GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 January 1928, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

ABRAHAM’S TOMB. iAustralian and N.Z Cable Assodiation.l JERUSALEM, January 11. The Moslem Council is opening to Christians and Jews for the first time since the Moslem Conquest, Macpelah’s Cave in Hebron. This Mosque is reputedly the burial place of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Sarah, Leah, and Rebecca. An entrance fee of three shillings is charged. MODEL BORSTAL WANTED. LONDON, January 11. “The Government cannot find the money—will some rich philanthropist asks Sir W. J. Hicks (Home Secretary). He added “Philanthropists endow hospitals, sports grounds and museums —why not endow a Borstal, based on new ideals in order to convert boys and girls into honest beings.” Sir Joynson Hicks contends that short terms of imprisonment create gaol birds. POLO-LITHUANIAN AFFAIRS. WARSAW, January 12. The Government has despatched a note to Lithuania, definitely proposing that negotiations open at Riga at the end of January, and suggesting subjects for discussion. CANADIAN BUDGET. OTTAWA, January 13. A forecast of the Canadian Budget indicates a resumption of penny postage to Britain and other parts of the Empire, a. cut in* the sales tax, and a downward revision of tariff on cotton and woollens. The cigarette tax will be cut by 60 per cent.