NEWS FROM OVERSEAS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 27 September 1927, Page 6

NEWS FROM OVERSEAS.

...CABLES IN BRIEF The stadium at Wembley has been placed at the disposal of the National Playing Fields Association for organised games played by London school children, and will probably be used for cricket, football and netball.

A fire in an old convict-built building in Circular Quay. Sydney, owned by the Sydney Harbour Trust, and occupied by a number'of firms, gutted two floors occupied bv the Moore Brush Company and G. H. Enemark. photographic studios. The damage amounts to £lO,OOO.

The “Daily Express” states that Mr J. Wreatley. Labour M.P. for Shettleston. placed his resignation from the House of Commons in the hands of the local Labour party at a meeting on Monday refusing to alter his decision, which is attributed to his unsuccessful libel action last July.

Following te introduction of electro hare racing, which greatly affected the attendance at the Sydney Stadium. the management of the latter has decided from October 7. when Pil kington and Purdv meet, that all big contests will be held on Friday nights.

Switzerland is suffering from devastating floods. Bridges have <rnlapsed throughout the country Nine people were drowned when a house was swallowed up in Canton Grisons. tine village was flooded with thick mud. Lake Constance is rising A lake steamer was sunk at Lugano There were no casualties.

The Antarctic expedition ship Dis covery reports that some specimens of the deepest life were taken from the ocean at a depth of three miles Exquisite water colour sketches record the brilliant colouring of fishes and curstaceans. which quickly perished after removal from the water When the Discovery reaches London she will be open to the public for a time.

The rapid development of the wireless industry is shown in the Na tional Radio Exhibition, which was opened at Olympia yesterday. It is the sixth of its kind held in Great Britain and whereas the first was hut a small affair, this vear 300 firms have stands, and the variety of appliances of all kinds displayed number thousands. It is stated there is a 30 per eent. average reduction on last year’s prices. Lord Birkenhead, Secretary o' State for India, will unvhil on October 7 a memorial at Neuve Chanellc to the memory of Indian soldiers wno fell in the war and in honour of the army of India which fought in France. Distinguished represents fives of the British and French armies will be present, including Marshal Foeh. and a detachment ol Indian troops from all Indian units which fought on the Western front is to take part in the ceremony.

Two additional attempts at trainwrecking have been revealed, one near Monaco, where large rocks were removed from the line before the arri. val of' a train, and the other at Labocea. near Cannes, where a bomb was removed shortly before the arrival of the American legionaries’ train. The stationmaster’s presence of min'd saved a catastrophe at Golfojuna. Hurried precautions enabled the train to pul] up safely, though it actually passed over one of the on ruin the track. Altogether three attempts were made to wreck Riviera trains. The police believe they were directed against the American legionaries as a protest against the execu tion of Sacco and Vanzetti. Small slips of paper in French and English are being p-sted on the walls of kiosks, say » “Te hell with the murderers.” Big yellow posters arc appearing on hoardings protesting against the visit of the legionaries.

“Increasing knowledge and careful inquiry have confirmed Darwin’s assertion that man is descended from apes, which has stood the test of ever half a century's critical examination,” said the Bishop of Birming ham in a sermon in Westminstei Abbey. “Darwin’s triumph upset the whole theological scheme but he and many others repoiced, for they regarded the assertion that anv < ne church is infallible as impudent and dangerous. Nowadays pseudo-reli-gious propaganda and more shamelesi superstition are prevalent, and sceptical orthodoxy joins hands with ignorant fanaticism. 'Midst such <k. cav we should be thankful that science has preserved the standards which organised religion has frequently failed to safeguard ” Welcoming the Bishqp’s speech. Sir Arthur Keith said it must be emphasised that no church or creed, possibly. was permanent. The soul could only be regarded as a function of the brain.