Cable Jottings
BRITISH MARKSMEN.—The annual report of the British National Rifle Association states that the matter of sending a team at an early date to Australia, should finances permit, is receiving attention. —A. and N.Z.-P.A. PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS.—In the House of Commons, Mr. W. G. OrmsbyGore, Under-Secretary’ for the Colonies, said the department of civic research was about to conduct a special inquiry int othe matter of plagues of locusts now visiting certain parts of Kenya.—British Official Wireless. BRITISH COAL FOR NEW ZEALAND.—The High Commissioner for New Zealand. Sir James Parr, questioned at Hull, said he had been instructed to inquire as to the possibility of New Zealand purchasing British coal. He was not altogether without hope of a satisfactory result. —A. and N.Z.-P.A. NO BY-ELECTIONS. Parliamentary correspondents say' it is most unlikely that the Labour Party's whip will move for new writs for the Ince and Mansfield seats, rendered vacant by the deaths of Messrs. Stephen Walsh and F. B. Vax ley', in view of the nearness of the General Election. The Ministerial whips approve of no action frying
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 617, 20 March 1929, Page 9
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180Cable Jottings Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 617, 20 March 1929, Page 9
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