CABLE BREVITIES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 138, 28 June 1937, Page 7

CABLE BREVITIES

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(By Telegrapb—

Polo Champions At Hurliugham, in the flnal of the polo championship Cup, the most important trophy of the season, the Ashton brothers 1 team' of Goulburn New Soutli Wales, defeated" Jaguars, by 9 to 7. — London. Oxford Wins In the inter-varsity swimming sports at "Wembley pool, Oxford beat Cambridge in the swimming events by 36 to j7 and also won the water polo by 6 goals to* 4. — London. Motor-Boat Record Tbe new racing motor-boat, Blue Bird, with whjch Sir Maleolm CampL>eil, land speed motor car record-hold-er, will make an attempt on the world record, made its iirst trial on Loch Immond. The trial pleaped him immonsely. The Blue Bird literally skimmed the water with a minimum of wash. — London, Peace in Ireiand Mr. Eamann de. Valera, President of the Irish Free State Executive Council, at an election meeting, said: "Britain can have peace when she ceascs to dominate the Free State. We desire to unite peacefully with Ulstermen whose prejudices cah be brolcen down if the southerners show they regarded every person belonging to their nation as a citizen. — Dublin, 40-Hour Week The Manchester Guardian's Paris correspondent says the first important decision of M. Chautemps' Government was a gesture of goodwill to its Left supporters in the form of a deeree applying the 40-hour week to hotels and restaurants. As a protest against the introuction of the 40-hour week 300,000 restaurant and cafe proprietors tkreaten to close their establishments on llWday. Apa-rt form depriviug , Frenchmen of their greatest amenity it will be a serious blow as the tpurist seagon now at its height. The employerg say the ehange of hours will require 60,000 additional employees. — • London. Royal Girl Guides Prineess Elizabeth is joining as a Girl Guide and Prineess Margaret as a Brownie in a new company of Girl Guides being formed among their friends who aro regular visitors to Buckingham Palace. Lord Baden Powell, broadeasting to the Empire Scouts, read a message from the King as follows: "The Queen and I are most interested to learn of the home" rallies and camj) fires the Boy Scouts organised to-day throughout the Empiro to celebrate the Coronation, We are most grateful for their loyal good wisb.es and kind thoughts. We hope they will have a happy evening wliicli will remind them of the occusion in futuro ycars. ' ' — London.