To-day’s Headlines

Northern Advocate, 10 January 1938, Page 4

To-day’s Headlines

Several areas of the East Coast were flooded following heavy rain during the week-end. A train from Christchurch struck a slip, but, fortunately, was travelling slowly and pulled up easily.

An explosion destroyed one shop and partially wrecked several others at Remuera yesterday morning. _ Five men were injured, one fairly seriously.

An ugly situation developed in the International Settlement, Shanghai, as the result of a Russian volunteer preventing a Japanese soldier from beating a Chinese woman. Agreement was reached after a long parley.

The world had a “close shave” from being struck by a planet in October, it is revealed by a South African astronomer.

Whangarei’s population increased naturally during 1937 by 210, the largest increase since 1935.

Mr Cordell Hull. United States Secretary of State, announced that America intended to negotiate a trade treaty with the United Kingdom. A nine-year-old boy died from infantile paralysis on board the Maunganui on Friday during the voyage from Melbourne to Bluff. The Samoan Clipper left Honolulu for New Zealand this morning on the regular fortnightly mail service between the Dominion and the U.S. Imperial Airways flying-boat Centaurus took off from Auckland this morning on her return crossing of the Tasman Sea, Henry Wilson’s sensational liquidation sale has only a few more weeks to run. Therefore, in the interim, prices of all doubtful or soiled stocks, remnants, etc., summer showroom goods and silknit underwear, are decidedly in buyers’ favour. A visit just now will repay everyone.