GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 23 January 1931, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

BUTTER DUTY.

[United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.]

(Received this day at 11 n.m.) LONDON, January 22

Ihe Irish Free State Parliament lias reduced the duty on butter to four pence per pound instead of eleven pence.

BUTTER INQUIRY

LONDON, .January 22

At the butter inquiry, Heloei.v, King’s Council opened the opposition to an application for a marking order. J. Stokes (director of United Dairies Limited) in evidence said lie believed the order might Lell in favour of Denmark. Sweden. Holland. Kxthonia and Finland who would welcome it. He did not think iL would benefit the production ot English butter in the slightest.

LECTURE OX GOLD POSITION

(Received this dnv at noon.) LONDON, Jamiarv 22

Broadcasting a series of lectures on the gold position Dennis Robertson, lecturer of economics at Cambridge University, said it was not surprising that countries were in temporary difficulties about tlie balance of payments. SouTC-tdnies they slEdo gracefully a little way off the- gold standard rather than lace the lull rigour of the readjustment,. This is what Australia has been doing and the effect of the diucount of the Australian pound, lias been to raise the cost of overseas products in Australia, to lessen the prices of Australian goods abroad and stimulate exports, but this relatively is a gentle, painless way of setting those forces in motion. We line, not harshly judge Australia which lias already parted with a good deal of gold for having recourse thereto.

BRITISH DEATH RATE. LOWEST ON RECORD. (Times). LONDON," January 22. The death rate in England and Wales in 1930 was the lowest on record being point one below the average for 1923-6 and one point below 1929. Infant mortality was also the lowest, being five per thousand below 1928 and fourteen below 1929. The birth rate was 16.3 equal to that in 1929 as the lowest recorded.

LABOUR VIEWS

GENEVA, January 22

The international labour office has issued a statement that unemployed throughout the world total approximately twenty millions, of which eleven millions are in Europe. The total is double that of January 1930, and includes 4,200,000 in Germany, 2,550.000 in Britain, 500,000 in Italy, also 400.000 in Japan. The unemployment committee is meeting on the 26th January to draw up a plan under unemployment with a view to international action.

WIRELESS AND CABLES. LONDON, January 22

An Imperial communications delegate is going to Australia to consult the Commonwealth with reference to tlie deadlock in handling cables and wireless and co-operation with Amalgamated wireless.

CHURCH AFFAIRS. (Received this dav at 1.5 p.m.f LONDON, January 22. The influence of Chrisian science figured prominently in an important decision at the convocation of Canterbury which, wit honly three dissentients, carried a resolution in favour of spiritual healing. The resolution petitioned the Primate to appoint a jo nt committee to prepare a provisional service for unction, for temporary use until a permanent fully authorised form is issued under synodical sanction.

Mill ARY APPO'IXTMENT. LONDON, January 22

Licut-Colonel X. AY. B. B. 1 bourns, of New Zealand Staff Corps has been appointed Commander at Shanghai Volunteer Corps.

BELGIUM DEFENCE. B.RIJSSKLLS January 22. A plan to expend eleven millions sterling on fortifying one hundred and ten miles of the Belgian frontier, was revealed when Count do Rrocquoville, War Minister asked the Chamber to grant military credits. The plan includes new fortifications equipped with nuns ranging fourteen miles, at Liege Namur and Antwerp, linked by a line of dug-outs. He added that no foreign Bower objected to the proposal. CONY OC AITIO N STATEMENT. LONDON, January 22. The common idea among men that God was a sort of great spy, a Being trying to “do them in’’ is responsible for the indifference hostility towards religion throughout the world to-day. said the Bishop of London at the Upper House Convncauion. Also the idea of Christ dying to appease an angrv father, which has misrepresented the whole doctrine in atonement and caused disbelief or dislike for ianity. We have to remove such misunderstandings and in this respect the Lambeth Conference’s report on Christian doctrine of God is mostvaluable. because it gives the view that atonement is satisfying to the thinking man and minimised the difficulties aroused by the cruder doctrine.