GENERAL CABLES.

Grey River Argus, 17 June 1925, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

ANOTHER ENGLISH SOCIETY DIVORCE. (Received June 16 a>t 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, June 15. Ihe Marquess of Queensbury was granted a divorce on the grounds of his wife’s misconduct with Sir James Dunn. ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. LONDON, June 15. Lord Ronaldshay, at the Royal Gecgraphical Society’s Annual Meeting said tin* members of the Alt Everest Expedition had not accepted defeat. The question of a. final effort depended on Tibet’s willingness to allow an. , other expedition. Lord Rnnaldshav presented the Peek Grant to Alichael Terry. BRITISH AIR PROGRAMME. LONDON. June 16. Sir Samuel Hoare (Air Secretary), speaking aL London, said he desired t<> stimulate in Britain and over the whole Empire an air sense, and so to make the Britons an a z ii people, as they now were proud to lie a sea people. The Government’s air programme would make Britain three times as strong as when they took office. This would involve only 60 per cent, of an increase in the air expenditure AERIAL MAIL SERVICE. CAPETOWN, June 15. After three months’ experiment, the Union Air Alail Service has been discontinued, on the ground that it is un_ remunerative. The last Hight, Cape Town to Durban, is being made today. From the flying point of view, the service has been a complete success ,and attaint'd one hundred per cent, efficiency, being well up to time : on every occasion, but support both from Britain and the Union was in_' adequate.