CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

Greymouth Evening Star, 9 April 1932, Page 8

CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

U.S.A. PROHIBITION POLL.

[BY CABLE —PRESS ASSH.—COPYRIGHT.]

NEW YORK, April 8.

Tho “Literary Digest” prohibition poll has resulted: —For Continuance, 1,046,113; for Repeal, 2,963,386. The periodical analysing of the returns show that thirty-two States, representing a population of 85,000,000, are voting to the extent of from two to one, to six to one. The wettest States are New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, while Kansas alone gives a majority for continuance, and North Carolina is “almost dry.” *

RECTOR’S TRIAL.

LONDON, April 7.

In the Rev. Mr. Davidson’s case, the prosecution has closed. The inquiry stands adjourned until May 19 to enable the Rector to find funds to pay solicitors and counsel, or, alternatively, to conduct his own defence.

HONOLULU MURDER.

HONOLULU, April 7.

The jury for the Fortescue trial has been completed. It includes six whites, two Chinese and four of mixed races. The trial resumes on Monday.

EX-PRINCE AS M.P.

BERLIN, April 8

Wilhelm, a son of the ex-Kaiser and a prominent Nazi, is assured of his election to the Prussian Parliament, on April 24. He will be the first Hohenzollern to sit in Parliament. The exKaiser vetoed the Crown Prince’s candidature against President Von Hindenburg.

U.S.A. AMBASSADOR

RUGBY, April 8.

The new United States Ambassador to England, Mr. Andrew Mellon, arrived at London, to-day. In an interview with the Press, he said that relations between the United States and Britain were nevei - better. While both faced problems of a most serious nature arising largely out of the war, and the economic and industrial readjustments that followed, these problems were not insoluble, and must disappear in time if approached frankly, with a desire to understand each others’ difficulties, and a firm determination to be of assistance where possible. DANISH WIRELESS RUGBY, April 8. The Danish Government has placed an order in Britain for a new broadcasting station for Kalundborg, which is to be one of the most powerful in Europe. The equipment will be manufactured in London and the station will be put into service early next year.