GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 28 March 1930, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

“ELETTRA” LISTENS IN. [United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright]. ROME, March 20. An interesting disclosure has been made that after the “Elettra’L ceremony of putting on the lights at Sydney Radio Exhibition from the yacht, Marche Marconi listened to wireless telephone experiments between Australia and Rugby, which were audible to everyone aboard the “Elettra.” CAPE BUDGET. CAPETOWN, March 70. The South Africa it Union Finance Minister, Mr Havcnga, hopes to meet the balance of the deficit of £524,(XX) by rigid administrative o<onomics. T'lio wheat and flour duties are to be increased by six and ciglitpencc respectively, so as to enable the African to compete successfully against imports from Australia.

The revenue for (be coining year is expe'-tod to total £20,425,C0'). Though an immediate heavy reduction in the receipts from the diamond sources is inevitable, the Minister anticipates an early recovery as the result of the arrangements recently reached with the producers.

BOY SHOOTS FATHER. PARIS', March 27. An unparalleled tragedy is reported from Bantages, where a six years’ old boy, seeing his father quarrelling with his grandfather, took the latter’s part, and shot his father, and then killed hinvself THE FOX MURDER. CASE. * FAILURE TO DISCOVER. INSANITY. /Received this dav at 8.30. a.m.) LONDON, March IT. The “Daily Telegraph’’ learns the prison medical officers failed to discover a symptom of insanity or epilepsy in Fox. TINEA IPLOYMENT POLICY.

DISSATISFACTION OF LABOURITES. (Received this rlnv at 8.30. a.m.) LONDON, March 27. Dissatisfaction of a group of Labourites with the Government’s unemployment policy reached a head at a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party when bolder measures cere demanded. In spite of Mr Thomas’s explanation a resolution was earned, without a division, calling the Government to submit to a meeting a fortnight hence its considered opinion regarding the secret Mosley-Alns-bury memorandum, stating its reasons for rejecting all or any of its suggestions. These include the removing of young and aged from industry by raising the school age and pensioning workers over sixty-five, establishing an imports board to regulate imports in the interests of workers, and starting direct works financed from a special development fund. '

BIG SHIPPING PROFITS. LONDON, March 27. The Cunard Shipping Line obtained profits last year totalling £809,629. This is the biggest total since 1919. The ordinary dividend was fixed at seven and a-lialf per cent. ANTARCTIC DISC OVER J,ES. CAPETOWN, March 27. Larsen, leader of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition states three new tracts of land were discovered, the most important of which links up Enderby and Kemp Lands. The Norwegian flag was planted near Capi Anne, in ice covered rock Half a mile from land, which it is impossible to reach.

Aviators were unable to find Thomson Island. Larsen believes it does not exist. A LEVEE. LONDON, March 27. Mr T. M. Wilford attended a levee and was presented. A RUMOUR. LONDON, March 27. The British spokesman, Neville Raymond. affii ms that nothing is known in authoritative circles about Britain being willing to enter a Mediterranean Pact without obligations. GERMAN GOVERNMENT RESIGNS BERLIN. March 27. Government have resigned owing to the impossibility of reconciling the divergent views of component parties on finance. The main divergence concerns unemployment insurance. The People’s Party representing emplovors

objected to increased State subsidies and demanded the fund should be selfsupporting. Socialists re!used to accept diminished unemployment relief.