GENERAL CABLES.

Grey River Argus, 2 November 1928, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES.

WHALERS' GOOD J.U-'.'K. i 1M ET , Ovh.bd | Four N'or\ ", |. ’ r , m.-, •- j ' .’apt.! ii Ol • (i. . h. . expcrii n in th A n:a . . he had nv r before do." •<,. v, . J Twenty whiles w<-rc sometimecaught in a day. Thty ver smaller hut fatter than tTi < Antarctic whales and produced thirty-six thousand barrels of oil the value being £lBO,OOO. Owing to the hazardous landing at 1 oint Cloates, the sailors had not left the ships for three years. After a cruis > in the South Atlantic Captain Olsen will feturn hi May. b Australia. THE DIOMEDE. HONOLULU October 30. The British cruiser Diomede sailed f on Wednesday for Auckland via Suva.j She is carrying mail. BELGIANS REJECT GERMAN I INSCRIPTION. BRUSSELS October 30. » The America).’ Architect, Mr Warren is legally proceeding against he Lou-1 vain University. He says that many] weall . y American contributors- op-1 pose the obligation of the (anti Ger-, man) inscription,, which Cardinal Mcr-f cier proposed. U.S.A. ELECTIONS. WASHINGTON. October 31, Mr Coolidge to-day accepted the resignation of Alanson Houghton, Amy bassador at London, and now Republican nominee, as the United States Senator from New York. FRENCH TENNIS TAXATION. PARIS, October 30. The Treasury is prepared to con-| sider a compromise in the taxation of lawn tennis, enabling ’he Davis Cup contests to be played in France and continuation of tournaments in thej Riviera and elsewhere. A PAPER’S CENTENARY. LONDON, October 31. The Prime Minister was the principal guest at a dinner in eelfbration of the centenary of the Spectator, which was described as a bond of union among all English-speaking peoples. SALE OF RUSSIAN ART TREASURES. BERLIN, October 30. The announcement of the sale of five hundred Soviet art treasures at Berlin on June 11, including the famous Houdon statues, and well-known Du °h and Italian pictures. aroused harp controversy. The treasures are from the Hermitage and other Leningrad palaces. Russian princes protest against the disposal of personal property, under the plea that the revolution justified .the Soviet confiscating the property on behalf of the Ru sian people. Representatives of princely families, who recognise the pictures and statues in the sale catalogue, have initiated a lawsuit to decide the legality. They warn purchasers that the validity of the biddings is liable to investigation by German Courts. If the Berlin sale is successful it is likely to be the forerunner of numerous imilar disposals of Russian treasures. BERLIN. October 31. The director; of the salerooms in which Russian art treasures are to bo offered have strict orders to refuse admission to all Russians, including nobles. The Foreign Office-rejected the protests on the ground hat Germany’s trade agreement with the Soviet pledges her to permit th e sale of ►Soviet-owned goods. It adds: “Any di pute in that connection can be settled in he law courts.”

A CAPITALIST ON IMPERIALISM. LONDON, October 31. “I refuse to regard Britain as pari of Europe,’” declared Lord Mdchet: (Sir A 7 Mond) on his return from America. Interviewed regarding* the United States industrial and political policy in relation to Europe he said: “Britain is the centre of the greai Empj.re, with a greater area, pcpu.ation and natural resources than an; other possible economic combino n the World.” He. beli vcd r/_ th* amjjJgamation of British iudustrieand the rationalisation. of Empire in dustries, meaning thereby scientific organisation of industry, balancing ; duction to consumption. He is to: vinced that Britain has turned the corner adding: “Whih the old supi'< macy is not y t compktely lucoue.cd she has already achieved definite su premacy. ’ ’ REFRIGERATOR MUSEUM FOR HUMAN BODIES. MOSCOJV, October 31. Th e Far Ea tern Geographical Observatory has worked out a gruesome scheme of a refrigerator museum, in which the bodies of men, women ami animals will be preserved in perpetuity, undecayed. The scheme proposes to use the e'crnal ice in Siberia in which mammoths have already been preserved for ten thousand years, so that the flesh is still fit for human food. In th e ice mu eum the bodies of all human races will be frozen in for the benefit of students centuries hence with utensils and food hey used in life, and the doxnestiu and other animals. It is estimated that the cost will be ten million roubles. An appeal is being issued throughout the world for subscriptions to enable the scheme -c be carried out. SAMOA. GENEVA. October 30. The Mandate’s Commission concluded the examination qf th<‘ New Zealand Government’s report on Western Samoa. Sir J. Parr, dealing with the administration of ju tice arid the police force* said here was no differentiation, between Whites and Natives regarding repression of crime. The police force was composed' of Natives. Seventy Europeans suffice;! to maintain order. Certain schools, closed owing to the agitation, had been re-opened. Instruction in the work and aims uf the ► League was being given. New Zealand wa , persevering wi h educational and health measures. Though the position regarding the agitators was not yet satisfactory, disaffection was deercas-

ing and th-, position improving. The police were working normally, plantation is progressing, and the copra harvest is excellent. Confidence must be shown in the presen’ Administration of the Mandatory Power. Other measures would be adopted regarding the agitators, if tolerant treatment foiled.