NEWS AND NOTES

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Issue 4771, 12 November 1935, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES

Flying boats, Vildebeeste 'planes and Mr. J. C. Melrose searched the Bay of Bengal, Burmese and Siamese islands and coasts, and Mergui Archipelago all day but found no trace of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Mr. T. Pethyhxidge.

An Asmare message states that Italians have ocupied Sasa Baneh, 70 miles from Jijiga, in the south. The British United Press representor tive at Harrar says that amid the spreading gloom, due to a realisation that the resistance of the Abyssinian . regular troops can be shattered by modern weapons, the Swedish Mission hospital is treating casualties' brought in motor lorries from Gorahai for bullet wounds, gangrene and the effects of gas. The wounded assert that four days of terrific fighting preceded the fall of Gorohai.

A Rome dispatch says that columns of mechanised, units, following up the advance guards which occupied Sasa Baneh and Gorahai, namely, at_ Warandab and Gabridihari, both in the-Fafan valley, the head of which stands as an important stronghold for..' Jijiga, which .defends the main road to Harrarj the second city of Abyssinia. ■ >•

The British United Press correspondent at Makalle states that political officers are beginning the civil reorganisation of the occupied territory, proclaiming the abolition of slavery and taxation.

Five persons were burned to death when fire destroyed the Wimpole Street home of Dr. Philip Franklin. A milkman noticed smoke coming from the top floor in the early morning. He gave the alarm,,then dashed back to the house in time to see an elderly woman lean from an upper window, shouting, '-For God's sake get the fire brigade!" She then fell back into the flames.

The famous Auckland airwoman, Miss Jean Batten, is at present at Lympne, Kent, waiting to start for South America. "I intend,"•'she said, "tojly across Europe to West Africa, then to try to beat the sea crossing record of 16i hours. I have a good 'plane, with a range of 200 miles, and a cruising speed of 150 miles an hour. ;< -

The Paris correspondent of "The Times" states that the violent controversy over sanctions has died down and interest now is centred in the attitude of neutral countries, particularly Germany and 'the United States; I

One hundred thousand men, including 70,000 Nazis, brought from all parts of Germany, assembled in the Konig's Platz and witnessed a "resurrection" ceremony to mark the anniversary of the abortive "putsch" of 1923.

Reports from Magellanes indicate that Mr. Lincoln Ellsworth is putting the finishing touches on his equipment for the 3000 miles transAntarctic flight, which is expected to take about 20 hours.

Mr. H. F. Broadbent landed at Darwin on Saturday from, Koepang at 2.19 p.m. Sydney time. He created a new record of six days 21 hours, 14 minutes for a solo flight in a light aeroplane from England. Also he broke Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's record by seven hours, 33 minutes.

King George of , Greece was almost robbed of his speech by emotion as he accepted in the drawingroom of the Greek Legation an invitation by three delegates to resume the throne of Greece.

A message from Asmara says a Swiss doctor who followed th.e Italians to Makale describes their road-building as a triumph for staff work. At one stage the advance was held up by a difficult rocky barrier. The engineers blasted a passage within three hours and then pneumatic drills were requisitioned and a perfectly-surfaced road was completed in 24 hours.