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—.— —— RECORD JUMP. Jumping from an estimated height of 7000 feet—said to be a record for New Zealand—Mr G. W. Sellars, the wellknown Auckland parachutist, beat his previous record at Mangero Aerodrome yesterday afternoon by a considerable margin. His previous best jump was from a height of 5800' feet. DUKE OF WINDSOR’S TARTAN, The Duke of Windsor is adopting a Bonny Prince Charlie tartan, for which he is having a new kilt woven at Brora, Sunderlandshire. ALLEGED CAR CONVERTERS. Arrested late on Saturday night, two .brothers, Leslie Archie Morris, aged 17, and Arthur Henry Morris, aged 19, were charged before Mr W. S. Stilwell, S.M., ’at Weilington, with unlawful conversion of a sports car valued at £2OO, belonging to Hichard Ford Sweetzqr, It was stated that the youths had confessed' to the conversion of 100 cars within the last six months, the total value being estimated at about £20,000. A remand until December 6 on bail was granted for further inquiries.
ft TWO KING’S BIRTHDAYS. The possibility of employers having to pay factory workers for two King’s Birthdays this year, was pointed out by the secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, Mr E, C. Sutcliffe, today. This is because the King’s Birthday was observed on June 9, but no validating legislation has yet been passed, and factory workers employed on the actual date, December 14, will bp entitled to treble pay. MR ALMA BAKER ARRIVES. An arrival by the Aorangi this morning was Mr C. Alma Baker, C.8.E., who is bound for the sword-fishing in the Bay of Islands. Mr Baker has crossed the Tasman for the thirtyeighth time. He has come this year straight from England’, instead of stopping off as usual at the Malay States, where he has plantation interests.
JAPAN AND COLONIES, The Tokio correspondent of “The Times” reports, that conversations be* tween Britain and Germany brought a prompt official intimation that Japan will return none of the German colonies received under the Treaty of Vor-. sallies.
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Northern Advocate, 29 November 1937, Page 2
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