GENERAL CABLES

Grey River Argus, 16 June 1933, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES

BRAVERY REWARDED. (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, ,I uue IL The King has awarded the Bronze Medal for gallantry f\>r saving life a* sea. to .lames William Scott, first mate of the Southern Cross, for swimming ashore with a line, despite stoqms. darkness and sharks, when t.’m vessel was wrecked o i O.*tob< r 31. H-32. at. Anietyum Island. SCIENCE CONGRESS. VANCOUVER. June 14. The fifth Pacific Science Congress concluded its session to-day. The delegates are visiting the interior of ■ British Columbia, disbanding at Car gary on Monday. No invitation was received for the Sixth Congress, and a committee was appointed to deal with the question. The Council favour a country elsewhere, than tin* North American Continent. Numerous resolutions were passed | askin? that seismologic studies in the Pacific be standardised, and that { radiogram earthquake reports be disseminated by the re-broadcast oxer short wave from the central stations. Others urged closer cooperation and study by fishery and oceanographic sections of the Congress.

CHESS.

S. (/ral<a n I h'.n'i • with nine wins out of a possible ten. won the New South Wales chess championship. C. Purdy, with seven wins, was second. S. (Takanthorp has held the title on many occasions, lb* had also twice won i In* A ust ralian Ii t Ir.

PRESS FORBIDDEN TO PUBLISH NEWS.

BERLIN, .lune 15. (Received Juno 15 at 8 p.m.) The German public, are still unaware of Wasscrbaack’s arrest and newspapers have been forbidden to publish the news, but are ordered to state that Dr. Wassenbaack left Germany in consequence of his disgraceful treatment of Herr Habicht (Hitler’s chief agent).