GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 23 October 1930, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES

ITALIAN BIRTHRATE. i United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright ) ROME, October 21. The Italian excess of births over deaths for the first nine months of 1930 amounted to 388,394 compared with 266,282 last year. JAPANESE NAVY. COLLISION AT MANOEUVRES. TOKYO, Oct. 22. The Japanese naval manoeuvres, in the presence of the Emperor, are progressing. The cruiser Abukuma, which was participating, was yesterday incapacitated by a. collision with another cruiser, and she is proceeding to Yokohama, under escort, arriving tomorrow. There- is official silence as to the details. BYE-ELECTION TANGLE. (Received 8.30 a.m.) - LONDON, October 22. Three Conservatives and one Labour candidate have been nominated for South Paddington bye-election. Sir Herbert Lidiard is the official Conservative. : . : The local branch of the ,United Empire Party adopted Mrs : Noil .Stewart Richardson, but Lord Rothei-more is supporting Lord, Beaverbr.ook’s Empire crusader, Vice Admiral -Taylor. This mix-up is bemoaned by .-all" Conservatives who fear, a chance is given to the Labourite, Miss Dorothy Evans; RlOl MONUMENT. PARIS, October 21. Allonne Municipal Council has offered the British Government the ground on which RlOl crashed, for the erection of a monument to the victim's. FRONTIER TRIBES. WARNED BY BRITISH. DELHI, October 22. Fifteen hundred Afridi tribesmen, representing all of the clans, -jjiaye arrived at Jarud for a- great ‘Jirga” or tribal gathering. They are. called: .-together by the Government to : answer for their misconduct -in attacking Peshawar during the summer- They offered all sorts of excuses, including their dissatisfaction with the Government, and they attributed, their continuous agitation to the .'Congress propagandists from British India.:, They were informed of the .Government’s measures to prevent any repetition: of the outbreak, and their reply is; expected to-day. ■