GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 17 August 1928, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES

Australian Press Assn.—United Service AIR WARFARE. LONDON, August 15. The roar of the attacking and defending aeroplanes is continuing in London throughout the night. When the manoeuvres cease at the week-end, it will most likely he shown that London will be a virtual ruin, as if it had been in an actual war. In the meantime there is considerable comment on the manoeuvres in the French press, some of them of a remarkable character. The “ Quotidien ” says: Without contesting the right of any country to prepare for the defence of its soil, the transformation of such manoeuvres as these in the air into a show is both dangerous and painful. The paper “ Populairc ” docs not think that experiments such as the bombardment and defence of London will kill the war spirit. “Humanite,” the Communist organ, intoiprets the experiments as a dress rehearsals for a. forthcoming British attack on Moscow. The “Figaro” takes a different view, saying that England does not shut her ears to the talk of a rnppronehemcnt, and remembers Count Bothmann Hollweg’s “scrap of paper.” It adds: France has fetes for the signing of the Kellogg Pact. These peaceful fetes tend to send the world asleep. This J.onclon fete lias certain definite advantages. / LONDON, Aug. 10. The’lmperial Economic Committee’s report on timber, states the annual value of British imports is £07,000,000.

of which ninety-five per cent is of soft woods. Seventy per cent of hardwoods are of foreign origin. Regularity of supply, most careful grading and sufficiency of quantity were the prime conditions of the success of the increasing Empire trade. Public bodies and big companies could effectively exercise voluntary preference in favour of E'mpiro timbers, hut in order to save useless expense, there should be a policy of restraint with regard to the number of varieties of new Empire timbers which were introduced concurrently. The report emphasises the value of Australia’s and New Zealand’s research work in timbers in co-operation with the universities. DANGER STILT? EXISTS. ' • DELHI. Aug. 15. The report of the collapse of the Shayak Glacier is contradicted by messages from Kasmir. Yesterday’s information was based on a bonfire which , was seen in the neighbourhood of the •* glacier from Leh. The alarm signal was obviously misread. There is still, however, danger of the dam collapsing. BRITISH CARS. EXPORTS TO DOMINIONS. (British Official Wireless.) RUBBY, Aug. isLf. The extent to which the British motor car manufacturers are penetrating the Dominion markets is shown in the overseas trade returns for July. The number of touring cars shipped during the month was 1346. Compared with the same month last year, New Zealand has increased her orders from 25 to 151 cars, South Africa from 122 to 160, and the Irish Free State from 232 to 444. In addition 649 complete light chassis were sent to Australia, compared with 268 in the corresponding month of 1927. SUNKEN SUBMARINE. RAISED AFTER NINE YEARS. Australian Press Assn.—United Service (Received this day at 10.15 a.m.) MOSCOW, Aug. 16. i Salvage workers have raised the British submarine L 55, sunk in June 1919. It was covered with a thick layer of rust, and there were skeletons inside. It is believed that forty perished. There are traces of a shell having hit the upper deck. An investigation is proceeding, to determine whether the vessel was sunk by artillery lire, or whether it collided with a mine.

A Soviet note explains that on June 4th. 1919, Kronstadt fortress reported tlint Britisli destroyers were in the region of Capor Bay, and that Soviet destroyers engaged them. Afterwards the conning tower of a. submarine appeared, and Russian ships bombarded it. An enormous cloud of black smoke arose, niul was .followed by a dull detination. The submarine then disappeared. A MINE TRAGEDY. CAPETOWN, August 16. Following on a pressure burst in tlve City Deep Mine at Johannesburg, today, three natives are missing. The burst caused an earth tremor, which was felt over a radius of six miles, causing unusual eerie sensations. CAPE POLITICS. CAPETOWN, August 16. The General Election of the South African Union of 1929 is easting shadows on the political situation. Colonel Cresswell (Labour), speaking at Johannesburg, anticipated the breaking of the pact between the Nationalist and Labour parties, if the Nationalists should jump seats at present held l>v Labour. He said that Labour must arrange matters so that neither of the other parties should have a big majority. Meanwhile General Smuts (South African Party Leader) is successfully touring the country. Speaking in the Orange Free State, lie stressed, as a matter of urgency, that Dutch and English should he marching forward as brothers. He said: “Let us accept the new status, and leave well alone.” He said: “Australia started long after Africa, and thanks to her lack of disunion, she is now ahead of us, while Canada, still younger, is well on the way to becoming the greatest State in the world.” General Smuts said he visioned as unified the States of South and Central Africa. He paid a tribute to the late Cecil Rhodes for keeping the door to the north open when Germany as proved later, would have established herself. »