GENERAL CABLES

Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 47, 24 August 1920, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES

(UNITED. PRESS ASSOCIATION.-r-«OPIRIfIHT.I (AUSTRALIAN - NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) A report from Melbourne states that contributing shares in Badak ' Tin, which recently collapsed as a result of a report from examining experts that the mine was valueless, have been sold at 9d, and paid-up shares at 14£d. The Government hsjs refused to grant a passport to Orton, the discoverer of the mine, stating that he must not leave the country. Douglas, who captained Essex, sent Kent in, mistakenly expecting ithe wicket, to help the fcowlers. Kent made 455 runs for seven wickets (Woolley 133, Bickmore-104 not out). 1 The Earl and Countess of Liverpool have arrived in London. In an interview, Lord Liverpool said that New Zealand's prospects were quite good, although there was scjane, industrial unrest, but he believed it was less than elsewhere. What the country wanted was more products from England. Lieutenants Barer and M'lntosh were given a civic reception at the Sydney • Town Hall. A reward fund has been, opened for the aviators. A message from Mexico City states that the Bandit Zamora captured a. paity of one Englishman and four Americans, who were examining mining properties in the State of Jalisco. They were held to ransom, the Englishman for 50,000 pesos .and the Americans for .200,000 each. The Crown Prince Carol of Rumania has arrived in New York en route) to Rumania, incognito. He dined with Mr. Gerard, ex-Ambassador to Berlin.

According to advice received at Ottawa' from Sault Sfcei Marie, twenty-nine persons are believed to hav© been drowned, 'owing to a collision between two steamers on Lake Superior.

A message from New York states that crowds thronged the Court during the trial of Charles Ponzi, the defaulting financier. Ponzi's liabilities are officially stated to be £800,000. ,

The annual report off the State Labour Bureau of West Australia states; that the demand for all classes of labour is greatly in excess of,the supply. The State has suffered an enormous loss through the shortage of labour for the pastoral districts. ] The West Australian wheat yield is 11,223.000 bushels, and the average crop is 10.8 bushels per acre, which is three bushels better than the previous harvest. The. live stock returns show heavy decreases in horses, cattle, and sheep.

The West Australian Legislative Council, by 15, votes to 7, negatived a, motion for its own abolition.

The United States has asked Lativa to, recall Afred Nagel, who bears, credentials as the Latvian Secretary of Legation. Nagel, says a Washington report, is regarded as undesirable, and will not be permitted to enter the United States.

The Earl of Stradbroke has been appointed Governor of Victoria, in succession to Sir Arthur Stanley.