U.S. CAPTURES CONTRACT

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 721, 22 July 1929, Page 9

U.S. CAPTURES CONTRACT

ADMIRALTY ORDERS SENT ABROAD BRITISH PRICES TOO HIGH (United Service) LONDON, Saturday. The Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, Mr. C. G. Ammon, in the course of a speech in London, stated that owing to the high prices demanded by British firms he had been compelled to place many contracts for goods abroad. The difference on one contract, which liad gone to the United States, was 120 per cent. It would be preposterous to spend public money lo that extent in order to keep contracts in Britain. Mr. Ammon expressed the opinion that the disparity was not due to underpaid labour, but to the British manufacturers’ kick of enterprise. ~ TRAM SMASH ON GLIFF CONDUCTOR HAS NARROW ESCAPE SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED SYDNEY, Sunday. Two tramcars collided with terrific force today on the edge of a cliff at Watson’s Bay. The conductor of one car was thrown off against the guard rail at the top of the cliff, which prevented his failing down to the sea. Twenty-nine passengers were more or less injured, but the only ones taken to hospital were Allan Vane, conductor, suffering from concussion and severe shock, and Robert Clark, motorman, who received a fractured leg. Several passengers suffered from abrasions, cuts, bruises and shock. The collision occurred on a single line. Both tramcars Were damaged beyond repair. .