GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1931, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

BURGLAR OVERPOWERED

GIRL WRESTLER'S ACTION

[United Press Association—By Electric Teiegraph—Copyright.]

PARIS, December 31

A burglar, Gustave Beaunvillc, struck a Tartar when he entered the bedroom of a twenty-five-year-old girl, Mario Grancicliet, who is a practised wrestler. She sprang from tier bed, hammer.oiked the intruder and tiie pair roiled down the stairs, Marie grimly keeping a stranglehold till the police arrived.

Beaunvillc pleaded that the girl had sufficiently punished him, but the Court did not agree and thought that live years’ imprisoim.-ent would be a more fitting punishment.

BIG DEFICIT LIKELY'

BRITISH TREASURY FIGURES

LONDON, Dec. 31. The Treasury returns for nine months ending to-night show a deficit of £180,000,0u{) oompared with £170,000,000 for a similar period of last year. The figures indicate the probabilty of a, substantial deficit at the end of the Budget year. LONGER WORKING HOURS. WEST AUSTRALIAN AWARD. PERTH. January 1, The State Arbitration Court has made an order covering employees, in the Government service, increasing working hours to 48 per week. COTTON INDUSTRY. STOPPAGE THIIEATEN ED. LONDON, December 31. The Lancashire Weavers’ Association. supported by nine unions with a membership ol 290,01)0. has decided to withdraw all Labour from the mills where the “more looms per weaver” system lias been introduced. The decision threatens a serious stoppage in the cotton industry on Monday, which will result in the whole trade being brought to a standstill in a few weeks.

WINE YIELD LOW

FAMINE RATION IN FRANCE,

PARTS. December 31

Owing to a rainy, stormy summer the wine yield is the lowest for ten years, equivalent only to two quarts per capita of the population, which is a famine ration. Tliie Italians are already shipping large quantities to France, some of which, has been excluded on the ground that it is impure. Tt is likely that heavier Algerian types will bo largely availed of to meet the deficiency.

FINANCIAL

LONDON, January 2

The “’Times” correspondent Paris says Franeo-British Treasury Officials are conferring on January 2 to prepare an agenda of conversations to be held later in London to promote closer 00-operation. London-Paris money markets arc especially giving attention to the control of the gold drain from London, which is inconveniencing both sides of the channel.

many big contracts

HELP FOR OTHER TRADES

lUIGBY. December 31

The Great Western Railway has undertaken a big programme of developments, including a £1,000,000 scheme for improving and enlarging Paddington Station and the construction of £1.200,000 worth of locomotives and rolling' stock to he built at Swindon. The whole programme involves £8,500.000, and many different industries will benefit. New contracts, and extension of existing contracts, totalling about £2.000,000. have just been issued by the Central Electricity Bonid.

AMY'S PROGRESS. Received thi- dnv at 9 40 n.m.) BRUSSELS. *Tan 2 ,\mv Johnson left Liege for Beilin nt midday hut landed at Cologne ft OBJ after a difficult flight through sleet ami snow. She will continue tomorrow. GOYER-NMENT OVER THROWN. fßeceived +hi« dnv at 9 40 a.mA PANAMA cm:. Jan. 2. A sudden revolt to-cTnv overthrew ih f , Government, of President Arose Mona and the on pi Hi and re.nuhlic ■„.,«..d into the hands of the revo »- tionnry Junta headed by Harmadu. Arias.