CABLE BREVITIES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 68, 13 December 1937, Page 8

CABLE BREVITIES

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Thrown from Ring SYDNEY:, At the Leichhardt Stadium on Saturday night, the wrestler John Spellnian threw Tom Lurich out of the ring. The latter was unable to continue and Spellman was deelared the winner. Two Dead in Crash LONDON : Two occupants of an EL.A.F. Bomber were killed in a crash at Chesil beach. The plane struck the ground with such force than tlie engine was buried eight feet in the mud. British Recovery RUGBY: Sir Kingsley Wood, in a speech at Birmingham, ref erring to the remarkable expansion of the country's industrial recovery, said tha'; wag^s had increased in 1937 by £30,000,000. — British Ofiicial Wireless. Racing Cheetahs LONDON: African cheetahs trained by the former tennis player GandarDower provided a new thrill at the greyhound tracks, One covered 265 yards in 15.86 seconds. It is believed to be the fastest thing on four legs. A greyhounu „ reeord for this distance is 16.01 seconds. Pope's Health VATiCAN CITY: Dr. Milaui, after a long examination of the Pope, deelared that the latter was sufferijig from slight bronchial catarrh which, added to his chronic athma, makes his breathing painful. A rest indoors should effect a cure in time for him to preside at the Consistory Court on Deeember 13. New Liner

RUGBY: The Streathden, the new P. and O. liner of 23,500 tons, completed her trials. The vessel maintained a speed of 21.8 knots over a measured mile. She is a twin screw vessel for the Bombay-Australian service, and will begin her maiden voyage to Australia on C-nstmas Eve, — British Ofiicial Wireless. Million Listeners SYDNEY: It is officially announced that Australia now has 1,000,000 licenced radio listeners; in other words, wire- 1 less receivers in 62 per cent. of the homes of tho Commonwealth. • The total amount in licence fees collected last year was £981,108, of • which £562,796 was paid to the Australian Broadcasting Commission. Arab Steeds for King RUGBY: Two pairs of magnillcent Arab horses have arrived at Tilburydocks as a present to the King from the Amir Saud, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. Other arrivals were three camels and a bull, which ar© a present to the London Zoo from Hm Saud of Saudi Arabia. — British Ofiicial Wireless. Boxing Bout Boycotted NEW YOKK: The boxing promoter Mike Jacobs admitted that an antiNazi boycott of the Schmeling-Thomas bout liad affected advance bookings. It is now expected tliat tlie gross ivill be 75,000 dollars, instead of the estimated 102,000 dollars. For this reason, if the German wins, the bout between Schmeling and Louis may be held in Chicago or Pliiladelphia. Boy Actor's Estate LOS ANGELES: " Miss MiUicent Bartholomew, the aunt of the boy film actor, Freddie — artholomew, has been awarded complete control of the boy's affairs. This decision was reached after the boy's testimony to the Court, durj iug which he stated: "J -vYo-ild like my aunt to control my estate." The boy indicated that while his aunt had charge of )i *. affairs he saved £4400, but since others had taken control the estate had been depleted rapidly. Stable Grain Prices WASHINGTON : By 268 votes to 129, the House of Hepresentatives approved a permanent farm measure designed to control production and stabilise the prices of wheat, maize and other staple products. The Bill offers payments to farmers co-operating in acreage reduction, and imposes marketing quotas, with penalty taxes on commodities marketed in excess of such quotas, and authorises loans on snrplus crops. The measure involves a minimum expenditure 0f 500,000,000 dollars annually. Proposal by Cable SlDNEY: The Sun publishes a romantic story of an Auckland girl's dash to connect vdth the Monterey on Friday in oider to take adimntage of a cabled invitation to marry an Auckland business man. She was aboard the inter-State liner Manoora en route from Melbonrne to Sydney. The captain of that ship speeded up the vessel, which arrived half an hour before the Monterey sailed. Passengers on the Monoora were as excited as the girl herself that her wish would be gratified. The captain of the Manoora decifled that love should have its way and arrived 90 minutes ahead of timo. The girl's name is Miliicent Fisher.