CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 March 1932, Page 5

CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

FISHERMEN RESCUED. fBY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. COPYBIGHT.] LONDON, March 12. “The Times’s” Helsingfors correspondent states that intense cold, forming new ice, has enabled most of the remaining marooned fishermen, numbering 400 to reach the mainland. The others have been rescued by an ice-breaker. WAR DEBTS CANCELLATIONPARIS, March 12. Mr Abraham Frowen, acting-Presi-dent L told the International Chamber

of Commerce that the cancellation of the war debts was essential for the salvation of the world’s economic system. ONTARIO BUDGET. TORONTO. March 11. The Budget, statement, issued today, shows that by drastic retrenchment, and by increase in 256 Corporation, amusement, and gasolene taxes, the Ontario Government expects to have a surplus of 365.000 dollars in

the coming year. NAVAL CONTROL. LONDON, March 11. Commenting on a cabled suggestion that Britain should resume control of the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy, in return for a subsidy, the “Morning Post’s” naval correspondent says: It will be interesting to see whether this proposal will have . any influence on the Australian naval policy. There is no doubt a large body of opinion in both the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy* which regards separate units as a source of weakness, instead of strength, besides a source of additional expense in maintenance.