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Greymouth Evening Star, 8 May 1931, Page 7

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ELEANOR BOLLING. — [BY CABLE—PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] NOVA SCOTIA, May 7. The Eleanor Bolling arrived here from Barbadoes. ■-— _ . . CAROL’S EX-SVIFE. BUCHAREST, May 7. Following a conference between King Carol and King Alexander of Jugo Slavia, it is learned that Princess Helen, who has hitherto refused to leave the country, has departed quietly to Jugo Slavia, accompanied only by a lady-in-waiting. z SCARBORO’ BY-ELECTIOJ?. LONDON, May 7. The Scarborough by-election, due to the resignation of the Conservative, Mr Sidney Herbert, resulted:— H. P. Latham (Conservative) 21,618 Ramsay Muir (Labour) — 19,429 SWINDLERS SENTENCED X LONDON, May 7. Charles Ernest Robinson and an Australian, Edward Michael Cavendish alias Norton,' alias Naughton, , were each sentenced at Glasgow to three - years’ penal servitude for defrauding a Glasgow businessman of £2OOO by a confidence trick! , Robinson was the plaintiff in the Mr. A. case, when he unsuccessfully brought an action against the Midland Bank to recover £125,000. CANADIAN TARIFFS. OTTAWA, May 7. The National Tariff Board, intended to fie a buffer between the consumer, manufacturers and growers, which was abolished when the Bennett Goveminent assumed power, is to be reestablished. , The Prime Minister announces that the new Board is to be responsible to Parliament rather than to Cabinet as previously. It is understood that the new scheme provides for public hearings, with restrictions as to the nature of the evidence. CANADA AND AUSTRALIA OTTAWA, May 7. Replying to a question in the House, to-day, the Minister of Trade and Com* merce (Mr. Stevens) said that the Australian trade agreement was under negotiation at present, and when completed it would be tabled as soon as was proper to do so. CHEAP MONEY NEW YORK, May 7. The Federal Reserve Bank reduced the re-discount rate from two to one and a-half per cent., which is thelowest in the history of any. States Federal Reserve Bank. New York call money rate of renewal was one and a-half per cent, all day.