GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 April 1928, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

Australian Press Assn.-—United Service

STOCK QUARANTINE STATION

I.OX DON, April 4. Hon. L. M. Amcry in opening a quarantine station said foot ami mouth disease in Britain in 1022 had ’.mfortunately broken tlie inter-Imper-ial chain of stud cattle export, but tile establishment of the quarantine would revive the opportunity of importing the world's best stud stock from "Britain to build up herds. .LordJStruthbroke raid some wereilis- - posed to regard Australia’s prohibition of imports while foot and mouth disease was prevalent was unduly harsh, but he bad travelled as much as eleven hundred miles in Australia without seeing a fence. This showed the possibility of disastrous results if one infected beast got loose. The Dominions could rest assured that every precaution would bo taken at the quarantine station. The qunrantino was accommodating forty-six animals and cost £6350»

NEW ZEALAND NAVY. LONDON. April T

Mr Bridgeman in answer to a question said the New Zealand Government in 1924 undertook the entire management of the oil burning cruiser Dunedin instead of the coal burner they had maintained since 1929. New Zealand in 192-1 further undertook the entire management of the second oil burning cruiser. More recently 'they had made a generous contribution of one million towards the Singapore base. All- A. (’. Brown: is there a British cruiser at Samoa in addition to the New Zealand one. Mr Bridgeman said he did not think so. hut he would like notice. Mr Margesson in answer to a question. said he was unaware of any proposal to submit the problem of settling vacant spaces in the Dominions to the League of Nations for consideration. JAP-AFGHAN AG RKF..MEXT. LONDON, April 4. The- Japanese Ambassador and Afghan -Minister have signed a treaty of friendship, for which negotiations were proceeding during King Ainanullali’s visit. It provides tor the exchange of diplomatic missions, the establishment of commercial relations and travel iacilities.

FATAL EXPLOSION. WARSAW, April 4

While police were searching a house at Dr-ialosjan on the Gcrman-l’ohsh frontier, where smugglers had stored explosives, drugs and chemicals, an explosion of ether occurred, killing four or the smugglers’ children and injuring -several police and smugglers. FRENCH CONVICT SHIP. LONDON. April 4. That the days of the convict ship are by no means over was shown by the departure from St- -Martin (Isle Do He) of the convict ship Martinier lor French Guinea, loaded with 418 convicts for penal servitude, closely eonlined, little better than half a century ago. The men marched on loot through the streets to.embark. They wore pri--4HTOU garb and a characteristic little cnpl They included the well-known Dr lJourghet, who murdered a cashier W at Marseilles and hid the body in a sorcery cupboard. Young men predominated, gloomy and morose. Ihe Alartinier is putting into Algiers to lake another consignment of murderers and others before setting her course for the long voyage. THE “DAWN” ITCTl"I! E. LONDON, April 4. ► “.Dawn” will be shown at a leading West End Theatre from to-morrow onwards. The management says it obtained the lil in in face <>l the fiercest competition ever known in the 'trade. SHELLS EXPLODE. PARIS. April 4. Five were killed by explosions of shells picked up on battlefields to-dav. A workman picked up a shell and tried to take out the fuse. The explosion killed the man and his son. A third man had his foot blown off. He attempted to stop the flow of blood but he was dead before help came. Elsewhere two brothers found a shell near Amiens and took out the I use. An explosion blew both to pieces. Portions of the bodies were found half a mile away. SCOTT ISI I BY E-EI -EC T lON. LONDON, April 5. '['be live-election has been belli for the West Lolhean seat, owing to flic death of Air James Kedd (Conservative), as cabled on March 3. The result was:— Air E. Hinwell (Labour) ... 14.449 Aliss AL Kedd (daughter of the ex-member, and Ctinserv.) 9,2(i8 Air D. Young (Liberal) V BOY KILN Ell DEAD. LONDON, April 5. Obituary.— Rov Kilner, the wellknown cricketer. (Received this day at 8.30 n.m.) LONDON, April fi. Boy Kilner died from enteric fever contracted in India while coaching last winter. LEEDS STRIKE. LONDON, April 6. Leeds Tailors’ Garment Workers’ Union, threatened to strike, involving two hundred thousand workers, due to disT (satisfaction with certain clauses in in the agrements with the T’.mployeis Federation. The Union decided fo give notice of the termination of the M ages and Hours Agreements, which have been in force for eight years.

MANNING’S FLIGHT. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) m . LONDON, April o. Manning has not yef fixed his departure. hut it will probably he a month * hence. The second seat space is taken up hv the petrol tank. The monoplane’s cruising speed is 7-3 to 80 miles per hour, with a range of a thousand > miles. The route will he via Versailles, Sardinia, Tunis North Africa coast, and thereafter the same ns Hinkler’s. Manning has taken halt Wf pnv from the Air Force in order to carry : out the flight, which is ii« no f ,se planned to rival H ink lei s. *\u, ' opportunity will be taken to speed up if the conditions are favourable, though the onlv means of topping much oh Hinkler’s time would he to go without sleep. Manning owns the machine and is making the flight without hacking from any source.

EARTHQUAKES. (Received this day at 8.30 a.m.) ROME. April 0. * A t Tolmezzo slight earthquake shocks were felt, hut no. damage is reported. Nineteen persons have been killed in Has region in ten days, by earth tremors with damage exceeding live hundred thousand pounds. THE SOVIET ARMY. MOSCOW. April G. The Commissar of A) nr, Vonoshiloff, declared the Soviet’s Army next year would cost one hundred million pounds, adding that war was inevitable.- It was estimated the cost this year is sevonty-fivo million pounds,