Cable Jottings

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 397, 4 July 1928, Page 9

Cable Jottings

t fiATE OF EASTER.—The House of has passed the second reading of the Bill fixing the date of Easter by 17 votes to 2.—A.P.A.-U.S. CIREEK POLITICS.—The Greek President, Admiral Paul Kondouriotis, has decided to invite M. Venizelos to form a Ministry.—A.P.A.-U.S. WANDERER RETURNS.—The returned soldier, James Joseph Dwyer, jvho has been suffering from loss of uiemory, will return to his wife and amily in Dunedin by the Maheno on J uly 13. _ SYDNEY CIVIC SCANDAL.—The New South Wales Cabinet has decided o institute criminal proceedings against ertain persons named in the report of he civic Royal Commission, where there 18 proper evidence. BIG BILLIARDS. - In the billiards Jhatch of 14,000 up between Clark Mc-J-pnachy and F. Lindrum, at Meluourne, the latter made a break of .4ln, which is a world’s record. Lindin play, has scored 6,910; oaack y 5.755. Breaks: Lindrum, McConachy. 427. HEENEY-TUNNEY FIGHT. Advance sales of seats for the Tunneycontest for the worlds heavyha ** oxin g championship on July 26 «ave already yielded £50,000. The proTex Rickard, says he thinks will be 3 to 1 in favour of the when he enters the ring. JAPAN’S AIR FORCE.—The most torv nSi / e aerial manoeuvres in the hisqJ?, of Japan will be engaged in at rnrv.u Amon S the features will be All a aerial battles and night attacks. effn,, epartments are to co-operate in an re P r °duce the actual fighting ev j; 1 * o * lß which would exist in the dusti , any of the & reat Japanese inbeing attacked from the „ SCAFFOLD TRAGEDY.-A. double occurred yesterday at AlexanDor«„ NeW South Wales. A beam suprvjp, % a scaffolding on which three ? rorkin K at the Australian f napped Company's new holders on tk The men were thrown down ->2 COncre te floor, a distance of Ci a itr L Edward Garden and William serin,, JT er ? * ,lw - The third man was seriously injured.