GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 5 March 1928, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES

(Australian Press Association & Sun.) A SAILING ATTEMPT. (Received this day at 8.50 a.in.) LONDON. .March I. ' Four Dutchmen are starting next 1 week to cross the Atlantic in a 21 ( foot boat, declared to be unsinkablo. s They just arrived at Westminster Pier _ after three days crossing from Hotter- * dam. The crew includes the 08 year ' old inventor, .1. P. Sehuttevaer. who " ■says the boat is uncnpsiznble because s the water tank is the full length of 11 the keel and nutoina tica ly rights iiself and rises with (he waves, hence 1 the water cannot break over. The 11 motor power consists of a sail with :l four emergency oars. There is a twin •' motor for charging accumulators for S wireless with which the crew will keep 1 in touch with civilisation. Ihe voy- Si r age is expected to occupy forty to six- " ty days. Three tons of provisions and 1 water are stowed in a tiny cabin which t is dormitory, storeroom, wireless room I' and living room. No cooking will l>o a done. The entire meals will consist fl of hull.v beef, tea and damper. °i a’ A GERMAN MADMAN*. t. BERLIN, March I. ei Heinrich Langkopp, a German East .J African farmer who served as a cap- ti tain in the war, lost bis' property and fi becoming tired of officialdom's dila- a tariness entered the room of the Ii vice-president of the war claims com- n mittee, and pointed a revolver at the fi vice-president’s head. Lie deposited :: ,|, black box on the table and declared fi there were enough explosives in it to |, blow up the building. He would drop (; it if his claim for CGOOO were not ~ satisfied instantly. The vice-president argued for three hours, and finally ;l handed over a cheque hoping to get lid of his visitor. p Langkopp rang up a friend and ~. sent the cheque to the bank. The [j friend returned, saying the bank had j, not accepted it. The argument was j, resumed till the vice-president hoping |„ . to escape, declared he would cash the ~( cheque himself. As he got up Lang- ukopp fired five shots, which missed t| and dropped the box which failed to (j explode. -Finally lie was overpowered , u by police who found in the box fif- ( |j teen rounds of high explosives. ~j Langkopp, aged sixty-one, fought tj , against the British in the Boer Mar and settled in German East Africa. (i| He acquired a large cattle farm and (i| fought against the British in the |,. 'East African enmpaigu. The British seized his farm in 1910 and interned his wife and daughter. Langkopp was captured later and interned in India. Returning to Germany lie claimed compensation from the Government. Delays and worries unhinged Ids mind. obituary. 11 LONDON. March 4. Obituary.—Stanley Tv. Wood, the :irtisfc - FR ANCO-SBANfSfI AGREEMENT. '■ MADRID, March 4. M The Government issued a statement 1 that the fresh Franco-SpanisTi agree- 111 ment modifies the statute penal code '» with a view to preventing Tangier becoming tho centre of contraband in 11 arms, disaffection, and aggression against Spain. Tt also foreshadows —discussions with Britain and o*ll,l to sa define the position of 1 angici. PARIS, March 4. “Lo Journal'’ considers the comer- tc snlions likely to develop into a gen- w cnil discussion of Franco-Ttnlian re- n lations,, EGYPTIAN CABINET. <1 CAIRO. March I. 01 Sanvat Pasha has' resigned, oskm- c< silily for health reasons. C ZJNOYIEFF LETTER. ri m (Australian Press Association A Sun. P di 1 Received Ibis day at B.JO a.m.) m I,ON DON, March 4. in “They thought we buried Zinovielf, w but, lo and behold, his ghost has arisen cc and is going to haunt us in the Com- m moils for the next fortnight. I doubt if even then it will he laid,” said Mi in MacDonald in a speech at Hritonfcrry. e.- “ Certain important papers are J icing m sent me whereon I must take action. ti He added: “You willrecall the terrible It week-eml of the ZinovicfF letter. You ti remember I was characterized a fraud. I have never said whether the ovidcn ■< convinced me the letter itself was not a forgery, because'l was not interested therein.' What I am interested in is is the 'lory Party’s and the “ Daily tl Mail’s " fraudulent use thereol. InO .4 that is answered, we shall not rest, ti but shall keep at it until that fraud is p exposed. British people realise the p conditions whereumler they voted m cl 1924, and said all the distressed rev.- n lations regarding transactions of on a or two men in the Foreign Office ser- t, vice must not he taken to indicate a t lack of general honour and uprightness g of the Foreign Office staff, because 1 was not true they were guilty of Ihe most culpable lolly. The punishment 11 swift, and terribly severe from a purely ii personal viewpoint seemed excessive. 11 ii BRITISH FINANCES. " LONDON, Mart h v Reductions in the Empire Markets 11 Board’s estimate from a million to halt p a million does not mean an intention 11 to devote less to the campaign, hut ad- .1 vantage is taken of an unexpected sur- I plus to effect a budget economy with- r out reducing the publicity. , v LONDON, March 5. ~ Sir George Grahame, Ambassador at Brussels, succeeds Rmnbold at .Madrid. Sir Colville Barclay, Minister at Budapest becomes Ambassador at Lisbon, replacing Sir Lancelot Carnegie, who is' retiring. FRANCE AND SPAIN. PARIS, March I. France and Spain leave arrived at an agreement respecting Tangier, which wj|l shortly he submitted to other interested parties. SOVIET APPOINTMENT. MOSCOW, March 4. Piatakov (cabled on 29th I'ebruart) is going to Baris as Soviet trade rep sentative. LORD TERIUNGTON. LONDON, March 4. A Professor of -Medicine pronouncing Lord Terrington fit to travel in an ambulance extradition proceedings ordered his attendance. The news produced another violent heart attack. STEAMER HITS AVAR STUB. MALTA. March 4. The British steamer ('ornithic on leaving the harbour collided with the battleship Queen Elizabeth's stern, destroying the saloon balcony.