GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 31 March 1930, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

GIVES UP HUNGER STRIKE. .United press Association.—By Electric le.egraph.—Copyright.; PARIS, March 29. Madame Hanau has been assured of an early hearing of her application for bail. She lias therefore abandoned her hunger strike. She is extremely weak. EXPERTS REPORT FAILURE. LONDON, ATnreli 29. The British spokesman, commenting on the report of the AngloFrench experts, who practically have abandoned the hope of finding a security fornmlda asserted that work was still going on. FRENCH POLITICS. PARIS, March 30. The Chamber bv 94' +w 40 adopted a Bill ratifying the Young Plan. BRITISH CABINET SALARIES. (Received this dnv at 9.40 a.m.l LONDON, A larch 29. The increase of the Prime Alinister’s salary from £9OOO to £BOOO yearly and a salary of £4090 for the Leader of the Opposition, are among the recommendations of the committee which has examined the payment of Cabinet Ministers. According to the “AVeekly Despatch” other increases varying from £IOOO to £3OOO. MR MACDONALD’S HEALTH. LONDON, March 29. Air AfaeDonakPs health is said to he - causing anxiety, owing to the strain of the Naval Conference. Doctors have ordered a complete rest after the Conference. POLISH AIINI STR V. WARSAW. March 29. Slavelc (Chairman of the Government- Bka; Party) has succeeded in forming a ministry practically the same as Professor Bartel's.

CHINESE FINANCE. (Received this day at 9.40 a.m.) SHANGHAI, March 29. An American financial commission headed by Doctor E. AV. Kemmerer, after a study occupying a year concerning China’s monetary system, reports advising the reorganising ol currency on a gold basis. The note issue should he made a monopoly of the Central Reserve Bank. ANGLO-EGYPTIAN RELATIONS. {Received this dnv at 11 a.m.l 1 RUGBY, March 30. The Anglo-Egyptian negotiations will he formally; and publicly opened in the Locarno Room at the Foreign Office to-morrow morning, when speeches will be made by the Foreign Secretary (Mr A. Henderson) and the Egyptian Prime Minister (Naims Pnslm, After this session it is probable that negotiations will develop into an expert examination of the eisting Draft Treaty. That Draft, embodying proposals for a lasting and honourable settlement of the AngloBgyptian question, was drawn up in agreement hv Mr Henderson and by Mahmoud Pasha, and published last Augiult. Air Henderson, who in a covering note, described the proposals as representing the extreme limit he could recommend the British Government to go, undertook that if the proposals were satisfied by the Egyptian Government lie would at once submit these to Parliament in London, with a view to the conclusion and the ratification of the Treaty carrying them into effect. SOVIET WAR MOVE. RIGA. March 29.

The Soviet is organising an addi tional reply to the Pope in the form of an appeal to trade unions to subscribe to a fund to develop chemicn warfare from aircraft. General Bn< den lecturing at tlie Commission Academy at Moscow, emphasising cavalry were not obsolete for an international proletarian revolution, said on the contrary, the Soviet intend to use Red cavalry on a large scale nol only for international Avars but ioi civil Avars abroad.