NEWS AND NOTES

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Issue 4723, 23 July 1935, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES

A million sandbags have been dispatched to Addis Ababa to protect the British Legation in the event of war, which Egypt believes is inevitable.

An announcement has been made in Swansea, England, to the effect that William Firth, a leading employer, has offered a sum of £25,000 towards a superannuation scheme in the tinplate industry. Employers generally have offered another £25,000, and it is stated that the workmen are willing to give 2i per cent, of their wages.

Signor Mussolini is angered at the speech of the Emperor of Abyssinia. He regards it as warlike and has instructed his Minister at Addis Ababa to protest strongly. This the Minister did, reserving the right to take further steps.

The blue riband of civil flying in France was won by the British Mew Percival Gull machine, piloted by Count de Chanteaubruh, in a flighj from Deauville to Cannes at an average speed of 187 miles an hour. The prize, 100,000 francs, was competed for by all the. Continental countries;

A striking indication of the progress of Britain's economic recovery is afforded by the monthly return of 10 clearing banks, the total deposits of which, at the end of June, reached a record, exceeding £2,000,000,000 for the first time.

Interviewed by the "Echo de Paris," Signor Mussolini declared that Europe would have two or three more years of relative tranquility. He added: "My only desire is to serve my country as did the great Englishmen who built up the Empire. Europe is decadent. Still worthy to fulfil a colonising mission, Italy is sure to impose her will, then she will have a great place in the world."

Appeals for peace were heard in all Protestant and Roman Catholic Churches in Ulster on Sunday. It is estimated the damage and loss in last week's riots was between £40,000 and £50,000. Hundreds of families have fled from the disturbed areas. Those remaining live in a state of terror, and bolt and bar themselves indoors early in the evening. <

The third machine of the Royal Dutch Air Line to meet with disaster within a week is the Ph—A.K.G., of the "flying hotel" type. The air liner Was en route from Milan to Frankfurt when it crashed near San Bernadino, Switzerland, during a severe storm. The 13 occupants were killed. Nine were, passengers, who included two Britons. The others were Dutch. The cause of the disaster' is not known.

Commenting on the Maoris versus Queensland match, the "Sydney Morning Herald" says: 'With influenza driven from their ranks, the Maoris rose gloriously to the occasion to avenge the defeat which Queensland had administered on the previous Saturday. The Maoris were at, least 25 per cent, a better side, and unlike the previous week their combination was never disturbed.

A detachment of the Royal Scots Regiment was forced to fire at a huge crowd of Moslem rioters at Lahore as the climax to day and night defiance by the mob arising out of Sikhs' attempt to demolish a disused Moslem mosque situated in the grounds of a Sikh shrine.

The Egyptian Government has denounced the commercial treaty with Japan, whose imports henceforth will be subject to higher duties. Lancashire expects a speedy improvement in trade to Egypt.