CABLE BREVITIES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 134, 23 June 1937, Page 5

CABLE BREVITIES

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Sugar CoiiAcii The first session of the provisional international sugar council wlli be held on July 5' in London.— Official Wireless. Coronation Tattoo The Coronation military tattoo ut A.ldershot, which ended 6n Saturdav, Was visited bv 622,000 spectators dur* ing the nine days of its pi'esentation, 135.000 more than last year, Which was che pfeviOus highest attendance.— Official Wireless, The King Gfieved The King has sent a message of sympathy to Mr Peter Davies, the adopted son of the late Sir James Barrie, whose "Peter Pan" was inspired by the sight Of Mr Davies as a boy. "The Queen and I are so grieved at the death of our old friend. His loss will be uniw*rsally mOurned for his Writing haS brought joy and inspiration to youtig and old alike. ' Official Wireless, Soviet Airmen Praised M Litvinoff, Russian Foreign Minister, in a telegram of congi-atulation to the Soviet aviators who fleW Uon-stop over the North Pole from Moscow to Vancouver, U.S.A., apparently referred to the Spanish Crisis, citing the flight as proof of the peaceable nature of Soviet Russia "at a time when aviation is being used by certain peoples to destroy cities and villages, kill mcn, women aud children, in order to impose a regime of ideology foreign to thelii. ' WashingtOil.