LATE NEWS SOUTH AFRICAN TEAM SOUTH AFRICA BATTING TEXTILE TRADE PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL A BROAD OUTLOOK "A SWING-BACK"

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 117, 13 November 1931, Page 9

LATE NEWS

SOUTH AFRICAN TEAM

SOUTH AFRICA BATTING

TEXTILE TRADE

PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL

A BROAD OUTLOOK

"A SWING-BACK"

TO MEET NEW SOUTH WALES

TO-DAY'S CRICKET MATCH

(Eeceived 13th November, 2 p.m.)

SYDNEY, 12th November

The South African team against New South Wales to-day will be- Cameron, Morkel, Christy, Taylor, Dalton, Balaskas, M'Millan, Curnow, Mitchell, Vincent, Bell, and Brown twolfth man.

The New South Wales team will be Oldfield (captain), Bradman, Marks, Fingleton, AVendell Bill, Amos, Fairfax, W. Hunt, K. Bettington, S. Hird, M'Cabe; twelfth man, C. Solomon. Neither Kippax nor Jackson is available.

(Received 13th November, 3 p.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The weather was fine and cool for the opening of the match. The wicket was good. South Africa won the toss and batted first, Christy and Curnow opening. With the score at 16 Christy was bowled by Amos for Si Details: — SOUTH AFBICA. First Innings. Christy, h Amos 8 Curnow, not out 7 Extras 1 Total for one wicket 10

DEFINITELY ON MEND

(Eeceived 13th November, 2 p.m.)

LONDON, 12th November.

The "Daily Telegraph," in a special inquiry into the textile trade, states that it is definitely on the mend. Unemployment in the district has decreased over 8000 since 21st September. Moreover, the improvement is gradual and not a sudden spurt. Already some of the mills in the Colne Valley have had to resort to night shifts. While there is a big influx of orders for cheap medium tweeds, the demand for high-class material is, however, still below normal, as financial complications abroad are restricting exports, but Continental traders are no better off than English in this respect.

(Received 13 th November, 2 p.m.) LONDON, 12th November. York has secured the New Zealand Northern Union wing three-quarter, Lou Brown, from Halifax. The transfer fee was £.600.

ASSOCIATES IN TRANSPORT

While the Department of Railways feels that its service is "the backbone of the transport industry," it yet has "a broad outlook towards its associates in transport," and it welcomes the new Transport Act.

In his monthly -message published in the current issue of the "New Zealand Itaihvays Magazine," the General Manager writes: —

"An outstanding event in connection with the transport industry has been the Transport Bill, which at time of writing has passed both Houses of Parliament and is now awaiting the assent of His Excellency the Governor-General. This Bill marks a definite stage in the process of adjustment in the transport industry to enable it to emerge from the present chaotic conditions to a position of stability and maximum usefulness to the community. The Bill is almost wholly a machinery measure and its ultimate success will principally depend on its future administration. From this point of view a responsibility rests upon the Bailway Department not only to adopt a broad outlook towards its associates in the transport industry, but more particularly to give a service which, by efficiency and economy, will facilitate the conclusions of the licensing authorities.

"The Department is equipped to give high quality service, and I believe that as the days go on and questions arise for settlement by the licensing authorities the Department and all its staff ■will be found ready and willing to give the public a quality of service that will justify its being regarded as the backbone of the transport industry."

RAILWAYS PASSENGERS

A favourable reaction from the lowered railway fares, in the shape of a swing-back, of passenger traffic, is already noted by the General Manager of Railways, who writes in the "NewZealand Kailways Magazine":—

"It is very gratifying to notice that the preliminary figures of the financial results for the October four-weekly period show an increase in net revenue as compared with last year of over £22,000. This has been secured in the face of a continued drop in the revenue —a feature of the Department's working that is really beyond the control of the Department, and is due to circumstances that are affecting trade and industry generally. The figures show that the efforts that have been made to curtail expenditure are bearing fruit, the drop in the expenditure for the period amounting to not less than £92,000. It is, of course, too early yet to say that we have "turned the corner," but it is pleasing to be able to record an increase in net revenue in the face of such adverse conditions as are existing at the present time. "Another gratifying feature of the .returns is that they indicate a swingback to the railways in the matter of passenger traffic. It cannot bo doubted that a good deal of the decrease that tho railway passenger traffic has been showing of lute has been the result of the depression, and although it was hoped that the reduction in fares would ultimately result in an increase in passenger business, it would not havo been surprising if, in the face of the depression, the reaction had been somewhat tardy. It has been found, however, that tho rate of decrease in the passenger business for the last few weeks since the fares were lowered, as compr.red with the corresponding period of tho previous year, has been much loss, and this gives good reason to anticipate that tho new level of fares is already bringing about a reaction as regards passenger transport in favour of the railways."