CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 July 1934, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

VILLAGE ENGULFED. [BY CABLE —PBESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] CALCUTTA. July 13. Au Afghan village, called Spin, has disappeared underground. This was in consequence of an earthquake. Il caused fissures to appear a. few days ago. The inhabitants fled in a panic Then the fissures widened, and the village caved in. JAPANESE FLOOD VICTIMS. TOKIO, July 13. An official statement says that 121 people are known to have beer drowned, while 93 are missing, as the result of the floods. The rivers are now subsiding. The damage approaches fifty million yen, FRENCH ECONOMIES. PARIS, July 13. In pursuance of the drastic economy campaign, the Government is abolishing 10,000 post office jobs, thereby effecting a saving of £2,000,000 a year. It is also cancelling this year’s large scale army manoeuvres. BRITAIN’S NEW STEEL. RUGBY, July 12. Important interests in the British iron and steel industry have reached an arrangement to manufacture jointly a new non-corrosive steel, in which strength, endurance and very attractive appearance are combined. The metal is known as “staybrite,” and its first production in Sheffield is regarded as one of the most important steel developments of modern times. A new company called the Firth Vickers stainless steels Ltd., is being formed by Thomas Firth and John Brown and the English Steel Corporation, to produce “staybrite" and stainless steel.

HARMSWORTH PARK. RUGBY, July 12. Lord Snell, Chairman of the London County Council, formally opened Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park, Southwark, a new open space which is Lord Rothermere’s gift to Loudon, as a memorial to his mother. NEW SHIP. RUGBY, July 12. An order for a 10,800 tons cargo vessel will be placed with Messrs Cammell Laird Ltd., Birkenhead, by the Ellerman Line. It will sail between Britain and Australia carrying fruit and meat. OXFORD MEMORIAL. RUGBY, July 12. A memorial tablet erected in Westminster Abbey to the memory of the late Earl Oxford and Asquith, will be unveiled by Mr Baldwin on July 26.