COTTON INDUSTRY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 15 November 1937, Page 9

COTTON INDUSTRY

REORGANISATION SCHEME APPROVED IBritish Official Wirelessi RUGBY, 12th Novembui The general committee of the Federation of Master Cotton-spinners' Associations, at a special meeting, decided by a large majority to approve in principle the proposal put forward by a joint committee of .cotton trade organisations for the reorganisation of the cotton industry. The proposals have now been approved by both spinning and manufacturing employers’ organisations and also by the council of the Northern Countries Textile Trades Federation, on which are represented all the operatives’ organisations.

; BRITISH BALLOON ADRIFT t . TRAILING CABLE CAUSES DAMAGE i ; CROSSES CHANNEL INTO . FRANCE I lUmted Frees Association - By iilecitic Telegraph —Copyrigbil L i LONDON, 12th November. An ■mti-aircraft barrage balloon with • 12,000 feet of cable attached to it broke adrift from the Mansion Air Force station, Kent. The dangling cable narrowly missed wrecking two bombers in mid-air and two cars on a road. The balloon is at present drifting in a south-easterly direction. Shipping and aircraft have been warned by wireless. An aeroplane vainly went up in | search of the anti-aircraft balloon } which broke away from the Manston ■ Air Force station in Kent, j The balloon headed towards France j trailing 12-000 ft of cable, which missed j a Ramsgate gardener by inches, tore down an adjacent aerial, and ploughed ! a deep furrow on the seashore. The balloon then crossed the Channel, the ' cable striking a high-tension line at Audruic, causing a short circuit and depriving the entire Department of Pas de Calais of electric light for twenty : minutes, and setting fire to a post office ■ The flames were quickly extinguished The balloon then drifted towards Belgium. ;

! WRONG MAN MARRIED MIX-UP AT VILLAGE CHURCH FRESH CEREMONY PERFORMED llluited Press Association—By Klectric Telegraph—Copy right 1 DUBLIN, 12th November. A bridal party at a village church in j County Tyrone got mixed up. The best j man took his position at the Communion j rails which should have been occupied by I the bridegroom. The Rev. William Dunj can proceeded with the ceremony and j prompted the best man, who nervously j hesitated over the responses, particularly | when lie came to “l will,” but the clergyi man, thinking lie was the bridegroom whispered, "You must answer.” After the party went into the vestry to sign the regisler the clergyman was horrified to iiud that tie had married the best man. lie immediately returned to the altar for a fresh ceremony and married the right mail.