CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

Greymouth Evening Star, 20 February 1937, Page 8

CABLEGRAMS AND WIRELESS

EMPIRE EXHIBITION [PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] RUGBY, February IS. The Glasgow Corporation has granted the use of a park near the city for an Empire exhibition next year. The King has given his patronage to the exhibition, for which a guarantee fund at present reaches £620,000, and will remain open until the total ,is £1,000,000.

GORTON BY-ELECTION LONDON, February 18. The Gorton by-election made necessary by the death of Mr. J. Compton (Labour, resulted: — W. Wedgwood Benn (Labour) 17,848 A. Spearman (Conservative) 13,091 “MIXED MARRIAGES” CAPE TOWN, February 18. The threatened Cabinet split has been averted. The Prime Minister (General Hertzog) has issued a statement that the differences between Mr. O. Pirow (Minister for Defence) and Mr. J. H. Holmeyr (Minister for the Interior) has been settled after a friendly discussion. Cabinet is meeting to-day. JAPANESE PEARLERS . TOKIO, February 19. Dutch East Indies coastguards arrested nine Japanese . pearling boats, accusing them of illegal presence in the territorial waters of the Arafura Sea. The Foreign Office understands that the boats entered the sea because of some emergency and it is trying to effect theii’ relea'se through the Japanese Consul at Sdurabaya.

GRESFORD EXPLOSION. LONDON, February 19. % According to the “Daily Herald’s” political correspondent, prosecutions are being started against six persons-, including pit officials, arising from the Gresford colliery disaster report. ANTI-PROFITEERING. PARIS, February 19. A Government bill revives the wartime measure against profiteering, and imposes heavy penalties to £ll,OOO and three years’ imprisonment for unjustified increase in prices. JAPANESE EXCHANGE. TOKIO, February 19. The Minister of Finance announced that the Government was prepared to ship gold in order to maintain the yen at the present level. MEMBER AND CONSTITUENTS LONDON, February 19. Mr. Courtault, M.P., initiated a new experiment by addressing his electorate by telephone. He spoke from the House, and his voice was amplified through loudspeakers in Chichester. It is expected that the idea will be developed in elections to save members of the Commons rushing over their constituencies, and spending only' a few minutes at each meeting.