GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 1 November 1930, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

THE QUOTA ACCEPTED

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LONDON, Oct. 30

It is learned that. United Kingdom, Australia, India and Canada have reached an agreement definitely adopting it he quota for the Empire for future exports of wheat to Britain. It is understood it will be on the basis of the three above countries supplying fifty-three per cent of Britain’s annual requirements. LOAN FOR CHINA. SOUGHT lIX AMERICA. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31. On his way to Washington, Judge Paul Linebarger, legal adviser to the Chinese Government, has arrived here as the special envoy of President Chiang Ivai Slick, to negotiate with the United iStatefi Government a loan of one billion ounces of silver, worth about three hundred and sixty million dollars, to rehabilitate the whole of China.

Judge Linebarger said that he would ask Congress to authorise the loan on the basis of fifty years at two per cent interest. BYE-ELECTION, (Received 9.55 a.tn.) LONDON, October 31. The bye-election for Paddington resulted : Taylor (Empire Crusade) 11209 Sir Henry Lidiard (Conservative) 10268 Miss Evans (Labour) 7944 Mrs Stewart Richardson 494 The last named forfeits her deposit. DELEGATES MEET. LONDON, October 31. Heads of delegations met this morning and received a draft report of Sankey’s inter-Imperial Relations Committee and give it further consideration this afternoon. QUAKE SUFFERERS. ROME, October 31. For miles along the coast and inland in Marche and Emilia districts, thousands slept in the open around campfires. In the early morning, streams of lorreis brought provisions from Ancora and other centres. Camp kitchens were established. At sunrise the churchr bells rang for mass and hundreds of peasants filled every church safe.tnougli to enter. LORD STONEHAVEN.

(Received this dav at 9.30 a.m.) HONOLULU, Oct. 31

Lol-d Stonehaven said Australia’s business depression will be relieved through world-wide financial readjustment, witho.ut the aid of an international economic policy, We cannot hope for much progress until nations with whom we trade reach better economic conditions. WOMAN BANDIT. BERLIN. Oct. 31. As a messenger stepped out of a bank at Bcngischglebaoh, a well dressed woman hit him on the head with a truncheon, and snatched a bag containing £6OO sterling and escaped, despite a crowded street.