NEWS IN BRIEF.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 23 December 1927, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

. ITEMS OF INTEREST BY CA BliE —PllEaS ASSOCIATION—COPTAIGHT BUCHAREST, Dec. 21. Following on inquiry into the students’ riots, five police superintendents have been dismissed. RIGA, Dec. 21. The Soviet Christmas programme includes the usual anti-religious ceremonies, and children are specially urged not to attend the churches. WARSAW, Dec, 21. The magnificent palace of Count Tarnowsky has been destroyed by fire. It contained a famous collection of old paintings and historical documents. ROME, Dec. 21. The King of Italy has signed the Cabinet’s decree whereby the gold standard now becomes effective to-morrow. The new parity is about 92 lire to the pound sterling. LONDON, Dec. 21. Foster, who was acquitted on a charge of having robbed a mail train, is appealing to the Home Secretary for redress, including a passage back to New Zealand. GENEVA, Dec. 21. The authorities have ordered an inquiry as the result of the discovery of a highly organised syndicate, with branches in all schools, distributing Communist propaganda among the scholars. The latter pay half a crown and receive a red shirt and scarf, the uniform of the “International Red Scholars are also urged to oppose religion and not to celebrate Christmas but to observe the Soviet’s own festival. BERLIN, Dec. 21. In reply to Sir Alfred Ewing, Who disclosed the story of Room 40, where German messages were decoded, it is claimed here that the movements of British warships during the war were known in time for the German navy to act on the information. All the British ciphers were decoded, no matter how often the key was changed. The operations were conducted with the greatest secrecy at a wireless station in the heart of a lonely moor by an authority who is not named but is described as one of the translators of the picked up messages. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Dec. 20. The Ministry of Labour has announced I hat on December 12 the number of unemployed in Britain was 1,125,200. This was 24,448 less than the week before, and 255.17 S less than a year ago. LONDON, Dec. 23 The Basra correspondent of “The Times” states that Nahabis attacked Jraquis. killing 70. —“Times.” Sir Guy Gaunt’s wife lias been granted a divorce on the grounds of his adultery with Lady Margery Barbara during a cruise.