GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 2 January 1932, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES

FINLAND “WET.”

PROHIBITION VOTED. OUT,

(United Press Association. —By Electr.i Telegraph:—Copyright.)

HELSINGFORS, December 31

Finland, after twelve years’ experience of prohibition, has overwhelmingly voted by referendum in favour of a return of liquor licenses, enormous crowds cheering the figures outside the newspaper offices, and hotels and restaurants flying flags in honour of the result.

Students were touring the city in motor cars giving lots of whisky to air and sundry, including the constables, wild a few days ago would, have arrested the offerers. Waiters themselves were offering drinks to customers in the- restaurants. lire crowds were toasting the first really happy New Year’s Eve for twelve years.

MEAT SLUMP,

COMPANY CLOSING' DOWN,

MELBOURNE, January 2.

Angli-ss and Company, one of the largest meat exporters of Australia is suspending all operations immediately until Londoif prices for frozen meat recover. About two thousand men will thus be idled at the company’s works of which two are in Queensland, two in. New South Wales and one in Victoria.

BANKERS TURN OVER

LONDON, January 1

Bankers clearing house returns strikngly illustrates the acuteness ol the trade depression and rostrii tions ot linancial operations in 1931. Cheques/ bids etc. cleared amounted to L36,a00,869,000 sterling, a reduction of 16.8 per cent, compared with 1930, and the smallest total since 1921.