GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 24 July 1929, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES

NAVAL REDUCTIONS. GOVERNAJENT WALKS WARILY. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) j ..ill sb ~: r LONDON, July 23.' ; .' ; The- Daily = Telegraph says: Parliament will adjourn' oil Friday fbr the summer recess, reassembling on the 22nd ;of October or the ”29th 6f Octo-‘ her. Mr MacDonald proposes to make a statement' on naval construction on Friday, but it has" not 'yet been decided whether ‘-the Government ’ will <|ut out all six l of the ’submarines proposed.'lt is understood that a Smgaport- Base decision will be postponed until progress has been made in the discussions on naval disarmament. SUGAR TRUST. SECRET INTERNATIONAL N AGREEMENT. BRUSSELS, July 23. A secret agreement lias been readied between the European, Belgian and Cuban' sugar producers, Io I lowing Upon a fortnight’s conference. The terms are at present withheld, in order to' avoid speculation, but they have been sent to Java.- The producers are conferring at Amsterdam

THE MARRIAGE-TIE:-A CENTENARIAN’S THIRD. ! i (Received this day at 10 a.m.) ■ . , CAPETOWN, July 23. • A Magistrate at Middlesex, Transvaal, officiated at the marriage of Windvoel, a Hottentot, authentically reported to be 128 years old, to his third wife aged 47. Windvoel was bought from slavery for a few pence a- the age of six years. BOOK’S FOR DISCOVERY. LONDON, July 23. The Discovery’s company of twentysix will be. allowed only one hundred books, tlie choice off which has proved a difficult, but pleasant exercise to the literary minded. The Encyclopaedia Britannica and Oxford dictionary have first -'choice, while poetry, drama, and philosophy represent seven books, including Shakespeare and Shaw’s ‘ St. Joan.” Twenty-four relate to history and travel where Polar expeditions preponderate. Eight are of popular science. The fiction section compiises fifty-three hooks mainly modern.