GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 12 May 1932, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

APOLOGY TO POPE.

LORD STRICKLAND’S GESTURE

United Press Association—By ftdectrio Telegraph —Copyright.;

MALTA, May 10

The violence of the Nationalists who are parading the streets shouting “Viva Italia” and “Down with England,” may cause a pcstponemnt of the elections.

The situation is complicated by the Archbishop of Malta’s pastoral letter of 1939 forbidding Catholics to jvote for. Lord Strickland. This prohibition will not be withdrawn until real peace is established. Lord Strickland is understood to have made a second peace gesture and to have apologised to the Vatican.

CREDIT FOR. GERMANY

RUGBY, May 9

Tlie resignation of Sir Charles Addis, one of the 1 directors, of the. Bank of England, from the vice chairmanship of the Bank of International Settre= meat at Basle took effect to-dav. iSigndr Beiieduce was nominated as his Successor at to day’s board meeting.

It was decided to renew the bank’s snare of the 90,0(X).000-doliar credit for the Reichsbank, for three months, providing that the Bank of England, Bank of France and Federal Reserve Bank of America also renew their shares.

RUSSIAN DEBTS.

LENA GOLDFIELDS MENTIONED

RUGBY, May 9.

A'?ked in the House of Commons what steps the Government pronosed to take to secure payment from the Rnssior Gove ,- Wnicnt for the shares of September-, 1930, amounting to approximately £13.000,090 in of Lera Goldfields, Ltd., 'Sir John Simon said that during the last few days he had been in consultation with the company and now wa,s jn communication with the British Ambassador in Moscow. The romnanv wni? not dissatisfied with the action lie was mow taking.