GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 29 October 1928, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

A BIG COMBINE

(United Press Association—By Electric To legr aph—Co py right). (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, October 27. Ten millions capital and fifteen and a-lialf millions assets are involved in a great electrical trade amalgamation of Metropolitan, Vickers, .Manchester, British, Thomson Houston, Rugby, Edison’s Own, London, Ferguson Pallin and Manchester. It is claimed closer co-operation will result in the elimination of expenditure and reduction of selling [trices enabling British electricity industry to meet foreign competition.

UNIVERSITY ELECTION. LONDON, October 27. Glasgow University rectorial election resulted:— Mr Baldwin 1.041 Cunningham Graham (Scottish Nationalist) ' 078 Sir Ilerh-ert Samuel (I.ihoral) ... 390 Rosslyn Mitchell (Labour) ... 226 Women’s votes turned the scale in favour after the intervention «tf the Nationalist group gave an unexpected interest in the election.

Sixty thousand rotten eggs, thousands of cods heads and other ammunition was expended in the election, the combatants being dressed in boiler suits and football attire. Women students polled at a booth some distance from the battle ground. NAVAL SCHOOL. LONDON, Oct. 27. The Duke of York laid the foundation stone of the Royal Naval Hospital at Holbrook, the eight = hundred acres sifle of which is also an endowment provided by an Auckland (N.Z.) resident, Mr G. S. Reade. Speaking at a luncheon, Mr W. C, Bridgman (First Lord of the Admiialty), paid a tribute to Mr Read’s love of Empire, and laudable generosity, which would ensure a sufficiency of naval buildings to form a model village, It would take four years to complete, and would accommodate eleven hunriled hoys.

DISSENSION IN EUROPE. BERLIN, October 27

According to the “Local Anzieger,’ the German steel firms are protesting against an arrangement negotiated between the British and French steel firms, whereby the British firms are to supply the armour plate for the French warships, while the French firms .are to supply the light steel required for the British warship construction .

The German firms raised this question at a meeting of the Steel Cartel, at which the French delegates replied that war material was excluded from the restrictive clauses of the Cartel. The Germans argued that this contention did not apply to war material produced for export.

LLOYD DAM. A HUGE MASS OF MASONRY. DELHI, Oct. 28. Lesly Wilson opened the Lloyd dam at Bhatigar, thirty-two miles west of Poona. It is described as the most stupendous mass of masonry ever built by the hand of man in any part of the world. Two canals, one 100., the other 106 miles long, render irrigable an area of nearly a million acres.

YOUNG EMIGRANTS. LEAVE FOR NEW ZEALAND. LONDON, Oct. 26. Sir James Parr gave a valedictory address to thirty-two hoys and six girls who are going to New Zealand under the Flock House scheme.