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Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 5 December 1929, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES

4> PORT OP LONDON SHIPPING LONDON, Dec. 3. The Port of London has broken all records with 2,000,000 tons more, shipping from April to October than in the corresponding period last year. The increase should reach 4,000,000 tons for 1929 and the total 60,000,000 tons. The reasons are the increase in berthing facilities, the transfer * of industry from the north to the south of England, and the establishment of works ■and factories on the Thames banks. The London market since January 1 has taken 70,000 tons of New Zealand cheese and a large quantity of butter. SALE OF DECORATIONS. LONDON, Dee. 4. ' The Hon. Thomas Shaw (Minister of War) in answer to a question in the House of Commons, said he doubted the desirability of illegalising the sale of Victoria Crosses. The Army Act's forbade the sale of decorations and medals to unauthorised persons. This did not prevent bona fide sales to collectors and similar purchasers. Mr E. Thurtle (Labour) interjected, “Is not a man who earns a decoration entitled to do what he likes with it?” No answer was given. APPOINTMENTS LEGALISED LONDON, Dec. 4. The House of Commons passed through all stages the Bill of Indemnity made necessary through the appointment of seven instead of six mem. bers as under-secretaries. BRITISH PENSIONS BILL LONDON, Dec. 4. In the House of Lords the Widows, Orphans and Old Age Pensions' Bill was read a third time. SCIENTISTS AS GOVERNORS. LONDON, Dec. 4. That the day will come when scientists will be chosen as Governors of British colonies instead of distinguished soldiers, sailors and politicians, was forecast by Sir Richard Gregory when presiding at, a dinner of the Royal Empire Society in conjunction with the British Association for the mcut of Science. FRAUDULENT SHARE ISSUES LONDON, Dec. 4. > In the House of Commons Mr William Graham (President of the Board of Trade), answering a question, said he would consider any practicable proposals to make impossible fraudulent duplication and triplication of share issues. It was already punishable with penal servitude under the Forgery Act, COLLIERY TRAGEDY LONDON, Dec. 4. ! There was a poignant tragedy at the Viewpoint colliery, Lanarkshire, when two men were buried by a fall of 100 tons from the roof. Rescuers were encouraged by hearing a faint voice, and reached the spot and saved one man, who was injured. The other was in the arms of a rescuer and being given a drink of water when he saw another fall coming. He said, “Good-bye, boys'’ and was struck on the head and killed, being again buried. ECONOMIC MISSIONS RUGBY, Dec. 3. In the House of Commons to-day the President of the Board of Trade, Mr William Graham, when asked whether in view of the success of the recent economic mission to South America it was proposed tp scud similar missions to other parts of the world, said the question was under consideration, but he was unable yet to make any statement. BRITAIN’S DEBT TO AMERICA RUGBY, Dec. 3. Answering a Parliamentary question as to when the arrears of £140,000,000 paid Try Groat Britain to the United States would be cleared off, if all Allied debts and reparations as arranged at the Hague Conference, 'were paid on the due date, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Hon. Philip Snowden) replied: “The League agreement gives ns advantages worth approximately £2,000,000 a year for 37 years as a set-off against the accumulated deficit between our receipts and our debt, payments in the past, but that deficit will at no time be fully covered, and would not have been covered if the Dawes plan had continued in operation.” COMMERCIAL AVIATION RUGBY, Dec. 3. Sir Sefton Brancker (Director of Civil Aviation) at Shrewsbury yesterday said that private flying was increasing daily in Britain and this year the department was issuing pilots’ licenses and certificates for aircraft at double the 1928 rate. It anticipated that it would double the Tate again in 1930. Every day they were moving towards making air transport pay its way, and as this materialised it was obvious that the demand for commercial aircraft would increase to very big proportions. STOCK EXCHANGE RESPONDS NEW YORK, Dec. 3. Wall Street appeared well pleased with President Hoover’s message to Congress, paying particular attention to the sections concerning the revision of the banking laws, consolidation of the railroads and supervision of public utilities. Stocks were firm all the morning. They started forward briskly as the message was read and continued the upward swing until the close, when prices were up as far as 153.4. Money continued easy. The curb market was also generally higher. Sterling rose to a new level for the year 4.88 3.42 for cables. TTALO-YUGOSLAV TENSION BELGRADE, Dec. 4. New Italo-Yugoslav tension .has been aroused by the alleged discovery of a huge Italian spy system under which Italy has obtained possession of the whole of the Yugoslav mobilisation plans. Four ex-Russian officers employed in the Ministry of Communications here have been arrested. PROTECTIVE TARIFFS RUGBY, Dec. 3. When Mr William Graham (President of the Board of Trade) was asked in the House of Commons to-day several questions regarding the dumping of foreign goods in Britain he stated that the Government had made it perfectly clear that it was not. prepared to support protective duties of any character, lie mentioned that the Government had accepted an invitation to the forth-

