NEWS IN BRIEF.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 14 January 1929, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF.

* '• u.-il l’re»s Association—By Ki?etr4c Telegraph Copyright.; (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, Jan. 12. An order for o.ne hundred Moth aeroplanes, a record for an individual order for British aircraft, has been received bv De Havilands from Canada. PARIS, Jan. 12. Squadron-Leader Kingsford Smith, Sir Hubert Wilkins, Senor de la Oierva, the inventor of the autogiro, the Frenchman, M. Costes, who flew round the world, and the Italian, Ferrarin. who flew from Italy to Brazil, each received only one vote below Mr. Bert Hinkler for the international gold medal for aviation. MELBOURNE. Jan 13. A Moth plane crashed at Port Melbourne to-day and was badly damaged. The pilot and a woman passenger, who were unhurt, refused to give their names. LONDON, Jan. 12. The largest and fastest lifeboat in the world, designed for the rescue of distressed cross-Channel aeroplanes, is I being built for the Royal National LifeI boat Institution. Its speed will be 18 ) knots. It will be stationed at Dover i and will assist cross-Channel steamers, 1 but will be unsuitable for tlie shallow ' waters of the Goodwin Sands. MELBOURNE, Jan. 13. The Commonwealth Steamship Owners’ Association is objecting to the re--1 gistration of the Australian Seamen’s Union unless the latter’s rules are altered. The owners contend the union’s definition of the industry is too wide and may complicate the business by involving the association in disputes extending to other countries. The rules were lodged in November. Now another organisation, . the Seamen’s Union of Australasia, has applied for registration. The owners may lodge an objection to- these also. DELHI, Jan. 10. The annual report of the NorthWestern Frontier Province shows that immense progress in pacification has taken place as the result of the British policy of peaceful penetration through the extension of first-class roads. “Nothing,” writes Mr. Bolton, Chief Commissioner, “is more symbolic of the change of the viewpoint of the tribesmen than the increasing requests- for Government intervention in purely tribal matters. The mabsud women value the advantages of pax Britannica as reducing crime and border feuds and saving their menfolk.” LONDON, Jan. 12. As a result of the depression in the coal mining industry the Miners’ Federation has been faced.with the question of providing adequate funds to enable it to have a sufficient number off Parliamentaw candidates at the coming general election. The federation, at a meeting to-day, however, decided to I run the same number of candidates as j last time, and in order to meet the ex-', penditure adopted a scheme wherebyl the political fund is to be readjusted so that the richer districts will oontribute to the support of the poorer districts.

Members of Parliament now; representing miners have agreed on a voluntary reduction of their'allowance from the federation. NEW YORK, Jan. 11. Colonel Lindbergh has announced that on February 4 he is starting on a protracted Central American cruise _ in a twin-motored Sikorsky Amphibian machine. He will carry a mail from Miami to Cristobal (Canal zone), thus blazing the trail for an air mail rout to be inaugurated by . Pan-American Airways, Incorporated. He has also announced that he would henceforth be technical adviser to the latter organisation and its affiliated operating companies.