GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 26 May 1928, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

PETROL FROM COAL. 1.1 ■— -II K (Australian Press Aean.—United Service.) (By Cable—Press Assn.—Copyright.) BERLIN, May* 25. It was announced at the annual meeting of the German Dyestuffs Corporation ( that the liquification of brotin coal has exceeded the most sanguine expectations. ■ One hundred thousand tons of petrol will have been produced by the end/of the year, and it is expected tha tthis total will be doubled' in 1929. The Dyestuffs Corporation is now concentrating on the application of similar methods to hard coal.’ , • 1 MURDERED ENGLISHWOMAN. I ■ LONDON, May 25. The body of. Mrs Wilson (who was murdered at Le Touquet , France) has, been brought to London for cremation. Four days F of inquiry at 'Le Touquet has yielded no clue, though detectives from Paris have joined the loci! police. Mi- Leger, Commissary of Ponce, says that only an extraordinary, chance, vvi'li now lead''to the discovery of the guilty party, who must reveal himself by some act of imprudence. PRESS TELEGRAPH CHARGES. PARIS, May 25. A sub-committee. of the League of Nations considered resolutions from the conference of Press experts, which met at Geneva in August. Representatives of the Postal administrations of the principal European countries attended. It was decided to recommend the> 1930 telegraphic conference to establish a category of urgent press telegrams at treble the ordinary press rates, to be treated exactly as urgent private messages. ’ . The committee considered the recommendation of the conference of press experts covering terminal charges operating in Australia and other countries, and decided that while refraining from expressing an opinion on the domestic policy involved, /t would suggest the Governments concerned consider the matter with a. view to ascertaining whether modifications of these charges weie possible. LABOUR CONFERENCE.

' LONDON. May 25. . Every representative Labour organisation in the Empire has boon invited to the British Commonwealth Labour Conference in London on July 2. The agenda. includes international and in-ter-cemmonwt tilth relations, and State trailing within the Empire. ADVERTISING N.Z. LONDON, May 25. Thirty-seven London shops competed for Sir J. Parr’s Cup, offered for window displays of New Zealand produce during Empire Week, wherein 135 screenings of Dominion films took place. EXPLORERS HONOURED BERLIN. May 25. The German Geographical Society bestowed the Nachtigall Gold Medal on Sir Douglas Mawson in recognition of his explorations in the Antarctic, whereon he has just lectured at the Society’s Centenary celebrations.