NEWS IN BRIEF

Opunake Times, 6 October 1931, Page 3

NEWS IN BRIEF

Pangborn and Herndon, A^ucrican ainnen, to.ok oft from at 7 a.in. on Sunday M nothing ■oft’, a Pacific Ocean^non^stop*‘flight. They hojie to establish a world distance record. . r _ • ‘ * ”* Sir Douglas Alawson’s .ship, Discovery, will depart on , its second southward cruise to secure data lor improving A’ntartic charts- The vessel will visit'"'Sonch Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Fatal injuries were received by James Cilnionr, Holton Street, when tu> was caught between two lorries ip the: ■Ngahauranga Gorge on Saturday morning.Gilmonr was a roadman empleyed "by. the H ighways Hoard. *V . '■ ' w -x- * '(’li!‘ Fai in Hoard's bulging stores of wheat and cotton, at Washington, were offered on Saturday to national relief agencies. As much as is needed will be released either for cash or deferred payments to make bread and clothing for the needy. Attorneys for the estate of Mila Virginia Wen del, valued between £lO,OOO.CCO and £20,000,000. are announced to be conducting a search for the descendants of an uncle, John H. Draw, who Emigrated to Australia in 18-50.

A fine of £2O and an order for the cancellation of bis driving. license for sis months was imposedij.oll Christina r/.vgnand Nielson, , agf.il 31. company manager, by Air. McNeill. S.M., at Wellington, for intoxication when, in charge of a car. ’> y * * * ”, Mr. Charles Hardy,' loader *of • the movement to form a new State of the Southern portion of New South'. AV-a'los. says his countrymen have fallen up. tltc gage of battle with the Prime Minister,. Air. J. H. Scullin.’ who-' has declared against’ more . States and in favour of unification. * * * • C . The Commonwealth Hank Hoard Ifaft decided to make about £5500.000 available to local governing bodies for works that will absorb some' of the unemployed. The £5,000.000 for the, relief of unemployed, asked for by the Prime Minister, Air. J. H. Scullin., 'fs not likely to bo granted. * * * « Air. Justice Beeby, as Royal. Commissioner who inquired j-ecently whether Jacob Johnson, the former Seamen’s Union secretary. Sydney, was wrongly convicted for inciting the crew of the steamer Barwon to strike in 1923, for which he served 4* months, imprisonment, found that there was no miscarriage of justice on that 'occasion. The conviction was thus sustained.