GENERAL CABLES.
FRIEND OF KING EDWARD. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, Sept. 26. The King and Queen were represented at Sir Ernest Cassel’s Roman Catholic funeral. Queen Alexandra’s wreath was inscribed: “In sorrowing memory of the kindest and most generous man, who was a great personal friend of my beloved husband.” ALTERING THE CLOCK. London. Sept. 27. Official: Normal time will be restored at three o’clock on the morning of October 3, when the clock will be put back to two o’clock. CIVIL SERVANTS’ SALARIES. Capetown, Sept. 26. Replying to a deputation of civil servants who protested against the withdrawal of the cost of living allowances, General Smuts declared that the financial position was infinitely worse than in May last. Further taxation was not feasible, and he was compelled to ask civil servants to share the general sacrifices. NEW POWER DRILL. London, Sept. 26. The inventor of the Temple rock drill claims that he has perfected a tool similar to the pneumatic hammer, in which, by means of a noiseless unrecoiling explosion of powder, a 7-inch drill can bo driven into a steel plate at an angle of 10 degrees.
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 September 1921, Page 5
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