NEWS IN BRIER

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 23 November 1928, Page 9

NEWS IN BRIER

Untied Press Association—By Electric Telegrapn Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) SYDNEY, Nov. 22. The ‘‘Sun” Newspapers, Ltd., were fined £1 for publishing an unsigned election article that commented upon the Prim© Minister, the lit. Hon. S. M. Bruce. SYDNEY, Nov. 22. Tbore was tx firm, ma-rkiet. cut t-lie clasing auctions of tile week’s wool sales. Price-s were unchanged. Particularly strong demand again riried for fine quality lines. Greasy Merino- made 31d. The bales sold number 13,103. SOFIA, Nq-v. 22. While M. Peleff, ex-Cihief of the Bulgarian Police, was in a shop, two unknown men entered and! fired their revolvers at him, subsequently escaping into the darkness. Mr. Periff was sent to the hospital, where h© died. LONDON, Nov. 21. The Rye Harbour fund to relieve the dependents of the lifeboat men has closed, totalling £20,000. LONDON. Nov. 21. A committee has been formed with Sir Newton Moore as chairman and Mr. O. A. B. Campion as 1 vice-chairman and including Lordis La-minjgto-n and Glendyne, Sir Thomas Robinson, Sir Frederick Young and Mr. J. H. Thomas. M.P, with a view to- the erection o-f a memorial on - the grave of Mr. Andrew Fisher, as a tribute to his great and invaluable- services to Australia end the Empire.

(British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Nov. 21. The Hon,. Trevor B.igham, C.M.G., Assistant Commissioner of Metropolitan Police, will in future assume control of the Criminal Investigation Department in place of Sir Wy rid ham Childs, who resigned recently. Mr. Norman Kendal', C.M.G., Deputy Commissioner. will take over the duties hitherto performed by Mr. Bigham. The latter has for a long time made a close istudv of criminal investigation work. RUGBY, Nov. 21. The International Labour Office 1 has compiled the index numbers of 122 wages in various European capitals. The figure for Moscow is calculated upon information received from; the Scientific Bureau of the: People’s Commit;Pair ait of Labour, and is based 1 upon earnings in 18 Selected categories of workers in different trades. The index numbers arc given as follows: London TOO, Cononhagon 108, Stockholm 88, Amsterdam. 65, Berlin 71. Paris .56. Madrid -54 Moscow 50. Milan 49, Brnssp,49, Prague. 47. Vienna 45. Koval 44. Porno 44, Lodz; 41, Warsaw 40.