GENERAL CABLES

Greymouth Evening Star, 10 December 1927, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES

LUNAR ECLIPSE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, December 9. The eclipse of the moon was not seen in London owing to the heavy clouds, but it was visible in several parts of the British Isles, including Belfast, where the moon assumed a heliotrope colour, later turning to blue, and after that to a brownish tint. SYDNEY, December 9. , No observations of this morning’s lunar eclipse were possible, as the moon was hidden by heavy clouds. ROUMANIA AND HUNGARY BUDAPEST, Dec. 9. Investigation of the Naggvarad riots reveal that they were provoked by international agitators, many of whom were arrested red handed. In a British shop, flying the Union Jack, they destroyed the flag which they trampled in the mud. The Government has banned demontrations planned throughout the country. LINDBERGH’S NEXT FLIGHT WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. Colonel Lindbergh has accepted an invitation from President Calles, of Mexico, to make an air flight from Washington .to Mexico City. MOTORING RECORD LONDON, Dec. 9. Victor and Mrs. Bruce commenced an attempt, at Monthlery, in a A.C. cai assisted by three reserve drivers, to cover fifteen thousand miles in ten days. BRITISH CREDIT FOR RUSSIA LONDON, Dec. 9. The “Financial News” understands that the negotiations for large Soviet credits, broken off as the result of diplomatic rupture, were resumed recently, and have reached an advanced stage. It declares that an agreement is already concluded between a groups of London banks and a group of timber importers financing the Soviet's 1928 timber exports to Britain. ALLEGED BRIBERY WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. The Senate to-day ordered an investigation by a special commitice into the charges published by the Hearst Papers, alleging that Mexico provided one million two hundred thousand dollars for three United States Senators. iThe articles alleged that President Calles directed the payment to be charged to “Secret Expenditures for pro-Mexican propaganda.” A fourth Senator is stated to have received fifteen thousand, "for services rendered to the proletariat of the world.”,