GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 19 January 1933, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES

JAPAN AND THE SOVIET. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 8.40. a.m.) LONDON, January 18. . . Tim. “Guardian’s Moscow, correspondent ' says. that the correspondence between Japan, a ud the. Soviet regarding the proposed, non-aggression pact discloses tliatv Japan does not desire ‘the pact until" the disputed questions are settled.-The,Soviet is of the opinion that, a better atmosphere for settlement will prevail after the conclusion of the pact. The proposal, which was accepted by the Soviet, is for the establishment oh a,permanent Soviet-Japanese Manchukua • frontier, and for a commission to settle local incidents a s they arise.

THE MALOJA DELAYED, LONDON, January 18. ' A, Gibraltar message says that the Maioja was delayed for 24 hours by an easterly • gale. Passengers disembarking ivere drenched, and none, were able to embark. Three lighters carrying luggage cargo broke' away and two i ran aground.

; SHIP MISSING IN ICE FLOESKOBE,, January 18. Salvagers searching have- wirelessed ( that some of.the .Russian shi/p Saglial- . ien (or Sakhalin) passengers have landed on ice Hoes, on which tiiey rigged tents,, but the ship is still unfound. Russian icebreakers nr© joining in the search in a blinding snowstorm.

NEW BRITISH TRAINING SHIP

RUGB\ r , January 17

The crui&er. Frobisher, of 9,750 tons, .has left Chatham for the West Indies a«, a new sea-going training ship for cadet?; comprising Dartmouth and Public School entries. There are 113 •cadets-on board.

FURNACE iPROTESTS INNOCENCE

LONDON, January 18

A, The-“Daily-Herald” says that during, his illness®.Furnace protested l»i» .innocence of the charge of murder, declaring that Spatchett was shot during , a struggle, in which Spatchett liras.: the'’. aggressor, after a quarrel •about! a . woman. The police are satHfted that Eiirnnoe had poison in the lining, of his I ..overcoat. (Received,Jan.. 18th. at 10 a.m.) „ LONDON, January 18. The jury returned a verdict that Furnace committed 'suicide by poisoning..