CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

Greymouth Evening Star, 28 December 1934, Page 6

CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

MALARIA IN CEYLON. I, ’ (Press Assn.-Copyright.) ' COLOMBO, December 27. The- malaria epidemic now threat- • ens the Ceylon capital itself. The general hospital of Colombo is overi crowded. The epidemic, although it is waning in some districts, is leaving a weakened and starved population. KING’S BROADCAST. LONDON, December 27. “The Times” in a leading article, says: Although the King’s message was primarily, for his own peoples. His Majesty has become a great world figure, universally honoured for the simple dignity with which he has upheld the best traditions of monarchy, for his unflagging interest in all affecting his people, and for his anxious la'ipur in the cause of peace and goodwill among the nations. Therefore, it was natural that millions throughout the world gave attention to his speech, and especially in the United States. Moreover, one of the many influences drawing AngloAmericans closer has been the Americans’ growing regard for the King and also for the Royal Family, which was manifested on the occasion of the Duke of Kent’s marriage. Similar interest was shown in France and elsewhere. FRENCH WHEAT. LONDON, December 27. The “Financial Times’s” Paris correspondent says: Under the new wheat law, the obligation not to sell wheat below lOS francs per quintal, has disappeared, and the restoration of the free market, despite the holiday attendance on Wednesday, resulted in a number of transactions at 75 to-SO francs for three to four months' delivery.

BRITAIN’S CHRISTMAS. RUGBY, December 27. The Christmas “Festival of the Family” as the King described it in his broadcast to the peoples of the Empire, was celebrated throughout Britain quietly, and in an atmosphere of more confident optimism than has been the case for some years. The holiday was without news, for politics were temporarily forgotten, and there was a happy absence of those calamities which so often comprise the news. It was a. “green” Christmas of mild and occasionally wet weather. Family reunions were general throughout the country. Greetings by long distance telephone and telegraph kept the Post Office exceptionally busy, but most people stayed home. The roads were singularly free from traffic.