Round the World

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 244, 15 November 1929, Page 2

Round the World

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright

— wga' ■ ■ VARJ0US HAPPENINGS CABLE ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.

Premier Dead. Sir Abdul Muksin, Premier of Iraq, was found sliot dead. It is believeci to be a ease of suicide. Biiiiards. Lindrum, playing, bas ecored 5661, including 237, 313, 497 and 448, and Smith 6103, including 251, 252, 205 and 793. McConachy, irlaying, has scored 6271. including 301,- 310 and 234 unfinished, and Davis 4641, including 337, 663, 388 and 232. Murdar Of Old Woman. Lisa Karl and Albert Clarisse, Gipsies, bave been condemned to the. guillotine for murdering an elderly woman, keeper of a drfnking shop near Rbcins, with iucredible savagery. Tbe woman lived alone in a clay hut. Wlien Lisa and Albert knocked and tbe woman came out they beheaded lier and looted her but, pouring paraffin on tbe body. The proceeds of tbe murder were £7. Lawri Tennis Rules. Tbe executive of the United States Lawn Tennis Association bas cabled tbe International Federation a proposed amendment to tbe latter's regulations which is designed to bring into open competition amateurs and professionals and would allow eacb national association to sanction euch competition by giving wautten permissiou. Tlie amendment is scheduled for diseussion and action by the annual meeting at Paris in March. If passed by a. two-tliirds vote it will becorae effective immediately. Hours For Minors. Despite tbe Mining Association' s rejection of tbe Government's coal solieme, the Yorkshire mine owners passed a resolution to-day accepting a reduction of hours to seven and a half, also the Government's market sclienie, which they considered sound and likely to promote the industry's interests. Cabinet last nigbt received from the executive of tbe Miners' Federation assurances of their support for Cabinet' s pending legislation dealing \fith hours and so forth. The Daily Herald says the bill will include a provision to negotiate to the owners' refusal to negotiate a national agreement. School Leaving Age. Sir Donald Maelean moved in the House of Commons calling on the Government without delay to increase the minimum scliool leaving age to lifteen. Sir C. P. Trevelyan, replying, said be was gratified no great body of opinion was opposed to the raising of the age. No section of the working elass obiected, because it was perfectly understood it would be accompanied by maintenance grants. Side by side with this great , eduea^tional chaiige, they were trying to reorganise scboolwork in order to give a real chance for advance in tbe edur cation of all children over eleven. He proposed to iutroduce a bill before Cbristmas.