GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 4 November 1927, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES

' Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.) ('APT. LANCASTER’S FI,V. (Received this day at 11.0 a.m.) BAGHDAD, Nov. 3. Captain Lancaster arrived in fifteen hours, after engine trouble had caused a forced landing at Ramadi. He is Staying here a few days. FRENCH POLITICS. PARIS, Nov. 3. Frankly n Bouillon who strenuously but unsuccessfully tried to induce the Radical Party Conference Coalition today, caused a sensation in the Chamber when he resigned from the Radical Party, and also the Presidency of the Foreign Affairs Commission. SHOT INTO CAR. BERLIN. Nov. 3. It is reported from Prague that an unknown man fired at a ear in the belief that it contained the Czechoslovak Defence .Minister, Udrz.nl, hut the sole occupant was his wife who was uninjured. The assailant escaped. EMPIRE ECONOMIC UNIT URGED. (Receivod this day at 11.0 a.in.) LONDON. Nov. 3. The Empire ns an economic unit was advocated by Sir Alfred Mood in a speech at the Empire Industries Association.

The “ Financial Times ” describes it as a hold, imaginative plan.

Sir Alfred Mpnd said: “With America one great combination and Europe becoming another, the question arises whether Britain should remain in isolation between two vast bodies, or create an imperial unit, more powerful than either. Why should we fear a general tariff in the Empire? It would enable us to dictate most favourable trading terms to the world. The British Empire with America’s conditions of free internal exchange and tariff against tlie rest of the world, could produce more than the American’s ever dream of. There was no economic country that could possibly compete with the Empire if thg amount of advantages, size of populations, resources of market were considered. Sir Alfred Moiul quoted a string of remarkable figures of British and Australian trade lor the purpose of emphasising that inter-imperial trade was becoming a dominating factor in the world as well as in the British trade.

The “ Financial News ” editorially states: “ Britain cannot settle down as a self-supporting nation like Denmark. Hardly more attractive is the league between itself and Europe, which as a market is incapable of much further expansion. The practical man must turn to the Empire. If we had a union of Empire, such as is between the different. States of America, we should In' the greatest market in the world a self-supporting. AVe need chains whore we have now only string.”

WESTMINSTER ABBEY. (Received this day at 11.0 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 3.

“The enlargement of Westminster Abbey is of urgent national importance,” says the Church Assembly’s Commission, of which the Archbishop of York is Chairman. The report says : “No' further memorial space is available and an enlargement must not be delayed if the Abbey is to remain the shrine of the nation’s memoirs of great

men and women.” The sub-commission firmly rejected the idea of shifting the existing memorials or building of hall of lame elsewhere. The suggested extension is on the north side to which some members objected, as it would entirely change the aspect familiar to generations. It proposes alternatively building loss conspicuously panels with Henry AII Chapel on the east side for which it recommends the preparation of plans. It is simultaneously seeking export advice on the northern scheme.

TRADE CONFERENCE. GENEVA, Nov. 3.

The Trade Conference Draft Convention provides for the abolition of all import, and export prohibitions and restrictions except where they are necessary for safeguarding healthy security, such as animals, plants and arms. It declares it does not affect any countries’ tariff system or contractural methods. It is accompanied by a recommendation to the League to summon a conference of experts for the prevention of diseases in animals and plants. Annexed is a declaration by all wine producing countries proclaiming prohibition of venticultural products unjustifiable. The Convention is nob yet signed. RUSSIAN DIVORCE. (Received this dav at 11.0 a.rn.t MOSCOW, Nov. n Chaliapin, cabled on 22nd. Oct. was granted a divorce. “PORT” WINE. LONDON, Nov. 3. Although two recent police court prosecutions for the improper use of the word “port’’ on labels on bottles was entirely unconnected with Australia, having reference to Spanish and British made wines respectively, Australian importers have reason to think that possibly it may be a prelude to similar prosecutions in respect to Australian wines, by importers of Portugese wine who are greatly concerned at the growing inroads of their trade by the large increasing consumption of Australian sweet wines. Iherotore Burgoynes, Smith and Sons and Emu Company have written jointly to the •wine trade newspapers, announcing their intention to resist any covert reprisals on the part of Portuguese interests. They claim the right to apply the words port type, port style or port character to the label of any Australian sweet wines possessing characteristic or port. The prohibition of the use of only words adequate to describe one of the most important Empire Commodities would he an unwarrantable handicap to a growing industry, and the attack by Portuguese interests, to prevent the association of the words of port type, with Empire Wines, will arouse- very serious opposition of the writers. In conjunction with other Empire wine growers they are prepared, collectively, to oppose any such restraint P n the use of Kiufe’s Tjnglish.

A NEW ANTT-SEPTIC. LONDON, Nov. 4. Presiding at a scientists’ luncheon, Sir Alfred Moiul announced the perfection of a new anti-septic derivative from coal tar called “monsol.” Lieut.-General Sir Arthur Sloggett, a well-known surgeon, said it possessed great virtues. It was lion-poisonous, intensely germicidal, could he applied to skin or throat, could lie taken internally or could he injected in blood, and in those four situations it was passible to attack three-quarters of the known infectious diseases.

McINTOSH’S PLANE. LONDON, Nov. 3. Mefntosh’s plane (cabled Ist Nov.) is all ready at Bristol. It seems to consist almost entirely of petrol tanks, though room is found for a mattress on which the aviators will snatch a few hours’ sleep. A special feature is the hole in the roof of the fuselage to enable sextant observations to betaken to determine the position at night time.