GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 13 January 1928, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES

(Bv Telegraph—Per Press Association. LORD JE ELI COE. LONDON, Jan. 12. Lord Jellieoe was the guest of the New Zealand Luncheon Club’s initiation of the new overseas section form of the club welcoming overseas women visitors. Lord Jellieoe paid a tribute to New Zealand’s outstanding loyalty. He said it was always first to respond whenever Britain asked assistance in emergencies. Referring to New Zealand’s sporting instincts be said it probably bad more racecourses in proportion to the population than anywhere in the world, but fortunately had not yet dog racing. New Zealand was recovering from the economic depression. He urged Britain to help by buying New Zealand produce. Anyone in Britain buying Danish butter ought to be shot. Lady Jellieoe made her maiden speech. LANCE ABOLISHED. LONDON, Jan. 12. An Army order abolishes the lance as a war weapon. Lancer regiments will only carry the lance on ceremonial occasions. POPE VISITED. ROME. Jan. 12. tving Amauullnli (King of Afghanistan) visited the Pope. Contrary to custom, be did not kneel or kiss bis hand, but merely flowed deeply. The Rope presented an autographed portrait and conferred the order of the Golden Spur.

FO R ICSTR Y CON EE R ENCK. LONDON, Jan. 12

According to Lord Eovat, the most important Forestry Conference in tin history of the Empire will be held a! Canberra in the middle of September. Every part of the Empire will be represented. The itinerary includes a visit to New Zealand in October. Lord Clinton, head of the British delegation, hopes the outcome will be the establishment of an Empire Forestry Service, to which all should moderately contribute as it will unanimously benefit the parties.

EUROPE AIR RACE. LONDON, Jan. 12

The first round in the Europe ail race is being planned by the International Aeronautic Federation for the summer of 15129, embracing London. Paris, Rome, Belgrade, Bucharest AA’arsaw, Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels. The prize is £5,000. The aim is to develop aerial touring.

SOVIET COMIC ORERA. BERLIN, Jan. 12. Trotsky. Bukovsky, and Radek have given a Gilbertfan touch to their banishment, by declining to go. Stalin is in a quandary and is reported to have

sounded the trio as to where they would like to go. It is confirmed that Zinovieff is not included in the list ol tile banished.

AN IMPERIAL OFFICER. LONDON, Jan. 12. Discussions have been proceeding between Mr Coates and the Foreign Office with a view to the appointment by the latter of a liason officer to take up duty in New Zealand, and now it is announced that P. B. B. Nichols has been selected. This appointment is the first practical outcome of the Imperial Conference’s recommendation for closer inter-Empire co-operation. The aiinuoncement here was delayed because it was preferred that New Zealand should make it first, but the bands of Downing Street were forced by an uiianticipatcc disclosure in London. ”’i • appointment is officially regarded ■ precedent to most important dew’ 1 .. c .|its in interimperial co-operation. It is pointed out thni the duties are analagous to Casey’:,, with the difference that, whereas Casey’s expenditure is defrayed by the Commonwealth, that of Nichols will be defrayed by Britain, notwithstanding that the appointment was made ■ the request of Mr Coates. Roth Foreign and Dominions Offices point out the position is not comparable with the contemplated appointment at Ottawa, which is diplomatic. Nichols is thirty-four, unmarried, and the holder of the Military Cross. He has been associated with diplomatic work since 1920, and is at present second secretary at the Foreign Office. He will be attached to Afr Coates’s office in AVellington.

FIRE EPIDEMIC'. „ DELHI, Jan. 12. A serious epidemic <»r fires in Bombay cotton mills and stores caused a total damage of forty-five thousand sterling. By a fire in a cotton cargo the Peninsular steamer Kidilerpore, hound to Yokohama lying in the docks, a thousand bales were destroyed. The damage is estimated at fifty thousand sterling.

LAUNCH EXPLOSION. BERLIN, Jan. 12.

One of the great motor launches used to convey Hamburg’s dock labourers to work caught fire in the Elbe as a result of an explosion in. the benzine tank. Ninety men were aboard. The vessel was half way over the river when a flame shot from the motor. In a moment the boat was from stem to stern wrapped in flames. A panic ensued. Many men, whose clothes were afire jumped into the icy water on which ice was floating. Fortunately many boats were nearby and most wore quickly rescued. Thirty-six were hospital led in a serious condition from burns. Two were drowned. The accident was due to a workman transgressing the order forbidding smoking.

TO RE CREMATED. LONDON, Jan. 12

Thos. Hardy will be cremated and buried at the Abbey on Monday afternoon, a though he previously expressed a wish to be buried at Stinsford with bis family.