NEWS BREVIT1ES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 18, 5 February 1937, Page 4

NEWS BREVIT1ES

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Historic Area Saved A large area of the Chiltern Hills in " Buckinghamshire, including land xound the Prime Minister' s residence, Chequers, will be presqrved for all tiffie under the scheme agreed upon by the local authorities. The scheme providqs for the preservation qf mere than 704 acres and the reservatipn of a further 4016 acrep in th© neighbqitrhood rich in histoi'ieal associations. — B.O.W. Lover on Strike The new "sit-down" techniqxje has been applied to romance, Harold Hulen, aged 30, a salegman, kqpt vigil in an apartment house lobby at Excelsoir Springs, Mxssouri, chaxned and padlocked to a radiator vowing that hn would not leave untji Florence Hurlbut, aged 20, a resident of the apartment, consented to marry him. The Duke of Windsor Participating in an official reception for the first' time since he arrived in Austria, the Duke of Windsor attended a brilhant musical evening at the British Legation at Vienna, at which the performers including the Australian golfer-soprano, Miss Joan Hammond, who js studying at Vienna, Many Mjnisfers and members of the diplomatic corps were also present. Duke of Kent on Tour Tliq Duke of Kent is xnaking a further tour ?£ social service centres in East London to-day, payjng special at-. tention to work being done fOr uqeinployed men at the Workshops and clubs of the various fellowship ceixtres and other organisations. — B.O'.W, Queen Mary at Cinema Queen Mary, accompanied by the Ducliess of Gloucester, made her first public appearance since the death of King George in January, 1936* when she attended 8 charity performance of the new Elisabeth Bergner film. Her Majesty was accorded an enthusiastio receptjon by an immense crowd which had gathered outside the theatre. After the pevfoi'inaiir'e, Miss Bergner was pr© sented to the ;n B.O.W.