NEWS FROM OVERSEAS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 213, 23 August 1927, Page 7

NEWS FROM OVERSEAS.

CABLES IN BRIEF

It is announced that the BritishAustralasian tobacco Company is joining with the Australian Government to expend £90,000 over a period of eight years, in the proportions of £50,000 and £4O,(XX) respectively, io investigate and promote tobaccogrowing in Australia. The Government is at present advertising the directorship of tobacco investigations at a salary of £l5OO to £2OOO, the duties commencing as soon as the staff is appointed.

The wholesale price of butter in Sydney has been increased by a penny per pound, making rt 219/4 per him dredweight.

England is experieicing very bad August weather. London has not had one day free from rain for 17 days. During the week-end heavy seas were again experienced round the coasts

The “Daily Telegraph’s” Paris cor respondent states that the Government has decided that the strength of the French army of occupation in the Rhine ought not to be below 50.000, thus implying readiness to withdraw 5000. which, it is under stood, has been communicated to London.

The fears of the seizure of the steamer Costi by Bolsheviks have been confirmed. The Russian members of the crew mutinied, killed two officers, wounded the captain, hoisted the Soviet flag and arrived at Odessa

Jersey, one of the Channel Islands, is raising £300,000 at 4| per cent, free of taxes, as a free gift to the British Government as a contribution to the exuenses of the war. Jersey had previously made-a £lOO.OOO contribution.

A Dutch air liner crashed at Seven Oaks. A mechanic was killed and seven nassengers were injured. Those injured included three nritons. The machine dived from 1000 feet. The pilot kept up the nose until the wind tore off the rubber and the liner crashed between trees and burst into flames.

The result was published in London on Saturday of the in sei-national six days’ motor cycle reliability trial, which concluded in the Lake district. The British men’s team retained the international trophy with a loss of only ten marks. The Swedish team were second, with a loss of 111 marks and the German team third, with a loss of 346 marks. The international vase was won bv the British ladies’ team, who Inst five marks, with the Danish team, who lost seven marks, second.

“The Times’ ’’ Milan correspondent reports that, in a letter to the president of the Aero Club. Signor Mussolini lavs down conditions for the collection of a fund to provide aeroplanes for the State. He says subscription must be truly popular, hence a low rate must be fixed No pressure must he brought to hear One must consider and be content with the symbolic value of every Oder, however modest. Subscription will attain the greatest results not only in the number of aircraft provided. but in its success if it fortifies more strongly the flying and con»siono» <4 the nation.