LATE CABLE NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16370, 1 March 1924, Page 6

LATE CABLE NEWS.

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.i (Received March 1, noon.) DELHI, Feb. 29. At Nowgovs, in the Central Province, seventeen convicts broke gaol, overpowering thu gaol guard, and escaped across country. The; police, after a pursuit of six hours, captured twelve, of whom one was killed and eleven wounded. SYDNEY, March 1. • The State revenue for the past eight months shows an increase of £925,075, compared with the similar period last year. A tunnel under the harbor for the conveyance of a high-tension wire from Balm.-gji to Woolwich, is nearing completion. So far the cost is £140,295, although the estimated cost in 1913 was only £11,135. A mass meeting of the Operative Bakers’ Union adopted a resolution declaring the strike off, and that steps he taken to secure registration of the union under the Arbitration Court. The master bakers state that I lie decision to return to work is belated, as all the strikers’ places have been filled. PERTH. March 1. Speaking at a luncheon to officers of the fleet Ur. Earle Page, referring to Australia’s dependence on (he British navy, said the fleet could not be maintained in these waters without an adequate base. It was essential therefore that Britain should proceed with tho construction of the Singapore base.