NEWS FROM OVERSEAS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 8 December 1927, Page 5

NEWS FROM OVERSEAS

LATE CABLES IN BRIEF. Wireless Bids for Old Booksi There was an exciting sale of old books at Southerby’s, London, when Dr. Rosenbach, of Philadelphia, wirelessly telephoned bids. The bidding for two volumes started at £5OO and the trans-Atlantic voice went on imperturbably until the volumes were secured at £3OOO, when he rang off. Auckland City Loan: The City of Auckland is issuing to-morrow a £450,000 51 per cent, loan at par, repayable in 1960. Orifio the Boxer Dead: The exAustralian boxer Griffo was found dead in a rooming house in New York in a disreputable quarter of the city. He was destitute and death is attributable to indigestion and his general run-down condition. Cable v. Wireless: The Cable Board, referring to Senator Marconi’s statement of the superiority of wire-1 less in war-time, points out that the cruiser Nurnberg cut the cable nt Fanning Island on September 7. 1914. but that emergency communication was established on September 22 and the cable was in full working order by October 30. which was continued throughout th© war. Tote In Victoria: The Victorian Assembly passed a bill authorising the introduction of the totalisator. after it had been amended by do leting er clause prohibiting women operating on the machine. Loan Council: In the Queensland Assembly the Premier gave notice of the introduction of a bill th enable Queensland to join the Australian Loan Council. Not Film-Making: Replying to a ouestioner in the House of Commons, the Hon. W. C. Bridgeman, referring to the recent jamming of the submarine Oxlev’s steering gear in the Channel, denied that she and a sister ship were engaged in making a film.

Mieht Betting Prohibited: Tim N.S.W. Assembly passed the bill prohibiting betting nnd watering on licensed racecourses nt nicht. Tim Assembly also passed the bill authorising the Government tn raise a loan of not more, than £5.992.100 for public works.