GENERAL CABLES
(UNITED MESS ASSOCIATION.—COPTRIfIIT.)
The British 'Minister of War denies that further cavalry regiments will be disbanded. . ■ ■
A message from London states that the dockyard workers have . agreed to work two extra hours weekly in order to avoid a 3s automatic cost of living reduction. ■ A Eeuter message from London states that a sum of £860,000 has been claimed in respect of the Stratford timberyard fire. It is stated to be a record claim in the- history of fire insurance. The Acting-Premier of South Africa, replying to a deputation of farmers at Pretoria, who predicted a black outlook for the grain industry, refused to entertain a, proposal for a moratorium or the stoppage of gold export. Giving evidence before a Select Committee on Agriculture in Sydney, the Commissioner of Railways stated that, in order to'assist the primary producers, freight-rates on some commodities would be reduced to an extent insufficient to cover expenses. Haggenmacher, a multi-millionaire,, a widower, aged 86, and owner of factories, mills, breweries, and restaurants in various parts of^tho country, committed suicide.in Budapest. He left a letter declaring that his lonely life was unbearable.
The Grayswood village elementary school in.England has included wireless in its curriculum. The headmaster, who is an enthusiast on the subject, has fitted a sending station in an old windmill and a receiving station in the schoolhouse, from which -;the messages are written on the blackboard. <
A message from New York states that an 18-foot candle that will be burned every All Souls' Day for the next five thousand years is being made as a memorial for Caruso from the inmates of an orphanage to which Caruso contributed £2000 annually. It will be placed in the Church of the Madonna at Pompeii. Naples. Antonio Ajello, the maker, erected a derrick in his shop, and will. complete the candle in ten weeks. The candle would burn continuously for thirteen years. '
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 39, 15 August 1921, Page 7
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316GENERAL CABLES Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 39, 15 August 1921, Page 7
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