GENERAL CABLES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 215, 9 August 1940, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES.

Information Ministry. Replying to a question the Minister of Information (Mr Duff Cooper), m the House of Commons, said the Ministry of Information staff totalled 4/0, salaries aggregating £264,000 annually. Internees in Dutch Indies. The Swiss Consul, also a Swiss doctor will tour all the German internmerit camps in the Dutch Last Indies, after which they will report to the International lied Oross at Genova. Iron In Britain. The British Ministry of Supply announces that a survey is being made ot all publicly and privately owned iron in order to formulate a scheme for removing all unnecessary iron. Fraud In Dominion.

A sentence of two years’ imprisonment was imposed in Sydney on a New Zealander, Jendesy Arthur Garner, aged 29, pauelbeater, for having obtained property by false pretences and being in the possession of property stolen in New Zealand. r l he latter included a National Bank of New Zealand draft valued at £75. Detective Clothier described Garner as a crafty crimin\l. Australian War Policy.

Addressing the annual meeting of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, the president, Mr G. Jones, complained that the Commonwealth Government policy was leading to serious unemployment. He pointed out that it should be realised that only a relatively small proportion of manufacturers could directly or indirectly be engaged in war activities. Mr Jones contended that Australia’s war policy should be fundamentally based on the maintenance of employment for all employable people. Delhi Conference.

The Federal Premier (Mr R. G. Menzies) stated that a selection had been made of the Australian officials for the War Effort Conference at .Delhi. The names would bo announced shortly. Canadian Aircraft.

The first Canadian-built Hampden bomber, the product of six firms working in co-operation, has been successfully tested.