GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 3 November 1928, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

A COSTLY SPEECH. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph —Copyright). LONDON, November 1. A twelve minutes’ speech cost L'2s per mimite wirelessly telephoned from Ottawa'by the Minister of Commerce j to Cardiff on the occasion of the Empire exhibition at Cardiff, where Canada made the biggest single exhibition. Ihe speech was telephoned from Ottawa to New York and wirelessed from Pocky Point, picked up in Kileshire, and landlined to London, which it was amplified, thence to Cardiff whore if was heal'd perfectly by five thousand visitors to the exhibition. CHURCH ILL’S SUGGESTION. LONDON. November 1. Mr Churchill, in a letter, suggests if is injurious to the interests ol the union if a doubt is thrown on the validity of the signature and authority of responsible officers. Professing to take (lie Executives action seriously Churchill refuses to accept expulsion from the Bricklayers’ Union. He asks lor reconsideration, lie says he was properly admitted to membership and expulsion would endanger the position of fellow members, who are entitled to an assurance that they will not be turned out for political reasons. RIOTERS SENTENCED. PARES. November 1. Sentences varying from three days to a month were imposed on the Pons strikers (cabled on 25th October). LATIN EOR All A PIC. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 2. Angora Assembly passed a Pill substituting latin for Arabic characters from Ist Jan., for public departments. Private individuals may write applications and petition in Arabic until .June. Ship signs, street names and hording advertisements and also newspapers must be latinised by December and new books by January. RUSSIAN TRADE. MOSCOW, November 2. Russia's trade returns lor the year ended JOtli September shows a deficit of eighty two millions exports, sixtythree millions compared with last years surplus of fifty-three hundred thousand. INCREASED TRADE". COTTON AND ARTIFICIAL SILK GOODS. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY. Oct. 31. A Manchester message states that shipments of cotton and artificial silk and mixed piece goods continue to expand. For the first nine months of this year British exports of these goods totalled 76,075,667 square yards, of a value of £5,006,390, being an increase of 27.301,026 .square yards, valued at £ 1.708.039. over the corresponding period of 102 i. British India, continues to he the largest hover, but Brazil bus increased her Inlying more than any ol tbe other countries. RUBBER EXPORTS. wstRTCTIONS RE.MOYED. RUGBY. Oct. 31. The Colonial Office has issued the following notice: "As already announced. the restrictions on the export of rub her from British Malaya and Ceylon will he removed on Novemhei 1. BOMB IN RARCEL. WEALTHY MERCHANT KILLED. CRACOW (Roland). Nov. 1. \ wealthy merchant received a parcel which exploded on being opened. He was killed and several others were wounded. The bouse was parth wrecked. The merchant's son. who was recently disinherited, was arrested and charged with sending the bomlb. TURK fSH 'POLITICS. CONSTANTINOPLE. Nov. 1. President Mustapha Kemal deck)red that the new language law was the only means of saving the I urkish nation if ruin general illiteracy. Dining the session the Assembly will be asked to ratify pacts of friendship with Alghanistan. Persia and Italy, and the signature of the Kellogg Pact.