GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 May 1928, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

Australian Press Assn.—United Service

MOTOR SPEED RECORD. LONDON, May 17

“1 do not see why tvc should not be allowed to take the risk," said Mr Malcolm Campbell, coni mention on the Royal Automobile’Dub's ban on his attempt to regain the world’s speed record on the Pendines Sands. He said he now must incur the terrific expense of taking the ear and organisation abroad. Nevertheless, he intended to try to get the record hack. An official of the Club, in defending the decision, said that there wan only n bare seven miles of sand, with a. river at one end and a wall of rock at tho other. The Club does not wish to appear ml-tapish, hut it was felt that it would almost be criminal to' grant such a permit, Ho recalled that Percy Thomas was killed on the Hemlines Hands in March, 1927.

DOMESTICS TRAINING. Australian Press Assn.—United Service (Received this day at 9 a.m.) LONDON. May 17. Refuting the idea that Market Harhorough training school for domestic migrants was accentuating tho shortage of domestics in United Kingdom, the annual report of the Society of Overseas Settlement of British Women mentions that out of the first sixty trainees, only three had previously boon domestics. It regretted the stringency in Australia and New /ealancl impeded the demand, which even yet still exceeded the supply and hoped migration would soon ho accelerated.

SUGAR PR ODUCmON EX QUIR V GENEVA, May 17.

A sub-committee discussing sugar production decided the matter was not sufficiently studied to permit of a searching investigation, a resolution was passed recognising the importance df tho problem owing to the difficulty wherein 'the industry found itself, and calling on the League Council to instruct its economic organisations to examine all factors relating to international production and consumption of sugar. Their report would be submitted to the Council which woo'd decide whether concerted international action was desirable.

AMERICAX SUGGESTK>N. LONDON. May 16

Among the observers attending the Economic' Conference at Genoa arc ft number of representatives of tlie American Trusts. One of them, who has just concluded a course of inquiries over Europe, told the “Daily Telegraph’s’’ correspondent that the only hope of his country or the Continent of Europe lowering their larifls was if the whole of the British Empire were to put high tariffs on foreign manufactured goods.

ECONOMIC PEACE ADVOCATED

LONDON, May 10

At the Economic Conference at Geneva n feature of the day was the speech by Mr Vernon Willey, former President of the Federation of British Industries who said that employers shared the workers’ impatience at tho existing conditions. Full, clear and prompt information, must bo required from all countries in order to steady trade and to avoid the alteration of booms and depressions, which caused fluctuations leading to unemployment and misery. Professor Laur (Switzerland) protested that the Economic Conference liad never sanctioned the idea of lice trade. Economic peace was the supreme aim.

MIGRATION OF EELS. COPENHAGEN, May 17

A-round the world scientific expedi-

:• iion is starting in .lniu> to carry out V oceanographic investigation in an attempt to solve the mimlter of Pacific problems, particularly the migration of eels. The lender, T)r Johannes Schmidt formerly c-arriod on a marine research, specialising'' in eels, r lhe expedition works for two years mainly on the coast of Australia, New Zealand, China and .Taman.