GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 7 May 1928, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

(United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.)

NEW GUINEA MINERS.

AIAROB'K. .May 5. Aliners associated at Edie Obeli, New Guinea, have petitioned the oral Government agninst tlio oontiriuni granting of now alluvial leases which they allege deprive claim workers of a livelihood; also against five per cent tax on gold. The petitioners nidd that much payable ground now is tied up under lease, applications for which warrant investigation because of improper procedure.

TWO STEAAIICRS RAAIAIED. y LONDON, Afay A. Tlio naval supply ship Bacchus of two thousand tons sent out an S.O.S. stating -she was badly damaged and sinking after ramming and sinking tlio Greek steamer loannis Eafalios of, 3122 tons off Dorset. The Baceht(?>w - rescued the Greek’s crew of twentytwo. The crews then abandoned , the Bacchus thirty miles from Portland. The steamer Baron Afaelay wirelessed she could see the Bacchus sinking Sj'.owly by the head. The Admiralty announces the. battleship Tiger in the vicinity should now have icached the Bacchus. Two salvage tugs were from Portland and the destroyer SaliiWS was ordered to prepare for sett. F-

TWELVE LIVES LOST. LONDON, May -L The Bacchus arrived at Portland, being towed stern first. Apparently the Greek steamer sank in three minutes. Ten of the Greeks were drowned, ihduding the captain and the chief officer. Two others died after rescue at

The owners says that twenty-two were board the vessel.

THE DEATH ROLL. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, May <5. It is confirmed that tyvelve Greeks, including five brothers lost their lives. Toil were rescued. In the collision of the Fafalios and Bacchus, the Tatter had no casualties. The Board of Trade has ordered an inquiry. APPROVAL OF ACTION. TOKIO, May -I. The Peking representative of tlie Japan Telegraph Agency wires that American, British and French Ministers expressed approval of tlie Japanese action in Tsinan.

NEW ZEALAND LOAN. LONDON, May 4. Cash subscriptions to the New Zealand loan exceeded thirty five millions, applicants only receiving fourteen per cent of their _ applications, which are quoted at nine-sixteenths premia ill i OI'EEN AAIONG COSTERSLONDON, May 5- “] want to sit among my peoples” said the Queen, when refusing a bdx and selecting a front seat oh tile balcony at the Bethnal Green cinema to witness a local Choral Society, of winch site is a Patroness, performing “ L Pagliacci.” The audience was largely one of costers, many wearing pearlies. East Enders packed gaily decorated streets, roofs and windows, and tumultuously cheered Her progress.

BIG EXPLOSION. PARIS, May 5. “Lo Petit Parisien ” states: A message from Rabat reports that a motor lorry, laden with eighteen hundred kilograms of high explosives, killing eight people, four of were soldiers. PRF.TTI EST ANKLES. LONDON, Afay 5. A postmistress, aged eighty, in the little Leicestershire village of Aylestone has won the village ankle competition, despite the opposition of thirty flappers. She says: “Old. young, or middle-aged, let ’em all come! I will show my ankles against anybody. I don’t feel my age, and 1 am ready foi a bit ol' fun. whether ankles or anything else.”

five BROTHERS LOST. LONDON, May 5. .. The steamer Fafalios has been lost.-*' Those drowned include five brothers, ami also two nephews of the owner.

“The fog in the Channel was like pea soup,” says a Bacchus sailor. “ Before we knew it, we had rammed the Fafarios amidships. She was loaded with iron ore, and sank in less than two minutes. The crew on deck were Hung into the water. The remainder, who were below, had no chance. The captain and tHo mate died Horn thoit injuries, due to the collision.

MODEST DRESS. LONDON, May 5. Printed notices have been posted in the Catholic Churches at Ennis, in County Clare, Ireland, calling attention to tbe aims of tbe Modest Dress and Deportment Crusade. ’1 Ho notices prohibit tbe wearing of dresses snorter than four inches below the knee, or lower than tbe collarbone, and tbe sleeves must be wrist-long. Transparent materials also are banned.

ROBBIE BURNS RELTC. LONDON, May 5

Mr John AYilliams of Edinburgh, has bequeathed to the British nation, Ellisland Farm, Dumfrieshire, Burns wrote many of bis most famous poems, including “ Tam-o’-Sliantor.” RELIEF FOR BULGARIA. POSTPONEMENT OF AVAR DEBTS SUGGESTED. LONDON, May 4. In tbe House of Lords to-day Lord Newton asked il tbe Inter-Allied Commission in Bulgaria bad recommended the postponement of tbe next reparation payment, which was due in October, in view of the recent material losses of that Government through earthquakes. Lord Cushendun, British representa- 4 tive on the League of Nations, said that no such recommendation had been , made, or, at all events, had been received by the British Government. Such a recommendation, if niad<W would not be made to tbe British Government. but to tbe Reparations Commission in Paris and. therefore, it was not really a matter for decision by the * s - British Government at •-UI. AA’hon tbe nets were at tbe disposal of the British Government lie felt confident that it was not likely to take an ungenerous view of any recommendation that might he made.

ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. AVARSAAV, May 4. "V I.izareff. a member of tbe Soviet Legation, was motoring when a Russian emigre fired a revolver, shattering his windscreen. Liza re ft' was Injured bv splinters in the face and a Imllet wound in the hand. The assailant has been arrested.