GENERAL CABLES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 178, 23 April 1920, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES

J By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright A Xrench motor-boat at. the Nice races • attained 1 the record speed-' of a mile a minute. m M'"- Sproiilo nnd Mr. Kavanagh liavo - been sworn in as members of the New ; • f South Wales Cabinet, which now num.- • ] v\ bers thirteen. | ift In tho Federal House of Representa- j M fives, Mr. Hay gave notice of a motion J p.V that the export of horseflesh, frozen or i y> canned, should be encouraged. j he J n- A Itailer message from New York j let' states that the death-roll of the tornado j us in (lie Southern States was IGO. Tho ?r, damage amounts to many million dollars. j en i ne ■ The representative of the Victorian nd Government in London is not likely to es do anything in regard to a loan while . j m- the money market is in its present j ml state, nnd until the effect of the Budget ] a- upon it is apparent. ■ ;£ Fifty-four "Tommy W.A.A.C.'s" have ! <!,- arrived at Sydney.' They are part of 1 (jl n batch of two hundred invited by the j 0 f late Government under a stipulation i a t that they remain in New South Wales ; 1(5, for a year. . ' . ■ The New South Wales Government ! has extended the Wheat Commission . for a further three months. Mr. j Georgoson was recently refused a pass- j port to visit New Zealand for health \ reasons. ', . ; The Anglo-Persian Oil Company is '< erecting bunkering stations at Port Mel- I . bourne, Sydney, and Fremantlo, in pursuance of "the policy of, making the Em- • . piro self-contained in connection with . j ■ the supply of oil fuel. Stations will i IT be erected in other Dominions at a total. i 'cost of ,£1,200,000. ' v j Replying to a deputation _of women ,'i asking for cheaper necessaries of life, ■ | I> Mr.. Hughes (Federal Prime Minister) ex- -■ j e r pressed his approval of the idea that ,won. men should have seats oil commissions t 0 and hoards dealing with questions of in- .,. terest to women. ~ ' The Chambers of Commerce conference " g . at Adelaide carried a motion that the Federal Government 6hould arrange with " existing firms for the purpose of making t v their plants efficient to- produce muni- - -tions in theievent. of war; also that a JU system of contributory should -j , p " be initiated for the purpose of prnvid- J 6 ing for unemployment, sickness, and old j 311 age, contributions to 'he made by employ- ™- ers, employees, and the Government. J ur A London message states that the appli- | (' r -cations for the Commissionership of the j ;'• Victorian railways now exceed one hun- | [? : drcd. Even- railway system in tlie Hnit- j ul ed Kingdom is represented. The bulk i of the applicants nre engineers, but it is j ''- hoped to secure a good man with the, . j necessary traffic qualifications as well as 1 ' 10 engineering knowledge. Towards the week- i h* end the applications..will be weeded i ot down, 'and n selection of the most suit- > 1 I able will be furnished to the Government. ,