CABLE BREVITIES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 80, 28 December 1937, Page 7

CABLE BREVITIES

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Diplomatic Purge MOSCQW: In connection with the dii "plomatio purge, M. V. A. Mikanov has been appointed Minister at Oslo in suc* cession to M. L S. Yiakubovitch, whose destination is not revealed, but it was recently reported that he was staying outside the Legation instead of answering the summons to return to Moscow in order to furnish" details of M. Trot« sky's sojourn in Norway. Royal Assent to Wedding LONDON: It is understood the council that the King held yesterday was for the purpose of securing the Eoyal assent to the marriage of Princess Frederika of Brunswick to Prince Paul of Greece, which was formally granted. Air Marshal's Tour EUGBY: Air Marshal Sir Edward Ellington, Inspector-General of the Eoyal Air Force, left London on a tour of inpection in the Middle and Far East. He will visit Egypt, India, Singapore, and Hongkong. Fostering Hatreds BEELIN: The Official News 'Agency accuses the Pope of fostering hatreds and making unfounded statements, Soviet Scientists MOSCOW : The Soviet scientists at the North Pole camp sent a message from the ice floe expressing "heartfelt wishes for the success of our dear countrymen in 1938." French Budget PAEIS: Despite the fact that it was Sunday, the French Senate passed the first reading of the Budget. M. Abel Garday, Eapporteur of the Finance Committee, said the estimated surplus* was £520,000.