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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 24, 21 October 1937, Page 6

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Air Force Visitors The visiting , party of Gennaa Air Force offieers visi.ted Mildenhall Aerodrome, in Suffolk, where they viewed representative aircraft of .each of tha squadrons participating in a fly-past.— British Official Wireless. London Boroughs About 3000 candidates will be nominated for 1377 seats to be filled at th« municipal elections to .the London boroughs on No.vember 1. With a fow. exceptions, Ldbour candidates are offer-. ing themselves in all the constituencies» — British Official Wireless, / Five-Days' Storm Twenty are already reported dead when 1 hundred of boats were wrecked ' in a five-days storm in the Black Sea. The losses of life are believed to b« much higher. Aeroplanes dropped food to 25 seamen on six sailing vessels which had heen adrift for four days and not yet rescued,. . Armistice Day The King has decided that the cel* bration of Armistice Day shall follow the liaes adopted in previous years. At the Cenotaph in Whitehall, after a twominutes silence, a short 'service will ba conducted by the Bishop of London. The service will be broadcast and televised by the B.B.C. — British Official Wireless. Health Trip Steve Bloomer, a former Derby County player, and one of the greatest 'Soccer forwards of all time, , will leave shortly on a eix-months health trip t* Australia. Sportsmen friends are payi ing his fare and expenses. Chess Title The world's . chess chaiqpionship ii being decided at Amsterdam. The seventh nmtch of the seri.es ended in a win for Dr. Alekhine, the Ruesian, who beat Euw6 after 34 moves. At present Dr. Alekhine leads by.four matches t» three. . Duchess Entertained The Duke of Coburg, a grancteon of Queen Victoria, gave a dinner in honoug of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor* This was the first occasion on which % relation 0^ the Eoyal family, has enter-. tained the Duchess. Visit to London The London Daily Telegraph eay* that King George of Greece will pay an unofficial visit to England early in November. King George was -deposed on March 25, 1924, ahd was rest.ored to . the Throne, after a plebiecite on November 3, 1935. He spent moist of those years in residence in England, Bela Kun Charged Bela Kun, former Communist dietator of Hungary, is charged with sabotaging Moscow 's efforts to create a singlet 'disciplined front. This is the first publie attack made on Bela Kun since he entered Russia. . Actor as Goveraor? The well-known cinema actor, Lea Carillo, announced to-day that he 'would be a candidate for the Goveraorship of California in 1938. His gfeatgrandfather was onde provisional Goveraor. Leo Carillo visited New Zea- . land a few years ago, playing in the . highly-successful and delightf ul comedy, "Lombardi> Ltd." His films include "The Gay Desperado." Revenue Increase The British Exchequer returns show that the totar ordinary reven-ue amounte ; to £340,700,334, compared with £327/ 190,995 &t' the corresponding date last year. The difference'of over £13,000,000 is accounted for by the increased inland revenue of nearly £12,000,000, while higher yields from Customs and excise of over £6,000,000 is largely offse't by the fall in miscellaneous jeceipts. The ordinary expenditure, less self-balancing items, totals £457,014,628, compared with £421,018,762 at the corresponding date in 1936. — British. Official Wireless^