GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 14 February 1929, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

PROMOTING CIVIL AVIATION. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph- Copyright). (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, •February 13. With the double object of mapping out a thousand landing grounds throughout Britain, and of preaching the gospel of civil aviation. Captain Colfham is finalising plans for an aerial tour of Britain lasting from April to August. Ho will he accompanied by his wife, lie proposes to give every mayor in Britain the opportunity of flying.

CIVIL SERVANTS. LONDON, Feb. 13. In the House of Commons, Captain D. Margcsson (Conservative), in reply to a question, said that there had been conversations between the British and the Irish Free State Governments’ representatives on the question of British civil servants in Ireland desiring to retire from the Irish Civil Service under Article Ton of the Irish Treaty. These have resulted in ail agreement. The terms would later i>e announced in the House of Commons and in the Bail Eircnnn.

REGULATING NEWSPAPER COMPETITIONS. (Received this day at 10.30. a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 13. In the House of Commons, Mr Braitlnvaite introduced a Bill to permit newspaixM' competitions forecasting football results. The Bill prohibited entrance fees, and made it illegal for any one to submit more than one entry in each competition. 1 lie latter will prevent fictitious circulations. The Bill passed its first rea l-