GENERAL CABLES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 212, 7 August 1937, Page 10

GENERAL CABLES.

Received August 7. 11.25 a.m. LONDON, Aug. 6. Mr Charles Todd, deputy, manager of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, is visiting Glasgow to arrango for the sending out of detailed plans of the Glasgow Empire Exhibition to Wellington. He is making a special study of the floodlighting of fountains and the amusement park. In the county cricket Hardstaff scored a century in 51 minutes, the fastest of the season. He hit fifteen 4’s and a 6. The whole innings occupied 70 minutes.

In the Hampshire tennis championships, semi-finals, Stedman (New Zealand) beat Bean 6—l, 6—2; Malfroy (New Zealand) beat Lister, 6 —2, 6—3.

PARIS, Aug. 6. The Air Minister (M. Pierre Cot) inaugurated the International Exhibition’s parachute jumping display by parachuting from a platform 200 feet HAMBURG. Aug. 6. In the German tennis championships semi-final V. McGrath (Australia) bea.t J. Bromwich (Australia), 6—l, 6—4, 6—3.

SYDNEY. Aug. 7. The State Cabinet has appointed Mr C. N. Neale Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways, in succession to Mr Maddocks, at ia. salary of £2500 a year. Mr Neale joined the tramway service in 1896 as office boy at a salary of 10s a week.

(British Official Wireless.) RUGBY. Aug. 6.

To-day was the hottest day experienced in London for four years, 87 degrees Fahrenheit being recorded at mid-afternoon.