Cable Jottings

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 792, 12 October 1929, Page 11

Cable Jottings

UILLIAKDS IN ENGLAND. —In the billiards match. Newman v. Davis, the ■''cores are:—Newman, 6,133; Davis, 5,464.— A.P.A.-U.S. MALTA AND GIBRALTAR. —M r. Tom Shaw, Secretary of State for War, ;’nd Mr. C. G. Ammon, Financial Secvotary to the Admiralty, are at Naples, en route for Malta. They will make a brief stay at Gibraltar on the journey back to England. The visits are of a Purely departmental character. —.British Official Wireless. STRESEMAXN’S MEMORY. The Berlin correspondent of “Tho Times’* states that in memory of the late Herr Strcsemann the Berlin Municipal Council has decided to rename the famous thoroughfare, KoniggratzerStrasse, the Stresemann-Strasse. In a number of provincial cities a similar decision has been made. —“Times” cable. AUDACIOUS THEFT.—Remarkable faring was shown by a Sydney thief osterday afternoon. In the centre of ne city he reached into the back of 1 stationary motor-car and stole a bag <'ontaining £550 in bank notes, with "inch he decamped. A number of People witnessed the theft and called but the thief had escaped before the occupant of tho car could do anything. MORE MOTOR VICTIMS. Two •oore deaths have occurred as a result °t the motor-car accident at Charle- ' die. Queensland, on Tuesday. The ""test victims are Messrs. Edward **mith and Herbert Webster. The river of tho car. James Creevy, died Aist after the accident. Death in each xvas *° b urns sustained when tle ca r burst into flames after crashes into a tree. Palestine disorders. The

members of tho Commission of Inquiry into the recent disorders in Pale*tine are expected to leave England within the next few days. Since the appointment of the commission, magistrates and local officials in Palestine ■ av© collected written evidence which M *ll be placed before the commissioners. Oral evidence also will be -vken from representatives of the and the Jews.—British Official tireless.