GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 6 March 1928, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES

(Australian Press Association & Sun.) AI It It E FORTS. LONDON, .Mmcli .1. Tile “Morning I’osl" ucronautical com-spomletil coninicnting on the report of the (.'mmoiiwealth Air Accidents Investigation Committee, says *1 lie publicat ion sols an example to the Air Ministry which .'.till shrouds in secrecy inquiries into accidents. COTTON CONFERENCE FAILS. LONDON. March A. The round table cotton conference '(lime to a complete deadlock, lolloping a live hours sitting. Trade uni no. rejected the proposed twelve aside enquiry into the effects of finance, taxation, hours, wages, and trade union restrictions, in favour of a smaller body with an independent, chairman (Mr Wells), and an assessor for ear, side. They also drew attention to two firms bleaches ol the existing agreement. ATTACK CAUSES ALARM. BERLIN. March A. t In consequence of Langkopp's visit on 2nd March, the War Claims De- i partitiont has received many threat- i ening letters from dissatisfied exsoldiers. The authorities have become i alarmed, and have closed the whole i buildings. ' J! CNN INC A FILM COMPANY. ( [Received this day at 12.25 p.m.t ] LONDON, March 5. The financial secrets (it liritain attempt to compete with Hollywood were revealed in a claim for- (lain- ( Siges by .J. D. Williams, formerly in the film business in Australia, against •the British National Pictures for wrongful dismissal. Sir Maslitigs. lot Williams, said lie was an American (| and one of the founders of First Xa- , tional Company, and was engaged as ~ managing director lor ten vents .it r £SOOO annually, lie set about eslah- (i lishiitg ft hig prosperous business to j, rival America. It "‘as an expensive ,■ task because in the film business j stars demanded exhorbitant salaries. also the best suite of rooms al the best hotels, not only for themselves but for their mothers who generally accompanied them. The Company charged Williams with extravagance t arid it's only defence seemed that lie refused to obey the orders of the cominittec established t<> run the company. The case was adjourned. f . UNITARIAN MINISTERS. (Australian Press Association & Sun. (Received this day at 10.15 a.niA ' LONDON, March 5. Unitarians arc protesting against the Toll H executive’s recommendation to <’ the Central Council hauning Unitarian .Ministers appointment as padres. They point out this contravenes loc I I s professed aim to admit ministers of any Christian denomination. Toe H Seerotary explains there is no desire to exclude Unitarians, who are .welcome 1 ms members but there is a dill'ereiico between practising Christianity and | preaching it to others. LEAGUE COUNCIL. GENEVA, .March 5. f ‘ The League Council has opened. A < resolution was passed asking intormation concerning the national status ol 1 the inhabitants of mandated territories 1 from the mandatories. 1 It was announced that questions regarding Danzig Were withdrawn from the agenda Ix'-rnttse the parties inter■csted were iftogotiatillg direct. SENATE DECISION. '’(Received this day at 10.15 a.in.) WASHINGTON. March -V The Senate adopted the Wagner 'resolution (cabled on 15th February) requesting the Secretary of Labour to investigate the extent of unemployment in the United States, after .> sharp debate in which presidential polities were aired. , FOREIGN OFFICE STATEMENT ( LONDON, March 5. , The Foreign Office will publish to- | morrow full correspondence on llio Anglo Egyptian discussion, which it is . understood reveals that the chief hone | of contention is Britain’s resistance to keep troops in Egypt. , PRINCE OF WALES. {’Received this day at 12.25 p.m.) LONDON, Alnrch 5. I The Prince of Wales will lx> the chief 1 ■guest at the. New Zealand dinner on ; 2lst. May. LORD TEEIUNGTON’S CONDITION BOULOGNE, March 5. When officials arrived sit the hospital Lord Terrington had another seizure. He attempted to rise hut fell back on the lied. The officials aided a second atempt but he was unable to dress so lie was wrapped in blankets mul placed on a stretcher and taken in an ambulance to Douai. His wife and two gendarmes accompanied him. Terrington asked to he allowed to take leave of the hospital cat. There was tears in his eyes while stroking it. Constant halls were made on the journey to apply restoratives. Terrmgton said: “It is cruel to tell me I must go to Douai dead or alive. 1 was pulled out of hod and fell on the Moor.” The extradition proceedings will occupy some days. BRITISH WIRELESS CONTROVERSY. LONDON. March The removal of the controversy ban on British Broadcasting Corporation finds evervbody delighted. It |s 11 - garded as' the biggest change in the history of broadcasting >u England. Keen' discussions bad latterly been aroused bv the frequency with'which it was announced that broadcasts h.u been cancelled at the eleventh hour, either through the British Broadcasting Corporation objecting to views ■about to be exposed, or through the speakers refusing to be officially shackled. The strongest critics had been Churchill. Birkenhead. MacDonald. C. £. Shaw and Lloyd George. , Air Churchill declared the ban was abseotutely idiotic, because controversy was the soul of British life. Air Shaw who lias not lost a single opportunity for a tilt at the British Broadcasting Corporations since it banned his speech on bis 70th. birthday, says: “Air Baldwin, with a general election in the offing pretends to discover what T found out every tone T spoke, it was controversial. -hoping the Postmaster-General would send a brigade of guards to stop me." The decision suggests an era of brightei wireless in TCnglfliitl.