NEWS BY CABLE AND MAIL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 21 November 1924, Page 8

NEWS BY CABLE AND MAIL.

SICK OF THE SEA. EARL OF SUFFOLK ASHORE. ENTRY INTO POLITICS. LONDON, Nov. 3. The youthful Earl of Suffolk, having regained his health, has decided to quit the sea, and has left the sailing ship Mount Stewart, in which he macle a voyage round the world, visiting .Australia. When interviewed he said that he saw a good deal of colonial life. “Although Australia is in the grip of the Labour Party, the Earl said, “it is a jolly fine country for all that. Sydney reminded me strongly of London. It has streets as fine as Piccadilly and Bond street, and the construction of a tube railway proves the go-ahead character of the Britishers down south. There is keen German competition in Australia, but British commerce has been firmly established. Sixteen months of seafaring have been sufficient for me. I intend entering politics.”

The Earl of Suffolk reached Sydney on November 29, 1923, as an apprentice aboard the ship Mount Stewart, the last of the famous “clipper” ships. He appeared on the ship’s articles as Charles Howard. He is the premier earl of England, his earldom dating back to the Tudors. The master of the Mount Stewart was Captain McColm, one of the best known skippers in Australian waters. From Sydney the Mount Stewart went to Newcastle, where she left on February 2. At the time of his arrival in Sydney the Earl was only 17 years of age. POLITICS'IN GERMANY. THE COMING ELECTIONS. STRENGTH OF PARTIES. LONDON, Nov. 4. Discussing the coming general elections in Germany, the Berlin correspondent of The Times says that the Chancellor, Dr. 'Marx, is credited with being confident of the return of the Middle Parties in sufficient strength to permit of his forming a Cabinet on the basis of the old coalition. Other competent judges, however, are beginning to fear that the voting may render imperative the inclusion of Nationalists in the new Government. Indeed, the return of the Nationalists in sufficient numbers, even to control the policy of the new Government, is thought by some to be quite within the bounds of possibility. > Berlin and Munich are again at loggerheads, the latest difference, according to the correspondent of The Times at Berlin, having arisen over an order hy the President, Herr Ebert, requiring German States and municipal cor r novations to obtain the consent of the Minister for Finance for foreign loans. The Bavarian Cabinet considers that the new order constitutes a misuse of the President’s powers, and refuses to be bound-by it. RAKOWSKY PROMOTED. AMBASSADOR IN PARIS. LONDON, Nov. 4. M : Rakowskv, the' .Soviet Charge, d’ Affaires in London, has been appointed Russian Ambassador in Paris. .£1,500,000 FORTUNE.

GRANDFATHER IN AUSTRALIA

tI . LONDON. Nov. 3. Alice and Policy Rutherford, two sisters, who keep a small shop at Danoon, expect to inherit fortunes as chief beneficiaries in the intestate estate of £1.500,(XX) left by their grandfather. the late Andrew Rutherford, who died at Perth

Mr Rutherford was a gamekeeper on Lord Kinnoul’s estate before he emigrated to Australia.

BACK TO PALESTINE

RESULT OF BRITISH RULE

40,000 JEWISH IMMIGRANTS

v ,. LONDON, October 30. oir Herbert Samuel, High Commissioner for Palestine, giving evidence on the administration of Palestine be»rPe ea § U€ °f Nations Permanent Mandates Commission, said that since Britain haci occupied Palestine ovoi 40,000 Jewish immigrants had settled in the country, and immigration-, was •apidly developing. “EAT APPLES.” LONDON, Nov. 4. A lessen to Australia in the mattei of apple propaganda is given by American enterprise. The diets of all American liners have been instructed to serve apples ai every meal on board. A so-call&d “Appie Week’’ is part ol a movement to increase the consumption of apples throughout America. Apple salad is being served as hc.rs cb oeuvre, and baked apples are being served with cereal food tor breakfast.

CHINESE TONG AVAR

“TEAII-GAS” BOMBS SEIZED BY POLICE,.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1. The leaders of the two rival Chinese Tongs (secret societies) are seeking a jompromise again after several weeks d war, which raged in seven important Jnited States cities. Secrecy surrounds the negotiations, even the police refusing to divulge where the conferences are being he'd. While the leaders were away, members of the Hipsing and Onlong Tongs gathered at. their headquarters to await the results. There is an air of tranI uili ty in Chinatown for the firs I time for manv weeks, but it is admitted that doth headquarters are filled with firearms.

Several seizures of tear gas bombs were'mad® by the police in the last' two jays. The largest quantitv was found n a restaurant patronised nightly bv Broadway crowds. It is now disclosed that the cause of the war was not the ffiiuese revolution, but a struggle over business locations in the various cities. 'Tipsings appear to be willing to pay a 10,000 dollar OLIO,000) indenln’ty to 'ettle the dispute, but they refuse to lgree to otho>- demands of the Oil longs, m t.V ground that they are “not American.”