GENERAL CABLES

Grey River Argus, 15 February 1938, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES

[Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.] MOSCOW, February 13. M. Papanin reports that he sighted the searchlight of the Taimir, which is within 80 miles of their floe. Later her masts became visible above the horizon. This is the scientists’ first visible link- with their fellow men for many months. JERUSALEM, February 13. Masked terrorists invaded the home of an Arab policeman and fired at all males, killing the policeman and Iris brother, and wounding his father, another brother, and a guest. HOLLYWOOD, February 19. The court has validated Stan Laurel’s divorce and re-marriage. LOS ANGELES, February 13. Mary Maguire has been released from her Warner Bros, contract, and has signed up for three years with Twentieth Century-Fox. LONDON, February 12. The Pontypridd by-election, owing to the death of the Labour member, Mr Davies, resulted as follows: —Mr Arthur Pearson (Labour) 22,159, Lady Rhys. Williams (Liberal) 14,810. A record tonnage of toll-paying traffic used the Manchester ship canal in 1937, the total being 7,053,216 compared with 6,373,308 tons in 1936. The Royal National Lifeboat Insti-. tution has awarded its silver medal for gallantry to Coxswain Thomas Cocking, of St. Ives, and its bronze medal to each of the eight members of his crew, in recognition of the rescue of 18 of the crew of 23 of the steamer Alba on January 31.

In the worst gale experienced for fifty years, the destroyer Walrus broke adrift, and grounded at Scarborough at midnight. The crew rowed ashore on a small raft. They were admitted to hospital, suffering from exposure.

The Thames flooded houses near Tilbury. Widespread damage was caused elsewhere in England.,