News In A Nutshell

Northern Advocate, 18 December 1936, Page 7

News In A Nutshell

The Commonwealth Customs proclamation today provides for the admission, duty free into Australia, of rubber rings for jars of New Zealand origin.

The result of the ballot of Scottish mine-workers on the employers’ offer of a three-years’ wages agreement was announced today as follows:—For acceptance, 23,942; against, 23,462.

It is announced that the American negro sprinter, Jesse, Owens,, will make his debut as ,a professional runner at Havana op December 26, when he will run 100 metres against time in the Cuban National Sports Festival.

A message from Salt Lake City, Utah, reports that hope has been

abandoned for the safety of seven passengers and the crew of the Western air express, believed to have crashed in the Utah mountains 36 hours ago. It is thought that the plane is down only 50 miles from Salt Lake City, but the search has as yet been unavailing.

Four competitors, including Mrs H. B. Bonney, in the second stage of the Adelaide Centenary Air Race from Sydney to Melbourne yesterday made forced landings in Victoria owing to severe storms. All 31 competitors completed the course without mishap.

Tourist bookings at Sydney for New Zealand disclose that all the large Orient and P and O liners cruising to New Zealand between now and March are booked out, and literally there are hundreds on the waiting lists. The Orford sailed yesterday for the Bay: of Islands via Brisbane, a full ship.

King George gave an audience to Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer. It is assumed the question of the Civil List for the new Monarch and provision for the Duke of Windsor were discussed.

It is reported that the production of gold in Australia for 10 months to the end of October was 942.646 fine ounces, valued at £8,138,140.

The American comedian, Mr Vic. Oliver,,has revealed his plans to marry Miss Sarah Churchill, daughter of Mr Winston Churchill, in England before Christmas. Mr Oliver has a contract in Philadelphia, which permits him to leave when he wishes. It is reported that he is now in New York, preparatory to sailing for England.

The Central News Agency, which circulated an interview with Mr Ernest Simpson, sent, from Genoa, now says Mr Simpson has not left London. He gave no interview.

After anxiety has been felt for the safety of Karl von Ossietszky, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1936, following his disappearance last Monday from a Berlin hospital v/here he had been convalescing, and the authorities’ denial of knowledge of his whereabouts, It was finally ascertained that he had been transferred to ’another hospital.

The “National Times” (Basle) announces as “A Forgery of Modern History” the reported German decision to omit from a commemorative tablet in the stadium the names of Kabos and Karpati, Hungarian winners at the August Olympiad, because they are Jews. The newspaper adds that it expects that no Jewish winners will be commemorated.

An Italian force captured Ras Imru, leader of the Abyssinian resistance in the difficult west country.

*•* . » Five Mobile Guards and a number of others were wounded in .mti-Fas-cist clashes at Celermont (France). Several persons were arrested for illegally carrying arms.