THE WIDE WORLD

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19768, 16 February 1927, Page 7

THE WIDE WORLD

CABLED JOTTINGS CHILD ENDOWMENT SCHEME. SYDNEY, Feb. 15. Despite the opposition of Mr. J. T. Lang, the Labour Caucus decided that orphans should benefit under the child endowment scheme. Under the original measure orphans were specially exempted. HEW ZEALAND FOOTBALLERS. FREMANTLE, Feb. 15. The liner Narkuuda has arrived from London. Her passengers include the New Zealand Rugby League team, also Parata and Gemmell of the Maori Rugby Union team. Parata has recovered from the illness from which he suffered in France. OPEBA STAB TAKES LEGAL ACTION. LONDON, Feb. 14. The Hungarian singer, Mdlle Pechy, who has been replaced by Miss Gladys Moncrieff, has decided to sue Daly’s for damages, the amount mentioned being £5,000. BIG ITBE AT ADELAIDE. ADELAIDE, Feb. 15. A fire in a building on the port canal, used as a store, caused damage to the extent of £20,000. FREE AIR PASSAGES. BERLIN, Feb. 14. Members of the Reichstag, now enjoying free rail travel privileges, are demanding free passages on all the Berlin air lines. ITALIAN AIRMAN’S FLIGHT. LONDON, Feb. lb. The Marquis De Pinedo, the Italian airman, has arrived at Rio de Oro, completing 2000 miles in two stages of flight BRITAIN AND THE DOMINIONS. LONDON, Feb. 14. Mr. L. C. M. S. Amery (Secretary of State for the. Dominions) replying to Viscount Sandon on the desirableness of developing a system of personal contact between Loqdon and the Dominions, said in the House of Commons to-day that this was affirmed at tho Imperial Conference, but it was a matter for discussion with the Governments concerned. To some extent negotiations had been in progress.