GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 7 October 1929, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

HOCHST WRECK. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). (Received this day at 10 a.m.) COLOMBO, October 6. Salvage men on the Hercules have refused to work because', of shortage of food. * The German ship Hanan sailed to assistance yesterday with provisions and a heavy hawser. If to-day’s operations fail the Hochst will probably 'be abandoned, INDIAN AFFAIRS. CALCUTTA, October 6. Special cables / from the London press throughout India, predict a sensational move by the Labour Government towards India. Rumours state a round table conference with Extremist leaders has been proposed and also that -Sir Wedgwood Benn will visit India to establish a contract between Nationalists and .the Englishmen. One correspondent declares the Cabinet is said to be determined to grant a Dominion status within a period to be defined by a statute. VICTORIA CROSSERS’ DINNER (Received this day at 9 2o a.m.) LONDON, October 6. The dinner to Victoria Crossers, wheyeover the Prince of'Wales will preside, is fixed for the House of Commons on November 9th. The difficulty is to find them. !:■ is known five hundred are living but are shy in coming forward. The Prince of Wales, speaking at a meeting of ex-servicers at Portsmouth, said the most important lesson learned during the great war was that they should take care there was no question of the chance of another war. Queen Mary has arrived from Sandringham to spend the week at Buckingham Palace and open the new Polytechnic building on Wednesday. MADAME MELBA. LONDON, October 6. Mn chime Melba delighted a vast audience at Brighton, singing in aid of the Sussex eye hospital. PLOTTER SENTENCED. PRAGUE, October 6. Accused of plotting a revolution to enable Slovakia to rejoin Hungary, Doctor Bela Tuk'a, a member of the Czecho-Slovakian Chamber of Deputies was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment. Supporters demonstrated against the verdict but were dispersed by police with baton charges. THE WOOLLEN INDUSTRY. EMPLOYERS’ T>r>n POSAL RE>JECTED. LONDON. Oct. 5. Tim Trade Union Committee of the Woollen Industry, meeting at Bradford, rejected the employers’ proposal of 8.3 per cent, reduction in wages, but gave tbeir representative authority to continue negotiations with a proviso that the final proposals must be submitted to trade unions.