OVERNIGHT CABLES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18586, 11 October 1928, Page 5

OVERNIGHT CABLES.

(United Press Assn. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) New Tyne Bridge. RUGBY. October 9. The King and Queen will break their journey from Balmoral, where they have recently been in residence, and open to-morrow the new Tyne bridge, which spans the river at Newcastle. The two existing railway bridges across the Tyne at Newcastle were also opened by Royalty. One of them, built by the great engineer, Robert Stephenson, was opened by Queen Victoria in 1849. The new bridge is intended for road traffic only. It is a high level bridge of single span. It is 531 feet long and is the largest steel arch yet constructed ill this country, although the similar .steel arch now being built over Sydney Harbour is more than three times as long. The total expenditure on the bridge and its approaches exceeds £l,ooo,ooo.—British Official Wireless. Australian Shipping. RUGBY. October*). In the course of a speech at Sydney Mr Bruce, the Australian Prime Minister, announced his intention of repealing .the coastal clauses of the Australian, Navigation Act. This will permit British ships to engage in the Australian coastal trade. Mr Bruce further intimated that tariff protection would be afforded ves sels complying with Australian wages and . living conditions and regulations. —British Official Wireless. Rifle Shooting. SYDNEY, October 10. At the New South Wales rifle meeting, in the Jamieson match (800 yards). Porritt (Sydney) and Hutchins (Yorkshire), with the possible, shared first place. MTver (Petone) and Vennell (Masterton) were sixteenth and thirtieth respectively, each with forty-eight, taking £l. In the Johnnie Walker match (900 yards), James, Cameron and Suttor, all of New South Wales, tied with fortynine. Vennell, eighty-sixth, and M Iver. ninetieth, each with forty-four, took £l. In the Motton match (400 yards), four tied with forty : nine, the best being Davies (Victoria) and Natt (South Australia). -There were no New Zealanders in the prize list. The Longfield Aggregate, which is for the six matches on Monday and Tuesday,, was won by James (Parramatta), with 276 out of a possible 300. Vennell was fourteenth, with 269, and took £4 The Dodds Aggregate for three matches on Tuesday, war won by Major James (Concord), with 141. MTver was. twentieth with 136 and Vennell fifty-first with 133. Each took £l. Competitors to-day were occupied with the first stage of the King’s Prize Match at 300, 500 and 600 yards. A moderate to gusty right front wind caught many experienced shots napping.—Australian Press Association. British Cabinet. RUGBY, October 9. The Prime Minister, Mr Baldwin, returned to London yesterday and will preside to-morrow at a Cabinet meeting. at which it is understood foreign affairs and the legislative programme for the new session will form the chief subjects for consideration.—British Official Wireless. Dust Storm at Sea. SYDNEY, October 10. The schooner, Margaret W. arrived from • Gisborne. Captain Wachlin reports a stormy passage of sixteen days. Four hundred miles off the Australian coast the schooner encountered a dust storm similar to those in the Red Sea. The visibility was less than a mile in the daytime while the dust lasted.— Australian Press Association. New Zealand Bowlers. SAN FRANCISCO, October 9. The New Zealand bowlers tied with San Francisco Scottish in team matches but lost on points, 66 to 56.—Australian Press Association—United Service Australian Civil Service. CANBERRA, October 10. The Public Service Board is making investigations with a view to the reorganisation of Federal services, members of which fear the result may be a reduction of staffs and possibly rates of pay.—Australian Press Association Typhoon in Japan. TOKIO, October 10. Many hundreds of fishermen were drowned, and severe casualties were suffered among coastal shipping in a typhoon, of which no warning was received. Several steamers sent wireless messages that they were in distress. Cruisers and .destroyers were despatched to their assistance.—Australian Press Association. Tafforesses’ Strike. LONDON, October 10. Seven hundred tailoresses are striking at Edmonton, owing to the employers’ refusal to discharge a nonunionist. They marched four abreast to the factory gates, bearing a banner on which was an announcement of their adherence to trades union principles, written in foot-long red letters with their own lipsticks-—United Service. British Motor Trade. RUGBY. October 9. According to the annual issue of the organ of the Society of Motor Manufacturers, the output of British motoir-cars was 'more than doubled between 1923 and 1927. The figures rose from 66,396 to 157.000. There was an equally striking increase in the manufacture of commercial cars, which rose from 21,604 to 52,000.—British Official Wireless. Sydney Divorce Case. SYDNEY, October 10. The case in which George. Henry Jackson sought a divorce on the ground of His wife’s alleged misconduct with Gerald Ballantyne, at Mina arid Cheviot., New Zealand, ended after a fortnight’s hearing in the dismissal of the petition. —Australian Press Association. Britain’s Unemployed. RUGBY. October 9. T.he number of unemployed in Great Britain on October 1 shows a further considerable increase of 41,166 compared with the week before. Compared with a year ago the increase is 260,525. The total of’ the unemployed is 1,336,400. British Official Wireless. Railway Hold-XJp. NEW YORK, October 10. Between 12,000 and 15,000 employees of the American Railway Express Company went on strike at midnight. The cause has not been divulged. It affects all Greater New York.—Austraian Press Association—United Service. Australian Elections. LONDON, October 10. The “Financial News” says: “A verdict in the elections in favour of Mr Bruce will help to liberate Australia from the danger of tyranny, and trengthen the foundations of true 'emocracy. Mr Scullin’s policy to rely on internal capital can only retard and cripple economic progress.”—Australian Press Association.