Cable Jottings

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 237, 27 December 1927, Page 11

Cable Jottings

FIRE IN N.S.W.—Fire destroyed Messrs. Merry and Blackshaw’a garage at Narrabri, 350 miles north-west of Sydney, together with 19 motor-cars and trucks. The damage is estimated at £7,000. —A. and N.Z. SYDNEY COMMISSION.—Mr. E. F. Fleming, a member of the Federal Migration and Development Commission, has been appointed chairman of the Svdney Civic Commission. —A. and N.Z. SCOTTISH SHIRES. —The Forfarshire County Council has decided to revert to the ancient county name of Angus, following the example of Elginshire, which is now Morayshire, and Linlithgowshire, which is now West Lothian. —A. and N.Z. AMERICAN’S GIFT.—Mr. George Eastman, the manufacturer of Kodak cameras, has transferred £200,000 to the trustees of the Royal Free Hospital, London, which completes his gift for a dental clinic. Work on the clinic will be begun shortly.—A. and N.Z. BRITAIN’S UNEMPLOYED. —In the House of Commons, in reply to a question, Mr. H. B. Betterton, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour, said from the date of the armistice until December 10, 1927, the total amount paid in out-of-work donations was £62,448,000, and in unemployment benefit, £316,870,000. —A. and N.Z. LIMITING NAVIES.—The description in the King’s speech at the prorogation of Parliament of the failuro of the Geneva Naval Conference as being only temporary has not escaped notice. It is bfelieved that diplomatic conversations will lshortly be renewed between London and Washington and other capital cities on the subject of naval armaments. —A. and N.Z. AIRMEN SET FREE.—The permission of the Turkish authorities to fly over Turkish territory has been given to the French airman, Colonel Antoinat, and his five companions, who were arrested at Adalia, Asia Minor, when on their way to Hanoi, French Indo-China. The airmen have left Adalia for Aleppo.—A. and N.Z. MARRIAGE AND HEALTH .—Dr. Pinard, a member of the French Chamber of Deputies, has introduced a Bill which has been approved by a commission on hygiene, whereby every man and woman about to contract a marriage is to submit to medical examination and obtain a certificate to show that they are free of any symptom of contagious disease.—A. and N.Z. SACCO-VANZETTI FILM. The London “Sunday Express” says that in spite of detectives who have ceaselessly watched for it, a secret film, which displays the Italian murderers. Sacco and Vanzetti, as heroes, has been smuggled into London. Attempts made to trace the film have hitherto been unsuccessful. The activity of the police has necessitated the film being moved from, one house to another. —A. . and N.Z.