NEWS IN BRIEF

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 172, 7 August 1937, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF

(By Telegraph— Press Assn.— Copyright.) Royal Academy Saies The summer show of the Eoyai Academy ends this week. Wo^ks numbering 248 have been sold so far f rr a total of £11,200. — Official Wireless. New Waterloo Bridge The new Waterloo bridge is to be completed in two and a halr years. The bridge will acconimodate six lines of vehieular traffic and there will be two carriageways, eaeh 27 feet wide, separated "by refuges four feet wide. c The footways will eaeh fae 11 feet wide. — Official Wireless. Fewer Ships Lost Figures issued by Lloyd's register of shipping show the number of British ' merchant, ships lost last year to be the smallest since the war, namely 41, with a total tonnage of 41,209. Only one of the leading maritime countries, namely, Denmark, has a smaller percentage. — Ofticial Wireless, Motoring Monster Captain G. E. T. Gyston has designed and nearly . completed the world 's mighties car. It is streamlined and 36 feet long with two 3000 horse-power engines. ' The tyres cost £100 apie'ce. Captain Eyston will be taking the monster to Salt Lake City at the end of the month and hopes to reach the colossal speed of 400 miies an iiour. The car has four front wheels all connected with the steering and twin rear wheels and special brakos. It is cooled with a huge centrifugal fan. — London. Clearing Out Sea Slums After a seven years' inquiry by the Board of Trade, representatives of the ship owuers aud officexs' and seamen's organisations have agreed to regulations to abolish "sea slums/' deelares Mr Hector Bywater, in the Daily Telegraph. Thc use of , the forecastle for seamen's berths is hencel'orth forbidden and accommodation mnst . be provided amidships or aft. as the ■ forecastle is often a death trap in the event of a collision. -Bathrooms and hot showers are, compulsory and all foreign g'oing ships- of 25,000 -tons oiover mnst have a hospital. Other regulations provide for • minimum : standards for messrooms, ventilatiou, \ Iigliting a:id lockcr accommodaiion. — London. . . . . .