NEWS BREVITIES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 87, 29 April 1937, Page 4

NEWS BREVITIES

World Disarmament Mr Wellington Koo, president of the League of Nations Council, has accepted the suggestion of M. Politie, vice- : president oi the Disarmament Commission, that the meeting of the Bureau of the Disarmament Conference should be postponed jErom May 6t until May 24, when the League Council. will meet) , in order to avoid its clashing with the Montreux Conference.-—.Official Wireless. Mammoth Menus The Times* Berlin eorrespondent says: "In order to conserve the food supplies restaurants from May 1 will ' be forbidden to prepare mammoth ' menus. Table d'hotc meals will be limited to three courses; ""ors d'oeuvres, ten vaiieties; stews and steaks, ten; omelettes, six. Sausage, however, will be unrestrictad. — 'Bprlin. Nationai Defence The Cambridge University Union by 94 votes to 90 resolved "that trne nationai defence was only effectively securable by individual refusal to bear arms and complete disarmament."— Londpn. Flight to Cape H. L. Brook has abandoned the attempt on the outward record from London to the Cape, and is going on to the Cape after repairs. He will make an attempt on the record on the homeward flight. — Juba. Modernising Navy Britain 's 11 eight-inch gun eruisers ' of the same type as the Canberra and Australia, wOl be modernised in a siinilar manner to the Australian eruisers. The pruicipal changes concern fresh armour-plating designed for greater protection against air attack. — London. Man's Serious Fall While worlcing on the new hanger at Rongotai aerodrome to-day, a men named R. J. Roberts missed his footing and fell from the roof, a distance of fifty feet. He was taken to hospital suffering from severe shoek and injuries to the spine and ribs. His condition to-night was reported to be satisfactory. — Wellington, Mill on Fire The Roose Shipping Company's Hmber mill at Mercer was burned down at 10 o'clock to-night. Tho flameB spread with great rapidity and the plant in the demolished building wai badly damaged. *A rough estimate oi the total loss is £3000. Insurances: South British £850. The mill employ- - ed 20 men and had large orders on hand. — Auckland. Duke of Connaught A bulletin concerning the Duke of Connaught, issued at Bournemouth where he is staying and been confined to his room with muscular leg weakness, says the improvement in the condition of His Royal Highness is well maintained. — Official Wireless.