GENERAL CABLES

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 19, 18 October 1926, Page 11

GENERAL CABLES

' Germans ' paying' three gold trancs will be'allowed’to visit the Alsace-Lor-raine-graves,’ on All Souls Day.

The London “Daily Graphic” was to cease publication on Saturday, amalgamating with the "Daily Sketch.”

Burglars visited a villa occupied by Captain Lowenstein at Biarritz and stole several million francs worth cf jewels.

Heavy rain -lias completely extinguished the bush fires iu Murwillumbah. district of New South Wales'. Most of the other fires are under control.

The Parisian newspapers state that Franco-Spanish negotiations in reference to the alteration of the Tangier Statute are likely to enter into an active phase. Britain will be asked to discuss the proposals, and when an agreement is reached Italy will be invited to join.

.- The Austrian Cabinet bas resigned following on the refusal of civil service members to accept the Government’s offer of a 10 per cent, increase in pav. The Chancellor .'Dr. Ramek) stated that a . further increase was impossible owing to Austria’s precarious kiaiicial position.'

As a result of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company’s bonus of one share for every two now held, the British Government receives a windfall cf £15,000,000 The announcement sent up shares from £1 16s. 101 d. to £5 11s. 3d. The' British Government’s bolding at the latter price is worth £41,000,000.

A Quebec message reports that eleven persons, including one woman, were drowned when the freight and passenger steamer Guide (156 tons) sank near Goodbout River, on the northern shore of the St Lawrence Riyer. It is believed that the cargo shifted in the heavy seas running in ‘he gulf, causing the vessel to overturn. Five of those aboard were saved. ■'

Mr. J. J. Joicey, F.R G.S., explains that he has spent his entire fortune at the rate of £12,000 a vear in collecting butterflies and moths, for which he has collectors working all over the world (reports a London message to the Svd nev “Sun”) Tie has a million speci mens valued at £OO.OOO. one specimen alone being worth £5OO Fie intends leaving the collection to the -British Museum, because it is valuable to-the nation.-