Cable Jottings

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 418, 28 July 1928, Page 9

Cable Jottings

HEAD-HUNTERS DIE. Advices from Eabaul state that the seven head-hunters who were recently convicted of murders during a tribal light on the Sepik River were hanged at Ambundi in the presence of their fel-low-tribesmen. STORMS IN N.S.W. —Almost Arctic conditions have prevailed in the greater Part of New South Wales for the last few days. Intense cold is reported from J 1 centres. Torrential rain is now a !» ns in the coastal areas, and noods are feared in many districts. ARMISTICE DAY.—Sir William Joynson-Hicks, the Home Secretary, wted in the House of Commons on inursday that permission had been ! ven *° broadcast the ceremony at the enotaph in Whitehall next Armistice bay.—British Official Wireless. GIFT TO EX-SOLDIERS.—To mark v e arrival of the millionth case of , a^ apples in Englani, the hn * trs re Prese # ttive presented to i t n< * ex -soldiers at St. Du.nsfans and frni* nnexe at Brighton, 25 cases of the iruit—A.P.A.-U.S. BRITISH HEAT-WAVE.—According ev ening’s weather foreUn,,oi he heat wave which has conBrmJu °r Ver Lon <3°n_ and most of the rani,ii - Isles for over three weeks, is brinei neai^ n » an end. Depressions thft a rain are approaching from Al iantic.—British Official Wireless. , CRASHES.—A message me? J? ocktorc h Illinois, says the airhad ** asse H and Parker Cramer, to STn P t^K Ct start on a non-stop flight but on Thursday morning, ir iana ® overloaded plane became uncoverfa a r before 100 miles had been the . cra shed in a cornfield and of tF. ft ac bin© was ruined, but neither e aviators was injured.—U.S.

ir| d£TCARiES’ EXAMS.—The foilowamon s the successful candiInstltiol . Ma M examinations of the eau ana Actuaries: Part 1., Gastintion a^t Hi Is ' s M dn ey; Part 11., Secton kett ' Wellington, TempleAction _ T,le fatter also passed in fied for «*£ elvi Ne, Adelaide, qualiA.Pa ttle *- e ii°wship of the society.—

gALDWIN’S HOLIDAY.—The celebrate l u iSter ' Jlr - Baldwin, will 3 He n,o‘, S 61st birthday on August series of 11 S? to Wales to fulfil a leavimr * lic en & a §rements before ftolidav aI 1 *. u £ ust 11 for his annual sence tK A^ c " les Trains. In his abof State for lain win K^ Irs ’ Austin ChamberfiUtish rv~ e .Acting-Prime Minister.— Official Wirelesa.