GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 February 1928, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

(Australian Press Association & Sun.)

FAMINE IN StIANTI NG, ■SHANGHAI, Feb, 0

Famine .stricken families in t lie Shantung Province are offering to sell theil' daughters for live dollars, and many starving children are thrown

away, havers being not forthcoming, uncording to missionaries, who are appealing for assistance to slave off death by starvation of sixty per cent of the population. Large financial grants were made by the .Japanese t.'overnmeni and Anicrit'ali Helicf Soeieties. Huge gifts nf grain were al-o sent from .Manelmria. a special train carrying supplies in order to save millions from a lingering death. The famine is the worst in the history of the province. Those people who possess money are rapidly migrating to Manchuria. Sickness and disease are spreading, and the crops are not planted,' thus immediate alleviation of the situation is unlikely. IL.NDLI.XG -MAIL .MATTER. L“ the Times ” Service.] (Received this day at 8.50 it.in.l LONDON, Fell. !). The Post Office inaugurated a new underground system for handling mail traffic between the principal offices, including the General Post Office, also a huge parcels office. The latest extensions provide a continuous nine-foot tunnel from Paddington to Whitechapel, 5) miles, and miniature driverless trains electrically controlled, l , convey the post hags, either stopping at all stations or non-stop throughout the journey. The full distance will he covered in fifteen minutes. The tube also links up the office with the main line rail stations.'

A NOVEL CELEBRATION. COPENHAGEN, Feb. 0

Celebrating the centenary ol Jules Verne's birth, a number of Swedish and German papers, and probably also French, have arranged a race round the world, following the route outlined in Jules Verne’s hook, “ Round the World in Eighty Days.”

THE PRINCE AFFRONTER

["Sydney Sun” Cables.]

(Received this day at D a. ill.) LONDON. Feb. !). The “Daily Mail” says the Lord Chamberlain has ordered an inquiry, following the complaints against a re, vue staged in a Midland town, in which it is alleged a comedian is ap|>earing as tiic Prince of Wales. The character is grotesque ill dress and deportment. During a burlesque inspection of a liner’s crew, lie is made to make a vulgar and ridiculous remark. The Lord Chamberlain’s office states the impersonation of a living member ol the Royal Family will not he permitted. The revue when submitted for license did not contain the alleged objectionable passage, the interpolation of which would render the company liable to prosecution. N.Z. STEAMER SOLD. LONDON, Feb. 9. The New Zealand Shipping Coy’s steamer, Opawa. has* been sold for £20,000 to a Norwegian firm, for eon version into a whaling factory.

FINANCIAL DEBATE, CONCLUDES

PARIS, Fell. 0

The Deputies concluded the financial debate, carrying a vote of confidence in the Government hv 070 to 120.

A COLLISION. PARIS. Feh. >.)

fJoods waggons <>l a road tramway broke loose near Thionville and violently collided witli a passenger train at a level crossing. Twelve were killed and thirty-four injured. The driver lias, allegedly, decamped.