CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 November 1931, Page 8

CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

MONSTER PUDDING. [by cable— raxes absit.—copybight.] LONDON, November 12. The Prince of Wales is accepting a small part of a ten-ton Christmas pudding, which is being made for distribution among the unemployed, from a recipe by the King’s Chef. Dominion ingredients are being usedThe Lord Mayor will give the pudding the first stir at the Albert Hall on November 24, and will be followed by the High Commissioners. U.S.A. DROUGHT. WASHINGTON, November 13. Simultaneously with a Red 'Cross announcement that a million dollars is required to aid drought victims in Montana and North Dakota, the Weather Bureau has reported that a new drought is- causing unestimated, but the winter wheat growth in Western large areas of Texas and Colorado, where what little grain has been able to sprout in the dry soil has been badly parched. CANADIAN LOAN. OTTAWA, November 12. The Premier, Mr Bennett, left tonight on holiday, which will be spent in Europe. He is sailing from New York on Saturday. Before leaving he announced that the flotation of a domestic loan in Canada will be carried out later in the month by the Government. It probably will be one of 125 million dollars. The interest will be at five per cent.

FIJI’S LOYALTY.

LONDON, November 12. The Legislative Council of Fiji has offered the United Kingdom Government £5OOO for the purpose of Imperial defence as a small token of loyalty and goodwill. - ARMISTICE DAY. LONDON, November 12. The pilgrimage to the Cenotaph and the grave of the Unknown Warrior was renewed to-day by large crowds. Queues which dispersed only at a late hour last night re-formed this morning, and processions of those bringing flowers ‘and tributes have continued all day. BRITAIN’S IMPORTS LONDON, November 13. Mr. W. Runciman (President of the Board of Trade) in the House of Commons, told an inquirer that the excess on Britain’s imports of merchandise over her exports for the nine months ended September 30, last, was £281,000,000. The excess of exports of bullion and specie over the imports for the same period was twenty millions sterling. FRENCH TARIFFS / PARIS November 12. The Budget proposals for the year 1932 include increases of two to four per cent, on the existing surtax of two per cent, on the imports to France from countries with depreciated currencies. The Finance Minister M. Pietre, said that owing to the exchange crisis there was a danger of their market being flooded with mass imports of foodstuffs and manufactures. U.S.A. NAVY. WASHINGTON, November 13. A substantial portion of the United States fleet will be kept constantly on a reserve status, manned by skeleton crews, under the Administration plans for reduced expenditure.