GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 8 February 1930, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

MARKETTNG PR OPOSALS

(United Press Association—By Electr* Telegraph—Copyright).

LONDON, Feb. G.

Mr Fenton indicated to an interviewer that the marketing proposals follow 'icoadp U’ie lines laid down bv Mr Baldwin and Mr Snowden.

The ex-Er>emier in 'tlie Commons urged the British Government should buy D.million products in bulk and distribute to the consumer at the lowest possible margins arranging for free entry into Dominion of goods not manufactured there. Mr Snowden replied lie wanted tlie Permanent Economic Council to suggest the best wavs of increasing consumption of Empire products and benefiting tlie producer in the Dominions and tlie consumer in Brit-

Mr Fenton points out it is a question of how far Air Baldwin’s suggestion for the entry of goods could be realised.

COST OF' INFLUENZA

(Received this day at 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 7

Basing a case upon the Ministry of Health reports to the effect that common colds and influenza cost Britain seven million working days per annum. Eight leading industrialists and business- men, headed by Lords Bl.vth and Wakefield, have issued a statement urging employers to spread the knowledge of preventives and ensure medical 'supervision of their workers.

OBITUARY. LONDON, Feb. 7

Obituary.—Lord Latham

The “Daily Express” says: “Lord Latham showed unbounded generosity. He lost large sums financing plays and altogether spent sixty-five thousand sterling on the theatre, yet never backed his own plays, saying lie wanted recognition on their merits. He sold the family seat in Lancashire for a quarter of a million and died in a modest house in London.”

A MEMORIAL

LONDON, Feb. 7

Mr Ramsay MacDonald unveiled a granite obelisk memorial to Hon. Andrew Fisher at Hampstead Cemetery, erected by friends of the former Labour Prime Minister.