News In A Nutshell

Northern Advocate, 31 October 1936, Page 7

News In A Nutshell

- Further friction between Chinese , and Japanese is reported from North China. It is alleged that two Koreans and one Japanese have, been arrested and maltreated by the Chinese police at Tai Yuan-fu during a monster antiJapanese demonstration. Mr Takeo Kawagoe, the Japanese Ambassador at Nanking, has made a protest to the Central Government.

The liigk Commissioner, Sir Arthur Wauchope, announces that the Palestine Commission will arrive on November 11.

A The New Guinea Airway Lockheed • 'Electro: aeroplane arrived at Mel- ... bourne from Brisbane at 2.30 p.m. '! - yesterday. The majority of . the passengers' have come to see the Melbourne Cup race on Tuesday. The plane left Brisbane at 6.35 a.m. and landed in Sydney at 9.30 a.m. on the .1 way. The machine left New Guinea on Wednesday, and stayed the night at Fort Moresby. This is the first oc- > - c.asion on which a plane has covered the trip from New ■ Guinea, to Brisbane in a day’s flight.

A new Parliamentary precedent will be established on November 3, when a woman member of the . House of Commons, Miss Florence Horbrugh (Conservative—Dun- - dee) i ‘will' lUovc the address to the King,' thanking him for his' Speech from the Throne. The seconder will be the Hon. A. Nicholson ■ (Conservative —Leicester). • • ■ . A New York message states that a strike against all the shipping companies was started, at nightfall on the vote of all the maritime unions.

An earthquake of unusual intensity shook the island of Guam at 4.40 a.m. on October 29. Only slight damage was caused iiv some buildings. Lesser .tremors were felt,at 8.30 a.m.

Mr Harold Vanderbilt will build, enter and maintain a class J yacht to defend the America’s Cup against Mr Sopwith’s Endeavour 11, off Newport, Rhode Island, next July 31. Mr Vanderbilt is the first man to undertake to defend the cup without the backing of a syndicate since General Paine built the Volunteer in 1887. » * • •

The “Daily Herald” (London) declares that the mass arrests of workers which are occurring throughout Germany are a warning of discontent -and that the coming hard winter will not be tolerated. The “Manchester "Guardian’s” Berlin correspondent says that pressure against the Jews is increasing. Meetings of any type of Jewish organisation are forbidden. • • • •

Restrictions have been imposed upon manufacturers by the German Wool Control Board. Manufacture of over 100 different rubber articles have also been forbidden, including tobacco pouches, bathing shoes and toy balloons. .

A group of textile exporters of Lodz (Poland) has acquired Italian patents to manufacture synthetic wool from casein, and are expected to begin production in 1937. If this is successful Poland will reduce wool imnorts from Australia. “■* « * •

• In celebration of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek’s 50th birthday tomorrow, the Government has presented 70 modern fighting and bombing planes to the nation, and 30 more will be added later. i „ .

Extensive damage to verandahs, fences and roofs was caused in the main street of Cheltenham, a suburb 12 miles from Melbourne, yesterday afternoon when a cyclonic wind struck the district. The cyclone was preceded by gusty conditions which developed suddenly into terrific force. Damage was confined to a small area, the adjoining suburb escaping. Telephone communication was interrupted when a small shed was swept over the line The only casualty so far reported is a girl injured by flying debris. •

The New Zealand farmer aviator, Mr Earle Clarke, of North Canterbury has arrived st Karachi on his flight from -England home. *’* * m

The Kruger and Toll auction in New York is concluded, all but two parcels being sold to the Kreu Toll Realisation Co., which represents 95 per cent, of the bond-holders. The sale realised 9-418,041 dollars, or more than 900,000 above the upset price set by the court.