GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 30 July 1929, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

CANADIAN TIMBER. (Australian Press Assn. —United Service.) By Cable —Press Assn.—Copyright. VANCOUVER, July 27. Considerable dissatisfaction is being expressed by British Columbia lumbermen over the fact that it is reported that Australians refuse to change the name of Oregon pine to Douglas Fir. It is claimed that the 'use of the word Oregon, tends to point to' the United States instead of Canada; Long ago England changed the name in specifications. Douglas fir of the highest quality is the product of British Columbia. The matter will be discussed when a delegation of lumbermen reaches Australia. CANADIAN MIGRANTS. OTTAWA, July 29. Britain is trying to send to Canada only the highest type of . settlers, according to Mr King, Minister of Pensions and Health, on his return from overseas. “The training camps in England are training .applicants for the conditions which they will meet in Canada,” he said. “The physical examinations of those seeking assistance for the passage are being carried out by 450 British doctors.” JUGO-SLAV CRUELTIES. LONDON, July 29. The “Daily Telegraph’’ Budapest correspondent states that th© entir© company of a Jugo-Slav regiment, garrisoning Suboegoa, deserted to Hungary, with rifles and machine guns and men. Bosnians say th© desertion was du© to th© inhumanity of th© officers. CANADIAN WHEAT. OTTAWA, July 28. Mr Ramsay has officially announced that the Canadian wheat pools initial payment for the 1929 crop has been fixed at one dollar per bushel. A dollar per bushel has been the initial price paid by the pool since the Canadian pool formed in 1924, with the exception of year when the initial payment was lowered to eight cents. “We are satisfied that the step then taken by our central board has been amply justified by market developments during recent months,” he added. REPARATIONS CONFERENCE LONDON, July 29. The Reparations Conference is definitely fixed to meet at the Hague. The agenda is two-fold; firstly financial, and secondly political. MEAT FRAUD LONDON, July 29. At the instigation of the N.Z. Meat Board, Wicke and Son, butchers, have been fined £2O with twenty guineas costs. for supplying the Greenwich Guardians with Argentine lamb as New Zealand.