NEWS BY CABLE AND MAIL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16212, 24 August 1923, Page 7

NEWS BY CABLE AND MAIL.

PROFITS IX ORANGES

DEALERS PREFER SMALL ONES. LONDON, August 14.—Experts in the orange trade here suggest that Australians should endeavor to select a small typo of ‘ orange for export, as traders dislike the large, thick-skinned varieties because they a\e less profitable. s ■

SHARK OJL WANTED

GOOD SELLING PROSPECTS,

" , LONDON, August 14.—A'New South Wales commercial officer is inquiring/ on behalf of Lord Howe Island residents into the prospects of selling shark oil in England. . Is has been ascertained that there is a ready market for a good quality , of light- colored oil at vpriee exceeding £3O a ton. NO MORE SOUR MILK. LONDON, Aug list 14.—The Jonas Nedlson system o ( f pasteurising .and sterlising milk has been accepted for installation in Sydney by the largest milk company in Australia, says the Copenhagen correspondent of The Times. Exhaustive inquiries into- methods were made throughout (he world. The Canadian-America n dairy organisation is installing a Neilsori plant in Canada. MOBILE SQUAD: NEW POLICE METHODS. MELBOURNE, Aug. 9. The Victorian Commissioner of Police states that, in view of the large number of robberies, committed while patrolling constables are on other portions of their boat, the'treat system lias outgrown its usefulness. Consequently, he has evolved what ho termed a “floating”, force — a mobile squad which can he transferred .rapidly from one suburb to another, working in' close co-operation with the night patrol. ) “BOB” SPEARS BEATEN, v >CcYCLINO SPRINTING IN PARIS. •’/LONDON, August 14.—1 n a. cycling Speed contest in Paris for three distances, a Frenchman, Poulain; ai Englishman, Bailey, and an Australian, _ “Bob” Spears, took part. Poulain won the 100 metres, Spears heing last; Bailey the 500 metres, Spears being second ; and Poulain the 800 metres, Spears being socond. Poulain was the winner with five points; Bailey came next with six, and Spears made seven. A thousand metres is approximately five-eighths of a mile. “HAPPY AS A SANDBOY.” DEFEATED POLITICIAN. LONDON, Aug. 6. —“I'm out of Parliament; I’m "one of the unemployed, and I • haven.’t any dole; but I’m as happy as a sandboy,” said Mr. Alfred 'Davies, a former M.P., whose plight was mentioned at the Textile Workers’ X “I have “been out of work since I was defeated by Mr, C'iltheroe in November,” he explained. “During the four years I was in Parliament I didn’t pay my unemployment insurance,- so now I’m noU entitled to the dole.” •‘CLEAN LAUGHTER.” SIR 0. HAWTREY EULOGISED. LONDON. Aug. 5.. —“In a world full of tears he gave us clean, fresh laughter that left no sting behind it,’’ said Cands J. O. Hannay, preaching to-day * at the memorial service for' the late Sir Charles , Hawtrey, the well-known comedy actor. Canon Hannay, who is better known by his literary pseudonym of George'A Birmingham, is the author of the comedy, “Send for Dr. O’Grady,” in which Sir Charles Hawtrey was appear in c when he died. He is also author of » numerous novels, including “The Simpkins Plot,” “Spanish Gold,” and ‘‘General John Regan.”

SELF-HiSLP IN POLAND

' NEW TAXATION. SCHEME

WARSAW, August, 6.—The Polish Government has completed * its , financia. scheme, and the has adopted the PropeHy Tax'RiUV'iUy'which it is expected that .gold V francs (at the normal' rate of exchange £40,000,000) will be raised. , ...' The money twill be devoted to sanitation. and to -the restoration : of Polish finances. Half the amount will bo paid 1 by farmers and 375,000,000 francs by V various industries and commercial -in Y terests. The remainder will be.raisec i, by other-dorms of property taxation ' The tax .will foe payable in six annual instalments. j

STAMPS OF DOMINIONS

DETERIORATION OF DESIGN.* ' ' LONDON. Aug. 7.—Discussing the proposed - issue of n~ new - Austral iai stamp, the secretary.of’ the Royal Phila telic Society, in an interview, said that > no one cared whether Australia emitter. V ihe King’s head from the startp or not. \ Ji w -as 'of much more importance that v Australia should produce a more stylisl • design. Those .designs which she had ' hitherto used were unattractive, wftl:

few-exceptions. . Messrs. Stanley Gibbons and Go., one x>f the largest stamp dealing ‘firms in the A world, commenting on the subject, took via different view. He said that all v ’stamp dealers would like to see the \ King’s head retained. It seemed to be \ natural to exi>eet the King’s head to V .shown on stamps of the Dominions. J_[ the Dominions wanted something typical, the firm suggested that they should adopt the practice, prevailing in the West Indies, of combining the King's , head with local views. >. ■ This firm also pdinted out that all the Dorn ion ions’ • designs had .. deteriorated. Some of the 4 >arliest Australian 1 issues- . .were amongst‘ the best examples, - but .latterly,- both the'design and execution ' ii, n d been bad. If was 'a'.common mistake to jumble up too-much detail in a small space.' Australiacshould set an *j example with dearer and' more definite ■y designs. /

PRINCE ONsHOLIDAY

1 \ TRAVELLING INCOGNITO

V ill LONDON, ' Aug. 6.—lt is estimated s vthat, at-least 60,000 people of all classet •>' thi s year have obeyed the _ slogan ( of the t railway posters, “Take this year’s holi- * on • the Continent—it may prove ’ cheaper.” Boulogne, Calais, and Dieppe and other popular BVeneh -watering \ places have been crowded with British Gtourists, while other swarms visited '* Gstend'and other resorts on the Belgim C ° Among the throng which filled the Continental departure platform at ■ Victoria • street on Saturday : was a young pian. 'conspicuous -only -‘by, a, somewhat crave expression of countenance, . occasionally lit up by the most ’charming.o 'smiles. A ’-few people,, catching',sight of V him, abruptly stopped and raised <■Jen ■ hats, to which" 1 he responded courteously 1 It was the Prince of Wales. - : Like the majority of bus fellow-sub jects, the Prince was taking a wellearned holiday. He was travelling in * cotrnito. Under the comparatively mod est title of the Earl of Chester, which has belonged to the heir-apparent since the days of William the Conqueror, hr can escape to* some extent at least the V fierce light that beats upon the Prince of Wales. Ho did not, however, escape recognition. .To the delight of tho crowd a saucy lass;from Doncaster leaned out from her third-class window as lie passed tc* his reserved compartment, .-and called laughingly, ‘‘Do come in among the girls!” The Prince blushed and laughed.