GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 13 August 1930, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

STEAMER AFIRE

i United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.)

LONDON, August 12,

Another hole is being cut in the engine room. The bulkhead fire is still seiious. The crew are well.

The Brook wood wirelessed requesting steamers nearby to assist if necessary.

PUBLIC UTILITY CORPORATIONS

(Received this day at 10 a.m.) LONDON, August 12,

It is now disclosed that a comprehensive scheme will be submitted to the Imperial Conference involving tho formation of Public Utility Corporations for the purpose of developing the unsettled parts of the Empire. The proposals differs from the present migration methods in as much, as the aim will be to build up entirely new settlements, containing self supporting communities of varied occupations. The corporations would be backed by Government credit and would act as Government contractors, employing men and women for definite periods.

“OF THE EMPIRE.” THE ARGENTINE'S PLACE. LONDON, August 1. Sir Malcolm Robertson, until recently British Ambassador at Buenos Ayres, writes in an article in the “Times” that there are special reasons why the Argentine, though not in the Empire, should be regarded as of it. Between £500,000,000 and £600,000,000 of British capital is invested in the Argentine, he says, and 16,000 miles of railways are Britisli-owned and managed as also are tramways and water and gas works. British companies own millions of acres of land, and millions of cattle and sheep. AN ACTRESS MARRIED. (Received this day at 12.25. p.m.' . VC ' • LONDON, Aug. 12. Marie Ney, of New Zealand, who is at present playing Milady, in the “Three Musketeers 1 ’ at Drury Lane, married T. Menzies, a Scottish rubber planter in Malaya, who won the Singapore gold cup in 1926 with a horse named after Maria. TYPHOON RAGING. TOKIO, August 12. A typhoon is . raging at Ryusiuu. Communication is disrupted. It is .believed the heaviest damage is at Mognsnki. No details are available, GALE, FATALITIES. CAPETOWN, August 12. Fishing boats were caught in heavy gales off East London. Three were wrecked and fourteen natives drowned.

NINETY MILE RACING BEACH LONDON, Angnt 12.

A film depicting New Zealand’s Ninety Mile racing beach Avas on exhibition at the British Racing Drivers’ Club dinner. Earl Howe was presiding, and those present included Malcolm Campbell, D. Marendaz, A. Fraser, Nash, S. Davis. H. Butcher, representing the Auckland Automobile Association, invited the famous motorists to attack Seagrave’s record in Neiv Zealand.