NEWS IN BRIEF.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 19 April 1926, Page 5

NEWS IN BRIEF.

ITEMS OF INTEREST. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COP VRIGHT. LONDON, April 17. Lord and Lady Reading have arrived in London from India. They were welcomed ,by a representative of His Majesty the King, the Prime Minister (Mr. Stanley Baldwin), and Lord Birkenhead (Secretary of State for India). SYDNEY, April 18. A cyclone, accompanied by heavy lain, fs raging along the coast, and many vessels have been forced to return to port for shelter. VIENNA, April 16.

The Austro-Polish arbitration treaty has been signed. It is valid for three vears.

MELBOURNE, April 18. During the last financial year imports into Australia were valued at £157,143,963, and exports at £162,030.159.

LONDON, April 17. Jewellery valued at £20,000, together with racing souvenirs, were stolen from the residence of Major Dermot McCalmont, of Mount Kilkenny, the owner of The Tetrarch, which was the idol of tile racing public in. 1913-14. It is reported that two men and a woman were seen in the grounds of the house late in the evening. OTTAWA, April 17. Mi-. H. S. Belaud has resigned the portfolio of Health and Soldiers’ Civil Re-establishment in the Federal Cabinet, and Mr. J. C. Elliott. Minister for Labour, has been sworn in as Minister in charge of these tiro departments. Mr Beland’s resignation is for the purpose of reducing the size of the Cabinet. LONDON, April 17. The Chi Item Hills district in Buckinghamshire furnishes a notable example of longevity in the family of the late. William In. a farm labourer, who lived in a small cottage at Beacon’s Bottom. He died at the age of 94, leaving seven children, whose ages now are: Henry 98, Caleb 94, George 88, Fred 86, Helen 83, John 80, and Edwin 75. LONDON, April 17. Sir James Allen sent a letter to the Governors of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre comtpending on behalf of New Zealand the decision to rebuild, and hoping that every support will he forthcoming.