GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 September 1927, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

• (By Telegraph—Per Press Association.' APPEALS FOR ANGLO-D UTCI l UNITY. CAPETOWN, Sept. 22. Air Amory (Secretary for the Colonies) addressing a farewell banquet, said that South Africa’s paramount needs were faith in their own destiny, unity within herself, a more effective ecorttjfnic policy, a sound immigrative system, and an improvement of the standard of lifo of the natives, which was essential .to the maintenance of tho standard of white civilisation. He pictured a high destiny before South Africa, if national unity were achieved. She could look forward to a leadership beyond her own (lorder, and even from the Limpopo to the Nile; and could make valuable contributions to the common stock of the statesmanship, science, art and beauty of the Empire. He eloquently stressed the Angi'o-Dutcli co-operation in tho past, which had been a more important, contribution to history than their conflicts. Though not referring directly to tho flag question, Mr Amery said he recognised there was great difficulty in departing from any course of policy once it had been embarked upon, but there were occasions of great national difficulty, when the path of statesmanship might be to rise above the ruts of party policy. Ho pointed out the necessity for obliterating internal divisions, and said, with a deeply impressive gesture: “You should! You can! You must! ”

HONEY FREIGHT . LONDON, Sept. 23. Rentonl, Chairman of the New Zealand Honey Board, has succeeded in securing a reduction in the freight on honey from New Zealand to Britain from 84 s Gd to 755.

TR ANSPORT workers. (Received this day at 10.15 a.m A LONDON, Sept. 23. The Transport Workers Union killed the proposed alliance with the miners, railwayman, engineers and others. Secretary Bovin pointed out a similar alliunce under the general Council of Trades Congress broke down in the 1926 strike, for which rensons his union, after careful consideration was terminating its association with the industrial alliance, and vesting the sole authority in its own executive, on a delegate conference ballot.

HilT AN ICEBERG. LONDON, Sept. 23. The steamer 51 a marie (cabled on 29th August) arrived with her h°"s crumpled as the result of the collision with an iceberg. Huge gaps below the waterline were patched up with belts of timber and bands of steel. the bulkhead held and thus averted a disaster. The seamen say the icebeig was not seen until it loomed up nearly three hundred feet high as black fl 3 night. The ship struck it head on toppling it over.

COMING GIFT. (Received this day at 10.15 a.m.l LONDON, Sept. 23. When itb ( yisits New Zealand, Hon. 'Amery will present to the town of Ashburton an oak shield bearing the arms of Ashburton, Devon, the gift of Major Samuel E. Harvey, MP- f° r Tatnes Division of Devon.