GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 February 1928, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

Press Association A'Sun.) THE LAST STAGE. , LONDON, Fell. 7. Crowds in a rainstorm watched th<* entrainment of General Haig’s remains at Edinburgh for burial at Dryburgh Abliey. Jt was arranged that poppies and ivy grown on the estate be in readiness for the ceremony. Business was suspended in the four adjoining counties to enable the public to join in the final tribute. EimOS CANTERBURY. 'Australian Press Association & Sun.) (Reciivcd this day at 1(1.15 a.in.) LONDON, Keb. 7. Lambs from the Agricultural Show at *■l - Christchurch were exhibited at Smithfield and attracted much attention. Experts were highly pleased with the quality, condition and ap]>earnnce. The judges award was first prize to pen number 1100, second to pen 1105, third to pen number 1111. THE FLAPPERS’ VOTE. (Received this dav at 11.15 a.in.) LONDON, Feb. 7. Four advance guards of the flappers’ vote battalions had. a quiet passage to No. 10 Downing Street, where they delivered copies of a petition praying that the Hill, be taken as the first measure of the present session, but found the approach to Buckingham Palace entirely different. “We would like to deliv -ia letter for the King,” said the leade: , but the policeman at the main gate was courteously adamant, even after hour an hour’s cajoling. Then maidenly strategy failed badly. Miss Woodman re-engaged the constable in earnest arguments as a barrage for .Miss ('units Trotter to storm the Privy Purse Door, but another constable appeared from nowhere, slammed the door, gathered / up -Miss Coutts Trotter and gallantly >. deposited her on the street. The women then held a council and decided to effect delivery in the more prosaic wav—by a messenger.

COM.MER.CTAL. LONDON, Feb. 7. Rubber stocks are (558382. SHIP'S WHEAT. (Received tins day at 12.25 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 7. About half of the E. R. Sterling’s wheat has been discharged. The surveyors estimated the damage to range between six and nine per cent. -A RELEASED FROM PRISON. LONDON, Feb. 7. Lee Rcvan was released from Maidstone Gaol after serving twenty-one months of a seven-years' sentence, which was remitted for good conduct. REVOLUTION HOAX. LONDON, Feb. 7. Flare headlines in many London and Paris papers regarding the revolution in Portugal were found to he based on a. telephone hoax to a French news agency, supposedly from the Portugal ; Legation, but Portugal at the moment is in a. tranquil state.