Cable Jottings

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 296, 6 March 1928, Page 9

Cable Jottings

_ NEW ZEALAND DINNER. The Prince of Wales will be • the chief guest st a New Zealand dinner, to be held ir. London on May 21. A. and N.Z. EMPIRE SETTLEMENT. —Migrants from C reat Britain, assisted under the Empire Settlement Act, up to September 30, 1927, totalled 251,79 4, at an average cost of £l3 16s per head. A. and N.Z. GERMAN BATTLE-CRUISER- —The Reichstag Budget Committee has sanctioned by 16 votes to 12 the first instalment of £500,000 for the construction of a battle-cruiser to protect German interests in the Baltic. A. and N.Z. five FLYERS KILLED. —A message from San Diego, California, states that five men who were flying in a private airplane were killed when the machine crashed from a height of 300 ft. —A. and N.Z.-Sun. OLDEST K.C. DEAD. —The death :s announced of Sir Harry Poland, K.C., Probably the oldest member of the legal profession in England. He w;rs in his 99th year, and became a barrister 77 years ago.—A. and N.Z. REPRESENTATIVE’S STATUS. The Secretary for the Dominions, Mr. E- S. Amery, in reply to a question in the House of Commons, said that there was no reason for an inquiry on the subject of the title and status of the British representative to Ottawa. —A. and N.Z. IMPECUNIOUS PRINCE. The Eerlin newspaper “Montag Morgen” announces that the ex-Crown Prince of Germany has sold a number of his states at Oels, Prussia, and will retilin only 10,000 acres for hunting. His ob jeet is to obtain £250.000 for investia industrial enterprises. —A. and