NEWS IN BRIEF.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 4 May 1928, Page 9

NEWS IN BRIEF.

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—BY ELECTRIC TELEG RAPE—COP ARIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN PRESS ASSOCIATIONifXITED SERVICE.) NEW YORK, May 2. A message from Santa Monia (California), states that Captain Kingsf'orcl Smith hopped Off this after-roon-.in the “Southern Cross” for Sail Francisco, on the first leg of his projected flight to Australia. DONDON, May 2. The prisoner, Browne, who attempted to commit suicide was not seriously hurt. ROME, May 2. The Pope, writing to the Vicar General deplores as the Father of all Catholics and the Bishop of Rome, the organisations of women’s athletic championships in the centre of Christianity, but understands the necessity for physical exercise for young women if modesty is observed. DONDON, May 2. Cash applications for the New Zealand loan have been over-subscribed. DONDON, May 2. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford sailed in the Majestic as “Mr. and Mrs. Robinson.” ’ The liner -had not left port, however, before the whole ship was looking for Mr. Ford. DONDON, May 2. The “Daily Telegraph’s” Parliamentary correspondent states that it is understood Sir Alfred Mond will receive a peerage shortly. VIENNA, May 3. Counsel for Bela Kun, the notorious Communist, states that he has received assurances from the Minister of Justice that the laws of Austria do not permit Bela Kim’s extradition to Hungary.

PARTS, Alay 3. At the resumption of the trial of Dr. Recklin, one of the Alsace-Lorraine separatists, accused declared he did not wish Alsace detached from France. He said no one in Alsace-Lorraine wanted a change in .the political status or a return to Germany, hut they did not wish to be assimilated. “We do not want the particularities of our country touched,” he added.