GENERAL CABLES.

Grey River Argus, 4 May 1931, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES.

(Official Wireless.) RUGBY. May 1

I By a large majority, the share|.holders in the London Underground Group approved the proposed terms I upon w’hich the companies will be acquired under the scheme for co-ordin-atiQn of London’s passenger transport, under a public board, appointed by tin* ■ Minister of Transport. The terms were strongly recommended by the President (Lord Ashi field), who replying to criticism, point- | ed out that the proposed hoard would bo quite free from political interference. Negotiations arc also in progress between the Transport Ministry and other undertakings involved in the scheme. Tt is estimated that the Underground Group carries nearly 2,200.000,000 passengers each year. SHANGHAI, May 1. On the eve of the first People’s i Convention called for May 5, at Nan--1 king, serious political disturbances arc likely to throw the' country into turI moil as the result of the threat of the Cantonese to establish an independent government in Southern China. The breach between Nanking and the Kwantung cliques is widening, following the’ hostile, gesture denouncing tho Chiang Kat Shek regime. The Government is visibly embarrassed since the announcement was made to the Foreign Powers that .a unified China would assume jurisdicton over all foreigners, following the People’s Conventionj which may now prove impracticable. Persons travelling in China must in future have passports properly vised, as tho new passport regulations enforced as from to-day, necessitate full examination of all foreigners entering the country. RUGBY, May 1. A by-election at Stroud (Gloucestershire), is necessitated by the retirement. of the Conservative member, Sir 'Frank Nelson. ■ There now six) by-elections pendDELHI, May 1. I The golden dome of tho Shfve Dagon Pagoda? Rangoon, which wa s destroyed by last year’s earthquake, has been replaced. The new dome, which is studded w’ith diamonds and other precious stones costing over £6,D00, waa hoisted in position in the presence- of i thousands of devote pilgrims from all |cvcr Burma. LONDON, April 29. i Suspected of murdering a woman I John Harrity, a farmer, at Rathmullin, | County Donegal, put up an *extraoddinary fight against arrest. Upon re* | ceiving a warning, he seized a gun and | ammunition, rushed to Lough Swilly and clambered into a boat. Four Civil Guards manned another boat and went in pursuit. Harrity picked off and wounded each of the police. Soldiers then manned four boats, and fired while converging on the fugitive, who only surrendered, slightly wounded, when his boat sank under him. LONDON, April 29. Lord Jellicoe. speaking at the London University, expressed strong misgivings regarding the present strength of the navy cruisers, destroyers and submarines.. He said that a desperate position did not arise in the submarine warfare in 1917, was entirely due to the navy having a sufficiency of vessels to support convoys. If aircraft were going tv 'bomb cities in future waf, it can be expected that submarines will eajrry on unrestricted warfare despite treaties It must be difiicult for the navy, seeing itself slowly wiped out of existence, to retain efficiency. BRUSSELS. April 29. “Belgium will rely implicit y on the proinpt aid of the British army if her territory is re-violated,” declared the Defence Minister (M De Broqueville) when discussing in the Chamber, the remodelling o f fortifications. He added that Belgium must create fortified areas, irider cover of which the army wil] be able to await the British help to repulse invasion. It was not for Belgium to disarm; while | surrounded by powerful neighbours. • Peace-loving Belgium had been the 1 scene of every invasion. Let the big nations disarm first, they had nothing to fear from Belgium.