NEWS BREVIT1ES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 123, 10 June 1937, Page 4

NEWS BREVIT1ES

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Liner Launched .* i One of two 11.500 ton liners now he*. ing built on the Clyde for the Anchor Lino was launched by Messrs Fairfield of Glasgow. Mrs Walter Elliot, wife of the Secretary for Scotland, named the new ship, Circassia. ■ The vessel is taho placed on the Indian service of the company. — Official "Wireless. The Gold Standard ^ Informed monetary seurces said the British stand against any immediate return to a fixed gold standard was in line with the three-Power monetary agreement. ; It had generally been a»r sumed that, if any nation participating in the agreement wishes to return to? the gold standard, it will fi.st consult the_ others with a view to co-operative aetion. — Washington. Ridiculous Charge Customs officers af Sydney ridicule the suggestion by the Hangchow chief of police in London that innocent Chinese girls and boys are being sold into siavery and sent to South Airies and Australia. They say that Chinese girls and women entering Australia cpuld be numbered on one hand and that all eould be traced by photographe and fingerprintB. — Sydney. New B.B.C. Head The King has approved. of the appointment of Mr 0. H. M. MilliB, to be vice-chairman and governor of the British Broadfeasting Corporation for a period of five years, succeeding Mr - Harold Brown who retired at the end of last year on completion of his year term as governor of the corporation. Mr Millis, who is 43 years of age, is a partner in the banking firm of Baring Brothers. — Official Wireless. Anti-Fascist Riots During the recent visifc of the Italian Foreign Minister, Count Ciano, to Belgrade, anti-Fascist Serbs, including many university students, demonstrated against Baron von Neurath, the German Foreign Minister, shouting "Dowa with Hitler!"- "Down with Fascisml " "Long live France and Democracyl" Several thousand demonstrators attempted to march to the German Legation but the police dispersed them and arrested 35. — Belgrade. Pacific Peace The Australian Associated Press ask-. ed Mr Kawia about Mr Lyons's conversation with Mr Yoshida in London regarding the Pacific Pact. Mr Kawai replied that Mr Yoshida had not yet laported, but the apparent fundamental objective of the* Australian proposal quite coineided with Japan's fundamental principle of non-aggression. However, he hinted that the Soviet'o, inclusion in a Pacific conference might render Japan's participation difficult.— Tokio, Plane HiU Chui-ch In a dense fog a plane crashed into a suburban chureh this evening after eruising for an hour over the city seeking a landing. The plane, carrying two members of the Vietorian Flying School, SP. MeAlister and N. Sloan, was returning from Bendigo. Approaching the city they entered the fog, and lost their bearings and flew around seeking the aerodrome. Running short of petrol they came low seeking an emergency landing and crashed into the chureh. The machine was wrecked and ths church slightly damaged. Sloan was only slightly injured and MeAlister was unhurt. — Melbourne. . Earthquake Centre From reports received from various centres, it has been possible to locate with a fair degr.ee «jf accuracy tho centre of -the earthquake last week, geismology officials at the Dominio.i Observatory state that the centre was east of the Hauraki Gulf, between Waihi and Tairua, and the earthquake was one of comparatively shallow origin. In that part of New Zealand, however, there are not many seismological instruments, hence the exact determination of the location of tho centre of the earthquake is not easy.— Wellington.