GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 14 August 1929, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

A TRAGIC END. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, August 13. Obituary.—Hugh McNauglitcn, viceProvost of Eton. McNaughten" had a tragic end. He was a, brilliant classical scholar, with great influence at Eton, where lie was educated’ and had been a master since 1886. He’had poor health for a year and disappeared last week. Suicide was feared and dragging operations in the Thames followed until the body.was found floating near Windsor. BRITISH TROOPS TO,LEAVE THE RHINE. LONDON, Aug. 13. The “Daily Telegraph’s” diplomatic writer says that lie is able to state authoritatively that the British troops will be withdrawn from the Rhineland before the end of this year, irrespective of the decision of the Reparations Conference at The Hague. A LONG JOUNEY. LONDON, August .13. Sailing from England for Wellington, in 1884, John Woodcock, now a sturdy man of seventy, failed to reach his destination until six weeks ago, when on the way home to England. Having landed at Hobart, he missed the ship. He found work in Tasmania, subsequently visiting most parts of Australia and 1 New Zealand, except Wellington. He recently went to ton in. the Coriuthic, aboard which h< met a missionary, Rev. A. Benton, who persuaded Woodcock to acompany him as engineer on a voyage to the upper reaches of the Amazon in a seventyfeet) motor launch. BRITISH TRADE. (Received this day at 9.25 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 13. The Board of Trade Union states that for July imports showed a decrease of £1,937,000 and exports an increase of £5,531,000. Re-exports decreased by £483,000. The principal decreases in iin pc res were grain and flour £2,628,000 raw cotton £1,658,000;' oil, seeds etc. £821,010. .Increases in imports were, wool £700,000; vehicles £527,000. Exports, coal £1,448,000; iron and steel and manufacture's thereof, £830,000; cotton, yarns' and manufactures; £705,000. • ;:f ; ; ;p

COMMERCIAL. L()NDON,>.Aug. 13. Lead imports totalled "22,943 tons and the expoi’ts 2,876 tons. .. .. •> ~ PRINCE OF WALES. '• LONDON, ’Aug. ,13. The Prince of Wales escorted by five French planes, returned to England by aeroplane from Le ..Bourquet, where he had spent a golfing holiday.y