NEWS IN BRIEF.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 4 February 1925, Page 5

NEWS IN BRIEF.

STRIKE SETTLED. fey CABI.E—PBES3 ASSOCIATION—COPYEIOHT LONDON, Feb. 2. Tile electricians’ strike has been settled on condition that the man whose employment caused the dispute rejoins the union. Wtrk is being resumed forthwith. PRISONERS IN SIBERIA. PARIS. Feb. 2. De Versey. a native of Lorraine, who readied Metz after escaping from the Siberian orison camp at Plucvelski, says there are still a thousand prisoners of war there, all unaware that the war has ended. He onlv heard of its termination when he reached Petrograd. DEMPSEY-GIBBONS EIGHT. Tom Gibbons, the St. Paul heavyweight. to-da.y came to definite terms with Tex Rickard lor a match with ■lack Demnsey about June 1, with the understanding that the winner will oppose Harrv Wills, the negml contender, in the following September.

VESTRY BROS. AFFAIRS,

LONDON. Feb. 2

The Dailv Herald (the Labour paper! says that within a fortnight of Lord Vestev’s nitiful tale of small profits from the South American meat trade, the River Plate British and Continental. Company, which is connected with the Vestcv group, is holding out to prospective ordinary shareholders the expectation of onwards of 12.* per cent, after paving first* mortgage debentures, and re deem able preferred stock of 7 and 8 per cent, respectively.