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[R. Kenneth Dalrymple Hay, one of the best-known and most enterprising residents of the IP, while in Sydney briefly in tober, was able to report progress his two latest business projects re.

Ir. Hay said that his aerated «r manufacturing plant is now ning out 100 dozen bottles of lie-water” per day, and that a n demand has developed from Gilbert Islands. However, until ined extensions are made, the 3ut is inadequate to supply even local market. [r. Hay plans to set his new r ie theatre in motion next Janu- It has been under construction a considerable period. An ex enced Sydney projectionist has i hired, and a contract for the )ly of films has been arranged, r. Hay was able to scotch some ours that had been circulating le effect that he had been hard by a recent Court judgment, ness was never more pros us, said Mr. Hay. le Court case referred to was ly reported in PIM of May, (p. 18). The details, somewhat Ived, were briefly that a lish firm sued Mr. Hay at that for breach of contract and iges in regard to an option h they claimed to hold on the aase of steel airfield matting ti Mr. Hay owned. The Court awarded the firm a sum of 30-odd in direct loss, plus ler sum covering the expenses chartered ship, sundry dam and court costs. The total int was in the vicinity of £90,re recently another Court I an appeal by Mr. Hay, judg being that the £17,000 sum but that the other amounts uashed. Rumours that the l 1 had been rejected in its en were quite inaccurate.