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Grey River Argus, 11 January 1927, Page 5

CABLE SUMMARY.

• LONDON, January 9. The loss of railway plan in a cab necessitating a costly expedition to Ai’rii-a, v.a< revealed by the death of Mr. Fo; . who successfully undertook the stupendous, task of bridging the Victoria Falls. Arriving in London after a survi y, he drove to a restaurant, telling the cab-driver to wait. He was overtired, and dozed. Vv hen ho realised he had left tho plans in the cab aud he dashed outside, but found it had gone. The plans were never traced, mid the r«-survey cost £4OOO. ••K.- ii -l-l News” understands that there will be no America Lup race th.s war. Sir Thomas Lipton has not lodg'd an entry. Negotiations are proceeding for a modification of the rules. Many distinguished amateurs, including several former champions competed in the annual president’s putter competition, under the auspices of the Oxford and Cambridge Golfing Society. Wetherod beat Gillies 2-1. M. Spahjingcr, telegraphing from Geneva, states: —"I welcome an opportunitv to answer the criticism of tho Press. All I ask is that any editor loneerned will kindly forward me every stat -raent he intends printing, allowing fortv-eight hours for my comments to reach London, before printing it. Thus the answers an<l the statements would appear simultaneously. I onlv ask Bn isb fairplay. ’ ’ , Six ,nen w<-.e entombed SO feet below the Thames at Deptford, where a B haft was being sunk for a compn-ssed .i, e-mucetioii w. h a new electricity Generating station. Water rushed in and i i ’ trvo of whom were I cut off the workers, two oi rescued. Hop< has been abandoned for saving the nth---- p ii - mipsrators, including Marcia Garibaldi, were committee i 1 , . lime for vears, the i For the first time ioi . streets were without the fearsom. bonk associated with tho Pans taxis, I " , ".. ;„ n a three-hours strike, ' ", . A-. i' drivers were attending o i ■' / .gainst the decree em ■XU th.. UiKlarmes to sp ot r minor breaches ot Hu ~-ul Gons. T! ■ drivers declare that will not tolerate the now decree. | because they have no faith in the gen-