Cable Jottings

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 554, 5 January 1929, Page 7

Cable Jottings

DAVIS LEADS LIN .DRUM.—In his mutch with Fred Lind rum in Britain, Davis has scored 9,517. Ho made 11 breaks of over 100, the highest one of 330. Lindrum (in play) lias made 3,147. His best break was 58 unfinished.—A.P.A.- U.B. NO SIGN OF ISLAND. —The Oslo • orrespondent of “The Times” says 'aptain Larsen, of.the Norwegian expedition, reports that he is unable to rind any trace of Thompson Island, for which he is searching near Bouvet Island, far south in the Atlantic Ocean. —Times Cable. DAMAGE AND DEATH. —Violent storms and tidal waves have been the coasts of the Sea of Japan for two days. The death roll is nearly 100, while the material damage to houses and fishing craft i*» estimated to exceed £ 100,000.—U.5. DUTCH PAINTINGS.—King George and other private owners and galleries m England, France, Italy, Holland, America and other countries have contributed masterpieces to the Burlington House Exhibition of Dutch art. — British Official Wireless. TENNIS AT SYDNEY.—PIay yesterday in the international tennis contest at Sydney resulted: —Singles: '/regory (Britain), defeated Hopman, 6—3, o—7. Doubles: Kalins and Willard defeated Higgs and Collins )Britain), 6—3, o—3, 6 —4. Kalms was be outstanding player, and Higgs was tne weakest. SALVING A WARSHIP. —A new attempt to salve the sunken German 'yurship Hindenburg will be begun at t'capa Flow on January 7. Two Aars ago efforts to raise lier were made, but were abandoned. The vesyt lies as she was scuttled in 1919. Her heavy guns and deck armoury are -'eing removed as a preliminary. — LS. POISON in SWHETS.—The police Jc:ve received the analyst’s report on r u conten ts of the stomach of Hilda Johnson, of Newcastle, who died after mating chocolates. The analyst found ir aces of strychnine. The police have not yet discovered how the poison was •Produced into the chocolates, which ' ere imported from Launceston, Tasmania. STQRAtS IN ITAl.V.— Heavy snow a s fallen in many parts of Britain •|nd the Continent. A message from says Italy is experiencing cyand extraordinary snowstorms, mingled with hail, rain and thunder, ‘ne river Tiber lias nearly reached its maximum level. If the rise continues Phrl 9 of the eitv will be Hooded. — v and N.Z.-P.A Raiders in iuaq.—The jerusa- ;' ni correspondent of “The Times” rc- ■ w-t.s that a detachment of the Iraq, government's defence force was sent the western desert. It returned J Amman with a hostage, namely, the A? of Sheik Beni Sakhar, whose tribe ‘gently railed Ibn Baud’s subjects. ne members of his party levied a * av y fin© in camels as an additional of good: faith toward Ibn —Times Cable.