GENERAL CABLES.

Grey River Argus, 18 June 1925, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES.

PARCEL POSTAGE. (Received June 17 at 5.5 p.mj LOND ON, June 16. Li the House of Commons --Mr ?7 tchell Thomson announced that ah administration of the Empire and abroad, with at few exceptions, which had accepted parcels, not ex (ceding eleven pounds weight,, haul been invited to exchange, with Britain paitfels not exceeding’'- twentytwo pounds in weight. NEW' WATERLOO BRIDGE. LONDON, June 16. Thp first stage of the construction of Waterloo Bridge has been successfully completed. Four hours’ work sufficed to move six hundred »I,ons of span into position. Although f h<* span is only 280 feet, compared with the 350 feet of the central span ol th c Forth bridge, it is probably the , largest over rrbeved literally in Britain. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES EXPERT COMING LONDON. June 17 As the. result of an invitation through the Board of Trade, Mr Al- - Granger, chief inspector ot weights and measures, Birmingham has boon granted i - <■ absence to go to New Zealand to assist in the organisation of Hhp. weights and DECISION AGAINST EGYPT. CAIRO, June 16. i The Mixed ('units (lori/bul against the Egyptian Government in the tribute bends case, wherein eighteen million sterling was involved, owing to the (oo'ernmont disputing liability rc_ i garding the loans taken over from 'Turki'v in IS9I ami 1894. Owing to Egypt’s denial of liability, the Roths. ■ liilils were obliged to refuse to pay interest on those Ottoman loans, but Ihe judgment saves the stock-holders. PRINCE’S TOUR. CAPETOWN, June 16. From biting cold on the high veldt, lho Koval train, conveying the Prince of Wales and suite, plunged into the sub-Tropieal Eastern Transvaal. The I rinco received a splendid welcome , Barberton, which is now' a thriving I cutton centre. Thereafter, the train : sopped nt Komatipoort. on the Portuguese border, and then proceeded to the lonely lion country. Tt wifi be out of holographic communication till Wednesday morning. SHIPPING COMBINE. OTTAAVA, June 16. A!/ \\ . I. K. Preston, whose report Id"' p ‘ alleged that the North Winnie conference was a combine whose operations wore in restraint of Canadian trade, states that AV. Peterson, whose body left for England to.day .was killed by the II damnably lying cablegrams sent to the directors of his combine.” He expressed the belief that Peterson \s associates would go through with the contract, which was nearing the final stages when the magnate’s death sus- ( pended further consideration. AERIAL TRAGEDY. • PARTS, June 16. A French sausage balloon at Coblenz. exploded in mid.air. Fifteen soldiers were burned, whereof five succumbed. The others are in a grave • P() n j: ROTARY CONFERENCE. NEW YORK, June 16. A from Cleveland states that a suggestion sponsored by the Australian and New Zealand Clubs, at the Rotarv International to.day, for a uni, .T>a ci fie Conference of Rotary Clubs io be ’'old at Honolulu in May, 1926, was approved. TAXATION REFORMS. LONDON, Jun? 16. 'The Commons agreed to all clauses in the budget (baling with liabilities of Dominion Governments to taxation, respecting trading operations: also granting further relief from taxation on incomes of High Commissioners, Agents/General and their staffs.