GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 27 November 1929, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES

MINOR NAVAL BASES. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) - (Received this day at 9. a.m.) ALEXANDRIA, November 26. It is stated no decision has been taken to close the minor naval liases at Bermuda and Jamacia. BEAM SERVICE. LONDON, November 26. South African beam telephony will be started early next year, with a continuous eleven hour daily service. AUSTRALIA’S PROPOSAL. DISLIKED IN LONDON. LONDON, November 26. The “ Morning Post ” states that there is some uneasiness in the city about Australian cables stating that the Federal Labour Government is contemplating a hill giving the Government the control of the (foreign exchange rates. Such artificial stabilisation of the exchanges, it says, was necessary in war time, but the countries which tried the experiment had since found it most costly or unsuccessful in achieving its aim. On the contrary, an Australian Bill placing the gold reserve under central control’ in England, it says, created a favourable impression among London financiers.

HOOVER’S CAMPAIGN. WIDE CO-OPERATION. WASHINGTON, Nov, 26, The United * States Secretary for Agriculture, Mr Hyde, predicted lower interest rates on loans to farmers after he and a group of farm leaders had conferred with President Hoover to-day. The farm leaders recommended to the President the immediate extension of the national road building programme. Throughout the day,' President Hoover’s office was flooded with telegrams from many sources, indicating that officials of all capacities are eager to co-operate with Mr Hoover’s programmes of construction and development. The President’s final conference will he one with the utility heads, after which the Chamber of Commerce will take up the work begun by President Hoover.. GOLFER LOSES. LONDON, Nov. 26.

The Appeal Court has upheld Fry’s cocoa firm’s appeal from the judgment (cabled July 16) awarding the golfer Tolley £IOOO for use of his name and picture as a chocolate advertisement. The Appeal Court held that though Fry’s action in,not obtaining Tolley’s consent to the advertisement was inconsistent with the decency of life, it was not defamation. RUSSIAN COMMUNISTS. MOSCOW, November 25. The Tass News Agency states that M. Bukharin, M. Rvkoff, M. Tomsky, and M. Ugaroff have sent a statement to the Communist Party admitting the error of the opinions that they have defended for the last eighteen months, and promising to fight all deviations from the party’s policy, especially by the right wing.