CABLE BREVITIES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 53, 25 November 1937, Page 7

CABLE BREVITIES

(By Telexrapb - Pre88 Aasn.— Copyright.J British Youth Movement LONDON : Sir John Simon, addressr ing the League of Health and Beauty at Southampton, cited Herr Hitler's and Signor Mussolini's yo.uth mov tments and urged Britain to inaugurate a youth movement excelling any in the world. | Military .Training RUGBY: Brigadier P. C. S. Hobarfc, deputy-Director of Staff Duties at tlie War Office, has been appointed Direotor of Military Training at the War Office. He was reeently commander of a tank brigade. — British Offieial Wireless. Gandhi's Health WARDHA (Central Province): MVhatma Gandhi's health is improving, but a complete rest is essential. THe N.Z. Cricketers SYDNEY : The Awatea sailed at 8.50 p.m. on Tuestlay for Wellington with the New Zealand cricket team aboard. "Modefti Brunhilde"' LONDON: "Our Modern Brunhilde ' ' was the epithet Lord Londonderry applied to Miss Jean Batten at the aunual .banquet of the City Livery Club, at which she was a guest. He added: "Her splendid achievements are indolibly and eternally wntten on all the records of aviation." Brunhilde waa the chief of the ValkyTies, the warrior maids of Norse mythology, half human, half unearthly, who swooped down on their Pegasus-like steeds and carried off to Valhalla the men who had been slain in battle. Gaoled for Espionage LENINGRAD: A military Court sentenced the Germans Paul Silberhorn and Erwinklien each to 25 years' imprisonment fof espionage. Sports Dictator ROME: Signor 'Starace, secretary of the Fascist Party, 'has issued a deereo that the Italian Olympic • Federatioa will control all sporting organisations. This, as he is president of the federation, makes him sports dictator of ltaly. Sydney Wool Saies SYDNEY: At the wool saies yesterday.918a bales were offered and 7550 sold, also 517 privately. Keen competition from Yorkshire and the Continent continues. Greasy merino made '21d. Steamer Breaks Loose LONDON: Five tugs were needed to checlc a runaway British steamer, the Dalhanna, when it was torn from its moorings by a flood at the mouth of the Tagus during the unloading of 6000 tons of maize. The: Dalha'nna crashed into and sanlc a traw^er, and was taen hurled against the British steamer Andalucja Star, carrying away a gangplank, which swept a giant electric crane into the liarbour. The damags amounted to £10,000. The Dalhanna, which has a gross tonnage of 5571, •"s owned by the Steamship Dalhanna Co., Ltd. The Andalucia Star (14,943) belongs to the Blue Star line.