GENERAL CABLES

Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 122, 8 February 1923, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES

• — BY TBLBOHAPH —PBYSS ASSOCIATION. —COPYBIGHT. With the approval of the British Treasury and the Army Council, Llovd’s Bank has acquired the busineu of 'Cox and Co., well-known Army agents and bankers. The Queensland amending Bill placing both sexes upon an equality in respect of divorce proceedings, also making lunacy an additional ground for divorce, lias received the Royal assent. The Soiitli African House of Assembly negatived, by 70 votes to 31, a Labour amendment to the mail contract, affirming the advisability of establishing a State line of steamers. The New South Wales Cabinet has decided to abolish the penny excess tram fares charged Sunday travellers, which ever since its inception by the Storev Government has been the subject of strong Press and public condemnation. The Commonwealth Shipping Line has extended the operations of its reductions to cargoes from Continental ports to Australia. The move does not infringe the recent agreement between tho Commonwealth and Conference Lines. The Egyptian Cabinet has tendered its resignation in connection with Egypt’s claim for tho sovereignty of the Sudan, which, it was supposed, was postponed. It is believed that King Fuad will persuade Cabinet to remain in office. AYliile the Paris Mardi Carnival was at-its height a man dressed as a Harlequin faced another man dressed, as Mephistopheles. Before the bystanders could interfere, both wien were Iving on the ground mortally wounded, having exchanged revolver shots. Later, they were identified as married men, who had vowed to kill each other after a quarrel over a young woman. A panic was caused at the Vienna Kanzerthaus. where Professor Hirschfield, a Berliner, was reading a paper on sexual crime by Pan-German students who, armed with rubber cudgels, rushed to tho platform, shouting antiJewish cries, and threw stink-bombs among the audience. Tho exnlosion of numerous fireworks caused the impression that revolvers were being used. The audience fled in panic. Those remaining were severely handled by the Pan-Germans. The police made several arrests.