Cable Jottings
MOTOR-VKHICUKS. —The number of motor-vehicles registered in NewSouth Wales is 247,538. MINING DISPUTE.—A Sydney message announces that the central council of the Miners’ Federation has decided to meet the colliery proprietors in a conference on Friday. Reports from the coalfields indicate quiet confidence in the result. CRIME INCREASES.—The annual report on crime in New South Wales states that there was a substantial increase in serious crime last year. The total number of crimes was 10,594, which is 1,135 above that of the previous year. The police force was increased by 600 men. TRADE COMMISSIONERS. —Mr. G. M. Gillett, Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department, stated in the House of Commons on Tuesday that 10 commissioners for the furtherance of overseas trade with foreign •countries were being appointed. Each appointment carried with it a salary of £ 1,600. ANONYMOUS DONOR. —The Chancellor of the British Exchequer. Mr. Philip Snowden, has received from an anonymous donor Victory Bonds to the amount of £2,000. Mr. Snowden has expressed his thanks for this gift, and his warm appreciation of the spirit which has prompted it. STATE INVESTITURE —Accordin to a cable from London sent on Tuesday, King George held an investiture today in the throne room at Buckingham Palace. This was his first fulldress State function since his illness He stood for half an hour, bestowing decorations on 100 diplomats, politicians, sailors, soldiers and civilians.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 914, 6 March 1930, Page 11
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233Cable Jottings Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 914, 6 March 1930, Page 11
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