GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 23 October 1928, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES

A HUGE SALARY

(United Association—By Electric

telegraph—Copyright)

LONDON, October 21

Tire newspaper “ World ” says Lord Birkenhead is joining the cable merger known as Imperial Communications at a salary of £15,G00 yearly. He will be free to continue literary work. SCOTLAND YARD. LONDON, October 21. The “ Weekly Despatch” says Lord Byng declined to nominate Child’s successor. He prefers to leave it to Sir Joynson Hicks. BRITISH SCHOOL BOYS. LONDON, October 21. Twelve British public school boys are going to New Zealand in December to become pupils at Waitaki School, Oamaru, for a biennum course designed principally to equip them for farming in New Zealand. SICKNESS UNEMPLOYMENT. LONDON, October 21. Counting only sickness for which Unemployment insurance is payable, Sir George Newman (Chief Medical Officer of Health) states sickness ,in England and Wales in 1927 caused a loss nf thirty million, weeks • Work, equivalent to a whole year for -.590,000 persons. Also 19-27 showed an increase of thirty thousand deaths, compared with: 1926, principally due to influenza, diseases of the heart pnd lungs, but Dr Newman is - of opinion that science is steadily gaining -knowledge to combat them. He strongly urges increased consumption of milk. The average consumption was under half a pint a day. A campaign should be pressed until the average was reached of a pint. The death rate of infants and also mothers at child birth shows no improvement in 30 years. The only effective remedy .Was ante-natal supervision, with State hid.

MR CHURCHILL’S REPORT. a ■ LONDON, October 21. Horn W- Churchill is presenting the report on the Paris conference to Cabinet, which probably will consider it on 24th October. BERLIN, October 21. The discussions excited lively interest in Germany and are considered to constitute an advance' and indicate Britain’s desire to co-operate in a definite settlement of the reparations. Gilbert’s return is awaited before Government action, but it is emphasised that Gilbert is not authorised to make offers on behalf of Germany, especially concessions for the early evacuation of the Rhineland. ‘"' PEERAGE FOR ARCHBISHOP. LONDON, October 20. The “Observer” says there is a general hope and expectation that a peerage will be conferred on the Archbishop of Canterbury after his retirement, enabling his ripe experience and knowledge of men and affairs to be retained to- find expression in the House of Lords, of which for thirty-three years, he one of the outstanding figures. There is no precedent for conferring a peerage on a- retiring aichbishop, because since the Reformation "all have died in' office. ' ,

PARROT SURVIVES

BROACH REFUNDED TO OWNER

LONDON, Oct. 20

A communique has been received from the Home Life Exhibition to the effect that Robert the parrot lias returned his expensive meal (a diamand broach worth £120) to its owner, and . has resumed his normal diet. Robert is suffering badly from indigestion, but this is more painless than his threatened post mortem. He was seemingly unconcerned yesterday that he was the most valualble parrot in the world. To-day he is just a plain, ordinary pari’ot. Robert was christened on the day that he was bom because liis doctor and nurse feared that he would not live overnight.

CHIVYING GUM DEBT. FRANCE AND REPARATIONS. v ! h PARIS, October 21. All) the newspapers confess that the secret of the Poincare-Cliurelnll and Parker Gilbert conference was splendidly kept, though most of them were disposed to suspect something inimical to France. One paper says it is all very well for Gilbert and Churchill to say the Dawes plan is a burden crushing Germany, but until Gilbert convinces the United States in at interallied debts are a crushing burden on France and there is a chance of settlement by one dependent with the other, nothing is to be done. Well-informed 'assert Poincare as a means of inducing the United States collaboration of re parations negotiations will shortly ask the Chamber to ratify the Mellon-Ber-enger debt agreement, which France already is carrying, and failing ratification France next August will have to pay America four hundred billion dollars, popularly called her “ chewing gum ” debt.

A RECORD MOTOR RUN. LONDON, October 21. G. E. Natt, riding a Rudge, covered two hundred miles in one hour fiftynine minutes forty-three seconds/ at Brpoklands, U. world’s record. A LUCKY CRASH. LONDON. October 21. For the second time recently golfers

have been startled by an unexpected flying accident. Ronald Caklecatt, of Lancashire Aero Club, after a morning round of golf with William Ramsden, took up Ramsden on a promised flight. The machine began to loop the loop, golfers stopping play to watch. They were struck aghast when they saw the aeroplane spin and fall like a stone to the ground, where it was wrecked. They dragged out the occupants who shortly recovered from their experience.