coming conference at Geneva the object of which iwas to conclude definite international agreements amongst League of Nations members and non-mem-ber States not to increase protective tariff’s above the present level for a period of two or three years. MAORI RELICS IN LONDON LONDON, Dec. 4. Maori curios, which 'originally belonged to' the Hocken collection, have been purchased at an auction sale here. They included a tomahawk, fish spear, large bone tiki and rare neck ornaments. They are being sent to the Auckland Museum. FIRE IN BACON FACTORY MELBOURNE, Dec. 4. Fire at the ham and bacon factory of J. C. Hutton, Ltd., at Preston, to-dav, destroyed a large packing room and its contents. The loss is estimated at £50,000. IMPERIAL OPERA LEAGUE RUGBY. Doc.-3. The Prime Minister in the House of Commons to-day was asked whether in view of the fact that £IOO,OOO had been collected from 50,000 subscribers to the Imperial League of Opera the Government intended to give assistance in establishing a national opera. While expressing the warmest sympathy with the league’s aims, the Prime Minister regretted that he could not promise a | grant from the public funds. • FAMILY OF SIX MURDERED. . 1 j WARSAW, Dec. 4. J Enraged because his relatives were opposed to him marrying a German girl, a young Polish fanner living at Kattowitz killed six out of the seven members of his family with an axe while they were sleeping. The man then cleaned the weapon and went to a public house where, after orderiiig a drink, he casually mentioned that he liad killed the family. Everyone thought lie was joking, arid the bodies were not found until' the next morning. The farmer has been arrested. SPIRIT CONTROVERSY. LONDON, Dec. 4. The view that the so-called spiritualistic manifestations which are at present the centre of a controversy as the outcome of Schneider’s seances, were in effect the workings of the man’s subconscious mind is argued by Dr Bernard- Hollander. “When a man is murdered and the mlprit is not found, why does not th victim’s ghost, a.ppenr and give information to the mourning relatives?” asks the doctor. “If there are spirits and there is any love and humanity in _ tb ' other world; their manifestations should not require the intervention of Uneducated professional mediums together with their commonplace interpretations. Dr Hollander declared that there was not a single message received which could throw any light on any great \ problems afFecting humanity. GALES AT HOME. RUGBY, Dec. 8. Rain and high winds, with, gusts between >SO and 00 miles an hour, occurred yesterday over the British Isles, the bad weather being due to one of the deepest Atlantic depressions ob-

served for the last 50' years. In the English Channel high seas rail and the cross-Channel boat services were maintained wit'li difficulty. Lifeboats from Weymouth and Swanage and two tugs from Portland put out, and ships in the Channel altere. their courses :tn answer to an SOS from the steamer Canadian Transport, but a change of wind enabled her to clear the danger zone. An oil tanker which had lost her rudder in the storm was towed into I«I - mouth bv two Dutch tug-s. Fishing fleets and small craft kept to harbour during the day. _ Heavy rains, particularly m the east oF England, aggravated the floral situation in many parts as almost all the rivers have now overflowed their banks. Low-lying areas in the upper reaches of the Thames are extensively flooded.