CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 August 1934, Page 8

CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

CANADA’S WHEAT. [BY CABLJC —PBESB ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] OTTAWA, August 10. The condition of Canada’s wheat crop while not very encouraging was rather- better on July 31, than on the same date last year. Taking the long-term average per acre as one hundred, it was estimated at 63, as against 57 last year. Last year’s crop was 270 million bushels, so that, if the same acreage has been sown, the yield would be about ten per cent, above that figure, assuming the same conditions after July 31. However, the acreage sown was 7.5 per cent less this year, so that the total crop may be only slightly above last year. POLAND AND DANZIG. DANZIG, August 11. An old and vexatious dispute has been settled by an agreement which has been concluded between Poland and the Free City of Danzig, establishing a virtual customs union. FILM DIRECTOR’S SUICIDE.

LOS ANGELES, August 12.

George William Hill, a well-known motion picture director, was found dead from a pistol wound. The weapon was nearby. The police declared that he committed suicide, owing to ill-health, following a car accident.

RUSSIA TO JOIN LEAGUE.

LONDON, August 12

The “Observer” says that when Russia applies for membership of the League of Nations in September, she will doubtless be admitted, and offered a permanent seat on the Council.

POLISH MINERS DEPORTED

LONDON, August 12.

fine Paris correspondent of the “Evening News” says: The entire population of two hundred Polish coal miners, and their families, were deported under an armed guard from the vilage of Le Forefet, near Lens, because they smashed the lights, and ventilators, and held fourteen French miners as hostages at 900 feet level for 36 hours, before abandoning the strike due to th© expulsion of two compatriots.

ELGAR SYMPHONY.

RUGBY, August 12

The manuscript of the late Sii' Edward Elgar’s last work —a symphony commissioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation—was presented to the Corporation by his daughter, Mrs Blake. Sir Edward Elgai* had only made slight progress with the work, and no attempt will be made fo put the symphony into a form suitable for performance. The manuscript will be placed in the Corporation’s archives.