GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 26 June 1928, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

VACUUM PACKING 4* (Australian Press Assn.—United Service.. (By Cable—Press Assn—Copyright.) LONDON, June 25. The experimental shipment of twenty tins of Taranaki butter by the steamship Devon under the vacuum process similar to that of . cheese, turned out in splendid condition. The experts consider the type of container is inconvenient, and suggest a new form is necessary before the process can be successful. S. AFRICAN MINES CAPE TOWN, June 25. Mr. Eddas, President of the Chamber of Mines in his annual speech severely criticised the Mozambique agreement whereby the natives recruited were reduced by thirty thousand annually. He said it was clear that unless a source ' was discovered elsewhere to fill the gaps, the position of the mines would become extremely serious. 1 H.M.A.S. AUSTRALIA. LONDON, June 24. The warship Australia, on her initial cruise, proceeds by way of Panama Canal. She spends four days at'Wellington, and is due at Brisbane on November 15 TREMORS AT JO’BURG. CAPE TOWN, June 25. . Johannesburg experienced a terrific bump at G. 30 o’clock this morning. There was a noise like an explosion, accompanied by vibrations. Big buildings shook alarmingly. People jumped out of their beds, windows cracked and plaster fell off the walls. The tremors caused rock-falls in the mines. EGYPTIAN POLITICS.| CAIRO, June 25. A Royal rescript has been issued dismissing the Nahas Ministry on the ground of the break-up of the Coalition.