GENERAL CABLES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 10 July 1925, Page 10

GENERAL CABLES.

dY CAPUE- -UUEBS ASSOCIATION- -COVYK.IUUI SYDNEY, Juy 8. At an inquiry into the loss ot tae ketch Liaieeta a letter from John Bel , ■eadin.r hand on the ketch, was read, in which he stated that he did not intend to do many more trips, as tne ketch leaked and had to be pumped every half-hour to keep dry. LONDON, July 8. George Jeffrey a garden boy, who was found guilty of the murder of Joan An nett, a little girl who was found dead near Crow borough with her head battered and her thioat eat, has. been sentenced to be detained during his Ma estv’s pleasure. The only defence was that the boy was badgered into making a confession, hut the judge pointed out that the police had a ditn. cult duty to discharge and the only question was w ether the boy’s statement was true. . , LONDON, July 7. Mr. Ellison representing the New Zealand Produce Association, submitted a suggestion to the Imperial Economic Council that a proportion of the .£1.009,000 subvention to be spent in connection with the export of British pedigree stock should be used to keep up laboratory investigation into the problems of refrigerating and the establishment of a trade informat'on bureau for the benefit of Dominion producers. SYDNEY. July 9. The collier Wallarah is ashore at Catherine Hill Bay. A tuo is rushing to her assistance. No details are available. CONSTANTINOPLE. July 8 The first secretary at the British Embassy. Mr. Eric Adam, committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver. lie was the son of a Manchester magnate. Sir Frank Adam. PARIS. July 9. The accounts of the Olympic Games show a profit of £I9,(XX). part of which the balance is carried forward. The ground on which the Colomhes stadium is built.

LONDON. July 8. The British Bioadcasting Company’* balance-sheet to March 25 shows an excess of revenue > over expenditure amounting to £85.000 after making all the usual provisions, including £IO,OOO for the staff provident fund. _ The div’dend. which may not exceed 7$ per -■eiif. annually, absorbs £52,090, and the baa luce is carried forward. Ibe leport states that the surplus is only u paper one, since £'s9,<K)o has so far Ix-en utilised in the construction and expansion of stations, and further provision wij ,; e necessary in thi„ connection. The Rome correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that Signor de S.tefani’s administration is probably not responsib'c for the depreciation of the lira, hut. his adversaries took occasion to undermine his prestige and lie resigned spontaneously.* Signor de Nava also leaves of his own accord. The work in his depaitnient. to which agriculture is attached, has been handicapped owing to the lack of financial support.