GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 12 March 1928, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

'Australian & N.Z. Cable Association. (’.WELL FILM. BRUSSELS. March 9. Members of the Cabinet, nurses and others, personally conversant with the original happenings, were among 2,500 who witnessed the Cavell film at Agora Cinema, which is the largest here. To-night the vast audience sat in respectful silence, hut there was a five minutes applause at the conclusion. P. AND (L MAIL SERVICE. LONDON, March li). The Peninsular Coy. announced that henceforth all Australian mail steamers will call at Marseilles. The present programme calls, including Algiers, will he maintained, hut Malta will be omitted. JUMP FROM BUILDING. LONDON, -March 10. Despite appeals from the crowd to await the arrival of the 1’ ire Brigade, William Cupitt and his wife, blousemakers, and a woman employee, jumped seventy feet from a blazing building in Nottingham. They died in hospital. The fire escape arrived a few seconds alter the last had leapt, but? the three victims had no alternative but to jump or ' ,e burnt to death. Twenty-four work girls escaped by an em e rge ncy st a i rca sc. OLYMPIC GAMES. LONDON, -March 10. In an outspoken attack on Olympic Games, the “Daily Express” in an editorial, says it is painfully clear that the Games have been always a woeful disappointment-. They leave behind them a trail of resentment, suspicions and disputes, instead of improving the atmosphere and standards of sport. Its influence is definitely lowering to competitors and not merely men and women participating, but the committees and nations they represent. This introduces politics with invariable results of friction, ill-will, accusations and recriminations. Britain loves foieign competitors at the AY imbledon Olvmpia, but over-organised, semi-pro-fessional, Geneva-like gatherings are usurping the time-honoured name of Olympic Games, and there it finds no enthusiasm. The best tiling England can do is to drop out entirely. FRENCH ADMIRAL’S HINT. PARTS, March 10. “No nation can ho mistress of the seas in future,” argued the French Vice-Admiral Ratyne. at a luncheon at the American Club. “While it is legitimate to repel attacks in coastal waters, the oceans belong to nobody, not even the strongest.”' He expressed the opinion that in case of conflict, the seas would be controlled by neutrals and crossed freely by belligerents flying neutralisation signals, and any hostile act, as violation of neutrality would be treated as an act of piracy.