GENERAL CABLE NEWS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11127, 10 February 1930, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

INDIA'S RAILWAY STRIKE. United Press Assn, by El. Tel. Copyright (Received Feb. 9, 5 p.m.) CALCUTTA, Feb. 8. While the leaders of the Railwaymen's Union state that over 100,096 are striking, the agent of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway says the total number or strikers m onlv 7000 of running staff and 15,000 workshop hands. Full tram services are being kept up v. ith some difficulty. Unitea press Assn, by El. Td. Copyright DELHI. J eb. The Muttra section ts now affected. The Government of India lias issued a communique to the strikers. emphasising the unreasonableness of the union's action in calling a strike winch is obviously dictated bv outside influence.

CRIME WAVE IN UNITED STATES United Prea* Aaen. by El. Tel. Copyright (Received Feb. 9, 5.5 p.m.) CHICAGO. Ffeb. S. The Commerce Association took cognizanca of the murder bomb and the crime wave and demanded thaA tlie tide of crime be stemmed. It stated "that the recent failure of the law enforcement bodies to check persons of known criminal tendencies can no longer be countenanced.” The association has announced that agroup of citizens composed of men at known courage and action will be ate pointed to prepare a definite plan of action. A FATAL BANQUET. United Press Assn, by El. TeL Copyright (Received Feb. 9, 5 p.m.) JUO JANEIRO. Feb. 7. Vice President Melio Yiaima went to Monte Carlos. in the State of Minasgeraes, tu heal party warfare in connection with the {lending Presidential election. • lie gave a banquet to the principal citizens and had just made the leading speech of tlie evening when his enemies opened tire irom tho rear or the hall. \ lanna himself was wounded and five were killed, including Raphael Cleury, the vicepresident’s secretary. Another ot the dead is Dolla Bella, tLe weiknowii engineer and sportsman ot Rio Janerio. A RE-MARRIAGE PROBLEM. United Press Ai»n. by El. Tel. Copyright (Received Feb. 8. 0.0 p.m.) t LONDON. ;Feb. 6. The Bishop oi St. Edmundsbury aiid Ipswich, in a communication to his diocese regarding the tre-mai-riago of divorced persons, declared that the innocent party is entitled ,t.o be re-married in the church. He was not prepared to say that m no case ought a person against whom a decree .is issued to be married in a church. viewpoint is at variance with the prononiiiemeiit.s ot his iehov. bishops nml is calculated to cause a controversy.

DISTRUHTION (OF OPIUM. (Times Cable.) (Received Feb. 9. o p.m.) LONDON, Feb. S. The Advisory Opium Committee at, Geneva unanimously adopted a plan to limit the manufacture of narcotics, bv which each country will estimate its requirements tor medical and scientific purposes. The quotas will then be allocated to the manufacturing countries by mutual agreements between the manufacturers and the Governments.. A COMPLICATED SEABCII. United Press Assn, by El. Tel. Outwright (Received Feb. 9, o p-'n.) PARIS. Feb. t>. The first important piece ot evidence in the complicated search ior Koutepof! has been provided, by an hotelkeeper at Chateau Reuard, seventy miles south of Paris. mud-covered limousine corresponding to that used stopped outside the hotel. The chauffeur who was fatigued, entered and asked tor a double glass of rum. it was noticed that, three men were crouched inside the car and particular attention was paid to a large sack bulkv enough to contain a body Ivin.r beside the chauffeur s teet. Short!v after its departure a red taxi passed at a great speed. Ihe police believe the body may have been en route for disposal in the marsh lakes at Melleroy, towards which the chauffeur asked direction. munition explosion in NANKING. United Press assh. or El. wei. OoDyrisfnt (Received .Feb. 10, 12.47 a.m.) SHANGHAI, Feb. 9. Nanking tlias been rocked by a second munition explosion within six months.. Yesterday afternoon a Government powder magazine burst on the outskirts of the capital, shaking the entire city, demolishing houses and windows in the largo adjacent area. Fortunately there were only a few guards in the vicinity. All were injured, but not seriously. Negligence is. believed to be responsible for the disaster.