GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 November 1920, Page 4

GENERAL CABLES.

AfcBTiIAWAN & N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION] MILS ASQbITH’S BOOK. J, ON DON, Nov. 7. Mr Gavin, reviewing. Mis Asquith’s hook, says it is a star shell of scandal, making out that Downing Street in the Armageddon was a Palais do Dinse, and that statesmen had tho jazzing-lover. Men will, in the future, not express admiration lor a woman without a guarantee against publicity, or propose marriage except in tho presence oi a solici- ! toi\ Mrs Asquith ,interviewed in Paris rewarding the London criticisms, said.- , °i have given no one away in my book. I j have said'only one-third of what .1 knew, and one-eighth of what I feel. I had ho wish to write a hook differeut- > ly.”

THE LONDON HOSPITAL

(Reuter’s Telegram.)

. « LONDON, Nov. 7. Tho Secretary of the London Hospital I states there wa.s no tho remotest inten- ! tion of closing down, though a gradual ! restriction of activities may bo neeesi sary in order 'that steps be taken to I put the institution on a sounder financial basis. }

' GERMAN AND ENGLISH PRO-

FESSORS. BERLIN, Nov. 6. TeW University professors { who are members of the Reichstag, have implied to the Oxford professors’ manifesto declaring they airo ready to resume their common labours on behalf of science ,and to relegate tf> -oblivion everything offensive, spoken or written, in both camps during the war.

A RAILWAY STRIKE. LONDON, Nov. 6,

Reports from Vioux sta-to the southern railwaymcn have struck for higher wages. Metal workers struck in sympathy. The suspending of traffic threatens the city’s food supplies. A TURKISH ATTITUDE. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. I. In response to thV Allied demand for ratification of Sevres Treaty, the Porta has sent a temporising note stating tho matter is not, pressing and immediate ratification would defeat the chances of an understanding between the Porte and Kemalists.

THE GREAT DANGER. LONDON, Nov

Mr Thomas speaking at Hull said the majority of railwaymen delegates favour od a strike to assist the miners. He opposed because such a .step would lead to a social,,and bloody revolution. He did not'believe social wrongs could be removed by a bloody upheaval. The country was never in a more dangerous position. The mass of the population did not know how hear a panic wcwere. -AN UNVEILING. PARIS, Nov. 7. Foch was warmly welcomed at Amiens to-day at a civic exception. He assisted in the memorial service in the Cathedral and also presided at the ceremony of unveiling the Australian tablet. LONDON HOSPITAL FINANCES. LONDON, Nov. .8. It is now explained that Lord Knutsford’s recent statement, respecting the London Hospital, must not be taken literally to mean that it may be necessary to reduce the hospital’s scientific activities. The authorities of most hospitals say the end of the voluntary system has not come yet. ELECTRICIANS’ STRIKE. BERLIN, Nov. 8. A lightning strike of electricians has deprived the city practically of all electric motive power, while the electric light also stopped, and the trams. I; is reported that the strikers will provide current for public purposes, fearing the intervention of a citizens’ emergency organisation, which always is -ready for such cases. BIG GERMAN COMBINE. BERLIN, Nov. 7. The Siemens-Schubert group of electrical undertakings are the latest indus trial firms to join Hugo Stinnc’s huge trust for the purpose of making an attack on the world’s markets. The total capital of the united undertakings is 500,000,000 marks. The scheme in_ eludes the affiliation of the biggest coal and iron works in Germany. The main object of tho trust is to deal with goods in all stages from raw material to the finished article, cheapening and imI proving the process of manufacture. GERMAN RAILWAY DEFICIT. BERLIN, Nov. 6. The Minister of Railways announces a deficit on th o State railways, that exceeds 20,000,000 marks. GERMAN UNIVERSITIES. LONDON, Nov. 6. A Berlin telegram states the Government are closing the Universities. This is to enajble the -State to make provision to finance .the, Cologne, Bonn, Heideberg, and Karlshrue universities. SHACKLETQN g6IN& TO THE ARCTIC. LONDON,_ Nov. 8, Lieut Shackleton says that he lias done with the Antarctic, but he intends to explore the Arctic.