GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 16 December 1927, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES

Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.) COMMONER DEAD. LONDON, Dec. 15. Obituary.—Lieut.-Colonel Sir Granville Charles Hastings Wheeler, aged 55 years, Conservative member of Parliament for Favcrshum Division since 1910. EMPIRE DELEGATION. LONDON, Dee. 15. Mr Baldwin presiding at the annual Empire Parliamentary gathering announced a delegation similar to that which visited Australia and New Zealand will visit Canada in lil'JS South Africa, which heretofore was lukewarm, is developing an interest and he hoped to send a delegation there also. Mr MacDonald admitted that although he visited every Dominion helm' the war. his impressions were now out of date, because the war had changed everything fundamentally and almost unconsciously. The old formula, were now impossible, the only bond with the Dominions now was that intangible spiritual tiling, cur common pride and our common inheritance*. fan MacPhcrson said the annual Imperial Conferences were impossible and suggested annual Parliamentary conferences and representatives ot the whole Empire, functioning similar to the Preparatory Committee at Geneva lietwecn the plenary and Imperial conferences.

A SENTENCE. LONDON, Dec. 15. The man, cabled on 7th December, whose real name, is Ververs, was sentenced to a month’s imprisonment and re ■commended for deportatron. SENTENCED TO DEATH. LONDON, Dee. 15. The jury, ineluding six women, rejectee! the defence plea of insanity of McKay, sentenced to death. The prosecution proved bee was an only soil and stooel to benefit by ClOOon his mother’s death. DELICIOUS FILMS. (Deceived this tlay at 0.30 a.in). LONDON, Dec. 15. The American lilm entitleil ‘‘l ho King of Kings” covering the life of Christ was show n to a London audience largely religionists. Though a thousand feet was cut from the American version in deference to English susceptibilities, there was much public opinion against the cinema reprove*ntation of Christ, particularly the additions of gospel story, such as Magdalene’s love affair with Judas Iscariot, apparently introduced to satisfy the supposed demand for sex appeal. Ihe clergy present did not detect cause for offence as far ns the figure of Christ was eoncorne. The name of the actor is not disclosed.

The Dev. Cyril Haekson, Precentor of Southwark Cathedral, described the Crucifixion scene as most inspiring, while others describe the scourging of Christ a a harrowing scene. The film ends with the Ascension which Father Dudley, of the Roman Catholic Missionary Society, likened to the conclusion of a grand ballet. PRINCE OF WALES. LONDON, Dec. 15. Women stood in the rain for hours hoping, to hear tho Prince of Wales address the Society for the propaganda of tho Gospel at a meeting at Whitechapel. The Prince said lie took special interest in the kinsmen overseas. He found during his oversea tours tho benefit of meeting men from the backblocks and prairies, constantly struggling with nature and undismayed by loneliness. Tlioy needed links with the Homeland. The Church above all things brought the Homeland near.

THE HANGING ACT. LONDON, Dec. 15. . Hangman Ellis, cabled on Monday, is the centre of considerable public indignation. The Actons’ Association communicated with Lord Chanibeilain, saving the whole thing is an absolute disgrace to- everylxnl.v remotely concerned, and against the canons of artistic. public taste. Lord Chamberlain

to-day requested the Manager to appear to-morrow in connection with the scene. The mnnagemni says it fails to understand wliat the fuss is about. The banging is quite decent and everybody enjoys it. Snowden says it is an outrage against public, decency. Ponfionby declares it is absolutely a degradation. Colonel AA'edgwood says it is perfectly disgusting. Harry Britain considers it 'a scandal and imagines even Gra-ndguignol would draw the line there. Ellis complains lie must earn his living as the Government have not granted him a pension. He cannot see what it is all about. Meantime, if the show is not stopped, a theatre seven times the size will be wanted to accommodate the clamorous crowds. BETTER. DUMPING. OTTAWA, Dec. 16. The National Dairy Council formally applied to the Minister of Customs, asking for the impositon of an antidumping duty upon forty thousand pounds of hotter, which arrived at

Voncouver on consignment on Dec. 9th. from Australia. This consignment is td bo followed by others of similarly shipped butter. He promised to consider, hut postponed a. decision. Other officials say it is difficult to put anti-dumping duties on butter received on consignment, because no price is quoted. The Customs Act in the dumping section provides for additional duties where the goods are sold in Canada at prices lower than prevailing in the country of origin. However, under the national products clause of the Act. Government may fix arbitrary values for duty purposes oil natural nroduets, and this course is open to Government in this case. BODIES FROAr FIRE. QUEBEC. Dec. 15. Twenty-five bodies, mostly children, wer recovered to-day alter the fire which destroyed the hospital of St. Charles. Five asphyxiated bodice were ice coated.