GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1929, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

SIR DOUGLAS M.AWSON. v HIS PROPOSED EXPEDITION. (United Press Association - Ry Electric 'J'elejj r it p b—Co py r i g 1 1 1). (Received this day at 9.25. a.m.) LONDON, .January I. Sir i). Munson's forthcoming-jour-ney to England is dciinilidy in <■ iine -- t'on with mi Antarctic expedition, dor ir,er, there is e\cr.v possibility f■' al ha will secure Scott’.-, “ Discover;.. ’ Drilish Government odicinls lui'.c little to say ill that connei lion, but ii was admitted that cert,'.in negotiate.i:s have boon going on. It is

nulerslood these are a eonlimmn e of liaise of many months ago, when il was first indicated Mawsoit desired to arrange an expedition. The p-asTien seems to have been carried considerably f ■: t lur-v, though wlictli":- or to wind extent Mr Hruco is hacking the mission lias not been revealed in London. It s known Aiawson desires a certain sum which some people a 'lew months ago apparently were not optimistic about raising. ( YA U'AR'L'E PICTURES. LONDON. January 2

An exhibition of Dutch pictures, valued, at between six million and ten million sterling is being displayed at I’ll rli iigt on House. It eclipsed the famous Flemish exhibit ion of ]U2S. Re; Ulcer's pictures alone are worth !:a!f a million, and in'-ludc the picture of Irani ol' a girl picked up in Holland for the equivalent of five shillings. M now worth one hundred thousand sterling. N.’.MAQDALANI) DIAMOND FIELDS CAPETOWN. -January 2.

'! lie uneasiness conceriiing the government's position regarding Xamaqua-l.-iml diamnnd lield is reflected in tinr.'shing ot .i specie! Gain of two hundred police from Pretoria to the s'eiio. They are exeecied to arrive at Port N: ! |,: i b no Simtlay. folb wing the dav i lie diggers demonstrate, and issue an ult iiiml uu to the goveriiment demaiidinc- i.tie removal of flu: restrictions. Failing compliance the diggers threaten in storm the diggings.

ClTii ISTAI AS IN ANTARCTICA. (Copyright from Wilkins.) LONDON, January 2. " Nowhere in the universe did they ring out the old and ring in the New Year more cheerlully than in this cosmopolitan outpost of industry. The clanging of hells, grenade detonations, steam whistles, bombing, lour-inch lia"poc.ning guns, and the ruLtle ol I'ille and revolver fire, interrupted h.v tiie peaceful boom ot whaling guns, which -tiiicd the millions ol birds, who nre ■air constant companions. The revelry continued all night. There is still much to he done. Whether wo.continue work immediately depends on the whims of the weather. SIR JOYXSOX HICKS ON HOLIDAY HIS VIEW OF KING’S ILLNESS (Received this day at 10 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 2.

Bt. Finn Sir W. Joynson Hicks left London for a holiday at Mentone. His departure is .significant because he has been in closest touch with the Enlace throughout the King’s illness. He stales: “F had a consultation with the doctors before I decided it was safe to go. I. feel the worst of the illness is over and there is every reason to hope that a slow and gradual improvement will take place.”

OBITUARY. LONDON, Jan. 2. Obit miry—Sir Charles Macara, aged S 3. Deceased was prominent in the cotton spinning trade. ANGLO-INDIAN AIR. MAIL. PREPARATIONS FOR OPENING. LONDON, January 2. Sir George Milne, President ol the Army Council, at a luncheon to Dominion Officers at present in Britain, including the New Zealanders, Major \Y. G. Stevens, 0. 11. Mead, said the Imperial Airways were preparing lor the opening of the Anglo-Indian air mail in April and have engaged numbers of new pilots from the air lorce. The men are undergoing training, flying in big 1 landley-Page, Rolls-Royce, Armstrong-Siddeley air liners, mailing a specified number ol cross-channel (lights seated beside the pilot.