CABLE BREVITIES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 31, 30 October 1937, Page 6

CABLE BREVITIES

— Press Assn. -

(By Teleerapb

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Ckarge of Murder Prince ' Kawananakoa, the Hawafiag prince who was arrested following th« death of a young woman at a party. ia his flat, has been indicted for seeond d,egree murder, and the case will bc heard on Monday. Empire Games Swimmer The Olympic. bfeaststroke swimmei^ Percy Belvin, has been selected as Bermuda's sole representative at. the Empire Games in Sydney in 1938. Hei recently bettered his Olympic recordi for 220 yards. Manuscript Ruined Because the only existing' manm script in London of Rossini's Cambiale di Matromohio" was irre* parably damaged by water in transit to London from Bath, a performanc^ of the work, scheduled to take placg at the Queen 's Hall could not be given* Sir Thomas' Beecham. substituted thg overture "La Scale di Seta." Shopkeepers Strike Forty-eight thousand ahops througlf* out Belgfgde remained closed to-day4 the shopkeepers protesting against thg Government 's" decision to allow de partment stores in the city. The actioa was not expected and left many house* wives without supplies. Many shop keepers outside Belgrade joined in thel strike. It is estimated that half of Yugo-Slavia's stores were affectedCommon Aim is Peace Addressing . ' the . English-Speaking Union at. Manchester, the Marquis of Willingdon said he thought that the relations between England and America at present were more 'Teal -than for many years. "We have a common end to serve — peace throughout the civilised world and . tho determination to uphold the sancity of treaties and the rules of international law,", the Marquis stated. British Prosperity A further indication of Britain '• prosperity is provided- ffiy the September retail trade Teporfc. The value of saies last month was 8.6 per cent. higher than in September of 1936. This in turn was 4.5 per cent. higher than in September of 1935. Last month 's increase is the largest since May, when the figures were affected by the Coronation expenditure. The value of retail stocks at the end of September was higher than a year ago. It was the largest increase . since the statistics were first compiled. — British Official Wireless,