GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3562, 26 August 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

o AGQUACULTURE. Received 8.45 a.m. LONDON. Aug. 24. At the British Association's eightyeighth meeting ,at Cardiff, Professor Herdman delivered his presidential address on oceanography. He urged that aquaculture was as susceptible of scientific, treatment as agriculture, and may become as necessary in order to meet a''shortage of the world's food.

"ON OUR SELECTION." * Received 9.20. LONDON, * August 25. The Australian play, "On Our Selection" was extremely well received at the Lyric Theatre by a typical London first night audience, including Mr, Andrew Fisher, High Commissioner and Agent-General, and many Australians. Bert Bailey had a big personal success. There were several *other Australians in the caste including Eva Quinn. The newspapers favourably notice the portrayals of Bailey and other actors of unfamiliar Australian types. THE MINING TROUBLE. Received 9.20 a.m. LONDON, August 25. The miners' strike ballot is commencing to-day and will be completed on Monday. A two-thirds majority for a strike is regarded as a foregone conclusion ; but there is divided opinion among the leaders regarding its desirability. « Mr. Clynes urges a public discus-

sion between the miners' leaders and

the Government. There are many protests against pitboys aged sixteen being allowed to vote on the same terms as grown men with families. The export of food is being stopped in view of the possibility of a strike. Received 10 a.m. LONDON, Aug. 25. Newspapers are interviewing Trade Union officials regarding the possibility of a strike. Many are of opinion that the Miners' Federation should not singly have power to call a strike causing widespread misery and unemployment among industrial workers. It is expected that the question of intervention in the coal strike, will be discussed at the Trades Union Congress' meeting' at Portsmouth on September 6th

It is expected that the engineering lock-out will be averted as negotiations are proceeding. I| is reported that other Unions resent the elecfrieals compromising them without consultation.

COUNTY CRICKET. Reccievd §.45 a.m - LONDON, Aug. 24. Surrey b'eat Yorkshire at the Oval by 32 runs, in one of the best games of the season, • Surrey led in the first innings by seventy-four and scored freely- to-day, trying for an outright win, which appeared likely. Two of the team for Australia —Wilson and Rhodes—then went o n at fifty-six to keep the runs down. The result was a triumph for slow bowling. Wilson's 1 acurate leg breaks and Rhodes' faultless lengtn, breaking both ways, kept the batting at a standstill for nearly an hour, in which five wickets fell for no runs. Wilson and Rhodes' performance was probably the best slow bowling on a good wicket seen this season. Wilson took 5 wickets for 29 runs, and Rhodes 3 wickets for 28 runs, ititch scored twenty in four hits, an<j the innings realised 110,

Yorkshire in the second innings tailed off badly for 153. Ttfe" veteran Hirst was top score in their first innings with 81, made in great style. Received 9.10 a.m. LONDON, Aug. 2s. The other leaders in the County cricket championiships won_by large margins The order now is:—Middlesex, Lancashire, Kent, Surrey, and Yorkshire. Hearne, playing against Warwickshire made 215 ('not out) in 5 hours 54 minutes. Hearne's present form with bat and ball on all wickets makes him all round the equal of Wooley, Warwick's highest scorer, The Rev. Waddy Woolley, playing against Essex, took five wickets for 42 runs. Public excitement over the championship "increases , daily."

THE OLYMPIC GAMES. ■Received 11.55 a.m. ANTWERP, August 25. The final of the 1500 metres swim resulted: —'Ross (America) 1, Vernot (Canada) 2, Beaurepaire (Victoria) 3. In the ladies' hundred metres swim, Miss Walroi/d (Nqw ZeaQand) was third in her heat and competes in the final. Miss Bleibtry {America) won the heat in 74 2-5 sees, lowering the Olympic records by 5 2-5 sec. The ladies' tennis singles final Tesulteid: —Mile Lengley (France) beat Miss Holman (Britain) 6-3 6-0. In the cross-country running the teams placed were:—Finland 10 points, Britain 20 points, Sweden 23 points.

Details of the hundred metres swim show that It .was a great race. Kahanamoku lowered his own world's record by one fifth of a second. Ross, Harris, and Herald de|ad-!foeated for third place. Harris was all out and had to be lifted from the water and massaged for ten minutes before) he was able to stand. The judge's deci- 1 sion that the race should be re-swum caused no surprise. Herald being clearly boxed.

I VICTORIA'S NEW GOVERNOR. Received 9.40 p.m. LONDON, August 25. Earl Stradbrooke, the; new Governor of Victoria, interviewed at Honham Hall, said he had seen much of the, Australian soldiers and had learned to admire and appreciate! them. He had converted Honham Hall] into a war hospital and many Australians had passed through it. He would be epger to visit the country districts of Australia, because he was much interesetd in live stock for which he had won many prizes in _England, notably for Suffolk Punches and Rejd Polled cattle. A relative of his introduced Suffolk Punches into Australia and was aboard the Arabic when torpedoed in the Mediterranean in November, 1916, and was picked up in a lifeboat by the* City of Marseilles. When asked if he was interested in sport, the Governor pointed put his ancestor, Admiral Rouse, had helped to introduce English thoroii o-'<-bred« into Australia, and lu*s name/ had given to s Q veral peaces, i"r'lu' l in<? the countv of Rous in NewSouth Wales. Stradbrooke Island was 4&

named after members of his family. In tHe| learly days of Australia, Admiral Rous was a member of the Parramatta Jockey Clun, and one of his importations, Groy Emigrant, was still famous in Australian sporting annals. Earl Stradbrooke mentionejd that Henham Hall has received many- impolite attentions from German air and sea. raids. A Zeppliu scattered fcwonftythree bombs in April. 1915, around the) district- but nobody was hurt. A German cruiser, in July, 1916, fired forty shells in the neighbourhood of Stradbrookei.