News In A Nutshell

Northern Advocate, 27 December 1937, Page 8

News In A Nutshell

Mr De Valera, broadcasting throughout the Irish Free State on Christmas Day, hoped the new Constitution would be an earnest of a fuller harvest after centuries of sacrifice, ensuring freedom from imposed restrictions. The Irish people were standing on the threshold of a new era. No generation of Irishmen for centuries had had such opportunities.

Many British soldiers in Palestine have spent several weeks’ pay in ringing up their families in Britain and sending Christmas greetings.

The Prime Minister, Mr Lyons, denied reported suggestions by Mr Savage, Prime Minister of New Zealand, that Australia was responsible for the delay in the inauguration of the transTasman air service. He said the Commonwealth was no more to blame than the Dominion. * * :* * Their Majesties have dispatched hundreds of Christmas cards from Sandringham House to relatives? friends and officials in all parts of the world. The King’s card reproduces a painting of the Coronation naval review. The Queen chose a picture of Holyrood House, the Duke of Gloucester one of St James’ Palace, Queen Mai'y of the Princess Royal garden scenes. The Duke of Kent’s is a modernist painting by Doris Zinkeisen. * # A A M. Flandin, in an article in the Paris “Soir” on his recent talks with German leaders, declares that Dr. Schacht, who resigned his portfolio of Minister of Economics, was authorised to come to Paris in the summer of 1936 in order to propose the return of Germany to the League if colonies were restored, but the German policy has since changed and return to Geneva is out of the question.