NEWS BREVITIES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 91, 4 May 1937, Page 6

NEWS BREVITIES

" ■ ' Atlantic Flight The Times says the United State# Army is secretly planning to fly three Boeing bombers across the Atlantic in honour of the Corohation and in. commemoration of Lindbergh's crossing.— Seattle. Japan's Diet Despite the fact that the Government has only forty out of 466 seats, the Premier, General Hayashi, has i#* sued a statement indicating that he is not resignng and is proceeding with the programme already outlined. He urged co-operation to meet national problems. — Tokio. Alberta Squabble Following on the Minister of Agriculture, Mr W. N. Chant, decliuing the request of the Premier of Alberta, Mr W. Aberhart, that he should resign, an-Order-in-Council has been issued whigh requires the resignation of Mr Chant, whose constituency, Melrose, deraands that the executive should ccnsider its demand for the resignation of Mr Aberhart. — Edmonton. Maori War Veteran .A Maori War veteran and a Waikato pioneer, Mr George Bailey, of Princes Street, Hamilton, celebrated his 90th birthday on Sunday. Mr Bailey has lived in Hamilton for 25 years. He has five sons and four daughters, 27 grandchildren and seven great-grand-children. — Hamilton. Judge's Death Th death has occnrred of the Municipa! Court judge, Mr John O 'Neill, aged 60, who was stabbed in the back and critieally wounded on Tuesday by an critieally wounded on Tuesday by an unknown assailant, who escaped. The police are Without a clue as to the per- • petrator of the crime.— New York.