NEWS FROM OVERSEAS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 26 November 1927, Page 10

NEWS FROM OVERSEAS

CABLES IN BRIEF. ( , Civic Commission Bill: The Civic Commission Bill in N.S.W. passed ad stages. it operates from Tuesday next. Latest Ford Model I Ford Company officials estimate that the materials and labour employed in the production of the latest model motor-car during 1928 will total 800.000.000 dollars. Greyolifle Victim: Wolff, a victim of the Greycliffe disaster, was a dealer in gems, and ±l3OOO worth were found on the body. Litvinofi in Berlin: Litvinoff has arrived en route to Geneva. He will confer with Dr. Stresemann tomorrow. Poor Law Relief: In the House of Commons, Sir Kingsley Wood. Parliamentary Secretary io the Ministry of Health in answer to a question, said recipients of poor law relief in England and Wales per 1000 of popu lation in 1924 were 27.33. in 1925 32.9, in 1926 57.4. and in 1927 29.8. Endurance Flight: The Southern Cross, Captain Kingsford Smith’s ’plane, is at present having its motors overhauled and probably will not start on the proposed endurance flight until Sunday. The flight may be delayed several days by the construction of a special runway to assist the hop-off. Unemployment Insurance: Mr, Baldwin told Mr. MacDonald that the committee stage of the Unemployment Insurance Bill must fie continued on Monday and Tuesday. Whether the coal censure motion would be taken on Wednesday depended upon the passage of the bill Shipping Service: Li the Federal Senate Sir George Pearce said, in reply to a question, that Mr. Bruce had uot seen the press report that « joint committee of the two Houses of the New Zealand Parliament had recommended negotiations with the Commonwealth Government for the establishment of a shipping service between southern ports of New Zealand and Australia. Sir George Pearce added that any representations made by the New Zealand Government would, of course, be given consideration. Italo-Albanian Treaty; The ItatoAlbaniau treaty has .been published. It consists of seven articles, creating a 21 years’ unalterable alliance. The most important clause is the fourth, which enacts that when conciliation is exhausted each undertakes to place at the disposition of the other alt its military and financial resources. Letters axdmngerl define that the military command of the allied forces shall be Albanian if the attack is .against Albania and Italian if against Italy. The treaty is regarded tn Rome n 8 Mussolini’s answer to the Franco-Yugo-Slav treaty. “Big Navy” Speech: The “New York Times’ ” Washington correspondent states that the “Big Navy” speech attributed to Captain White, in Paris, is considered inopportune at least in official circles, coming as it did at a time when there is hope for reasonable adjustments of naval Construction programmes. Official comment was declined'. Mi. Will'." has corrected the impressions in Parts that the speech was delivered after approval in Washington where nothing was known of it until newspaper accounts appeared, that the United States wants to be in the best position to defend herself is not disputed, but the administration would regret any implication that it is developing a navy aimed to outstrip Britain or any other Power in a competitive armament race.