Cable Jottings

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 271, 6 February 1928, Page 9

Cable Jottings

earl OF STRADBROKE. The Earl of Stradbroke has been appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture in succession to Lord Bledisloe, who had resigned.— A. and N.Z.-Sun. FORD’S POLICY.—Mr. Henry Ford has announced, according to a message from Detroit, that increased pressure in the production of the model A Ford car will not alter the compolicy of a five-day week, with 815 days’ pay.—A. and N.Z. > T ON-STOP FLIGHT. —The French *jrmen, Costes and Lebrix, arrived at * v Orleans after a 10-hour non-stop from Mexico City, and received a tumultuous reception. They will «®tinue their flight to New York, flyin £ thence to Paris.—A. and IN MADRAS—In connection the arrival of the members of '- 9 Commission on India to-day an w CtiVe bartal (demonstration) as a .test was observed in Bombay and ® in Madras, where a disturbance The police fired, killing one and \?»» and mounding five others.—A. N.Z.-Sun. s Oliver has been promoted v Admiral of the Fleet in the Sir t caused by the recent death of Sichajp!* 11 Vice-Admiral Sir siirai ? is promoted to be adsjg ’ Rear-Admiral Bertram The-vice-admiral. All the A- and date from January 21. — REDUCTION.—In a. speech SxchS? inshu '- 1 U l * Chancellor of the W 7w r -,., Mr - Winston Churchill. loug h he did not want to i u peo ?le who were building a* k_ m tbe ai r, the income tax would ** add JT^ ced by tho next Budget. tbat there would be no genlection in 192 S.—Sun. FORESTRY bureau. — nhi l) in,lif* n * n S of the Empire timber the i- nrt at the Imperial Institute, i’n». E..,r'? errf tilr >' for the Doniin- ’ > n«xt r L ‘ OVi *t- said he lioped that totperial Conference would He , an Empire Forestry Bureau, ►art .?* intended taking an active neid in th fore stry conference, to be and summer, both in Australia ,v Zealand.— A. and N.Z.