CABLE BREVITIES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 65, 9 December 1937, Page 4

CABLE BREVITIES

—Press Assn

(By Telegraph-

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Cars for £56. LONDON: The BerUa cbrrespohdent of the News-Chronicle supplies particu. lars of a new four-seater people 's motor* car. Herr Hitler has ordered maSs* production to begin, and the priee will be £56. The car will be State«produceii in competition with private industry. , Foot-and-Mouth Disease. BERLIN: There are 12,218 farms in Germany affected by foot-and-mouth disease, an increase of 77^ since tho middle of November. Baden is tho centre of the outbreak, with 6473. Plotters' Code. PARIS: The Cagoulards used an Eng^ lish book on economics to decipher their secret mefesages, according to the polico, who claim that this discovery enabled them to decode the idocuments. Tho magistrate yesterday had the book be* side him when he opened sealed doeuments found in the offices of Henry Deloncle, brother of.the alleged leader of the organisation. British Recruiting. RUGBY: The War Minister, Mr L. Hore-Belisha, stated in the House o£ Commons that during the year ended Octoher 31 43.923 recruits were finally approved for the territorial army—- an increase of 10,526 on the number. finally approved. during the preceding year. The flgure is a record one for a normal year— British Official Wiraiess,Britain's Workless. ^ - - 1 RUGBY: An increase of 108,954 in the number of registered unemplOyed compared with the October flgure is shown in returns for mid-November. In comparison with the year before, there is a decrease of 69,860. — British Official Wireless. Victorian Tennis. MELBOURNE: The Victorian tennis ckampionships were continued yester-. day. The semi-finals of the men's doubles resulted: Crawford and Mc--Grath beat Lindo and Gilchrist, 6-2, 6-4, G-4. In the semi-finals of the women 's doubles, the Misses Hartigan and Coyne beat the Misses Bliek and Stevenson, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3; Mrte Hoprnan and Miss Wynne beat Mrs Westacott and Mrs Harper, 7-5, 1-6, 6-3. Comedian Dies. LONDON: The death has occurred of the famous musical comedy artist, Laddie Cliff. Laddie Oliff was one of the outstanding come'dians on the London stage, and played in many successful productions at the Gaiety, the Hippodrome and the Winter Garden. He was one of the famous original Co-i optimists — Stanley Holloway, _ Betty Chester and Phyllis -Monkman inclu'-sd — who entertained for several years at the Palace. Sydriey Wool Saies. SYDNEY: At the wool saies yester* day 10,870 bales were offered and 10,170 sold. There were 2207 bales sold pri* vately. There was very good. competition from all Continental seetions Yorkshire. The market was very flm at the previous day's rates. Good woolg showed a further hardening tendeffey* Greasy merino made to '27id. Tha' , Japanese bought a few high-elass cUuag