GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 2 March 1928, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

(Australian & N.Z. Cable Association. 1 PROHIBITION IX FINLAND. HELSINGFORS. Feb. 28. 1 be Doit again strengthened the prohibition laws, because drunkenness anil the consumption of alcohol have increased. despite drastic penalties. X FAY UFA U-A Oil Hi AL. LOXDOX, Feb. 28. Captain Edward Evans has been promoted to Rear-Admiral. He is the youngest Rear-Admiral in the service, and was the Xav.v's youngest commander in 11)12. A FREE FIGHT. LOXDOX. Feb. 21). A British United Press correspondent at Belgrade states that a free fight broke out at the first meeting of Parliament since the new Government. and reporters rushed from the press gallery to act as referees. The speaker announced that Rnditch would be suspended for insulting King Alexander. SOUTH ATLANTIC AIR MAIL. PARIS. Feb. 29. A regular air mail service between Paris and South; America is being inaugurated on Friday, when a plane starts from Paris. It is expected that 9000 miles will he covered in 20 days, just half the time of the present service. Aerial lighthouses will shortly he installed to permit of night travelling. By autumn it is hoped the journey will he done in seven days, and later in four days. The route is via Toulouse, Casablanca, Senegal and Cape \ erde. whence the mails will he taken b\ A dispatch boat to Brazil, and theme taken by aeroplane to Buenos Ayres. There will he a surcharge of francs for a five grammes letter to Brazil, and of nine francs to other countiies. EX-KAISER’S SISTER. this dav at 8.30 a.m.) BERLIN, -March 1. The ex-Kaiser's sisfer is again in prominence owing to< the extraordinary story published in all Berlin newspapers, that the real cause of her visit to the capital is to raise money for a trans-Atlantic flight, by pawning part of the famous Schdenburg Lippe jewels. The Princess under tho spell of Zoubkoff's enthusiasm is entering heart and soul into the fan tastic adventure and is really to pledge jewels to the value of £50,000 to raise the necessary funds. Newspapers add the Princess s relatives arc alarmed at the lavish expenditure in which she has indulged since her marriage, and are moving to have the fortune removed from her control. EGYPTIAN STUDENTS’ PROTEST. LOXDOX, March 1. The "Daily Express’s” Cairo correspondent says that both the Wald and Liberal constitutional executives favour the rejection ol the British proposals. as recently communicated to them by Ba.nvat Pasha. The newspaper Mokattam. in making this announcement. adds that Sarwat Pasha will probably refrain from publicly detailing the conversations, and will merely inform Sir Geo. Lloyd (High Commissioner ol Egypt) that there is no prospect of the draft agreement being signed, and thereupon will resign. Meantime the excitement continues Students assembled outside the W r a!d headquarters, shouting "Down with the false agreement : down with the Government!” MYSTERIOUS URI.MES. PATHS. February 29. There has been an extraordinary -.cries id' crime-, the my-fory of whi< b i> terrifying the public. There were no lewer than live crimes in to-day’s papers, including the carbonised body ol Melon, ’lhere has been a horrible murder of a woman news vendor in Paris, whose skull was smashed in by some iron instrument in her shop, in broad daylight, last week. A man shot his wife dead because she refused to make a cup ot loflee-. in the middle of the night. Public anxiety is increased by the police failure to track the criminals in several eases, and juries acquitting, the murderers, whose guilt was and readily accepting counsel's emotional appeals that the crime was allact of passion. The accused, llioin the police were confident of convicting. were acquitted yesterday causing "Le lumps’ t> make a strong pica lor immediate refill- of the jury system. QUEEN'S MESSAGE TO CONFERENCE. LOXDOX. March 1. The Queen, in a message to the Maternity Mortality Conference, says that' she view- with grave concern the eontinned high rate of maternal mortality and feels a real endeavour should he made to remove this reproach Iriuu national life. She considers it is time for concerted action to meet the press-' ing evil, and will await with interest Ihe Conference’s conclusions. The Conference adopted a resolution advocating an inquiry into every death at childbirth, and better training of medical students in this subject.