NEWS IN BRIEF.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 13 August 1928, Page 11

NEWS IN BRIEF.

(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) 9 (Australian Press Association.) ADELAIDE, Aug. 12. The wrestler Meeske beat Kauffman vewerday by two falls to , one. At Brisbane Myers (America) beat Bigami iby one fall in the seventh round. HONOLULU, Aug. 11. Replying to the welcomes addressed by Governor Wallace Farrington and Mr Alexander Ford at the opening of the pan-Pacifie conference, Mrs Bis’chbeifch Besal, on behalf of the Australian delegation, expressed the hope that they would take back to the newest civilisation the spirit and ideas of the odlest civilisations. She said the great, est democracy was found in Australia, New Zealand and the United 'States. Mrs C. A. Fhaer expressed the good wishes of New Zealand women, ineluding the Maoris. LONDON, Aug. 11.

A demonstration has been given in London of a new machine for the recovery of Woollen fibres. The invention is by Dr. Thompson, of Los Angeles. He claims It is a vast improvement on the rag picker now used in the manufacture of shoddy. It produces a superior fibre, .called 1 Gavel wool” which makes up into material of good quality and soft texture and having greater textile strength than shoddy. The unraveller can be run with 71 ‘horse-power, compared with 20 required for the old rag picker, because there is no grinding of the rags. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Aug. 30. It is 'officially stated at the Admiralty that there is no foundation for any statement that may have been published that the placing of the contract for the carrying out of the naval base scheme at Singapore had been postponed pending the signature of the Kellogg Peace Pact. RUGBY, Aug. 10.

A party of between 140 and 150 persons, ineluding about 20 ladies, members of the Institution of Chemical Engineers an'd the Society of the Chemical Industry, are leaving England to make a five weeks’ industrial and scientific tour of the eastern cities of Canada and the United States. The tour will conclude in time for them fro attend the annual general meeting of the Society of the Chemical Industry, which takes place In New York during the second week of September. The party includes Sir Alexander Gibb and Mr Rea veil, president and vice-president respectively of the Institution of Chemical Engineers. RUGBY, Aug. 10. The number of cars and omnibuses imported at Madras by sea during the year shows a record increase of 34 per cent. While not many years ago practically every car in India was American," in Madras now nearly half of them are British-made. Britain is still unchallenged in the motor-cycle and cycle market. 'These imports have increased by GO per cent, and 2G per cent, respectively.