GENERAL CABLES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 232, 25 June 1920, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES

By Telegraph—Press Association—OopyrlgJu Tho sugar shortage in Sydney is again acute, and only 25 per cent, of the normal requirements is available. The New South Wates Governmont Savings Banjc 'has increased the rate «f .interest on deposits to 4 per cent, up to a limit of .£SOO. A Router message from New York states that tho earthquake shocks felt at Los Angeles extended over an area of only twenty-iive miles. There was a general exodus of the population of Inglewood. . Mr. J. MTJwan Hunter (Agent-General for Queensland), giving evidenco before the British Empire Cotton Growing Committee with reference to Queensland's resources, pointed out tho importance of securing a guaranteed price for a definite period of years in order to justify the expenso of the preliminary outlay. A Router message states that tho House of Lords, after a protest 'by the Archbishop of Canterbury, read tho third time Lord Buckmaster's Divorce Bill, by 151 votes to 107, The Bill extends the grounds for divorco to cover habitual drunkenness, insanity, and desertion for three years. The Bill will now go to the House of Commons.