GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 June 1928, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

Austnliaiv?^ o ® Aiwh.—United Setvice LIDO PIER CAFE DJ'-S'IiVtTVKD. 4k ■ RO.MK. Juno 28. *“ The entire -bathing establishment of the pier cafe at l ido in Venice was. completely destroyed by fire. Hundreds of bathers rushed from the sen. in nil endeavour to rescue their clothes and valuables, and many wove unsuccessful.

FRENCH POLITICS. RAMS, Juno 20. A meeting of the. Radical Socialists decided to support a vote of confidence in M. Poincare to day, provided the Government- National Union is re-bap-tised the Government of Republican Concord. It is understood that M. Poincare tor' ?»- j>, agreeable. jTIVc political situation is regarded as cleared up until the autumn. Parliament is probably rising at tlio end of nest week. RUSSIAN AFPATRS. MOSCOW, .Tunc 28. It is officially announced that Zinovieif, Kamenoff, and thirty-six other prominent Trotskyites have been readmitted to the Communist Party, polknvirig promises to cease factional activity and submit to the Party’s decisions.

GERMAN CABINET. BERLIN. June 28. The Socialist leader, Herr Herman Muller, submitted to President 11 Oldenburg the following Cabinet, till replaced by a Party Con’it ion : Cliaiice'lor, Herr Mueller; Minister of Interior, Herr Severing (Socialist) ; Finance, lierr Hilferding (Socialist); Communications, Herr Geheimrat von Guorard (Centre Party) ; Foreign Affairs, Herr Stresomann ( I’eop'e’s Party); Economics, Herr Curtius (People’s Party); Defence, General Grnener (no party); Agriculture, Herr Dietrich (Democrat) Labour, Herr Wisscll (Socialist) ; Justice, Herr Lock (Democrat). All ext-ept Von Guorard have had previous Ministerial experience.

HOLBORN RYK-ELF.CTI ON. LONDON. .Tune 29. The bye-election, owing to Sir James Remnant’s elevation to the peerage resulted;— Stuart Bevan (Conservative) G3GS Percy Allott (Labour) 2238 Morton (Liberal) 20G2

A BLUEBEARD. PARTS, June 28. It is estimated that Prat disposed of at least ono victim a month. Doctor Boroud, police spe.ei.aLst. at the post-mortem on two bodies, declared that the victims were strangled with hands. Prat must have been a veritable specialist in that direction. Another similarity to Lnndru is the discovery of a small note bod;. wherein he recorded the names of his successive victims. A search of a furnished room rented by Prat revealed a mass of correspondence, including hundreds of replies to his matrimonial advertisements, and a stack of women’s clothes, hats, frocks, shoes, stcekings and underwear, sufficient for a dozen women. Prat insisted that the correspondents should possess available capital. The police have identified two holies found in the villa at Genevieve. Three other women seen there have since disappeared. The evidence points to the horrible

fact that at least one was chopped to pieces by a butcher’s axe and given to apgs. A fortnight ago Prat was surprised by a gardener early in the morning near pig styes with a lantern and two butcher’s choppers.

“THE DAWN.” BERLIN, June 28. The film “Dtuvn” was shown to a small company of officials and licws- " papermen. Tito smallest notice was taken hy the press. Ab-endblatt says cannot understand what the trouble was about, the film is fairly close to historical truth, anti there is no reason why it should not ho publicly shown in Germany.