GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 12 April 1928, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES

(United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) CLEI ?G Y AIA X ACC US E l>. LONDON, April 11. The village of Avening, In Gloucestershire, is excited over the opening of a Commission of Jn<|iiiry, appointed by the Bishop of Gloucestershire to investigate certain allegations regarding the conduct of the local Beetor, the Reverend O. E. Hayden. ft is alleged that Rev. Hayden paid court to a village school mistress under such circumstances as to occasion scandal. That he frequented ale houses, telling improper .stories, and that he lias habitually been swearing are other allegations. Counsel, in outlining the complaints said that having regard lo the Heitor’s own reputation, and the fact "that he is a married man, apart from being a clergyman, the Commission would have to ask whether he had acted wisely and honourably.

Rev. Hayden denies tbe charges and he says that the gossip must lie fully investigated “for the sake of myself, my wife, and the young woman concerned.”

FLIGHT ACROSS ASIA. CALCUTTA, April 11. The Flench airmen, Captains Lebrix and Costes, have arrived here. They have down from Hanoi, in French IndoChina, a distance of 1 ICO miles, in II hours. They left Tokyo only on Sunday last, in an effort to reach Hanoi, which is 20,000 miles away, hut they were compelled to descend and reluel after flying without a stop lor 2" hours. The French fliers left Calcutta today in nil effort to reach Jodhpur, I .‘ll if) miles away, without a stop, in the hope that they may reach Paris on Friday. A CANADIAN PREMIER’S YTFAY.

OTTAWA, April 10. The capitalisation of 'the commercial intercourse amoiig the members of the British family of nations was urged by Premier Fergusson, of Ontario, in addressing the Canadian Club. lie said: “Britain must alter her relationship with the rest of the world, and particularly with her own family. We should give serious consideration as to what our relationship is with the British Empire.” For Canada’s benefit, Premier Ferguson urged that Britain should place a duty of five cents per bushel on foreign wheat, and he suggested that Canadian wheat production should have sympathetic consideration from Britain.

A NATIONALIST VICTORY. HONCI KONG, April 11. A naval wireless from Hankow states: Chinese troops fired on British tugs and lighters proceeding ot Changsha. Soldiers attempting to hoard the vessels by means of junks were forced to return to Hankow. A British Consular protest resulted in the Chinese Garrison Commander taking the necessary steps to ensure a safe passage.

STARVATION BOGEY LATH. LONDON, April 11. A terrifying picture of the human race dying of starvation in the near future is conjured up in some statistics to-day in connection with which is stated: The earth’s population has increased by one hundred millions in the last fifteen years. The prophets of doom base their calculations on,

firstly, the possibilities of increasing prod notion to an unlimited extent; scicondly, the belief that the cultiv.itiibl« surfaces of the globe is strictly limited, and that, excluding i\ais, famines and pestilences, it is just a matter of simple arithmetic to prove that mankind migiit crowd the whole planet within a measurable [icriod. Although the inereiUe of population proceeds far slower than is potentially possible, it is nevertheless continuous. Some say that we are already near the limit of production and that the possibilities of extending the food producing areas are now practically exhausted. That is the grim side of the picture. Sir Henry Row, former ex-Govern-ment Statistician, however, reassuringly asserts that these forecasters of early starvation have based their calculations on terms of wheat. They have overlooked the fact that four-fifths of the world's population depend on other kinds of food than wheat. Thirty years ago, Sir Henry How says, the President of the British Association, declared thill practically there was no more land available lor wheat in the world, and yet, within one decade fifty million acres in wheat were added and there have been further additions since then. None of the vast wheat-exporting countries, such ns Canada, the United States, the Argentine, Australia, Russia and India, (they ranking in this order) hare yet utilised all their land miitnble for

cropping. The American, Professor Russell Smith, contends that the United States and Canada are good for an increase of probably 011 c billion bushels of wheat per year, while the only limit (o Siberia, said Sir H Row, is drought. Only ten per cent, of Australia’s area is yet utilised, while ninety-two per cent, of Chili is not utilised. If it came to a pinch. Sir hi. Row says, mankind would purify the tropics of their deadly fevers and clear the jungle for wheat growing. Mankind woul(l also irrigate the whole of the Continent of Australia before it would sit down to starve.

DEATH OP ROY KTI.XF.It LONDON, April 11. “A Yorkshire wicket has fallen, and one of Yorkshire’s best men is out.” said the Rector of ATombell, in opening his address to the congregation at said the Rector of Womhwcll. in openner’s birthplace, its total population is 20,000, but 100,000 people attended the funeral. His team colleagues acted as pall-bearers. Lord Hawke, Mr Orslov (the County Captain), Mr Tonne, and leading Lancashire cricketers 'were present, also Bobby Peel and Hirst. Lancashire's wreath consisted of rod and white roses. INDIAN JUTE CROP. CALCUTTA, April 11. Thanks to general rain in Bengal and Assam, the prospects of the jute crop arc now more favourable.

FRENCH OFFICER’S CRIMES. PARIS, April 11. An intoxicated French officer disputed with German civilians at a tavern in the village of Nainborn in the occupied territory. The officer rushed home, got his revolver, and killed one German and wounded another. Police chased him homo, where he bai Headed Ills door, and set fire to his furniture. When the police broke in they found his charred body.