GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 July 1927, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

(Bv Telegraph—Per Press Association.)

AYESLEYAN UNITY. LONDON, July 1 1. The Wesleyan Conference carried, by 400 votes to 100, a resolution approving of making a request to Parliament to pass an enabling act for facilitating Methodist union, hut a majority of < T per cent is essential. The “ Daily News ” points out that this failure will create serious consequences for the 4\ esleyan -Methodists, and also confusion lor the Primitive Methodists and the United Methodists, who nave repeatedly adjourned the unity projects in view of negotiations. The Conference later adopted a resolution urging a reconstructed committee to draft a new sc heme of unity. LONDON. July IT. After the vote at the Wesleyan Conference had been announced, the* Itcc. \Y, ]{. Mill try. last year’s president, speaking with emotion, said:—“Scotland. Australia and Canada have united in Protestant work with amazingly good results. I hero is a division among us. AVe are wasting our resources.” Sir Kingsley AA’ood led the opposition, declaring that the time is not ripo for union, though lie favoured great cooperation. A VIENNA BIOT. (Received this day at 9.90 a.in.) VIENNA. July IT. Serious rioting followed an acquittal, despite a idea of guilty, of three anti-Sociali.sts on a charge of murdering two Socialists and wounding live others in the village of Scottcndorf. The acquittal aroused the working men in A'ienna. who downed tools and marched to the front of the law courts shouting “Revolution ! Kill the Fascists ! Revenge !’’ The police were powerless and eventually when attacked they fired 20 rounds into the crowd who then sullenly began to disperse. Later, a mob rushed the law courts, luted the rooms, set fire to the building and prevented firemen attempting to extinguish the flames.