GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 4 December 1928, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES

SEIZURE OF ARMS

(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). LONDON, Dec. 1. The police raided a house in Linden Street, Belfast, and seized a Thompson machine gun, 20 rifles, ten revolvers, fully detonated Alills bombs and a thousand rounds of ammunition, conceded in articles of furniture. ARCHBISHOP LANG. A WELCOME GIVEN. LONDON, Dec. 1. The Mayor and Corporation of Canterbury presented the Archbishop with an address at Guildhall. Crowd cheered him as bn passed through the streets to the Palace. Dr Lang replying to an address of welcome, referred to the adjustment of the respective claims of York and Canterbury, which had waged with hitter feuds in ancient days. The Archbishop of York once actually physically sitting upon the Archbishop of Canterbury. He Hoped that would not happen in the immediate future because if bis successor at York chose to sit Upon him lie could not well bear the burden. The Catlifcdral bells rang out as Dr Lang entered the Palace. news from avtlktns. LONDON. Dee. 2. Wilkins in a wireless message from Deception Island on November 30, states that there was another postponement of efforts to take off in the air on the Antarctic flight. The aeroplane must now be fitted with skis. An accident occurred during the transferring of two aeroplanes from the ship when the ' aeroplane Los Angeles had her propellor and wings damaged. The machine eamo down beautifully but the vlioeU struck a bole in the ice through wbi* h it sank until the wings and fusihree bold it. Eileson fell through the ice but clamibered out none the worse for bis ducking.

GIGANTIC FRAUD.

OVER A MILLION MISSING

LONDON. Dec. 3

Die “Daily Telegraph’s” correspondent at Constantinople says the completion of the replacement of Imperial currency by republican notes has revealed a gigantic fraud. Instead of giving the Turkish Government a surplus of fifteen million Turkish pounds, there is a deficit of a million: thus about 1,070.000 has been stolen. Apparently public debt officials, when changing the old notes for clean, reintroduced the old ones again into circulation.

RENEAYED RIOT ING

LONDON, Dec. 2

The Times’s Belgrade correspondent reports that the demonstrations have boon renewed at Zagreb. The killing of the students was a signal for mourning in the entire town,'-which quickly flew black flags. The authorities decided to carry out the official celebrations in the evening, with a military procession, with torchlights, flags and hands which traversed the town. Crowds shouted angrily, and shots wore fired, upon which the police fired a volley several times, killing one and wounding many others.

Spasmodic firing continued until midnight. The town is quiet to-day. Tiie police compelled the public to haul down the mourning flags. True;is and officers are confined to barrael v in order to avoid conflicts.

Croat, newspapers furiously condemn the “bloody festivities.”

RUSSIAN MIGRATION

LONDON, December 2

The “Times” Riga correspondent reports that the All-Russian Council of Agricultural Commissars has decided to transport two million persons, comprising 3(30,000 families. H’rom Europe to Central Siberia, and the far-east Trans-Caspian. Half a million will be settled on collective farms, and the remainder will lie given a chance of individual farming. The realisation of the scheme will occupy five years. The official optimistically estimate that by 1933 the Russian grain problem will have been solved.

The Soviet Government announces drastic measures to stop the flogging of peasants by local Soviet officials. Three hundred cases arc reported in September. Public floggings are common in some villages. Hie Chairman of a village Soviet, Petrovka, personally flogged fifteen.

AVAR’S AFTERMATH

SYDNEY, December 3

W. Stagg, Secretary of tiie Returned Soldiers’ League of South. W ales estimates that over 60f000 Australian soldiers have died since their discharge from the forces, which is actually more than were killed in battle.

NAVAL REVIEW

IN HONOR OF JAPAN’S EMPEROR

TOKIO, December 3

The stage has been set for the naval review at Yokohama to-morrow, when 20S vessels will assemble in’eight lines, extending for seven miles outside the breakwater.

The Emperor will embark on the battleship Ilaruna. There will be 132 airships overhead, and seven visiting warships will also take part.