NEWS IN BRIEF.

Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 30 August 1929, Page 7

NEWS IN BRIEF.

LONDON. Aug. 28. Commenting on the Australian Budget. tile “Morning Post” says tile tact that the market is. talking of .somewhat high rates does not constitute a reflection upon the Co-iimnon weal th’s credit but simply expresses the uncertainty which is- felt regarding the general! monetary outlook. The total number -of unemployed in Britain on August 19 wais 1,162,300. being 5758 less than in the week hetoie and 145,850 less than in the year before. It was- exclusive of persons rendered idle bv the cotton dispute. TOKIO. Aug. 28. A most violent storm raged on tin' Hollaido coast on Monday night- and Tuesday. Seventy fi-sr.ermen are reported to be drowned. Many boats were wrecked and scores of houses demo-l-isted. SYDNEY, Aug. 28. The State Government is -preparing aDill for the reconstitution of the Syd iigy Hailbour Trust in order to give traders and rural interests representation with the •ebje-’t of co-ordinating tlm work of the port of Sydney. The scheme "ill provide for more economical management and reduced port, dues which shipping companies have long demanded. GENEVA, Aug. 28i Fifty-tlnee out of 54 members of the League of Nations will lie represented at I lie League Assembly, which opens on September 2. This will be the largest attendance in the history of the League. The absentee will be Argentina.