GENERAL NEWS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 450, 2 January 1934, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS

ITEMS IN BRIEF WOMAN’S RECORD FLIGHT * Press Association—Copyright. Mini.,). Doc. 41!. ■ Mrs. Francos Marsalis and Miss Helen , Richey completed the longest women s ! sustained flight to-day. landing 9 days ; 21 hours 52 minutes after the lake-oil. 1 LORD PRIVY SEAL Press Associat ion.—Caur!' lo !*).. t 1 /iiiikii, 1 Pc. 41. Mr. R. A. Eden, Parliamentary Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, has been 'appointed Lord Privy Seal. TURKEY TO ADOPT METRIC SYSTEM Press Associalion —Copyright. Constantinople. Dec. 41. j Turkey will adopt the metric system on January 1. Thousands of new weighing machines are ready and the authorities arc taking precautions against das- I honest traders defrauding customers who i arc not used to the new system. BRITISH ART EXHIBITION ; British Official Wireless. Rugby. Dec. 4.11. At an exhibition of British art whim will open on January G by far the most important lender is the King, who will be represented by 17 oil paintings, 15 miniatures, a number of drawings and several pieces of furniture. Twelve Hogarths, 18 Turners, 31 Reynolds ana 48 Gainsboroughs will be among the collection of the work of great masters of the British school ol painting. NELSON’S TRIAL CONTINUED Press Association —Copyright, Apia. Dec. 29. The trial of O. F. Nelson on charges alleging illegal activities in connection with the Mau was continued to-day, Inspector Braisby still being under crossexamination when the Court adjourned until January 2. TRUSTEES APPEAL TO PUBLIC (British Official Wireless.) Rugby. Dec. 29. An appeal to the public by the trustees of the British Museum for £50,000 to effect, together with a corresponding sum guaranteed by the Government, the purchase for the nation of the Codex Sinaiticus has been issued by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Prime Minister is among the signatories. The Codex Sinailicua ■ and the Codex Vaticanus may be described as the prim- j ary authorities of the true text of the j Bible. ' | PROGRESS TOWARD RECOVERY | Press Association —Copyright. i London. Jan. 1. j “Though international conditions are I .still uncertain it can be asserted that the progress towards recovery evident in the markets is so substantial and widespread that nothing but a major disaster can j cause a halt,” says the city editor of the j Observer. “This briefly is the spirit in t which the markets closed for the week- j end with prices generally at the top of I the year.’’ !