GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 171, 21 July 1922, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Empire Development, The Association of Chambers of Commerce in London passed a resolution asking the Government to convene fln Imperial Conference at an early date to consider the (|iiestioii of Empire development.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.) Mr. " Pussyfoot " Johnson. Mr. "Pussyfoot" Johnson, the American prohibition advocate, is embarking in London by the Remuera to take pari in the prohibition campaign in New Zealand.-(A. and N.Z. Cable.) A Mine at Canton. Advice* from Canton state that a floating mine dropped from a passing sampan in the harbour, which was evidently int.-tided to blow up the Crimes* cruiser Wing Fun. with Dr. Sun Vat Sen aboard, exploded prematurely 50ft from the United States destroyer Tracy. The. destroyer was shaken, but not damaged. lA. and N.Z. table.) Execution of Assassins. The murderers of Field-fMarshal Sir Henry Wilson will 'be executed on August B.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.) Rail-way Superannuation. Mr. J. H. Thomas. M.P.. at th c request of the RFailwa} men's Unions, is introducing a bill to provide pensions for railwaymen of JO/ a week, at the age of 60. the cost to be met by equal contributions by employees, employers, and the State.—(A. aiid N.Z. Cable.) Peer's War Contracts. Lord Waring, in the House of Lords, gave a flat denial to Mr. Ronald McNeil's statement, in the House of Commons, that he had made a large fortune out of aeroplane contracts in the war. Every contract, said Lord Waring, was carried out by Waring, Gillow, and Company. (A. and N.Z. Cable.) Hobbs in For.vi. In the cricket match Players v. Irentlemen. the Players scored 330 in the first innings. Hobbs scored 140.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.)