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Westminster Abbey. Canberra, November 11.—Mr S. M. Bruce states that when Mr L. C- Amery -.wis visiting the Federal capital he suggested ti ia t Australians should be permitted to participate in the proposed extension of Westminster Abbey, He told him he felt certain the project would appeal to Australia. Australian Holidays. Canberra, November 11.—In view of Christmas and New Year's Day falling on Sunday, the Government is proclaiming December 26th and 27th and January 2nd public holidays. Missionaries Safe. Sydney, November 11. —At the end of August "the cables reported that Mr J. T. Matthewson, an Australian missionary in China, with two other missionaries, were murdered during the revolutionary disturbances. The secretary of I the China Inland Mission in Brisbane now has received a cable from Mr Mat- [ thewson stating that he and two other missioners escaped into India, and are now safe at Darjeeling. Big Submarine Launched. New York, November 10.—V4, the largest submarine in the world, was launched at the navy yard at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It waß christened with grape juice. The launching took 30 seconds. British Meat Contracts. London, November 10.—Eeplying to a question in the House of Commons, Mr A. M. Samuel, formerly Parliamentary' secretary to the Overseas Trade Department, said that considerations of public expenditure precluded the Government giving an undertaking to confine all Government meat contracts to British producers. Nobel Prize Winner. Stockholm, November 10.—The Nobel literature prize for 1926 has been awarded to the Italian woman novelist, Grazic Deledda. Found Drowned. London, November 10—A former asylum inmate named Harnett, a celebrated litigant, who successfully fought a series of cases with distinction but lost on an appeal, was found drowned in the Poplar docks. The final judgment was pronounced by the House of Lords on July 27th! New British Airships. London, November 10.—Sir Samuel Hoare, Minister for Air, in reply to a question, said that present indications were that the two airships being built at Howden would be ready for flight in the autumn. Iron and Steel Industry. London, November 10.—Mr Baldwin told a questioner that the Government did not consider that it could deal with the iron and steel industry under tho Safeguarding of Industries Act in the lifetime of the present Parliament. Newspaper Amalgamation. Sydney, November 11.—Meetings of shareholders of the "Sun" and "Daily Telegraph News Pictorial" newspapers endorsed a proposal under which the "Sun" will take over the "Telegraph."
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19156, 12 November 1927, Page 18
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