NEWS BREVITIES

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 7, 30 March 1927, Page 1

NEWS BREVITIES

Canberra Strike. —The builders’ stfike at Canberra has been settled and the men are- to resume work immediately. Postponed.—Owing to unfavourable weather conditions, Bert Hinkler, the Australian aviator, has postponed his attempt on the light-plane non-stop (light record. New British Embassy. —Work on the new British Embassy at Washington will be begun in a few weeks. The architect is Sir Edwin Lutyens, and the cost of the building will be £140,000. Full Income Tax. —Among the forecasts of the forthcoming British Budget one is that income tax will be levied on the full incomes of people from the Dominions who are resident in England. At present only remittances are taxed. Melbourne’s Growth.—Statistics prepared by officials of the Melbourne Citv Council show the remarkable growth of the city from 1843, the date of its incorporation. In that year the annual assessment was £66,847, compared with £4.443,081 in 1926. The First Match. —British matchmaking firms will jointly celebrate in April the 100th anniversary of the first match being struck by John Walker, a Stockton-on-Tees (Durham) chemist. It is supposed that this was an accidental discovery, but it was patented in 1827. Dr. Guest Loses Seat. —The by-elec-tion for the north division of Southwark. rendered necessary by the resignation of Dr. L. Haden-Guest, who seceded from the Labour Party, resulted: E A. Strauss, Liberal, 7,334; Isaacs, Labour, 6,167; Guest, Independent Constitutionalist, 3,215. Big Fish. —Our Russell correspondent wires that fishing from the launch Ozone. Mr. S. Lud brook landed a swordfish weighing 2521 b and Mr. Phil Andreas another which scaled 217ib. Cricketers' Thanks. —The Press Association has received the following message from the manager of the New Zealand cricket team on board the Tahiti: —"Obliged if you would thank numerous friends throughout Dominion for good wishes sent at last moment to team and individual members. Weather good; team fit and happy.” Took Game Seriously. —After a game at Paris in the competition for the Rugby “Cup de France,” a player named Wisser, who was annoyed because his winning try was disallowed, blew out his brains. There is much criticism in France of the excessive violence of the players, and many complaints that too much interest is taken in Rugby football. The Gentle Art for Girls. —Some young women in Wanganui have been taught other things beside the use of powder and paint. On Monday evening a young man rather impudently accosted a young woman on Dublin Street Bridge. The reply he received was, "Get out or I’ll plug you.” He didn’t take the warning so he received a blow that would have done credit to Tunney and he did not wait for it to be repeated. Two Years’ Probation. —A boy of 16. whose name the magistrate ordered to be suppressed, was placed on probation for two years this morning and ordered to make restitution of £7 2s Id which he was charged with stealing from his employer’s till. A condition of his probation is that he must not frequent billiard saloons, where, it was explained, the hoy had spent more tuan he should have done in the past.