GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 4 February 1930, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

SOVIET AFFAIRS. (United Press Association.—By Electric le.egraph.—Copyright.) MOSCOW, Feb. 3. Dovgalevs Addowgalevsky has notified the French Government that Koutepoff’s supporters are planning a raid on the Soviet Embassay, with the object of causing a Franco-Russian rupture. The Soviet press bitterly protests against hostile French newspaper comments arising from the Koutepoff affair.

KIDNAPPING REWARD

.PARIS, Feb. 3

Russian refugees newspaper “Renaissance” is offering eight hundred sterling for information regarding the recent kidnapping of the man Koukepoff. Alleged eye witnesses mention that a woman in a fur coat acted as decoy, but according to the “Petit Tarisien,” the police are satisfied a woman was not connected with the affair.

NEW CHIEF JUSTICE. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. Mr Hoover has nominated Charles Evans Hughes to succeed Taft as Chief Justice.

WHEAT SELLERS. OTTAWA, Feb. 3

A Winnipeg message states: Discouraged traders ditched their wheat holdings to-day, prices closing 3| to 4i cents down.

EMPIRE MARKETING BOARD LONDON, Feb. 3

Hon. T. Wilford paving a tribute to eo-ooeration of the Empire Marketing Board stated it had been responsible for a most successful fortnight’s campaign by New Zealand m Glasgow, when 22.090 samples or cheese wore sold.' also 24,000 of butter and 15,000 of honey. He estimated the produce was thus introduced into fifty thousand homes.