Cable Jottings

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 293, 2 March 1928, Page 9

Cable Jottings

MARSHAL DIAZ DEAD. —The death has occurred at Rome of FieldMarshal Diaz, who was commander-in-chief of the Italian Army in the Great War.—A. and N.Z.-Sun. CHANCELLOR IM PROVES—The Lord Chancellor, Viscount Cave, who was reported yesterday to be in a critical condition after an operation, is improving.—-A. and N.Z.-Sun. CHILD ENDOWMENT. —At the conference; at Hobart of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of Australia, a motion was defeated by 15 votes to 14 condemning the system of child endowment.—A. and N.Z. US. DELEGATE ILL —Admiral H. P. Jones is ill, and will be r€;placed by Admiral A. T. Long as United States, delegate to th© sitting of the Preparatory Disarmament Commission Geneva.—A. and N.Z. PRIZE FOR LINDBERGH. —The Woodrow Wilson Foundation an-. nounces that its Peace Prize, consisting of a medal and a sum of £5,000, wrtll be awarded to Colonel Charles Lindbergh for his recent flights in the cause of international friendship.—A. *nd NJZ. FEWER ELECTORATES. —The subcommittee of th© New South Wales Cabinet which is dealing with electoral reform has decided that it will to Possible to red uce the number of State electorates from 90 to 84 by a of the electorates, at same time giving country districts increased representation. —A. and MAIL SERVICE. —A regular mail service between Paris and South America is to be inaugurated it is expected that 9,000 miles N be covered in 10 days—just half time of the present service. The r?ute will b© via Toulouse. CasaJanca, Senegal, and Cap© Verde. —A N.Z.