NEWS IN BRIEF.

Wairarapa Age, 12 August 1926, Page 4

NEWS IN BRIEF.

A beginning is to be made shortly on th« duplication of the Pacific Cable Board’s line. The London “Daily Express” states that the controversy between the Pacific Cable Board and the Canadian Government over this duplication has been settled. The French National Assembly carried by 671 votes to 144, an amendment to the Constitution regarding the sinking fund law. Communists and Extreme Socialists created a tremendous uproar. > A message from New Orleans (U.S.A) states that cutters captured the British rum-runner Hazielle after considerable fighting. A Sydney “Sun” message from Vancouver reports the loss of the fishing schooner Sylvia Mosher, with her captain, John Mosher, and crew of twentyfive. The vessel was overwhelmed i> a hurricane. Miss Helen Wills won two rounds of the New York State women’s teanis championship on Tuesday. She defeated Mrs Robert Lerey and Miss Margaret Dwyer by the same scores, 6/0, 6/6. At Forest Hills (United States) in the men’s tennis doubles, Chandler and White defeated Lett and Chaplin 6/1, 6/1, 6/3. Richards and Williams defeated Tilden and Johnson 8/6, 6/4, 3/6, 4/6, 6/3. •