GENERAL CABLES.

Grey River Argus, 25 June 1925, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

B/YNKFvUPT RACING MAN. LONDON, June 23. The Bankruptcy Court suspended for a year the discharge of Robert Sievier. The Oflicial Receiver reported that Sievier was guilty of niiscomduet in failing to disclose an adverse judgment for £33,908. PRESS CABLE CHARGES. LONDON, Jun e 23. In the Commons, Sir Mitchell Thomson (Postmaster General) said that he acquiesced in the proposed reduction of Press cable rates to Australia to sixpence per word, subject to the concurrence of the Treasury u’Jid the Pacific Cable Board. ITALY’S FASCIST. DICTATORSHIP. ROME June 23. Premier Mussolini in a. speech to the National Fascist Congress defended the Bill excluding non_Fascists from the civil service, declaring his ruthless determination that discipline a»nd concentration of all power in Fascist hands should be the order of the day. Amid frenzied (dicers Mussolini declared that he was ready to defend with his life blood, the banner of the Fascist revolution. PRINCE OF WALES. CAPETOWN, June 23Congratulatory messages are pouring into Johannesburg from all over the world on the occasion ol the Prince of Wales’ birthday, the second spent in t iie 11 uni ii ions . A ecputal ion i rom the Municipality and the C’mimbcr of Mines presented him with a niagnilicent gold casket. The Prince spent t.l ■ morning touring thiity miles through the .Last Land, ami was tumultuously welcomed at the numerous mining towns, the population of which turned out cn masse. Johannesburg gave the Prince of Wales a tremendous and overwhelming reception. The short route from tiie station to the City Hall was ilensclv lined. The crowds were. so great that there were many fainting rases despite the cold weather. The cheering was continuous and proIvcplying to a tumultuous welcome at the City Ilal.l, the Prince created a profound impression by a masterly speech, wherein he appealed for a ITu'iik discussion of the differences ari.-iug out of mining situation., i i’.d better appreciation of the indivi. <iu;ii difii« allies, which he was confidcttl could be solved by the exercise of goodwill and honest endeavour. W.C.T.U. CONFERENCE LONDON, June 23. The World Women's Christian Tern, pcranre Convention, al Edinburgh approved of the issue of a memorial to women throughout the world declaring that alcohol was poison, and urging them to unite in voluntary abstinence from alcohol, and to make- all well considered efforts to liniit or prohibit the imi nu fact lire or sale thereof; also to unite in the efforts to protect the home, promote purity and end war. PACIFIC RELATIONS CONFER. ENCE. HONOLULU, June 23. Delegates from China, Japan New Zealand and Australia, to institute Pacific relations addressing the Pan Pacific Club, expressed the opinion that the meeting of the institute next month would be a great factor towards guaranteeing pear v in the Pacific. Mr Dunca’ii Hall Secretary of the New South Wales League of Nations, said that the Institute would lake a great steji forward if it would establish regular and frequent “'There is room, he said “in the Pacific for permanent conference machinery to promote good relatio’ns among the different. peoples. We have treaties, but they do not go far enough. Peace is more than a negative aversion towards war. It is a belief in a. jiurc and healt.hv international life.”