GENERAL CABLES

Grey River Argus, 14 September 1937, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES

[British Official Wireless]. RUGBY, September 10. Permission has been granted by the Board of Trade to the Clyde Lighthouses Trust to carry out special dredging of the Clyde during the next five years in preparation for the passage down the river of the Queen Mary’s sister ship, which is now building at Clvdebank. GENEVA. September 12. At the suggestion of Mr. W. J. Jordan, the New Zealand delegate, the committee set up to investigate proposals for the reform of the League of Nations Covenant, established a sub-committee of experts to submit proposals for separating the Covenant from the Treaty of Versailles. TOKIO, September 12. Takanori Yoshioka ran a hundred metres in 10.2 seconds, a world’s record, but this may not be recognised, owing to the following wind. LONDON, September 10. Official: Passenger fares between England and Australia and Australia and America have been increased by an average of 10 per cent. The spokesman for the Australi <n- - New Zealand passenger conference explained in an interview with the Australian Associated Press, that the increases apply to all lines trading between England and Australia, and England and New Zealand, also North America and Australia and New Zealand. The rates will vary according to port and class of vessel, but will approximately be ten per cent. They will not apply to passages booked prior to October 1. The spokesman added that the companies were reluctant to increase the fares, but this was unavoidable, owing to increased operative costs and the higher price of new tonnage. Moreover, economies in propulsion would oe given back to the publicin the form of larger accommodation, thus reducing the payable space. The companies draw attention to the fact that the rates would still be below those of 1932.

LONDON, September 10. Sir W. Citrine, at the Trades Union Conference, moving the adoption of the foreign policy statement, said that with the new technique of wag ing war without declaration against civilians, the safest place might be in the trenches. If the Fascists used armed might, there must be some deterrent. A cry may come from the general public that the limit of retreat had been reached, and a call on the Government to act. The cry was actually being raised now. How could they escape the conclusion that some measure of rearmament was indispensable, if the country were to face its obligations. Labour would not be indifferent to the defence of their own shores. (Cheers). The policy was adopted by a card Vote of 3,544,000 to 224,000. RUGBY', September 9. The Minister for Health (Sir Kingsley Wood), addressing Welsh local authorities at Cardiff, announced a number of national health projects and social schemes to be undertaken in the next 12 months. He hoped early in the new session to introduce in the House of Commons two important measures, one to reduce the age limit for the award of pensions to the blind, and the other to ■ provide medical care for young persons who had left school. At least 300,000 new homes would be required to complete the present

slum clearance and overcrowding programme. The campaign to make motherhood still safer would be intensified with the aid of the new midwifery service. The problem of nutri j tion must occupy more and more of the attention of the nation, and the basis of the nutrition policy would be further extended by making provision to enable milk to be made safer, and by extending its supply further to mothers. Local authorities would be in a position to extend their present schemes under which milk was made available either free or at a reduced price as circumstances might require The nation must not only ensure safr guards against disease but activel promote good health. ' Large sum were spent on health and housing services, greater perhaps than by any country in the world, but this money was a great national investment for it returned a high dividend in better homes, improved health, and longer lives.