GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 21 September 1928, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES

A LARGE BEQUEST. RJ.uited Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received this day (at 10.30. a.m.) LONDON, Sepjt. 20. '• Pandeli ItaJli, a we.alt.hy Greek merchant, left an entire' fortune of over £750,000 to his niece, Lady Byng. Rnlli was a friend of King Edward. RHODESIAN ELECTIONS. CAPETOWN,. Sopt. 20. The Rhodesian General Elections resulted in Government securing a substantial majority. Premier Moffat was the only unofficial member. A surprise was the defent of the Opposition leader, Sir Montagu Frank Johnson. On the other hand tlio Minister of Agriculture (Colonel Dupor,t) was defeated. Lnliour which was unrepresented before, captured throe seats from the Government Party.

A METEORITE FALLS. DELHI, Sopt. 20. An iron meteorite weighing two tons, fell in the villago of Kantli, in Central Provinces, killing two men and injuring a third. Tiio fall was heard twenty miles away. The moteorito made a cavity in the ground over thirty, feet deep. This' is believed to be the first recorded instnneo of human beings boing killed by a meteor. Inhabitants regard it as a sign of Divine wrath. '■ r AIR MAILS ARRIVE. DELHI, Sept. 20. The first aeroplane carrying mails from Holland by Iraq and Baghdad, arrived at Calcutta to-day. The journey from Amsterdam occupied exactly a week. The flight inaugurates a regular weekly service between Holland and the East Indies. ■; 1 >' I I V GENEVA COURT OF JUSTICE. (British Official Wireless.) (Received this day at noon.) RUGBY, Sept. 20. A revision of the membership of the Permanent Court of Internntionol Justice which involves an increase in the number of the judges of the court, thus allowing for the election of a German judge and’.one from the British Dominions, was to-day approved by the League Assembly. , .

AIR OFFICER INJURED.RUGBY,’ Sept. 20. Squadron-Leader Noakes, who is the Royal Air Force officer chosen to make an attempt on, a world’s air endurance record, was injured at Martlesliarn Heath," Suffolk, to-day when an aeroplane which lie was testing, crashed. It is' reported his injuries are, not serious. Noakes, ■ who is well known as the inventor of so-called crazy flying,;.was in charge of. the largest monoplane in the world, at the recent Royal Air Force display at Hendon, and ho is one of the oldest and most experienced pilots in the service.

FASCIST POWERS. ROME, Sept. 20. The Grand Council’s decisions’, which were adopted after a night-long discussion, vest the supreme power of Italy

in itself. It will be the final Court ol Appeal in all questions of interpretation bf law, and must be consulted in all constitutional measures, including bills relating to succession to the • Throne, King’s and Premier’s powers, '.composition and attributes of Grand Council Senate and Chamber.; relations of state with Catholic Church; Government’s responsibilties 'regarding regulation, of syndicalists activities, and treaties involving modification of Ital- , inn territory. 'Moreover, it will niain- * tain-lists of names for submission to ' tho King, in tlio event of vacancies for the Premiership or Cabinet, and also examines lists of Parliamentary Deputies and Councils. ' The President will lu> the Premier, and members include Presidents of Senate and Chamber, members of Cabinet, Chief of General Staff of the Fascist Militia, and . Presidents elf the. Confederations ,of Labour, Agriculture, and,lndustry, ex- ■ secretaries of the Fascist Party, and others who served the.country well oi are qualified to speak on the subjects under discussion.