News In A Nutshell

Northern Advocate, 23 March 1937, Page 5

News In A Nutshell

Mr R. B. Bejmett, former Prime Minister of Canada, and present Leader or the Opposition, on his return from an Empire tour, stated that the Dominions could not be held in P er " petuity without more people. Assisted settlement was essential. The idea of a centralised Empire had gone. Decentralisation was strength, and there was unity in diversity. a a 'a ... • A most remarkable thing about the debates in the House of Commons on the defence programme, said the Home Secretary, Sir John Simon, was that, apart from six extreme Left Wing members, no one on either side had denied that substantial additional expenditure on armaments Was necessary. ,■ : a /, * a _ « A former burgomaster of . Lang- * enhahan, Germany, has been sentenced to 12 months’ gaoi for iineendiarlsm. He was head of the local fire brigade which, it., is alleged, did not fight fires, but started them to share the insurance. * • • • • Nine million gas masks for the use of the people of. London in time of emergency are to be stored in three large regional depots.—B.O.W. * * « * '~ • The football match between.. Italy and Austria for the Europe Cup provoked such an ominous anti-Italian demonstration that the Swedish referee stopped the game in the second half. • * « * Lord Cottesloe informed the National Rifle Association of the acceptance / of an invitation from the Commonwealth Rifle Association to send a team of 14 to represent Great Britain at the special anniversary meeting at Sydney in February, 1938. South Africa wil be visited en route, and New Zealand on the return journey. The expenses will amount to £4OOO and subscriptions are sought’ *' ■ •' v-

Following negotiations between the management and men, work will be resumed in part of the Wontha'ggi mine, says a Melbourne message. The workers will begin to rehabilitate the pit, closed by the management to carry out safety measures,

Another by-election is rendered necessary, owing to the resignation of Hr Philip Dunne, Conservative member. for the Stalybridge and Hyde Division of Cheshire, says a British Official Wireless message. ■, * * * *

The “Daily Mail” .says Mr Angus McDonald, - Mr - John Parker and Mr Charles Craig, Scottish members of the Britist Saklatvala Battalion, which has been fighting for the Spanloyalists, have returned "to London in order to induce the Foreign Office to secure the repatriation of their comrades. It is asserted that only 90 are left of the 600 Britons who landed in Spain in January.

The Royal Easter Show at Sydney, which opened an brilliant weather, promises to eclipse its predecessors. The entries are a record, as the country enjoyed a bountiful season. The beef and dairy cattle, dairy produce and pigs were judged today. " New Zealand-bred entries were included in the Red Poll cattle classes, in which the New Zealand and Australian Land Company’s exhibits were the chief prizewinners.

The Berlin correspondent of “The Times” says that*, in an encyclical read throughout Germany, the Pope accuses the Nazis of violating the Concordat of 1933 and encouraging the anti-Christian movement. His Holiness says he, will not formally denounce the Concordat because his responsibility for the souls entrusted to his care prevent his ignoring the remaining possibilities of an understanding.