GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 July 1927, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) PACIFIC CABLE. LONDON, July 21. The “ Daily News ” states that Mr Campbell Stuart has refused the appointment of Chairman of the Pacific Cable Board. He has done so on the ground that his other activities on the Board wii'i take up all his time; hut it will he remembered that Air Campbell Stuart, with his Canadian colleague, opposed the recent duplication of the Pacific Cable, urging the wireless system instead. LONDON. July 22. -Mr Campbell Stuart (cabled earlier) lias declined the Pacific Cable Board Chairmanship, but lie remains a member of the Board.

PREMIER GOING ABROAD. LONDON. July 21

The Cabinet met twice to-day for the clearing up of business before the departure of Air Baldwin for Canada, on Saturday. The position at Geneva will he thrashed out at a further meeting today. following the arrival of Afr AA . C. Bifidgeman aiul 'Lord Cecil last night.

LONDON. July 20.

It is officially announced that Sir Austen Chamberlain will be ActingPremier during Air Baldwin’s absence.

HOUSE OF LORDS. LONDON, July 20.

In the House of Lords, Lord Salisbury informed Lord Braye that tho proposals for the reform of tho House of Lords included representation for the present spiritual Peers in reduced numbers, hut did not include any representation of the other religious denominations.

Lord Salisbury assured Lord Denman that the Government’s reform proposals were by no means a dead letter.

DOMINION ORDERS. LONDON. July 20.*-,

Alancliester and Lancashire are busy Ai with Australian and New Zealand orders for artificial’ silk and cotton mixtures. Provincial figures show that the June exports to Australia doubled. The May exports to New Zealand increased to double those in June of Doctor Haden-Guest (ex-Labourite, and ex-AI.P.) leaves on Friday on a five months tour of Canada, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa to study Empire problems, giving special attention to Marketing Board matters and migration. Hon. .T. Astor, ALP. (Conservative) has returned from a tour of Australia, New Zealand and Canada. He div* dared his definite impression was that the American salesmen seemed frequently to understand the psychology of the potential customers better than British. Many of the British manufacturers studied the imperial market's less closely than they should, hut lie had also returned with tho belief that, thanks to Australian sentiment towards Britain, and to the quality of British goods, there was no reason why Britain should not, in that market at any rate, give American mass production and salesmanship a far harder run for its money. He maintained that a country that could hold the Australian motor cycle trade could capture its motor trade as well.

FUTURE OF PACIFIC. HONOLULU, July 20. Dr AA’hytc presented a paper to the Institute of Pacific Relations, “ China and the Foreign Powers,” tracing the relations of flint country with other nations from the early times. He said that Britain’s policy in China liad been dictated “ primarily.” if not solely, by commercial interest. “ Reviewing the Japanese imperial policy,” lie said that it was as justified as was the imperial expansion of Britain across the sea, or America’s expansion to the Pacific Coast.

Doctor Sawaynnagi. head of the Japanese Delegation, said that the Pacific Ocean gradually was becoming the centre of tlie world. He added that Japan was facing a difficult task in solving her food problem, which could lie done only through the tolerance and enlightened co-operation of all the nations bordering on the Pacific. N.Z. LABOURITE. HONOLULU. July 20. Mr Walter Nash (New Zealand) addressing the Institute of Pacific Relations. said that Neu- Zealand was part of the British Commonwealth of nations. A true perspective of New Zealand Mas impossible unless there was emphasised the close roThtion existing between the Dominion and the Afother Country. AA'hile New Zealand would strongly resent interference in its internal affairs on the part of the British Government, yet in matters of foreign policy, New Zealand rarely questions the attitude adopted by Bri-' tain. Opinion in New Zealand supported the declared policy of Britain in regard to the Singapore Naval Base. The policy of New Zealand was to foster and encourage the natives to use their own 'fend, and to adjust their customs to some-..ing approaching the standards of the present day. All parties in Parliament agreed that tlie interests of the natives are paramount. “ AYe look at problems through British spectacles,” he said.