GENERAL CABLES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 9 August 1924, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

EAIPIRE EXHIBITION. «Y CABL*-PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT LONDON, Aug. 8. The Daily Telegraph understands that the executive of the Empire Exhibition has definitely decided to reopen the exhibition in 1925. SHIPPING. LONDON, Aug., 7. Arrived—At Alontreal, Canadian Spinner. Sailed—From Balboa, Alaimoa for Auckland; from Panama, Ivaikoura for Auckland; from Colon, Rimutaka; from Teneriffe, Pakeha.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. CANADA AND UNITED STATES. Received Aug. 9, 10.5 a.m. OTTAWA, Aug. 8. The Premier (Mr Mackenzie King) announces that a Canadian Ambassador at Washington wilL not be appointed for some time. The Government has no one in mind for the post.—Reuter. GIFT BY CHOCOLATE KING. OTTAWA, Aug. 8. An endowment of a convent for the free education of the children of the resictents of the Anticosti Island is to be made by Senator M’enier, the French chocolate king and owner of the island.—Reuter.

EXAGGERATED STORIES. OTTAWA, Aug. 8. Telegrams from Edmonton, Alberta, state, that the exaggerated stories of conditions in Canada taken to Britain by disgruntled harvesters of last season should prove a deterrent to carrying out the scheme to bring a certain number of young Britishers "to Alberta for a six months’, course in the school of agriculture prior to seeking farms, according to the Minister of Agriculture (Mr Hoadley), when commenting on English cables which alleged that the scheme was jeopardised by the conditions. He pointed out that of the 2500 or 3000 British harvesters who came to the province last season more than half remained. The majority of the others had intended from the start to return to England.—Reuter.