GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 May 1928, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

Australian Press Assn.—United Service

HERR. STIIESEMANN ILL. LONDON,. May 15, A message from Berlin .states tliero were disquieting reports regarding Herr Stresetnia.n’.s condition. It was said acute kidney inflammation was accentuating, gastric derangement, but anxiety was allayed by a Into afternoon bulletin which stated lie had passed the crisis. In any ease it is considered inevitable that Herr Strescmann will need a long rest from Afinistcrial work.

BERLIN, 51 ay 15. He it Streseniann has passed the crisis in liis illness hut remains extremely weak. He lias not. taken fond for three days. The doctors say he must keep in bed for three weeks, after which lie must take a holiday in a' warm climate, preferably Egypt.

ITALIA’S VOYAGE. ROME, May 15. The airship Italia has left King’s

i LONDON. May 15. A message from King’s Bay states as soon as the Italia was released from tlic hangars it soared in the air and started northwards amid vivas from the Italians. It is understood Nobile’s objective is Franz Josepltlaiul, five hundred miles from .Spitsbergen. He is only taking a crew of fourteen, just sufficient to man the airship. The removal of ice from the envelope and the motors delayed the departure until the afternoon.

BOMBAY STRIKE. CALCUTTA, May 15.

The ranks -of the strikers were extended to-day by fifteen thousand men of the jute presses in the northern suburbs of Calcutta.

DISCUSSION IN LORDS. LONDON. May 15. In the Lords the Marquis of Reading moved that the House cordially welcomes the proposals of United States for renunciation of war , and urging the Government to give them prompt and favourable consideration, and accept the principles embodied; in t)he proposed treaties He said the proposals were of great moment and were welcomed hv all parties in this .country. There should he no hesitation in accepting them. It was the greatest step forward to peace vet made.

Lord Parinoor supported the resolution.

Lord Cushendun, for the Government, said 'it entirely agreed with all that was said, hut it was of the utmost importance, before signing a.ny treaty, that all parties to it should make certain .they were agreed on its meaning. There was a difference of opinion in the House as to the character of the proposals, and there was nothing in the resolution that Government objected to, but they were discussing •documents not yet signed, and he and Lord Reading would not press it.

Lord Cecil and the Archbishop of Canterbury supported the proposals. 'Hie resolution was agreed to unanimously.

BEAM WIRELESS. Australian Press Assn.—United Service (Received this day nt 11.0 a m.) LONDON, May 15. After a statement that negotiations wore afoot to hand over the beam to private concerns, the Post Office Controlling Officers Conference passed a resolution that This was opposed to national interests. Barow of Bristol declared big business was jealously

eyeing tlie beam which was now payable. He believed newspaper attacks on the system were made to create opposition to State ownership. VAGI'I’M PRODUCTS PROCESS. LONDON, May Id. New Zealand’s dairy produce inspectors Wright and Ross and other experts, examined a parcel of cheese shipped from New Zealand under the vacuum products process. The consignment turned out irregularly. Some was apparently good., and others more or less decayed. Samples were taken for bacteriological examination, the report of which will be forwarded to the New Zealand Department of Agri culture.