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Northern Advocate, 9 January 1936, Page 2

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1 BOWLING TOURNEY | Section games in the pairs compei tition were continued at the New I Zealand bowling championship tournament this morning. For the start of play conditions were cold and unpleasant, with light misty rain falling at intervals, but during the morning the sky cleared and it became warmer. Today’s programme comprised the fourth and fifth round, after which post-sectional play will be proceeded with as players are freed from the forthcoming rinks competition. DANISH FLIER’S BAD LUCK Misfortune overtook Mr Otto Thaning, Danish Consul at Johannesburg, who left here on Tuesday on an attempt to break the Capetown-Eng-land flying record. His aeroplane overturned at Loanda, in Portuguese West Africa, but the airman was uninjured. COUNSEL’S APPEAL REJECTED The appeal of Maitre Desbons, who was counsel for the accused murderers of King Alexander of Yugo-Slavia, has been rejected. The.famous advocate was expelled from the bar following a verbal dispute with the judge. This means that his expulsion will be permanent. RELIEF WORKERS’ STRIKE. The men engaged on the Ashley River work decided unanimously to return to work on the conditions which had been previously rejected, after they had been addressed this morning by the Hon. R. Semple, Minister of Public Works, and the Hon. P. C. Webb. An emphatic declaration was made by Mr Semple and Mr Webb that Communist organisation was the avowed enemy of the workers and the nation, and that “white anting” on public works jobs would not be tolerated in any shape or form.

CABINET DOINGS. The sub-committees of Cabinet met today to deal with the tasks allotted to them. The work early this afternoon had not progressed beyond the preliminary stage, and, until something conclusive had been reached, no statement can be expected, according to the Prime Minister, the Hon. M. J. Savage. Much depends on the finance committee, which devoted most of its time today in examining questions of currency and banking, a job that involved their reference to numerous international authorities. The question of the changes in the existing law that are necessary to enable the Government to proceed along its new lines was also considered. CHANGE FOR FATHER HERRING. The Rev. Father Herring, parish priest of Whangarei, is to be moved to Villa Maria, Sydney. Father Murphy, at present at Timaru, is to take over Whangarei. Father McGrath, formerly of Mt. Albert, is now parish priest of Island l Bay, Wellington, Father P. Smyth is taking over Father Murphy’s place at Timaru. THEFT CHARGES. In the Dunedin Police Court today, Leslie David Woolf, aged 40, an insurance broker, was charged with the theft of £9O from the Australian Alliance Assurance Company. The police said they understood that the sum of £2300 would! be the subject of the ultimate charge or charges. Accused was remanded, bail being allowed in a surety of £SOO by himself and two sureties of £SOO. LARWOOD’S BENEFIT. Allotting Larwood’s “benefit” match against Yorkshire at Nottingham, the Notts County Cricket Club Committee appealed to the public to show appreciation of the greatest fast bowler of his generation. i