GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 19 March 1928, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES

(Australian Press Association & Su EGYPTIAN POLITICS. CAIRO, Alarch l' Naiias Pasha, the Nationalist Lone and chid' opponent of the tian Treaty, has formed a .Ministry "hit'll he takes the offices of Alinisf °l_ Interior, as well as Prime Ministc M'assif Ghad Pasha is Foreign Min ter. He field the same portfolio Zaghlul’s Cabinet. All are new Ministers, and Wafdis except B. Arahmud Pasha (Financ and AVali Pasha (War) both or who are Liberals. LATER Noh Cabinet consists of mcnihei of the Wald Party, strongly oppose to the Treaty. llie Premier ami .Minister of th Interior is -Mashas Pasha, .Minister fc Foreign Affairs, Wassif Ghali; Co:.: inunications, .Makrani Aheid; Puhli AVors, Ibrahim Falimy; Education Shanisi. ZOUBKOFF OFF TO THE CONGO BERLIN, .March 17. Eoubkoff crossed the Belgium frontiei on his way to the Congo,, where his uncle is a planter, and thus escaped the order for expulsion. It ALLAN CHAMBER TO BE ELECTED. ROME, March 10. In spite of Giolitti’s protests that it was unconstitutional, the Chamber by 20.1 votes to. 11, approved of Mussolini’s drastic scheme, under which the Chamber in future will be elected. MISSING “ ENDEAVOUR.” OTTAWA, March 17. A,search of the heavily wooded Moosehoad Lake region in the State of Maine will be conducted by a Canadian Air Force plane. Washington has granted permission to fly over t United States territory to search I Hinchcliffe and .Miss ATackay. Reiterated reports have been i eeived by the Government that a pla was heard on Thursday morning. ADMIRALTY REPORT. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON .March 18. An Admiralty communique report i the Malta Court of inquiry, which ii vestigated disciplinary matters a flee ing Rear-Admiral Col lard. Captain D< war and Commander Daniel, has bee received and the Admiralty are nm considering it...... The Admiralty definitely states ’ “ There has not been a. mutiny or refusal to sail under Admiral Collar and there has not been a court mar tial.” LONDON, March ’7. A Court circular states the (lon. AY C. Bridgeman visted the King to-day

A CONFERENCE. YOVNO, 31 arch 18. Poland, replying to the Lithuanian note dated February 26th ; agrees to meet Lithuania in conference at Konigsberg on March 30th, Zaleski lieading the Poles, if Valdernaras heads the Lithuanians. Lithuania’s suggestion that the representatives of the League of Notions participate, has not, up to the present, been accepted, because Lithuania’s intentions are not clear in that connection. CRUISERS TOUR. [“ Sydney Sun” Cables.] ('Received this day at 9 a.m.) TOKIO, March 18. ‘Prince Takamatasu, second brother of the Emperor, sailed in the cruiser Yakummo on a training course. The itinerary includes Australian capitals, AVellington and Auckland. FIVE CHILDEN BURNT. [“Sydney Sun” Tables.] (Received this day at 12.25 p.m.) LONDON, March 18. A lire at Hightrees Nursery School, llorby, attended by children aged 4 to 8, of army officers abroad and others, incinerated four boys and one girl under six years. The fire commenced in a- dormitory where eight were sleeping owing to the bursting of an oil , lamp used for heating. ‘ The Principals i Misses Young and Tucker found the i dormitory filled with fumes and flames. . and heroically carried out three children. The flames prevented further ■ rescues despite repeated efforts of the , ' staff. Miss Young was badly gassed. , Two villagers attracted by flames Irult- , lessly risked their lives mounting the , blaming stairs and landing. 1 hey - only descended when their clothes were burning. Forty children sleeping on the ground floor were saved. THE NAVAL TROUBLE, ' [“Sydney Sun” Cables.] (Received this day at 3.30 a.m.) LONDON, March 18. Information front a quarter which must bo respected throws some interesting'sidelights upon the incidents in the social naval life of the Meditierrantean which 1 gut's further than club room gossip. The suspension of officers is not a storm in a tea-cup but a culmination of subordinates long growing resentment of tli© language the Admiral uses. They have also resented on several occasions', the time place and public nature of his remarks on what he considered failings of those about him, They maintain ho has outstripped the borders in which they were forced by junior rank to bend a silent, respectful ear. Consequently they decided to take advantage of articles in the British naval law entitling subordinates to make complaint, after showing the complaint to the man they accuse. The trouble between Daniel and Col I aid started the day the Admiral boarded the Royal Oak. Discipline under all officers is strict on men o’ war, but there arc certain polite conventions which help to make it endurable. Captains of ships are not usually reprimanded before the men. It has been known here for some time that Collnrd’s comments on what he considered the new flag- ( ship delivered as he made his first rounds, rooked the ship from stem to stern. A TITLED SCOUNDREL. LONDON. March 18. The “ Times ” Paris correspondent says, the arrest of Norman Noble. Vicomte De Gasson of Varemnes, disclosed a flourishing business in forgeil Papal annulments of marriage, patents of nobility, certificates for foreign French orders. Sabatier, the A icarCeneral of the Archbishop’s parish noticed an increase in despensatory for re-marriage and traced the forgeries to Gasson, who asserted he sold them on tne distinct understanding that they were not genuine. A search of his villa revealed an elaborate organisation, capable of supplying titles of any order for £l2O to £3BO and annulments for £2OO. Re-marriages have placed the celebrants in an embarassing position. RUSSIAN DAIRY PRODUCE. LONDON. March 18. The Union Cold Storage Company lias contracted for the marketing of all Russian dairy produce in Britain. Sir \ T estey states the company has traded

with Russia satisfactorily for sometime and is now extending to the Soviet credit of half a. million sterling, as well as seventy per cent of the value of the dairy products as soon as it is shipped. The Soviet will utilize the credits in dairying developments in Siberia and the Urals. PERSIAN BORDER BAUDS. BASRA. March 18. Tlie Commission sent to Amaru on the I rati-Persian frontier to investigatethe Persian tribe. Pushtukus’ attack on the Iraq tribe, Benilan. in carrying off between fifty and twenty thousand sheep. Sheik Gunpuehs retainers pursued and sharply engaged the raiders, the leader of which was wounded. There were numerous casualties on 1 10th sides.