GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 30 January 1931, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES

SIR, OTTO BEIT. RUGBY. January 29. Iho \la.te> jtif.r Otto Beit, whose estate has been sworn at over £3,700,(00, left £290,000 to charities, including £50,000 to the King Edward Hospital I mid, and £25.000 to the Imperial College of Science. The late Sir Otto Beit was a Director of the Brit-

, ish South African Coy., and of the Rhodesia Railways Ltd., and a. Minister ol the Governing body of the i Imperial College of Science and Technology, and also a Minister of the , Rhodes I rust. The message adds that | his noted picture “Portrait of a Dutch ■ Lady.” by Terhorch. goes to the Naj lional Gallery, and a piece from his I lift collection valued at £5,60.7, to the ; \ iet.oria and Albert Museum and other pictures, including a Gainsborough and a Reynolds, go to the National Gallery on the death of Ladv Beit.

ANNA PAVLOVA

LONDON. January 29. The body of Aladnme Anna Pavlova, famous Russian dancer, whose death occurred at The Hague, arrived on 1 im.-day morning', at London, from Gravesend, it was taken to the Russian Ortlmrdox Church for the lying in state till Wednesday. SCHNEIDER TROPHY ENTRY. LONDON, January 29. Mr MacDonald announced in the House of Commons that the Ministry was prepared to authorise an entry for the Schneider trophy ii the cost was privately defrayed. GERMAN GOLF DECISION. ‘■U I'elegrsoh—-Press Association ) Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received 8.30 a.in.) RERUN, January 29. The German Golf Association I decided by 23 to 15 votes to abolish the stymie for a year, including in) I championships.

RATIONALISATION OF HEAVY STEEL INDUSTRY.

LONDON, January 29,

The. first step towards rationalisation of the heavy steel industry business in which John Brown Company and others are engaged is the proposed amalgiunateion ol John Brown's works, Sheffield, with adjoining similar works of Thomas Firth and Sons, in which John Browns already hold a majority of the issued ordinary shares. The amalgamation necessitated an increase of Firth’s twenty-four hundred thousand capital by four hundred and fifty thousand pounds ordinary shares. Lord Aherconway states the amalagamation will enable unifying control of other lieavv steel industries. j