CABLE BREVITIES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 28, 27 October 1937, Page 6

CABLE BREVITIES

— r— Michaei of Rumania A Rolls-Royce motor-car from the Duke of Eent was among the presents received by Crow;h. Princef Michaei of Rumania for. his 16th hifthday. The Crown Prince took the .oath as' an officer of th'e Riimanian Araiy. ' Fisqal Evasion The League of Nations Fiscal Com-' mittee concluded its seyenth session at Geneva by adopting a report from tlie Council on the worie done by -it. The maip. question wps fiscal evasion. The committee realised from the Government 's observation's the difficulty of securing a general agreement at ( present to combat evasion, and proposed to seek a provisional regime which might improve the existing situation without cqusing much disturbance in the. existing fiscal legislation.^.Tho GovernmCnts 'will be asked for information. League Aid for ,China The sub-committec of' the League of Nations Health Committee for technical collaboration with China eonsidered means . of aiding China in the struggle against. epidemics, .in conformity with ' tho League A'sseinbly resolution. In- accordanee with th'e Chinese Government 's _ desire, the committee drew up a detailed. plan.' A credit of two mi'llion Swiss.fr^ncs was voted by the Assembly. The- plan is" now before tho supervisory- commissioh.

Iron Quota The lnternation'al Iron Committee held a special meeting in London and eonsidered the quota ' for * tke Janu-ary-Marck quarter. After' a review of all tke relevant information available tkey came to tlie conclusion that the quota should. be 85 per cent. of tho standard tonnages, but that 'a definite decision should' not be taken until December/10, when further in'formation would be before them. Trial of Golfer At the trial of the golfer, Mont.ague, at Elizabethtown, U.S.A., the accused 's mother and sister testified that on the night of the robbery with .which he is charged, he was home in bed at midnight. The crime was eommitted after two o'clock in the morning. For Empire Games British swimmers chosen for the Empiro Games at Sydney next year will be as follow: — ^Men: F. Dove, J. G. Davies (100 and 200 yards breaststroke champions respoctively), M. Y. FrenchWilliams, 'R. Hamilton-Deane, R. H. Leivers. M. H. Taylor, ,C. D. Tomalin, N. Wainwright. Women: Misses L. Frampton .(150'yard-s breaststroke champion), J. Gilbert, Z. Granfc, T. Harrowby, M, Hinton, E. Hughes, ' M. K. Jeffrey, D. Storey.

Soviet and Religion Becanse ho advoeated the immediate closing of churches throughouf * tho Soviet and convertiiig .of them ' into social clubs) museums, and workshops as tho,best means of wiping out religion the highest body' in the Communist Party removed from his post Ivan Melentev, editor of a provincial paper, at the same time warning other editors to desist from such proposals, which were' declared to be a pcrversio'u of the GoA'ernnient policy of combating reiligion by education. Murder Charge A message from Honolulu savs that tke Prosecutor, Mr Kelley, lias announced ke is fiiing- a second-degree murder ekargo against Prince Kawananakoa. Despito continuous questioniiig, tke prince kas not yet offered a clear explanation, mumbling: "I can't figure things out." May Turn Professional Tke New York Herald-Tribune says it is reporte.d that Mrs Helen WillsMoody and Miss Alice Marble ai'e turning professional in a few months. It is expected that Mrs Moody will earn at least 50,000 dollars and Miss Marble 25,0 00 for the winter 's tournament. It is also Tumoured that Frank Parker is seeking a professional contract. Invitation to Duke Tlie Duke of Windsor has been invited by a well-known publishing house to open a national book week in Toronto^ and participate in other public functions. It ia believed that ke will aecspt.