OVERSEA NEWS
LATE CABLES IN BRIEF. Unfounded Rumours. The Japanese Embassy in London describes as groundless the “Daily Herald” report that Mr Matsuoka has abandoned his visit to Holland. Dutch Airlines officials said that the story that Dutch aviators had spotted concealed aerodromes on the Japanese rubber concessions in Borneo was probably a fantastic invention of an imaginative journalist. Price of Gold. Gold is quoted at £5 18/11 an ounce. Speakeasies. The United States Prohibition Bureau has issued orders to its agents not to molest speakeasies in future. Interest is Un-Christian. Declaring that all interest 'is unChristian and contrary to Bible teaching, Mrs. J. J. Richardson returned 83 dollars interest on Canadian Government bonds. Economies in Government. High American Government officials yesterday said that President Roosevelt will ask Congress this week to grant him the widest authority possible under the Constitution to effect immediate economies in Government cost. The request will especially be directed at veterans’ compensation. Under the President's plan it is stated ho would ask for authority to review all cases relating to veterans, and for power to merge major departments and cut statutory appropriations.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 74, 9 March 1933, Page 7
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187OVERSEA NEWS Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 74, 9 March 1933, Page 7
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