News In A Nutshell

Northern Advocate, 14 January 1939, Page 10

News In A Nutshell

An Independent Cable Service message from Berlin says the Government lias announced that mutual assurances have been exchanged with the United States, both countries agreeing that in future they will respect the right of each other’s citizens under the existing friendship pact, and will settle con-troversies-by consultation. V ,Vi ■ *f * ♦ * ' The Awatea, which sailed last night for- Auckland, broke all previous pas-senger-carrying records, with 665 passengers, 247 of whom were Boy Scouts on their way home from the Jtmlboree, says a Sydney message. The Awatea’s complement, including crew, totalled 917 persons. - A message from Moscow states that the first punishment for lack of disciphne during work has been imposed. It; consists of loss of jobs and expulsion from homes at three days’ notice. This is severe, due to the scarcity of accommodation. * * * r -Viscount Halifax, Foreign Minister, has appointed Mr Ivo Mallett to be his assistant-private secretary, in succession to Mr R. F. R. Hoyer-Millar, who has been appointed to the British Embassy at Washington. . • . • *-• , In an address to the Congress of the Australian and New Zealand Association iqr the Advancement of Science, at Canberra, Dr. Fritz Duras, Director of Physical Education at the University of Melbourne, said there was no such thing as athlete’s heart, and violent physical .exercise did not enlarge the heart. The smallest hearts were found in footballers, and the next ’ smallest ip boxers. /> » ♦ * The'death has occurred of Mr Jacob Ruppert, the multi-millionaire brewer, and owner of the New York Yankees baseball team. He backed the second Byrd expedition to the Antarctic.