GENERAL CABLES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 125, 28 April 1941, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES.

New York.—The development of a new and highly-effective extinguisher for incendiary bombs was announced to-day at the fire defence session of the annual Greater New York Safety Congress. “For the first time,” an official said, “we have a material that will promptly and safely extinguish burning magnesium, whether in industrial plants or when dropped by air raiders. It is known as Pyrene G-l fire extinguishing powder.” Rio De Janeiro, —The blockade-run-nin" German freighter T/celi has completed loading and is apparently ready for a dash to Europe in an attempt to beat the anticipated .inter-American agreement for the acquisition of refugee belligerent ships. Rugby* —In connection with tire prevention" in the city of London an order has been made requiring city workers between IS and 60 years to register for lire prevention duties in tho city area. The order is necessary because there is a very email residential night population i"n the city of London. Rugby. —Model aeroplanes to the surprising number ot. *3,264 are now on their wav from British manufacturers to the Argentine. It is the biggest consignment which has ever gone to SoiSth America and an interesting example of the variety ot British wartime industry. Toronto.—A new speedy and cheap process for extracting magnesium. a metal vital to defence industries, from dolcmitic limestones which abounds in the United States and Canada, is announced bv Air Ralph Ivccmlc, «i Hamilton "metallurgist. . Montreal. —The Canadian Ministry of Agriculture announced that Britain is Inning from Canada during May 15 400.000 dozen eggs, the prices rang-in-r from 23 cents to 242 cents per dozen f.o.b. This is double any previous month’s exports. Rugbv.—With the introduction of an additional hour of summer time on Mav 4. the length of the black-out itself will glso be shortened by an hour in Scotland and the north, and by half an hour in the rest of England and in Wales. At present the black-out commences half ail hour after sunset and ends half an hour before sunrise. Rugby. —Described as “a further important step in the field of monetary co-operation between tho United Kingdom and China and symbolising tho friend! v relations between the two countries,” an agreement has been signed in Washington on behalf of the British Treasury and the Government of China with a view to stabilising the Chinese currency.