Cable Jottings

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1013, 2 July 1930, Page 9

Cable Jottings

MVIXr; cp there,—The airplane Ehy of fjhicago, at 2.40 a.in. yesterday. h®-d keen continuously in the air over Chicago for 4G7 hours (19 days 11 hours). C.UKST OF 1 iTtlTAlX.—Prince and Princess Takamatsu, of Japan, having concluded their three days' visit to .the h-'ng anrl Queen at Buckingham I’aiij ■ are now staying at Claridge’s "otel as guests of tlie Britisli Government. JAR EAST Tit AUK MISSION*. —Air. '• M. Gillett, Parliamentary Secretary iV r Overseas Trade, stated in the mp U f e ot Commons that the Governnent proposes to send an Economic fission to the Far East. The necesT y arrangements are in hand. PUSHED FOR TIMS.—The Prime Minister of England, Mr. Ramsay Maceine 11 *: sta tes it ita« now been dei in view of tlie short time reuining, not to seek the appointment ' a nession of a joint committee to "nsider the question of closer union 8 E hst Africa. Italian- air ,sti:n~t.--Twelve of 1 R , mo6j t powerful seaplanes arc i * n f h ?lci in readiness at Home a waitto lav °urable weather l'or an attempt iL n <>n-stop .formation flight tt. thft u Under thR Personal leadership oi fialb IVtiniste P of Aviation, General