Cable Jottings

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 399, 6 July 1928, Page 9

Cable Jottings

LISTENERS-IN.—The Assist-ant-Postmaster-General, Viscount Wol--Btated in the House of Commons jfj* *he number of broadcasting ,25*®® issued in Britain now exceeded -500,000.— British Wireless. jjgMEX ox STRIKE.—The air ser'Tces between Warsaw, Dantzig. and of b ?" ve bee n suspended as a result yjr* Pilots and mechanics going on faSy* The stoppage follows the retllG mens claims for an inI'.S 6 °* per cent - * n their wages.— WOOSLAV PEASANTS.—The Leader v» p^. e Yugoslavian Peasants’ Party, * "tefan RadHch, who was shot and funded in Parliament by a former sirm Ster ’ Y>r. Rachitch, on June 20, has ummoned his colleagues and others to onterence at the hospital, where he Recovering rapidly from his wound.— GIFT OF £io.qqq.—-a, further anonySp U n S j tt 000 has been made to •>, p U *e °f York's fund on behalf of iwhi Fields Association, the aim { nic “ is the provision of open spaces * n crowded districts.— Wireless JER\IS BAY CALL.-—ln the House 2Uan° , s? M>ns ’ the Rt - H °n. W. C. Bridgei n ’ t irst Lord of the Admiralty, said liept to a question the slow Royal sent . auxilia ry oil ship Slavol had been of tV 1 \. response to the wireless calls e llner Jervis Bay, instead of the orui«^ rUlßer Enterprise, because the ens-ir, r Was tben at Colombo having her “Sines overhauled.— A.P.A. P —SL--1T HOUSING PLAN.—The Chamber of Deputies has duefd K UBly a TProved the Bill introLoui* r the Minister of Labour. M. d urin«'7? ucheur * to Provide £88,000,000 cuildin 1 oa period from 1928 to 1933 for better cheap houses and 60,000 m L, Class houses, which will be let Moderate rentals.—U.S,