Cable Jottings

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 807, 30 October 1929, Page 9

Cable Jottings

ST ART T ,}•: L> B V UMB R E LT, A. —A Paris newspaper claims to have dis- . ovcred that Monday was the 179th anniversary of the introduction of the umbrella in the Western world. The i>aper says it was a wet day on October S, 1750, and Jonas Hanway, an Engish merchant, startled the people of Paris by appearing in the streets beueath an umbrella. LIN'ER SPEEDED UP. —Shipping reports show that the Ballarat, of the Peninsular and Oriental Line, whose peed has recently been increased, ailed at the same time as the Espernce Bay, of the White Star Line, from .ondon, on October 15, but is likely to . each Fremantle two days ahead of ilie other ship. U.CVs AT CENOTAPH. —The holders • f the Victoria Cross who will dine with the Prince of Wales at London •n November 9 will take part in two pecial gatherings on November 11. They will march to the Cenotaph, and will appear at the Empire Festival in he Albert Hall in the evening. This vill be the first such assemblage of leroes since the war. £4.000 FOR AIRMEN.—The Paris '■‘orrespondent of “The Times’* states hat the French Government has iwarded to Captains Costes and Belleonte £4,000 each for breaking the non-stop flying record. Captains Costes and Bellecont© flew from Paris to Tataikhar. north-east of Harbin, Manchuria, which they reached on September 29. The distance was 5,200 miles. The previous Italian record was 4,448.82 miles. —“Times” cable. TRADE WITHIN 1 EMPIRE.—The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has appointed a committee of prominent citizens to promote inter-Empire trade. The committee represents various branches of trade, commerce, agriculture and education. It will confer with all the interested bodies and with similar committees appointed in various parts of the Empire as to the best ways and means of promoting trade within the Empire. ■MID-QCCAX TELEPHONE. The White Star Line is having installed in the liner Olympic a short-wavfe wireless telephone. The object is to enable passengers to telephone from midocean to their homes or offices. A IR-LINER FORCED DOWN —An Imperial Airways liner from Paris encountered a severe gale over the English Channel, and was forced to land t an emergency airdrome in Kent. AUSTRALIA’S STABILITY. The High Commissioner for Australia. Sir Granville Ryrie. has issued for publication throughout England a cablegram from Nlr. J. H. Scullin, Prime Minister <*f the Commonwealth, laying stress upon its financial stability. TARIFF HOLIDAY.—The members °f the Economic Committee of the League of Nations have favourably re- « eivec! the advocacy by Mr. William Graham. President of the British Board of Trade, of a two years’ tariff holiday. The consensus of opinion is that this would be the first step toward ensuring better economic organisation, particularly in Europe.