GENERAL CABLES

Grey River Argus, 10 February 1933, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

NEW ZEALAND DAY. (Aus & N.Z Cable Aten.) I ONDON, February 8. The New Zealand Day ceremony v. ax observed. Mr Bruce also placed a wreath on the Cook Monument. The Lord Mayor, sheriffs, aidermen and 'ending New Zealanders attended the service at St, Lawrence Jewry, at which Mr Walter Besley and Sir Lionel Halsey re] resented the Prince of Wales. HOW L’ATLANTIQUE WAS FIRED. PARIS, February 8. According lo Al. Bourayne, President of the Cum miss bun of Inquiry h> l.'Atlantique lire was caused by someone stowing carpets and petrol in four cabins ami then igniting them. Only one prson was near the cabins when (hi' lire started. ITALY’S NAVY. LONDON, February 8. 'the “Daily Telegraph’s” naval ex 1. says: Instead of replying lo the Fre;n-h battle cruix-er Dunkerque by b:i!diiig a. similar vessel, for which lnn< had been prepared. Italy has '!■ idml to modernise four pre-war dreadnoughts, as a cost of several mil- '■ ii sterling. Il j» anticipated tho. sp-crd w I l e increased from 22 to 2. >-26 knots. almost as fast as the ~,' "”’i pocket bat flesh i; is, and onlv lime ! not < behind the Dunkerque. CROP LOSS TN ARGENTINE. BUENOS AIRES, February 8. Drought and locusts have destroyed more than 25 per cent, of Argentina’s 11,331,000 acres of corn crop. now maturing. The Ministry of Agriculture reported to-day that some of the remainder is da mail’d to an undetermined degree. NORTH AMERICAN BLIZZARDWINNIPEG. February 8. The worst blizzard for twenty-five years is sweeping the prairies. Four farmers perished on attempt ing to round up'stock. Sixty passengers were marooned for twenty hours in a train near Regina, being Eurico’ •n a ten-foot drift. It is 48 degrees below zero at Moose •law, ami 36 at Winnipeg. All transcontinental trains are delayed. C'algarv is isolated.