STOP PRESS NEWS

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20727, 10 February 1939, Page 4

STOP PRESS NEWS

~ TREABURV POST SIR H. WILSON APPOINTED LONDON, Feb. 9 Bir Horace Wilson will succeed Sir Warren Fisher, as Secretary to the Treasury at the end of October. ARAB OEMANDS LONDON, Feb, 3 At to-night’s conference at St. dames’ Palace the Arab case was opened by Jamal Husseini, a cousin of the Grand Mufti, in a concise 20 minute statement. The News-Chronicle says he asked Britain to abandon the attempt to establish a Jewish national home, abrogate the mandate and substitute an Anglo-Palesiinian treaty similar to the Anglo-lraq treaty. He also demanded the cessation of Jewish immigration, and land sales to Jews. He declared that Palestine already had a larger population than it could support. TRAIN BLOCKS CROSSING VICTORIA STREET HOLD-UP A burst hose on a Westinghouse braking system halted the Taneatua express on the Victoria Street railway crossing this afternoon, holding up traffic for some minutes. While the dedefective part was being replaced two lines of traffic formed up on the northern side of the crossing and the traffic on the southern end extended to the Hamilton Library. BOWLING TOURNAMENT PLAY AT ROTORUA * The first round of post-section play in the Rotorua Bowling Club’s annual open rinks tournament to-day resulted; Stewart (Matamata) 26 v De Launay (Carlton) 15; Queenin (Rotorua) 18 v. Bremner (West End) 17; Robertson (Onehunga) 26 v Higginbotham (Ponsonby), 17; Gardiner (Otahuhu) 26 v Rockham (Ponsonby), 13; Maher (Hamilton) 22 v Hill (Carlton), 20; Hopwood (West End) 20 v Chiplin (Rawhiti), 14.