CABLE MISCELLANY

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12197, 23 July 1925, Page 6

CABLE MISCELLANY

Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. The London “Daily Chronicle,” commenting on a mewewre from Hongkong, reporting the gallantry of a warrant shipwright. Robert Cargin, of the cruiser Brisbane, and Scoutmaster Hugh Braga, in rescuing a Chinese girl of thirteen from the houses which collapsed owing to landslides, says the Brisbane is the cruiser whose recall some Australian politicians have loudly demanded on the ground that Australian ships had no business to be demonstrating in Chinese waters at . a time of political upheaval. Acceptance of Mr Henry Ford’s hid of 1,706,000 dollars for. 200 vessels owned by the Federal Shipping Board, and set aside for scrapping, has been recommended to the Shipping Board by Mr Palmer, president of the Fleet Corporation. It has previously been reported that Mr Ford, in buying the virtually abandoned ships from the Federal Shipping Board, does not propose to use them—except a smgll number—for transport, but intends to make use of the material in them. At the end of the financial year, the amount at the credit of depositors in the New South Wales Government Savings Bank was £60,546,000, an increase of £2,554,482 over the total of the previous year. There were 1,093,686 accounts, representing an increase of 48,-59S for the year. The excess of deposits over withdrawals was £429,686. M. Chicherin has notified the Polish Minister at Moscow that the Soviet has agreed to the Polish proposal for a mixed commission to investigate the recent incidents on the Russo-Polish frontier. Five Soviet-delegates to the commission have already been appointed. The “Daily Express” says that the visit of Major-General Ashmore to Gibraltar again raises tho question whether, assuming that Spain is willing,- Britain should cede the Rock.in exchange for Ceuta. Experts point out that Gibraltar is no longer a secure base, and that modern howitzers, firing from the Spanish mainland, could prevent ships entering the harbour. At a meeting of the New South Wales Cricket Association it was stated that tho year’s surplus amounted to £11,844, while the accumulated surplus was £26,885. Various sums were set aside for tho purpose of making grants to grounds under tho association’s control. (Received July 22. 5.5 p.m.) Replying to a deputation of Lancashire and Cheshiro Conservative members of tho House of Commons, who urged tho necessity of increasing Lancashire’s supply of Enipiro cotton, Air Leopold Amcry, Secretary for 'the Dominions, expressed his entire agreement with tho request.