GENERAL CABLES

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160737, 25 August 1920, Page 9

GENERAL CABLES

EMIGRATION TO COLONIES. Received August 25, 12.30 a.m. LONDON, August 25. The Agents-General severally are appealing to the Hon. M. Amery (Undersecretary for the Colonies) to postpone the closing date of free passages to exservice men for another year. CRICKET. LONDON, August 24. Playing against Kent, Douglas scored 33 and 51 in 33 and 170 minutes respectively. SYDNEY, August 25. J. H. Gregory, New South Wales’ fast bowler, is temporarily abandoning agricultural pursuits in North Queensland, and will be available against England. GERMAN FOOD CONTROLLER. LONDON, August 24. Herr Herines, German Food Controller, has arrived in London to discuss the German food programme under 'terms ot the Spa agreement. NOT A SHY WIDOW. BERLIN, August 23. The widow of Prince Joachim was engaged to Herr Guerard, a large factory owner, five weeks after her husband’s suicide. SHIPPING. SYDNEY, August 25. Arrived.—Maheno, from Auckland, at midnight. MELBOURNE, August 25. Sailed.—Westralia, for the Bluff. AERIAL RECORDS. SYDNEY, August 26. The Lord Mayor has opened a fund for Parer and Mclntosh, who, according to a Calcutta newspaper, established four records between England and Calcutta, namely, the fastest time for the whole trip, the fastest time across India, . the first to do the journey with one engine, and the first to follow caravan routes over the Arabian Desert. MELBOURNE, Avgust 25. Prime Minister Hughes has announced that the Government is dividing £IOOO between Parer and Mclntosh. EFFECT OF COAL SHORTAGE. MELBOURNE, August 25. The manager of the Victorian Yaraish Co., Ltd., iu the course of his evidence ■given before the Fair Profits Commission, stated that his company was shifting to Sydney owing to constant interruptions in coal supplies. He thought other industries would be compelled to do likewise. FEDERAL FINANCE. MELBOURNE, August 25. Sir John Cook’s Budget will be brought down next week. It is understood that it involves no new taxation, but abolishes the amusement tax.. A surplus is forecasted. It is in the region of between five and six millions.