GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 June 1927, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

(Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.)

LEFT WITHOUT PASSPORTS. LONDON, June 21

Six children who were refused passports to go to Moscow sailed in a Russian ship, decipjW' the refusal. It is pointed out that it is possible to leave the country without passports, but the Government can prevent the return of persons departing thus.

PRESENTATION AT COURT. NEW ZEALANDERS HONOURED. LONDON, June 29. New Zealanders to be persented at Court to-morrow include:—Mrs Richard Studhohne and Miss A. C. Ncavo, Christchurch; Miss Dorothy Acton Adams, Kaikourn; Mrs Eric Stevens and Miss Edith Laurie, Wellington; Mrs J. Sutherland Ross, Misses Margaret Acton Adams and June Batchelor. Dunedin; Mrs Richard Barker and her daughter, Miss Patricia. Barker and M iss Winifred Lysnur, Gisborne: Miss Phillippa Nairn, Hawke’s Bay; Misses Myra and Evelyn Pinckney. Southland: Miss R. Mandl, Hokitika; Misa*s Jessie Craig. Alisa Bums and Phyllis JoiCelvn Bloomfield, Auckland.

SOUTH AMERICAN TRAGEDY. PARIS, June 21. In connection with the report of wrecked aeroplane, liolieved to lie that of St. Remain, found at the mouth of the Amazon River, the builders of the machine state that except for ono wrong figure, the cabi'ed description of the tyres corresponds with those on the missing machine.

EM PI R E PR EFERENC E. LONDON, June 21

Showing a dish containing one dried apricot, and another dish containing ninety-nine. Mrs E. A. Hornibrook. a. New Zealander, who is the organiser of a now Health Society, lectured before the Empire. Foods Committee. She said the proportions represented the sale in Britain of Empire and foreign dried fruits respectively. She urged the Committee to do its utmost to assist Colonial produce. Dr Arliruthnot- Lane and other well known people supported her.

BRITISH SOBRIETY. LONDON, June 21

“It is vrally an outrage to call England a’non-member, for we are, broadly speaking a sober people, and there is far more drunkenness in America,” declared Lord Dawson, of Penn, when attacking the Bishop of Liverpool’s Prohibition Bill in the House of Lords, .» and he added that it "as unlikely that civilised .people would ever banish fermented liquors. It was impossible to draw out something woven into the fabric of the people’s lives for centuries. AVhat really matters, he said, is what the people under 35 years of * age do. A hospital test of 1509 mi* skilled labourers showed that 51 per cent, were under 3-5, and were abstainers or temperate drinkers. The fact is that the women’s athleticism and more suitable clothing lias encouraged the men’s desire for physical fitness. Lord Dawson added—“lmprove the education and the housing and playing facilities, and I am sure that, within ten years—especially if sane lecturers and not fanatics teach when it is gend to take alcohol—you will achieve greater success in temperance than through any Bill of this kind.

A DIVIDEND. LONDON, June 22. Australian Agriculture have declared a final dividend of three and sixpence. SCHOLARS AWARD. LONDON, June 22. Robert Percy Cummings, a Queenslander, was awarded a Rome Scholarship of Architecture. THAMES ON FIRE. LONDON, .Tune 11. How the bachelor friends of Lord Kvlsant’s son-in-law set the Thames afire on the latter’s wedding eve is being much discussed at Henley.

Thirty arrived in motor ears at tho famous Phyllis Court Club, where the bridegroom-elect was giving a party on Wednesday evening, and ordered 20 gallons of petrol in buckets fiitm a near-by garage.

After placarding the walls with “No motor spirit from ,plundered Russian oilfields,” they started in the direction of the river, where they threw tho petrol about and set it on fire.

The flames spread alarmingly, and scorched the rises from the Cromwellian wall, and also the lawn and chestnut trees. The wall, which was considerably damaged, is of groat historic value, having been built by Cromwell’s Ironsides to protect the Court from the Rovalists.

REMODELLING BULL-DOGS. LONDON, June 12. Dog-breeders are aiming to lengthen the bulldog’s bead, and thus afford him a longer expectation of life tham the present average of six years, which is largely due to his impaired breathing apparatus owing to his nr:se being set too far hack in the head.

Mr Roger Boulton, secretary of tho Bulldog Club, says that future built dogs will possess brick-shaped heads, making their lives more comfortable and obviating the present strain on tlieir hearts when they work off their energy by jumping about-, and for which they are too heavy in view of their handicapped breathing. >

ROUMANIAN POLITICS. BUCHAREST. June 22. Stirley’s Cabinet (cabled on June sth) has resigned and a Liberal Government under M. Bratiano will bo formed and will hold a general election.

.MOTORING THE "WORLD. LONDON, June 22. Ellis and Dirties, who are motoring around the world, have arrived at Delhi.