GENERAL CABLES

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 182, 4 May 1925, Page 9

GENERAL CABLES

Br Telbcbiph-— Puess Association COPTBIGHI The /football season in Sydney was opened on Saturday with large attendances at matches of all codes. I I Canada will be represented at the seventh annual session of the International Labour Conference at Geneva on Alay 19. After a debate which lasted for 21 days, and ended with an all-night session, the Budget was passed 'by the Canadian House of Commons. The House of Commons passed the third reading of the British Empire Exhibition Guarantee Bill, by which £1,100,000 is guaranteed.—Reuter. The death of Air. H. E. Braff, a distinguished scholar, for many years warden of Sydney University,’ is" announced by a Press Association mes sage. A Reuter message from BcrlTn says it has been arranged that Alarshal von Hindenburg, the President-elect, will take the oath of office in the Reichstag at noon on May 12.—Reuter. No change is recorded in the position at the Walsh Island Dockyards. According to a statement by the general manager, the dispute with the cranemen has reached a deadlock, and the power is being supplied to the plant by members of the .staff. A New York message says that I’ola Negri, who arrived on Friday night by the Berengaria, will be detained by the. Customs officers/ after she disembarks, on the charge of failure to declare three pieces of jewellery valued ,at 300,000 francs. It is learned that she also will be charged with attempting i.c smuggle sixteen bottles of liquor.