GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 July 1928, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

Australian Press Assn.—United Service

THE SEIFEDDIN AFFAIR, LONDON, Juno 30

AYista Bey AVishif, called at the " “Morning Post” repudiating the charges front Cairo concerning himself, Xalias Pasha and Cafar Fakhri Bey. in connection with the Seifeddin affair. He says tho contract about the lawyers was made sixteen months ago, when nobody could have forsoen the nomination of Nalias Pasha as I remior. Aloreover, Nalias withdrew from participation in tho lawsuit when he became Premier.

STB ESKM A XX’ S JOURNAIJ BERLIN, June 30. The newspaper Taeglich Rundschau, generally regarded as Herr mantes mouthpiece, lias ceasedj-uLh« catoin owing to economic conditions. _L"' LOL-t'ATX LIBRARY. BRUSSELS, June 29. The construction of the Lo»vaiu library balcony without the inscription has begun. The police are protecting the workers and the objectors have not interfered again.

RELIGIOUS FANATICS. DELHI. Juno 30. Ten are dead and many injured as the result of a riot between Hindus and Moslems, during the Aloslein Mohurrum procession at Khargpur, near Calcutta. The Moslems were carrying an image past Sikh Temple at .Music, when the procession was attacked by the latter. Armed police and troops were called out and quiet was restored, but latojthe Aloslems boat a Hindu coolie to death with rods. A fierce fight ensured between the communities. Eight were killed outright, and in a fresh outbreak, five were killed, including two women.

RUSSO-FINN FRONTIER. LONDON, June I'tr. The “Times’s” Helsingfors correspondent says the newspaper San Onat s representative visited the frontier, and assorts that the Soviet is fortifying a position on the Russn-Finn frontier, ami has evacuated at least one village, oxtieuding railways between Leningrad and the frontier. Travellers passing the frontier are blind-folded and rigorously searched. Soviet warships are increasingly active and troops, sappers, infantry, and artillery are continually manoeuvering. The Leningrad garrison lias !h>?ii strongly reinforced. Local Finns fear that Russian plans are not limited to manoeuvres. The Finnish troops on the frontier have !>ecn reinforced.

POINCARE’S POLICY. , PARIS, June "30. Tho Chamber bv 455 votes to- 16, carried a vote of confidence in Al. Poincare, who stressed that he refused to he captured by either the Right or tho Lef. He would govern with tlw help of those approving his policy. - The Government would not permit any artificial rise in prices. It had decided in future to ask for fewer sacrifices 'from 'Labour and more from the. wealthy.

LANDRU AITJRDERS. PARIS, June 29. Pierre Rev, alias Jerome Prat, was arrested at Algiers and accused of tho Landru murders. Three of the supposed victims have reported to the police. FRENCH A LINE DISASTER.. PARIS, June 30. A fire in a shaft of the Rockelaincliere coal mine at Steetionne, caused a violent explosion in a gallery filled with workers. A dozen escaped, but between forty and fifty arc missing. Jt is believed that many were burned to death.

MINE DISASTER PARTS, July 1. Sixty working in the mine were all gassed before assistance could be given. Twelve were revived but fortyeight were dead when brought to tile surface.

THE DOXKTZ AFFAIR, AfOSCOW, June 30. No doubt influenced by the political situation, Krylenko handled the cases of the German Donetz accused with conspicuous mildness. He withdrew the charge against the engineer A layer, on the ground that the Russian witness against him was unreliable, and demanded a sentence of six months or a year against Otto, and asked for the release of Radhileber on parole.

TIN SMELTING-. - LONDON, June 30. Lord Derby electrically ignites eight enormous furnaces at the Penpoll Tin Smelting Company’s Works. The furnaces once lit will be kept in full blast of 2250 degrees Fahrenheit, day and night, for a year, .in order to obtain the maximum prduction of a. thousand tons of ore monthly. The company is British and formed to meet the increasing output of Empire ore. Half a million sterling worth of ore van he stored at the works.

FOOTBALLERS DECLARED PROFESSIONALS'. - (Received this day at 8 a.in.) LONDON, July 1. The Football Association drastically declared professionals 327 amateur players, the majority of whom were suspended until December, the Clubs warned and fined. A majority of the involved are members of the Northeastern League and Amateur Notliern League.

cable conference’s report (Received this day at 3.30 n.m). LONDON. July 1. “News of the World’’ understands the Cable Conference is advising tlio banding over of the Government cable and internal wireless systems to- tlio merger. It insists that the latter must be owned, controlled and operated by British subjects; secondly, that while the Governments of Britain and Dominions are relieved of certain financial liabilities they should retain power to regulate cable and beam rates. Finally, control should revert to tlie Government in wartime.

CANCER CONFERENCE. A LONDON, July Twenty-five countries, including tralia. New Zealand, Canada. E-filDi Africa and India, will l*»-«i\?preseniL at £he International Cancer Confer? cnee. The Chairman will lie Sir John Bia id button The Conference opens in London on ICth. July, under the auspices of the Empire Cancer Campaign. All a spinets- -’of the problem of cancer wir be discussed, America is sending two i-five delegates, including the professors of all the principal universities Germany fourteen and France eleven.