Cable Jottings

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 713, 12 July 1929, Page 9

Cable Jottings

BRITISH NAVY.—The “Daily Express*' says the Cabinet has decided to cut six submarines out of the naval Building programme.—A. and H.Z.- j SHOOTING AT BISLEY.—At the National Rifle Association’s meeting 1 Bisley on Thursday the King’s Medal for the Army at Home was won oy Lieutenant Johnson, of the First fecots Guards.—British Official Wireless. ADDRESS-IN-RFPLT DEBATE..— House of Commons a Liberal amendment to the Address-in-Reply, condemning the Government for its jailure to suspend the Scottish Local Government Act, 1929. was defeated oy 374 votes to 51. The Address-in-■Ueply was agreed to. —A.P.A.-U.S. • FRANCE AND SPAIN.—A Treaty of friendship and Arbitration between France anc * Spain has been signed by Y l9 French Foreign Minister, IVI. «nand, and the Spanish Ambasador in f*aris, Don Jose Quinones do Leon. — and N.Z.-P.A. AERO EXHIBITION.—It is underthat Signor Mussolini, Prime -Minister of Italy, has intimated his indention of visiting London to see the international Aero Exhibition, which is «> be opened at Olympia on July 16. The report is thought to be correct in Mew of Italy’s outstanding interest in “ Via tion. It is recalled that a hostile reception was threatened when a visit* by feignor Mussolini was last mooted. “-A. and N.Z.-P.A. ELECTORAL REFORM^ —The Britij4* Prime Minister, Mr. MacDonald, stated in the House of Commons that iscount Ullswater, formerly the speaker, had agreed to preside over committee referred to in the King’s s peech, which would examine cjuesdcctoral reform in the light ?. r experiences of the general elecuon. The exact terms of reference «ere still the subject of consultation the party leaders.—British Official Wireless.