GENERAL CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10303, 14 June 1927, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES

V> ORLD-WTDB HAPPENINGS

lmeetti was sentenced to 30 imprisonment For an attempt on the life of Mussolini. states a l>omc IIIPSSJI^Gi Tlie”total wealth of Canada is estimated at over £4,400,060,000, ne•ovdimx to a bulletin, issued by the Canadian Pacific Railway Co., <w £505 per capita, which is one ol tin highest in the world. Agricultural values comprise £1,600,000,000, urban I-eal estate £.1,200,000.000, and ra.l--wavs over £400,000,000. It is signmcant that the per capita wealth, which ignores undeveloped resources is tile oTcatost in the four western provinces, where the natural resouicos, other than farm lands, are least developed. There have been remarkable increases in revenue from dairy products, tobacco, and honey, the last of which live years ago was unrecognised hv the Government and wh.en new enjoys a revenue, of £406,61)1.. The three aborigines concerned in fhe attack on the Crocodile Is and Mission were each sentenced to tiiieo years’ imprisonment. The judge said discipline was necessary at missions, and punishment for certain offences was justified. A Sydney svndicate has purchased the, stranded R.ivcrinn for £222", including'the cargo and coal aboard. The purchasers to refloat the vessel and are hopeful to have her running again in a few weeks.