GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 5 December 1929, Page 8

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

MAORI CURIOS. (By Cable—Press Asau.—Copyright.) LONDON, December 4. Miss Davis, formerly of Auckland, has purchased at an auction, Maori curios which originally belonged to the Hocken collection. They include a tomahawk, a fish spear, a large bone tiki, and some rare neck ornaments. They are being sent to the Auckland Museum.

ALLEGED ESPIONAGE. BELGRADE, December 4. New Italo'-Jugo-Slav tension has been aroused by the alleged discovery of a huge Italian spy system, under which Italy has obtained posession of the whole of , Jugo-Slavia’s mobilisation plans. Four ex-Russian officers, employed at the Ministry of Communications, have been arrested.

SCIENTISTS AS GOVERNORS. LONDON, December 4. That the day will come when scientists should be chosen as Governors of the British Colonies, instead of distinguished soldiers, sailors and politicians, was a forecast made by Sir Richard Gregory, when presiding at the dinner of the Royal Empire Society, in conjunction with the British Association for the Advancement of Science. LONELY ISLAND. LONDON, December 4. No news has been received for six weeks from the Island of St. Paul, on which a French fishing company estab-, lished a colony of 120. Wireless communication has failed. The steamer Euripedes, which sailed from Cape Town for Fremantle, is calling at St. Paul’s.

DANISH ROYALTIES RUGBY, December 2. The King and Queen of Denmark arrived at London last night, and were met by the Prince of Wales. After staying at London for four days, they will go to Sandringham, ‘Norfolk, as the guests of the King and Queen. To-day King Christian and Queen Alexandrine held a reception to the Danish colony, and on Tuesday King Christian will visit Aidershot to inspect the Second Battalion of the East Kent Regiment, of which he is colonel-in-chief.