GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 6 November 1928, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

MARSEILLES STRIKE

TROOPS CALLED OUT TO GUARD QUAYS.

(United Press Association —By Electric

Telegraph— Copyright)

PARIS. Nov. 3

At Marseilles last night 400 dock strikers attempted to board the steamer Brazza, but were driven tack. This morning several boarded a launch, broached the ship’s hatches and drove the workers ashore Avitli Mows. They repeated the performance on two other vessels. The p dice partially restored order, after Avliich detachments of infantry, artillery and colonial troops guarded the quays.

TROTSKY'S BOOKS. LONDON. Nov. 4

The “Daily Express” Berlin correspondent stales: It Avas discovered just Avhen it was about; to be' broadcasted throughout, the country. The “Cheka” worked swiftly and silently, and in a couple of days cA'eryoiie in any Avav concerned Avas arrested and exiled to the farthest corner of Russia. 'Flic entire edition Avas destroyed. Trotsky exposes the alleged hreakdoAvn of the industrial system and says: "The Soviet bureaucracy is tyrannising over the Avorkers in a Averse manner than the former employers. The youth of the country is groAving up in illiteracy, oaving to a failure to organise schools. The sovereignty of the people-;s a mere fiction, all poAver being vested in the Stalin oligarchy, Avliich immediately removes anyone voicing different opinions Official returns of the unemployed in April last year stated the total was a million and a half. Iho real number was two millions, and it Avas steadily increasing by a stream of outof works pouring into the towns.

THE ANTI-GOD MOVEMENT RIGA, Nov. I

At Ihe request of the Anti-God Society. the Central Council of the Soviet has decided that any Trades Unionists participating in religious services Avill lie expelled from the Unions.

NICARAGUAN PRESIDENCY. MANAGUA, Nov. 4

The election returns on Sunday night indicated that General Jose Maria Mmirada. Liberal, had been elected President of Nicaragua, by a majority of about ton thousand over Adolfo Bollard. Conservative.

ROUMANIAN CRISTS. BUCHAREST. Nov. 4

M. Main (the Peasant Party Leader). declines to join in a new Government concent rat ion, but he says that (he- Peasants’ Party, are willing to take the sob 1 responsibility of GnA'ornment. In anv case, the peasants .should not cooperate with the existing .Parliament. There must be a dissolution and it clean sheet both at home and abroad. Fworyono agrees that M. Mnniu now dominates the situation, though five Party leaders arc striving for power. ITALIAN CINEMA. ROME, Nov. S. Senor Villegas representing the League Council in the presence of the King of Spain, and Mussolini, opened the League’s Institute of International Educational Cinema Photography, established by the Italian Government’s generosity, ’in 'the historic villa of Falconieri. The Government banned war films tinongliout Italy and also films likely to ofleod any district.

NEW CRATER OPENS. ROME, Nov. 5

Reports from Catania state a new crater is opening at Monteuaci, whence a big stream of lava destroyed the forest of Cerrita and is now threatening Annuziata and Maseali. Tbe latter town has ten thousand inhabitants. Many houses in the villages have been evacuated. Ihe whole countryside is alarmed. Processions of carrying images of the Saints are assembling at various parts of Sicily praying for a cessation ot the disaster.

STEAMER- AND CRUISER COLLIDE. LONDON, Nov. r,

The White Star’s “Runic” arrived in the Mersey to-day with her stem damaged above 1 the water line, attei a collision near Greenock, with a British cruiser named London, returning from trials. Tbe cruisei bad her stern damaged.

A .MEMORIAL. LONDON. November 5

A memorial lias been erected at Bonington, Lincolnshire, recalling the birthplace of Matthew Elindors, near Dialba 11. and recording bis Australian explorat ions. Porfessor Flinders Petrie, grandson of the explorer was expected, but lawns recalled to Egypt.

A NEW BURNER, LONDON, Nov. 5

Brand lias resigned from the Australian Navy to concentrate upon tho development of the burner, cabled on Oct. 2D th. A demonstration during the week-end impressed the executive of the Sailors’ and Firemen’s Union. The burner is compact like an electric light. A socket fits the boiler door, and coal is fed in through pipes by air pressure, which also operates a distribution fan, and gives combustion for the whole area of the fire box* and raises steam in half an hour.

GENERAL BIRD WOOD ILL. DELHI, November 5. General Birdwood is suffering from quinsy and was compelled to abandon his inspection tour. His condition gives no cause lor anxiety.