NEWS BREVITIES

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 59, 1 June 1927, Page 1

NEWS BREVITIES

M Ne^^ South Wa,es Cabinet.—Mr. J. Lih a< * deley ’ former Minister of Mr °J lr ’ has a portfolio in Lan S’s new Cabinet, which met * f y \ an< * further prorogued Parliament till June 21.

Ki ? #d Cross Worker Killed.—Mr. Earl ,'rn tn ?k\ superintendent of the Red tinr. 88 Society’s rehabilitation opera(o j 8 , the flooded areas, was killed Bati n an aer °Plane crash south of °Q Rouge, the capital of Louisiana.

D , *r, kpupt discharged.—On the apjj. tlon °T Mr. Beattie, before his Bunr Ur ** ust i c c Herdman at the jJI e ®® Court this morning, Robert i n 8 Dando was granted a discharge

Listeners' League.—-The "in u' e ,!f cted Radio Listeners’ League at th«r.u a mee ting to-morrow night nv-f. . an *bor of Commerce. For the the *»i e J} ce of engaged in shops Plarp fni 0n officers will not take ce U, l after 9 p.m.

'Suin * n Schools.— “The hoard “artSiP * Slr i? s to upon the de»iirnm U the desirability of reinstating c°Uru? f . n t h c ? pltat,on in order to ensublJV * tei, ching of that important Indeed tho £ upil ? ° f P rimarv «chools v ocito’. *^ e board goes further and ad- . 8 that the teaching of swimming Wh#i** C # mpu * sor Y subject in districts exist - T llltips for such instruction Al \nunl report of the Auckland ■‘■•cation Board.

Express Late.—Owing to engine trouble south of Marton the first express from Wellington did not arrive in Auckland until 7.50 o’clock this morning. She was an hour behind her schedule time.

Speed Typing.—ln a typewriting speed contest Miss Mitchell, an English typiste, won the High Speed Cup. Miss Mitchell was second to Mademoiselle Piau in the championship for typing from copy. The winner’s speed was 98 words a minute.

Vital Statistics.—There were 38 births, 18 deaths, and 20 marriages in Hamilton during May. The figures show a decrease of seven births compared with May, 1926. the deaths an increase of three, and the marriages an increase of one.

Police Curbing Strikers.—A squad of police who were sent to prevent possible violence at the mill strike at South Johnstone, Queensland, arrived in civilian clothes. They carried arms and ammunition hidden in parcels. The police are patrolling the farms, in consequence of reported threats by the strikers to set fire to the cane fields.

North Auckland Topography.—Mr. J. A. Bartrum and Mr. F. J. Turner. Auckland geologists, recently visited the North Auckland district to examine the topography of that part of New Zealand. Last night Mr. Turner detailed his trip to an interested gathing at the Auckland Institute, when he declared that the North Auckland well repaid a visit by a geologist.