GENERAL CABLES

Grey River Argus, 24 July 1923, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

' A. and N.Z. Cable Association.) (By Electric Telegraph--' >p’ .i ;ht.) 11 .1 ;gat itm in the recent «-n thqu • • at Tui;: i ;'i;;..;r:: lic-v.- * nine huudr. (t were killed. JiOME, .Inly 22. The Chamber passed the a- .v electoral law by 223 votes to 123. PARIS, July nJ. • ing poll;-. LONDON, July 22. A fire at Victoria wharf, DartiYrd. destroyed £50,000 worth of exhibits belonging to the Exhibition Branch of th ’ Board of Trade, many of which wor • intended to be shown at th British Empire Exhibition. LONDON, July LL: The Britannia with the King roo-' r.' won the race from South'nd to I! wich, t rty-two Rival. Two hundred thousand visi L . at South-end watched rhe race. T’ * King asked whence all came, and whe”e they slept. The Prince of Wales recognising th.necessity for the long preparation of animals, has, in reply to Hurlingham Polo Committee’s appeal for polo pen- ’ ies for 1923 test matches against America offered his whole stud without reserve, on condition, he suggests, that they should be put into th? common, stock entirely at the disposal of Hurlingham committee. DELHI. July 22. Ti is understood tho Telegraph Coy. has arranged with Cor-W many for the resumption of to/ g ! ’p.ph 1 service via Teheran, by the usual -uto. It is hoped to resume working w’ ’ i ten days. LONDON. J Burney airships will be cnq» in services to India and Australi . Dige machines of a new pattern cap: 4e of carrying one hundred and fifty passengers at an average -i < f 80 miles, will be able to make a continuous flight of more than five days. The first should be built within eight months. The first stage wilt be to India. bringing it within 68 hours of Lon lon and shortening the delivery of Australian mails by ten days. Egypt will be reached in, 31 hours. The machines will have capacity of five million cubic feet and length of 760 ft. Single berth sleeping cabins for all passengers, each with a separate entrance from the keel gangway. The saloon will accommodate sixty and fho dining room half the complement.