GENERAL CABLES

Grey River Argus, 15 December 1937, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES

STRANDED U.S.A. LINER. [Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.] MANILA, December 13. The - steamer President McKinley advised the Dollar Line that it had picked up the President Hoover’s passengers from the island, and will arrive at Manila on Thursday. ■ NEW YORK, December 13. United States destroyers attempted a string of stern anchors to hold the hull of the President Hoover in position until she could be lightened and refloated. A Japanese cruiser is reported to have transferred 200, presumably the crew, and have created an emergency hospital on Hiyake Island. The President Pierce is expected to arrive shortly to take off the remainder of the passengers, all of whom were ostensibly not taken off by the President McKinley. MUST READ A NEWSPAPER 1 BERLIN, December 13. The Supreme Court ruled that it is the duty of every businessman to read a newspaper regularly. A business manager, charged by a firm for using its money to pay a newspaper subscription, was acquitted, the Court declaring it was in the firm’s interests that the manager should subscribe to newspapers. JAPANESE WOMEN MIGRANTS. VANCOUVER, December 13. The City council adopted a resolution asking the Dominion to cancel uie agreement admitting one hundred Japanese women into Canada annually, Aiderman H. D. Wilson, the sponsor, declaring the birthrate in British Columbia of the Japanese substantially exceeds that of the whites. He issued a warning concerning this peaceful penetration. AUSTRIAN ROYAL FAMILY. VIENNA, December 12. The Government has restored to the Hapsburgs the greater part of the family property, which was sequestrated in 1919 when the Emperor, Karl, was banished. It comprises mainly agricultural property and casties, including the ' historic Eaxenburg and Orth. me Chancellor (Dr. bchuchmgg) stated that this was in no way political. It was simply repairing a wrong which nad oeen done. SIAMESE PLOT. BANGKOK, December 12. The Regent’s speech at the opening of-Parliament did not refer to the recent plot, to create a dictatorsnip, tor which there were eleven arrests, including a Buudhist priest and several officials. PRISONERS RESCUE GAOLERS. (Received December 14, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, December 14. Three prisoners rescued their two injured gaolers when a prison van, taking them to Lewes Prison from Brighton, was overturned by a gale. The prisoners were only bruised. They helped out the stunned gaolers, to whom they rendered first aid, pending treatment.