Cable Jottings

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 835, 2 December 1929, Page 9

Cable Jottings

LATE KARL'S ESTATE.—The Earl °f Meath, who died on October 11, left an estate valued at £45,720. TWENTY DEATHS FROM COLD.— The whole of the United States is suffering from a severe cold wave, with temperatures near zero, even in the Southern States. A total of 20 deaths was recorded today. SEISMOLOGIST DEAD. — The death has occurred of Father Francis Tondorf, director of tho Georgetown University seismologioal observatory, L'nited States. He died in his sleep. GERMAN REPARATION. —The Reichstag rejected the Bill of the German Nationalists against the adoption “ L the Young reparation scheme. Only 'be Nationalists voted in ravour of the Bill. RET'ORO FLIGHT—The French Aero 'Tub* has officially recorded the flight by Captain Cosies and Balleconte from be Bourget to Manchuria in September, u distance of 4,941 miles, as a world's tecord for distance. HlC.it MOTOR SPEED.—Mr. Norman Smith intended to attempt to esri iblisli a world’* record motor-car |Pecd feat on Saturday at Gerringong f'cnch. 7S miles south of Sydney, but found that the sand was too rough postponed the test. In a trial dash oVer a-quarter of a mile, however, he attained a speed of 130 miles an hour. Larger use OF WOOL —The International Wool Conference at ISradlord decided to do its utmost to further to® “use more wool’* campaign. Mr. ;ililam Hunter < England) said that th© public could buy woollen goods a price having some relation to production costs the consumption of such Soeds could be doubled or trebled. The fofs t, of distribution was out of all i>roto the cost of making.