NEWS IN BRIEF.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 20 December 1928, Page 5

NEWS IN BRIEF.

1 - ITEM'S OF INTEREST. i-cu I'reso .Ajmoc utUOu —By Electric J.eitgraph ccpyrigllt.; (Australian Kress Association.) LONDON, Dec. 19. The greater part of England is fog- j bound. There are prospects of the continuance of the fog. Many services have been disorganised and Atlantic liners held up. RUGBY, Dec. 13. The total number of unemployed on December 10 was 1,320,900. This was 29,900 less than in the week before, but 190,U'7>7 more than a year before. RUGBY, Dee. 18. Th© ballot of the Yorkshire Worsted Spinners Operatives’ Federation shows a large majority in favour of the safeguarding proposal for the dress goods industry. RUGBY, Dec. 18. Sir L. Wortliington-Evans, Minister for War, stated in the House of Commons that no part of the army’s training for offensive purposes involved the use of poison gas as a weapon of defence.

DELHI, Dec. 19. Johnston, American representative of the league against imperialism, was served with an order for ’summary deportation while he was addressing a meeting on the Jharia coalfields to-day.

SYDNEY, Dec. 19. At the wool sales to-day 13,037 bales were sold. The market was very firm with good competition. Prices were equal to the best of the week and goud clearances were made. Greasy merino made. 31d per lb. PARIS, Dec. 19. The French Aero Club is entering two seaplanes for the Schneider ■Cup race in January. LONDON, Dec. 19. Lady Hoare opened the world’s largest indoor ice-rink at Richmond to-day. The rink is 2S6ft by Soft and accommodates 1000 skaters. The galleries seat 2500 spectators.

iSUVA, Dee. 19. Th© high chief Tamasese, spokesman of the Mau committee in. Samoa, is aboard the Tofua en route to Auckland to serve a sentence of six months in the Mount Eden gaol on a charge of resisting the police at Apia. DELHI, Dec. 19.

Otto Raymond, a Russian, who is ostensibly walking round the world, was arrested t'o-day at Calcutta, where he has been for two months. The allegation is that he is engaged in Soviet espionage and smuggling of arms. Raymond’s walks included the northwest frontier and important military centres. '.Other arrests are expected. DELHI, Dec. 19.

There have, been eight arrests in connection with the murder of Mr J. P. .Saunders, aged 21, Assistant-Superin-tendent of Police at Lahore, who l was brutally killed while he was leaving his office on Monday evening. LONDON, Dec. 19.

Work ceased aboard the wrecked White Star liner Celtic owing to the weather and sea conditions growing worse. The White Star superintendent at Queenstown has notified the company that it has been, proved that 'extensive damage was done to the bottom af the liner, making salvage of the ship impracticable. He expressed, the opinio* that further salvage expenditure would not be justified.

LONDON, Dec. 19. 'The first accident of the kind happened to-day to a large twin-engined aeroplane taxi-ing to its aerodrome, at Ramsgate. 'The plane crashed into a motor-ear and a bus traversing a road through the aerodrome. The car was smashed and the three occupants had narrow escapes. NEW YORK, Dec. 18. It is estimated that more than half the 40 per cent, of the stocks sold by the Ford Company of England found their way to New York, either through subscription or allotments or purchases made on the London market by New York dealers, apparently against the express wishes of Mr Henry Ford that the greater part of the company’s recent stock issue should remain with, small investors in England.