CABLE BREVITIES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 52, 24 November 1937, Page 6

CABLE BREVITIES

-Presa Assn.

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Actress Seeks Divorce ... LOS ANGELES:-'The Austfalian actress, Joselyn Howarth, has filed a suit for divorce from the lilm actor, George Brent, who is not expected. to contest it. The complaint states that'a property-.settlement has been reached, so that Miss Howarth will not ask for alimony. ' • • Treason Alleged MOSCOW: The Izvestia states that three, bishops, five archbishops aud ma,ny Soviet clergj'men have been "exposed" as "agenis of Pascist countries, who .has been plotting against Soviet leaders and conducting military and economic espionage. Their fate is not revealed, but it is alleged that their crimes constitute treason, which is punishable by death. Fatally - Stabbed ALLAHABAD: Because when she ordered her staff to sort out old unserviceable books from the library copies of the Koran were removed with. them, a Moslem fanatic fatally stabbed Miss Brown, the English principal of a girls ' school in Bhopal, as she was leaving school, Princess Baba . Weds LONDON; Princess Baba (Miss Valerie Brooke), daughter of the Rajah of Sarawak, was married to the wrestler, Bob Gregory.at the MarylCbone xegistry office. A cablegram published on Monday stated that the couple had announced that their wedding had been pestponed until December 20 owing to a family bereavement. Return to Air Force RUGBY : Plying-Officer A. E. Clouston, the Kew Zealand airman who flew from London to Capetown and back in record time, has returned to his Royal Air Force. duties at Farnborough, Kent. — British Official Wireless. Damages ■ Awarded LONDON: Damages ranging from 10/ to £3 each were awarded at Doncaster against ,1835 miners for. breaca of contraet arising o.ut of the lightning strikes. . In respect of 1643 men it . was stated . that they had objected to the owners moving the lamp room closer to the coal f ace ' to simplify the working of the colliery, an arrangement which had inconvenienced no ■ one. In conse-quence-of the strikes, of which. there had been 57 in a year, the company had lost an-output' of 13;600 tons, Belgian Cabinet Deadlock LONDON:, The News-Chronicie's Brussels- correspondent' says that Boigium has'now been four weeks without a Cabinet. King Leopold in a further effort siimmoned the party leaders to the palace and .is "understood to hav._. appealed to.them.to settle their disputes for the eountry 's sake. It is reporterl in some quarters fhat ■ if the deadloc* continues the King himself will noininate a Cabinet of non-Parliamentan-ans. *- • ' To Undergo Operation LOS ANGELES: The international lawn tennis player Ellsworth Vines has to undergo an operation to Jiis back as the r'esult of injuries suffered in a rocent match against Pred Perry. It js expected he will be in bed for three weeks. Sydriey Wool Sale SYDNEY: At, the wool saies yesterday 10,756 bales wero offered and 8470 sold, also 650. prlvately. Tlicre -was an improved demand from the .Continent and -Yorkshire; Prices were firm at Monday 's rates; Greasy merino realised to 26^d. Lopsided Trade SYDNEY: The total value of Australian oversqas trgde for 1936-37 . wa-s £221,700,000, of which trade with Britain represented 46 per cent. The imports from New Zealand amounted to £1,542,831 and the expor.ts to New Zea land to £4,529,915.