GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 October 1927, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.} A MINOR PARTICIPANT. LONDON, Oct. 21. New Zealand is a minor participant in the Government meat contract. SAILORS ATTACKED. LONDON, Oct. 22. Arriving at Southampton aboard the Alorctou Bay, the American crew of the steamer Nile who were shipwrecked on tlie coast of Tunis on the night of October 16th. relate how they repelled hostile Riff tribesmen with apples and oranges. They stale that their ship pounded heavily on the rocky coast. They sent out an S.O.S. The Aloroton Bay rushed to the assistance of the Nile. Meanwhile the crew landed, and noted Riffs hanging about. The Citptain ordered the go aboard the ship again. The Riffs rushed them, bit* (ho castaways repelled them, using fruit 9s/ missies. The Aloroton Bay took off the majority of the crew, but the captain and others remained. A British warship is standing hv. held for ransom. PARIS, Oct. 22.

Moroccan triliesmen in the neighbourhood of the Atlas Mountains kidnapped a shooting party consisting of the nephew of the French ResidentGeneral Steeg, the nephew’s wife, Gejjc, oral Stoeg’s step-son, and the latter's wile. They are probably held for ransom. General .Steeg himself is at pre- / sent cii route to Aforoeco.

KIDNAPPED PARTY. PARIS. Oct. 23.

It is learned the kidnapped Steeg party are all alive in the rebel village, whereto rebel tribesmen conveyed them.

DOMINIONS AND THE NAVY. LONDON. Oct. 22. Tlie Right Hon AV. C. Bridgcman, First Lord of the Admiralty, in a , speech at the Navy League’s Nelson *’ dinner at the Hotel Cecil, said: “Without the Dominions’ support my task at Geneva would have been very difficult, if not impossible.” Admiral Karl Beatty said: M think sometimes that the Dominions understand better the Navy’s vital importance. AVe are liable to sink into the comfortable fallacy that the Navy is out of date.”

HEARTRENDING STORY. WHEN KILLING MAY BE JUSTIFIED. LONDON, Oct. 22. Remarkable comments on the lawrelating to murder, suggesting that murder may he justified, were made by Mr Justice Branson when he was addressing the Grand Jury at Chester on the indictment of Albert Davies, aged twenty-eight, for the alleged in tinier of his child. “Tnis is.a heartrending story,” said the Judge. “The father is driven to distraction by the sufferings of his child and he takes it iijuni himself to put ait end to those sufferings. it gives food for thought. Had this poor child ,'been an animal instead of a human being, then, instead of this i father Iteing blameworthy, lie wottUL V actually have been liable to punishment had lie not done it.”

DEAD SEA MINERALS. LONDON, Oct. 23. The “Sunday Times” announces the concession for reclaiming the mineral resources of the Dead Sea for which powerful interests in America .and Europe competed, have been awarded to a British syndicate, which will he subsidiary of the Imperial Chemicals Industries Ltd.

CHURCH CONTROVERSY. LONDON, Oct. 23. T The Archbishop of Canterbury, replying to Bishop Barnes, condones tlio unseemly incident in St. Paul’s as not promoting truth, and adds: “But l' think you misinterpret cultured peoples vehement reprobation of some of your recent utterances. Ido not attach great weight to the denunciations of tne gorilla sermon. Ido not think many of your listeners hold the opinion you satirise. Ido not think they would recognise themselves as wistful agnostics. Nobody desires to drive you to Rome or Tennessee. The words causing indignation are tiiose with Jt which you deal with the communion.' Many intelligent laymen and clerics have approacheu me on this matter, j. intensely dislike to press a discussion of such a subject and L purposely retrain from discussing in this letter the doctrines involved, but I am raedy to go iiiio the matter with yourselt. One of the first steps to help those fitting the church to be the nation’s spiritual guide, is very careful language dealing with doctrines. In your legitimate desire to denounce a lew Anglicans holding the doctrine of transubstantiation, you so spoke of the sacrament as to give real offence to devout churchmen and church women. Your words may he interpreted as a rupro- - bation and almost contempt for the great mass of churchmen. 1 think i you considered their implications, you would modify the scope of your negative destructive statements. Wo Bishops can lead only if we walk with all lowliness and meekness, long-suffer-ing, given diligence to keep unity of spirit in a bond of peace.

CHURCH DISPUTE. LONDON, Oct. 23. 'flic Bishop of London in a letter to llev. Webster says: “I have already ,»- publicly dissociated myself from Bishop Barnes’s attitude in regard to the sacrament. L feel bound to point out your action is really indefensible, as l already had protested on behalf oi the diocese.”

MOSCOW TRIALS. MOSCOW, Oct. 23. The trial has begun of five men before the supreme military court. Commissar Alrich presiding. Vladimir and Prove declared ho had received money from Charnoek and added that when ho later desired to withdraw, Cliarnock threatened him, saying: “Those who s* leave us become enemies, hut we have long hands with which to punish w them.” Both Vladimir and Cyril Prove pleaded guilty to participating in an espionage organisation supplying information to Britain. Orepakoff pleaded guilty to giving secret information hut said he was caught in a trap, l’edreskoff confessed to divulging information regarding aviation. Nonofh pleaded not guilty.