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Greymouth Evening Star, 30 November 1925, Page 5

LATE MESSAGES

SYDNEY, November 30. A heavy southerly gale during the weekiend caused extensive damage: <n the city and suburbs.

MELBOURNE, November 30. Guarantors of the agreement signed by the Seamen’s Union for . tile abandonment of job control, deny the'state? ment that the men are again exercising job control. They state ■ that -if ■ the iwners can show how the’agreement is being broken, the guarantor will take steps to see that the terms are enforced.

LONDON, November 29- <" The Football' 1 Association ihas provisionally accepted the Canadian Football Association’s invitation, to send an English team to Canada for seven or eight weeks’ l tour next summer, the Dominion organization undertaking todefray all the expenses.

LONDON, November 92; Arrangements are in progress for the signing of the Locarno Pact on Tues-day,-an historic occasion. It, is now practicaly certain that all signatories are coming, excepting possibly Signor Mussolini, who will be represented by his Deputy, Signor Scialoja. The Golden Room, at the Foreign Office has been re-opened, re-decorated, and re-furn-ished. The Pact Treaties will be sigh' ed by . delegates oh a raised dais at the end of the room, before the invited personages and Press, including a cine* matograph operator. • > The-(King will receive the signatories, who will be entertained by. Mr Chamberlain on Tuesday, and eighty will be the guests of Mr Baldwin on Wednesday In fact, the ceremonial arrangements fixe efore the death of Queen Alexandra will be carried 1 out except that instead of being public and festive, they will be more formal and private.

AUCKLAND, Noy; 30;’ General .Richardson, Administrator of Western Samoa,, arrived by the Tofua-’to-day to consult the ment on Samoan affairs Accompanied by Lady Richardson and their young son, he expects to remain two months in New Zealand. He states that Samoa is pt.o&ressing- slowly but very satisfactorily, that the trade of ■ the territory for the current year. Will be considerably in advance of last year’s. The copra output will probably constitute a- record; Owing to- increased production- -by natives, the 'Government plantations are paying good profits and schemes are in hand for enlarging the planted areas. Experiments are being made on the plantations, with the. latest patent dyers, with a view to economising labour and improving the quality of copia. A copra cutter constructed in New Zealand promises to be a success ih economising labour. Private planters are suffering - somewhat < from the feffects of the drop in the ebeoh. mar ket, but there will be a good demand for Samoa cocoa, 'owing to the good quality and, - special 'flavour. ..Cotton has been grown experimentally. In various ■’ districts. Theresults, show that the natives can produce higlig'rade cotton: Only a few: tons'.will be exported this year. The experiments in tapping 1 rubber > trees-a of where there are about 1 two acres show it can be produced at about elevehpence per pound. -The' industry will be developed - in ; the near-future,• as soon as labour is available. The Natives i say that they better'-off-to-day than they ever have been previously. v