GENERAL CABLES

Grey River Argus, 13 August 1935, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES

SIAMESE MILITARY CONSPIRACY (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.; SINGAPORE, August 10. Serious army disorders are reported from Bangkok where the Government have arrested 15 non-commissioned officers, who were conspiring for an insurrection. Luangpradit, the Saimese li mystery the Interior, has left for Europe. His man,” who is at present Minister of object is not disclosed. It is considered significant that the Minister for the Interior, and not the Foreign Minister, is making the journey. BANGKOK, August 11. All is quiet, M. Pradit, Minister of the Interior, has left for London. CAPTIVE MISSIONARIES. PEIPING, August 10. Prospects of the release of the missionaries Hayman and Bosshardt have greatly improved, following on a large reduction in the amount demanded for their ransom. RUGBY, August 9. One of the most important among the bills which became law at the end of last week before Parliament adjourned was the Housing Act, which completed the legislative framework of the Government’s plans for dealing with the housing problem and which, for the first time, lays down a statutory definition of overcrowding. The Ministry of Health lost no time in circularising local authorities and assuring them of the readiness of the Minister to give any assistance in his power to those able to take immediate action to abate overcrowding. The circular just issued draws attention to the changes the Act makes in slum clearances and states that the first stage is a survey in each locality to determine where overcrowding exists. HUEY LONG S HEROICS. WASHINGTON, August 9. Senator Long read into the Senate .records to-day, what purported to be a -t'ranscript of a dictaphone re cording of a meeting of his political enemies, in which one allegedly proposed he (Long) should be “shot down” on the Senate floor, “because.” he said. “I do not have the slightest doubt that President Roosevelt would pardon anyone doing so.” Senator Long said he was no', able to identify the voices, but was certain that Congressman Sandlin, of Louisana Democrat, was among those present. Senator Sandlin commented that Senator Long was merely ranting. AN ATLANTIC MYSTERY. BOSTON (Massachusetts), August 11. In one of the weirdesrt. mysteries of

the Atlantic, a crazed man without a life-preserver, and fully-clo.hed, was found swimming 160 miles as tva today by a fishing trawler. The swimmer fought attempts at rescue. Because of his uninte'ligible rantings it was impossible to learn how he came to be so far at sea. The trawler’s master sent a wireless message to the coastguard, which dispatched an amphibian plane, and brought the man to the hospital here. HOLLYWOOD ROMANCE. HOLLYWOOD, August 11. The announcement that Maria Jerit za. the opera singer is marrying Winfield Sheehan, cinema producer tomorrow, astonished the movie colony to-day, as the romance was hitherto unsuspected. GROUSE SHOOTING. RUGBY, August 9. A feature this year of the usual heavy passenger traffic to Scotland for the “12th” opening of the grouse season, is the increase in numbers travelling by night. One train leaving London to-night, will run in six parts, and carrying four hundred passengers in first class and 700 in third class sleeping berths, while another train will leave in three parts to accommodate the extra traffic. Large numbers of travellers are taking their motor cars with them in vans coupled to coaches. RADIO IN CARS. RUGBY, August 9. It is understood that Mr. Hore Be 1 isha proposes to prohibit the use of radio sets in motor cars, in built-up areas, owing to complaints of the annoyance caused to residents. RADIO FOR INDIAN NATIVE STATE. LONDON, August 10. The “Daily Telegraph” says: The Mizam of Hyderabad, one of the richest men in the world, has launched a broadcasting scheme, costing £lOO,OOO, to bring the 1 voice from the sky’ to 19,000 villages in his State. The broadcasts are to be transmitted from three stations and in three languages. BRITISH TRAFFIC PROBLEM. RUGBY, August 10. Beginning early on Monday morning, the Ministry of Transport has arranged for the most elaborate traffic census ever undertaken in Britain. It will cover every first class road, and at between four and five thousands selected points, everything passing, lorries, omnibuses, private cars, cycles and pedestrians each day next week, will be counted by ten thousand enumerators, working in relays. The Ministry holds a traffic census every three years, but for reasons of economy, the one due, last year was

not held. The purpose of the census is to find out how and where traffic has increased since 1931. An average weight is assigned to each class of vehicle so that it is possible to estimate not only the volume and density of the traffic, but the weights per traffic yard. When the figures have been analysed, the Ministry will be in a position to determine how far the road-building programmes are keeping pace with the increase in traffic.