News In A Nutshell

Northern Advocate, 13 July 1936, Page 5

News In A Nutshell

The final of the New South Wales

amateur golf championship was play- ' ed yesterday, when T. S. McKay de- , feated B. E. Headlam. The loser was three up with five to play. McKay, in a fighting , finish, squared at the 34th green, and, amid great excitement, went on to win two up. * v * * Members of the Australian Olympic team, who competed at. the British championships at White City were deeply impressed by the consistency of the English runners. They did not think that Jack Lovelock ran his characteristically brainy mile. He allowed himself too often to be forced into the outside position. As medical studies . have limited his training, Lovelock told the Australians that he does not expect to. reach top form for several weeks. « ♦ * * Wild scenes were witnessed in Glasgow when Orangemen’s processions , came into collision with rival factions. Many fights took place. Ar- ) rests numbered 50. Princess Elizabeth is to be educated with a view to her possible Queenship, says the “Sunday Chronicle,” The Duchess of York, her mother, wishes her to go to a girls’ ' school and enjoy the companionship of girls of her own age, but, after discussion with the’ King, Queen Mary, the Duke of York and Cabinet ' Ministers, she decided to substitute a more formal plan of education, so that, as in the case of Queen Victoria, her education will be entrusted to tutors and a governess. « ♦ * *

president Roosevelt today opened the Triborough Bridge, which is considered to be the greatest structure f its kind. It has four water crossand two and a-half miles of viaducts, says a New York message.

A group of well-armed Fascists attacked and occupied a radio transiting station at Valencia. They broadcast news of their coup, winding with the cry, “Up Spain! Long live Fascism!”. Police ejected the Fascists, and the staff reoccupied the 1 uilding. and then, broadcast their defeat They played the Spanish National Anthem for 20 minutes to reQU re the country while the poyulaHon of the city demonstrated against Fascism,, and set fire to several Rightist buildings.

A message from Noumea states that Japanese vessel, suspected of poaching was chased by the motor ketch Caledonian near Yate, for 30 minxes. She was finally caught and bearded. Six natives, armed with tomahawks and spears, were put aboard, and the vessel was towed to Noumea, where it was detained by the Customs authorities. A fine will be imposed. The Japanese vessel is of 30 tons and has a crew of 22 Japanese. Seventy up-to-date charts of various pacific Islands were found on board.

Not wishing to offend King Edward, the workers in the neighbourhood of Nice, who have been on strike for some weeks, hearing that Sir George Clerk, British Ambassador to France, was to arrive to complete the arrangements for the King’s stay at the Chateau de I’Horizon, called in their pickets. Also they removed their placards, and struck the Red Flag, which was flying opposite the Chateau. m■o 0 a M. Titulescu is reported to have resigned the Foreign Ministry ,of Rumania owing to dissatisfaction with the internal political situation, which he regards as contradicting his foreign policy owing to the Government • supporting the Nazis, Who have adopted an antiFrench policy since M. Blum’s advent. * * « ♦ J. Beresford and R. Southwood have been selected to represent Britain in the double sculls at the Olympic Games in Berlin. Beresford thus completes a remarkable record of participating in five Olympiads. He won thp singles sculls at Paris in 1924, and assisted to win the fours without a coxswain) at Los Angeles in 1932. * * * * The Governor-General of Canada, Lord Tweedsmuir, who went to Quebec to await the arrival of Mr Roosevelt, who was due there on July 31. was brought to Montreal by train tonight. Later doctors examined him for a suspected internal ulcer.

A sale of the famous art collection of the late Mr Henry Oppenheimer is being held at Christie’s, London. Leonardo da Vinci’s drawing, “Rider of a Rearing Horse,” which measures five and a-half inches by five, fetched 41C0gns. Nine small sketches by Fra Bartolommeo were sold for just under £ISOO. Seven pen and wash drawings by Antonio Canaletto attracted keen bidding, and realised £2165. One of them, called “Ascension Day at Venice,” was secured for the British Museum at 800 guineas.—8.0. W. ' M H 1! IS The Australian Prime Minister, Mr J. A. Lyons, has received a cable from the British Secretary for the Dominions, Mr Malcolm MacDonald, to the effect that the Royal Australian Navy cruisers, Sydney and Australia, loaned to the Admiralty for service during the recent crisis, will leave Alexandria for Fremantle tomorrow. * * * * Caught in Sydney by a chance last May, 11 years after he had escaped from the police, George Pinnick, aged 37, was released from Ballarat Gafil by order of the Executive Council, because he had made good after escape v Pinnick escaped from escort by leaping from a moving train at North Creswick while on his way to gaol to serve a sentence of 12 months for stealing. He eventually settled in Sydney and prospered until he controlled a chain of garages. He was married six years ago, and his first child was born two months before he was rearrested.