CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

Greymouth Evening Star, 24 January 1931, Page 7

CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

SAMOAN UNREST. [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYBIGHT.] APIA, January .22. A search of premises was followed by a police action against Nelson’s Ltd., on two charges, preferred under the Samoan Seditious Organisations Ordinance, 1930. A remand was granted until January 26. The case was heard before Chief Justice Luxford. ( . MINERS RESCUED. LONDON, January ■' At the Hanley mine, the entombed men were rescued uninjured. IRISH SWEEPSTAKES. LONDON, January 22. The police have issued summonses against thirteen agents for selling in Britain tickets in the Irish Hospital sweepstake. . ARMS COMPANY’S LOSSES. NEW YORK, January 22. A message from Newhaven, Connecticut, states'" that, although its directors assert that the firm is solvent, the Winchester Arms Company/ which has taken a leading part in the manufacture of weapons and munitions, in the United States since the ■Civil War, went into a receivership, this being clue to various embarrassments caused by the current depression. BUTTER MARKING.

LONDON, January ?3. The butter marking enquiry has been adjourned to February 3. .In the meantime, the committee will inspect the blending factory at Battersea. DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE. GENEVA,. January 23. The General Disarmament Conference will be held on February 2, 1932, probably at Geneva. BRITISH -INDUSTRIES’ FAIR. RUGBY, January 23. The organisers of the British Industries’ Fair, opening at London and Birmingham, on February 16, state that buyers attending will include an unusually large proportion attracted by the textile sections of the fair in London, including the cotton textile section at White City, the enlarged textile and clothing section at Olympia, and the artificial silk exhibition at Albert Hall. The general attendance promises to be large, and the acceptances by overseas buyers already exceed”by 29 per cent, those received .by the same date last year.