GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 23, 28 January 1922, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Healthy England. The birth rate for England and Wales for 1 o≤l was 22.4, and the death r;ilo was 12.1, the latter bein~ the lowest on record.— (A. and N.Z. (able.) P. and O. Branch Line. The P. and 0. steamer Rendigo, which is intended for t'.ie Australian trade via the Cape, was launched yesterday at Ureenock.— (A. and N.Z. table.) A Frenchman's Honour. M. Yilgrain, who was Under Secretary to tlie Food Department in M. Cleraenceau's Government, was acquitted on n charge of shooting himself in tho hand to evade ra'.Htary duty.—(A. and N.Z. I Deaths From Influenza. Although there lias been a marked decrease in the number of deaths from influenza in London, the number is increasing in the provincial towns. This week the. deaths have totalled ].4:tt, including 443 in London.—(A. and N.Z.} Motor In Wartime. The:"'Daily News'' states that the War Office has decided that motor tractors shall replace horses in every section of the artillery, thereby reducing the personnel H> ' per ceiit and increasing mobility in war time.—(A. and N.Z.) J Motor Car Thieves. Scotland Yard lias rounded up a gang of motor car thieves who have operated in London for some time. After altering the marks, the gang systematically sold care to bona fide buyers in Winchester, where the police found 20 stolen cars. Four arrests have been made.—(A. and N,.Z. Cable!) Air Pilots' TTjiion. Civil eir pilots in England are organising a. trade untcii for tlte purpose of stabilising their remuneration and improving conditions, particularly in relation to casual flight.-. Regular crossChannel fliers receive £500 a year pfus a bonus according to mileage flown.— (A. and N.Z. Cable. I ' McConaehy v. Recce. . The scores at the close of play yesterI day in the match cf IG.OCO up between • C." McConaehy, the New Zealand bil- • liardist, and T. Recce, were: — . Recce (scratch) 5.334 I McConaehy irec. 1,000) .. 4,079 ! Reeee made breaks of IR2, 102. Infl. 157, 135, 128, and 100: McConaehy made • breaks of 124 and 112 twice.—(A a-id i X.Z. Cable.)