. 25. The Eastern and Australian Steamship Company, - Ltd., has bought the British-Indian Steam Navigation Company steamer Tanda. The Tanda is being refitted, and will be used next year to meet the increased trade on the Queensland, Manila and Japan run. The Tanda, which was built at Glasgow in 1914, is a twin-screw steamer 6956 tons. DIPLOMATIC SENSATION. ARREST OF COUNSELLOR. ambassadoiTexonerated. LONDON, Nov. 24. The Earl of Lanesborough, who was oommander-in-chief in the Mediterranean in 1908, and Sir Maurice de Bunsen, who was Ambassador at Vienna, in 1913-14, report that Sir John Tilley’s action with regard to Mr Walter Stewart was justified. The King gave an audience to Sir •John Tilley, who is returning to Rio de Janeiro.

Mr Walter Stewart, a counsellor of the British Embassy at Rio de Janeiro, on September §9 caused a sensation by asserting that he was arrested and imprisoned on the ground'that his reason was affected, and deported to Britain. He said that he opened a letter, which he found contained a notice of his dismissal. but closed the envelope and left it for his chief. Sir John Tilley. The latter invited Mr and Mrs Stewart to dinner next day, and the arrest followed without warning some days later.