NEWS IN BRIEF.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 5 February 1926, Page 7

NEWS IN BRIEF.

— ITEMS OF INTEREST. BY CABLE-PRESS A SSOCIATION GOP YRIG Hi MELBOURNE, Feb. 4. The bush fires continue to rage, causing extensive damage. No casualties have been reported, though there have been many narrow escapes. ■ PERNAMBUCO, heb. 4. The Spanish seaplane which linked Spain by air with South America leit on Thursday morning for Rio tie Janiero, a distanec of miles,. PARIS, Feb. 3. The Chamber, by 256 votes to 194, adopted a measure requiring citizens compulsorily to declare their incomes on oath. NEW YORK, heb. 3. At Ashbury Park, New Jersey, eight were drowned when three barges foundered in a snowstorm and gaie. SYDNEY., Feb. 4. An inquest concerning the Redhead coilierv disaster revealed that an examination of the mine oil the morning of the explosion showed nothing that could be considered dangerous. LONDON. Feb. 4. The executive of the Carmarthen Liberal Association decided to ask Sir Alfred Mond to resign from the association The Conservatives will probably ask Sir Alfred to be their representative at the election. The Financial Times says that it is understood that a new colonial loan is in course of preparation, and is likely to appear at an early date. Mr. Hamilton Fyfe, editor of the Daily Herald (the Labour paper), in giving evidence before the broadcastmo- committee, expressed the opinion that a large proportion of newspaper readers liked spicy* little bits which could be read going to work. They would be pleased if wireless saved-them the trouble by a breakfast broadcast. When wireless became universal, lie predicted, newspapers would become dearer, thev would have smaller circulations', and advertisements would be less important. Journalism would once more be a serious profession. No commercial interests should delay the inevitable change. Mr Buckley, chairman of the National Clean Milk Society, in giving evidence before the Food Council, said hte average London milkman was obtaining dishonestly from 30s to 50s weekly by giving short measure and selling the surplus. Some employers connived at the practice and regularly gave from five to ten per cent, short measure in bottles. Dr. H. Dalton (Labour) has tabled a question in the House of Commons asking whether, in view of the fact that the yearly expenditure on hunting is ~£10,000,000, and in view of-the serious condition of the finances, the . Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr '»inston Churchill) has considered the possibility of additional revenue from a luxury tax on such a sport.