News of World in Brief

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 153, 1 July 1939, Page 5

News of World in Brief

Wedding on Skates

HOLLYWOOD CEREMONY United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. HOLLYWOOD, June 29. The Rev. Anderson Jardine, who married tho Duke and Duchess of Windsor, announced that the official wedding to-night in which the principals and himself were on roller-skates, was “a unique and sentimental tribute to tho manner in which the young couple met.” Gloria Brodine, aged 18. and Richard Morris, aged 23, met when they collided while skating. OBITUARY: CAPTAIN J. W. MORRIS SYDNEY, June 30. Captain J. W. Morris, formerly of the Ist. Battalion of the Australian Imperial Forces, died at Randwiek Military Hospital after a long illness. lie was born in Dunedin in 1869 and served in H.M.S. Thistle at the same time as King George V. DAVIS CUP PROSPECTS MEXICO CITY, June 29. The Australian Davis Cup representative A. Quist is up, but is under a doctor’s care, and the doctor will decide to-morrow whether Quist can play against Mexico. The Australian manager H. Hopman, said: “We have an ev'en chance of lifting tho cup provided wo arrive in the challenge round fit and well. Two years ago when Quist and McGrath were on tho sick list we were deprived of our chance, aud Quist’s being off-colour brings back our experience in 1937 too sharply to allow us to feel as confident as wo did when wo left Australia." THETIS SALVAGE HELD UP (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, June 29. The salvage ship Zelo will not leave Birkenhead to-night for tho scene of the Thetis disaster because of bad weather conditions. In Liverpool Bay a half-gale is raging. A decision as to the future sailing of tho Zelo will be made when the weather becomes more reliable. BERLIN TO BRAZIL BERLIN, June 29. A four-motored Fockewulf Condor piloted by the German airman, Alfred Henke, landed at Brazil after a nonstop flight from Berlin of 4946 miles, in 27 hours 45 minutes. N.Z. BOWLERS IN QUEENSLAND Received Friday, 10.40 p.m. BRISBANE, June 30. Windsor defeated the New Zealand bowlers by 97 to 85. Adess lost 24—23, Weatherburn lost 19—25, Lancaster lost 22 —30 and Dee won 20 —17. BOYCOTT BY WATERSIDERS Received Friday, 11.0 p.m. SYDNEY, June 30. The Waterside Workers’ TJniou, among others, has docided to boycott the National Register and in the event of any of their members being prosecuted “certain measures will be taken by watersiders at various ports in the Commonwealth.”