GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 21 September 1929, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

SEAMEN’S UNION RESOLUTIONS.

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LONDON, September 19. After numerous Seamen’s and Miners’ Conferences the Seamen’s Union has resolved to dissociate itself from Spencer’s non-political Miners’ Union and pledges support for counter-acting inury, arising from its former association. This is all a prelude to the Seamen’s Union rejoining the Trades Union Congress. It will be remembered that there was a legal action befor the death of Mr Havelock Wilson, the seamen making a £10,009 grant to Spencer’s Union. ELABORATE EXPERIMENTS. ULTRA VIOLET LIGHT EFFECT ON CHILDREN. LONDON, September 19. Purely negative is the description applied to the Medical Research Council’s results of elaborate experiments to discover whether ultra violet light treatment of school children resulted in an improvement of their well being. The experiments covered a group of children who were treated with rays for seven months and another group not treated and the results were summarised. The medical differences are very small and in no : case, large enough to signify either a harmful or beneficial influence.

CUTTING OUT URGED. AT ARMISTICE DAY CELEBRATIONS. LONDON, Sept. 20. The Free Church Council, at its meeting at Bristol, is agitating for the elimination of the military aspect of the Armistice Day celebrations. It is urging that all the services shall be wholly 'joivil and religious in character. The matter is likely to be discussed at next week’s meeting of the Metropolitan Free Churoh' Federation. The Secretary, the Rev. Jklr Samuel Horton, believes that the proposal will be strongly supported. CABINET RESIGNS. IN LITHUANIA. LONDON, Sept. 20. The British United Tress correspondent at Kovno states: The Lithuanian Cabinet headed by' M. Valdeniaras, has resigned, for reasons chat have not been disclosed.

“HUMAN CANNON BALL.” NEW YORK, Sept. 20. Captain Wilne, reputed as the “human cannonball,” is thought to have been fatally injured at Spring: field Fair, when he failed to come out of a cannon at the explosion of a powder charge. MINERS BATHS. LONDON, September 20. / Turner, a member df the Cabinet, when inspecting Barnburgh pithead baths, noticed a few men departing without having a wash. He said': “If I were a miner’s wife I would insist that my husband comes home clean or not at all.” MELBOURNE LOAN. (Received this dnv at 9. a.m.) LONDON, -TTept. 20. The public subscription of the Melbourne Board of Works’ Loan was £200,000 The balance was taken up by brokers for a later issue. WOOL SALES. LONDON, Sept, 20. At the wool sales 9802 bales were offered of which 4103 were New Zealand. There was a medium offering of greasy merinos principally good style spinners wools, and there was a good supplv of greasy cross-breds which were keenly competed for. Opening prices were maintained. New Zealand greasy half-bred Teviotdale I6)d to loid. AN ADMIRAL DE\D. LONDON, Sept. 20. Obituary—Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Hedworth Meux.