GENERAL CABLE NEWS
RED STAR LINE
GERMANS COMPLETE PURCHASE
(U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright) HAMBURG, February 10. The Arnold Bernsteid Shipping Company has completed the purchaso ot the Re Star liners.
PROPOSED PEACE DEMONSTIIA-
TION
WORLD WAR VETERANS SHOULD CONFER IN VERDUN
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PRAGUE, Feb. 10
The French delegation, at the ending of the International Federation of War Veteran’s congiess, proposed that- war veterans of all nations should participate in a conference on the Verdun battlefield as a peace demonstration.
BRITISH TRADE PACTS.
NEGOTIATIONS WITH RIVE COUNTRIES,
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LONDON, Feb. 10
The Sunday Timeg says that England and Poland arc oil the eve ot concluding an important general trading agreement especially referring t° coal.
British negotiations with other countries, including Turkey, Peru, Spain and Uruguay are proceeding satisfactorily.
BRITISH SHIP SUBSIDIES
HOPES OF SOLVING COMPETITION PROBLEM
(U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright) COLOMBO, Feb. 10
Lord Tnclicape. questioned regarding the steps taken in England t° Help British shipping against foreign competition, said the scheme had not had sufficient time yet to show results, but he was hopeful' that they would be able to solve the problem to a large extent.
- The trouble in the shipping world was that there were more ships afloat than were required.
OIL-DRIVEN RAILWAY COACHES
NINETY MILES AN HOUR AND LIGHT RUNNING COSTS
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LONDON
Feb 11
The London-Midland Railway is testing a new oil-driven railway coach which it hopes to utilise at hig speed aud perhaps give half a dozen trains tlai’y to Scotland, each carrying 200 passengers, instead of steam trains With 600 passengers. Each coach carries 50 to 100 passengers and has rubber tyres, with a mixumum speed of ninety miles an hour, and great, power of acceleration. The running costs of these light units are only half that of ordinary trains.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12476, 12 February 1935, Page 3
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