Cable Jottings

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 230, 17 December 1927, Page 9

Cable Jottings

N S W. PARLIAMENT.—A meeting of the New South Wales Executive Council prorogued Parliament for February •■—A. and N.Z. SOCCER IN BRITAIN.—In a cuptie replay, Charlton defeated Kettering by two goals to one.—A. and N.Z.-Sun. WARATAHS* TEAM.—The Warataha will held against Scotland the team as met Wales, except that Malcolm will take Meagher’s place.— A. and N.Z.-Sun. British parliament.—The Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin anounced tn the House of Comons that Parliament will bs prorogued on December 22 and will meet again on January 7. MURDERER HANGED. William Haines, who was sentenced to death at Adelaide for the murder of a girl named Schmidt, has been executed at Adelaide gaol.—a. and N.Z. ATHLETES FOR N.Z.—The Marama jmled from Sydney at 5 p.m. yesterday or Wellington. The members of the Australian team who will compete in p e Australian and New Zealand ath®uc championships are among her Passengers.—A. and N.Z. LOWER SALARY.—The Premier of Tr'ki Ssout * 1 Wales announces that Mr. of been appointed Commissioner Endowment at a salary of ' , a year, instead of £1.850 as formand N.Z. # fgHNEIPER CUP.—The Secretary •°r Air. Sir Samuel Hoare in answer to in the House of Commons, ‘ Terences were being held on the J ect a Possible attempt by Britain . h^ ain t * l e Schneider Cup. He hoped ab le to make a statement in a 8 days.—A. and N.Z.-Sun. British envoy at rig a.—m r. Addison. Councillor to the Brit™bassy at Berlin, has been aj>r n d Env °y Extraordinary and MinKn* r Ple nipotentiary at Riga, Revel and vno the seats of the Governments of tj v lT la Estonia and Lithuania, respc:in tK succeeds Sir John Vaughan «ie post.—British Official Wireless. jjj'DNEY COMMISSION.—It i.- announced that Mr. John Garlick the of the Main Roads Board * Mr - H. E. Morton. Melbourne city tHneer, have been appointed to the cir *- omm *ssion to control the muniof i affalrs of Sydney The chairman a * hQ c °Tnmission has not yet been oPDointed.—A. and N.Z. ?UCHESS r>T- YORK.—The Duchess tf fork at Aldershot made her firstejection of the King's Own Yorkshire J£f nt Infantry, of which she was appointed Colonel-in-Chief last August. weather was bitterly cold and the sh C i 88 was anxious that the men *** h© dismissed at the earliest posmoment. Later she hinclied with ®ff*cers of the regiment. —British WSciai Wireless.