OVERSEA NEWS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XX, Issue 72, 8 March 1930, Page 6

OVERSEA NEWS

CABLES IN BRIEF. N.S.W. Transport Bill: The Transport Bill in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, which measure will give trusts and municipalities complete control over motor ’bus competition, was passed after almost every clause, totalling 250, was fought and closured by the Government.

American Samoa: Judge Harry Wood sailed from San Francisco on the Ventu.a to assume his duties as Secretary of Native Affairs in American Samoa and to reorganise the Government system preparatory to a Congressional survey. British Motor-cars: Well-informed people forecast an early amalgamation of several big Coventry manufacturers on the lines of American industry, to concentrate on the mass production of light cars for the home market and more powerful types for overseas.

A F asco: “Red Thursday,’’ organised throughout the world by Communists as an international uneployed day appears to have achieved nothing beyond several broken heads suffered here and there in the course of universal police breaking up of various demonstrations. The whole thing was a fiasco.

The Woollen industry: Two hundred thousand iwoollen operatives affected by Mr MacMillan’s findings are bitterly disappointed. Mr MacMillan explains that he reached his decision (that lower wages must prevail) with regret, but regards it as inevitable. The ’financial position of the industry has become worse during the past five years, and at present is nio-t unsatisfactory, if not actually dangerous.

Crmo in Australia: The Chief Justice of New South Wales, Sir Philip Street, dismissing the appeals of two hank robbers, commented on the increase of serious crime. He said this was a disquieting circumstance, but while nobody wished to see excessive severity reintroduced, which nt one time was a reproach to this country punishment in future would have to fit the crime, as leniency might sometimes be misplaced and might do more harm than good.