CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

Greymouth Evening Star, 3 July 1933, Page 9

CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

ROUMANIAN TARIFF. [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] BUCHAREST. July 1. Roumania has established an import quota scheme, empowering the Minister of Commerce to levy additional taxation of 50 per cent, on the imports from the countries that are similarly taxing Roumanian exports. A fund thus created, will be used to maintain agricultural prices and to facilitate the transport of exports. MASONIC DRESS. LONDON, July 1. To enable them to wear white, in conformity with fashion, the Duke of Connaught has revoked King Edward the Seventh’s ruling of 1898, prescribing black waistcoats for Freemasons’ evening dress.

ROSEBERY LIBRARY. RUGBY, July 1. A five days’ sale by auction of the late Lord Rosebery’s library at Sotheby’s yielded £36,639. A first edition of Shakespeare was sold for • £14,500 to Doctor Bosenbach, of Philadelphia. LEAGUE SECRETARY. GENEVA, June 30. Sir E. Drummond, who has resigned the League of Nations Secretaryship, on farewelling the League of Nations staff, said that they must not be pessimistic regarding the future. It is believed that Sir Eric Drummond will shortly be appointed British Ambassador at Rome. WENDEL ESTATE. NEW YORK, June 30. The litigation over, the Wendel estate ended to-day, when Surrogate Foley approved of a settlement, granting 2,125,000 dollars to nine distant relatives. Some 2300 persons in all parts of the world had lodged claims to the estate. ' CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.

CALCUTTA, July 1. It is understood that Gandhi, under pressure from the moderate section £)f the Congress, including Pandit Malaviya, who are urging the wiping out of the civil disobedience, desires to go to Simla and interview the Viceroy. . . ' . The Press says that the civil disobedience movement must be called off as a preliminary to Gandhi seeing Lord Willingdon.

OLDEST MAN. CONSTANTINOPLE, July 2. The world’s oldest man, Zardagma, aged 160, is reported to be dying. He is virtually destitute, and the doctors are unable to check his debility.