Cable Jottings

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 451, 5 September 1928, Page 9

Cable Jottings

DRYS WELL BEATEN. —The latest figures in the New South Wales referendum are: For prohibition, 336,771: against. 833,652. N.Z. BOWLERS WIN. —In a match a t Hamilton, Ontario, the New Zealand bowlers defeated Hamilton and district rinks by 84 points.—A.P.A.U.S. FLYING-BOATS AT JAVA. —T h e four British flying-boats which were recently in Australia, have arrived at Sourabaya, Java. The last stage of their flight was from Berria, Butch Fast Indies.—A. and N.Z.-P.A. GRIME MUST WAIT. —The boxer Oringer refused to fight in Newcastle (says a. New York cable), so the bout was cancelled until Billy Grime, the Australian, can find another opponent ~~A. and N.Z.-P.A. ATHLETES RETURN. —The N*;W Zealand Olympic team sailed by the Ruahine to-day. The manager, Mr. H. Amos, said a British team of athletes was likely to tour the Dominion in the near future, though nothing had >’et been settled.— A.P.A.-U.S. GQIXIXG-PLANT FOUND. The Police raided a house in Alexandria, Sydney, and discovered a complete coining plant, which they believe was responsible for the great numbers of counterfeit florins which have been circulated In the city in the past 12 nionths. They arrested a man.