GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 10 November 1928, Page 6

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

ROUMANIAN POLITICS. (Australian Press Association.) (By Cable—Press Assn.—Copyright.) BUCHAREST, November 9. M. Titulescu has decided to recommend the Regency to appoint M. Manin (Peasant Leader), as Premier, » having satisfied himself that it is impossible personally to form a Cabinet with or without the Peasant Party that would be sufficiently strong to inspire the confidence of the foreign bankers. BRITISH FILMS. i LONDON, November 9. A studio for British Instructional ■ Films at Welwyn Garden City was i opened to-day by Mr Leopold Amery. .. - It is regarded as the most complete • and compact in the world. A- thou- ; sand guests saw the elaborate equipment whereby the .British industry hopes to capture the world’s markets. . i • . FRENCH POLITICS.

PARIS, November. 8. The Chamber of Deputies, in the absence of the Government, stormily debated the right of two Alsatian members, Rickeun and Rosse: to sit, as they had been condemned to lose civil rights. Resolution after resolution was presented, and there was. an incredible uproar, necessitating the suspension of the sitting, while Socialists and Communists fought and tore at each others’ neckties. A vote was taken after the resumption, this unseating the Alsatio.ns by 220 votes to 39. ROAD-MAKER RETIRES. * RUGBY, November 7. Brigadier-General Sir- Henry Maybury, Director-General of Roads at tihe Ministry of Transport, who has Wen described by Sir Eric Geddes as the “finest roadmaker in the world,” has tendered his resignation and will leave \ the Civil Service at the end of the year. The services of Sir Henry, who i<s already past the official age, will be retained in a consultative and advisory capacity with regard to roads and bridges. Since the war he has been responsible for the reorganisation of the English road system, and under his direction . over 200 miles of new arterial roadways have been constructed in the/ London area alone. His organising */ ability has also been the means of coordinating the work of 2000 local authorities. < .

SHIP’S OFFICER’S ARREST. RUGBY, November 8. A question was asked in. the House of Commons as to what action <the Government was taking with the Por- 1 tuguese Government regarding the delay which had taken place in holding the. trial of Mr Brewer/ second officer of the steamship Clan Lamont, on a charge of theft at Lolutu Bay, Portuguese West Africa, and regarding the severity of 'his sentence, which was 360 days’ imprisonment and a fine of £l7, •or a further 60 days’ imprisonment. Mr G. Locker-Lampson, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, replied that the British Ambassador at London had addressed, strong representations td the Portuguese Government on November 3. £The Portuguese Government promised immediate investigation by telegraph. Mr LockerLampson added thafii as Mr Brewer, , after the first few days following his arrest, was detained at the local hospital, where he enjoyed considerable freedom, there was no cause for, complaint regarding the conditions of his incarceration.

PRINCE OF WALES LONDON, Nov. 9. The “Guardian” says that the Prince of Wales contemplates visiting Palestine, reaching Jerusalem in 1930. He is due at Capetown on December 28. He is desirous of describing to his brother the Boer War battlefields, which he closely studied on his last visit. - SERBIAN. UNREST. BELGRADE, November 9. The Government is at last taking action against the revolutionary Zag? reb leaders. The Premier, Father Korpshetz, states that he is personally prosecuting the chiefs of the Croat Opposition, for the speeches and wild scenes which occurred at Zagreb in connection with the commemoration of the Bolshevist revolution, when several Government troops Were wounded. EARLY SETTLERS’ FALL. LONDON, November 9’. Sir David Sargeant, who is aged 98, bent down to pick up an article on the floor. He over-balanced and broke a leg. He is in a, critical condition in a hospital. He voyaged to. Australia in 1852, in 82 days. He was ill at a crude hospital at Canvastown, Melbourne, with a corpse on either side, and the nurse dead drunk. He was a paperhanger, gardener, painter, conveyancer, builders’ labourer, before returning to London in 1859 to resume his medical training. -