Cable Jottings

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 367, 30 May 1928, Page 9

Cable Jottings

COBHAM’S FLIGHT.—Sir Alan CobnC* P ar *y» who have just coma survey flight round Africa, mvea at Barcelona on Monday from Gibraltar.— A.P. A. -IT. S.

GREEK r .OLITICS.—The leader of Greek party of Free Opinion, Genrii loannes Metaxas, has accepted the of Mr. Venizelos. and his followers.—A.P.a.-U.S.

BOWLERS BEATEN.—The br W Zea l an( l bowlers were defeated t( f * Hertfordshire team by 133 points J® 104 * T he winning New Zealand skips T ? re ® rant (Oamaru), 20 —12; and inomson (Auckland); 20—15.—A.P.A.-

gjG BILLIARDS.—The New Zealand Milliards player, Clark McConachy, wi?U n t, nced another match at 18,000 up th Fred Lin drum on Monday evenAt the end of the session the ores Were: McConachy, 714; Lindrum !£ Play). 1,500. The best breaks were la 7.

y ILK IN'S ix UEXMAKK.—The Australian aviator-explorer. Captain wh ' ancl Lieutenant Eielson. ? Was his pilot on the recent Arctic J 1 ’ 001 Alaska, nave arrived at They were met by three raj? a military airplanes which esthlv* th( * German air liner in which p^ for part of the journey. Slip Blocks Road.—An extensive slip ro U r,° CC l urred on l he Matata-Tauranga i at ’ a hout three miles north of Mai- a4 j' xt covered the road and the y- Trains and motor-lorries • j e n,n to either side of the slip and i)pot l !i assenßPr ‘ s transferred. It is exlh« slip** WiU take two days to clear