NEWS BREVITIES

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 26, 22 April 1927, Page 1

NEWS BREVITIES

Professional Billiards. —In the semifinal of the professional billiards championship, Inman has now scored 3,843 and Davis (in play), 3,712. —A. and N.Z.

Japanese Fire.—A fire swept the town of Kanazawa, in the Ishikawa province. There was a high wind blowing and 1,000 houses were destroyed. The damage is estimated at £500,000. It is feared there w'ere many casualties. —A. and N.Z.

British Loan to Russia.—A British shipbuilding concern has approached the chief Concession Committee of the Soviet with an offer of £20,000,000 for long-term credits with which to build mercantile ships for the Soviet. It is understood that the offer is under consideration.—A. and N.Z.-Sun.

Old Resident Passes. —The death occurred on Wednesday evening at the »aikato Hospital of Mr. Edward Cox, a very old resident of Te Awamutu, at the age of 86 years. The late Mr. Cox was of a genial disposition, and had jnany friends. He had been in failing health for many months.

e ®P*ng in Empty House.—Arthur Charles Fowler Gibb, a fresh complexloned man of 30, w r ith several days’ “growth,” was found by the police sleeping in an empty house. When he appeared in court this morning deemed to be a rogue and a vagabond,” he was remanded until next Friday to enable further enquiries to he made.

A Busy Board.—Papatoetoe Town ooard has a busy time ahead of it just at present. A committee is to meet h Tuesday to frame by-laws, Saturafterno°h is to be spent upon an a a r v *sit to all parts of the town, hd In the evening a committee will onsider the water question. A special eeting will be held on April 28 to Pass traffic by-laws-

j Correspondence Schools.—“ Astonish - ar !j* ro Sr es s has been made by pupils w “if correspondence classes,” said * f r ‘ LJ. Wells at to-day’s meeting j® Education Board, when it was d *?, erin S an inspector’s recommen- _ . that the Trypheno and Okupu Dimii s k°uld be closed and their seven s taught by correspondence. id<f r » nts get really interested in the rid-, said Mr. J. Boddie. It was de<..,e , to notify the committees that the bools would be closed.