GENERAL CABLES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 204, 30 July 1937, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES.

Received July 30, 1 p.m. LONDON, July 29. "Wheat cargoes are firm and parcels are steady’. Futures: London, July, 46s 9d per quarter; November, 46s 3d. Liverpool, July, 9s 5d per quarter; October, 9s l|d; December, 9s 2sd; March, 8s lid. The spot trade is quiet; Australian, ex shin, 48s. Flour is lower; Australian, ex store, 33s 6d to 34s 3d. Chicago: Futures, September, 117-4 cents; December. 119; May, 120|. The condition of the former Rector of Stiff key is grave. Carrying a crew all under 30 years of age, the Cambria left Foynes on the second experimental trans-Atlan-tic flight. PARIS, July 29. Mine. Fontanges was sentenced to a year’s imprisonment, the sentence being suspended under the First Offenders Act. She was also fined 100 francs. KOVNO, July 29. The first poison gas execution was carried out on a man who was gassed for murdering five Jews. He died in eight minutes. LENINGRAD, July 29. M. K. F. Kaitanov made a parachute jump from 32,000 feet, taking half an hour to land. It is a world record. The parachutist carried oxygen. This was M. Ivaitanov’s 423rd jump. OTTAAVA, July 29. The Government is considering tenders for four minesweepers, two for the Pacific. Immediate construction is proposed. BRISBANE, July 30. A New Zealand and Australian jumping record, which is belieccd to be a world’s record, was made at the Cairns Show, when Mr E. Nelson’s Plain Eagle cleared Bft. 3.jin. Plain Eagle landed astride the top bar and turned a complete somersault, dislodging his rider. However, the top bar remained in position. (British Official AVirelest.) RUGBY, July 29. The Speaker of the House, of ; 'minions has announced that, as W is tuc general wish of members, reference to the death of any member will bo made from the chair to the loss sustained by the House. He proposed to do this from the beginning of the next session. The Duke of Gloucester has completed the first part of a two-day tour of boys’ clubs in twelve of the big Lancashire industrial centres. Twenty-two replies to the NonIntervention Committee had been received at the end of this afternoon. The chairman’s sub-committee will meet to-morrow to consider them. With the exception of the motion for the third reading of the Consolidated Fund Bill, which will be passed in the House of Commons tonight, the whole of the Government’s legislative programme has been completed. The House will adjourn tomorrow and it is anticipated that the Spanish situation will be the principal subject for discussion on the adjournment motion.