GENERAL CABLES

Grey River Argus, 29 November 1937, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

[Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.]

(Received November 28, 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, November 28.

More Christmas greetings are now going by air mail than ever, before. Many Empire services have doubled and even quadrupled. The Post Office expects unprecedented British traffic, and is employing seventy-five thousand extra workers. It is believed sixty-two million letters will be posted in London alone.

The Hull Kingston Rovers’ football ground has been ordered to be closed until December 4 inclusive in consequence of the unruliness of the crowd at a recent match.

The inward bound liner Mongolia collided in a fog, near The Nore, in the Thames, estuary with the collier Corflect. The latter was badly holed amidships or the port side. The Mongolia’s bows were stove in. She was anchored under difficulties and later was docked at Tilbury. TOKIO, November 28.

Eight were killed and one was injured when a party of 26 students at the Mimakibara Experimental Farm were trapped in a flooded tunnel, while inspecting a pumping dam, near Kyonamura. < ROME, November 27. Eight more alleged antifascists were sentenced to terms of imprisonment, ranging one to twelve years. Nearly eighty have been sentenced for their alleged anti-Fascist activities in the past five weeks. ST. LOUIS, November 27. Disregarding Mr. Ford’s attorney’s plea for an immediate order “to prevent bloodshed” the circuit court postponed hearing the petition against C. 1.0. strike pickets until December 3. BUENOS AIRES, November 28. The airman Codos, has landed here from Santiago on his homeward journey to France. CAPETOWN, November 28. General Smuts, speaking at Johannesburg, said that there was. no reason for any depression in South Africa. Political troubles in the remainder of the world had not affected the economic or gold positions of South Africa. There was no idea of war among the great Powers in the present turmoil, but a slow, steady current was visible trending toward normal, peaceful conditions.

The Premier of France M. Chautemp visits London on Monday. The visit is being preceded by a flood of French newspaper comment. It chiefly is on, the. theme that France must not make sacrifices, unless there is some counterpart for European appeasement. A general plea is made for a maintenance of anglo-French solidarity.