GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 July 1927, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.)

(Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, July 27. Obituary.—The artist, Solomon Joseph Solomon, trom heart iailuic.

HILL SIXTY. LONDON, July 26

Mr T. Calder (a director of Allsopp’s Brewery) has offered Hill Sixty (the offer of an area of which was advertised on July 19th). the Hill being an area of seven acres, as a gilt to the nation, iu order that it may become “Forever England.” He, explains that he bought it in 1921 for £4OO, for a memorial to the London Rifle Brigade, but the scheme collapsed. He leaves the manner of dealing w ith it entirely to the A) ar Office. He points out that the recently advertised land is an area that adjons the Hill.

RECORD PRICE FOR RACEHORSE. LONDON. July 26. Sir Harry Mallahy-Decley has purchased the racehorse Call Boy for sixty thousand pounds. He did so in accordance with a request of his brother. tliejate Air Curzon, to prevent the horse leaving England. The price is a record for a thoroughbred.

INDIAN FLOODS. DELHI. July 27

An unprecedented rainfall has caused serious floods in the State of Baroda, in Western India, resulting in almost the compete isolation of Bombay ALiil trains from Peshawar and the Punjab are marooned in floods, and aTi coinimiuication with the affected area is cut off.

Hundreds of square miles of country is submerged. Fifteen inches of rain fell yesterday.

Scores of bridges have been washed away in the Sadiya frontier tracts, on tlie Assam border.

Phenomenal rain is also reported in Burma, ten inches falling, completely flooding the towns.

MARTYR TO SCIENCE. LONDON. July 26

After having been a martyr to dermatitis for seven years. Afr Alfred C. Taylor, aged 66, one of the earliest X-Ray pioneers, has died .at Peterborough, where he commenced his experiment which, within three months, resulted in the discovery of the Rontgon Ray. Despite his suffering, he recently remarked. “I would do it again!” MOTH PLANE. LONDON. July 27. Daniels, cabled on February 23rd. having purchased a AToth plane, is now undergoing a refresher course at Stag iT.ane aerodrome. He sails at the end of September.

BOROTRA’S PROPOSALS. PARIS. July 27

After the Davis Cup Borotra hopes to pay a business visit to Australiaextending from October to February. Friends are amused by bis remark that he does not know whether he will take a racquet, as nobody can imagine the hounding Basque going antf/w her# njnus l;if radquetfj and beret.