GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 17 July 1928, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES

(United Press Association. —ByElectrio Telegraph.—Copyright.) IN THE LORDS. (Received this day at 11.5 a.m.) LONDON, July 10. In the Lords, Lord Stradbroke replying to lord Hindi ip, said the Ministry of Agriculture was alive to the fact that foot and mouth disease could ho brought into the country in the blood of carcases, hut there was less risk from South America owing to the long voyage than from the Continent. Experiments showed there were greater risks from frozen than chilled. The suggestion that chilled should bo guaranteed for a fixed period was unlikely to meet with success from the commercial viewpoint, as it would hit very hard Australian and New Zealand meat, which had 50 to GO days’ journey after slaughter. It would be wrong to act on suspicion only. If satisfied that the disease was entering through the existing methods, the regulations would bo made' to stop it.

MOSCOW communists! [' ‘Th« Times” Service.] (Received this day at 11.0 a.m.) LONDON, July IG. The “Times” Riga correspondent states though debates are not published tumult characterised the nine days’ congress of the Communist Central Committee. Kalinin’s and Rykoff’s groups resenting the Stalinists rural policy, the Congress decided that in- , dividual peasants farms would be maintained by the Soviet not adopting ex- • cessive repressions but approved of Stalin’s projected establishment of large Soviet farms. This is interpreted to mean a Stalinist victory. The Moscow Communist Party has issued a proclamation to workmen regarding the sixth congress, stating that the most vital problem is the increasing war danger from other nations ngainst the Soviet and revolutionary Chinn. For this reason the , proletariat must be acquainted with the strategic plans against Imperialists in defence of the . Soviet. It specially directs attention to the anti-British movement in India.

SHOT BY SENTRY. [_“ The Times ” Service.] {Received this day at 10.15 a.m.l ' LONDON, July 16. “The Times” Constantinople correspondent states a policeman not receiving a response to his challenge from a motor car passing the military zone to the civil area at Smyrna, promptly fired * andi killed the occupant, Colonels Nihad Zeki (Commander of Aviation and Chief of Staff).

JAPAN’S APPROVAL. 1 TOKIO, July 16. At a Cabinet meeting formal sanction was given to reply to America unqualified acceptance of the anti-war Treaty. The reply will he communicated forthwith.

FRENCH APPROVAL. (Received this day at 10.15 a.m.l PARIS, July 16 France’s reply to Mr Kellogg’s proposal states she is happy to agree to the new provisions of the preamble, which provide that all signatories mustrenounce war as an instrument of national policy and those infringing the clauses for national motives shall lie denied the benefits of the treaty. The French Government also' notes with satisfaction explanations opened to American proposals whereby the American Government recognises the French contention that nothing in the treaty restricts or 'compromises in anywise the right of self-defence, by any nation against attack or invasion, each nation teing the sole judge of whether the circumstances warrant a recourse of defensive warfare.

FORD SUPPORTS HOOVER. AA'ASHINGTON, July 16. Republican leaders believe the alignment of Henry Ford with the Hoover movement in the capital would do much to ofFset the prestige of the Democrats claim from selection of Raskob. Ford will actively support the Hoover campaign. BYE-ELECTION. LONDON, July 16. Hallarn bye-election, owing to the appointment of Sykes as Governor of Bombay, resulted: — Louis Smith (Conservative) ... 9417 Flynn (Labour) 5393 Hobinan (Liberal) 2/15 ANOTHER. ASSASSINATION. ! VIENNA, July 16., In consequence of Protogueroff s death, Michiloff (leader of the Macedonian revolutionary committee iesponsible for murder) was assassinated at Sofia to-day. RECORD SUGAR PURCHASE. (Received this day at 12.25 p.m.) , LONDON, July 16. Czarnikow Limited have completed a ■world’s record sugar deal of 300,000 tons purchased from Cuban Export Corporation for British refineries at a cost of £3,500,000 sterling. Sixty boats will bring the sugar to Britain in August and September. The puichnse largely was due to budget chaiges protecting British refiners.

FREEDOM OF FOLKESTONE. LONDON, July 16. Sir AV. Hall-Jones (a New . Zealander) to-day was presented with the freedom of Folkestone, of which lie is a native. A CONTROLLING INTEREST. (Received this day at 1.30 P™.) LONDON, July 16. William Harrison on behalf of an lnveresk paper company, has purchased a controlling interest in the “ Daily Chronicle,” Lord Rending retiring from the chairmanship.