GENERAL CABLES
By Tbi<egbaph.—Press Association. —copyright. Tho Now South Wales premier, Sir George Fuller, promised a deputation that the whole question of building and financing tho Sydney harbour bridge would be submitted to Parliament. Recent rains have failed to relieve the droughty conditions over considerable portions of the pastoral areas in New South Wales. A continuance of dry weather threatens to have a deleterbus effect on the lambing averages. Tlie death of Prince Fushimi, is -announced by a message from Tokio. The Prince, who was 55 years of age, contracted influenza in November, and the Court ceremonies incidental to the Prince of Wales’s visit proved' a heavy strain on his weakened constitution. N?wspapers throughout the United States are unanimous in condemning the verdict of the Herrin jury. They blame the authorities of Williamson County, where the. tragedy occurred, for not taking action, and ask why not a single arrest has been made. They declare that the outrage sullies the record of the country, and is a black stain on Feeling is running high. - . ' The State Department of the United States is advised that Mr. Bruce Bielaski, the former chief of the United States Secret Service, has been released bv Mexican bandits an 4 is safe and well. There is no news of tho forty Americans reported to be held for ransom near Tampico. The Stato •Department is informed that the Mexican Government has sent a strong military force to endeavour to secure their release. I’he action of the New South Wales Railway Commissioners 'in substantially reducing the charges of the railway refreshment rooms has led to a press campaign amongst Sydney re-staurant-keepers. Some of them complain that the times aro too loan .to admit of the reduction of prices of meals. On the other hand, the heado of several-of the bigger concerns declare that business on the whole is good, and that tho charges, aro too high j and that, with the falling prices ■ of commodities there ia a margin suffi-
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Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 235, 30 June 1922, Page 5
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331GENERAL CABLES Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 235, 30 June 1922, Page 5
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