GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 September 1927, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.*. AIARCUSE’S EXPERIMENTS. LONDON, Sept. 11. Fifty Australians, disregarding breakfast, sat in the Columbia gramophone studio watching tlie" microphone and wondering whether Afarcuse’ first Empire broadcast was reaching Australia. Then came a breakdown. The condenser suddenly failed causing tho generator to blew out and the plant which hitherto stood the severest tests was mute for fifty minutes. ’lt was something of an achievement for Alar- H case and two assistants to rig an w emergency supply from the public mains, but it necessitated the cutting down of the programme by half. As all the items were picked up by valve sets in the South of England there are strong hopes that most of them got through. Alarcuse is undismayed, and says he will continue pioneering, and is sanguine of ultimate success. EXPLOSION IN CORDITE FACTORY LONDON. Sept. 11. A mysterious explosion in the naval cordite factory at Holten Heath killed three employees. A steel pipe, conveying acetone vapour exploded, scattering steel fragments and mutilating the victims standing near. A fire spread to the building containing tons of cordite which flared up and shattered the building. Twenty other workmen dashed out and escaped. The fire destroyed the building in a few minutes. Every window and other portions of the extensive factory were shattered.

BRITISH ARMY. LONDON, Sept. 11. The War Office, in a memorandum, declares: The recent developments in military science, particularly the continuous extension of mechanised transport, have necessitated a modrfication of organisation, which has substantially changed since 1904. It has been decided to concentrate under a single member of the Army Council the study of the technical problems relating to military stores and vehicles, ensuring more scientific grouping and other duties. Consequently the Master General of Ordnance will be responsible for research, and for experiments with the design of track and semi-frack and other vehicles, and the majority of stores, exceot the Army Service Corps vehicles. The Quartermaster General takes over fortifications, works, and the accommodation of troops. This also involves the creation of a fourth principal officer, a Deputy Master of Ordnance, attached to the General Headquarters in war time.

“DAILY MAIL” COMMENT. LONDON, Sept. 11. The Daily Mail, in a leading article, emphasises (1) the British Trades Unions’ break with Russia; (2) the rupture of Ariglo-Russian diplomatic relations; (3) American refusal to recognise the Soviet; (4) France’s demand for the expulsion of M. Rakovsky (Soviet Minister); (4) Signor Mussolini's defeat of Communism in Italy; (5) the Chinese revulsion against the Rods; and (6) Mr McCormack, the Queensland Lalxntr Premier’s victory in Queensland. .

The Daily Mail says: These tilings are due to the support of the public. It declares: The world is tiring of the anarchists and the Communists, who have been a nuisance to civilisation in recent years. They are everywhere losing ground. Even their credulous dupes and their bewildered disciples have lost patience.