NEWS IN BRIEF.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 7 May 1928, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—BY ELECTRIC

TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN PRESS ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, May 5. As a -sequel to the. -rupture ■of the cotton conference, tine Cotton Spinners’ Association is taking a ba'iot of members on the question whether to .serve notices on the employees demanding 121. per cent .reduction in wages of cottonspinners Th-e Miunuf-actuiwiV AsiS'Cjcuatiou is re commending the di-sibi ietis to press for a 48-ho.ur wieek as well as a reduction in wages. LONDON, May 5. Mr John William,son, of Edinburgh, lias bequeathed to- the British nation Ellisland farm, Duinfaey,shire, where Burns wrote many of liis most famous poems, including ‘Tam-o’-Shanlter.” - WARSAW, May 4. Lizareff, a member of tbe Soviet Legation, was motoring when as Russian emigre fired a revolver, shattering the windscreen. Lizareff was injured by splinters in his face and l a bullet wound in his hand. Hisi assailant was arrested.

APIA, May 3. The Tutanekai, with 66 Royal Marines on board, sailed for New Zealand at noon to-day. The- coolie convicted of the Tunaimato murder has, confessed l that he also murdered two Samoan girls at Totopa in October last. The American steamer Steelmaker, 6000 tons, after jettisoning 5000 tons of chrome ore, has been refloated off a reef at Nukulailai Island, in the Ellice Group, to-day. After leaks had been stopped she is to go to American Samoa for repairs. OTTAWA, May 3. That the proportion of Continental immigration, as, compared with British and French, is too great is the opinion of the Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service- League, as expressed to the committee of the House of Commons, which is inquiring into immigration matters. OTTAWA, May 4. It is, authoritatively reported that the Government is calling tenders for two torpedo boat destroyers- for the Canaidan Navy. Proposals have been invited from 15 British builders. The combined, cost will be 3,000,000 dollars. SUVA, May 5. The l steamer Steelmaker, which was afloat at 3.45 yesterday morning, has anchored inside the- Mitchell reef, and is effecting temporary repairs. LONDON, May 4. A stoppage in the Lancashire cotton industry rendering 500,000 idle is a step nearer. The mill-owners’ committee recommends the termination of the existing agreements in view of the repeated failure of the wages negotiations.

LONDON, May 5. An octogenarian postmistress in the little IA3 ice stensh ire village of Aylestone won the village ankle competition, despite the competition of 30 “flappers.” She says: “Old, young, or middle-aged, let ’em all come. I will show my ankles against anybody. I don’t feel my age, and I am ready for a bit of fun, whether ankles or anything else.” LONDON, May 5. Mr. Blythe, Minister of Finance, announced in the Dail Eireann that licenses would shortly be granted to the Irish Turf Club and the National Hunt Steeplechase Committee for the establishment of totalisators on certain racecourses. .

ROME, May 4. The trial has begun of 11 Communists accused of revolutionary activities, inspired by the Third International ot Moscow, from which it is alleged they received funds regularly. Nearly all admitted the charges, but claimed that the activities occurred before Communists were outlawed. The judge replied that the prisoners’ actions were at all | times illegal, and constituted a pre- | paration tor the crime of civil war. ! PARIS, May 5. The Petit Parisien states that a message from Rabat reports that a motor-lorry, laden with 1800 kilograms ■of high explosives, exploded, killing eight people. Four of them were soldiers VANCOUVER, May 5. An aerial derby, for Canadian airmen only, is being planned, the course being from Windsor (Ontario) to San Francisco. It is scheduled to take place in September. Prizes to the value of 10,000 dollars are being offered. OTTAWA, May 5. A message from Brantford, Ontario, states that John Rosencrans and •James Latey, of Buffalo, U.S.A., were killed instantly when a- biplane plunged into Lake Erie. A terrific explosion reduced the ’plane to matchwood. LONDON, May 5. . Printed notices have been posted in the Catholic churches in Ennis, Ireland, calling attention to the aims of the modest dress and deportment crusade and prohibiting the wearing of dresses shorter than four inches below the knee and lower than the collarbone. The sleeves must be wrist long and transparent materials are banned.