GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 11 June 1929, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

OIL COY DIVIDEND. United Prebs Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received this day at 9.25 a.m.) LONDON, June 10. The Anglo-Persian Oil Company declared a dividend of 12. V per cent for the nine months to December 31, 1.928. This means the British government receive about £703,060 on its holdings. WATER SHORTAGE. FAMINE IN HONG; KONG. - (Received this day at 1.R25, a.m.) SHANGHAI, June 10. An unprecedented drought in Hong Kong has resulted in the most serious water supply crisis in the-colony’s history, the Government stating tlieYe is less than three weeks supply. Strutters from surrounding; ports;: are filling ballast tanks, with water' for carriage to Hong Kong, wliereT tanks are being constructed; along the waterfront to accommodate-,the 'in-com-ing supply. A number of minor fights occurred in Hong Kong streets during the rationing. The water; reservoirs are heavily guarded. ' SAFETY APPLIANCES. ABOUT WHARVES. GENEVA, June 10. A Committee held a debate on accident prevention for employees loading and unloading ships, on which the Labour Office draughted a convention, requiring numerous safety appliances on ship and shore, the latter including the specific lighting of wharves, certain types of roads and bridges over docks and landing places.