GENERAL CABLES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 19 October 1925, Page 10

GENERAL CABLES.

ITEMS OF INTEREST. t y CABLE—PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYBIGHT. LONDON, Oct. IG. Two more Communists, Thomas Bell and AVilliani Gallagher, were arrested yesterday morning at Glasgow and 1 aisley respectively. ‘ _ . , . y LONDON,. Oct. IG. Goya’s portrait of a lady-in-waiting, •pj inches bv 27 inches, has been puicbased for the National Gallery of Victoria under the Felton bequest from Count Daniel Dcpradere, Spanish Minister at Prague, in whose family it has been ever since it was painted. It is being exhibited at the National Gallery here prior to being shipped. 1 SYDNEY, Oct, 18. The trouble on the Ulimaroa is still unsettled. The company is cancelling the sailing and returning the passengers their fares. ' _ ** PARIS, Oct. 1/. \t the Radical Socialist congress at Nice M. Caillaux (Minister for Finance) delivered a speech which is likely to revive, a fierce controversy. Ho said the Budget could only bo balanced by inexorable taxation. Ho contemplated a modified tax of capital, which would supplement the income tax and later would be transformed into a succession tax. _ , PARIS, Oct. IG. Reports from Moscow state that the Soviet’s decision to permit the sale of vodka, which was prohibited during and since the war, resulted in scenes of debauchery, many intoxicated people requiring treatment in hospital. AA’ASHINGTON, Oct. 17. Coastguard officials announced to-day that the dry navy had captured 230 sca-going vessels with approximately four hundred prisoners since the concentration effort against the rum smugglers was begun seven months ago. Four Government .ships have been lost with three members of their crews during tlic operations. The value of the liquor taken exceeded 10,000,000 dollars. Congress will bo asked for appropriations for the anti-smuggling service. i