GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 5 February 1929, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES

EARTHQUAKES IN INDIA. (United Press Association—By ElectricTelegraph—Copyright). DELHI, Feb. 2. There were severe earthquake shocks in Northern India last night. Damage was caused in Delhi, Lahore and Rawalpindi. HUNT FOR TRADE. LONDON, February 2. New Zealand publicity efforts in 1928 in Britain comprised nineteen exhibitions covering 178 days. More than a hundred thousand butter samples were sold. Plans for 1929 aim at a record. The Marketing Board is providing an exclusive pavilion for Newcastle for a six months exhibition. New Zealand will occupy the opening month of May, and Australia will take November. USE OF RADIO AGAINST. CRIMINALS. LONDON, February 2. As an instance of up to date methods now being adopted by the London police, a gang of pickpockets was captured at Kensington, through detectives motoring <;ne road and wirelessing a detective motoring another. WORDING OF WILL. LONDON, February 3. The mystery of the words in .Maxwell’s will (cabled on 29th Jan.) has been cleared up, .Mrs Lily Sutcliffe authorising the “Daily Express” to revewl the passage, which was: “To .Mrs Sutcliffe I leave the memory of her base ingratitude, her slanders on her benefactor, for many years,” and then follows Mrs Sutcliffe states: “The allegations concerning my moral charawter are thoroughly unjustified. Maxwell had for years been living apart from his invalid wife. lie and T have been on terms of close ifriendship for ten years. 1 had to terminate it in 1927 for the strongest, gravest reasons. He offered every inducement to get me back, even offering to make my sole legatee.” EUROPE FROZEN. .MANTLED IN SNOW. LONDON, February 3. There was exceptionally severe weather in Southern Europe. The whole of Italy is frozen. Even Vesuvius is mantled in snow. A long frost is causing intense distress in Turkey, where famished wolves appeared on the outskirts of Constantinople. Three express trains on the Simplon route, are snowbound. CH IN A-J AP SETTLEMENT. SHANGHAI February 3. A settlement of the Tsinan affair in .May last, between Japan and China is expected to-morrow. A joint note regretting the slaughter has been prepared. ARMY ESTIMATES. LONDON, Feb. 2. The Army estimates for 1929 show a reduction of half a million sterling which does not seem large, but big economies have already been effected and further substantial reductions are tampered by the expensive change to \ mechanical basis. The personnel is gradually being diminished with the ncrea.se of machine guns and figlitng vehicles, but the savings flow into lie provision of modern armament. The next estimates, in particular, indude a mosquito fleet of light arnoured fighting machines. New fasf a'ansport, and additional artillery ypes have increased quotas. Mac-li-ne guns actual maintenance cost lias almost reached the pre-war lend. VENICE FROZEN. SKATING IN LAGOON. ROME, February 4. The rare spectacle exists of the lagoon of Venice being completely frozen. Gondolas and other craft are icebound. People are skating every- 1 where. Ships are unable to break through. |