GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 August 1927, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.'. MEMORIAL TO WOMEN. LONDON, Aug. 29. Oil the ground that the memorial to the Unknown Soldier does not represent gallant women who died on land and sea including nurses killed in battle areas, the National Citizens Union is considering the promotion of a petition for a suggested memorial in Westminster Abbey near the Unknown Soldier’s tomb.

LORD CECIL’S RESIGNATION. LONDON, Aug. 29. The Lord Cecil mystery has not yet been cleared up. He is expected to notify his resignation to Mr Baldwin to-day, though some are inclined to the belief that Mr Baldwin, may have persuaded him during the week-end to defer his resignation till the Geneva conference is over. The Foreign Office impression is that Lord Cecil will join the British delegation. Tho Daily Telegraph diplomatic correspondent says:—“Lord Cecil’s threat of resignation took the British diplomatic circles by surprise. Though Lord Cecil’s dissatisfaction was known the extreme step was an unexpected possibility. It was first mentioned at the Cabinet on Thursday, which Lord Cecil did not attend.”

The Morning 'Post states “‘Lord Cecil’s withdrawal might be regrettable, but it would certainly not trouble the waters of Home politics. There is no need to regard seriously the suggestion of a split in the Cabinet.”

The Daily Express says:—“To a man of his temperament, resignation must be a constant temptation, whereas to Air Winston Churchill it is unthinkable.”

AIR BALDWIN. LONDON, Aug. 29. ’ Air Baldwin, en route to Aix Les ’ Baines, declined to make a statement in reference to Lord Cecil. ■A PRESS STATEMENT. LONDON, Aug. 29. The “Standard” asserts Lord Cecil is not resigning, but is going to Go- * neva 'on Wednesday. DISASTROUS TYPHOON. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) TOKIO, Aug. 29. The most disastrous typhoon since 1923 visted Ngasaki anil Kochi, Shikokui Island. At Nagasaki 4,000 houses were submerged and many bridges washed away. Fifty persons are dead or injured. The damage is two milfion yen. Kochi casualties are thirty. Communication is interrupted and details are unknown. SACCO AND VAiNZETTL NEW YORK, Aug. 28. A Boston message states that one hundred thousand persons watched the cortege hearing the bodies of Sacco and Yanzetti walk through a drizzle of rain to the Forest Hills Crematorium where a eulogy was delivered. The line of march was orderly, though it was occasionally broken by mounted police, but it quickly formed again by the mourners. The ashes, after cremation, are to bo given to Airs Sacco and Aliss Vanzetti. STORM CASUALTIES. ST JOHN’S (Newfoundland) Aug. 29. Storm casualties include fifty dead with the number still mounting. It was the worst that ever visited the colonv. FLIERS RETURN. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) OTTAWA, Aug. 29. Captain Tuljey and Lieutenant Afedcalf took off early this morning from London. Ontario, in tlie aeroplane with Sir John Carling, in an attempt to make a London to London flight. They returned several hours later having encountered dense log and heavy rain on Lake Ontario. NEW SKIN IRRITATION. LONDON, Aug. 29.

The “Daily Alail" says one frequently sees persons raise tlieij hands to their face to rub the skin apparently to remove an insect which they find non-existent. A doctor explains that this is a new tic, similar to those observed in neurotics. It may be due to the lavish use of cosmetics causing skin irritation. Tbe habit has been observed in men who now greatly employ cosmetics. The infection is a catching one, a member infecting Q.ic whole family,