News In A Nutshell

Northern Advocate, 30 November 1936, Page 5

News In A Nutshell

, It was officially indicated today that America’s policy will not be influenced by the Italian recognition of Manchukuo and the recognition by Japan of Italy’s conquest of Ethiopia, unless a general movement by other Governments necessitates a fresh study of the matter.

Poland and Rumania have signed a cultural collaboration agreement, as the result of which Rumanian educational and banking officials, also the Rumanian Chief of the Military Staff, will visit Warsaw shortly.

The Civil Lord of the Admiralty, Mr Kenneth Lindsay, who attended the South Australian Centenary as one of the nominees of the. British branch of the Empire Parliamentary Association, left Sydney by the Wanganella for Auckland yesterday.

The Honolulu Land Court today automatically granted the application o£ an -American heiress, Mrs .Doris Duke Cromwell, to register her title to four acres of property. It was thought this would make possible the construction a swimming pool, opposition to which had precluded the erection of a house to cost 500,000 dollars. The authorities announced, however, that the registration of the title did not mean that they approved of the swimming pool, the building of which is still undecided.

The correspondent’ of the “New York Times” at Guiyaquil, Ecaudor, says a revolt by an artillery regiment, supported by civilians, and sn attack bn the presidential palace at Quito, resulted in 50 people being killed and 100 wounded. The revolt is ascribed to a former president, and it is not expected to be successful, owing to the superiority of the Government’s forces.

The Rev. T. E. Ruth, at Pitt Street Congregational Church, Sydney, referring to Mrs Freer, said the Government at its own expense, should bring her back from New Zealand and offer her all the resources of British law and justice to vindicate her honour, if she could.

Harold Mudge, the New South Wales all-round cricketer whose slow bowling was chiefly responsible for the recent defeat of the M.C.C. team by 'his State, has accepted an offer to play cricket in England for tnres years. Mudge has taken up the offer turned down by F. Ward, of South Australia, and will play for Julian Calm, of Nottingham.