GENERAL CABLES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 307, 26 November 1937, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES.

Received November 26, 9.25 a.m. LONDON, Nov. 25. The stock markets are quieter and more irregular owing to the approaching end of the yearly account'. Tliefe was a setback on Wall Street overnight, but nevertheless the undertone was markedly confident. Hours of play in the England versus Australia Test cricket matches have been fixed from 11.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. daily, with intervals for refreshments. BERLIN, Nov. 25. Signor Mussolini has presented 1000 two cwt. cases of Abyssinian coffee to the German Winter Relief Fund. SYDNEY, Nov. 26. Mr 11. A. 'Peterson has been appointed Trade Commissioner in the Netherlands East Indies in place of Mr Critchley, who is to be Trade Commissioner in New Zealand. Mr J. L. Menzies will be assistnnt-Trade Commissioner in New Zealand. The Italian motorship Romole arrived with 130 migrants, mostly’ Greeks, Italians, Albanians, and Yugoslavs. Many could not, speak a word of English. HOBART, Nov. 26. The Licensing Bill, which makes hotel trading hours 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., lias been passed by the Legislative Council. Tile hours at present are. 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, N0v. 1 25. This evening London was ringed by a fog extending over most of Southern England, adding to the difficulties, which the ice in the high places, such as the Cotswolds and the Cumberland Passes, ha dalready imposed on road traffic. .