MISCELLANEOUS CABLES

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 June 1927, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES

ROTARY CONFERENCE. BRUSSELS, June 9. . At the Ostend Rotary Conference, the attendance trophy, based on attendance and distance, was awarded to Melbourne with 6.98 pei- cent, of the Convention membership registration, yielding 87,513 ' points. Pretoria was next with 6.52 per cent., 62,116 points. Mr. Soltz, in receiving the trophy, said that the whole Club naturally were delighted at the achievement. They would probably value more the fact that so many of its members participated in such an inspiring convention. CANADA AND GERMANY. OTTAWA, June 10. Canadian negotiations for a. trade agreement, with Germany have fallen through. It was proposed that Germany should' extend its favoured nation tariff, and Canada particularly sought a low tariff on her flour exports. Germany declined this feature, and the whole matter dropped. FRENCH COAL. PARIS, June 10. The French coal embargo on imports, after a brief postponement, comes into operation to-day. Lord Crewe, as a last effort, consulted M. Briand, who pointed out that the Government’s action is imperative, as the French pitheads are chocked with coal, and unrestricted importations would mean increased unemployment* among the French miners. He promised to grant the British exporters licenses to the fullest extent possible. ANGLICAN PRAYER BOOK. LONDON, June 10. There has been a two-days’ meeting of the Anglo-Catholic clergy, representing every Diocese in England. The meeting agreed unanimously that the Revised Prayer Book was not acceptable in its present form. SERVICEMEN’S FEDERATION. LONDON, June 10. . The British Empire Service League discussed an invitation to send representatives to a conference of the International Federation of Servicemen at Luxembourg. Mr Dyett said that lie did not. object to a representative going as an observer. Constituent members of the League might join the International Federation if they desired, but Australia, would not entertain the idea of the League itself being linked up with any International organisation. Mr Stewart concurred, and the meeting decided to accept the invitation, but the representatives to attend in the capacity of observers. PACIFIC CABLE. VICTORIA (8.C.), June 10. The cable ship Restorer has begun laying seventy miles of the last, two links of the second Canada-Australia and New Zealand cable. The work will be complete in about a week. FRENCH MATCH MONOPOLY. PARIS. June 10. The Chamber rejected by 281 to 243 a motion to discuss the. agreement for re-creating the match monopoly. The Government did not make it a question of confidence. EMPIRE PRODUCE. LONDON, June 9. The Empire Marketing Board is presenting £lOO Challenge Cup for the Shiest display of Empire goods during the advertising exhibition week from July 18 to 23. Thirty London boroughs are co-operating in response to Sir P. Cunliffe-Lister’s appeal for simultaneous displays of Empire produce. Manufacturers and retailers have purchased 50,000 “Buy British” posters, and 250,000 widow streamers.