NEWS FROM OVERSEAS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 30 November 1927, Page 3

NEWS FROM OVERSEAS

CABLES IN BRIEF. Flight Postponed: Captain Kings-ford-Smith has announced the posiponement of his endurance flight from San Francisco until Tuesday Mclntosh and Hinkler: Captain Mclntosh and Bert Hinkler have left for London, where it will be decidea whether they will continue the flight to India- The aeroplane remains ax Lemberg. Denmark to Bombay: A Danish cedar skiff, rowed by Captain Neils Vendecodte and two companions lias arrived at Algeciras from Denmark. The aim is to reach Bombay. Fatal Fall Over Cliff: Thomas Wilmot, aged 46, a labourer, reported to be a New Zealander, fell over a cliff near Inglewood, New South Wales, and broke his neck. He has a brother in New Zealand 1 . House of Commons Adjourns: The long fight in committee on the Unemplyment Insurance Bill was continued. varied by occasional Labour complaints against the necessity lor the closure. The House finally adjourned till Thursday. 1 Briquettes: Samples have reached London of German-made trial briquettes made from Morwell coal on behalf of the L. and N. Company. It is stated that Germany’s only grievance is that it is a better briquette chan that made from German coal. Polish Schoolboy’s Confession: Tho myserious murders of two middleaged men, found at different times in the woods at Billymontigny. with throat wounds, were cleared up by the confession of a Polish schoolboy, aged 12, Stanislaus Clielminisn. who also betrayed accomplices aged 13 and 15. The trio’s motive was robbery. Surfeit of Loans: The “Daily Express’ ” City editor states that there has been a surfeit of Australian loans in the last few months. The average investor likes to spread his capital. The underwriters will not hurry to get rid of the liability, as Jt is certain a demand will arise before long. The present discount is merely temporary. Pact Of Non-aggression: The Exchange Agency’s Geneva correspondent understands that Russia’s proposal t.o the disarmament conference

will be the immediate conclusion of a pact of non-aggression among all members and the reduction of ail present armaments by half within a decade.

Duke and Duchess of Your’sTcur: Tile film of the Duke and Duchess 01 York’s Australian and New Zealand tour, part of which was taken by the Duke, will be publicly shown on Friday on behalf of Lord Haig’s fund. The film is the private propertv of the Duke, who is a keen cinematographer.

Wireless and Cables: In the House of Commons, the Hon. Stanley Baldwin, questioned, said the Government did not propose to appoint a Royal Commission to consider the possibility of practical co-operatin netween competing State-owned wireless systems and cables.

Ford’s Latest Production: MiHenry Ford’s plans for the manufacture and sale 0 fa new car and the probable effect thereof on the sales of other, motor companies’ products is the biggest factor of the moment on the stock market. It is the main topic in New York banking and brokerage offices and the direct cause of much selling bf motor issues, holders of such, many of which show substantial paper profits, feeling that a big fight is impending. Wall Street is anxiously watching the situation.

Wine Smuggling; French Customs detective discovered that French and Spanish wines are being smuggled to Germany by the trainload'. The wine was contained in kegs and then placed in tank cars, filled up as industrial alcohol and passed as such by the Customs It is believed the practice has been carried out for three years, and that £1,000,000 worth has been smuggled.

Overloaded Ship; Watkin Janies Williams, aged 46, a shipowner, was given a year’s imprisonment and ordered to pay the costs of the prosecution on 13 counts in connection with sending out the British steamers Eastway and Tideway in an unseaworthy condition. The Eastway foundered with a loss of 23 lives iii a hurricane in the Bermudas.

Tin Resources: Captain Hacking Under-Secretary for Overseas Trade, stated in the House of Commons, in reply to Sir Nicholas Grattan Doyle (Conservative, Newcastle), that ne was aware of the opinion entertained by some authorities regarding a prospective shortage of the tin ore supplies of the world.. He was following closelv the discussions which were taking place on this, and also on the possibility of the stabilisation ef world prices.