GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 29 August 1930, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES

WHEAT PRICES

[United Press Association--By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] LONDON, Aug. 27 Wheat cargoes' in (sympathy with America eased threepence to sixpence. The demand is quiet, DESTRUCTIVE TYIIOUN. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) . LISBON', Aug. 27. Following a heat wave throughout the country the province of Beira was swept by a typhoon. Vast areas of crops and vineyards were devastated. ( NIGHT FLYING CASUALTIES. PARIS, Aug. 27. The night flying exercises of the Twcnty-secoild Aviation • Regiment were marred by three crashes, involving ten deaths. A bomber accounted for six deaths. The second machine with a crew of six exploded in midair, burst into flames'and then nosedived. Two escaped by means of parachutes and the other lour were killed. A third -plane crashed at the hangar when taking-off.' One was injured. - GERMAN WAR PRISONERS. ESCAPE FROM SIBERIA. ' > “ (Received this day at 8 a.m;) • • ' •' BERLIN, Aug. 27. ’ ‘ f Taken prisoners by Rfissans in 1915 and exiled th distant Siberia,- thiree Germans nariifed Ratj, Miscbalski and Midralski oiily- learned accidentally a year ago that the Great War bad ended. So they escaped and set out to trudge to their Fatherland. I hey suffered terrible privations, under which Midralski died. The others reached Breslau. They state there are still many German prisoners in Siberia.