NEWS BREVITIES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 31, 20 February 1937, Page 4

NEWS BREVITIES

Stalin's Succeuor Diet A Moscow P.A* message records the death from heart failure of 50-year* old Sergo Ordjonikidze, COmmissar for the heavy industries and M. Stalin's close friend for many years. He had frequently been mentioned as M. Stalin's successor. Cabinet Split Averted A message from Capetown states that a Cabinet split was averted when General Hertzog issued a stateme'at that the differences between Mr Pifow and Mr Hofmeyr had been settled after a friendly discussion at a Cabinet meeting yesterday. Insuraiice of Crops President Roosevelt, in a special message to Congress, asked for an enaetment for insurance of storage. He contended that because of "the economio and social reforms essentially national in scope the administration of the Federal Government must haVe .power to insure crops and organise a system of storage reserves for surpluses in good years to be carried over for use in bad years. John Bull Overburdened The Berlin piess attacks have beeti renewed on Britain, which is the butt of the cartoonists, who, for instance, depict perspiring John Bull loaded with colonies and raw materials saying "I will gladly give up these if the League of Natiohs will let me." Correspondents of British newspapers have been warned that they are liable to ex* pulsion if articles which are itofc friendly towards Germany continue to appear in ' their papers* Glasgow Exhibition The Glasgow Corporation has granted the use of a park near the city for the Empire Exhibition next • year. The King has given his patronage to the exhibition, for which a guarantee fund at present reaches £620,600 and will remain open until a total of £1,000,000 is guaranteed. — B.O.W,