GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 29 September 1928, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

OBITUARY. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). LONDON, September 27. Obituary.—Sir Henry Wickham. , ROYAL JAP WEDDING ( . TO Tv 10, Sept. 28. Trie wedding of Chiehibu Matsiulaira was celebrated according to traditional rites at the Imperial Sanctuary of the Central Palace. A LARGE ESTAT*. LONDON, Sept. 28. Sir Henry Whitehead left £672,C88. FOKIvER AIRCRAFT. LONDON, Sept. 28. A. Y. Roe has arranged with Nederlandsche Vliegtugenfabriek, the makers of Fokker aircraft, for the manufacture and sale throughout the Empire, including Australia and New Zealand, of triple-engined Avro monoplanes,} similar to Fokker F. 7 S. which crossed the Pacific and Atlantic and is now w flying from Holland to Java and elsewhere. ; NEW TIN TRUST. TO CONTROL LARGE OUTPUT. RUGBY,, Sept. 26. The Tin Selection Trust and the Anglo-Oriental Mining Corporation Limited, are sponsoring the formation of a new combine of Malayan tin pro*ducing undertakings, to be known as the London and Malayan Tin Trust, Limited. The new trust, in which 16 important companies with a combined output approximately to 12 per cent of total world production will be associated, will have an authorised capital of £2,000,000. s UNBREAKABLE, * LONDON, Sept. 28. Professor Baly, of Liverpool University, claims to have discovered an un- ■ breakable glass, which is cheaper than the" ordinary glass. It admits the s ,sun's fays, arid, is, at\the same time,, ,!< hurglar proof and is unsplinter able. To demonstrate the glass, he flung m a piece on a stone floor, from which it i’ rebounded intact. He declared this . glass had unlimited possibilities. ..... ;/•••• . . ! ... •: /' . OIL SHARES. .i f RAPID RISE IN LONDON. LONDON, Sept. 27. A feature of the Stock Echange a’ present is a great activity in ■ oil shares, which have changed hand 1 rapidly. Prices have advanced all round on rumours of a pending world oil agreement, which would include Russia. Anglo-Per'sian oil shares so]d at 96s 3d, compared with only ;62s early in the year.

THEFT OF JEWELLERY. (Received this day at 10 a.m.) COLOMBO, Sept. 28. The theft of jewellery worth over ten thousand sterling from a registered package is reported by* the Belgian commercial traveller, Wilberts. The pjackaige was insured and contained fifty-two pieces of jewellery, each weighing about 25 carats. It was despatched from Singapore to Colombo hv registered post. On arrival at Colombo Wilberts claimed the package from the Customs, and on*it being opened it was proved to he empty. The jewels were enclosed in a tin box and sealed. The seal had been lifted, a hole drilled under and the jewels removed. The seal was replaced intact.