CABLE BREVITIES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 175, 11 August 1937, Page 6

CABLE BREVITIES

-Press Assn.

(By Telegraph-

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Canadian Rifle-Shooting The Australians competed in the Dominion of Canada rifle .series. Pavey. with 99,' was second with three others. ' For the Maedougall Challenge- Cup Gillies scored 98. — Ottawa. Maia Passed Maia was given a test gallop at Randwick yesterday in the presence .of a veterinary surgeon, who examined and passed liim for sale to Mr Alan Cooper for £7000. — Sydney. Visit To HoRywood The Australian farmers have arrived. They toured Los Angeles and Hollywood and were the guests of the Chamber of Commerce at dinner. — Los Angeles. Canada's Wheat Crop / The Bureau of Statistics estimates a fall in the wheat crop of 17,248,000 year. The estimate"for the spring crop bushels, compared with 12,478,000 last is not completed bnt the . low.es t yield for 30 years is forecast. — Ottawa. Morbid Americans The police were summoned to control tfie hordes of morbid sightseers who invaded the mortuary to view the bodies of Mrs Boecawsini and the baby, which was delivered after its mother's death but subsequently died. It is estimated 10,000 filed past the bier in three hours. — Philadelphia. World Production Rises The Bureau- of Agricultural Economics has announced that the world industrial production for the first six months of 1937 was the highest in history. This is attributed chiefly to the armaments activity in the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan. — Washington. Air Crash Victim Mr J. Westray, a member of Lloyds, London, who was one of the five victims killed as the result of the 1 crash of the Stinson air liner near the l^ueensland "border, while on a service liight to Sydney on February 19, left an estate valued at '£116, 140. Mr Westray 's widow' an'd children -inherit,— London. , Melbourne Paralysis The first death of an adult in the infantile paralysis epidemic occurred yesterday, the victim being a man of 29. Three new cases brfng the total to 67. There have been seven deaths. New developments included a ban on all picture matinees in the metropolitan area and the exclusion of all children under sixteen from theatres. — Melbourne.