GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 September 1927, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association WASTE FIHAI EXPLOSION. LONDON, Sept. 9. An explosion set tire to waste works alongside Regent Canal St. Patterns, and instantly a roarini mass of flames and dense smoke terri fled the girl employees who with thei clothing inflame jumped out of win flows into the canal and were rescue' by barges. Four others were incin crated, their bodies being found hud died in a corner of the winding room The foreman was sent to the liospitr in a serious condition. TRADES UNION DECISION. LONDON, Sept, 9.

Trades Union Congress adopted a resolution protesting against the Government passing the Trades Union lA.ct and pledging Congress to work fur tho repeal of the iniquitous measure. Afr Clviies urged his hearers to do their best to evade the purposes of the measure. EMPIRE DEFENCE. CAPETOWN. Sept. 0. Referring to defence, when speaking in Johannesburgh, Hon. Amery declared that Britain would doubtless carry the major portion of the burden. but she could mot carry all. “That is a responsibility which is a natural corollary of freedom, and will in due course ensure each Dominion bearing a fair share of the common task. Each Dominion must judge its own responsibilities in that matter, lmt it is clear hat the best interests of each is also the best interest of tlie whole and security for each can only he found if the whole is strong. A RUSSIAN VIEW. MOSCOW, Sept. 9. The Trade Union Congress only carried out Sir A. Chamberlain’s orders, says the newspapet “Pravda,” commenting on the Congress decision. “It is '.a sample of Socialist, imperialism helping British imperialists to prepare for war against the Soviet and it is one more step in the campaign begun in Alay by the British ministry.”

BROADCASTING. LONDON, Sept. 97 The British broadcasting .corporation, in an official announcement on Empire broadcasting deplores the present unfortunate exploitation of publicity experiments, giving it wholly an artificial importance. It is admitted that only irregular, direct reception are available, and this merely to a limited number of experimenters. The corporation points -nut the problem of clfectivc Umpire broadcasting is the linking up of systems for the benefit of the general public, rather than the provision of spqyadic technical entertainment for a few amateurs. The corporation is convinced that premature, unsound proposals so vigorously advocated in certain quarters, are definitely inimical to success, and refuses to undertake them till it is possible to have a minimum guarantee of a reasonable service. There must be some minimum ingredient of reliahil't -• continuit- intelligibility, and quality. It is hoped shortly to be in a position to enable the King orally to address four hundred million subjects throughout the world, but there will 'ho no advantage to the Empire if tho experiment resulted in a fiasco. A new series of experiments will he conducted in October.

DOCTOR’S SUICIDE, LONDON, Sept, 10. The body of Dr Oswald Clive Shields, 50, of Alelbournc. practising in the AVest End of London, was found in the woods at Richmond, Surrey, with an artery in the groin severed by a surgical instrument found nearby.

It is stated that he had long been overworked, and refused to take a holiday. He acted in war time ns operating surgeon at Boulogne and surgery specialist at AA imoteux. His wife and five children were holidaying with his brother, Sir Douglas Shields.

ITALIANS DECIMATE MOORS. ROME, Sept. 10. General Mezzetti found rebel tribesmen in the central Range of Tiipoli, killing 218, and capturing four hundred loaded camels. The Italian casualties were slight. EMPRESS OF JAPAN’S DAUGHTER TOKIO, Sept. 9. The Japanese Empress has given birth to a daughter. HOPS FOR BRITAIN. LONDON. Sept. 11. I.cmavs estimate states the British hop crop is sufficient for the brewers’ requirements, in view of the surplus held during the last two years.

MONKEY GLANDS. - BUDAPEST. Sept. 11. Dr Voronoff had a. rousing reception at the Intel-national Conference on Zoology here. He said be bad seen a monkey ghinded American woman journalist who was in perfect youthful condition at the age of sixtyfive. He said: “The women are wiser than the men. They come for rejuvenation at an earlier age. I have definitely rejuvenated thousands, chiefly doctors, novelists and journalists. I am no miracle worker. I merely assist nature. 1 am at present working on diabetes, but lay expei iments are insufficiently advanced to draw conclusions.”

SENSATIONAL FIRE. LONDON. Sept. 9. In a fire in a building of three store vs there were many sensational escapes. From three storeys of the building many clambered down drain pipes, while others hung to the window sills, frightened to jump. A few of these were overcome, and they fell into a canal and were rescued In a semi-conscious condition. It is certain that there would have been a terrible death roll, but for the canal barge men, who ran up ladders and rescued many from the bottom windows.

Above the roar of the inferno could Ik> heard the terrified screams of women. The firemen’s task was practically hopeless, because the adjoining premises were a garage, where there were stocks of petrol. Many cases were destroyed. There were scores of instances of individual heroism, the rescuers dragging fainting girls, with their clothes afire, from the building.