GENERAL CABLES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 16 November 1929, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

POLICE RAID COMPOUNDS CAPETOWN, Nov. 14. A -police raid oil native compounds at Durban resulted in the arrest ot several natives for the non-payment of poll taxes. The trouble is said to be fomented by Communist agents from Russia, but a native professor blames over-taxation and over-charges tor compound beer. . It is anticipated demonstrations against the native Bills will begin m January. AMIBA.SSADOiR RESIGNS.

RUGBY, Nov. 14. It is announced that Sir Malcolm Robertson, Ambassador at Buenos Aires, for reasons of a personal and family nature, has tendered his resignation t-o the Secretary for -foreign Affairs, who has accepted it with iegl Sir Malcolm was appointed British Minister at Buenos Aires in 1920 and became Ambassador, two years latei, when the British legation there was raised to the status of an Embassy. He had earlier held posts m Berlin, Peking, Washington, Madrid, Bucharest, The Hague, Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro and Tangier and was fur a time British Commissioner m the Rhineland. Sir Malcolm Robertson was recently engaged in negotiating an Anglo-Ar-o-entinc trade convention, which was the sequel to Lord D’Abernon’s economic mission to the Argentine and vwis signed a few days ago. Mr Ronald Hugh Campbell, counsellor in the. diplomatic service, has been appointed envoy in the diplomatic service whilst employed at .Paris.

INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS

LONDON, Nov. 15

The organising committee of the bank of international settlements under the Young Plan has completed its labours at Badenbaden. It has signed its statutes, and has agreed to headquarters being at Basle. The deliberations do not disclose any revolutionary changes compared with the Young report, efforts apparently being directed to a limitation of activities .with a view to appeasing the existing banks. The whole scheme is left in abeyance pending the second conference at The Hague.

YOUNG MAN’S MANY 'CRIMES

SYDNEY, Nov. 15

A notorious criminal, Ernest Martin, aged 26, was to-day sentenced to 12 vears’ imnrisonment for robbery under arms, garrotting and house-breaking. The police stated that Martin had confessed to 300 crimes, of which 8were safe robberies. Judge Cuvlewis described him as a dangerous, useless sort of person.