CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF.
MAYOR OF SUVA. (Received December 4th, 7 p.m.) SUVA, December 4. Mr Alport Barker has been elected Mayor of Suva. BURNT CAR MYSTERY. LONDON, December 3. The identification of the victim of the blazing trar mystery has been made more complicated «v Thomas White, the missing miner, walking into a police station and reporting himself. It seems likely that the victim will never be discovered.
A CONTRACTOR'S ESTATE. LONDON. December 3. The late Sir John Norton Griffiths, who was governing director of the engineering firm of Norton Griffiths and Co., Ltd., contractors for the Assouan Darii. and who committed suicide in September through worry in connexion with the carrying out of the contract, left an estate worth £5392.
PROHIBITION OF ITALIAN MIGRANTS. ROME, December 3. The Italian Foreign Office has thus far not received notification of the refusal to admit Italian migrants at Sydney, hence no statement has been issued. OFFER TO WELLINGTON MUSEUM. LONDON, December 3. In memory of his uncle, who was killed in the ilaori Wars, Frederick Holland, of Llandudno, has offered the Wellington National Museum, through Sir Thomas Wilford, many relics of the Duke of Wellington, including Baxter prints, autographed portraits and several articles of furniture. Sir Thomas Wilford is going to Llandudno to make a selection. UNITY IN SOUTH AFRICA. CAPE TOWN, December 3. General J. B. M Hertzog (Prime Minister), addressing the Nationalist Congress at Bloemfontein, after stressing that no State had greater freedom than that enjoyed by South Africa, indicated that the Party must now create a united feeling in national life inspired by a common destiny. There was no reason why the Dutch and English should not'meet in politics in the" spirit of a consolidated people.
SCULLER TO BE MARRIED. OTTAWA, December 3. It is reported from Hamilton that R. Pearcc. the Olympic champion "culler, will be married there on December 10th. His fiancee, who is from Australia, arrives at Vancouver on December oth«
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20103, 5 December 1930, Page 15
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