News In A Nutshell

Northern Advocate, 11 July 1938, Page 5

News In A Nutshell

In a foreword to the third quinquennial report on the Fascist regime in Italy, Signor Mussolini eulogises the bravery of the Italians in Spain. He adds: “It is the first time Blackshirts have faced Bolshevism. We do not know whether to-morrow this clash will develop on a European or a world scale, but Fascism certainly does not fear the fight which must decide Europe’s future.” ♦ * ♦ * The Transvaal representatives defeated the British Rugby team, at Johannesburg yesterday, by 16 points to nine. •■• • • Captain Johnson, master of the British steamer Therese Moller, of 3930 tons, of which Mr P. Cairnes is first officer, complained bitterly that after the stranding of the vessel at Hoia Bay, in north-eastern Saghalien, on October 13 last, the Russian authorities compelled the officers and crew to remain all winter aboard the ice-covered ship. They were treated like animals, and suffered intense privations in a temperature that was often 40 degrees below zero, said Captain Johnson. The Chinese crew also suffered acutely. • • •> • Fine gold was quoted in London yesterday at £7/l/0| an ounce, compared with £7/l/l£ on Friday and on Thursday. Silver was quoted at 19 5-16 d an ounce spot, and 19 3-16 d forward, compared with 19£d and 19 l-16d on Friday. #** ' *

Colliding with a motor car on the edge of a ravine at Constantine, Algiers, a motor coach crowded with natives overturned and rolled to the bottom, where it caught fire. The French driver and six natives were incinerated. Twelve others were critically injured. • -m • * • The death has occurred at Port Chester of Mr Justice B. J. Cardozo, aged 68. -He had been an associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1932.

The Mexican Lawn Tennis Association announces that Eugenio Tapia and Daniel Hernandez, with a third player to be selected later, will represent Mexico against Australia in the Davis Cup tie at Kansas City. It is stated that the Australians refused to play in Mexico City, on account of the unfavourable climate.

Street collections taken u£ yesterday for the benefit of hospitals and charities and the sick, in memory of the late Queen Alexandra, amounted to about £54,000 —the highest total since 1931, says a British Official Wireless message from Rugby.

In the ten years since the establishment of the English-Speaking Union’s reciprocal British and American schoolboys’ scholarships, 120 British boys have spent a school year in the United States. Seventeen boys from British public schools went to American schools last year, and 13 American scholars spent three terms at leading English public schools.

Five ’planes raided Valencia and wounded the Belgium non-intervention officer, M. Albert Lemans, aboard the Yorkbrook, which was not damaged, says a Madrid message.

Ministry of Agriculture officials, says a message from Tokio, admonished the people not to throw away dead cats, rats or dogs, but to sell them to the authorities, because their skins are an excellent substitute for ox hide, especially for knapsacks.

A dish of green peas, produced from seeds which had lain for 4000 years in Tutankhamen’s tomb, was exhibited at Harrowwell Horticultural Show.

In the presence of M. Lebrun. President of France, the Prince of Monaco, cardinals and many dignataries of church and State, Rheims Cathedral, restored after wartime destruction, was rededicated with pomp and grandeur befitting the occasion.