NEWS BREVITIES

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 31, 29 April 1927, Page 1

NEWS BREVITIES

American Minister for Dub'in.—Mr. Frederick Sterling, who is Counsellor to the United States Embassy in London, has been appointed American Minister to the Irish Free State.—A. and N.2.-Sun. Maintenance Defaulter Remanded.— Cyrii Alton Foote, who was charged this morning: with being - 'in default of his maintenance order to the extent of £2O 7s, up till January 25, was remanded until May 3. Fire at Governor's Bay.—A fiveroomed house in the Domain at Governor’s Bay, occupied by Mr. C. P. Jones, Was destroyed by fire yesterday. Five or six motor-cars housed in outbuildings near the dwelling were saved. The house was insured for £ 300. Wives to be Left at Home.—The New South Wales Rugby Football Association, following the example of the Cricket Board, has decided that the Players in the forthcoming team which will tour Britain shall not be allowed to take their wives with them. —A. and N.Z. Low Tasmanian Birthrate. The Tasmanian birthrate for 1926 was 23.5 per 1,000 of population, compared with -4.5 for the previous year. It was the lowest rate since 1850. The rate since 1913 has declined by over 20 percent. The deathrate in 3 926 was the lowest on record.-w-A. and N.Z. Soviet Leaders.—The Central Executive Committee of the Russian Soviet has approved the following reappointments to the Union Council of People’s Commissars: —President, Mr. A. I. Jykoff; Foreign Affairs Mr. G. V. Tchitcherin; War, Mr. Voroshiloff; Labour, Mr. V. V. Schmidt; Finance, "* r - N. P. Brinkhanoff.—A. and N.Z.Sun. .Opossum Skin Trade.—Revenue denved from opossums last season constituted a record. To date the numoer of licenses issued, and the number j* skins taken in the Wanganui district, exceed any previous season. The Quality of the skins, and their get-up, compared more than favourably with other districts, and prices for Wangauui skins invariably topped the mar-