GENERAL CABLES

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 57, 29 November 1924, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES

Br Telboba ph—Press Association. Copyright. " The Puke of Beaufort (ninth holder of the title) is dead, aged 77.—Renter. The French Chamber of Peputies adopted the Minister of Agriculture’s proposal to open a credit of 150 million francs for the purpose of constituting a permanent stock of wheat which might be used as a weapon to counteract speculators. Mr. Thoms Reginald Clay, a wealthy Liverpool manufacturer, left £lO,OOO and his car to Harry Evans, his who was completely surprised, also £15,000 to his doctor, and £lO,OOO each to the manager and under-manager of the branch bank. Owing to France’s recognition of the Soviet, the Grand Puke Cyril desires to depart to America. The American authorities in Paris, however, have refused his request to go to the United States, which is the only great Power that has so far not recognised the Soviet. —Reuter. Abdul Karim, Pretender to the throne of Afghanistan, who has been waging war against the Amir for some months, is now a prisoner in Kabul (a, Sydney “Sun” Cable states). Official, opinion is inclined to minimise the importance of the rebellion, and Karim’s claim is openly ridiculed by a section of the rebels. A prolonged drought in an area of 16,000 square miles in Namaqualand is causing apalling distress among the natives (a Reuter message from Cape Town states). Many children have been abandoned by their parents, and are left on the hands of schoolmasters. The white settlers are suffering severely. The British -Empire Producers’ Organisation has adopted a resolution urging the British Government to inquire and fix the minimum quota for the country’s annual wheat requirements, which should be produced from the soil of the United Kingdom. Wheat beyond that quota should be of Empire origin, and steps should be taken to organise Empire supplies.