News In A Nutshell

Northern Advocate, 2 April 1937, Page 5

News In A Nutshell

The Tasmanian Government is planning the appointment of Government medical practitioners in outlying districts, where patients will be treated free of cos| by doctors having the status of civil servants.

Italy has declined the British Government’s invitation to send a warship to the Coronation naval review.

The Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs, Captain Euan Wallace, will be chief British delegate to the Montreux Conference, which is to be opened on April 12. Proposals for abolishing capitulation in Egypt will be discussed, and it is hoped that a convention will' be signed to that effect and prescribing the relations between Egyptians and foreigners after the abolition of capitulation.— (8.0. W.) v * * • •

The Canadian Senate has approved the British trade pact, thus completing its ratification. The Minister of National Revenue, Mr. J. L. Ilsley, introduced a' Bill to ban traffic in arms and ammunition as an amendment to the Customs Bill.

The “Sydney Sun” states that the officials in charge of the 150th anniversary celebration in New South Wales are considering the continuation to Sydney of a flight by one of the Clippers from San Francisco.

Two girls, wearing only shorts and sweaters and having no money, missed the Katoomba for Norfolk Island, says a Suva message. There will be no boat for 33 days.

Forty policemen were necessary to protect the jurors from; the relatives and friends of two men who were convicted in New York yesterday of assault and robbery. The jurors were surrounded in the streets by crowds shouting: “Let us get them. Let us take them for a ride.” The jury reentered the court and the police routed the crowd, later escorting the jurors home.

The death has occurred at Sydney, of Mr. W. Cartwright, formerly amateur sprint champion, aged 63. In 1896 at Sydney Mr. Cartwright won the 100 yards and 220 yards championships from the pick of Australian and New Zealand sprinters. In one afternoon at Christchurch. New Zealand, he won the 100 yards, 200 yards and 400 yards titles.

The Commonwealth Cabinet will consider on April 20 the appointment of a successor, to Mr. R. H. Nesbitt, as Australian Trade Commissioner to New Zealand. The Acting Prime Minister, Dr. Earle Page, expressed appreciation of Mr. Nesbitt’s valuable services in New Zealand.

The recent improvement in freights has sent up the values of second-hand cargo ships, says a London message. The Manchester Hero (9,100 tons) sold for over £4o,ooo—a remarkable figure for a 21-year-old vessel, which would not have brought £ 8000 a few years ago. The Greek steamer Sylvia (3175 tons), built in 1889, was sold for £9 300 for scrap.

Gandhi, Indian National Congress Leader is a candidate for the annual award of the Nobel Peace Prize, says an Oslo message.

After an engagement which had lasted nearly four years, it is announced that the marriage between Mr. Kenneth Harrington, younger son of Mr. Justice and Mrs Edward Harrington, and the Hon. Cecilia BowesLyon, aged 25, .niece of Queen Elizabeth and daughter of Lord and Lady Glamis, will not take place. The honourable Cecilia was a bridesmaid at the wedding in "Westminster Abbey of the King, then Duke of York, and her aunt.

Mr Samuel Collam, formerly president of the United States Lawn Tennis Association, in a statement criticising that organisation for centring important tourneys in New York, said the Australian Davis Cup players were deeply concerned over the choice of Forest Hills. Messrs Sproule, Crawford and McGrath were unanimous in condemning Forest Hills, as the services there were inferior. * * * » Although at the moment Europe showed no disposition to disarm, America would be ready, when the prospects were more favourable, to co-op-erate in efforts for reducing armaments and for the maintenance of peace, said Mr Norman Davis, United States Ambassador at large, in an interview. — 8.0. W,