NEWS IN BRIEF.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 8 December 1925, Page 9

NEWS IN BRIEF.

DISPUTE SETTLED. tiY AsbGi/iA jl 1 or* —tul' * liiUiJ’l Received Dec. 8, 11.50 a.m. SYDNEY, Dec. S. The dispute between die 'Wharf Labourers’ reiteration and the coastal seamen has been settled, tne wateinsiders agreeing to permit seamen to canny ouc y-muf labouring work where no .federation men are available. MANUKA AGAIN HELD UP. Received Dec. 8; 11. of) a.m. HOBART,. Dec. 8. The Manuka was again delayed by firemen exercising job control. "When sailing time arrived a number of firemen were missing and could not be located. The vessel is still held up, but is expected to sail to-day. RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS. Received Dec. 8, 12.5 p.m. MELBOURNE, Dec. 8. The University Council has decided to investigate proposals by Laura Spellman, of the Rockefeller Memorial, for a system of research scholarships in economics, to ibe available for Australians in tbe United States and for Americans in Australia. The Rockefeller Memorial also proposes to establish!; a similar system with New Zealand universities. PAN-PACIFIC CONFERENCE. MELBOURNE!, Dec. 8. The Australian Lafcjour Party is sending out invitations to all recognised industrial organisations in countries bordering the Pacific, asking them to 'appoint delegates to the proposed pan-pacific Peace Conference, to he held at Honolulu in November, 1926. WORLD’S CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP. Rieceived D’ec. 8. 12.5 p.m. LONIDON, Dec. 7. Bogoljuboo won the world’s Chess Championship by drawing with Lasker in the final match. —Sydney Sun Cable. SCULLING MATCH ABANDONED. Received Dec. 8, 12.0 p.m. SYDNEY, Dec. 8. * The sculling match between Goodsell and Saul has been abandoned, Goodsell stating that -Saul had refused to sign articles for a match on December 19. WIDOW’S PECULIAR REQUEST. Received Dec. 8, 12.57 p.m. LONDON, Dec. 7. Maria Seymour, a wealthy widow’ of Devonshire, directed in her will that her cat should be poisoned with prussic acid by a veterinary surgeon and buried in the same coffin. The instructions were carried out to-d'ay.—A. and N.Z. Assn. , " GREATER BRISBANE. Received Dec. 8, 12.50 p.m. BRISBANE, Dec. 8. The unimproved value of the area controlled by the Brisbane City Council amounts to £100,000,000, and the unimproved value of the city for rating purposes is £17,000,000. RIPON BY-ELECTION. Received Dec. 8, 1.10 p.m LONDON, Dec. 7. The by-election for Ripon, owing to the appointment of Rt. Hon. E. Wood as Viceroy for India, resulted in the return of Major Hills (Conservative) with 16,433 votes. Mr. Murray (Liberal) received 11,422.