NEWS IN BRIEF.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 19 January 1927, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF.

ITEM'S-OF INTEREST. by UAiii.K -eaass association —corf mum. ROME, Jan. 16. Signor Mussolini visited Mr Churchill at the British Embassy and remained for a private dinner party. BRUSSELS, Jan. 16. The first notes bearing the name ol the new currency, the tkdgas, have been printed. They are ordinary s<<w franc notes inscribed ‘’one hundred Belgas.” OTTAWA, Jan. 16. 'liic four children, all under four years of age, of Mr and Mrs Jeffery, . ere burned to death when their home vas destroyed by fire. BERLIN, Jan. 16. Dr. Marx is forming a Middle Party Government. PARIS, Jan. 16. The 1926 Budget receipts totalled £310,000,000, £33,000,009 above what was estimated. VANCOUVER, Jan. 16. The latest reports from Calexico, California, state that nine earthquake shocks were .elt to-day. They widened the fissures in buildings which were damaged by quakes three weens ago, and caused" the residents to rush into the streets. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. The Navy Department has invited competitive designs for the two rigid airships |auth(orised by Congresp in 1926. The designs must be submitted before May 16. If Congress fails to appropriate the money this session, the Navy will, notwithstanding, pay 50,000 dollars for the winning design. SYDNEY, Jan. 17.

Bush fires between Junee and Temora swept across 13,000 acres of country and destroyed many miles of fencing and and a number of stud sheep. The damage is estimated at £20,000. PARIS, Jan. 14. (general Vion Pa we Is handed the Inter-Allied Military Committee written proposals regarding Germany’s Eastern .ortifications, which Allied experts are of opinion may constitute a basis of discussion. It is understood that Berlin oonviersations regarding the manufacture of war material are pi oceeding satisfactorily. LONDON, Jan. 16. The Archbishop of Canterbury promises the publication of the provisional prayer-boon alteration on I ebruary t. He" deprecates premature attempts by earnest but, uninformed parisans to exaggregate the scope of the proposals and fan controversial flames. He stajtes that .apprehensions njnd expectations have been aroused which will prove to be unjustified. PARIS, Jan. 16. An Englishman, believed to be William Brown, who i.s a mechanic from Newcastle, was killed in the Montmartre boulevard at midnight, because he spoke French, with a foreign accent. Brown was talking to a woman when a passer-by exclaimed: “Talk French, not a foreign language.’’ The foreigner retorter: “Mind your own business!” whereupon the passer-by-whipped out a revolver, shot Brown and escaped. LONDON, Jan. 18. Sir Arthur Dyke Adand left £IO,OOO to the trustees of the Labour Cb-oper-ators for travelling scholarships, for young men and women to study social and industrial conditions in other countries. MADRID. Jan. 17. It is reported from Lisbon that Do Silva, ex-Prime Minister of Portugal, who was imprisoned in a fortress m consequence of bis political activities, has escaped. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. Peril ha,s rejected the proposal of the United States Secretary of State, Mr. Kellog, that, the disputed provinces of Tacna. and Ariea should be ceded to Bolivia. SUVA, Jan. 18. The steamer Ganges is due at Suva from Calcutta. on Thursday, with 540 Indian passengers. She .ha.x 13 eases of small-pox. Four deaths have occurred on board. MEXICO CITY, Jan. 17. A hundred rebels were killed in battle with the Federal troops near Tepatilan. in the State of Jalisco, in addition to 100 reported killed on Sundav. v NEW YORK, Jail. 17. A message from Managua, Nicaragua stales that President Diaa announced to-da.v that the Conservatives are unable to accept the recent offer of President Jiminez, of Costa. Rica, to mediate in the armed conflict in Nicaragua. PARTS, Jan. 17. The International League of Aviation has decided to. award two medals to British airmen for their achievements in 1926. They suggest Sir Alan Oobhavn for his Australian flight, and Captain. Barnard in recognition of his notable air work. The world’s champion will be selected from medal winners on January 28. LONDON, Jiao. 17. The Prime of Wales was so impressed bv a visit to Grove Farm on the banks of the Trent, near Nottingham, that lie decided to buy the property. The farm is of 120 acres, with a high reputation foi stock raising and hygienic production. Ai herd ol cows is. being transferred there from the Prince’s estate in Cbrnwa 11. LONDON. Jan. IS. Messrs- Hutchison, publishers, have withdrawn from circulation a book in which the author stated that Lord Kitchener’s private- secretary was a German whose efficiency made him indispensable. The publishers find the statement untrue and apologise to the secretary, who is, .still living.’