NEWS FROM OVERSEAS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 28 November 1927, Page 3

NEWS FROM OVERSEAS

CABLES IN BRIEF. Prison Mutiny: The Folsom prison death list is now 11 and the injured 21. Treaty of Commerce; Negotiations are in progress at the Chigi Palace. Rome, for a treaty of commerce between Italy and Hungary. Airman’s Progress: The airman Mr Carbery (formerly Lord Carbtry) arrived at Malta on the 18th. en route to the Cape. Pilotless ’Plane: The “News of ihe World” reports that a pilotless aeroplane made 11 successful flights in France under wireless control. Floods in Algeria: Heavy floods ar© reported in Algeria, particularly lin the department of Oran. The town of Nostagnem was inundated, and 40 people were drowned. Bigger Car Output: A high official of the Ford Company at Detroit states that the Fordson and Highland Park plants will employ 140,000 men bv Christmas, producing 2000 new cars daily. Motion Defeated: In the Federal House of Representatives an amendment by Mr. Charlton to red.uro ’be Budget by £1 was defeated by 33 votes to 17 and the Estimates were then passed, Committed For Trial: Mrs Norah Schiei has been committed for trial at Brisbane on the charge of tho murder of her husband, who was found dead in bed. his- head having been battered bv an axe, The Last Meeting: The Sydney City Council held its last meeting ami has ceased to function. The Lord Mayor stated that the majority of the Aidermen had agreed to remain together and watch the developments of the Civic Commission Anglo-Soviet Relations: Rvkov. m a speech, said the Soviet naturally did not decline negotiations for the resumption of relations with Britain, but Britain took the initiaive in the rupture and therefore must take ihe initiative in resumption. Tho Sale of Bootle: Lord Derby, in a letter to the Mayor of Bootle, says he realised that heavy death duties would be payable at his death and reluctantly decided that it was advisable to sell during his lifetime rather than that there should be a forced sale after his death. Industrial... Relationships: Lord Aberconwa.v. Lord Londonderry. Sir Alfred Mond, Sir Josiah Stamp, and other industrialists sent a lette w the Trade Union Congress seeking a conference with the general council to discuss industrial relationships and possible steps to enable British indutry to meet foreign competition. The Bradford ’Dispute: Though the wool industry ebployers’ notices, terminating the curent wages agreement. expired on Saturday, no notices were posted in factories notifying wage reductions. The National Association of Textile Unions decided to strike if the employers announced reductions. Wilhelm in “Rasputin”: The exKaiser’s lawyer has secured a provisional injunction restraining a theatrical manager. Herr Piscator. from introducing the ex-Kaiser into Alexis Tolstoi’s drama “Rasputin.” which is playing to packed houses. Herr Piscator will fight to the highest tribunal and the performances are continuing. “The Callaghans and the Murphys": Following the riot in the Brunswick picture theatre, Victoria, on the screening of “The Callaghans anj the Murphys,” a deputation of Roman Catholic and Irish organisations waited on the Chief Secretary and urged that the film objected to bo withdrawn from all Victorian theatres as the screening is likely to cause serious trouble. The Chief Secretary promised to instruct tho theatre managements to withdraw the film. Motor Fuel from Coal: Dr. Bueckmann, director of the Mineral Oil and Coal Utilisation Company, lecturing in Berlin, said the expenditure of £20,000,000 to £25,000,000 would enable Germany within a decade to erect a coal refining plant to fill an annual demand of 2,500.000 tons of motor fuel by the Bergin process, which already had so progressed as to enable the extraction of twelve hundredweight of motor fuel from a ton of coal. Plants putting out 50,000 tons were workable at a net profit of 50s per ton.

Drifting Into Bankruptcy: While M. de Jouvenel-is forecasting war peril in 1935, Sir George Paish Js saying at Oxford that the whole world is drifting into bankruptcy The breakdown of trade and credit will come in the spring of 1928 unless, the nations act quickly. The nations are putting up huge tariff bariers to prevent buying goods outside their own countries. ..nd J’S a result are finding difficulty in selling their own goods in foreign markets. Greycliffe Disaster- Captain .Kidwell. of the Tahiti, upon arrival at San Francisco, declined to discuss

the collision beyond stating that at the time of the accident his vessel well, of the Tahiti, declined to di.’ was proceeding at the usual speed in passing out of the harbour, and that he did not expect a decision fixing the responsibility for the tragedy until after the return of the Tahiti to Australia

Welcome Rains Heavy rain caused a posponement of all race meetings and many other sporting fixtures Australia, but pastoral areas, particularly in the western districts of New South Wales, have greatly benefited. From all parts of the State come jubilant reports of splendid rains and full rivers. In some places there have been floods, with damage to crops and losses of newlyborn sheep. Several inches of rain have fallen since it started on Wednesday. Gosford had over seven inches.