NEWS AND NOTES

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXV, Issue 3404, 15 December 1931, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES

The Prime Minister of Italy, Signor Mussolini, has issued orders to the Fascist party and allied institutions to consider themselves mobilised to face the economic crisis. All must adopt a standard of living conforming to the situation and must fight profiteering.

Following a request by radio received in Sydney from the yacht Northern Light at sea, Zlatko Balokovic, who visited Auckland recently, was transferred to a tug and taken to hospital at Port Macquarie, 180 miles north of Sydney, for an immediate appendicitis operation.

A message from Algiers states that an empty rubber boat which has been washed ashore has been identified as part of the equipment of the French Algiers-Marseilles mail aeroplane, which came down in the Mediterranean owing to engine trouble on Wednesday.

Returns of the proficiency examinations at from six of the eight Hamilton primary schools show the percentage of passes to be 68.35 this year, compared with 90 last year. Headmasters are considerably dissatisfied with the Department's requirements, which they assert cause considerable injustice.

Communists in Hamburg broke the Christmas truce and clashed with the police at the famous Don Fair, when they were prevented from haranguing thousands of visitors. One Communist was killed and four were wounded.

Workers at a Leningrad factory are devoting their spare time to the construction of a statue of Lenin. It will be placed in a commanding position of the city. The statue will be 370 ft. high, which is 65ft. higher than the Statue of Liberty, New York.

Negotiations between foreign and German financiers regarding shortterm debts have begun. The strictest secrecy is being maintained.

The touring South African Rugby footballers defeated Ulster on Saturday by 30 points to 3.

Mr. Winston Churchill, who is on a visit to America, was knocked down by a motor-car as he was crossing Fifth Avenue. He was taken to hospital suffering from a sprained right shoulder and lacerations to the face.