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Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 18764, 20 December 1935, Page 6

STOP PRESS NEWS

SIR' SAMUEL HOARE. , LOST PUBLIC CONFIDENCE. LONDON, Dec. 19. In the House of Commons Sir Samuel Hoare said he felt he had not the confidence of a great body of opinion in the country which was essential to a Foreign Secretary. He hopes his successor would have better luck. He was deeply moved in his closing words, and left the House a few minutes after his speech. Major Attlee said if it was right for Sir Samuel Hoare to resign it was right for the Government also to resign. LORD NUFFIELD. BENEFACTIONS TOTAL £1,000,000 LONDON, Dec. 19. . Lord Nuffield has given £125,000 to establish an organisation to deal with the early discovery of curative treatment for children who are threatened with being crippled. Lord Nuffield’s benefactions now total nearly £1,000,000. - MINING TROUBLE. DEMAND FOR BETTER WAGES. LONDON, Deo. 19. The miners’ delegates decided to (jive notioe, to become effective on all fields on January 27, if wage proposals satisfactory to the miners are not obtained in the meantime. M.C.C. TOURISTS. WELLINGTON, Friday. An inspection of the wicket at 2 p.m. showed it unfit for play. Further inspection will be made at 3.30 p.m. Play may not, however, begin before 4 p.m. There is every prospect now of tho weather turning fine. ART UNION DRAW. WELLINGTON, Friday. Tho following arc winners of £5 in “My Good Fortune’’ art union:— “Tho Wrecker,’’ Bish Syndicate, Box 207; Samuel E. Temple, Kihikihi; “Another Pop,” Frankton Junction; ‘‘Mussic,” To Awamutu; “Two Workers,” Cambridge; Miss Taylor, 69 Ulster St., Hamilton; “Last Try,” F. J. Bertram, Te Awamutu. INTOXICATED MOTORIST. FINED AND LICENSE CANCELLED. WELLINGTON, Friday. Henry Martin ' Murphy (27), printer, was to-day convicted of intoxication whilo in charge of a motorcar and was fined £5 with costs and his license cancelled for a year. The case arose from an accident in which tho car collided with verandah posts of a shop. Murphy was tho owner of the car, but a passenger had seized the wheel, twisting it to avoid hitting tho shop, and so mixed waa thoir pooition that the people who came up did * not know which was the driver.