GENERAL CABLES

Grey River Argus, 26 February 1925, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES

PALESTINE FOR. THE JEWS (Aus. N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, February 21. Tho Colonial < )fii<-<* states that 11.8. H Ji-Ws immigrated Io Pniotim* in 1924, while 2037 emigrated, the not increase being '.>814. compared with 3788 in 1923. The immigration has somewhu*. changed in character in the past months, a largo proportion being with means. A substantial number ;ire founding new industries and there is practically no Jewish unemployment. KIRKWOOD ANSWERS CRITH’S. LONDON, February 24. Mr Kirkwood assorts that Air R. MacDonald presided at a meeting <d the Labour executive, which appoint'd him as spokesman for the attack on the Prince of Wales’s tour. U.S.A. FLEET’S AUSTRALASIAN TOUR. WASHINGTON. February 23. Only a tentative itinerary has been worked out by the Naval Department for lhe Australian cruise. Tho battle ships are expected to begin on July .1, when the Hawaiian manoeuvres are concluded. Plans are Iming sent to Admiral Coontz for approval. Some of the bigger battleships will require deeper water than the channels of some of the Australian harbours provide. but the most powerful and mod- * rn lighting craft will In* selei'ted t’er the A usl ra lin n v isi t . 81 PDA R’s MI’RDER. <'AI RO February 24 . Xokrashi Bey. t’ndor-Secretary for the Interior in the Zaghlul Govern men!, who was detained in conneclio-: wiih Hie inquiry into the murder of the Sirdar. ha.s been released. BRITAIN AND RFSSIA. LONDON, February 2 1. In the (’ominous, Mr (’ham berla i n announced that tho Government at pre.-ent was not sending- an Ambassador lo Moscow. It was desirable to await I resh developments. CORPSE A BRESTED! MADRID. February 2!. Detectives searching the underworld for a much wanted thief enter <’d a house in which was a corpse on :t bier, surrounded *by four candles. The detectives noticing the eyelids twitching, uncovered fh<- body, and tliscov ered I lie fugili\-e, who was simulating death in order to escape the police. A PROBLEM OF CENSORED POEMS. PARIS. February 21. Th ( . Minister for Justice is facing a cltrious literary problem. Baudellre. a poet, in 1857. was lined 300 francs .-mJ lorced to suppress his six poems in lhe first edition of his “Fleurs du Mai.’’ The Minister for Justice today receiva deputation from the Baudellre Soci n t\'4 demanding the revocation of lhe judgment. Since 1857. the authorities have bee i prosecuting book sellers for advertising copies of the work with the six poems in question though publishers>are at full iibcrtv to print the poems without calling attention to them. The Ba idellre Society says this procedure is felly. It also asks that the poet's reputation be freed from the stigma. LONDON, February 25. Gold is BG/.11 per oz. Waihi shares are 24/4 and 25/3.. Bank shares are: — Australasia, £l4 2/6; N. S. W. £4O 7s 6d; N. Z. 54/-; N. Z. Loan (ord). £9s’ 1/2.