GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 16 December 1930, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

TOWN CAPTURED. (United PreSo Association—By ElectricTelegraph.—Copyright.) (Received this day at 11 a.m.) SHANGHAI, Dec. 15. Tlio town of Kanehow, in the- central of Kangsi, has been captured by Communists. The fate of the missionaries. including seven Australians, is unknown. SUDDEN DEATH. OF CANTERBURY LADY. (Received this dav at 9. a.m.) LONDON, Dee. 15. "Within two hundred yards of her destination, Airs Julia Dnxbury, from Canterbury, New Zealand, who was accompanied by her husband to England in order to spend Christmas with his family, collapsed and died

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. LONDON, Dec. 15. The Select Committee on capital punishment recommends legislation to abolish it experimentally for five years during peace time. The House of Commons, meantime, is considering a resolution advising the Minister to recommend e-ommu-tion of the usual death Sentence PAYMENTS TO VS. LONDON, Dec. 15. Pet-hick Lawrence told the House that the sum paid to the United States war debt accourf to date exceeded Britain’s receipts in respect of the Allied war debts reparations by 150 millions sterling. BRITISH POLITICS. (Received tblo dnv at 1.5 n.in.i LONDON, December 15. The Parliamentary Committee of the Imperial Industries Association, ieoresenting nineteen Conservative members of the Commons,” passed a resolution appreciating the Dominions offer to reciprocal preference of the Imperial Conference, expressing the opinion stated reciprocal trade agreements go a long way to solve the depression and unemployment of Britain and economic problems throughout the Empire.