Cable Jottings

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 854, 24 December 1929, Page 9

Cable Jottings

GOLF IN CALIFORNIA.—Horton Smith won the Pasadena open golf championship, 72 holes, with a score of 280. Kirkwood tied for 11th place with 295. POLITICS IN POLAND.—TI;q political crisis in Poland, which lasted 15 days, has ended in the defeat of the militarists and a victory for the democratic parties. Professor Bartel has undertaken to form a new Cabinet. fire DESTROYS PLANE.—A message from Fairbanks, Alaska, states that tho airplane which was used by , Hubert Wilkins in his Arctic explorations was destroyed by fire in one the Alaskan Airways hangars. SMUTS FOR AMERICA.—General Smuts, of South Africa, is due to arrive at New York on December 30. fte is to deliver a series of addresses ln tho United States and Canada . LATE HAROLD BEOBIE, —The late Mr. Harold Regbie, author of the noted books by “A Gentleman With a uuster,” whose death was announced on October 10, left an estate valued at *•5,146. Ho expressed a wish for no religious service, believing that all such services, however well-inten-tioned, were relics of superstitious fear. ROYAL WEDDING.—The Duke of ) urk will represent King George at tne marriage on January S of the Grown Prince Humbert of Italy to Princess Marie Jose of Belgium. It ls expected that the Kings of Spain Sweden will attend, in addition l? the Kings and Queens of Italy and Belgium. CRISIS IX JAPAN.—As the Seiyukoi (Opposition) Party holds a large majority over the Minseito (Government) Party, the assembling of the , et finds the Japanese Prime Minister, Mr. y. Hamaguchi, in a difficult Position. After the election of a speaker and a Chairman of Committee, vJm otller formal business, the House ''ml be adjourned until January 21, 'nen a speedy dissolution is inevitable.