NEWS AND NOTES

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Issue 4731, 10 August 1935, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES

A message from Addis Ababa states that the British Legation has advised British residents to evacuate women and children from Abyssinia when convenient as a precautionary measure.

An Italian aeroplane, with a crew of four, in which Captain Luigi Razza, Minister of Public Works, was flying to Eritrea on a visit of inspection, accompanied by his secretary, and Riomondo Franchetti> the well-known explorer, which was reported mising, was discovered wrecked in the desert 12 miles west of Helliopolis. All occupants of the machine were dead.

The strike at Le Havre ended following a meeting in Paris between a delegation of seamen and M. Bertrand, Minister of Merchant Marine, who assured the seamen that theil grievances Would be sympathetically considered. He urged them in their own interests to return to. work.

The surprise Republican victory in the Rhode Island by-election is generally interpreted as a significant defeat for President Roosevelt and his "New Deal." ' The voters of the State, who sent a Democrat to Congress with a majority of 21,000 at the last election, have now elected Judge Charles Risk, Republican candidate, with a majority of 13,000 over Mr. Antonio Prince (Democrat).

The Australian Press Association special correspondent at Friedrichshafen, interviewed Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the Graf Zeppelin, concerning the new Zeppelin LZI29, which, at his suggestion, will be named Hindenburg. He said he expected the airship to be completed by the middle of November and to comence transatlantic voyages early in the New Year.