GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 November 1927, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

rORT CAROLINE’S DAMAGED CARGO.

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LONDON, Nov. 23. The Port Caroline’s damaged meat was loaded at Wanganui, and Timaru. survey of the butter and cheese i s not yet completed, but it is known fourteen thousand Ixixes of butter and eight thousand crates cf cheese me seriously water damaged. Some butter is tainted with a stale meat flavour and it will he necessary to scrape off tho outside before it is saleable. AH will have to lx? submitted to the sanitary authorities before a sale is permitted. Samples were sent to Cambridge research station to determine tho fitness for selling. Eighty per cent of the damagcdw>tter was from Auckland. Eight thousand carcases of mutton were condemned. The damage was apparently due to a small meat port inside the ship starting to leak during heavy weather rounding Cape Horn.

WHY THE GERMAN ARMY FAILED LONDON, Nov. 22.

One of the most patent causes of the collapse of the German Army is contained in the pending publication on “The World War” by Commandant Coeltz of the German General Staff.

The writer publishes circulars issued by the Minister lor War, also by Hindenhurg, calling attention of officers of the various armies to the gross in- *

suit's and offensive behaviour towards the men. Hindenburg strongly reprehended officers and proceeded to point out that the soldiers not only suffered by dishonourable acts and humiliating insults, hut the knowledge thereof provoked greater discontent among the civilian population. The War Minister’s admonitions to officers stressed the fact that soldiers had written bitterly complaining of their treatment. 4he Minister expressed the fact that the army was then constituted of educated citizens. The German historians explained the defeat of the armies by declaring that the civilian front broke.

“RIGHT TO KILL” CASE. LONDON, Nov. 23

Mrs Delvinge, who was charged with poisoning her mother, who was helplessly ill and in pain, was, in consequence of the mother’s death, committed for trial on a charge of murder, in what is described as the “right to kill” ease.

Sir Bernard Spilshury, pathologist to tho Home Office, wand Dr Newton both gave evidence that death was due to exhaustion succeeding an abdominal operation, hut was accelerated by arsenic. Both added that the patient could not have recovered anyhow, as there was sufficient cause for death without arsenic.

SENSATIONAL LAWSUIT. PARTS, Nov. 22

A sensational lawsuit is in progress in connection with the custody of Josette, the only daughter of the once famous film comedian. Max Linder, who committed suicide. .

Hundreds of people fought for admittance to the Court, the attraction being the reading of unsavoury letters which the film star left in the room in which he shot his wife and committed suicide. IJie letters accuse the wife of unspeakable acts. Counsel for the husband’s parents claimed the custody of Josette, who is the heiress to more than a million francs, on the ground that M. Linder died after his wife.

The cx-President, M. Millerand, who appeared on behalf of the wife’s family. retorted that M. Linder was a murderer who had been a slave to veronal. For months before her death his wife was in fear of her life, and twice had the narrowest escape from death, owing to the husband arranging a suicide pact.

BRITAIN AND RUSSIA. LONDON, Xov. 24. Sir Austen Chamberlain stated that Russia, had made no proposals recently for the resumption of trade relationship with Britain. A BEATARTv ABLE EXPERIMENT. LONDON, Nov. 23. Recent experimental Holland-Dutch-East Indian two-way telephony was successful, persons in their own homes at Hague and Amsterdam normally conversing with others in their own homes at Bandoeng. Improvements at the receiving end are being made, enabling regular service in the near future.

FUEL EXPERIAIENTS. LONDON, Nov. 23

Sir Alfred Afoml, speaking at the Fuel Institute, revealed that within a year there had been an extremely interesting development in the coal industry. Though this, at present is in an experimental stage, it was likely to have far-reaching effect. It constituted the treatment of many classer’ of British coals for the purposes o reducing the ash below two per eentA great amount was now wasted, carrying thousands of tons of ash throughout the country, and in hunker coal. A commercial plant therefore would shortly 1m? opened.

DEFENSIVE A LTjTANCE. ROAIE, Nov. 24. It is semi-offiially stated that an Ttalo-Albania treaty and defensive alliance was signed on 22nd November and will he registered with the League. SEAMEN’S UNION. LONDON, Nov. 23.

It is understoil that the Trades Union Congress decided to suspend the affiliation of the Seamen’s Union for persisting in making a monetary advance to the miners’ non-political

union. Air Havelock AVilson says he is not perturbed in the least. Another interesting announcement is the dissolving of the Transport Workers’ Federation, in consequence of the Seamen’s secession, since the latter predominated in membership.

A YANKEE’S BOAST. PARIS, Nov. 23. The United States Fleet will not only be equal to hut will be superior to any other, declared Captain White, an American naval attache at a thanksgiving dinner. “1 am agains ninety per cent efficiency and lavour a hundred j«r cent to attain which, great expense must bo incurred. — TURKISH CROWN JEWELS. (Received this day at 8.50 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 23.

The “Gazette” states: “No Crown jewels in Europe approach those of the Turkish Seraglio,” declared John Johnsson, a Swedish jeweller, who

returned from a commission to give an expert opinion on them. “I "as breathless when confronted with the fabulous hoard of pearls, diamonds, emeralds and rubies, displayed in heaps, and in numeraire gold and silver articles set with jewels. The

handle of one dagger is carved from a single emerald. The throne is pure gold, ornamented with twenty thousand pearls, thousands of rubies and emeralds. Afany gates are guarded Inarmed men to protect the entrance to the Seraglio. The united efforts of eight men are required t° open the last,