GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 23 March 1928, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

(Australian & N.Z. Cable Association. TRIP IN SUBMARINE. TWO HITS WITH TORPEDOES. RUGBY, -March 20. The King of Afghanistan this morning left Bournemouth, where he spent the night, and at the Royal Tank Corps Schools, at Woohvortfi Cove, witnessed one of the most spectacular armoured ear displays ever arranged. An attack on objectives was made by twelve tanks, who fired several hundred rounds while advancing, the King following the manoeuvres in a reconnaissance ear. He found the spectacle most thrilling and afterwards spent some time inside a tank, testing the controls. King Amanullah apparently found his vnvage yesterday in submarine L 22 an extreme!v interesting experience. Tbe vessel was completely submerged, but for most of the journey from Portsmouth to Southampton she kept her periscope above water to enable nm to see what was passing round him. He asked numerous questions about the mechanism and signalled to the Queen • “ 1 send you best wishes front under water.” A little later lie received her reply. The outstanding incident was when standing at the periscope he fired two--21-inch dummy torpedoes, each weighing 1) tons, at a minesweeper. Theprojectiles raced towards the target at over forty miles ail hour, only live sec ends dividing them, and the King, who watched their tracks through the penscope, was obviously pleased when a signal was received saying that two direct hits had been registered. Afteiwards. as a memento, he was given a water colour, of L 22 flying the Afghan flag, and was amused to receive from the Commander a torpedonmn’s gold badge in recognition of his marksman sh'P- . . , ~ At Southampton be visited, with the Queen, the White Star liner K.M.S. Majestic. INDIAN FIRE. DELHI, March 23. Thirty-one are dead and lour bundled horses were destroyed by a fire at Exur village. Mysore State. illicit traffic in firearms. LONDON, Alarch 21. The “Evening Standard” says: There are a hundred Irish gunmen now in London engaged in an illicit trade in automatic revolvers. Scotland Yard is endeavouring to track dumps of jevolvers in London, in connection with a movement to smuggle them from the Continent in order to arm an Irish Republican army. There is also a con- ; xiderablc illicit trade in revolvers among London criminals. Scotland Yard suggests that “the Cat max he j necessary to stop illicit tiaflic in file . arms. ' THE MERCHANT SERVICE. LONDON. March 21. The Prince of Wales, attending tor i the first time the Master -Marine!s Company’s dinner, as Master thereof, was loudly cheered when he drank a ’’ loving cun before lie passed it to the ’ company.* He said: “ Despite the silly 1 alarmist rumours and inaccurate re't ports regarding me to-day. 1 would be e a poor man and certainly unworthy of e being a Master of the Merchant Navy, who could not survive one of the slight mishaps coining to those loving to ride j" in a rare.” He thanked his fellow countrymen throughout the world for sending him messages of congratulation on his appointment to mastership, the importance of which lie had not J realised until he studied statistics showing that over 30.000 craft, from , liners to barges, employing a quarter ’ of a million men. were registered in n 1(? Empire, besides 20,000 fishing boats, manned by (>5.000 men in Britain. He paid a tribute to the manners service during war time, and hoped his !’ mastership would coincide with the revival of shipping prosperity. ’QUAKES IMMINENT. ROME. March 21. Signor Bondandi, seismologist, whose I; last year’s prophecies have been ful- ' filled, says that new powerful earthquakes are imminent. A lug telluric movement will occur simultaneously in , e southern Europe and in some suhrnarSue zones of the South Pacific. The ■*. most critical days will be March 23 and 24, while April will he the uneasiest month in many zones ol the Y globe. (1 PRAYER- BOOK CONTROVERSY. h LONDON. March 21. ,t The English Church Union has passs _ ed a resolution calling on AngloCatliolics to oppose further progress with the Prayer Book. TANGIER POSITION, i (Received this day at 8 a.m.) ‘ PARIS, March 22. ) A conference of Britain, Eranc-e, n Italy, and Spain considering Eraneo- ( Spanish arrangements in Tangier, adjoumed to enable experts to prepare a draft agreement. An early settlement is expected. n AFGHAN KING’S THRILL. i (Received this day at 8.50 a.m.) ' LONDON. March 22. King Amanuallali is the lirst King to liave flown over London tor half an hour in a giant air liner. He said „ it was the greatest thrill of his tour. 7 Tin- • Daily Telegraph ” states the 0 Foreign Office has arranged for the lC filming of King Amanuallah’s tour ol Britain. Copies of the film, with Persian sub-titles will be forwarded to Kabul, where there is only one cinema. SOVIET ARRESTS. n BERLIN, March 22. M. Chieherin informed Rantr.au that n one of the men arrested at Donetz, )f Herkostcr, is really a Russian, a mistake having arisen through his Geiman name. INDIAN SCOURGE LOSSES. DELHI. Alarch 22. During 1920 in Bengal there were 59.100 deaths from cholera, an increase of 25.000 compared with the previous year. Despite inoculations small-pox deaths M amounted to 25.000. an increase of ,n 8,000. Child deaths under one year of age t- totalled 251.000. and fever deaths ,e 822.000. RUSSIA’S CONDTIOX. PARTS, Alarch 22. •• I.e Gaulois ” claims ii lias excellent authority for the statement that a j„ view of the possibility of Russia’s ie becoming bankrupt. Germany is already ?r j,, touch with influential Russians oapn able of carrying out the reconstruction ,g of the country. “Le Gaulois ” warns H France not to be caught napping, i- LEFT BELGIUM, i- BRUSSELS, March 22. ii Derniere here states Zoubkoff in obedience to the Government’s order >f ],as left Belgium for an unkown destinIG a tion. d ANGLO-GERMAN JUDICIAL a CONVENTION. [j RUGBY. March 20. An Anglo-German convention for facilitating" judical procedure lias been - signed in Loudon by Sir Austin ChamX 5 berlain and the German Ambassador Y H<?- r Sthamer. The convention is subject to ratification.