GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 August 1927, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.)

BRITISH BREWERY DEAL. LONDON. Aug. 12

A large deal in breweries is officially announced. The Hass combine has piovisinnally agreed to purchase the business of Thomas Salt, Ltd., and its subsidiary companies. The price is stated to he 21.209,001). AXT A RCTIt : KXP EDITI ON. WASHINGTON. Aug. 18. The National Geographical .Society has announced that it will contribute twenty-live thousand dollars to Byrd’s Antarctic expedition .for the purchase of scientific equipment. The ’lrustees said that the expedition hoped to obtain important data hearing on weather forecasting.

A ROYAL PRESSMAN. LONDON. Aug. 18

Thirlv years of close association with royalty was closed by the death of Mr George Smith, aged 01, the immediate result of a motoring accident. Every newspaper announcement from Buckingham Palace came to the Press Association at London through Mr Smith, and was thence distributed to the newspapers throughout the country. Mis was a unique journalistic position, giving nlni intimate knowledge of royalty. The King and Queen had a “soft spot in their hearts” for this working newspaperman, who was entrusted with the record of their public engagements. King Edward had a special regard for him. On one occasion Air Smith quietly slipped a sovereign into King Edward’s hand when he wanted lo buy a buttonhole from a charity llower seller, and found he had no money. |

W!KKLE.V-> BEACONS. LONDON. Aug. 18

The first of a series of wirei’ess beacons have been installed in the Scillv Islands, ft automatically sends out a special cal! sign enabling ships to take their hearings and determine their position. I lie apparatus is controlled by a master clock, with starting up and switching off apparatus. Its range is seventy to one hundred miles.

CIILRCIi CONGRESS. LAUSANNE. Aug. 1?

The sensational withdrawal ol the Eastern Orthodox delegation was a feature of to-dav’s Faith and Order Session. 'I he “ Metropolitan ” (Germany) states that a report that the Conference was preparing on the subject of doctrine, was inconsistent with the principles of the Eastern Church.

fr is understood that the split was due to the difficulty of reconciling the Western Protestants rationalistic view of the .Sacraments, with the Eastern mystical view.

RHINELAND ARMY. LONDON. Ahg. 19. A communication; received in London from the French Government regarding a reduction of occupying forces in the Rhineland, which in the British view was that "it was almost overdue. The text is a secret, hut it is gathered that it deals mainly with objections to London’s idea of a substantial reductions, which the ambassadors’ conference oil November 14th. 1926, undertook to make. The French military authorities apparently are not pleased with the. reduction of even five thousand. whereas ten to twelve thousand would he favoured by London. It is understood that the note suggests a reduction of five thousand divided between British and Belgians. As. however, the French total is at present over fifty thousand, and Belgo-Briti-sli below fifteen thousand, the reduction of these proportions would obviously diminish seriously the Inter-Allied character of the occupation.