NEWS AND NOTES
The British Government has requested the French Government to institute a search for Victor Smith, the 19-year-old youth who was last seen over Jebba, on the Niger, in an attempted flight from Capetown to England. When their aeroplane crashed into a Tennessee mountainside in a fog, the “flying family” of the Hirts • —father, mother and two children —together with a woman friend, were all killed. Mr. Hirt was the wealthy president of an engineering corporation. The pai*ty were on their way to Florida for a seaside holiday. Nazol Pastilles are made from the same valuable formula as Nazol. Relieve Colds, Sore Throats, Catarrh, etc. 1/3 box. (12) Hundreds of divorcees are stranded at Reno owing to the failure of 12 Wingfield banks which handled 80 per cent, of Nevada’s business. George Wingfield himself, the famous frontiersman, and all his stockholders are wiped out. Only 700,000 dollai’s in cash remain of the 3 6,000,000 dollars deposited in these banks. The Prince of Wales arrived in London early on Saturday morning. His visit to Northern Ireland was an immense success. Wherever he went he was received by all classes of the community with unrestrained enthusiasm. “We will crown de Valera King of Ireland,” shouted the members of a procession in Dublin, who were demonstrating at night against the holding of the Armistice anniversary celebrations, conducted during the morning by relatives and friends of the fallen. Use Nazol, the scientific remedy for Colds and ’flu. Free samples of Nazol Pastilles now included. 1/6 bottle. (13) The trade figures for the past 10 months suggest that Britain is likely to be faced with a heavier adverse balance than last year. The yield from grain levies in Russia being less than a quarter of that prescribed, the Communist Central Committee, according to the Riga correspondent of The Times, has sent missions to the Ukraine and the district north of the Caucasus with orders to bring the ringleaders in passive resistance on the farms before tribunals for exemplary punishment. The reduction of the Government’s staff is causing 1000 employees to face the necessity of going afield to seek work. It is suspected that the order is part of a programme to overcome the shortage of labour on farms and in factories. Nazol proved its value in 1918 ’Flu Epidemic. Every bottle entitles you to free samples of Nazol Pastilles. 1/6 bottle. (14) The Japanese have started a move against the “rebel” Manchurian General, Su Ping-Wen, according to dispatches from North Manchukuo. A woman found in a corridor at the Chancellery admitted having a dagger concealed in her clothes. She said she was determined to use it to compel Herr von Papen to promise to change his policy. At the Court later the woman was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment. Eggs never cheaper than now. Preserve 'now with SHARLAND’S EGG PRESERVATIVE. The only reliable method. 0)
Lord Carson, interviewed in his sick room at Stormont Castle, reiterated Ulster’s determination to remain part of Britain. He declared that 'no section of the Empire prized citizenship of Britain more than did Ulster, and the enthusiasm of the Prince’s visit was a wonderful object lesson in patriotism.
As a result of a fall of 30ft. from a ledge in a limestone cave near Honikiwi on Sunday, a farmer, Mr. Thomas Higginscn Bond, aged 52, of Teraumauku Road, near Otorohanga, fractured his skull and suffered other injuries. His condition is reported to be fairly satisfactory.
The Opunake Harbour Board, unable to pay the interest instalment due in October on a loan of about £50,000, has appealed to the bondholders to allow payment to stand over until May next.
The Moscow correspondent of the News-Chronicle reports that 10 to 20 per cent, of the Soviet’s 8,000,000 Bureaucrats have been retrenched under a decree.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3448, 22 November 1932, Page 1
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