NEWS BREVITIES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 118, 4 June 1937, Page 4

NEWS BREVITIES

Telegraph— -Press Assn.-Coppfighl.l

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Japanese Cabinet The Emperor has commanfled Princn Jnoye, president of the House of Peers, and one of the elder statesmen, P|in«e Saionji, and his lieutenants to form a Ministry. Mr Hirota, an ex-Premier and ex-Foreign Minister, has accepted the post of Foreign Minister in tbe Cabinet. — Tokio, "* New Air Service Imperial Airways Ltd.'a now fi/iugboat service between England and South' Africa .was inaugurated to-dhy from- Southampton by the Canopus, which carrded passengers and about a ton of mail. Tho fiyi.ng-bdats will operate with Durban as the South African tcrminus, and cover 8000 milos in days. In future the planes will leave Southampton twice weekly.— Official Wirelesa. German Colonies In the French Chamb'er of Deputies, the "Colonial Group," number: ng 250 Deputies, recorded their unanimous voto againat the cession of any territqry to meet Gerntany'a colonial cl*ims.^-» Paris. • Palestine Report "When the Colonial Office vote was discussed in the House of Commons, Mr W. G. Ormsby-Gore, Colonial Secretary, annouuced that another day would be left open for discussion on the report of the Palestine Comniission when it was received. — Official Wireles*. Barrage Over Thames The Minister of Transport, Dr. E. 'L. Burgin, in the House of Commons, in reply to a question, forecast the holding of a public inquiry by the Port of London Authority into the proposal for the construction of a , barrage across the River Thames below London, to make the reaches of the river in Central and Western London non-tidal. — Official WirelesB. War Graves The Imperial War Graves Commission has aunounced an agreement under which the Egyptian Government guarantees the security and permanenee of British war cemeteries in Egypt. — London., Basque Refugees Three tliousand rcfugee children from the Basque port of Bilbao are encamped at North Stoneham and are likely to remain there indefinitely, the development of five cases of typhoid having indueed the Ministry of Health to ordor the suspension of their evacuation. Thus far, the Salvation Anny has placed 650 and the Eoman Catholic organisations 400. There is suffieient money ijn hand to maintaxn the children for a few weeks on bran and meal diet. — Londdn.