GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 30 November 1927, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES

(Australian & N.Z. Cable Association,

DUKE OE YORK. LONDON, Nov. 99. The Duke of York, speaking at the Industrial Welfare Society, urged cooperation between Britain and the Dominions. His survey of Australian mid New Zealand industries indicated the possibilities of extension, in which the society should he nvilnble to overseas employers. Though his survey was confined to liis spare time, owing to tlie full programme, lie was most impressed by labour-saving methods and the efficiency of men and women.

MORE LONDON LOG. LONDON, Nov. 99

Tlie wool sales again wore postpone! owing to fog. It was pitch dark a ten o’clock in the morning.

FLOOD LOSS OF LIFE • ALGIERS, Nov

Flood damage in Oran Depnrtmoiii alone is estimated at four million ster

Many villages were swept away

and are almost traceless. A vast tract ’ lias been converted into a silt-covered plain • The dead are certain to total several hundreds. Rain continues, hampering relief. Provisional convoys have started and meanwhile aeroplanes are dropping food in isolated districts.

N.Z. NEWS JOURNAL. LONDON, Nov. 29

As n result of the co-operation ot New Zealand journalists in London, the “New Zealand News’’ has commenced a fortnightly publication. Sir J. Parr, in a foreword, says,: “ We’ve grown sufficiently to have our own viewpoints expressed in London.”