NEWS FROM OVERSEAS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 21 November 1927, Page 8

NEWS FROM OVERSEAS

CABLES IN BRIEF. Liquor on Anzac Day in N.S.W.: As a result of an appeal to the High Court is has been decided that hotels may open all day in New South Wales on Anzac Day and that while the Governor may order the closing of hotels for the whole day he cannot order closing for part of the day. Another Greyclifle Victim: Mrs Ralf Robinson, injured in the TahitiGreycliffe collision, died in hospital, bringing the deaths to 45 Murderer Found Guilty: William Haines was found guilty of the murder of Miss Schmidt, at Bridgewater, South Australia, Sentence was deferred. Soviet Delegation: Litvinoff and Admiral Behrens will head the Soviet delegation, consisting of eleven persons. to the preparatory disarmament comm*tee meeting.

Married in Registry Office: Princess Victoria married Zoubkoff in a registry office at Bonn, where tha civil ceremony was performed secretly m the presence of two witnesses.

Air Force Flying Boats: The four Royal Air Force flying boats which are engaged on the great Empire cruise to Australia, via India and Singapore and back to the Singapore base, arrived safely on Thursday morning in Karachi Harbour.

Mr. MacDonald's Motion; “The Times,” referring to Mr. Ramsay MacDonald’s notice to move a vote of censure on the Government in order to raise a debate, save that in such a debate it will still lie left to the President of the Board of Trade to make a general speech on the mining situation, with the technical details of which he is necessarily more familiar than the Prime Minister

England’s Birthrate: The birthrate of England and Wales for the first three-quarters of the present year was 17.2 per 1000. The birthrate last year was 17.8 per 1000 and in 1918, which was the lowest ever recorded, it stood at 17.7.

Trade Unionists; Official figures show that the decline is trade union membership in Britain in 1926 was 289,000. compared with 1925. zho principal decreases were in the mining and transport industries. Jhe International Labour Bureau 7 at Geneva has complete,’, statistics showing that there are 37.000,000 trade unionists in the world

Lord Derby Sells Property: Lord Derby has sold a great part of his Lancashire property, comprising the ground rents of 22,000 houses, including practically the whole town of Bootle. The purchaser is Mr Philip iliii. associated with the Beecham estates and other companies. The price is approximately £1,750.000.

Tunney at White House: Tunney visited President Coolidge on Saturday. The President told the champion he was impressed bv the latter’s physical condition, bin. he “looked more like a movie actor than a prize fighter.” Tunney tofd the President he would not go on the stage or sign a movie contract, and this seemed favonrly to impress the President

Soviet Diplomat Commits Suicide: Moscow reports state that the Soviet diplomat Joffe, who negotiated the treaty of Brest Litovsk in 1917, has committed suicide. He suffered from an incurable disease of the nerves, which is believed to have been aggravated as a result of Trotsky's downfall.

Tests With Slotted Wing Device: Sir Samuel Hoare was most impressed with the flight of the army aeroplane fitted with slotted wings. The test was most thrilling. The machine did safely all the things it should not have dolly, including some which formerly meant certain ucatb. Sir Samuel Hoare said it was gratifying that from first to last this British contribution to aviation success was the result of private and official cooperation. The Air Ministry has ordered that all official aircraft he fitted with slotted wings except the single fighter class, for which the adaptation may be possible later.

Wireless and Cables: The “Daily News” expects the appointment of u Koya] Commission to consider the cooperation of State-owned wireless systems with competing cable companies. This arises out of Canada’s and the Pacific Cable Board's representations to Britain. The board’s affairs are understood to be causing concern to the four Governments interested.

Colonel Foster's Funeral: The church was crowded lor the funeral of the late Colonel Foster in London. Many prominent army men were present. Sir Alex. Godley, during the servive, said: “Colonel Foster served under my command, firstly before the war in New Zealand, secondly at. Gallipoli and thirdly at Tidworth in 1927. He was engrossed in his profession and spared no pains to qualify for appointment to staff positions and commands. He was straightforward and modest end of marked strength of character. His Joss will be equally moured in Australia, New Zealand, and in Britain.”

G.B.S, On Films: Increasing attention is being paid by the intellectuals of Britain the possibilities of films. Mr. Bernard Shaw, at a trade show, said exhibitors were obsessed with what they called sex appeal. Vfhere was the sex appeal about Dean Inge, yet crowds went to St. Paul's to hear him preach ? Crowds listened to lectures and political speeches. Where was the sex appeal about Charlie Chaplin or Mary Pickford? Yet some was often injected into their films, usually towards the end. “In spite of my age 1 would not be averse to kissing Mary Pickford, but I find it extremely tantalising to see another man kissing her,’’ Mr. Shaw stressed the need for a great variety and commended British films of nature studies, now showing for the first time.