NEWS AND NOTES

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Issue 4694, 16 May 1935, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES

Aircraftsman Shaw (Lawrence of Arabia), who was gravely injured while motor cycling in Dorsetshire, states the “Sun-Herald,” sustained a compound fracture of the skull and hemorrhage of the brain. His relatives have been summoned to his bedside. The Australian Press Association understands from an authoritative source that the meat negotiations between British and Australian representatives may be regarded as a deadlock. This position is at least temporary, but there is some hope of a resumption later) when the talks are scheduled to assume a wider Empire scope. This will be after the arrival of the New Zealand Minister of Finance, Mr. J. G. Coates, who has arrived in London. The Berlin correspondent of the Daily Mail says the opposition parties in Danzig have petitioned the High Commissioner of the League challenging the validity of the elections on April 7. They allege that the elections were conducted under Nazi pressure. The commissioner has consented to notify the League. “I am convinced that a large slice of North China, an approximatearea of 8000 square miles, is being honeycombed by Japanese and Korean dope pedlars, and there appears to be a grave danger of the social and economic fabric Of the whole region, with a population of 6,000,000 being steadily undermined,” states Miss Muriel Lister, the wellknown social worker. The sentence of death passed on Mrs. Gertrude de la Mare, in Guernsey, has been commuted to penal servitude for life.- Mrs. de la Mare, whose age is 27, was convicted last month of the murder of Alfred Brouard, a farmer of 76, living in Guernsey, and was sentenced to death. The trial lasted for 13 days. It was also charged that she altered deceased's will in her favour.