GENERAL CABLES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 12 October 1925, Page 10

GENERAL CABLES.

ITEMS OF INTEREST. Liril.j. ■ AoSCn.U -son nau'l LONDON, Oct. 9. The London .Master Bakers Society decided to reduce the price of bread to yd per quartern loaf on Monday. Tne Rood Council recommended the Ministry to invite bakers selling the quartern loaf at 9d to- submit their names, which will be officially circulated for the benefit of housewives. The council added: “In our opinion two London bakers’ associations had no justification for their decision to maintain the present higher price till flour falls to 4ls a sack.” ROME, Oct. 9. " ft is understood that the public prosecution’s report for the Assize Court on the murder of Deputy Matteotti last year recommends that three of the accused should receive the benefit of the recent amnesty and be acquitted of the charge of kidnapping and complicitv in the murder, inasmuch as the ciime was not premeditated, while five others, it is recommended, should be indicted for wilful murder without poremeditation. The latter will probably p’ead that they killed Matteotti in self-defence, •owing to Ills furious attacks wheft endeavouring to escape. CAPETOWN, Oct. 10. All the papers are devoting much space to the celebration of the centenary of the birth of Paul Kruger. Generous tributes to the Boer statesman by the whole of the English press are noteworthy features. PARIS, Oct. 9. A novel test case is being heard in Dijon, where the father of a girl whose hair was bobbed is suing the barber -oil the ground that, as the girl is a minor, her hair belongs to the father, and should not have been removed without his permission. The Hairdressers’ Union is defending the case. WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. A settlement of the Czecho-Slovakian debt to the United States was reached to-day by representatives of the twe nations on the basis of the payment of 115,000,000 dollars, to be liquidated over a period of 62 years. PARIS, Oct. 9. The Communists’ long-expected 24 hours’ strike, principally as a protest against the war in Morocco, is due pn October 12, according to an order issued from headquarters. A second order calls on Communist members of Paris transport services to strike to-day and remain .out until their wage demands are granted. NEW YORK. Oct. 10. A Chicago- message reports that by new regulations, effective on Saturday, the Board of Trade will he able to curb the grain price fluctuations, thus removing the hectic scenes from the Chicago wheat pit. One -of the new regulations gives directors .almost complete control of the market, and after ten hours’ notice they may place an arbitrary limit on price swings. Thereafter they may prohibit trading during any day at prices above or below a certain percentage on the closing prices the previous day. Virtually similar changes have been made in the Minneapolis market and other markets ar« expected to follow. AMSTERDAM, Oct. 10 The International Labour conference appointed a- joint committee to examine migration problems, especially in relation to unemployment. They carried a resolution protesting against the criminal practices of Fascism in Italy and denouncing the Italian Governmout’is restriction of trade union right) solely to the Fascist labour organisation. declaring that -such practices placed Italy outside the pale of civilised nations.