GENERAL CABLES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 23 September 1924, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

STRANDED OPEIRA COMPANY. BY CABLE —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT BERLIN, Sept. 22. Mascagni, the composer, with an opera company numbering a thousand, is stranded in Berlin owing to the failrue of the production of “Aida.” Mascagni received .£IO,OOO to finance the venture, hut the box office receipts were so small that salaries could not be paid. Finally the company refused to sing. Three Italian directors were arrested for issuing cheques which could not be met. WHITE SLAVERY. LONDON. Sept. 22. The Vienna correspondent of the Morning Post says the sixth international congress for the suppression of white slavery in the Rhine and Ruhr districts resulted in a violent collision between the German and French delegates. The German delegates described the French action as a disgrace to the civilised world, and the French and Belgians vigorously protested against, the accusation- The English delegate proposed that all Governments should ratify the convention of 1921. AMERICAN LIQUOR LAWS. MANILA. Sept. 22. It is understood the Philippine Government intends to protest against the application of the American liquor laws respecting shipping, which is regarded as undue interference with local autonomy. ZANNI’.S FLIGHT. PEKIN, Sept. 22. Major Zanni, the French aviator, has arrived at. Hongkong. —" CINEMA FIRE. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 21. The ignition of a cinema film at Smyrna roused a terrible holocaust and over a hundred perished, including the Turkish Premier’s sister-in-law. "