GENERAL CABLES.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18821, 11 July 1923, Page 9

GENERAL CABLES.

Christ's Hospital (London) has opened a farm-training branch at the school, with a view to preparing boys for farm work in the Dominions. Mr Vernon Reid, a New Zealand legislator, is preparing a settlement for the boys in the north of New Zealand. The big demand for South Wales iron and steel continues, and is due to the heavy drop iu imports of foreign iron and steel. A number of blast furnaces have been relit, though the industry is handicapped by the shortage and high price of coke. Aviation crashes throughout the world during the six months totalled 90, in which 106 persons were killed and 64 injured. At Trieste, two young men won the antl-slcep marathon. They kept awake for 98 hours. The inquiry into the Hartington fire has concluded at Brisbane. The chief evidence was to the effect that the outbreak was due to Durban coal, which is considered inflammable and liable to spontaneous combustion. It is understood that the coal miners in New South Wales have decided not to give the owners the right to dismiss men proposed by the Oakes Conference, which will resume to-morrow, but a deadlock is anticipated on this issue.