NEWS IN BRIEF.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 2 April 1929, Page 5

NEWS IN BRIEF.

' United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) LONDON, APRIL 1. A lire causing damage to the extent of £30,000 destroyed the Victoria United Free Church at Eglinton Toll, Glaser o,w. A vast crowd watched the most spectacular fire in the city since the burning of Kelvin Hall. At the annual conference, at Carlisle, Mr Maxton was elected chairman of the Independent Labour Party. Sir Oswald Mosley failed to secure election to the National Council. Thorew a<s brilliant Eastertide sunshine for eleven hours on Sunday over a wide area, including London, where the temperature was 70deg. in the shade. There was a heavy crop of road accidents arising from immense motor car and motor cycle traffic. Twelve, were killed. Six leading heavy woollen manufacturers, including J. T. Taylor’s, announce a 10 per centum reduction in wages owing to heavy trade losses. PARIS, March 31. The Chamber of Deputies, by 331 votes to £3B, has adopted the Bill providing for the re-admission of certain religious orders. M. Poincare argues the Bill is uecessary because French influence in colonial possessions is declining owing to lack of missionaries. The French navy prides itself on possessing the. fastest war vessel afloat. The torpedo boat destroyer r'ullepard on its sea trials attained a speed of 38A knots an hour.