CABLE BREVITIES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 39, 9 November 1937, Page 6

CABLE BREVITIES

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Degree for Queen The Queen is to accept the degree of doctor of literature honoris causa from the London University. Record Drill Seeking a gold reef 70 miles from Johannesburg, Dr. Harold Scott Harger diamond-drilled to a world 's record . depth of 9500 feet. New Airliners Imperial Airways have ordered from the De Havilland Co. five new Albatroa# airliners designed and produced in connection with the proposed trans-AtlantU experimental flights. Visits to Italy Three German ships took 2500 German workers to visit Naples. The Neapolitau " dockers organised a welcome demon- . stration. Dr. Ley said that 30,000 Ger- , man operatives would visit Italy during the winter.

Another Attempt Captain G. E. T. Eyston will mane a.. further attempt on the world speed, record within a fortnight. Radi.cai alterations to the clutch of the -Thunderbolt will have to be made 'first, Jews in Hungary Police raiding the Jewish quarter la search ,'of people residing illegally ia Hungary have arrested 500 Jews.' Those unable to produce passports are'to b# deported. Noted Australian Dies The death has occurred . of ,• Mr William George Moore, a distinguished figure in the history of; Australian arfc and drama,; aged 69. -He' w.as the.:ius-i . band of the writer, Dora Wilcox. ' Holidays with Pay An agreement extending . to ; .another 5000 workers the principle of holiday* with pay, -which in recent months has made considerable progress thrdugnout the industry in Britain, has "been reach-t ed between the Engineering Employers ' Association^ and the ' Iron " and *' Steel Trades Confederation. . For the Nation Two further. areas of natural beauty . and of historie interest in England have' j been saved for the natiqn.and vested ia ,the National Trust. They; are the still unprotected part- of Glastonhury tor: slopes and Mortefieldt in North Devon. .■ Diplomatic Talks i; i A Paris message says King George of'l Greece, before going to London on Sun- 1 day, held diplomatic conversatiohs witktho Roumanian, Turkish and Czecho* slovakian Minister s, representing the ? Balkan Entente, to which French diplo-* mats attach.great importance. King Driyes Train The King of Bulgaria, who is on aj: private visit to Britain, rode on th» footplate of the "Coronation Scot" on a special run during which he took control. At one point the train reached % speed of 85 miles an hour. Armistice Sunday Sunday wa® to be observed as .Armistice Sunday, and among the special serviees was to have been tlie1 Rjyal Air Force Armistice ceremony at the Air Force war memorial on' Victoria Embankment, at which the ' Chief of- tht Air Stafi!, Sir Cyril Newall, would lay n wreath on the memorial. . Stranding of Cruiser A naval- court-martial found Captain Frederick Attwood, captain of tho cruiser Glasgow, guilty of stranding and hazarding his ship in Weymouth Bay on October 20 and ordered him to bo severely reprimanded. A similar verdict was previously reached - regarding" tho navigation officer^ Edward Pemberton. , Record Golf Round | Playing in the assistant-proressionoj golf championship at Concord yesterdayf E. Cremin, Australian and New South Wales prof essional cbampion, created a course record with 66. which is fivo under par, beating Y/Richardson's prof essional record of 68 and H. Hattera» ley's amateur recordjof 67. "Morbid" Hymns The Archbishop of Canterbury, at the . conseeration of a churchyard at Kingston, said: "How I dislike many of our most familiar hymns, which dwell morbidly on death. -Young people are alienated from our serviees. Let us deprecate all inorbid hrooding over death. ' '

Again in Service The eight Diesel express trains withdrawn last month from the German railway service have resumed running. It .is stated that higk speeds placed an unusual strain on the axles which it was necessary to test and reuew. The sudden withdrawal of eight Diesel express trains, the success of which had been a feature of the modern German railroads, occasioned surprise last month. Only four remained, slower steam trains replacing the others. "Working reasons" was the explanation given.