GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 October 1920, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

NOVEJi FOft KINEMA. LONDON, Oct. 8. A message from Paris states tliat thqijgh M. Ciejnenceaij. may be a great statesman lie is unlikely to be a great Success as a writer for file kiriema, wijicjji js jtlj.e yocajtipn yvith which lie is understood to be amusing himself during his in the East, His noyel, ‘‘The Strongest,” which has jbecir acfapt.ed for the pictures, accortjjyg to the French Press, ‘..‘has not obtained the success that was expect<s•” But the papers, hasten to attribute the failure, not to the former Premier, but to the man who adapted the novel for tfie film—which adaptation is described by critics as treason against CJpijienceau. NOBILITY DIVORCES. LONDON, Oct. 8. The cases'set down for bearing in the next Divorce Court term include the petition by the Duel)ess of Marlborough for a dissolution of her marriage with' the Duke. The case will he a defended one. Lady Torringtoil and Lady- George Cholmondeley are also seeking divorces. AMERICA’S POPULATION. VANCOUVER, Oct. 8. ! The United States census shows the population now numbers 105,000,.000, an increase of 15 per cent in the last „ -J. •* * , r * } * • • T”!* * decade, as compared with the 21 per cent increase in the decade preceding 1910. The rate of growth is believed to have’ declined, because immigration lias almost .ceased, and because of influenza and war casualties.. The figures show the transition of America froin an agricultural to a primarily industrial nation. For the first time in the country’s history more than half the population lives in the cities. The latter grew at the rate of 28 per cent, and the rural sccti lis increased 3 per cent. a result of the. general incfea.sp, the membership of t’’e House of Representatives jtyt present 435) will probably be increased to 50.0.