Cable Jottings

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 816, 9 November 1929, Page 9

Cable Jottings

GREYCUFFE DISASTER. The ■■caring ci the evidence in the action fought by the owners of the ferry ;; a “«r Grey cliff e against the owners y file Tahiti, which sank her in a usion in Sydney Harbour, has been The addresses of counsel 11 oe heard next week. ’ ICTQRIAN DEFICIT.—In the drse of a policy' speech, the Premier ■ 'ictoria. Sir William McPherson, -.‘jounced that if his party is returned Power at the forthcoming election ."ill introduce a petrol-tux. The Kct would be to raise sufficient ‘"Wy to meet tho deficit of £1,324,000 ‘ “»« end ot the financial year. RAILWAYS,—air. W. j. bas accepted the chief commisxI ® er *Wp of the New South Wales Railways, at a salary of £ 5.000 Mr. C. B. Anderson, general of the South Austra'a Always, has been elevated to Post of Commissioner of Kaile Mr * W. Webb, who is about (urn to America. EVACUATION.—The Bere^ BPaper 8 Paper “Vorwacrts" reports the •j,. of evacuation orders to Yenc b regiment stationed at in the third zone. The . the opinion that the * Minister of War. M. Maginot, s ”P°nsible. It says it always was j<j t - ew that the third zone should »in eva cuated until the Young plan ltl operation. 000 FRO\[ MOTORS.—A reby tho British .Ministry of ,^ ows that the gross amount .e rrT :S r m °tor licences in the endecl August 31 last was of mn* The total number ar s w 1 ve hicies, excluding tramVith l a^n about 2.131,000, compared n? ln t,ie corresponding h ani C a}L tbe Previous year. The me-.J-Propelled road vehicles a for the brst time in August *l.W£*ele- than 19.000.—British