CONDENSED CABLES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 139, 16 May 1925, Page 11

CONDENSED CABLES.

With the flood waters subsiding along the Hawkesbury and other rivers in Australia heavy damage to crops and property is shown. Tho House of Lords read a third time tho Gold Standard Bill, without discussion.

Earl Jollieoe officially opened the children’s Treasure Island at Wembley, lie' was welcomed aboard a model Golden Hind by a modern Sir Francis Drake to a salute of guns. Madam Alexandre David, who has returned to Paris, after 14 years absence in China and Tibet, claims to be the first white woman to penetrate Lhassa (capital of Tibet and great holy city of tho Buddhists), where she spent two months disguised as a beggar. Since December 31, 50 cases of infantile paralysis have been reported in Vic : toria (Australia). Ono family has lost four young children. The British Cabinet has shelved the Food Commission’s report, as opinions are divided as to the practicability of its recommendations.

The President of the Coal Tribunal is calling a conference to consider the claims of tho miners throughout the Commonwealth of Australia for increased wages and improved working conditions. Those include a minimum weekly wage of £5 10s, a seven-hour day, and five-day week.