GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 1 November 1928, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

OLYMPIAD RECEIPTS

(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright).

AAI STEP DA AT, October .‘3l

The Olypmie Committee announces the Olympiad receipts totalled CMS.7OO of which football contributed £15,001), athletics £2(3,200, swimming £'9.(300. cycling £5.000. rowing £2.000. The opening day produced £7OO. The total expenses are not yet available. but it is believed there will be a slight profit.

SPANISH TRAINING SHIP. CAPETOWN. Oct. 31

The Spanish training ship El Cano, arrived from Buenos Aires and sails next week for Australia,

STEAAIER AOPOUND. CALCUTTA. Oct. 31

The Norwegian steamer Einnager. carrying thirteen thousand ton of Soviet oil from Ratoiim is aground at Fuleta Pointer River, ITooglilcy. Tlie vessel took an alarming list and to save the ship and cargo the Captain jettisoned three thousand tons of oil valued at £40,090 sterling. Villagers flocked to the riverside to collect the oil. Shipping has been warned of the danger.

GERA lAN LABOUR REQUEST. RERUN. Oct. 131

A lockout is threatened affecting a quarter of a million metal workers in Rhineland and AYestphalia. AYorkors whose standard is admittedly low, demanded an increase of twelve pfennings. Employers state this would bo unbearable and would result in their being unable to meet foreign competition. AYorkers have asked the Government to declare the arbitrators decision binding.

FOOD SHORTAGE. RIGA. Oct. 31

“Senseless queues” is the Soviet Press deseriptinii of women and children awaiting in Leningrad and elsewhere before dawn to get flour, and to be offered turnips and apples. Nevertheless the press admits the people in queues have been waiting a whole week which hardly tallies with the daily official assurances that there is enough for evorvbndv.

Other reports show the position is must acute and confirm the Ukraine sufferings, cabled on Del. 9th.

.METAL LOCK-OUT. RERUN. October 31

The Ruhr metal lock-out operates tonight. It is the employers’ reply to the official arbitrators wages award, which the .Minister of Labour decided, hinds both parties. The employers argue that the award places impossible hardens on the industry and theretore they arc within their rights in resisting the Government’s decision.

SETTLEMENT OF’ WOMEN

(Received this day at 11.25. a.m.)

LONDON. October 31

Hon. L. C. Atnery, speaking at the Society for Settlement of Women, instanced the successful settlement under most favourable conditions in Australia. notably West Australia. \ icioria, and Oueensland. lie also instanced the optimism of sixty to seventy settlers in New South Vales alter an unprecedented drought. Me bad never met a more eboeiTu! community similarly conditioned, and was convinced as a result of the tour tluiti women’s co-operation and optimism provided men’s greatest asset. .Maclnder. a Commoner, declared travelling thousands of miles in Australia controverted the* hnglish fallacy that Australian settlers were necessarily isolated from civilisation. Civic development bad readied the world’s highest- standard in Australia. “ 1 never saw slums in any city comparable with British slums and no rickets among children comparable with British, never a child hare-looted, and never healthier children, more independent men or more self-reliant women. notably the wives ami daughters of back-blocks settlers.

LORD M EI.CT I F'.TT’S STATEMENT LONDON. October HI.

••T refuse to regard Britain as part, of Europe.” declared Lord M.olohott, who lias returned from America, when interviewed regarding United States industrial and political policy in relatio.ii to Flu rope. “ Britain is the centre of a great. Empire with a greater area, imputation ami natural resources than any other possible economic in the world. lie believed in the amalgamation ol British industries and rationalisation of Empire industries, meaning tl.orebv siceutilie organisation of industry, haljmeiiig production to consumption. e was convinced Britain had turned the corner, adding “while the old supremacy IS not yet completely recovered, already it lias achieved definite supre-

CABLE FROM WILKINS. LONDON. Oct. HI

Wilkins rallies from Rort. Stanley, under date Oct. 30th :-“We hade good--I,ve to civilisation when the llektoria sailed from Falkland Isles, the last port of call towards the Antarctic. . The next landing point will he Deception Island. on the northern edge of the unexplored ice continent where wo go into the harbour to discharge equipment, including aeroplanes, and move on foot into the wastes in order to establish a haso prohahly well within the Antarctic Circle. All are in splendid coni’it ior.”