Cable Jottings

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 507, 9 November 1928, Page 9

Cable Jottings

ZEPPELINS OF FITIRE. Dr. Eckner, the commander 01 cue Zeppelin LZI27, says that future Zeppelins must be shorter and thicker, in order to resist the Atlantic storms better.— A.P.A. BIRKENHEAD’S NEW JOB.—T h e Earl of Birkenhead has joined the Board of Directors of the Imperial Chemical Industries, Limited.—A.P.A. TO RULE TRANSVAAL Mr. J. S. Smit, High Commibbimo . lor South Africa, left London on Wednesday for Capetown to take up his appointment as Administrator of the Transvaal. MISSING WOMAN ARRESTED. Mrs. Olive Johnson, a member of the Salvation Army, who disappeared from her home in Essex after announcing that she had inherited a fortune from a relative in Australia, has been arrested at Inverness.—A.P.A. NEW COMMISSIONER.—Viscount Byng of Vimy yesterday took over the position of Commissioner of London Metropolitan Police, vacated on Wednesday by Sir William Horwood.— British Wireless. GOOD AUSTRALIAN WIN” In the Empire wines compeum,., r. t tne Brewers’ Exhibition, there \v«.t 115 entries, the largest number since the war, all from Australia. The two judges expressed gratification at the excellent quality of the wines, especially of the strong types, which were the best they had seen.—A.P.A. GOVERNOR HONOURED. Major - General Sir Frederick Sykes, Governor - designate of Bombay, has oeen appointed an additional Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (G.C.1.E.). Sir Frederick resigned his seat in Parliament for the Hallam division of Sheffield when he was appointed Governor of Bombay.— British Wireless. BUSY SESSION.-—The Prime Minister, Mr. Baldwin, moved in the House of Commons that until Easter the Government shall occupy the time usually devoted to private members. This was agreed to by 174 votes to 136. —U.5. PEACE IN QUEENSLAND.—Mediation by Dr. L. W. Knott, a Nationalist member of the Federal House of Representatives, lias resulted in the ending of all the waterfront trouble at Innisfail, and amicable relations between the parties have been restored. —A.P.A. LONDON'S TRAFFIC BOARD. The London County Council, after sitting for 16£ hours, approved of a recommendation to permit the suggested single Traffic Control Board, beaded by the Underground Railways, to take over the council’s tramwavs — A.P.A. AIR COXFEREX< ’ K —Australia will be represented at u*e International Civil Aviation Conference at Washington next month by Lieutenant-Colonel H. C. Brinsmead. Controller of Civil Aviation, and Captain Hughes, president of the New South Wales Aero Club.—A.P.A.