MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 November 1923, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. SLAVERY IN INDIA. Delhi. Nov. 7. The Commissioners report dealing with the efforts to suppress slavery and human sacrifices in the J’utao district, on the Burmese border, states that slavery has been reduced to smaN proportions and that those remaining are cither eni:Lcutcd or are too lazy and opium s -i-lon to work out their redemption, flic practice of human sacrifice is routined to a small area, the unadministeivd territory of Saga I I ilia, but it nourishes there to a serious extent. NEW CEMENT TRUST. LONDON. Nov. G. The "Daily Express" states tho Hoard of Directors associated with tho Portland Cement Coy, controlling 90 per cent of the industry, and £13,000,COO of ea] ital. have received a shock. Mr Henry Horne, a well-known stockbroker, one of the ablest operators on the market, realised three years ago tba I the arrangements of the capital of the British Cement combine was such as to give any group an opportunity of obtaining control. After a full survey ot the cement situation, and innumerable meetings of cement producers, Mr Horne began to buy shares. He did so with such skill that the Board had no idea their authority was being undermined, without greatly inflating tile price. Mr Horne’s new associated An-glo-A tlantic Corporation, under tho chairmanship of Sir Phillip Nash, who reorganised railway transport in Franco and is chairman of the Metropolitan Vickers Coy., now controls the cement industry. The promoters believe there are great potentialities for cement, not only in England and America, but in the Dominions, especially for the construction of houses. Moreover, a reduction in the cost of motor cars will mean many more cement roads. Following on the coal ago and the steel age, they expect a concrete anil cement age. LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS AGAIN. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. [Reuters Telec hams.] (Received tin's day at 8.30 a.in.) LONDON, Nov. 7. Lord Alfred Douglas lias been committed fur trial at Bow Street, hut is ' on bail at £2l/0 sterling, on a cbargivof criminally libelling Mr Winston Churchill in a pamphlet entitled: “The Murder of Kitchener,” and “The Truth about the Batte of Jutland and tho Jews,’’ wherein be alleged that Sir Ernest tassel gave Mr Churchill a large slim for issuing a false report of the Battle of Jutland, thereby assisting to bring off a financial coup. Sir Richard D. .Muir pointed out that -Mr Chilli hill was not a member of the Cabinet at the time of the Battle of Jutland, and that .Mr Churchill and Ford Balfour, on (Tie occasion of Sir Douglas’s recent libel action against the •‘Morning Post.” gave evidence that .Mr Churchill hud nothing to do with the first Admiralty communiques regarding tile battle. IMMIGRATION. LONDON, Nov. 0. A deputation from the counties of Kent. Devon and Cornwall interviewed the Overseas Settlement Committee, urging ilie establishment of more English County areas in the Dominions. Colonel Newcumhe requested Government aid in raising a loan for new a reax. Mr Bryant, a New Zealander, will was a member of the Kent Committee, told of twenty years’ work in building a little Kent in New Zealand. Mr Buckley, the Minister, promised consideration on the points raised.