News In A Nutshell

Northern Advocate, 31 August 1938, Page 5

News In A Nutshell

The American aircraft designer. Major Alexander de Seversky, today broke Roscoe Turner’s westward trancontinental record by 87 minutes, by flying from New York to Burbank, California, in lOhrs. 3min. He made one stop for refuelling at Kansas City.

No further deaths have occurred as the result of the crash of the North Queensland Airways aeroplane yesterday. The condition of Miss Cola Flynn, one of the injured passengers, is still critical. Mr C. Smith is improving, and Mr A. Wells has.left hospital.

The Prime Minister, Mr Chamberlain, was seen yesterday by Lord Herder, the King’s physician, who desired to satisfy himself of Mr Chamberlain’s continued satisfactory progress under treatment for nasal trouble.

The New Zealand Stock Exchange Association has received cabled advice that Broken Hill South, Ltd., Melbourne, earned a net profit for the year ended June 30, of £402,501.

The New South Wales Government yesterday announced the prizewinners in the competition for the architectural designs for the.proposed new law courts for Sydney. The first prize of £7OO was won by Mr. S. G. Thorp, cf Peddie, Thorp and Walker, of Sydney. The second prize of £6OO was awarded to Mr. Roy Alstan Lippincott, of Auckland, and the third prize of £3OO to Mr. Edward Fitzgerald and Mr. John Brogan, of Sydney.

The Acting-Minister of Customs, Mr Perkins, said that the Federal Cabinet had discussed the question of the embargo on New Zealand potatoes, and there is no chance of it being lifted, says a message from Sydney.

Three villages and the entire population were swept away by floods after the bursting of the Natural mountain dam of the Nina river, says a message from Lucknow. There are 32 known dead and hundreds are missing.

A message from Sydney says that, at Cessnock, the northern district of New South Wales beat the Indian Soccer eleven. The score’ was two goals to one. s 1 , i

The police have been reinforced at Rangoon, owing to the recurrence of rioting. They fired on a crowd and wounded two Burmese monks.

It is announced that details of an Anglo-American Pact will be available in mid-September.

A patrol organised by the New Guinea Administration to explore unknown country, was attacked in. the Mt .Hagen area. A native constable was killed, and a native carrier was seriously wounded.

A message from Sydney says /the Eastern Suburbs Rugby League team is certain to accept the Auckland invitation to play three matches there if it wins the Sydney premiership next Saturday. Canterbury-Banks-town, the other side in the final, is unlikely to make the tour.