GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 11 April 1928, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES

—«■ • - ——— (United Press Association.—liy Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) PRICE OF RUBBER. (Received this day at 10.15 a.m.) LONDON, April 10. Rubber plantation is rpiotcd at 87s Sd Hie lowest since 1922. GKAAIOPHOXE SHARES. LOXDOX, April 10. There were excited dealings in gramophone .shares on the Stock Exchange on the report of impending amalgamation of the world’s three largest record manufacturing companies, Victor Talking .Machine ol America, Gramophone Company, and Coliinlbia Gramophone Coy. The “ Standard ” says two of the Columbia’s directors now in America arc negotiating with officials. The hist two named companies say they know nothing of the fusion. The issued capital of the three companies aggregates nearly twelve millions, hut the present market value is almost thirty millions. CO.M.MOXWEALTH SHIPPING. (Received this day at 10.15 a.mA LOXDOX, April in. It is understood a settlement has practically been reached between Lord Kylsant and the Commonweal!h lor the sale of the Commonwealth Line, which Air Bruce is announcing shortly. LADY BAILEY CRASHES. CAPETOWN, April If). Lady Bailey, flying in a .Moth plane from England to South Alrica cabled her husband that she crashed at Taboara, hut was unhurt. The machine was wrecked. The 'Egyptian authorities refused to allow her to proceed south of Khartoum, owing to the dangers attendant on a forced landing in the Soudan, and escorted her as tar as Alongalla on Sunday.

OBITUARY. * (U-uit-cd Service.) ('Received tin's day at 9.30 a.m). LONDON, April JO. Obituary.—Edward Raymond Tliompson autlior of “dull England.” LONDON, April 10. Obituaries.—Stanley Jolm. Weytnan, aged 73, the novelist. Dr George C'liisliolm Williams, X-ray pioneer. Thirty years resaroh necessitated eiglit amputations of dermatitis. Ho had lost his entire right hand and portion of his left. He received a civil list Carnegie pensions. UK RAIN K TRIAL. (Received this day at 31.0 a.m.) LONDON. April 10. A Riga, correspondent reports the Supremo Tribunal of Ukraine has begun the trial of six of the highest police officials and a number of rank and file in the town of Chuguieff in Doncttz region, for alleged torturing of prisoners by slow strangulation, and pulling out hair iir which the police chief personally .participated. It was also alleged that they terrorised Clmguicff's population of 13.000 Instead of protecting them. SOVIET ACTION. lIONDON, April 10. The Third Intenitional has opened a .special session to discuss plans to create revolutionary organisations in America to combat the pan-American 'Federation of Labour. The CommunTrotskyites, both abjuring further support of opposition, namely Krestinsk.v (cx-Ambassndor at Uorlin) and Anton Ofloresenky, (prominent in the revolution in 1917). Tlip expulsions of humbler Trotskyites continue. IRON OR F FIND. PARIS. April 10.

An important deposit of iron ore hits been discovered ol Ilondgilvilh'. If is considered one of Ihe riehest in Normandy and is estimated to contain 45 per cent, of iron. EN D UR,A NC E R ECOR D. LONDON, April 11. Otto Keinnteriek heat his own world’s record for an endurance swim by remaining in a tank 46 hours. A trained seal which commenced at the same time got an attack of common sense several hours before his master and sat on one edge of the tank and watched him.