GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 July 1927, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.)

VALUABLE PAINTINGS. LONDON, July 11. Robert Henry Bcnsom, merchant and art collector, has sold his famous collection of Italian pictures to Joseph Duveen for half a million sterling. Tho collection includes notable samples of works by Botticelli. Pieredicosimo. Titan, Carpaccio, Del Sarto, Li uni, Duccio and Giovanni Beilin. A MYSTERY BOX. LONDON, July 11. A mysterious box. belonging to tbe prophetess, Joanna Southcott. which was scaled for 113 years, was opened in Church House, Westminster, in the presence of Bishop Grantham, who described it as not illuminating. The first object found was a book dated 1796. entitled ‘‘Surprises of Love or Adventure in Greenwich Park.” Other contents were a dice box. an old pistol, pair of ear-ring coins and sundry books. Tlie only one requiring study was a diary for tbe year 1715. with written notes. Followers of Joanna, present, ridiculed the whole proceedings. They admitted the box was hers, but'demed that the box containing a plan for tho salvation of England, which they claim is in a secret hiding place and will bo opened in the presence of twenty-four Bishops.

TRUNK MURDER TRIAL. LONDON, July II

The trial of Robinson for the trunk murder has begun at Old Hailey. '1 ne High Sheriff and Justice Swift entered carrying posies of flowers, a relic of plague ,times when sweet scents were supposed to protect, people from disease. Percival Clarke (son of Sir Edward Clarke) is prosecuting. His junior is Roberts (the international Rugbyite) and ihe junior defending is M. D. Lyon (the well known Somersethire cricketer). The days proceedings were occupied by the prosecution s case (already cabled), hut a surprise was caused hv not offering as evidence Robinson’s statement toSeoti’and Yard, the admissibility of which is contested. Defending counsel cross-examined witness as to the smell of gas in Robinson’s office, suggesting deceased was suffocated, not murdered.

FILM CENSORSHIP IN COMMONWEALTH. LONDON. July 11

Mr Putting addressing the Overseas League on film censorship in the Commonwealth said that we do not want and wont allow if we can help it. the prostitution of people by offensive films Censor work is admirable including the correction of repugnancy and altogether wrong perspietivo of war in a film “Rig Parade.” Tho 'Australians .strongly desiie a fair proportion of film requirements slia.ll be of British origin and character, so as to establish their own industry. There is no particulai art or enterprise that Australian cannot equal, but Britiau must show the way. Lord Burnham who was proceeding paid a tribute to Mr. Pratton. It was apparent Australia was working while England was talking. Mistress Sherwood Kelly, an ex-Sydenyite said Britiau was too modest about its own achievements. She should concentrate in drama where she was so effective.

PALESTINE QUAKE. LONDON, July 12. Tire earthquake around Jerusalem was more serious than was at first reported. ’I here were 26 persons killed and 30 injured in the Jerusalem district. There were 30 killed and 250 injured in Nob-lus area. The .tower and interior of Government House at Jerusalem were seriously damaged, and a Russian servant was killed. Magnificent apartments, including the private rooms of Lord Plainer and his wife, were wrecked, and the whole building lias been declared to he unsafe, including a famous chapel with a cracked tower. The walls of the Hebrew University were cracked. The roof of the Chemical Laboratory collapsed. Other buildings damaged include ttie Post Office, the Zionist Executive offices, and the Church Missionary Society’s School. The collapsing of houses killed four children at the Mount of Olives. JERUSALEM, July 12. A woman was found dead beneath the ruins of a collapsed house near Damascus Gate. Archaeologists are anxiously examining the city. The Allenby Bridge is damaged. The victims at Jerico include the wife of Sir Said Abdulraouf, and two other women staying at the hotel, which collapsed. CANCER RESEARCH. LONDON, July 11. The belief was expressed at a meeting of tEe Empire Cancer Campaign that the discovery of the cause of cancer will not he delayed. Dr Horde:' said that there was a more hopeful tendency in recent research. The Duke of York was re-elected President. lie wrote expressing the heartfelt hope that discoveries would . soon be made. The Council acceded wjth the greatest satisfaction to the Sydney University Committee’s application for affiliation, and empowered it to nominate a representative on the Council. The Duke of York, referring to Governor Goodwin’s appointment as Governor of Queensland, said: “1 know his enthusiasm for the cause of cancer research will awaken much sympathy, and will help' Queensland.” He congratulated Sydney University on the formation of a Research Centre.

KAISER’S THEATRE. LONDON, July 12. The “Daily Chronicle’s” Berlin correspondent says : A German savant has just returned from Doom. He states that the Kaiser is now reconciled to his home in Holland. With their wide circle of friends and their own hotise party, the ex-Roval couple can imitate Potsdam on a small scale. The Kaiser has a Court Theatre at Ziest, where gala performances are held. This theatre holds five hundred people. The audience there on gala nights is blazing with jewels, when German theatre companies, including some of the finest actors and actresses in the Fatherland appear. Ziest has done much to reconcile the Kaiser to his home on the Dutch marshes.

AN INSURANCE PROBLEM. LONDON, July 11. At a meeting of the insurance representatives of London to-morrow, they will discuss cargo losses arising from pilferage, hook, sling and other damage, whereby, it is alleged, enormous ei'aims have been sustained. The Insurers sav that the traditional policy of covering the perils of the sea and fire no longer suffices. The shippers require additional protection against new risks which are not strictly marine, but which, at first, were readily undertaken by the underwriters. The position is now very different, and the insurers are losing heavily thereby.

MOROCCAN TRIBES DISARMED. MADRID, July 12. It is officially announced that all military operations in the Spanish zone of Aforoceo have ceased, following on the disarming of all the hostile tribes.