GENERAL CABLES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 19 March 1925, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

WEMBLEY EXHIBITION. BY CABLE —PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHi LONDON, March 18. The Daily Chronicle states the origin of the \Vembley Exhibition is likely to be fought out in the Jaw courts shortly, the plaintiff claiming a large sum in respect of the original idea and the preliminaries. alleging the deprivation of his just due and recogniton. « THE KING’S COMMISSION. LONDON, March 17. The King’s Commission is now gazetted. It consists of Prince Henry, the Archbishop of Canterbury, ViscountCave, and. Mr. Stanley Baldwin, any two of whom are jointly empowered to act on behalf of His Majesty, except in the case of the dissolution of Parliament, the bestowal of honours, or other matter which in their discretion require the King’s authority.

The installation of Prince Henry as a Privy Councillor has also been ga’zetted.

EGYPTIAN ELECTORS. ! CAIRO, March 17. J To-day’s election resulted in the reW turn of one Zaghlulist and four others. ' This brings the state of parties to 102 and 109 respectively. death sentence passed, MELBOURNE, March, 17. Sentence of death was passed to-day on Marshal for poisoning his wife. MELBOURNE POLICE PATROLS. MELBOURNE; March 18. The Commissioner of Police is establishing a system of flying patrols, equipped with light motor cars and motor cycles, which, will work in conjunction with the present wireless patrol with the object of smashing the gangs of criminals who are at present terrifying whole districts and flouting the law.

BRITAIN’S BUDGET. LONDON, March 18. The Exchequer returns till March 14 show that the deficit has at last disappeared and there is a surplus of ;CI ,000,000 over the expenditure. The prospect of exceeding Mr. Philip Snowden’s estimate of a surplus of £4,000,000 is not unfavourable. ANTI-SOVIET PLOT DISCOVERED. VIENNA, March 18. A telegram from Lemberg states that a plot has been discovered to blow up a bridge over which members of the Soviet Government are to return from Tiflis. A number of persons have been arrested, one of'whom committed suicide.