CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 May 1938, Page 8

CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

f MEXICAN OIL. [PRESS ASSN. COPYRIGHT.] 1 LONDON. April 29. 1 Tiie Prime Minister (Mr Chamber- , lain), in replying to a. question in the House of Commons, said that no oil from Mexico would be allowed to be i included in any Government contract ; purchase until a settlement, was i reached over the seizure of British . property. RUDDERLESS SHIP. RUGBY. April 30. ■ An interesting feature of the new , southern railway ferry boat for the J conveyance of holiday-makers, motor cars, and other vehicles and mer- . chandise from Lymington to the Isle of Wight is that it is equipped with Voch Schneider propellers which enable her to move forwards, backwards, obliquely or broadside or as I required. She has propellers at each end. but no rudder, being steered by her propellers. CRUISE TO NEW ZEALAND. LONDON. April 30. Mr and Mrs H. Stanley, of London, and Air Richard McGregor, of Kent, will sail from Botley, Hampshire, next week, in a. 16-ton ketch for New Zealand, where they hope to take up sheep farming. It will he a- honeymoon trip for Mr am( Mrs Stanley. ■ STOLEN PICTURES. LONDON. April 29. The police recovered the two Gainsboroughs stolen from Chilham Castle on April 23. They were found wrapped in a newspaper in a London office. A man has been arrestedCANADA’S BOND INTEREST. OTTAWA. April 29In the, Canadian House of Commons the Minister for Finance (Hon. C. A. Dunning) declared that Canada would never break her pledged word by reducing bond interest. An opposition proposal for a compulsoiy cut in Canadian National Railways debenture interest was rejected. QUEEN ALARY. LONDON April 29The Earl of Onslow, at the annual meeting of the Zoological Society, announced that Queen Alary had. been | made a. fellow of the society. . ARABS KILL POLICE -IRRUSALEAT, May 1. • Aiabs at midnight entered a house i m the village of Tulkarm, in which ' nine Arab policemen were stationed. Ihey killed six and stole their rifles i and ammunition. ' v