GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 4 October 1928, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

WHEAT HARVEST. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). MOSCOW, Oct. 3. The Agricultural Commission assorts that the, Russian wheat harvest is sufficient for domestic needs. It is therefore discontinuing foreign purchases of wheat, which wheat is solely for seed purposes. SWISS AVALANCHE. BURIES TWENTY CHALETS. , BERNE, Oc-t. 3. Accompanied by, a. noise like thunder, a great avalanche crashed into a valley from Mont Arbi no. Twenty Chalets were buried. The number of victims is not known. Many of the inhabitants bad departed recently, following on warnings.

AMERICA AND ALLIES. COOLIDGE ATTITUDE. WASHINGTON. October 2. President Coolidge looks upon M. Poincare’s suggestion, made on Sunday last, that the A Hied-evacuation ■of the Rhineland,, and the final, settlement ol the reparations should be connecter with the war debt payments to the United States, as tending to have the American taxpayer pay for the Ger man reparations. The President re gai’ds, the question of the war debts tr the Unjted States-*-virtually all of which have, been settled—as now clos eel., He „ looks: with great tlisfavoui upon all the moves to .connect this: problem with other European batters. A CORRECTION. (Received this day at 10.30. a.m.) PARIS, October 3. A semi-official repudiation has been issued of M. Painleve’s interview. . M. Painleve explains he merely replied in a general' way to the journalist’s questions regarding the Italian frontier. .

' ' HATARADA’S VOYAGE. LONDON, October 3. The captain, sent a, radio message to the.agents stating a readjustment of the Hatarada’s. engines has . given a speed of fourteen and a-half , knots. She will, arrive in New Zealand three days earlier -than, was expected..

A VISITOR COMING, ' LONDON, October 3. " Viscount Hampden (Chairman of the New Zealand National Mortgage Agency, is sailing on October 12th, on a three months visit to the Dominions. OPIUM SEIZED. (Received this day at 11 a.m.) NEW YORK, October 3. Opium valued at a million and a-half dollars has been seized on the Dollar liner, President Efax-ison, which has arrived from a world cruise. Four Chinese menibers of the crew have been arrested. TALLOW SALES. LONDON, October 3. At the tallow sales 883 casks were offered and 646 were sold. Ihere was a keen demand. Good fine muttons advanced 6d; fine edible beet letched extreme prices; others shilling deaiei. Mutton: Fine 44s fid; medium 40s fid; beef, fine 465; medium 40s fid.