GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 1 November 1927, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES

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ITALIAN TRAIN DISASTER. HOME, October lift.

The evening celebrations in connection! with .Mussolini's review of the troops, including concerts and illttmiiuiliins, were suspended owing to a oollisoin between the Bart-l.ocorolando line express and a slow train. A number of carriages of the former were overturned, killing six and injuring eighty pasengers., A KO.MAN HOLIDAY. HO.ME. October HI. All Home paraded in honour of the five years Fascismo Regime Mussolini appeared on a bright hay charger and reviewed sixty thousand Fascists on the vast Paricli racecourse. Every inch of the surrounding hills was black with people, the majority in Fascist garb, and wearing insignia Squadrons of aeroplane circled above the parade. .Mussolini laced the massed ranks motionless on a horse with Ids armed raised for the Homan salute

CHURCH CONTROVERSY. LONDON. Oct. HI

References to the Bishop Barnes controversy was continued in churches throughout the country yesterday. Rev. Hensley Henson, at A\estminster Abbey urged that there was nothing necessarily disturbing about the lads of change. Christianity was the same religion despite all variations ol its history.

The Bishop of Plymouth, preaching at Plymouth, said Bishop Barnes thought lie could settle with a lew cheap epigrams, wlmt had exercised the world’s greatest thinkers lor a hundred vears.

The Bishop of London, addressing undergraduates at Oxford, urged that the church had almost forgotten the splendour of God. If they could recapture belief in God as the Father, they should he able to reconcile the nations at Geneva, to solve industrial difficulties, to say nothing of settling disputes in the church at Geneva.

A FI LAI INCIDENT. (Received this clay at 11.0 a.m.l LONDON, Oct. HI

While enacting for a war film the deed which won him the \ ictoria Cross on Gallipoli, Lieut. Leonard Kezzor was injured at Hornslow. Kezzor was in the act of picking up and throwing hack jam tin bombs, as he did on Gallipoli, when there was a Hash of powder, and the dummy bomb exploded. Ke-z----zor received burns and cuts on the lace. He was treated at the hospital, hut the injuries are not serious.

FLYING BOATS. LONDON, Oct. 31

Though the flying boats (cabled on HOtli Oct.) arc not yet shipped, they will roach Australia in time for the Australian Air Forces to use them to meet at Singapore, the H.A.F. seaplane now flying to Australia by easy stage's MIGRATION AFFAIRS. LONDON, Oct. 31. Replying to Cowan’s statement in .Melbourne that Australia House is the Migration bottle-neck, Barnes (Acting Director) declares it is most misleading. Though families are often rejected, even though sponsored by Parliamentarians. the only reason for rejection apart from ill-health, had character or unsuitability, was the lack of requisitions. Aljgrants with families could not he sent off if they were not nominated. If the states did not requisition, they must turn down the applicants. Australia House accepted 00 per cent of those nominated. DOCTORS LUNCHEONED. LONDON, Oct. 111. Kir James Parr gave a luncheon to |)r Undo Ferguson .of Dunedin, and Victor Bouncy, an eminent British surgeon, who is going to New Zealand. The hitter will attend the annual medi cal conference. DTSA HAIAAI ENT ( OAIAIISSION. GENEVA, Oct. 31. Russia’s participation in the work of the Disarmament Commission means twontv-six leading nations will he represented, which is believed greatly increases the chances of success, as states bordering on Russia and even some larger Powers have hitherto contended they could not cut down armies in view of Russia’s huge forces. A League observer suggests the Soviet is influenced by Tail’d Cecil’s disarmament campaign in Britain, and consequent belief that joining the Commission will give the Soviet a chance to attack British armaments. Iraq and Egypt are joining the league shortly, and Aigcntine and Brazil are expected to return in 1028. United States already is cooperating in all League activities which are not purely political.

empire BROADCAST. (Received this (lav at 11.0 a.m.l LONDON. Oct. 31

The first broadcast throughout the Empire through the British Broadcasting Company’s short-wave station at Chelmsford will be a remembrance festival at Albert Hull from 8 to 10 on the evening of Armistice Day when the Prince of Wales will address ten thousand ex-service men. Thus for the first time in history the Dominions and colonies will have an opportunity oi sharing London’s commomorntioii of the Armistice by an audible link. In view of the success of Marcuse’s transmissions to Australia and -I.C ■ s broadcasts to Britain there seems every reason to believe 5 SW will he received throughout the Empire. Chelmsford will use twenty-four metres wave length and power of twenty kilowatts, giviiig a chance of reception throughout the world.