NEWS BREVITIES

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 85, 1 July 1927, Page 1

NEWS BREVITIES

Pacific Cable Board.—The Royal assent has been given the Pacific Cable Board Bill. —A. and N.Z. Victorian State Deficit.—The Victorian State revenue for the past financial year discloses a deficit of £350,000. —A. and N.Z. Tariff Report.—The date by which i the Tariff Commission’s report is re- ' turnable is extended to August 15, according to a notice in this evenin’s Gazette. Pirate on the Air.—‘-James John Eade, who listened-in without a licence, was fined £3 in the Police Court this morning. Sydney Sheep Show.—The Sydney annual sheep show has commenced. The entries show a great increase and ihe quality a marked improvement compared with the show last year.—A. and N.Z. Death Follows Accident.—Mrs. Pinfold, who was knocked down by a motor-cycle at Karori, Wellington, this week died in hospital yesterday. —Press Association. Population Ebb and Flow.—Overseas arrivals at the Port of Auckland last month numbered 778, as compared with 794 in June of last year. Departures totalled 786, as against 1,272 for the same period in 1926. Melbourne Has Million Residents.— The population of the city of Melbourne, calculating the area within a radius of 15 miles, is officially estimated at 1,000,000. It has taken only 92 years to reach this figure.—A. and N.Z. Oxford Degree For Marshal Foch.— Marshal Foch, who will receive an honorary degree at Oxford University on Friday, arrived in London front Paris on Wednesday. The distinguished ■visitor was met by Field-Marshal Earl 'Haig.—British Official Wireless. Preserving London’s Gardens.—A Royal Commission is to be set up to inquire into the question of the preservation of London’s garden squares, some of v-hich have, in recent years, j been sold for building purposes.—A. land N.Z. Motor-Lorry Accident.—Mr. E. J. Patterson, aged 27, of 4 New Street, Newmarket, was admitted to the Auckland X-lospital yesterday suffering from a fractured ankle. Mr. Patterson was adjusting a chain on one of the wheels when his leg was imprisoned and crushed.