Cable Jottings

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 456, 11 September 1928, Page 11

Cable Jottings

GREEK PREMIER.—The Premier of

Greece, M. Venizelos, is now fully convalescent after his illness.—A. and NZ.-P.A. FLYING-BOATS AT JAVA.—Th e four Royal Air Force flying-boats which, recently were in Australia, have reached Weltevreden, Java.—A.P.A.U.S. 1,500 ARRESTS MADE.—In order to prevent an anti-military demonstration by Communists,' troop? occupied the working class district *f St. Denis, Paris. They arrested 1,500 persons, including a number of Socialist leaders.—A. and N.Z.-P.A. MEAD’S 3,000 RUNS.—The Hampshire cricketer, C. P. Mead, is the third batsman to score 3,000 runs this season. This is the second time in Mead’s career that he has performed the feat.—A. and N.Z.-P.A. WILL TRY AGAIN.—The Duchess of Bedford, who accompanied Captain Barnard part of the way on his flight to India, has arrived back in London. She flew from Paris in a Moth. She says she may make another attempt to make a record flight to India.—A. and N.Z.-P.A. SWIMMERS FAIL.-—Two swimmers, E. H. Temme and H. Carey, yesterday failed to swim from Dover to Calais, for which feat the Dover gold cup has been offered t as a prize. Temme was in the water eight hours and Carey 14 hours. E. H. Temme is a London clerk. Last year he swam the Channel in 14h. 29m. —A. and N.Z.P.A. SEEKS AIR RECORD.—Squadron-

Leader J. N. Oakes, a British air pilot, intends to attempt to capture the endurance record held by a German. In the event of his success he will start on a non-stop flight from Capetown to England in an effort to beat the Rome-Brazil flight of the Italians, Ferranin and del Prete. Oakes will use the new Fairey-Napier monoplane recently constructed in secret.—A. and N.ZL-P.A.