NEWS IN BRIEF.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 30 November 1927, Page 7

NEWS IN BRIEF.

BY CABLE-PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. WARSAW, Nov. 29. 1 Mclntosh and Hinkler have- left for London, where it will be decide;] whether they will continue the flight to India. The aeroplane remains at Lemberg. GIBRALTAR, Nov. 29. A Danish cedar skiff, rowed by Captain Niels Vendecodte and two companions, has arrived at Algeciras from Denmark. They aim to- ’reach Bombay. LONDON, Nov. 29. Samples have readied London of German made trial briquette from Mor-wel-L (Victoria) coal on behalf of the L. and N. Company. It is stated that Germany’s only grievance is that it i.better briquette than that made from German coal. LONDON, Nov. 28. Meetings of the holders at various classes of shares and debentures in Armstrong Whitworths, Ltd., passe;! resolutions for fusion with the firm o' Vickers. Some of the debenture liold-e-ns angrily protested against the writing off of £11,000.000. Similar meetings of Vickers’ shareholders fhu adopted similar resolutions. LONDON, Nov. 28.

The film of| the Duke ol York's Australian and New Zealand tour, part of which was taken by the Duke, will be publicly shown on Friday on behalf of Karl Haig’.s fund. The film is the private property of the Duke, 1 who i.s a keen cinema tojjra.phcr. LONDON. Nov. 29. The long fight in committee on tin l Unemployment Insurance Bill continued in the House of Commons to-dav, varied by occasional Labour complaints against the necessity for the closure. The House finally adjourned until Thursday. LONDON. Nov. 2.0.

In the House of Commons, the Under-. Secretary for the 'Colonies, Mr W. G. A. Ormsby-iGore, in answer to a question, said the convention between the Turkish petroleum company and the Government of Iraq provided that the company must continue to be registered in Great Britain and have its chief place of ’business within the Empire with a chairman of British nationality. NEW YORK, Nov. 28.

The Ford Company’s plans for the manufacture and sale of a new car and the probable effect thereof on the sales of other motor companies’ products are the biggest factors of the moment on the stock market. It is the main topic to-day in banking and brokerage offices and the direct cause of much selling of motor issues by the holders of such, many of which show substantial paper profits. There is a feeling that a big fight is impending and Wall Street is anxiously watching the situation.