CABLE BREVITIES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 201, 10 September 1937, Page 4

CABLE BREVITIES

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Recruiting Progress. Eecruits for all arms of tbe Britisb army last week numbered 571, an increase of 109 over tbe corresponding week last year. Square-Riggers Race. A conferenco of tbe rival skippers decided tbat tbe Josepk Conrad won tbe square-nggers ' race from Nowport to Bermuda by 55 seconds elapsed time, ber total timo being 10 days 6 bours 57 seconds. Plane Overdue. Tbo German Air Minister, General Goering, bas asked tbe British Air Ministry to assist in a searcb for a Luftbansa aeroplane wbicb bas been exploring a new route to tbe Far Easi aad is overdue at Kahui. Another Woman M.P. Tbe result of tbe by-elegtion in tbe Springburn Division, Glasgow, was as follows. — Mrs Agnes Hardie (Labour), 14,859; Colonel Sbaw (National Conservative), 8881. Tbere is no cbange. Tbe successful candidate's husband beld tbe seat at tbe 1935 general election. Tbis is tbe 37th by-election since tbe last general election. Of tbese Government par'ties bave lost eigbt. A by-eleetion ls pending at Nortb Islington Motherhood Medals. The Nazi medical cbief, Dr. Wagner, announces tbat Herr Hitler bas created a decoration for prolific motbers to be awarded yearly on Herr Hitler 's motber 's birtbday, August 12. It will be of irou for motbers of four children, silver for six and gold for eigbt. He said the prolific inother bad tbe' same place of bonour in Germany 'as tbe front-line soldier. Jockeys Suspended. Tbrce jockeys, S. Davidson, E. Heatker and H. Berry bave been suscended for two naontbs arising out of Incidents at Wednesday's Ascot races, says a Sydney cable. All intend to appeal. Davidson was to bave been Mestoravon'a rider in tbe Metropolitan Handicap. Ileatker rode Talking and Maia wben McCarten was not available. British Railways. Tbe Itndcn-Nortb Easlern Eailway is erecting large sigus at points of interest along tbe track, sucb as county boundaries, tbe half-way mark on tbe east coast route bctwoen London and Edinburgb, and tbe boundary between England and Seotland, for tbe information of passengers. Big cbanges are being made in tbe underground slatious and counections at King's Gross, wbicb is used by 40 milliou people a year. Tbere will be ten entrances to tbe combined station at various points around tbe roadway junction in front of tbo London-Nortb Easteru slation and tbe resulting subways wiU make a valuablo conuributi >u to tbo sai'ety of pedostrians. Reconstruction will eventually provide for better conueetion between tbe metropolitan and country line trains wbicb at present end at Baker street, witb tbe inner circle and city trains.