CABLE BREVITIES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 78, 24 December 1937, Page 6

CABLE BREVITIES

-Prees Assn.-

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Native's Bravery RUGBY: A warm tribute was paid by Mr W. Ormsby Gore, Secretary of State for Colonies, in the Hquse of Commons, to a native of Tanganyika, who allowed himself to be infected with sleeping sickness in order to facilitate investigations into the transmissibility of this disease. The House cheered the intimation that the native made a satisfactory recovery.— British Ofiicial Wireless. Stay-in Strikers Evicted LONDON: The Daily Telegraph 's Paris correspondent says that the threat that the city might be deprived of Christmas provisions was dispelled when the police expelled the stay-in strikers from provision stores. Return Bout SYDNEY : The boxer Izzy J. Annazzo, who was beaten by Jack Carroll ou Tuesday on points, has ehallenged Carrol to a return bout, this time for 15 rounds for £500 aside. N.S.W. Speed Limits SYDNEY : The new motor regulations eame into force in the Sydney metropolitan area yesterday, limiting the speed of cars in built-up areas to 30 miles, an honr, and to 50 in areas beyond the metropoiis. New Waterloo Bridge RUGBY : The Minister of Transport, Dr. E. I. Burgin, announced in the House of Commons that the Government has deeided to make a 60 per cent grant towards the cost ,of the new Waterloo bridge. The graut will a.p proach £500,000. — British Ofiicial Wireless. Unemployment Insurance RUGBY; A total of 170,000 persons will be brought into the unemployment insurance scheme as the result of tlie Minister of Labour 's deeision to accept a recommendation of the statutory committee that the scheme be extended to domestic servants in institutions. — British Ofiicial Wireless. Logs from Windsor Forest RUGBY; By command of the Kling several tons of logs from Windsor forest will be distributed among the ppor and unemployed in Windsor for Chrisb mas. Earlier in the week poor people in the borough over the age of 60 each, received a hundredweight of coal from his Majesty. — ^British Ofiicial Wireless. Rumanian Elections BUCHAREST: The Governmeut secured only 38 per cent. of the total votes at the election. This is the first' time in Rumanian history that - a Go> vernment in power at the time of the general election has not been returned with a Parliamentary majoritv. Bare-Knuckle Boxer NEW YORK: The death has occurrefi of Jake Kilrain, at the age of 78. He was the last of the bare-knuckle boxers, who unsuccessfully fought a 75round bout with John L. Sullivan in 1889 for the title. Budge as Professional? NEW YORK: A message from Oakland, Oalifornia, says (he pareuts of the tennis champion Donald Budge intend to convince him when he returns that the wise thing to do would be to turn professional and reap some material benefit from the years of hard work he has put into the game.