OVERSEA NEWS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 221, 1 September 1932, Page 8

OVERSEA NEWS

CABLES IN BRIEF West Indian Colonies. The commission appointed by the Colonial Secretary which is to visit the West Indies to examine the possibilities of closer union between Trinidad and the Windward Islands and Leeward Islands will comprise General Sir Charles Fergusson (chairman), Sir Charles Orr and Sir Sydney Armitage Smith. They hope to leave not later than the middle of November. The commission will proceed r first to the Leeward Islands, spending December In the presidencies composing that group, January in the Windward Islands and reaching Trinidad in February. The Egypt’s Bu'lion. It is estimated that the total amount of bullion recovered from the Egypt is about half of the treasure which was in the liner when she sank off the north west coast of France. The Artigho will probably return this afternoon to the scene of operations. Fireworks Explosion. Thirteen women anti one man were burned to death as a result of an explosion of fireworks stored in a house in preparation for a Hindu wedding •estival at Dairpur, near Ahmedabad, Bombay. Twenty were seriously injured by an explosion which destroyed a fireworks factory near Khairpur, Sind. Quebec Facing Deficit. .» Quebec, which is regarded as Canada’s best governed and richest province, encounters the first deficit in the provincial Budget in 34 years. The chief cause is the reduction in liquor purchases by thirsty Americans, thus dropping the revenue by more than £1,000,000.

From Wealth To Poverty. A Minneapolis message states that John Demarest, who 40 years ago was America’s leading manufacturer of fine carriages and who had become a millionaire and refused to turn to motorcars, as did the Studebakers, died blind and impoverished in the back room of a tenement.

Indian Cotton Imports. Mainly as the result of abnormal Imports at low prices of Japanese goods, due to the depreciation of the yen, the India Government has increased the duty on cotton piece goods not of British manufacture from 20 to 50 per cent, ad valorem. Row of 1200 Mlles. A party of five students from the Collegia Borrowmeni at Pavia, Italy, who set out a month ago to row from Pavia to Oxford, arrived at Oxford last evening. The total distance ia about 1200 miles. The greatest difficulties were experienced during the journey down the Rhine and along the English coast, from Dover to Margate, when bad weather forced them to seek shelter in Ramsgate Harbour. Channel Swimming.

After battling against a strong wind, heavy rain and a thunderstorm, a young English student, Adrian Kan- , sar, who started to swim the channel from Cape Gris Nez at 7.30 on Tuesday morning, had to abandon the attempt about 9.30 on Tuesday night when only a mile and. a quarter from Dover. As he neared the English coast conditions became worse. Manchurian Refugees. The Emperor of Japan has donated 40,000 yen to the Manchurian refugees’ fund. New Japanese Minister. Mr Akira Arigoshi has left Tokio fof China to assume the post of succeeding Mr Shigomitsu.