GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 May 1928, Page 4

GENERAL CABLES.

Australian Press Assn.—United Service ITALIA AT SPITZBERGEN. (Received this day at 0.30 a.in.) BERLIN, May 25 The “Tngleblatt” reports the Italia lias arrived at Spitzbergon. X.Z. APPLES. LONDON, May 25. The Argyllshire's Now Zealand apples realised Dunn’s and Delicious 11s to 12s, Lord Woselcy’s 10s Od to 11s, Jonathan’s 10s Od to 11s. An interesting development is Hie exportation from London this week- of 0528 boxes of New Zealand apples to Brazil. It is understood the Union Cold Storage purchased them at current market prices and shipped 1 thousand to fcantoa and 2-50 to Rio do Janicro by the Blue Star liner Aviala. Before Panama Canal opened dire.

shipments used to bo made to South America from New Zealand and the apples also realised excellent prices. If the recent shipment is nqunlly successful others may follow, ns meat carriers returning to Argentina offer an abundance of refrigerated space. Traders here would require further exports to South America and it would relieve the congestion in England.

PRINTING STRIKE ENDS.

(Received this day at 8.50 a.m.) PERTH, May 26

A prolonged strike in job printing industry, involving 1 throe hundred men, lias ended, the men agreeing to return on the same wages and conditions obtaining at the beginning of the dispute in February.

CORRUPTION ENQUIRY MELBOURNE, May 25. Mr Bruce has appointed Judge Scholes, District Court Judge of New South Wales, a Royal Commissioner to inquire into Lambert’s charges of corruption. OBITUARY. MELBOURNE, May 2G. Obituary—Rcvd. Dr. William Henry Fitchott, a distinguished Methodist historian ; for many years principal of Methodist College at Hawthorn. He \j- a .s twice married and had live sons and ono daughter.

GOODBYE, ROTO.MAH.ANA. MELBOURNE, slay 26.

The old steamer Rotomahana, for many years in the. Melbourne New /calami passenger and cargo service and later in the Tasmanian service begins her last voyage on Monday when she will be towed tliree miles outside Port Phillip heads to bo sunk.

VICTORIAN RAI L AYAYS. MELBOURNE, May 26

A deficit of about a million sterling is expected, in the. A ictorin.n Railways for the current year, almost ended.

GIRL CHARGED. MELBOURNE, May 20

Pearl CTessy, married, was charged in Caulfield Court with stealing bank notes valued at £22,000, the property of her mother, Gertrude Palmer, who gave evidence reluctantly and somewhat incoherently. She said her daughter advised her to convert Government bonds valued’ at £22,000 into cash, and re-invest in mortgages at 8 per cent, which was a hotter proposition, to which the mother acquiesced. The cash was brouht home and hidden in a sofa and a gas stove. The following morning the daughter (Tcssy rose earlier, much earlier than usual and rushed into her mother’s room and exclaimed that the money had been stolen. The daughter thereafter was opulent, bought a car. dressed expensively, and offered to make her mother on a trip to England. The case was dismissed.