NEWS BREVITIES

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 122, 13 August 1927, Page 1

NEWS BREVITIES

Military Honour for Duchess. —The Duchess of York has been appointed ColoneMn-Chief of the Yorkshire Light Infantry.—a. and N.Z. Trees for Poles. —The Cambridge **ower Board is considering the purchase of 10 acres of land for the purpose of growing trees for power poles. Expelling Communists.—When the London Trades Council met to carry °«Y the Labour Party’s decision to disamiiate Communists it was discovered hat there were not enough non-Com-»unists present to form a quorum of ..2,® executive. More will be elected.— limes” cable. Drunk enness in Britain. —An mclal report shows that there were .»oi. equivalent to 10 per cent., fewer in Q iQo * ons * or drunkenness in Britain ™ ; 926 ’ compared with 1925. The rePort says that viewing the question * r a long period, the country is sowing more sober.—A. and N.Z. Strike. —The strike at the min J ?hnstone. Queensland, sugar l continues. Some 80 tons of sugar 6 w emoved from the mill to Townsat y ra^w aymen. but on its arrival f»o !» e w **arf the labourers there rejusea to handle it, and it will have to >(2 talCen *° ® r * s hane by rail. —A. and Acquitted Constables Reinstated.— St. Jack and Regan, who ♦i,-° recent ly acquitted on a charge of wp*f m y rder of natives in the Northj ot Australia, have been reinstated jhe police force, and will receive T JJf, es , for the time they were suspended.—a. and N.Z. To Weleome Bishop. —Hibernians and members of the Society of the Holy provide a guard of honour Allrt rv s hop Cleary when he returns to an -? ky the Aorangi to-mor ow. », Liston, his coadjutor, will f *r■Bish 'welcome the Roman Catl olic Cathn Auckland at St. Patrick’s tnedral at the evening service. ri ss l ass,n Arrested.—A doctor in MadD i doubting the stories of war exhim 3 which a guest from Bavaria told . sought verification, and discovArn “* at his guest was Carlos von a swindler, who was then arts^. 0 ?' X-Ie subsequently confessed :?_ at he assassinated the former BavaPresident, Tlerr Eisner, in 1919. — Prosperous Suppliers. —The suppliers the Hinuera Co-operative Dairy ompany are evidently a prosperous „. When the annual meeting of juppliers was held at Hinuera on Frithere were 50 cars present belongfarmers, and placing the conthe* IVe value of £2OO on each vehicle. ® assembled curs represented an ’haount of £IO,OOO. “•'line of the “Fish” Story.—Fishmen are decreasing in number. For CWrent year 696 licences were isnumK w “* c h is 260 short of last year’s ah*?.*!*. Game licences issued number ar ->•‘•80; but it is expected that 250 2 47- yet to he returned. Last year Jj’ ®' anrle licences wore issued. These 3rr r ® 8 w cre quoted at the meeting of ♦i SJIt ? OUnc41 °f the Auckland Aeclimaf Uon Society at Huntly last evening.