AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22721, 6 November 1935, Page 9

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

DEATH OF MR HENWOOD A STUDENT ARRESTED SYDNEY, November 5. (Received Nov. 5, at 5.5 p.m.) An 18-year-old ecclesiastical student has been arrested in connection with the death of Mr Henwood, whose body was found near a railway line. EMPIRE GAMES OF 1938 SYDNEY, November 5. (Received Nov. 6, at 1 a.m.)

The announcement that the British Empire Games would be held in Sydney in 1938 has created a stir of great pleasure in sporting and athletic circles in all parts of Australia. Mr E. S. Marks, chairman of the Australian British Empire Games Committee, expressed delight at the " wonderful news." He said he felt sure that the games would be conducted equally as well here as in any other part of the Empire. There was no doubt Australia and New Zealand would provide bigger teams, which to some extent would compensate for the smaller teams which must be expected from distant parts of the Empire. Mr Marks added that a meeting of the full Board of Control would be held in Sydney shortly to draw up the programme and regulations for .submission to the Empire Conference which will be held in Berlin in 1936.

MR HUGHES'S POSITION MELBOURNE, November 5. (Received Nov. 6, at 1 a.m.) A special meeting of the Federal Cabinet was held to-day to consider the position of Mr Hughes, who was not present. The Prime Minister (Mr .J. A. Lyons) stated afterwards that there was no change in the situation, but a communication had been sent to Mr Hughes, ■who intends to make his reply in the House of Representatives at Canberra, probably to-morrow.