Cable Jottings
NO FRENCH TOUR.—The French Tennis Association has definitely decided that it will not be .%ble to send a te am to Australia this year.—A.P.A. RUSSIAN LOTTERY.—Owing to the difficulty the Soviet Government has*in obtaining credit abroad, it announces a domestic lottery loan of £ 50,000,000 at 5 pr cent.—A.P.A. TASMAN AIRPLANE. —A successful test flight was made at Sydney yesterday in the monoplane Southern ross. The machine and its engines, etc - Proved to be in first-class order. .MORE UNEMPLOYED.—The total number of unemployed in Britain on J Uiy 23 was 1,282,900. This was 35,408 than in the week before, and £53,998 more than a year ago.—British Official Wireless. LIMIT of 20 M.P.H.—In the House Commons the Minister of Transih * Colonel Wilfrid Ashley, stated “at the maximum legal speed for motor-cars fitted with pneujnatic tyres would be raised from 12 to Kn?y eß an hour from October I. Itish Official Wireless. §ACK to OLD JOB.—M. Nicholas tpp U ) escue ’ formerly Rumanian MinisLondon, who returned on the ath of the late Premier, M. BratiAf i > * to take the portfolio of Foreign „i in the new Cabinet, has re--sneci. He will return to his former Portion in London.— A.P.A.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 422, 2 August 1928, Page 9
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197Cable Jottings Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 422, 2 August 1928, Page 9
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