OFFICIAL WIRELESS

Hokitika Guardian, 11 October 1928, Page 1

OFFICIAL WIRELESS

BRITISH MOTOR SHOW. LIGHT SIX-CYLINDER CAR, (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Oct. 8. The motor exhibition opens at Olympia on Thursday. All nations will he represented by cars, and Competition promises to be keen. A feature of the show.promises to he the light six-cylinder car, which, has .passed the novice stage of a year or two ago, and in which wonderful results have been standardised.

Values, it is stated, will be unprecedented, and there will lie a car t-o suit every pocket. The increasing army of owner-drivers and owuor-mec'lia-nies will find a remarkable advance in the tilings which minister to comfort; whether they prefer the -a-Tl-ni-cvtal saloon body of' the fabric sort. Both types have been made still .more competitive and attractive. An interesting part of the- show will lie various kinds of safety glass, whir 1 will in time, it is expected, ho an indispensable accessory of the car.

CANADIAN PREMIER. GUEST OF MR BALDWIN. RUGBY, Oct. 8. Mr Macktmzio King, Prime Minister of Canada, arrived' in London on Saturday night from France, where, since signing the Peace Pact on behalf of Canada, lie has been on holiday. The 'Secretary for the Dominions' and Mrs Am cry were among those gathered to meet him on his arrival. He was the guest of the Canadian High Commissioner, Mr Peter Larkin, until yesterday, when he went to Chequers to stay witlvMr Baldwin.

‘The newspapers anticipate that the scheme for settling 20.000 British families within the next ten years in Canada will be discussed during the visit, but Afr Mackenzie King says that the purpose of the visit is to rest and meet a few personal friends. . Mr Mackenzie King visited the British Prime Minister early last month during the latter’s holiday at Aix-lcs-Bams. PRINCE IN AFRICA. RUGBY, Oct. 8. The Indian community in Nairobi was given a special opportunity of welcoming the Prince of "Wales at, a garden party arranged by the municipality. With a few Europeans, there were present Indians of all classes,, from artisans to wealthy merchants, who warmly greeted the? Prince. The Prince conversed with prominent Indians about some of the places ho had visited, and the people he had mot on his Indian tour. He also, discussed 'questions affecting industrial reflations between cotton growing countries and the home manufacturers. The Prince joined a party of leaders of the- Indian and the European communities at Earn before starting on a long motor drive to Lord Delamere’s estate up country.