GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 13 August 1928, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES

Australian Press Assn.—United Service

CHINESE AFFAIRS. (Received this day at Jl.O a m.) PEKING, Aug. 12,

Mukden despatches suggest that Manchurian leaders are on the point of declaring association with Nanking

Government though no hint is given regarding the compromise terms. Japan’s attitude at first was strongly hostile to such an affiliation, but is now much more conciliatory, indicating she has received a satisfactory assurance that her acquired rights in Manchuria will not lie subject to radical interference.

OTRANTO REACHES POUT. LONDON, Aug. 12. Grimsby tugs went out to assist tlio Otranto which came into port with lights full}'' burning, and without a list. Doctors were not required. (Received this day at 10.40 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 12. The Otranto’s passengers were dining when the collision occurred. The contents of the tables were thrown everywhere. The second impact occurred shortly afterwards. Many rushed on deck and donned life belts. Though the extent of the damage was unknown, there was no panic. The women were particularly calm. The Otranto’s'bows suffered the worst damage. The vessel was stationary for half an hour, while the damage was being ascertained, and thereafter she returned slowly to her anchorage. A special train took passengers to the Midlands and London. Seamen aboard tlie Kitamo Mam were asleep in their bunks. One sustained a fractured leg and spine. R ADITC'H ’ S F UNER AL. BELGRADE, Aug. 12. After two days lying in state, Raditch was buried. It is estimated over two hundred thousand watched, or participated in the funeral procession, which was headed by mounted Sokols, foil wed by the Croat peasant delegations in national costumes and Hags. REFORM IN INDIA. DELHI, Aug. 11. The Associated Chambers of Commerce of India and Burma, representing nearly one thousand millions sterling of capital, have sent a memorandum to the Simon Commission oil Indian reform, advocating full autonomy for the Indian Provinces, provided, firstly, that the Central Government of India is strengthened, as against an All-India Legislative Assembly; secondly, that the Central ] Government he given powers of inter- v vention ill the event of a breakdown of the constitution of the provinces; a thirdly, the second chambers to be increased in the provinces; fourthly, j adequate safeguards for administration by the police; fifthly, the insertion of a clause in the New Government of India Act forbidding commercial discrimination in any form. JEWELLER’S SHOP RAIDED. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) PARIS, August 11. sc The jeweller’s shop bandit was Edward Psyek, who was born in Petrograd, and lived for five years in France. He recently married a French woman, j.j Yvonne, who is missing. Psyek was out of work. His shots wounded three spectators, two of whom Madame Begand and Monsieur Vauloup, are in a serious condition. ,

RADITCH’S DEATH. (Received this day at Jl.O a.m.) BELGR ADE, August 12. Surgeon Kostiteli, who operated on Raditch after he was wounded emphasised that there was no trace of abdominal inflammation or abscess. Therefore there was no connection between his death and the recent wounds, which had healed perfectly. Raditch had long suffered from diabetes, wbirb seriously affected bis heart. Ihe surgeon declared the cause ol death was heart failure.

INVENTOR DEAD. PARIS, Aug. 12.

Obituary.—Senator Lazare Weiller, aged seventy-six. He was the inventor of the automatic taximeter and introduced the telephone into France.