GENERAL CABLES

Grey River Argus, 25 August 1934, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

(Aus & N.Z. Cable Assn.) (’APETOWN Angus! 23. The Government, after negotiation vith London, has de<- <1 *d to pay off" Ihe who’? of the balance of the South African war debt *o Britain, amounting to nearly I’B 000.<'00. at the end of this month The National Congress of the South African Party, re o esen' ing all the provim-c-'s aec p'ed the Smtf Her’zog proposals f>>r a fusion of the South African and Na’mmlLt Parties. LONDON. August 23. AFancini was committed for trial, despite the defence’s <vbmis-ion that the ease rested purely on circumstantial evid 'nc •. Counsel argued that ihe only reason for prosecution was AFancini’s failure to disclose he found A’iolet Rave’s body. There has been this summer, a marked imrease in the number of v sitors both from Europe and America, iwho come to Britain to spend their holidays in Jnlv. Foreign ho iday visitors numbered 47 000 an increase of 5000 over the number in Jnlv last year. The exhibitors continue to exp’ess satisfaction wth th? business done a: the Radio Exhibition at o‘ympia. Britain absorb- the bulk o’ the ou pul of the British radio industry whi'-h enrdo'-s some 10'\00'i p-’or le and has a turnover of £3O - 000,000. The export trade in sets and accessories is a’so growing in importance. During th? mist twelve month* these exports represented a value of £1,0R6.5(52 and for the first seven months this year a total of £724 644. The value of imported sets and accessories during the January-July period of the current year was £559,966. Airs Mol’ison who as Amy John s>nn was the first toman to flv from England to Australia, and has since made many notable long-distance flights wth her husband Air J. A. AFollison, has joined the staff of the TTi'lman Airways Company, thus be '■om’.ng the first cross-ChannPl to R'mp pilot. Slip look her first passpngpr craft across to-day, reaching Le Bourget in pouring rain. A safety device to prevent fire in aeroplane accidents was tested by the Air Ministry which has given permission for it to be fifed to civil im*chines. The device is ’he invent on

of Captain H. Al. Sa’mond. It consists of a switch whi<di in the event of impact or overturning of an aeroplane on the ground automaticaly and instantaneously disconnects nil olec'ric circu ts so preventing ignition of petrol vapour by sparks, or flaming exhaust passes. LONDON. August 23. The Bost Office seized thousands of sweepstake tickets issued to raise funds for the I R.A. Thpv show a o’dier wearing a green I.R.A. uniform standing on the Unioji Jakk, with a burning building in the background. The Home Office ordered the seizure of all the tickets reaching England, and instructed the Customs to watch the ports. LONDON. August 23. The‘ ‘Times’s” Berlin correspondent says: The AFussolini-Schuschnigg meeting ’eft the Austro-Gerniau problem unchanged. Schuschnigg now objects to the German ho-tility, formerly directed at Dollfuss. ATUNTCIT, August 23 Ft is officially announced that the amnesty is completed; 1610 have be?i. released from Bavarian prisons a-nd 250 from police custody. Four hundred and two political prisoners will be released at the week-end