GENERAL CABLES

Grey River Argus, 27 May 1938, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

PALESTINE STRIFE. [Aust. & N.Z. Cable Assn.] JERUSALEM. May 25. Jews shot dead two Arabs at Haila after which the Arabs invaded the Jewish quarter and stoned the houses Cne Jew was injured. An armed band of fifty Arabs attacked a police patrol at Hebron, and killed an Aran policeman, and captured two, one of whom later was found dead. Tha Russion nun, who was wounded, nas died from her injuries. SPEEDBOAT RECORD. LONDON, May 25. Secretly built from designs by Eduard Spurr, engineer, in collaboration with the late T. E. Lawrence, of Arabia, a 16-foot speedboat, christened “Empire Day”, is expected to achieve a speed of 90 miles an hour and it is attacking the Italian world record of 70 miles an hour, on Lake Windemere within three weeks. WESLEY BICENTENARY. LONDON, May 25. The Archbishop of Canterbury, preaching at the Wesley commemorative services at St. Paul’s stressed his desire for reunion. He said that churchmen and Methodists each had n heritage from Wesley, of which to be proud. 1200 AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. LONDON, May 25. The first “presentation party” ever hold at Buckingham Palace was attended by 1200, of whom 800 were women. Instead of each woman curtseying before the Thrones, there was general obeisance by the entire company wlien Their Majesties entered the ballroom, after which Their Majesties separated and mingled with the guests. MT. EVEREST CLIMBERS LONDON, May 25. A “Times” copyright letter from which stands at 21,000 feet, underTilman states that Camp Three, neath the North Col. has been fully provisioned. It -vill be used as an advance base during the operations for the actual climbing. When the camp was first occupied at. the end of April the weather was temptingly fine and sunny, but, after living at this height for a few days, the party found the wind was too violent and the temperat-.res were too cold to make so early an attempt on the summit. The party spent a few days in the C.harta Valley. where they recovered from sore throats and coughs.