NEWS IN BRIEF.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 22 December 1924, Page 9

NEWS IN BRIEF.

THE WINE TRADE.

BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION-COPYRIGHT Received- Dee;' 22, 10.20 a m " '' ; r ‘ LONDON, Dec. 21 ber that 8 i°^ stß > in- Septem- ". ’,,7 at he French wine vintage f' lld fl be PTQved fallacious, for to • sul ‘PHse the official returns ‘Shu “V so?!©. Of the principal dis^ 109q S l r * yie lar exceeds that of XJ - d - 1 tn tour departments of the Midi nqmely, Herault, Aude Gard and the Pyrenees Orientals, which provide, roughly, half the French yield, the total is estimated a t nearly twentyeight and ui half million nectolites an increase of two and three-quarter mild W + Vei \/?? 3 ' tJ o,ur Pf the-principal districts of the champagne region snow a yield double that of 1923, end the Lironde department yield is 5,305.405 nectolites which. i S nearly 700,000 in excess of 1923. END OF FREEMAN’S JOURNAL. Received Dec. 22, 1.45 p.m. . LONDON, Dec. 21. rriday saw the last issue of Freeman s Journal (Dublin), which was estaphshed in 1763. JELLICOE IN YACHT RACE. MELBOURNE, Dec. 22. "With Jellieco© acting as stavsail hand the Governor-General managed to secure only third place in the “yacht race on Saturday. ITALIAN ELECTIONS. , r ... ROME, Dec. 21. Mussolini caused a sensation in the House of Deputies by announcing the new Electoral Bill. It is believed it "dll provide single seat electorates on the English basis instead of the present party voting system. The eleetions are expected to take place in March.