GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 June 1928, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

(United Service.) m. briaNd’S note. PARIS, June 12. "Le Journal” sys M. Briand’s latest Note to Mr Kellogg makes the most important concessions, giving a hope of agreement in the Peace Pact text before the week-end. SHIP BOARD INCIDENTS. (Received this day at 10.15 a.ra.A LONDON, June 12. Tlifc Esperanco Bay’s voyage was anything but a model of ship life. It is -alleged that some of tho members of the crow and stewards got completely out of hand. The passengers were treated contemptuously and the food was shoved in front of them, The crew bore an obvious air of gladness that it was their finishing connection with the line, and did not care twopence for the Commonwealth Government’s management. The stewards declared as the deck piano was provided by themselves for their own entertainment, they declined to give their successors the benefit of it, and therefore threw the piano overboard before reaching Hull.

REQUEST TO NAVAL DEPARTMENT. WASHINGTON, June 13. A request to dispatch six hundred additional marines to Nicaragua for supervision of elections was received, by the Naval Department from General McCoy, in charge of the balloting. SHIPPING CONFERENCE. LONDON, Juno 12. The fourth international shipping conference, comprising one hundred delegates representing Britain, Europe America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand has opened. Sir Charles Holdswortli (Union Steamship Coy.) represented New Zealand. Sir Seager in his presidential address said while unable to offer congratulations on its prosperity, nevertheless the industry was holding its own. There was no desire to eliminate competition provided it was fair and consistent with international comradeship and community interests. The conference adapted a resolution embodying proposals emanating from tbe World Economic Conference at Geneva and International Chamber of' Commerce Conference nt Stockholm in 1927 advocating a reduction of excessive tariff and protesting they were operating to the detriment of agriculture whose products formed the basis of the world’s trade.

Stimming (General Director of Nord Deutsclier Lloyd) in seconding, pointed out that Germany was faced with a crisis in agriculture and wool- 1 fore welcome a proviso for tariff reductions. Alan Anderson, summing up, denied that shipowners were unnecessarily either free trades or protectionists, although they might he either, according to the interests of the respective countries. Wliat they did believe in was not tariff harriers, hut regulation. Hence shipowners combined under the name of a conference whereby unfair competition was restricted within certain spheres. He advocated the adoption of a similar policy by the great trades of various nations.