CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19171, 30 November 1927, Page 7

CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Migration to U.S.A. Washington, November 28.—The Secrotary for Labour reported that the United States admitted 538,001 aliens during the fiscal year ended on June 30th, which is an increase of 41,895 over the previous year. During the year, 253,508 aliens left the country, of which 180,142 declared their intention of returning. Three-fourths of all immigrants entering the United States ,weie between eighteen and forty-four years of age. Unionism and Punerals. Sydney, November 29.—Under the preference clauses of the Undertakers' Union'a new court award, friends or relatives of deceased persons will not be permitted to handle coffins at funerals, nor will the drivers of hired vehicles °« permitted to perform such duties. AH the work must be carried out by members of the Undertakers' Assistants' Union. Chinese Stowaways. Sydney, November 29.—The fifty Chinese stowaways, who were discover«l in tho Dutch steamer Almkerk, at Fremantle, arrived in Sydney as passengers. The Chinese Consul-General »*b entered into a bond of £IO,OOO that they will leave tho country within a • month. N«r Zealanders in England. London, November 28.—A meeting of «ew Zealanders in England, Sir James £arr presiding, resolved to form a distinctive Hospitality Association on the ■ (Pounds that New Zealand is overshadowed in the existing Australian and •aew Zealand Luncheon Club. Hw Zealander Killed in Brisbane. Brisbane, November 29.—Thomas wihnbt, a labourer, reported to be a f 6 * Zealander, fell over a cliff near inglewbod, and broke his neck. He fia » & brother in New Zealand. 8w Voyage in Skiff. Gibraltar, November 29.—A Danish *edar skiff, lO wed by Captain Niels Maeeodte and two companions, has at Algeciras from Denmark. lfi « men aiin to reach Bombay. Wireless and Cables. 'ljondon, November 29.—1n the House 7 Commons, Mr Baldwin, in answer to •'Question, said the Government did not 8 e to appoint a Royal Commission W'vlP 13 " the possibility of practical v?M|Sß«ati9n between competing State- -; jf^ejl■wireless systems and cables.

House of Lords. London, November 28.—The House of Lords read a Becond time the Cinematograph Bill and a Bill to allow an appeal in the case of Oscar Slater, who was recently released after serving eighteen years' imprisonment for murder. Unemployment Insurance. London, November 29.—1n the House of Commons the long fight in Committee on the Unemployment Insurance Bill was continued, being varied by occasional Labour complaints against the necessity for the closure. The House finally adjourned till December Ist.