NEWS AND NOTES
The "Daily Express" is of the opinion that the nearness of the voting at the union of Conservative and Unionist Associations threatens the whole future of the Government's scheme for Indian reform.
Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, accompanied by his daughter, Ishbel, arrived at Liverpool from Canada greatly improved in health after his three months' rest. He will see an oculist, but he states that his eyesight also is much better. Asserting that the London Naval Treaty placed Britain under a handicap, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes predicted, before sailing for England, that it would be dropped when it terminates in 1936. The entries of 55 competitors are still valid for the England to Australia air race, arranged in connection with the Melbourne Centenary celebrations, which starts from Mildenhall aerodrome, Suffolk, on October 20. "Smithy" says his machine will be prepared for the biggest job he has yet undertaken. He will not disclose the details for a fortnight. There is every indication that the South African wool market has taken a definite turn for the better, and that the recent improved limits are not merely spasmodic. It is evident that there are more than sufficient orders to absorb the offerings. The English Labour party conference voted by 2,118,000 to 149,000 against uncompensated confiscation when the State takes over the key industries. The fears that disaster had overtaken the missing Quantas aeroplane Atlanta between Longreach and Winton, North Queensland, were confirmed on Thursday. The machine w&s wrecked, and all three occupants were killed. The long-promised Brown Book of the Austrian Government has been issued. It shows that the Nazi movement was not important so long as it was confined to Austrians. It became dangerous only when the whole of the propaganda machine and financial resources of the German Nazi party were placed at its disposal.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4606, 6 October 1934, Page 1
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