CABLE NEWS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19033, 10 June 1924, Page 11

CABLE NEWS

A Paris cable says; For the first time a horse has made an aerial journey. A racehorse travelled by a Goliath machine from le Borget to Amsterdam.

The award of the British Industrial Court in the shipbuilding dispute grants a general increase of 7s weekly over the prevailing rates, payable in two instalments on June 14 and September 12, with an additional 6d daily for men engaged in repair work.

The inquiry by the N.S.W. Federal Executive of the Australian Labour Party into the ballot box scandal wil be resumed to-morrow. The vacancy caused by Mr. Carbine’s withdrawal has been filled by Mr. Stewart, secretary of the Federal Executive.

The Indian Assembly passed a Bill providing for the protection of steel industries; rejected protective duties on agricultural implements; and restored the protective duty on the tinplate industry, which the Select Committee had omitted.

Owing to the refusal of employees at the Sydney dockyards to repair the Port Lyttleton, it is probable the vessel will have to undergo permanent repairs at Java. Arrangements are in progress for temporary repairs to be effected in Sydney, following which the vessel will leave for Batavia.

A contingent of American cowboys and cowgirls for Wembley Exhibition have arrived and they traversed the city in charabancs and caused amusing scenes by lassooing bank messengers and bell-toppers. Groups of women were also roped in. This horseplay was accepted ’ good naturedly.

The voluntary pool in Westralia last season received approximately 10,250,000 bushels of wheat out of fifteen million. The price realised was 4 s 6d per bushel. The Chillagoe, one of the vessels affected by the recent strike in Sydney has secured a crew and has put to sea.