GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 27 September 1928, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

■ HONEY IMPORTS. (United Press Association—By Electriy Telegraph—Copyright). LONDON, Sept. 25. Greenland Eskimos will shortly sample New Zealand honey bought by ;t . the Danish Government for settlers. .■ It has already become popular in Iceland. Scandinavian supplies to Britain are now a third of the total of honey imports. * WRONG BODY. PARIS, Sept. .25. A Parisienne had a strange experience when she attended her own funeral. A body was found in the river Gironde., and was identified as Bru, who disappeared on 7th. Sept. The body was identified by means of false ■ - teeth, which were left at home, and fitted her mouth. Mourners had gathered round the coffin prior to carrying it to the Church, when Madame entered, most angry. She had been staying with friends in the country when she read of the funeral preparations in the newspapers. She upbraided a -. young niece who was weeping by the coffin and the girl became so ill, that ahe is now in a hospital, ARMY OF OCCUPATION. I LONDON, Sept. 25, The “Daily Express” in a leader, says Article 43 of the Treaty of Versailles contains an unambiguous pledge that Germany’s fulfilment of her treaty obligations will be recom- ' pensed by the withdrawal of the armies of occupation. All the wprld knows Germany has fulfilled her obligations, disarmed and punctually delivered reparation payments, and so far has re-entered the life of Europe. Britain by maintaining troops in the Rhineland is violating her solemn engagements. The policy is morally wrong, and moreover the body of troops is ludicrously inadequate to constrain Germany, but enough to irritate. It is an unpleasant thought that we are treating the Versailles ' Treaty as a sorap of paper.

. GRAFT CHARGES. : ; IN JAPANESE CITY. (Received this day at 9. a.m.) TOK.IO, Sept. 26. The arrest to-day of a leading member of the Upposition is a sensational climax to the municipal graft, cabled on 18th. August. The total now gaoled , is twenty-five. In view of the influential positions of the arrested men, Bmembers and peers are determined to Urge the judiciary to prosecute without Hunt. The prevalence of city corruption is without precedent.

A LARGE ESTATE. LONDON, September 26. A. Allan Hughes left £468,760. FORTY KILLED. IN 'MAGAZINE EXPLOSION. (Received this day at 9. a.m.) MADRID, 'Sept. 26. Forty were killed in an explosion of a powder magazine at Mellila. FURTHER PARTICULARS. (Received this day at 11.25; a.m.) LONDON, September 26. Forty were killed and two hundred injured in the explosion of the powder magazine at an old fort in the hills about one and a-half miles from Melilla. The dead included thirty-one civilians and nine soldiers. The fort w r as completely destroyed, together w T ith many houses adjoining. These, which were of wood, buried the residents in the ruins. The explosion occurred at 1 a.m. •when the people were leaving the theatres. The sky was lit up by a red glare, and then the explosion followed. People were panic stricken, and ran in all directions, shouting with terror. When the rescuers came to the scene of the disaster they found the fort had entirely disappeared. No wall was left standing. All the hospitals are full of injured. EXECUTIONS AT SHANGHAI. /SHANGHAI, .Sept. 26. Twenty-seven condemned kidnappers and armed robbers were executed here as a deterrent to a spreading crime wave. This is the largest single batch executed in Shanghai for many years. Those condemned included a woman who was strangled, and others who were shot, aill in less than fifteen minutes. ECONOMY IN RUSSIA. £ LONDON, Sept. 26. The “Daily New’s” Moscow correspondent reports that the Council of People’s Commissars has voted for stern economy in all the 'State Departments, including drastic staff reductions’. The Finance Ministry has been ordered to cease all supplementary credits. V

ISTEW TURK ALPHABET. LONDON,.Sept. 26. The “Daily Mail’s” Constantinople correspondent states the Turkish Ministry of Public Instruction has ordered the installation of blackboards at cafes, cinemas, casions and other places of amusement, whither teachers will be sent at stated times to give new alphabet lessons. Hie teachers are also to be instructed that they may not teach foreign languages in the school until the new Turkish language has be-en mastered.