GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 22 August 1930, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

WOMEN’S CONFERENCE. [United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. ] MONTREAL, Aug. 20. Eleanor Moore submitted a motion to the Women’s Conference legalising the methods of international conciliation Doctor Osborne recommended the study of industrial hygiene in textile industries in countries borderng the Pacific. I)r Sweet is chairman of the Constitution Committee of which Ada Perry and Elsie Griffin are members. Eleanor Moore is a. member of the sub-committee of objectives and Jean Begg and Constance Davev are on the P rogra,mme Committee. KING CAROL. HIS MARTIAL VAGARIES. LONDON, Aug. 21. Bucharest advices state that Court circles are annoyed at marriage rumours, the latest of these associating King Carold with a French Duchess. This and similar stories are semi-offi-cial ly denied. BANK’S DECISION. LONDON, August 21. According to the ‘'‘Daily Herald” the banks known as the Big Five, have decided in view of Stock Exchange to slump reverse policy of calling in loans advanced to reputable firms on the security of .stocks and shares which resulted in forced selling and heavy losses, and will call in only as a last resort. MARION TERRY DEAD. LONDON, Aug. 21. Obituary.—. Marion Terry, th© last of the quartette of famous sisters. LAST OF QUARTETTE. (Received this dav a+ noon.) RUGBY, Aug. 21. The death is announced of Miss Marion Terry, the last of the four beautiful sisters, famous among playgoers, though her stage career was always overshadowed to some extent by that of her sister, Ellen. It constituted a 50 years’ record of great successes with all the great actors of her day—lrving, Bancroft, Tree, George Alexander, Chas. Wyndham. Versatility was a feature of her' art,

* OBITUARY. LONDON, Aug. 21. Obituary.—Sir Ashton Webb, the architect. LORD BIRKENHEAD. RUGBY, Aug. 21. Although Lord Birkenhead is no longer as critically ill ns he hns been, a medical bulletin states the enfeeblemerit of hi® heart consequent on pneumonia, can only be expected to pass off, gradually changing, AN INCIDENT, RUGBY, Aug. 21. A little incident arose out of a visit which the Prince of Wales paid the other day to .an old lady, a tenant of nn hostel on his estnte at Kensington. The Prince was accompanied by Brigadier General Trotter and other members of his suite, and while he was chatting to the old lady, a vase fell from a bracket on to the floor, breaking into pieces. The Prince immediately promised it would be replaced. Yesterday, he carried out his promise and the old lady received a small statuette in colours, depicting his Royal Highness in hunting attire.