CABLE BREVITIES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 202, 11 September 1937, Page 6

CABLE BREVITIES

i By Telegraph— i'reas • Aasn— Copyrigbt. i Mile Swim Record. Ealph Flanagan swam . a mile at Chicago in the world record time of 20 minutes 42.6 seeonds. Challenge To Farr. j The German boxer AValter Neusel- has arrived at London from Berlin. He said that lie would cliallcnge Tommy Farr for £1000 aside. Grand Prix Record The Grand Prix motor-cvole race at Ihe Isle of Man, ovef 226 miles 760 vards, was won by Maurice Cann iu 2 iiours 46 minutes 24 seeonds. He averaged 81.65 miles an hour, a record. Homeward Bound. The passengers aboard tlie Awatea, which sailed for Wellington from Sydney at 5.40 p.m. yesterdav. includn Lady Galwav, who arrived by air from England on Wednesdav. More Cars Exported. The United Slates Commerce Dcpnrt menP reportcd yesterdav that exports for six moTiths of products of the automobilo industry were valued at 182,861,676 dollars, thc highcst since 1930. Africa and Australia were the best cuslomers for passenger cars. Geneva Sessions* T'w. Leagii" of Nrtions Counci] i-^ holding the first meeting of its nine-ty-eiglith scssion for formal business. The eighteenth annual assembly of the Lcague will open on Monday. — British Official Wireless. Canada and Empire. Speaking at a Conservative rally, lilr E. B. Bennett, Leader of the Opposition j in Ihe Canadian Parliament, urged that | tlie bonds of Empire sliould be tiglitencd I Mr Bennett declared that world democracy had never been so seriously chalienged since it became a form of Government. Only Britain stood fast. ' ' Wliat we are doing is to maintain the strength of the Empire," said Mr Bennett. Braemar Games The chief event of tlie Deeside season, the Braemar Highland gathering, opened in the presenee of the K-ing and Queen. Tremendous enthusiasm was displaycd by the record crowd of spectators as tbe Kiug and Queen drove on to tlie ground in a earnage drawn by greys, and preceded by outriders. A guard-of-honour was furnished by 150 pipers. — British Official WirelesS. Air-Liner's Record. A Douglas air-lincr employcd in the Adclaide-bydney-Brisbane route yesterdav covered the distance between Melbourne and Sydney — over 500 miles — carrying 15 passengers, in the record time of 1 hour 55 minutes. Favoured bv a tail wind of gale force between Canbcrra and Sydney, the liner attained :i s; (H'd of 275 miles per hour. Trans-Tasnian Planes. Sir George Pearce, in the Australian Sonate, said that definite progress had been made with the schernc for tfie establishment of a trans-Tasman air service under thc joiut control of the United Kingdoin, Australiiin and New Zealand Govermnents. It wus not possible, however, to say whetlier tlie scr\ice would be in oporution by Dcceinber. International Contacts. C.'onimentiug on the decision of tlie British Association, whicli endod its meeting at Nottingliain yesterday, to send a delegation to the lndian Science Oongrcss in December, Professor Allnn Perguson, oue of tho general secrciarie.s, said Ihnt in fiiture tlie asMicialion miglii mahe irilenial iona! contacts by sending delegalions to foreign countries, and this might 'make a special contribution to world peace Professor Ferguson said that they were in communication with tlie Ameriean Association and hoped to strenghteu tlie bon^s between the two societies.— ' British Official "Wireless.