CABLE BREVITIES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 184, 21 August 1937, Page 6

CABLE BREVITIES

(By Teleyiapk— JL'ieaa ^.san.— Copyinilitj Debts to Jews Germaii liusbands lieed uot pay debts contracted by their wives with Jews, accordmg to a ruling by the Court. Ranger Wins Again The Kanger, Endcavour I, Endeavoar II. and Rainbow linished in that order in the New York Yacht Club cruise of 32 miles. The Yankee was withdrawn. Appeal UphelcJ The AustraliaiY Jockey Club upheld tlie appeal of T. MeGrath against his 12 mouths' disq^ialification. Other disqualifications will stand. Admitted to Union Tlie Seamau's Uniou of Australia has reached ari important decision, wliieli is to aceept ior membership licensed seamcn who replaced ihembers of tlie unioii during tbe last shipping strike nearly two years ago. Speed-Boat Tests A message from Locarno says tliat Sir Malcolm Campboll's speed-boat, tlie Bluebird, was being tned out on Lake Maggiore on Wednesday night when suddenly it became enmeshed in fishingnets. The Bluebird, however, was not damaged. lt is understood that Sir Malcolm was so satisfied that he may tackle Mr. Gar Wood's rjecord. Fairr Injured The Welsh boxer Tommy Farr, when training at Long Beacli, New Jersey, for his coming bout with Joe Louis, the negro lieavyweight champion of America, was deeply cut uuder the right eye while taking part in a spar-1-ing bout. Sparring has been temporarily cancelled, but it is believed tlie cut will heal in two or three days. He is not seeking a postponement of the title fight. Common Christian Mind The World Conference on Faith and Order, after two weeks' delib.erations in Edinburgh, ended its public meetings yesterday, when an affirmation of unity was unanimously approved. The conference brought together 414 delegates from 122 Christian communions in 43 different countries. They discussed together the causes that( keep Christian communions apart and things that unite them in Christian fellowship. The affirmation noted that real, if limited, progress has been made towards the goal of a common mind. — 'British Offieial Wireless. Science and Life The movement ot bring the proceedings of the British Association for the \n viincement -of Science to bear more closcly on the problems of community life, which started a few years ago, is continued in the programme for the annual meeting, which opens at Nottinghnm on September 1. ^uiss, traffie aud labour transfcrs are some of the topics to which the contribut'on of science will be made in the course of seetional meetings. ' Sir Edward Poulton's presidentiat address will be on "The History of Evolutiouary Thought." Mr H. G. Wells is among the speakers, and his subject will be "The Informative Content of Education." — British Offieial Wireless. Lake as Landing-Place The Times Baghdad correspondent says it is understood an Anglo-Iraq agreement will shortly be reached for Empire flying-boats to use Lake Habbaniyak as a landing-place between Egypt and the Persian Gulf, which tho late Cabinet refused, largely, it is believed, owing to opposition from General Sidky, chief of the Iraq General Staff, who was assassinbted. Lake Habbaniyah is the only possible all-tko-ycar-round landing-place in Iraq, and tlie deadlock which had arisen serious. ly threatened the opening' of the new England-Australia service.