While the aviation world is saint Ing. the Anglo-Netherland-American rrformances in the Melbourne air and the world of diplomats and val experts J Jugaling with dread-boughts, alreratt carriers and fearsome. things called naval ratios, in foourne there is another, event proceeding which should not lore ite Importance In view of these stirring events. The world's billiards championship is drawing to a close with those two old rivals, Walter Lindrum and Joe Davis, struggling for Anglo-'Australian supremacy. Lindrum, who astonished the billiards world ome years. ago is leading by 19,740 19,001 points in one of the most SMubbornly" played competitions in the history of the game. Day by day, the tide of leadership changed but Lindrum has gained the Tead by 700 points with the goat in sight. For the second time in the game, Lindrum has made a, four-figure score, making, 1474 pointe in break merked by corner nursery play so beautifully de-by a Yorkshireman, This, of not his record break, he faving complied "197 in 1082, "but fon the whole, his game is up to Standard. During one session of the Present contest he ran up 1.53 in 34 minutes—an accomplishment which makes the average player and his game of a hundred up in half an flour consider the possibility of break-Ing his cue across his knee and giving the game up in despair. Lindrum, Incidentally, gained the championship last year by, beating Davis by the narrow margin of 21,615 to 21,121.
WARY LABOUR, twas only to be expected that tae Buerulive of the Labour. Party Would reaem its declaion to nave WOhing' to do with the United front Bint in view of the endorsement capesed by. te Communist, expe fiven {0 such fejecion. at a cOnference held. recently at, Soultport Then it will be remembered that Grertures were made by te Come muirists andthe Independent Labour Party, that all three should combine for the. purple of defeating the Spponents at the next general thu, when it is Roped by the Opposhan thatthe Conservative. ele-Front tu the present government will be severely beaten, In view of some of the ierances of eerism of the Eabour lenders which have. atoured much erticiam inthe past Possible to believe that the rejection Srethe' overtures. which "have -beea made" arises not "so. much. from Pollteal conviction ae from a belief fiat, if Labour were to make com-on, cause with" the extremists woud ruin its chances in the eyes the "middle classes, who. provide rich of that Ronting vote which "always been thes despair Poltelana" when" considering pote bites, For the most pats this boay voters belongs to no definite party Snd undoubtedly has. been in? the Past the decisive factor in the fates several governments, It y's class which in. the main is uneasy" about the doctrines of communism It can and does tolerete'a very far amount of that for which Labour stands, but, when it comes to any proposal to
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