GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 28 February 1928, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

(Australian & N.Z. Cable Association. A ROYAL VISIT. • RUGBY, Feb. 23. P 'l'he King and Queen, who, on Tuesday. visited the London section of the British Industries Fair, to-day made a journey from London to Birmingham to see the section of the fair in that. city. Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, who is member of Parliament for West Birmingham, and Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, president of the Board of Trade, travelled in the Royal train. Upon arrival at Birmingham, the - Royal party drove in motor cars tothe exhibition, bein greeted en route. Their Majesties were welcomed at the exhibition by ,t the local authorities and prominent industrialists. After spending the best part of the afternoon inspecting exhibits, thenMajesties returned to London. \ STRANGE FEATURE. LONDON, Feb. 26. One of the strangest features of the Alcantara collision was the cancellation of Tovariseh’s S.O.S. by a second message to the effect that No help is now needed.” This delayed the departure of lifeboats for thiee hours until the true position was ascertained from other sources. The entire crew arc at present confined to the ship and are sworn to secrecy by the representatives of Arms steamship Coy. Tt is impossible under the circumstances to clear up the enigma. UTSS ELLEN TERRY. LONDON. Feb. 27. Mi ss Ellen Terry celebrates her eightieth birthday on Monday. All newspapers pay tribute editorially with the phrase—We join the wholeworld in wishing her many happy returns. EARL OF ERROL. RUGBY, Feb. 23. The funeral of the late Earl of Errol, British High Commissioner on the Inter-Allied Rhineland Commission, who died suddenly on Monday.. took place at Coblentz today. Baron Langwcrth von Simmern, the Reich’srepresented the German Government. Among the telegrams of condolence received by the widow was one. Crons the German Government. AN ASTONISHING ESCAPE. LONDON. Feh. 27. Pa von. the engineer of the Alcantara. who is barely five feet in height had an astonishing escape. He was. tlirown across the engine room by theforce of the collision; picked himself up half dead, and struggled on thedeck, which was already under water. Half walking and half swimming. Pavon managed to clutch a chain on the Tovarisch’s bowsprit, iust as the Alcantar sank stern first. Pasoii held on for ten minutes until a Russian soldier climbed along the bowsprit and lowered a lifebelt to him on a rope. p a von was then hauled aboard. Aeroplanes and fishing boats have been searching hours for possible survivors, but so far without result, though two bodies wearing lifebelts were recovered. . _ The captain of the Tovarisc.lt indignantly denies that he was responsible for the cancellation of the S.O.SGLOZEL “FINDS.” PARIS, Fell. 26. A battle between eminent I renclr and Foreign archaeologists concerning’ the Glozel finds has ta.ken a sensational turn. The polide seized six tablets, a mould, two files and other tools found in the farm house of Fradin. on whose land the tablets were discovered, and whose family were charging an entrance foe to view the finds. The seizure is the outcome ol a. formal charge ol fraud by Le Societe I’Tohistorique which characterises the Glozel ns a vast hoax, tending to discredit French scientific work. GLOZEL FINDS. PARIS, Feh. 27. Emile Fradin states someone placed newly engraved pebbles which the police seized, in a wall at a oattfesfied in order to discredit the Glozel finds. Glozel inns assert the discovery has in no way shaken their faith. TRAPPER ARRESTED. LONDON, Fob. 27. The police arrested Win. Maynard, a rabbit trapper who will he charged with the Road lev murder. He is a mariied man living two miles from the scene ol the crime. The man reported to have been detained on February 2lst.. lias been released. A SUPER SUBMARINE. PARIS. Feb. 20. France’s super submarine, chiefly for the protection of colonial routes has boon launched at Cherbouvgh. The vessel is three hundred feet and lias ten torpedo tubes. It carries thirty-two torpedoes, a surface gun, anti-aircraft gun. a number of machine guns and a crew of fifty. The vessel is capable of remaining at sea for two •lionths without refuelling and has a radius of 8000 miles and a speed of 17.7 knots. A sister ship is now being completed.