Cable Jottings

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 175, 14 October 1927, Page 1

Cable Jottings

murder TRIAL.—At the trial of Cyril Matthew Thompson on tho charge of murdering William Thoriev a. shearer, in Anzac Park. Tamwortii = oa June 2o ’ the ■ Jury fat 'ed to agte~. and a new trial was ordered.—A. and AMERICAN LABOUR.—The Amtrif P !\f ra1 ’ Labour Convention on?°r^ d ‘ he Principle of the immediate independence of the Philippines, snd also approved the exclusion of Asiatics Sut? Unlted States.—A. and N ziBRITISH CABINET. The first meeting of the ’cabinet since the end was held on Wednesday. Preliminary discussions took place on ? f matters which will occupy Parliament when it reassembles in November.—British official wireless. AIR FORCE DEATHS.—Since 1925, i,* ™ e,nb « ra t ot the Australian Air Force have been killed in the Commonwealth. Eleven belonged to the permanent staff and three to the citizen force. The compensation paid totals £6.543. —A. and N.Z. BRAZILIAN lOAXS.-A sum of for subscription Thiß 1« Part of an bar 3 of £8,750,000 of Brazilian 61 per cent. haa J*?- At the same time £8.300,000 worth of external sinking-fund bends m i offered in New York.—British official wireless. WINE BOUNTIES. The returns underthe Wine Bounties Act show tnat the bounties on wine exported V° m u f tralia during the year erded June 80 last amounted to £442,00C, of South Australia rcce.ved £329 °OO Victoria £59,000 and New South Wales £49,000.—A. and N.Z. GOVERNOR OF ROME.—It is understood that in response to an in\ tuition from the City Corporation, which was conveyed by the Lord Mayor. Sir Rowland Blades, on his recent visit to Rome, Prince Potenziani, Governor of Rome, will pay an official visit to Ix>ndon in April, 3928.—British official wireless. ARMISTICE DAY.—It is announced the celebration of Armistice Day 9* 1 „ iday ' November 11, will follow Uie lines adopted in previous years. Shortly before 11 a.m. King George deposit a wreath at the Cenotaph in Whitehall and after the two minutes’ silence a short service will be hold.—British official wireless. TRADE DISPUTES BIT .L—Tho Parliament of Northern Ireland has avon, announced that the Government The Prime Minister, Viscount Ciraigavon, anonunced that the Government would next week introduce a. Trade Disputes Bill on the lines of the r«*cent Act passed by the British Parliament. —British official wireless. VISCOUNT WILLINGDON.—An official visit to the United States will be paid by Viscount Willingdon. Gov-ernor-General of Canada, and Lady Willingdon early in December. They will be guests of Mr. Vincent Msssev. Canadian Minister to the Unite’d States, and will remain several days. This will be the first visit of its kind. —British official wireless. BRITISH GLOVE TRADE—A.n application that imported gloves should bear the mark of origin has been made to a committee of the Board of Trade. There is no opposition, and the only question is when an order to that effect should come into force, allowing time for stocks to be cleared. The committee will report to the l>oard, which will presumably make the required order.—British official wireless. IRISH FREE STATE.—The Dublin correspondent of the ‘Daily Telegraph” says Mr. Cosgrave’s Government has obtained the support c-f the Farmers' Party on questions of policy | at the price of the appointment of its | leader, Mr. Heffeman, to a Parliamentary secretaryship. Even so the Government's life is precarious.—A. and N.Z. TRADE UNION AIMS. T Queensland Trade Union Congress 1. adopted a fighting platform, which h eludes nationalisation of banking an., all the principal industries, the creation of an elective supreme economic council by all nationalised industries, and the setting up of an institut on to tram-workers in the management f f j the nationalised industries.—A. an' ! N.Z.